Chapter 4
Kyoji Kasshu sat reading in the spacious cabin that made up the Neo Japan VTOL carrier. He had his feet up on the console and a pile of back issues of the Gundam Fight Journal pilled up on the floor. He was trying to see if he could find any useful information about each nations fighting style.
They had left Australia a few days ago and were heading for Europe according to Hoi that's where most of the best fighters come from. Kyoji didn't look up as Min came into the cabin with some food.
'You still reading those old things?' she asked, 'You can only go so far with a book you know. It's the real fights where you learn things.'
'I know, but If I can just get the gist their fighting styles it might give me an advantage,' said Kyoji, 'Take Neo England for example, they have a long history of ranged fighters. Therefore I surmise that its best to fight them close up.'
'Hehe Looks theres some of this mother in there,' laughed Hoi who was at the carrier's controls, 'You wouldn't catch Domon thinking like that.'
'Yes he was always the bust in, smash everything and then ask questions later type,' said Min, 'Didn't always have a lot of forethought.'
A light started flashing on a console on the other side of the cabin which Min promptly went over to read. After a few moments her head came back up.
'Looks like some weather trouble over Egypt,' she said, 'Massive sandstorm right across our path. Might be best to put down and sit it out.'
'May as well,' said Hoi, 'Not like we're in a great hurry or anything.' With that he put the carrier down close to an oasis.
Back in the Neo England Gundam Fight base Paul was sitting down to a meal with Lisa in the base's quite conservative canteen. Paul stared down at his plate, what stared back at him wasn't very appetising.
'What's this?' he asked
'It's a the perfect meal for a fighter,' said Lisa, 'It has everything you need to keep you strong and health.'
'It looks like baby food,' said Paul dejectedly as he poked the food with a spoon, 'I can't eat this! I want real food.'
'This is real food,' said Lisa, 'Hey! Where you going?' she said as Paul got up and put his plate into a bin.
'I'm going to get some real food, come if you want I don't mind,' he said as he left.
'That's a big change in him,' though Lisa, 'letting me come along.' She followed him out of the base and into the nearby seaside town.
'So what do you want?' he asked as they stopped outside of a Chippy. 'They got all the best stuff here.'
'Wha?' she spluttered, 'Your going to eat here?'
'Of course, this is real food,' he said, 'Hi, Can I have two Cod and chips please,'
'Open or closed love?' asked the old lady behind the counter.
'Open please, oh and can we have two bottles of water,' Paul asked politely
'Of course love, it'll only be a minute,' she said as she busied herself with preparing the food. Once they had gotten the food they said their thank you's and left to find the nearest park bench.
As they sat on a bench overlooking the bay Lisa noticed that Paul was an expert at eating fish and chips out of newspaper. She was having some difficulty this was her first time of having such a meal. As they idly chatted Lisa waited for the right moment to tell Paul the information she'd discovered. He'd asked her to looking to the lobster like Gundam he'd seen.
'Paul. You know how you asked to look into the Gundam in your dream,' she said.
'Yeah. Have you found anything?' he asked intently
'Well I've looked through all the file we have and even into the inter- colonial database,' she said, 'I came back with only one reference to what you described. There was a Gundam matching your description made by Neo Japan. It was called the Ultimate Gundam, but was more commonly know as the Devil Gundam,' Her voice trailed off as the blood drained from Paul's face.
'Devil Gundam…but its dead…how?'
The sandstorm had begun to die down but it was still ravaging the Neo Japan carrier. Inside Kyoji and Hoi were doing some maintenance on the Shining Gundam piles of tools and parts littered the hanger floor.
'Quiet the machine this one,' said Hoi as he pulled his head out of an access panel.
'Why do you say that?' asked Kyoji
'I mean by mobile fighter standards she's ancient,' said Hoi knowledgably, 'She was built back before the 13th Gundam Fight. A testament more to your mother's abilities as a mechanic than your fathers fighting ability.'
'Wow! I didn't know that this was the original Shining Gundam,' said Kyoji, 'I thought it was a copy.'
'Nah she's the real thing,' said Hoi, 'I know your father's very found of this mobile fighter, he's showing a lot of trust in you by letting you use her,'
'Well he could at least make it easier to see,' said Kyoji a little angrily, 'He didn't even wish me good luck when I left.'
'That's just his way of doing things,' said Hoi as he continued working, 'Martial artist only know how to communicate through their fists. He never was very good a showing his feelings.'
'Hey guys how's it going?' asked Min as she entered the hanger, 'Wha? Why do you always have to make such a mess? I'm not making dinner until you two clear up in here!'
'Hey your just being cruel! Its not our fault the place gets messy, we are maintaining a mobile fighter you know,' said Hoi, 'Anyway its not like you to come down here without a reason what is it?'
'Well if your going to take that attitude then I won't tell you,' said Min mischievously. Her younger brother scoffed and went back to work; Kyoji however seemed interested in what she had to say.
