Chapter 3
Hinokami
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Claimer: Own my plot and Nanori. And my stupid cat who is currently using my leg as a scratching post.-^_^-* OWW!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!! I GOT REVIEWS! *Cries in joy* Ummm no, Nanori is not Makoto. She comes in later, maybe. Yes, it is Nanori/Wufei, and Hiiro/Usagi! Yay! Ummm.... Please let me know if you want the other scouts to come in later, because, I have and idea for that. If you don't tell me anything, I'll assume its okay and write them in. Uh... I think this chapter will have a little DBZ, but I don't know yet. I also just wrote a five page report for my American History 2 class, so, I have some ideas for political conflicts in my story. I don't know much about the GW timeline, so I'm just going to make up an organization and political situation.
Last time:
"Mind if I join you?" Nanori asked taking a plate from the cabinet. Wufei shrugged and passed the box to her. Taking a slice of the cheese pizza, she retreated into their room and pulled her laptop out of her space pocket. She walked back out and settled herself into a chair in the kitchen, eating her pizza as her laptop booted up. When she finished her pizza, she put her plate in the dishwasher, and checked her email. There was one from Dr. M.. She opened it to read it.
Nanori,
Usagi will be returning soon, but I am afraid she's run into a little trouble. I want you to come to me within the next week to meet the doctors. They will summon the Gundam pilots. The doctors have tried to make a new zero system like the one in 01, though it has a few differences. They have tested it, but no one seems to be able to control it. What it makes them do is absolute chaos. I feel that with your empathic abilities, you are capable of controlling it, but you must be careful. I encourage you to hurry, I will be expecting you. Here are our coordinates:
Sector 57, alpha gamma heading 97.1, 2.9
Dr. M out.
Sighing, Nanori returned the message to let Dr. M. know she had received it. After deleting junk mail, she shut down her computer, and, making sure no-one was around, put it back in her space pocket. She walked back into the room, and heard the shower running, so she threw herself onto the bed and glanced at the clock. 9:15. I need to get some sleep if I am going to meet the doctors tomorrow. Kuso. I just got here, and now I have to leave. At least Usagi will be back soon. But what did Dr. M. mean about trouble? Nanori rolled over to one side of the bed and drifted off to sleep.
Wufei's P.O.V.:
Why do I feel like I've known her for a long time, and why do I feel this weak emotion towards her? Wufei thought to himself as he got out of the shower and dried himself off. Putting on his boxers he walked out of the bathroom and turned off the light. He came to the bed and found Nanori sleeping on one side of the bed. Maybe I should sleep on the couch. No! This is my room. If the onna wants to sleep on the bed then so be it. It's not my problem if she doesn't like me sleeping in my own bed. Wufei crawled into the covers and fell asleep.
End P.O.V
The next morning, Wufei woke up with his arm draped over Nanori's waist, who was propped up on her elbow, watching him amusedly.
"Injustice!" Wufei spluttered and scrambled out of bed. Nanori just laughed and got up as well.
Chapter 3: The Simulation
Nanori walked out to the kitchen, leaving Wufei alone to get dressed. Hiiro was sitting at the table in front of his laptop. He looked up when she walked in and then went back to his computer. Nanori glanced at him then walked to the refrigerator and pulled out six eggs. Placing them on the counter, she found a frying pan and proceeded to make scrambled eggs.
"Breakfast!" Duo yelled and ran into the dorm without knocking. He plopped down next to Hiiro and grinned. "Whatchya doing Hi-man?" Duo asked.
"Hnn." Hiiro grunted. Nanori sighed lightly and added more eggs to the frying pan.
"What are you doing onna?" Wufei came in wearing the school uniform.
"She's making breakfast, Wu-man!" Duo chirped happily. "You never make breakfast in the morning. Quatre always does, so I wouldn't think you'd know."
"That was nice of you, miss Nanori." Quatre said before Wufei could react to Duo's insult. Trowa followed Quatre in and immediately walked over to the coffee maker. Sighing again, Nanori added four more eggs to the pan. Quatre got out plates and silverware, and began to set the table.
"Braided Baka." Wufei mumbled dejectedly. Duo laughed and stuck his tongue out. Hiiro shut down his computer and left the kitchen, returning several minutes later wearing the school uniform as well. Nanori put equal amounts of scrambled eggs onto each plate and sat down and started eating.
