"Ack!" Keiji fell backwards in his Soaring Gundam as Glowing Gundam elbowed
him in the torso.
Hiroji, who was normally so patient with his younger cousin, scowled. "Come on, Keiji! You have to do better than this!"
"I'm trying my best!" the son of Domon shouted back, struggling to get back up.
Then came a sentence that Hiroji would immediately regret: "It's not good enough!" Oh no Hiroji wanted to punch himself in the face for that. He could see how toxic his venomous words were to the sensitive child.
Keiji tearfully sheathed his gundam's sword. "Hiroji, you big jerk!" With that, he took off in the Soaring Gundam, disappearing into the blue sky.
The teen knew he was in trouble. Keiji never called him by his name unless he was really mad. It was always that "Aniki" spoken with such affection and pride.
"Where's Keiji going?" Domon demanded, running out to the battlefield. "What happened?"
"Hiroji said something that he shouldn't have." Schwarz said from behind him in the trees. When Domon turned around and saw he was there, he stopped. Schwarz nodded. "Let him handle it."
Inwardly cursing, Hiroji blasted into the air with the Glowing Gundam, after his fleeing cousin. "Keiji! Wait up!"
"Hiroji, wait!" Gundam Patriot flew up to meet him, having watched the fight. "I'm coming too!"
The teen didn't object and continued on with the American Gundam following.
.......
Keiji jumped from the cockpit of his Gundam as rain began falling. Already, he was miles from camp and the dark clouds signified a thunderstorm, something he very much feared. Unsure of what to do otherwise but find a low-lying shelter, he plunged into the woods. In the meantime, he was regretting his running off.
A violent flash of lightning lit up the entire area. "Wha-!" Keiji fell backwards with a startled yelp. He caught sight of a dark patch in the rock nearby and made for it, boots sloshing in the mud. He felt a wave of relief when he found it to be a cave entrance. "Great! I'll be okay in there!"
.......
"Look!" Angie cried, pointing to the wooded area below.
Hiroji gasped. "It's Soaring Gundam! Come on!"
But the mobile suit's pilot wasn't inside or near it. Hiroji wasn't happy Just great! I lose my cousin in a thunderstorm, which is one of the things that happen to scare him senseless! I have to find him
"There's some footprints over here!" Angie called, Gundam Patriot leaning down towards the muck to investigate.
"Those are his." Hiroji concluded. "No doubt about it!"
The two Gundams trailed the tracks through the mud, until they saw it: a cave!
"I'll betcha that rascal's in there!" Angie piped.
Hiroji jumped out of his Gundam. With all the thunder roaring, he knew there was no point in calling to Keiji from the outside. Hair billowing in the wind, he dashed inside. "Angie! Stay with the Gundams!"
It was terribly dark inside and the fact that the sky outside was a thick black didn't help. Hiroji felt a cold chill as he slowed to a walk, his bad leg not wanting to fully cooperate just yet. "Keiji!" he hissed, unsure why he was calling so low. "Hey! Keiji!"
"Huh?" came a small voice. "A.Aniki?"
Hiroji squinted desperately to see where the boy was. "Keiji! Where are you?"
"Aniki!" Keiji was just barely visible as he came running to his cousin. But as he reached him, the cave began to shake.
Hiroji looked up as bits of rock began tumbling down on them from the low- hanging ceiling. What's more, the shaking was intensifying.
"Keiji! Get down!" Hiroji bent over the boy to shield him as the rocks began to grow in size.
Angie saw dust come flying up out of the cave entrance and sprang out of the Gundam Patriot. "Hiroji! Keiji!"
A massive boulder broke loose from the ceiling, plummeting right down upon the two boys. "AH!" Keiji yelped in terror and braced himself to be crushed. "ANIKI!"
"NO!" Hiroji held up his hands over his head, stopping the boulder with a great crash. He gasped as he realized he was holding the massive rock over his head. "Am I.what in the.?"
Keiji gaped. "Aniki! Your hands are."
Sure enough, Hiroji's hands were glowing bright blue. "Is this the power that will.master the Glowing Mode?" he wondered as pure strength rippled through every part of him.
But the shaking continued and he had little time to think. Tossing the boulder away, Hiroji picked up Keiji and began to run. "We have to get out of here before the entire cave falls apart!"
"Hey boys!" Angie came running up to them. "Hurry up, will you!"
As the three leapt outside and into the rain, the cave came crashing down on itself.
........
"I'm so sorry, Aniki!" Keiji cried, clinging tightly to his cousin's shirt. "I never should have gotten mad!"
Hiroji laughed and tousled his hair affectionately. "It's okay, squirt. I know I deserved that for saying that to you."
"But you were right, I can't fight as good as you can!" Keiji interjected shamefully.
The teen scoffed. "That's not why you're a valuable sparring partner, Keiji. Thanks to you just being there, I discovered the power I need to master Glowing Mode." He grinned. "So thanks a lot, little bro!"
Keiji beamed and they both laughed.
Standing overhead on a cliff with their Gundams behind them, Domon and Schwarz watched the cousins take off in their own mobile suits, bound for home. "You were right, Niisan." Domon concluded. "Hiroji handled it just fine."
Schwarz nodded and sighed. "They're just like brothers, you know. If a comment is slightly misunderstood, the younger brother gets mad and then it is up to big brother to redeem himself." He glanced over at his own brother. "Just like the old days, eh?"
Domon put a hand on his stomach. "Geez, I'm hungry. Let's go back to camp for some grub!"
