Nothing Can Stop Us On The Road To Glory!
A Gundam Wing Fanfic
By Mr. Crash
Part Two: The Knight of Victory
Set in After Colony 205
Disclaimer: I don't have copyright on most of the characters in this fic. I do own Gem and his Gundams, but I don't own anything else. They all belong to Sunrise and Toonami, and I promise to return them in the best condition a character can be after being in one of my fics.
***
"What!" yelled Sally in surprise. "You mean to tell me that you actually had a _duel_ with him! Why didn't you just beat him, and that be it?"
Wufei ground his teeth. He _really_ didn't want to have to explain this!
"Woman," he said in a quiet growl, "I _did_ try to beat him!"
Sally looked blank. "You mean that, that you…"
"What he means is that he lost!" Duo said, butting in, and sounding delighted.
Hilde, Duo, Sally, and Wufei were at Preventers HQ, talking with each other about what had happened. Duo, of course, had to come when he learned Wufei had lost.
Hilde punched Duo in the arm. "Ow!" he yelped. "Hey, what was that for?"
Hilde rolled her eyes. "For being so rude!"
Hilde turned to Wufei. "He really ruined your Gundam. Was he really that tough, or did you get hit by a Mobile Doll?"
Wufei shook his head. "No, all the damage I sustained was from the duel. He fought with a great amount of skill. But there is one thing I still don't understand…"
"Which is?" prompted Sally.
"Well, why did he take my pike?"
When Wufei had told the three of them how Gem had taken his pike, none of them could come up for any reason. Actually, Duo had come up with several, but the others had just told him to cut it out. Or more precisely, Wufei had said, "Maxwell, can you at make an attempt to use what is left of your brain for once?"
"You know, Wufei," Duo started, "why did you even duel fairly with him? Why didn't you just use your grappling arm as well? Wait, let me guess…hmmm, maybe it's 'cause you are obsessed with _honor_, eh?" Duo finished, his emphasis on 'honor' obvious.
"For once, Maxwell, you are correct," Wufei retorted, trying to look dignified.
"The only thing we can do," Sally started, looking around at her comrades, "is ask ourselves: when will he return?"
***
Elsewhere…
Heero hefted the gun into Zero's arms. He was inside Zero, and at a weapons test range, preparing to try a recently designed gun. The new weapon was code-named 'MS-Shotgun', primarily in that it was designed for Mobile Suits (where the 'MS' came from), and that it bore a striking resemblance to a pump-action shotgun. Pure white, it was supposed to have something to do with drawing up energy from the air and turning it into a beam, but Heero didn't really care. He just wanted to get out of there and visit Relena (Editor's Note: Heh heh heh…-Crash).
Turning to the targets, Heero drew the gun up, and, taking aim at one of the targets, prepared to fire when…
Heero turned swiftly around, and aimed in the direction of the sound. He saw that it was a Gundam, even though it wasn't one he had ever seen before. It was a radiant gold, and had a large, full body shield in one hand, and a dangerous looking ax in the other. It touched down a short distance from Zero. Heero trained the MS-Shotgun on it the whole time.
Heero was hailed by the Gundam, and he switched open the line. Almost instantly, Heero guessed who it was.
"Gem Lightblade," he hissed.
The man smiled deeply when he heard his name. "Very good," he said approvingly. "I see that Wufei told you his encounter with me."
"Yeah. And I'm not a sucker for honor." He promptly drew his sword, while continuing to keep the Shotgun aimed at Gem.
Gem chuckled. "Well, it doesn't matter. You have no chance of defeating the Knight of Victory. I've designed it so that it will continue to fight, no matter how many wounds it gets. You'd like operating it. It's the Perfect Gundam."
Heero tensed at the taunt. He still was sometimes called the Perfect Soldier.
"Anyway," Gem continued, "are you going to fight me?"
Heero was wary. If this guy could beat Wufei, could he? "Why should I?"
Gem put on a face of thinking that was so fake, Heero could easily see it from the video screen. "Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'll ruin some things you find important if you don't? It would be a pity," he said, mockery dripping in voice, "if I were to _accidentally_ land on a building that just happened to hold the Vice Foreign Minister inside, wouldn't it?"
Heero's face hardened. He refused to draw Relena into this! He shifted Zero into a fighting stance.
Gem smirked as he saw Zero prepare to fight. "Glad to see you agree with me."
The link was switched off, and the two men squared off.