'What is it Min?' he asked
'Well since you asked I'll tell you,' she said, 'Seems like we weren't the only ones camping out the storm here. There's a Neo Egypt transport just up the way. I've detected a Gundam class energy source.'
'You mean its there Gundam?' asked Hoi
'Yep so you two had better get ready because if we picked them up, they'll have picked us up,' she said, 'I expect that by the time the storms over they'll be looking for a fight.'
Min was right because as the storm lifted the ominous shape of a Gundam appeared above the sand dunes. Neo Egypt's Pharaoh Gundam XVII was an impressive machine it retained all the styling that made Neo Egypt's Gundam's special.
The Shining Gundam slowly raised itself out of the carrier's hanger its eyes glowed briefly before returning to normal in side Kyoji careful eyed up his opponent. While the Pharaoh Gundam looked powerful it was more of a charade other then the Vulcan guns in its head the Pharaoh Gundam had no other armament, relying on the pilot's strength that was its fundamental flaw and Kyoji indented to exploit it.
The Neo Egyptian fighter didn't even bother to speak before the fight started. It simple launched forward firing its head vulcans. Kyoji jetted backwards and then launched a barrage of punches he was moving so fast it was difficult keep track. In a move preformed with great dexterity the Pharaoh Gundam managed to grab the Shining Gundam's left leg. Promptly the Pharaoh Gundam began to swing the Shining Gundam around and around making Kyoji dizzy the Pharaoh Gundam finally let go and sent the Shining Gundam flying into a sand dune.
Kyoji launched through the falling sand thrown up by his fall and lashed out at the Pharaoh Gundam with a beam sword. The blade connected and the Pharaoh Gundam's left arm fell to the ground. The rattle of Vulcan guns filled the air as the Pharaoh Gundam fought back. With its remaining arm the Pharaoh Gundam managed to get a strong punch in at Shining Gundam's head, but both pilots knew that it couldn't go on forever.
'My hand is glowing and roaring!' said Kyoji as the Shining Gundam's faceplate opened and the head fins shot out. 'It's telling me to defeat you!' The Shining Gundam's hand began to glow bright green.
'Sure win! Shining Finger!' Kyoji thrust the Shining Finger towards the Pharaoh Gundam's head and grabbed hold. Slowly but sure the Pharaoh Gundam's head began to melt and buckle under the force of the Shining Finger. Suddenly the head gave away and the Pharaoh Gundam fell backwards decapitate. Kyoji pulled his arm back and let the Shining Finger fade, once it was gone steam began to rise of the hand.
Kyoji Kasshu sat reading in the spacious cabin that made up the Neo Japan VTOL carrier. He had his feet up on the console and a pile of back issues of the Gundam Fight Journal pilled up on the floor. He was trying to see if he could find any useful information about each nations fighting style.
They had left Australia a few days ago and were heading for Europe according to Hoi that's where most of the best fighters come from. Kyoji didn't look up as Min came into the cabin with some food.
'You still reading those old things?' she asked, 'You can only go so far with a book you know. It's the real fights where you learn things.'
'I know, but If I can just get the gist their fighting styles it might give me an advantage,' said Kyoji, 'Take Neo England for example, they have a long history of ranged fighters. Therefore I surmise that its best to fight them close up.'
'Hehe Looks theres some of this mother in there,' laughed Hoi who was at the carrier's controls, 'You wouldn't catch Domon thinking like that.'
'Yes he was always the bust in, smash everything and then ask questions later type,' said Min, 'Didn't always have a lot of forethought.'
A light started flashing on a console on the other side of the cabin which Min promptly went over to read. After a few moments her head came back up.
'Looks like some weather trouble over Egypt,' she said, 'Massive sandstorm right across our path. Might be best to put down and sit it out.'
'May as well,' said Hoi, 'Not like we're in a great hurry or anything.' With that he put the carrier down close to an oasis.
Back in the Neo England Gundam Fight base Paul was sitting down to a meal with Lisa in the base's quite conservative canteen. Paul stared down at his plate, what stared back at him wasn't very appetising.
'What's this?' he asked
'It's a the perfect meal for a fighter,' said Lisa, 'It has everything you need to keep you strong and health.'
'It looks like baby food,' said Paul dejectedly as he poked the food with a spoon, 'I can't eat this! I want real food.'
'This is real food,' said Lisa, 'Hey! Where you going?' she said as Paul got up and put his plate into a bin.
'I'm going to get some real food, come if you want I don't mind,' he said as he left.
'That's a big change in him,' though Lisa, 'letting me come along.' She followed him out of the base and into the nearby seaside town.
'So what do you want?' he asked as they stopped outside of a Chippy. 'They got all the best stuff here.'
'Wha?' she spluttered, 'Your going to eat here?'
'Of course, this is real food,' he said, 'Hi, Can I have two Cod and chips please,'
'Open or closed love?' asked the old lady behind the counter.