The masked fighter slapped his forehead. "That's another thing about the younger siblings. They have the attention span of a rock."
Hiroji, who was normally so patient with his younger cousin, scowled. "Come on, Keiji! You have to do better than this!"
"I'm trying my best!" the son of Domon shouted back, struggling to get back up.
Then came a sentence that Hiroji would immediately regret: "It's not good enough!" Oh no Hiroji wanted to punch himself in the face for that. He could see how toxic his venomous words were to the sensitive child.
Keiji tearfully sheathed his gundam's sword. "Hiroji, you big jerk!" With that, he took off in the Soaring Gundam, disappearing into the blue sky.
The teen knew he was in trouble. Keiji never called him by his name unless he was really mad. It was always that "Aniki" spoken with such affection and pride.
"Where's Keiji going?" Domon demanded, running out to the battlefield. "What happened?"
"Hiroji said something that he shouldn't have." Schwarz said from behind him in the trees. When Domon turned around and saw he was there, he stopped. Schwarz nodded. "Let him handle it."
Inwardly cursing, Hiroji blasted into the air with the Glowing Gundam, after his fleeing cousin. "Keiji! Wait up!"
"Hiroji, wait!" Gundam Patriot flew up to meet him, having watched the fight. "I'm coming too!"
The teen didn't object and continued on with the American Gundam following.
.......
Keiji jumped from the cockpit of his Gundam as rain began falling. Already, he was miles from camp and the dark clouds signified a thunderstorm, something he very much feared. Unsure of what to do otherwise but find a low-lying shelter, he plunged into the woods. In the meantime, he was regretting his running off.
A violent flash of lightning lit up the entire area. "Wha-!" Keiji fell backwards with a startled yelp. He caught sight of a dark patch in the rock nearby and made for it, boots sloshing in the mud. He felt a wave of relief when he found it to be a cave entrance. "Great! I'll be okay in there!"
.......
"Look!" Angie cried, pointing to the wooded area below.
Hiroji gasped. "It's Soaring Gundam! Come on!"
But the mobile suit's pilot wasn't inside or near it. Hiroji wasn't happy Just great! I lose my cousin in a thunderstorm, which is one of the things that happen to scare him senseless! I have to find him
"There's some footprints over here!" Angie called, Gundam Patriot leaning down towards the muck to investigate.
"Those are his." Hiroji concluded. "No doubt about it!"
The two Gundams trailed the tracks through the mud, until they saw it: a cave!
"I'll betcha that rascal's in there!" Angie piped.
Hiroji jumped out of his Gundam. With all the thunder roaring, he knew there was no point in calling to Keiji from the outside. Hair billowing in the wind, he dashed inside. "Angie! Stay with the Gundams!"
It was terribly dark inside and the fact that the sky outside was a thick black didn't help. Hiroji felt a cold chill as he slowed to a walk, his bad leg not wanting to fully cooperate just yet. "Keiji!" he hissed, unsure why he was calling so low. "Hey! Keiji!"
"Huh?" came a small voice. "A.Aniki?"
Hiroji squinted desperately to see where the boy was. "Keiji! Where are you?"
"Aniki!" Keiji was just barely visible as he came running to his cousin. But as he reached him, the cave began to shake.
Hiroji looked up as bits of rock began tumbling down on them from the low- hanging ceiling. What's more, the shaking was intensifying.
"Keiji! Get down!" Hiroji bent over the boy to shield him as the rocks began to grow in size.
Angie saw dust come flying up out of the cave entrance and sprang out of the Gundam Patriot. "Hiroji! Keiji!"
A massive boulder broke loose from the ceiling, plummeting right down upon the two boys. "AH!" Keiji yelped in terror and braced himself to be crushed. "ANIKI!"
"NO!" Hiroji held up his hands over his head, stopping the boulder with a great crash. He gasped as he realized he was holding the massive rock over his head. "Am I.what in the.?"
Keiji gaped. "Aniki! Your hands are."
Sure enough, Hiroji's hands were glowing bright blue. "Is this the power that will.master the Glowing Mode?" he wondered as pure strength rippled through every part of him.
But the shaking continued and he had little time to think. Tossing the boulder away, Hiroji picked up Keiji and began to run. "We have to get out of here before the entire cave falls apart!"
"Hey boys!" Angie came running up to them. "Hurry up, will you!"
As the three leapt outside and into the rain, the cave came crashing down on itself.
........
"I'm so sorry, Aniki!" Keiji cried, clinging tightly to his cousin's shirt. "I never should have gotten mad!"
Hiroji laughed and tousled his hair affectionately. "It's okay, squirt. I know I deserved that for saying that to you."
"But you were right, I can't fight as good as you can!" Keiji interjected shamefully.
The teen scoffed. "That's not why you're a valuable sparring partner, Keiji. Thanks to you just being there, I discovered the power I need to master Glowing Mode." He grinned. "So thanks a lot, little bro!"
Keiji beamed and they both laughed.
Standing overhead on a cliff with their Gundams behind them, Domon and Schwarz watched the cousins take off in their own mobile suits, bound for home. "You were right, Niisan." Domon concluded. "Hiroji handled it just fine."
Schwarz nodded and sighed. "They're just like brothers, you know. If a comment is slightly misunderstood, the younger brother gets mad and then it is up to big brother to redeem himself." He glanced over at his own brother. "Just like the old days, eh?"
Domon put a hand on his stomach. "Geez, I'm hungry. Let's go back to camp for some grub!"
The masked fighter slapped his forehead. "That's another thing about the younger siblings. They have the attention span of a rock."