***
Somewhere else…
Relena sighed. Heero was late again! He was supposed to meet her at the restaurant at 3:00! It was already 3:30! Oh well, as long as he showed up…
She looked up at the TV that was inside the restaurant. It was just some baseball game. But just as she was about to turn away, the game was interrupted by a 'Breaking News' flash.
She looked with interest at the screen. "This just in," said the announcer. "We have reports that there is a fight between two Gundams at the Preventers weapons test range."
Relena tensed up with fear. Heero had said something about a weapons test…
"We take you live there with Steve, our eye in the sky."
Relena watched as a man in a yellow shirt appeared. There was a sound of chopper blades in the background. "Thanks Jill. And here we are at the Preventers Weapons Test Range. Just 10 minutes ago, we received reports that there was two Gundams fighting down at the Preventers Weapons Range. And here we are, recording live, only on channel WB05…"
The screen then showed the Gundams fighting, and Relena's fears were confirmed: Heero was fighting!
"One of the Gundams has been confirmed to be the famous Wing Zero, one of the Gundams that fought for the colonies in the war of AC 195. Its pilot is Heero Yuy, who recently signed on to the Preventers for unknown reasons. Yuy also is known for being the one to stop the child Marymenia, daughter of the infamous Treize Khushrinada. Wing Zero, Heero's Gundam, is currently fighting with an unidentified Gundam. The unknown Gundam is completely golden, and appears to have a large ax, as well as full body shield- oh! It appears that Heero has just taken a savage hit to the shoulder! Oh, this doesn't look good for Yuy!"
Relena bit her lip in fear. "Heero, be careful…" she whispered to herself.
***
Heero brought his sword up, barely blocking another vicious swipe from Gem's ax. He positioned the Shotgun under the ax, trying to fire into the Knight's chest plate, but the shield was swung around, and blocked the shot.
Meanwhile, Gem was starting to worry. He hadn't anticipated Heero having the Shotgun. He was constantly having to use shield, and had already taken a shot to the leg, and sustained numerous shots into the shield. If he kept having to use the shield, it would eventually break! He regretted having threatened Relena. Heero was obviously fighting to protect her!
Well, it didn't matter how hard Heero fought. Gem would win, simply because he refused to lose. And he didn't care if people had said he was overconfident, he would win!
Grinning, Gem shoved forward with the shield, knocking Zero off balance. Before he recovered his balance, Gem chopped forward with the ax. It cleaved a giant piece out of the shoulder that held the Shotgun. With a shudder, the gun slipped from Zero's grip, and the arm fell limply at Zero's side.
Gem pulled an elaborate roll off, grabbing the gun as he rolled. But despite this, he rolled up with Zero's sword tip at the Knight's neck. Fortunately for Gem, he managed to bring the gun up into Zero's face.
To Gem's surprise, the video link switched on.
Heero's voice came in, cold as ever. "Gem, why did you attack me? I really don't think that you'd fight someone who doesn't believe in fighting by the rules."
Gem smirked. "Just trying to find a worthy opponent."
"Worthy opponent, huh? So you threaten innocent people? People who have nothing to do with this?" It took Gem a moment to realize that he was talking about Relena.
"Sorry about that. Just wanted to motivate you."
"Motivate me!" Heero spat. Gem realized that he really screwed up, and badly.
"Omae o kosuru," Heero said.
"Ah ah ah, Yuy. I wouldn't recommend that."
He regarded him coldly. "And why is that, Lightblade?"
Gem smirked. "Because, Yuy, even if you do run me through, I can still manage to shoot you. Bang! You're dead. And that would severely disappoint Ms. Peacecraft, wouldn't you agree?"
Heero's face shifted from coldness to hatred. He wasn't ready to end his life yet.
"Fine. You just leave, and you'd better hope that we never meet again, 'cause I'm gonna kill you next time." He shoved Gem backwards. "Now get out of here. And if I ever even _here_ about you threatening Relena or anyone else, I _will_ kill you." He switched off the Video link.
Gem started to fly off, but after he was a short distance off, he turned around and turned on the Video link.
"What?!" Heero yelled/asked, eyes blazing.
"Just wanted to say, Heero," he started, raising the Shotgun and aiming at Heero, "that you've gone soft." He fired.
The shot caught Zero in the leg. He was knocked down, and Gem was filled with satisfaction as he heard Heero's cry of pain through the link.
Laughing, Gem shot off into the daytime sky.
