Mobile Suit G Gundam: Gathering Shadows
New Berserker System: One Mystery Solved
Rhia looked at the girl., her visitor. Red, all red. Red eyes, red hair, red shirt, red pants, red boots. Her skin was tanned to the exact hue of Rhia's skin; her hair, save color, was the same as Rhia's as well. The only article of clothing she wore that wasn't red was her vest, which was a starched white.
"Who are you?" Rhia asked the girl.
"I am the physical form of the Berserker system. Thus, in a way, I am you." The girl responded.
"Why are you here?" Rhia questioned.
"Even though I am a machine made to control you, I do have feelings." The girl said. "I do not wish to hurt you, so to make it up to you in part, I shall tell you some things."
Rhia looked at the girl and nodded.
"I was made first to increase your mother's fighting abilities. That ended when Domon fought her." The girl began. "Then I was made so that I would take you here, to this field of red mist, to have you fight subconsciously. Now, with the help of Thomas, you have managed to force Neo-Finland and Neo-Germany to exert complete control over you, thus taking me into my final form and letting me appear to you."
"Neo-Finland! I knew they had something to do with this! But my own country." Rhia didn't finish the thought. But the girl, being Rhia herself in a way, knew.
"Yes. There is something.dark lurking at the edges of this year's tournament, though I do not yet know what." The girl said. "And yet my time dwindles. I have one thing to tell you at the moment, Rhia. Schwartz is indeed Domon's brother. Kyoji and Schwartz are one and the same. Only Domon can unlock the memories within." and with that she was gone. And Rhia was in the cockpit of Luna Gundam once more.
"Rhia! Rhia!" Thomas shouted. Rhia looked out at the ring. Domon's Burning Gundam was in bad need of repair, though for some miraculous reason the head unit was still intact. Tempest Gundam was shaking her by the shoulders. "Rhia!"
"I'm okay!" Rhia shouted back. She opened her cockpit and got out. Thomas followed the suit. Domon, Rain and Thomas ran over; Thomas reaching her first.
"For a moment I thought I had lost you." Thomas said quietly so only Rhia could hear. She wondered what Thomas meant, but didn't ask. Instead she turned to Domon.
"Where is Ky-Schwartz?" Rhia asked. She had almost said Kyoji, but stopped herself in time.
Domon tensed for the second she started the name "Kyoji," but relaxed again when she changed to Schwartz. "Gone. His country called him back." He said, looking away.
"And right before he was going to finish you off, too." Rain added.
"Domon, I need to ask you something." Rhia said.
"Shoot." Domon said.
"What happened to Kyoji?" Rhia asked. Domon had been afraid she would ask that. After all, she was a smart kid.
"He died 28 years ago in the 13th Gundam Tournament." Domon answered. Rhia looked at him. She could only imagine what he was going through. After his childhood, then finally accepting his brother was dead, only to have him come back to life.
"No.let me rephrase that. What happened to Kyoji's mirror?" Rhia said.
"Kyoji's.mirror?" Domon asked. How has she figured out? Domon wondered.
"Schwartz." Rhia stated. Domon gulped, sighed, and then shook his head.
"How did you find out? Did your mother tell you?"
"If my mother had told me, I would have asked before now."
"Then how did you figure it out?"
"I had some suspicions when you called Schwartz "brother," otherwise, it's a bit of a long story." The four walked over to the Corlander. Then Rhia began to tell first about her dream, then how she had gone into Schwartz's mind with Thomas. As she told that part, she shot Thomas a glance that said, "I'm sorry." Thomas kept a calm, sealed expression on his face. Then she told of her talk with the Berserker system. The first words out of Domon's mouth when she finished were:
"The Berserker system is alive?"
"Apparently so." Rhia answered. Then before she could say anything else, Thomas promptly gave the idea of the "If you don't."
"We want you to tell us everything about the 13th tournament. Everything. Unless, of course, you'd rather have Rhia and me find out for ourselves."