"Hey! What about Ketchup?!" Duo asked. Nanori just raised an eyebrow and watched as Duo poured ketchup over his eggs. The other pilots, used to Duo's eating habits, ignored him and sat down to eat. Nanori finished first and left the kitchen.
"We have to meet the Doctors within twenty four hours." Hiiro said as soon as Nanori was out of earshot.
"What do they want now, Hiiro?" Quatre asked quietly.
"Brief us on a new system, and a rising dispute among several factions." Hiiro monotoned.
"Is that all?" Trowa asked almost incomprehensibly.
"Iie. The doctors are bringing in three new cooperatives, one of which is their colleague. The other two will be tested to pilot a sixth Gundam that has now been fully constructed." Hiiro answered.
"Why are they bringing in a new Gundam pilot?" Duo wondered aloud.
"Hnn." Was all he got as an answer as the pilots all left for their first classes of the day.
Back to Nanori:
Nanori walked back to Wufei's room to get ready to leave, then waited until the pilots left the dorm. She then left as well and within the hour, she was on a 'borrowed' shuttle to the location of Dr. M.
Nanori pulled out her laptop and checked her messages. She had five messages. Clicking on the first one, she read its contents:
Dragon:
The situation with the Merilista group and the Tarawa organization are the same as last report. However, within these two groups, I have found there are agents of a third faction working as double agents. I do not know their current motive. I will report if more information is found.
Storm Rider
Nanori nodded to herself; she had expected the situation to be the same, and wasn't really surprised there were double agents. She brought up the next email.
Dragon:
The Merilista group has moved into Latin America and has moved their head quarters there. I expect that it is because they believed it was safer on Earth than on the hidden colony they have built. I have not found its coordinates as of yet, but I will inform you as soon as I receive them.
ConArtiste
Nanori thought the move logical, for it was much easier to blow up a military colony than it was to take out several bases on the ground, unless information was needed from the colony. It was possible that the headquarters in Latin America were a decoy and the real headquarters were still on the hidden colony. It was too bad that the Merilistas didn't let their lower officers have access to some of the more important information to the group. That had been one of OZ's fatal mistakes. Opening the third one, she hoped that it had more information.
Dragon:
The Tarawa organization has put me on the team looking for the location of the Merilista colony. I have found it, and am currently impeding the process of the other team members. I will continue to do this unless otherwise needed. Coordinates are as follows:
Sector 9: Delta heading 23.4, 57.6
GovIntel
Nanori smiled slightly. Her sources were very well spread out, and they had provided crucial information to her before. It was good to know they were still at optimum performance. Wondering what information the fourth email held, she opened it.
Dragon:
There is a third faction involved in the Merilista/Tarawa conflict. Motive: Unknown. Will update with new information as received.
Pyro Priestess
That she already knew. Nanori Moved onto the fifth and last email.
Dragon:
Double agents have been found. Motive is suspected to be as follows:
Take control of Each faction while unknown, then use fighting as a distraction to take over world governments. Most logical starting point: Sanq Kingdom
Death's Mistress
Nanori sighed. There was always someone wanting to have complete control. At least the Merilistas and the Tarawas weren't really trying to take over anyone but each other. This third faction was going to have to be dealt with before they carried out what they were planning. Especially if their motive was to take over the Earth. She would have to inform Dr. M. of her newly acquired information and let Dr. M. decide to tell the Doctors what they needed to know. Nanori sat back in her chair and put her laptop back into her space pocket. Quieting her mind she began to meditate. Recently, she had been receiving odd feelings when she meditated, such as sensing other people that were around at the time. It was this she concentrated on. In her mind, she was floating in a black void, searching for something, anything, unusual. She pushed forward, expanding her senses. There! The feeling began again. She reached towards it with her mind, not trying to grasp it, but more like trying to become it. The feeling was hard to describe, and that was as close as she could get. She returned to the feeling, tried to push through a barrier that surrounded it, and gasped. It was like a dam had just burst within her. That had never happened before. The essence, not feeling, she realized, filled her being, pulsing with warmth and awareness. Yes awareness. Her senses had become more acute. She could hear the engines in the shuttle craft through the silencing barriers. The engines could not be heard by human ears through those barriers. She could feel the air stirring around her body, each hair's movement, but was oddly detached from it. It was like she was experiencing someone else's physical body, but yet her own. Something else was there as well. A power source, it seemed, made completely of energy, a large quantity of energy. She pulled some of that energy up into her body. It was amazing! She felt...she felt....she didn't know how she felt, but it was a wonderful feeling.