End Part Two
A Gundam Wing Fanfic
By Mr. Crash
Part Two: The Knight of Victory
Set in After Colony 205
Disclaimer: I don't have copyright on most of the characters in this fic. I do own Gem and his Gundams, but I don't own anything else. They all belong to Sunrise and Toonami, and I promise to return them in the best condition a character can be after being in one of my fics.
***
"What!" yelled Sally in surprise. "You mean to tell me that you actually had a _duel_ with him! Why didn't you just beat him, and that be it?"
Wufei ground his teeth. He _really_ didn't want to have to explain this!
"Woman," he said in a quiet growl, "I _did_ try to beat him!"
Sally looked blank. "You mean that, that you…"
"What he means is that he lost!" Duo said, butting in, and sounding delighted.
Hilde, Duo, Sally, and Wufei were at Preventers HQ, talking with each other about what had happened. Duo, of course, had to come when he learned Wufei had lost.
Hilde punched Duo in the arm. "Ow!" he yelped. "Hey, what was that for?"
Hilde rolled her eyes. "For being so rude!"
Hilde turned to Wufei. "He really ruined your Gundam. Was he really that tough, or did you get hit by a Mobile Doll?"
Wufei shook his head. "No, all the damage I sustained was from the duel. He fought with a great amount of skill. But there is one thing I still don't understand…"
"Which is?" prompted Sally.
"Well, why did he take my pike?"
When Wufei had told the three of them how Gem had taken his pike, none of them could come up for any reason. Actually, Duo had come up with several, but the others had just told him to cut it out. Or more precisely, Wufei had said, "Maxwell, can you at make an attempt to use what is left of your brain for once?"
"You know, Wufei," Duo started, "why did you even duel fairly with him? Why didn't you just use your grappling arm as well? Wait, let me guess…hmmm, maybe it's 'cause you are obsessed with _honor_, eh?" Duo finished, his emphasis on 'honor' obvious.
"For once, Maxwell, you are correct," Wufei retorted, trying to look dignified.
"The only thing we can do," Sally started, looking around at her comrades, "is ask ourselves: when will he return?"
***
Elsewhere…
Heero hefted the gun into Zero's arms. He was inside Zero, and at a weapons test range, preparing to try a recently designed gun. The new weapon was code-named 'MS-Shotgun', primarily in that it was designed for Mobile Suits (where the 'MS' came from), and that it bore a striking resemblance to a pump-action shotgun. Pure white, it was supposed to have something to do with drawing up energy from the air and turning it into a beam, but Heero didn't really care. He just wanted to get out of there and visit Relena (Editor's Note: Heh heh heh…-Crash).
Turning to the targets, Heero drew the gun up, and, taking aim at one of the targets, prepared to fire when…
Heero turned swiftly around, and aimed in the direction of the sound. He saw that it was a Gundam, even though it wasn't one he had ever seen before. It was a radiant gold, and had a large, full body shield in one hand, and a dangerous looking ax in the other. It touched down a short distance from Zero. Heero trained the MS-Shotgun on it the whole time.
Heero was hailed by the Gundam, and he switched open the line. Almost instantly, Heero guessed who it was.
"Gem Lightblade," he hissed.
The man smiled deeply when he heard his name. "Very good," he said approvingly. "I see that Wufei told you his encounter with me."
"Yeah. And I'm not a sucker for honor." He promptly drew his sword, while continuing to keep the Shotgun aimed at Gem.
Gem chuckled. "Well, it doesn't matter. You have no chance of defeating the Knight of Victory. I've designed it so that it will continue to fight, no matter how many wounds it gets. You'd like operating it. It's the Perfect Gundam."
Heero tensed at the taunt. He still was sometimes called the Perfect Soldier.
"Anyway," Gem continued, "are you going to fight me?"
Heero was wary. If this guy could beat Wufei, could he? "Why should I?"
Gem put on a face of thinking that was so fake, Heero could easily see it from the video screen. "Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'll ruin some things you find important if you don't? It would be a pity," he said, mockery dripping in voice, "if I were to _accidentally_ land on a building that just happened to hold the Vice Foreign Minister inside, wouldn't it?"
Heero's face hardened. He refused to draw Relena into this! He shifted Zero into a fighting stance.
Gem smirked as he saw Zero prepare to fight. "Glad to see you agree with me."
The link was switched off, and the two men squared off.
