Chapter Eight

Flashbacks- Visions of Morexia

(Disclaimer- this is a short chapter, just so you have some background on the chars... there will be one for each of the main characters. The first flashback was the Eppo Delta chapter, Chapter four, but this one is a little on the short side.)

(Ten years before the start of the war, space near Morexia)

A small transport sped through space, bound for a new Federation colony near the core of the galaxy. A small ship approached the transport. The ship attached to the side of the transport, and it connected to the airlock doors. "We are under attack by outer region pirates." The pilot yelled.

The airlock door blasted open, and five men ran through with blasters. Just before the door had blown, a woman ran down a corridor to the back of the ship. She was carrying her six-year-old child. She set him in an escape pod. "Stay here Mitsarugi, don't come out of there." She told him.

"Mommy don't leave me!" he cried as the door closed.

After a minute an explosion echoed through the ship. The moorings that connected the two ships were ripping into fuel lines. The pirates escaped back to their ship, but it was too late for everyone on the transport. As the transport was blowing apart, the escape pods jettisoned. Mitsarugi was drifting among the debris of the wreckage.

A junk transport moved towards Morexia, but then sighted the debris from the transport. The pilot maneuvered the debris into the junk barge he pulled. When he reached his junkyard, he landed the barge on the small landing pad. A six-year-old girl ran from the house to greet him. The girl was Miho Musaka, and her father, Hwang Musaka, was the pilot. Her mother died when Miho was only four. She died of core sickness, an illness that is on several core planets, including Morexia. Ever since then Mr. Musaka never talked much to anyone. Hwang emptied the barge out, and begun sorting the junk. He came across an escape pod with all it's systems running. He found this very odd. "What the hell? That wreckage I found must've blown recently." He said.

"What is that daddy?" Miho asked.

"I'm not sure, but I think it has something important in it." He replied.

He pulled the door off the pod to find a crying Mitsarugi. "Who are you?" Mitsarugi sobbed.

"Don't worry kid, we wont hurt you. Come out of there." Mr. Musaka said.

"Hi! My name's Miho! What's your name?" Miho asked.

Mitsarugi climbed out of the pod wiping a few tears away. "My name's Mitsarugi, Mitsarugi Yakashi." He said quietly.

"How'd you get in there kid?" Mr. Musaka asked.

"My mommy put me in there before the spaceship blew up. Now she's gone..." Mitsarugi replied looking up at the sky.

"Damn, he's so young, and he is all alone already." Mr. Musaka thought to himself.

"I've never seen one of those before." Mitsarugi said pointing at the sky.

"What? The sky?" Miho asked looking at what he was pointing at.

"Yea, I've never seen one before." He replied.

"He must've grown up on a colony, that's why he has never seen one Miho." Mr. Musaka said.

"Oh... hey Mitsu... wanna look around, I can show you around!" Miho said.

"Sure." He said following her, already making a friend.

(Two years later.)

(Civilized Planet 45RG-2 Shri)

A trade ship sitting at the small port was preparing to depart from the small shrine. A small boy snuck aboard the ship to play. He didn't know that the ship was about to leave. The boy's name was Shimari Tataki. The ship sealed the airlocks and started to take off. Shimari then realized he was in trouble. "Next stop is Morexia." The pilot said to the co-pilot.

Shimari eventually fell asleep among the crates. After a few hours the ship entered the atmosphere of Morexia. (If I didn't describe the planet before, I will now.) The ship landed on a pad and the doors opened. The landing woke Shimari up and he slipped out of the ship undetected. He looked around at the desert planet, seeing junk ships and mountains of scrap metal all around him. He was in the capital city of the planet, Morexia City (original isn't it?). He stood looking at the gritty buildings that covered the landscape. (Think of the space port in starwars on Tatooine) He wandered through the marketplace. When he ran into two kids his age. "Hi!" a boy said to him, "what's your name?"

"My name is Shimari Tataki of the Shri Kingdom."

"I'm Mitsarugi Yakashi, of um... Morexia..." Mitsarugi said.

"And I'm Miho Musaka of Morexia." Miho said with a smile.

They looked at Shimari's monk robes. "Why are you wearing those funny clothes?" he asked.

"This is the holy gowns we wear in my shrine." He replied.

"How long will you be here?" Miho asked.

"I think I'm stuck here... I accidentally boarded a ship and wound up here." Shimari replied.

"Miho! Mitsarugi! Come on... time to get back to the house." Mr. Musaka yelled.

"You wanna come along?" Miho asked.

"Sure." Shimari replied.

When the got up to Mr. Musaka he turned and looked confused. "Who is this kid?" he asked.

"This is our friend Shimari. He is stuck here, he don't know how to get home, or where his home is..." Miho said.

"Not again..." Mr. Musaka mumbled to himself, "he can stay, but he's gotta do work."

(Present day)

(Hiroshima Base)

"And that is how us three ended up together." Miho said.

"Yes, one day I will find my home, and let them know I have succeeded at becoming a warrior." Shimari said.

"And I'll most likely go back and work in the junkyard." Mitsarugi laughed, "That was the only life I really had."

(End Chapter Eight)

Miho: Hi there, the Big Mobile Suits are finally finished. Mitsu and Shimari both are excited to see their suits. So are the other pilots, but soon a large offensive will take place, and I'm worried. Next Chapter: New Suits and New Gundam.

Miho: Don't Miss It!