Domon wasn't sure what he meant by that, though he had a pretty good idea. So he told the story from the start. He told of his training with Master Asia, and how he had passed the King of Hearts crest on to Domon without warning. Then of his fight with Michelo, and the fight with Chibbody, Sai Sici, George and Argo. He went on to say how Ulube and Dr. Mikamura played the mind game on him, and the other fights that lead up to his fight with the Dark Gundam and Master Asia. He told of his feelings about his brother, about Rain, about fighting, about himself. Then he told how he had been mysteriously attacked by four Gundams on his way to the Tournament. Then, he told of the tournament itself, how he had watched as his friends faced dangers in the ring, how he himself had survived these dangers. Finally, he came to the final fight with Schwartz, who had helped him along, how because of his rash talk the day before, Rain had joined Schwartz's team. Then how Rain had told him how to finally win the match. He had discovered that Schwartz had actually been Kyoji. Then he told of how Rain got into the hospital to talk to Kyoji, to find out how he had escaped the Dark Gundam. Rain took over from there.
"I got in, but before I could even see Kyoji, some doctors came in." Rain started. She said how she had found out that Schwartz was an android, how she had stopped her father from killing him. How her father had confessed that it was he and Major Ulube who had forced the Dark Gundam down to Earth. Then how, after Kyoji/Schwartz had left to help Domon, she had followed in Rising Gundam. Domon continued after that.
Domon continued his narrative, telling of how he had found out the Schwartz was Kyoji's mirror image, how Schwartz had told him the truth about Ulube. He learned that Rain had been kidnapped, and even though he had defeated the Dark Gundam-at the cost of Kyoji and Schwartz-Rain helped to support the revival of the vile Gundam. He told of his and his friend's endeavors to defeat the Dark Gundam, only to find out that he was supposed to fight Rain herself. Then how, while in his despair, Allenby had told him the foolproof spell to open Rain's heart. Of course he needn't go on, that rest was history.
"Whoooeee." Thomas said when they were done, taking the better part of three hours. Despite Rhia telling his secret, he was amazed at what both Rain and Domon had to go through. And at Domon's pig-headedness at not realizing Rain loved him. "You had it hard."
"Yah. But you were a bitch to Rain during the early part of the tournament. And not to mention my mom." Rhia let the sentence dangle. Domon got her point.
"You don't have to.to.to." Domon couldn't think of a comeback. For the first time in about four hours, everyone laughed, even Thomas. Domon reddened. They began to tease each other good-naturedly. Mostly centered around Domon and his obliviousness to Rain's feelings. Rhia had been close to tears at some parts in the story. As she was laughing along with her friends, she was aware of something. If Domon went through all that to get his brother back, I can't even imagine what he's going through now.
Though Domon laughed and shot his own comments around, Rhia could see that Schwartz's appearance had disgruntled him. And though he did a fair amount of blushing, Rhia knew his thoughts were elsewhere. That was even more apparent when they started to drive again. He had this far-away look in his eye, as if reliving his past yet again. So it startled them all when the message light started to blink and beep, alerting them of a message.
"Hello, Rain Kasshu here." Rain said. Then the sound of Chibbody's voice came over the radio. And it was far from normal.
"Domon, I need to talk to Domon!" he shouted. Rain handed the radio to Domon. Everyone was caught off-guard at the desperation in his voice. Even Thomas, who had never seen the rowdy Queen of Spades, felt something was wrong. But he couldn't traverse such distances with his mind, so he had to wait like everyone else to hear what Chibbody was so worked up about.
"Domon speaking." Domon relied calmly, though anyone was far from calm.
"Come.come to the Neo-American embassy. And hurry!" Chibbody then cut the connection. Domon swerved the car around and they headed for the Neo- American embassy.
"Domon," Rain cautioned. "it could be a trap."
"I don't care. You know Chibbody never gets spooked. Not like that. We're going." Domon said. He pressed the pedal harder and the Corlander sped ahead.
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oooh! Wonder what's got Chibbody to worked up? You'll have to wait for the next chappie!! Heeeheeeheee!