***
Somewhere else…
Relena sighed. Heero was late again! He was supposed to meet her at the restaurant at 3:00! It was already 3:30! Oh well, as long as he showed up…
She looked up at the TV that was inside the restaurant. It was just some baseball game. But just as she was about to turn away, the game was interrupted by a 'Breaking News' flash.
She looked with interest at the screen. "This just in," said the announcer. "We have reports that there is a fight between two Gundams at the Preventers weapons test range."
Relena tensed up with fear. Heero had said something about a weapons test…
"We take you live there with Steve, our eye in the sky."
Relena watched as a man in a yellow shirt appeared. There was a sound of chopper blades in the background. "Thanks Jill. And here we are at the Preventers Weapons Test Range. Just 10 minutes ago, we received reports that there was two Gundams fighting down at the Preventers Weapons Range. And here we are, recording live, only on channel WB05…"
The screen then showed the Gundams fighting, and Relena's fears were confirmed: Heero was fighting!
"One of the Gundams has been confirmed to be the famous Wing Zero, one of the Gundams that fought for the colonies in the war of AC 195. Its pilot is Heero Yuy, who recently signed on to the Preventers for unknown reasons. Yuy also is known for being the one to stop the child Marymenia, daughter of the infamous Treize Khushrinada. Wing Zero, Heero's Gundam, is currently fighting with an unidentified Gundam. The unknown Gundam is completely golden, and appears to have a large ax, as well as full body shield- oh! It appears that Heero has just taken a savage hit to the shoulder! Oh, this doesn't look good for Yuy!"
Relena bit her lip in fear. "Heero, be careful…" she whispered to herself.
***
Heero brought his sword up, barely blocking another vicious swipe from Gem's ax. He positioned the Shotgun under the ax, trying to fire into the Knight's chest plate, but the shield was swung around, and blocked the shot.
Meanwhile, Gem was starting to worry. He hadn't anticipated Heero having the Shotgun. He was constantly having to use shield, and had already taken a shot to the leg, and sustained numerous shots into the shield. If he kept having to use the shield, it would eventually break! He regretted having threatened Relena. Heero was obviously fighting to protect her!
Well, it didn't matter how hard Heero fought. Gem would win, simply because he refused to lose. And he didn't care if people had said he was overconfident, he would win!
Grinning, Gem shoved forward with the shield, knocking Zero off balance. Before he recovered his balance, Gem chopped forward with the ax. It cleaved a giant piece out of the shoulder that held the Shotgun. With a shudder, the gun slipped from Zero's grip, and the arm fell limply at Zero's side.
Gem pulled an elaborate roll off, grabbing the gun as he rolled. But despite this, he rolled up with Zero's sword tip at the Knight's neck. Fortunately for Gem, he managed to bring the gun up into Zero's face.
To Gem's surprise, the video link switched on.
Heero's voice came in, cold as ever. "Gem, why did you attack me? I really don't think that you'd fight someone who doesn't believe in fighting by the rules."
Gem smirked. "Just trying to find a worthy opponent."
"Worthy opponent, huh? So you threaten innocent people? People who have nothing to do with this?" It took Gem a moment to realize that he was talking about Relena.
"Sorry about that. Just wanted to motivate you."
"Motivate me!" Heero spat. Gem realized that he really screwed up, and badly.
"Omae o kosuru," Heero said.
"Ah ah ah, Yuy. I wouldn't recommend that."
He regarded him coldly. "And why is that, Lightblade?"
Gem smirked. "Because, Yuy, even if you do run me through, I can still manage to shoot you. Bang! You're dead. And that would severely disappoint Ms. Peacecraft, wouldn't you agree?"
Heero's face shifted from coldness to hatred. He wasn't ready to end his life yet.
"Fine. You just leave, and you'd better hope that we never meet again, 'cause I'm gonna kill you next time." He shoved Gem backwards. "Now get out of here. And if I ever even _here_ about you threatening Relena or anyone else, I _will_ kill you." He switched off the Video link.
Gem started to fly off, but after he was a short distance off, he turned around and turned on the Video link.
"What?!" Heero yelled/asked, eyes blazing.
"Just wanted to say, Heero," he started, raising the Shotgun and aiming at Heero, "that you've gone soft." He fired.
The shot caught Zero in the leg. He was knocked down, and Gem was filled with satisfaction as he heard Heero's cry of pain through the link.
Laughing, Gem shot off into the daytime sky.
End Part Two