"Approaching Destination." An automated voice said from below her. Wait, from below me?! Nanori opened her eyes. She was floating in the air, but nothing else was. She gasped and let go of the energy in shock. Immediately, she fell to the ground and landed stunned on the floor of the cockpit. Standing up wearily, she checked the navigation readouts. She was still ten minutes out, enough time to experiment with what had just happened. Again, she reached for the essence and pulled a little of the energy into her. Nothing happened. She pulled a little more in, but still nothing happened. She pushed it to the side to think about what else there was in the essence, and was surprised when her whole body moved to the side as well. Narrowing her eyes slightly, she pulled the essence up and her feet lifted off of the ground. Smirking, she let go of the essence slowly, and slowly dropped to the floor. This could be extremely useful during a mission where noise could mean failing the mission. Nanori docked the shuttle in one of the Docking bays of what looked to be a large ship. She waited until the bay pressurized and got out, only to be greeted by Dr. M.
"Hello Nanori. Right on time." Dr. M. said smiling.
"Hnn."
"Well, I hope you have been paying attention to what is going on in the world. That way I will not have to brief you." Dr. M. said, making the last sentence sound like a question.
"Hnn."
"Good to hear. Now if you will follow me, I would like you to take a test. I know it is rather soon after you arrived, but we must go quickly if you are to rescue Usagi. I'm sure you are aware she has come back?" Dr. M. walked down a hallway to a dimly lit room. Nanori nodded curtly; she had noticed that Usagi's presence had returned, but she still could not pinpoint her location. Nanori followed Dr. M. into the room and was instantly aware of five figures hard to make out in the dim lighting.
"Is this the one?" A male voice asked.
"Hai. This is the one. I am sure that she will pass where your people have failed." Dr. M. replied.
"We shall see." A second male voice said from the shadows.
"And if she fails, we have five more people on the way." Yet another voice piped up.
"Nanori, please enter the simulation machine." Dr. M. directed Nanori. Nanori walked over to the machine and stepped in. It was like the machine Dr. M. had used to train her to fly mobile suits, except for one thing. There was a small device hooked in to the navigation systems.
"Please turn on the simulator and the little device on the control panel as well." Dr. M. said over the com-link. "Your mission is to destroy all opposing Mobile dolls without hitting allied dolls or civilians."
Nanori nodded and flipped both switches. The simulator started up as did the device. A force entered her mind, trying to take over it. She pushed it back, but it only grew stronger. The simulation started up while she was battling with the force and she let her training take over while she returned to the force. No matter how hard she pushed against the force, it returned twice as strong. If she kept this up, it would overcome her soon. She couldn't let this happen because she wouldn't be able to complete her mission. Wondering how she was going to defeat the force, she realized she was no longer touching the controls. They were moving on their own with precise accuracy and the simulation was defeating itself it seemed. She sat for a while observing the controls and at the same time, keeping the force from overcoming her. I wonder if that machine knows what to do and is controlling the simulator. But if that is true, why is it trying to take over my mind as well? Could it be possible that it needs something to base itself in while it works? What if I draw that energy into me? Nanori wondered and opened herself to the essence, letting it fill her body. The force pushing at her mind subsided, and at the same time, the simulation accelerated in what it was doing. But only the doll she was in accelerated, everything else stayed at normal speed. She drew more of the essence into her, and the simulation accelerated even more. The last enemy doll was destroyed and the screen went blank, meaning the simulation was over.
"I knew you would be able to complete the simulation. Please turn off the systems and come out, Nanori." Dr. M. said proudly over the com-link. Nanori could also hear murmurs in the back round from the five figures in the room. Nanori turned off the systems and the force in her mind disappeared, so she let go of the essence and walked out of the simulator.