~*DarkDraong*~
New Berserker System: One Mystery Solved
Rhia looked at the girl., her visitor. Red, all red. Red eyes, red hair, red shirt, red pants, red boots. Her skin was tanned to the exact hue of Rhia's skin; her hair, save color, was the same as Rhia's as well. The only article of clothing she wore that wasn't red was her vest, which was a starched white.
"Who are you?" Rhia asked the girl.
"I am the physical form of the Berserker system. Thus, in a way, I am you." The girl responded.
"Why are you here?" Rhia questioned.
"Even though I am a machine made to control you, I do have feelings." The girl said. "I do not wish to hurt you, so to make it up to you in part, I shall tell you some things."
Rhia looked at the girl and nodded.
"I was made first to increase your mother's fighting abilities. That ended when Domon fought her." The girl began. "Then I was made so that I would take you here, to this field of red mist, to have you fight subconsciously. Now, with the help of Thomas, you have managed to force Neo-Finland and Neo-Germany to exert complete control over you, thus taking me into my final form and letting me appear to you."
"Neo-Finland! I knew they had something to do with this! But my own country." Rhia didn't finish the thought. But the girl, being Rhia herself in a way, knew.
"Yes. There is something.dark lurking at the edges of this year's tournament, though I do not yet know what." The girl said. "And yet my time dwindles. I have one thing to tell you at the moment, Rhia. Schwartz is indeed Domon's brother. Kyoji and Schwartz are one and the same. Only Domon can unlock the memories within." and with that she was gone. And Rhia was in the cockpit of Luna Gundam once more.
"Rhia! Rhia!" Thomas shouted. Rhia looked out at the ring. Domon's Burning Gundam was in bad need of repair, though for some miraculous reason the head unit was still intact. Tempest Gundam was shaking her by the shoulders. "Rhia!"
"I'm okay!" Rhia shouted back. She opened her cockpit and got out. Thomas followed the suit. Domon, Rain and Thomas ran over; Thomas reaching her first.
"For a moment I thought I had lost you." Thomas said quietly so only Rhia could hear. She wondered what Thomas meant, but didn't ask. Instead she turned to Domon.
"Where is Ky-Schwartz?" Rhia asked. She had almost said Kyoji, but stopped herself in time.
Domon tensed for the second she started the name "Kyoji," but relaxed again when she changed to Schwartz. "Gone. His country called him back." He said, looking away.
"And right before he was going to finish you off, too." Rain added.
"Domon, I need to ask you something." Rhia said.
"Shoot." Domon said.
"What happened to Kyoji?" Rhia asked. Domon had been afraid she would ask that. After all, she was a smart kid.
"He died 28 years ago in the 13th Gundam Tournament." Domon answered. Rhia looked at him. She could only imagine what he was going through. After his childhood, then finally accepting his brother was dead, only to have him come back to life.
"No.let me rephrase that. What happened to Kyoji's mirror?" Rhia said.
"Kyoji's.mirror?" Domon asked. How has she figured out? Domon wondered.
"Schwartz." Rhia stated. Domon gulped, sighed, and then shook his head.
"How did you find out? Did your mother tell you?"
"If my mother had told me, I would have asked before now."
"Then how did you figure it out?"
"I had some suspicions when you called Schwartz "brother," otherwise, it's a bit of a long story." The four walked over to the Corlander. Then Rhia began to tell first about her dream, then how she had gone into Schwartz's mind with Thomas. As she told that part, she shot Thomas a glance that said, "I'm sorry." Thomas kept a calm, sealed expression on his face. Then she told of her talk with the Berserker system. The first words out of Domon's mouth when she finished were:
"The Berserker system is alive?"
"Apparently so." Rhia answered. Then before she could say anything else, Thomas promptly gave the idea of the "If you don't."
"We want you to tell us everything about the 13th tournament. Everything. Unless, of course, you'd rather have Rhia and me find out for ourselves."