'Open please, oh and can we have two bottles of water,' Paul asked politely
'Of course love, it'll only be a minute,' she said as she busied herself with preparing the food. Once they had gotten the food they said their thank you's and left to find the nearest park bench.
As they sat on a bench overlooking the bay Lisa noticed that Paul was an expert at eating fish and chips out of newspaper. She was having some difficulty this was her first time of having such a meal. As they idly chatted Lisa waited for the right moment to tell Paul the information she'd discovered. He'd asked her to looking to the lobster like Gundam he'd seen.
'Paul. You know how you asked to look into the Gundam in your dream,' she said.
'Yeah. Have you found anything?' he asked intently
'Well I've looked through all the file we have and even into the inter- colonial database,' she said, 'I came back with only one reference to what you described. There was a Gundam matching your description made by Neo Japan. It was called the Ultimate Gundam, but was more commonly know as the Devil Gundam,' Her voice trailed off as the blood drained from Paul's face.
'Devil Gundam…but its dead…how?'
The sandstorm had begun to die down but it was still ravaging the Neo Japan carrier. Inside Kyoji and Hoi were doing some maintenance on the Shining Gundam piles of tools and parts littered the hanger floor.
'Quiet the machine this one,' said Hoi as he pulled his head out of an access panel.
'Why do you say that?' asked Kyoji
'I mean by mobile fighter standards she's ancient,' said Hoi knowledgably, 'She was built back before the 13th Gundam Fight. A testament more to your mother's abilities as a mechanic than your fathers fighting ability.'
'Wow! I didn't know that this was the original Shining Gundam,' said Kyoji, 'I thought it was a copy.'
'Nah she's the real thing,' said Hoi, 'I know your father's very found of this mobile fighter, he's showing a lot of trust in you by letting you use her,'
'Well he could at least make it easier to see,' said Kyoji a little angrily, 'He didn't even wish me good luck when I left.'
'That's just his way of doing things,' said Hoi as he continued working, 'Martial artist only know how to communicate through their fists. He never was very good a showing his feelings.'
'Hey guys how's it going?' asked Min as she entered the hanger, 'Wha? Why do you always have to make such a mess? I'm not making dinner until you two clear up in here!'
'Hey your just being cruel! Its not our fault the place gets messy, we are maintaining a mobile fighter you know,' said Hoi, 'Anyway its not like you to come down here without a reason what is it?'
'Well if your going to take that attitude then I won't tell you,' said Min mischievously. Her younger brother scoffed and went back to work; Kyoji however seemed interested in what she had to say.
'What is it Min?' he asked
'Well since you asked I'll tell you,' she said, 'Seems like we weren't the only ones camping out the storm here. There's a Neo Egypt transport just up the way. I've detected a Gundam class energy source.'
'You mean its there Gundam?' asked Hoi
'Yep so you two had better get ready because if we picked them up, they'll have picked us up,' she said, 'I expect that by the time the storms over they'll be looking for a fight.'
Min was right because as the storm lifted the ominous shape of a Gundam appeared above the sand dunes. Neo Egypt's Pharaoh Gundam XVII was an impressive machine it retained all the styling that made Neo Egypt's Gundam's special.
The Shining Gundam slowly raised itself out of the carrier's hanger its eyes glowed briefly before returning to normal in side Kyoji careful eyed up his opponent. While the Pharaoh Gundam looked powerful it was more of a charade other then the Vulcan guns in its head the Pharaoh Gundam had no other armament, relying on the pilot's strength that was its fundamental flaw and Kyoji indented to exploit it.
The Neo Egyptian fighter didn't even bother to speak before the fight started. It simple launched forward firing its head vulcans. Kyoji jetted backwards and then launched a barrage of punches he was moving so fast it was difficult keep track. In a move preformed with great dexterity the Pharaoh Gundam managed to grab the Shining Gundam's left leg. Promptly the Pharaoh Gundam began to swing the Shining Gundam around and around making Kyoji dizzy the Pharaoh Gundam finally let go and sent the Shining Gundam flying into a sand dune.
Kyoji launched through the falling sand thrown up by his fall and lashed out at the Pharaoh Gundam with a beam sword. The blade connected and the Pharaoh Gundam's left arm fell to the ground. The rattle of Vulcan guns filled the air as the Pharaoh Gundam fought back. With its remaining arm the Pharaoh Gundam managed to get a strong punch in at Shining Gundam's head, but both pilots knew that it couldn't go on forever.
'My hand is glowing and roaring!' said Kyoji as the Shining Gundam's faceplate opened and the head fins shot out. 'It's telling me to defeat you!' The Shining Gundam's hand began to glow bright green.
'Sure win! Shining Finger!' Kyoji thrust the Shining Finger towards the Pharaoh Gundam's head and grabbed hold. Slowly but sure the Pharaoh Gundam's head began to melt and buckle under the force of the Shining Finger. Suddenly the head gave away and the Pharaoh Gundam fell backwards decapitate. Kyoji pulled his arm back and let the Shining Finger fade, once it was gone steam began to rise of the hand.