I think I shall end it there for now. Please review and tell me whether or not to include the scouts! Bai! Apparently my internet is down, so I guess I shall continue. Hinokami walks off murmuring about idiocy and cable companies.
"Very good. Very good." One of the figures stepped into the light. Nanori was not surprised when it turned out to be one of the five doctors.
"Hello Dr. S." Nanori said in monotone.
"She seems familiar. Where did you get her?" Another figure revealed itself to be Dr. J.
"I am Hiiro Yui's Imouto." Nanori said simply.
"Ahh." Dr. J. said.
"She was near the Palidan Battle site, at the time of battle." Dr. M. said. (AN: Dunno what the battle was. Think of Hiiro's memory of the girl and puppy. Yup. That's the place!)
"Such a young age." Dr. O. revealed himself.
"She must have had a large amount of training to be able to complete the simulation with the accuracy and speed she used." The other two doctors stepped in to the light as well. (AN: Sigh...Don't know their letters! ^_^*) Dr. M nodded in confirmation.
"Now. I am sure you are as eager to show Nanori her Gundam as I am." Dr. M. stated, a light entered her eyes. The other Doctors nodded, pride gleaming in all of their eyes. Nanori just barely kept herself from rolling her eyes. Boys and their toys. And it doesn't help that M. is just like them. The doctors led Nanori into a hangar and ordered a large sheet to be removed from what Nanori assumed was the Gundam.
"This is Neo. It is equipped with two retractable beam sabers, only to be used as a last resort after the beam cannon is ejected. It is crucial that you recover the beam cannon because of the reinforced gundanium used in its construction. Neo is also equipped with extra shielding made of a newly discovered material much like gundanium, with one difference. This material, unnamed as of yet, will absorb any attack and become stronger. This is the material used to reinforce the gundanium, making your Gundam nearly indestructible. The other Gundams will be plated with the reinforced Gundanium alloy when they arrive in the next eight hours. Neo has also been equipped with the standard artillery, including heat sensitive rocket missiles useful in taking out large quantities of dolls. I do not recommend them for close proximity targets because of the blast range and shockwaves produced. One last thing that I am particularly proud of is the Neo system, which is an adaptation of the zero system installed in 01, that is installed in Neo. Hence the name Neo." Dr. M. finished as the sheet was finally removed from Neo. The Gundam was mostly black with dark green armoring. Her favorite colors, Nanori mentally smiled.
"So 06, do you like it?" Dr. J. asked.
"Hnn." Was the response he got. After several moments of quietness, Nanori spoke again. "Dr. M., I have new information."
"Oh?" Dr. M. said waiting for more. When she didn't get any she continued, "It is okay to speak in front of them, Nanori. They are going to help us."
"There is a new faction involved in the Merilista/Tarawa conflict. Motive is assumed to be take over each organization from inside using double agents, then use the fighting as a distraction and take over Earth's governments claiming they have joined together for peace. Most logical starting point is the Sanq Kingdom. The Merilistas have apparently moved their head quarters to somewhere in Latin America. I have found the coordinates of the hidden colony, and have made sure that the Tarawa organization does not have access to it until I give word. Coordinates are as follows: Sector 9: Delta heading 23.4, 57.6." Nanori finished and waited for orders, mentally smirking at the surprised looks on all six doctor's faces.
"You have trained her well." Dr. J. approved. The other men nodded. Dr. M. just smiled at the Doctors.
"Very good. You have a choice. You may wait a few hours, then let me brief you on your next mission, or I will brief you now, but you are not to leave until the other pilots are briefed as well. Three of them will be going with you." Dr. M. informed Nanori.
"Now."
"Hai. Usagi is being held by the Tarawa forces in Eastern Canada. Your mission is to locate the base, get in, rescue Usagi, and get out with minimal damage to yourself and the base. Our main concern is Usagi, but if you can find information on the plans of the new faction or the Tarawa organization without causing commotion, that is acceptable. You will not take your Gundams, for they will cause to much commotion, and are to easy to recognize. From there, you are to return to the Sanq Kingdom, where the other two pilots will meet you, and await orders." Dr. M. waited for Nanori's response.
"Mission Accepted." Nanori nodded to the doctors then headed back to her shuttle craft to research Eastern Canada until the other pilots arrived.
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