"Uncle Domon, I think I'm ready to see how I fare against Schwarz." Hiroji spoke up as he and Domon brought back logs for the campfire. "That's fine with me," Domon said with a smirk on his face. "So long as he's still the same merciful guy I used to know." "What do you mean?" "He nearly whacked off my head in our first fight. And in our big match at the finals, it wasn't any more fun." Hiroji smiled. "Ah, I'm sure I'll be alright. Anyway, I'll go find him tomorrow."

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"Schwarz-san! Hey! Schwarz-san!" Hiroji had his hands cupped over his mouth as he stood in the clearing calling for Schwarz. He didn't need to wait long. "So you're ready, then?" Hiroji spun around as his challenger walked casually out of the trees to meet him. Just the sight of this masked man in a trench coat intensified the youth's excitement in fighting him. "I'm set to see if my one-legged training has paid off like you thought it would!" he snapped his fingers. "RISE GLOWING GUNDAM!!" Over the treetops at lightning speed came the beautiful Glowing Gundam. His instinctive Ninjutsu coming into play, Hiroji disappeared inside. Within seconds, the mobile suit came to life and stood on the ground. Schwarz unfolded his arms and chuckled. "Impressive. Alright then, RISE GUNDAM SPIEGEL!!" Hiroji gasped at the sight of the Gundam from Neo Germany. It was truly a fine machine of black, gold, white, and red, with two Spiegel blades at each arm. The sheer power was enough to explain Domon's defeats. "This is gonna' be fun." He punched his fists together, poised on his right leg. "GUNDAM FIGHT!!" "READY." Schwarz moved his Gundam into a fighting stance, ready to grasp his double blades. "GO!!!" Hiroji brandished his katana and charged from the fore. "Hey, Dad! Look over there!" Keiji pointed over towards the large valley that stretched out below. There, a massive explosion blasted into the air. Rain came running out of the Burning Gundam, which she had been making repairs to. "Domon! Who's fighting over there?" "It couldn't be Angie and Uncle Chibodee!" Keiji declared. "They were going to go up north today where the Devil Gundam used to be." Domon smiled. "Rain, there's something you need to be let in on." Hiroji was having the time of his life as he clashed fists with the mighty Gundam Spiegel. He could feel their energies combining and lancing about in every direction. From what his fists said, which he used to communicate feelings with, he could safely say that Schwarz was enjoying the fight as well. Strange. He thought. Now that I've tapped into Schwarz's feelings, it almost feels like I've known him from somewhere. Breaking free of their hand lock, Gundam Spiegel recoiled to ready his net. "Now would be a good time to deploy that Glowing Mode of yours, Hiroji!" "Glowing Mode? But I.!" Hiroji realized at that moment that this trump card wasn't exactly available for him yet. "Damn." He said to himself. "He's right, I do need that if I am to win." He managed a bitter laugh. "I've been having such a good time that I forgot I'm supposed to actually win." He knew that his emotions were supposed to trigger the Glowing Gundam's transformation, but what kind of emotions? Apparently, Hiroji hadn't heard of the Serene State of Mind that Domon was now a master of. Schwarz threw the net and it hit Hiroji with such great force that he was thrown to the ground. Wind knocked out of him, the youth struggled to regain himself, but was unable to break free as the mesh electrocuted him. "YAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" Gundam Spiegel loomed over him for a brief moment. "You see now what your next goal is. While you are able to fight well with the lack of a limb, you still need to make the best possible use of that Gundam." He sliced the net free with one swipe of his Spiegel blades and turned to leave. "If you don't want to be looked down upon at the Gundam Fight or in any battle you take place in." In a flash, he was gone. Hiroji sat up completely now and punched his fist into the ground. "Augh! I can't believe I forgot about how to achieve Glowing Mode! Now that's two losses under my belt."

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"What?! You mean to tell me that Schwarz is alive?" Rain grabbed Domon by the arms. "Domon, have you any idea what that means for Hiroji?" "I know, Rain. But we can't let our nephew know just yet. For now, it has to be between us." Rain blinked. "But why? Why can't Hiroji know that his father is alive?" "Because if Schwarz is alive, then what of the Devil Gundam?" Domon asked. "After all, I know my brother died that day, just as we all know that monster did." He put his hands on her shoulders. "We just have to be ready for the worst. And telling Hiroji that Schwarz is his dad so that he can completely forget about training is not going to help." "I guess so. Hiroji lacks any major goals for this Gundam Fight anyway." Rain looked over at their nephew as he and Keiji fished off of the banks of the river. "It would be easy to distract him." "Good so then we won't say a word. Right?" "Right."

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Not far away, a bird took off into the sky, clearly startled by something. One of its feathers strayed from its tail and came whirling to the ground. But as it touched to soil below, it began to bump up and down. Far below, the pulsing had intensified.