Domon wasn't sure what he meant by that, though he had a pretty good idea. So he told the story from the start. He told of his training with Master Asia, and how he had passed the King of Hearts crest on to Domon without warning. Then of his fight with Michelo, and the fight with Chibbody, Sai Sici, George and Argo. He went on to say how Ulube and Dr. Mikamura played the mind game on him, and the other fights that lead up to his fight with the Dark Gundam and Master Asia. He told of his feelings about his brother, about Rain, about fighting, about himself. Then he told how he had been mysteriously attacked by four Gundams on his way to the Tournament. Then, he told of the tournament itself, how he had watched as his friends faced dangers in the ring, how he himself had survived these dangers. Finally, he came to the final fight with Schwartz, who had helped him along, how because of his rash talk the day before, Rain had joined Schwartz's team. Then how Rain had told him how to finally win the match. He had discovered that Schwartz had actually been Kyoji. Then he told of how Rain got into the hospital to talk to Kyoji, to find out how he had escaped the Dark Gundam. Rain took over from there.
"I got in, but before I could even see Kyoji, some doctors came in." Rain started. She said how she had found out that Schwartz was an android, how she had stopped her father from killing him. How her father had confessed that it was he and Major Ulube who had forced the Dark Gundam down to Earth. Then how, after Kyoji/Schwartz had left to help Domon, she had followed in Rising Gundam. Domon continued after that.
Domon continued his narrative, telling of how he had found out the Schwartz was Kyoji's mirror image, how Schwartz had told him the truth about Ulube. He learned that Rain had been kidnapped, and even though he had defeated the Dark Gundam-at the cost of Kyoji and Schwartz-Rain helped to support the revival of the vile Gundam. He told of his and his friend's endeavors to defeat the Dark Gundam, only to find out that he was supposed to fight Rain herself. Then how, while in his despair, Allenby had told him the foolproof spell to open Rain's heart. Of course he needn't go on, that rest was history.
"Whoooeee." Thomas said when they were done, taking the better part of three hours. Despite Rhia telling his secret, he was amazed at what both Rain and Domon had to go through. And at Domon's pig-headedness at not realizing Rain loved him. "You had it hard."
"Yah. But you were a bitch to Rain during the early part of the tournament. And not to mention my mom." Rhia let the sentence dangle. Domon got her point.
"You don't have to.to.to." Domon couldn't think of a comeback. For the first time in about four hours, everyone laughed, even Thomas. Domon reddened. They began to tease each other good-naturedly. Mostly centered around Domon and his obliviousness to Rain's feelings. Rhia had been close to tears at some parts in the story. As she was laughing along with her friends, she was aware of something. If Domon went through all that to get his brother back, I can't even imagine what he's going through now.
Though Domon laughed and shot his own comments around, Rhia could see that Schwartz's appearance had disgruntled him. And though he did a fair amount of blushing, Rhia knew his thoughts were elsewhere. That was even more apparent when they started to drive again. He had this far-away look in his eye, as if reliving his past yet again. So it startled them all when the message light started to blink and beep, alerting them of a message.
"Hello, Rain Kasshu here." Rain said. Then the sound of Chibbody's voice came over the radio. And it was far from normal.
"Domon, I need to talk to Domon!" he shouted. Rain handed the radio to Domon. Everyone was caught off-guard at the desperation in his voice. Even Thomas, who had never seen the rowdy Queen of Spades, felt something was wrong. But he couldn't traverse such distances with his mind, so he had to wait like everyone else to hear what Chibbody was so worked up about.
"Domon speaking." Domon relied calmly, though anyone was far from calm.
"Come.come to the Neo-American embassy. And hurry!" Chibbody then cut the connection. Domon swerved the car around and they headed for the Neo- American embassy.
"Domon," Rain cautioned. "it could be a trap."
"I don't care. You know Chibbody never gets spooked. Not like that. We're going." Domon said. He pressed the pedal harder and the Corlander sped ahead.
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oooh! Wonder what's got Chibbody to worked up? You'll have to wait for the next chappie!! Heeeheeeheee!
~*DarkDraong*~