"PATRIOT MISSALS!!!" Angie cried as she leapt backwards in her Gundam
Patriot.
"Keiji, who's Angie fighting?" Hiroji asked as he joined his younger cousin in their surveillance station- the largest tree on the ridge. It's lack of foliage and extreme height provided an excellent place to watch fights.
Keiji popped the last of his raspberries into his mouth. "Don't know. It looks a lot like Uncle George's Gundam Rose, though."
Sure enough, the mystery opponent brandished a long saber, which it gave a quick twirl to. The attacking missals exploded from the vibes it gave off.
Angie gasped. "No way! My finishing move was useless against this guy!"
"ROSE NET!!!" The pilot yelled.
Before Gundam Patriot could react, a net made entirely of metallic white roses pinned it down. Angie could do nothing but yelp in pain as the pure energy electrocuted her.
"That's how he defeated me." Anya declared, having just appeared at the base of the boys' tree.
Hiroji looked down at her and then back at the fight, "Uh-oh looks like they need help."
By the time they had arrived in the valley, Angie was sitting dazedly on the ground, being offered a water bottle by a young man with thick strawberry blonde hair, indigo eyes, and a knight's uniform.
"Mason de Sand!" Hiroji called, beaming at the sight of his comrade. "I haven't seen you since Keiji was born!"
"Hiroji Kasshu!" Mason offered his hand to shake. "So you and Keiji decided to become Gundam Fighters after all?"
"In our blood," Hiroji answered with a laugh. "I pilot the Glowing Gundam and my cousin here helps me train with the new Soaring Gundam."
"Nice to see I have many opponents here!" Mason declared.
"Angie, are you going to be okay?" Anya asked as the defeated American struggled to her feet.
Mason grabbed hold of her shoulders to support her. "I'm sorry, mademoiselle. I suppose I went too far on the finishing attack."
Angie turned bright red under her thick indigo hair. How embarrassing; to act so weak in front of the handsome prince of Neo France! "Oh, I'm fine! Just a little winded."
Hiroji looked over at his friend. "So how about a duel?"
Mason smirked and pointed his saber outwards. "It would be an honor for this knight to battle such potential."
Angie scoffed and put her hands on her hips. "Hey, I'll have you know that I defeated Hiroji in combat!"
Mason gave a gentlemanly bow to the two girls before turning to leave. "Does tomorrow at dawn suit you?"
"Yeah, fine," The son of Kyoji answered.
"See you then," The young man walked off, leaving the four behind.
.......
"Hi!"
"Wha?" Keiji's head snapped up at the sound of a child's voice. He had dozed off while repairing the Soaring Gundam's computer. Now he stood face- to-face with another mobile suit, one that had been passed down for generations: the Dragon Gundam.
The cockpit opened and out came a small girl with the darkest of purple hair and bright amber eyes. She was Sai Lin, 7-year-old daughter of Sai Saici.
"Hey, I remember you!" Keiji proclaimed, popping out his own cockpit. "Sai Lin of Neo China! Where's your dad?"
"With yours!" Sai Lin piped, pointing over his shoulder. "Practically everyone's there!"
Sure enough, a large group occupied the cliff on the far edge. Domon and Rain were in the middle of the throng, happily chatting away. Sai Saici and his wife Cecil were there, along with Argo and Nastasha, George and Maria Louise, and Chibodee and Shirley. The old Shuffle crew was together again.
"Did you get bored with the fight going on over there?" Keiji asked as he resumed his work.
"Yeah, all they do it prance around with their swords swinging." Sai Lin gave a puzzled face. "That Frenchy guy fights weird."
"That's how he warms up," Domon's son said. "He's a knight, you know."
.......
Mason blocked Hiroji's katana again and again. Both warriors wore smiles during the battle. Within minutes, they parted and stood back in their Gundams.
"I'm impressed." Mason declared, sheathing his saber. "Indeed, you are a worthy opponent."
"This is fun." Hiroji agreed. "I suppose a bit of chivalry is good every once in a while."
"What say we try out our finishing moves?"
"Right!"
Keiji and Sai Lin saw the sky brightening and turned to watch.
Angie and Anya, who were stuck sitting near the families, looked up as well. "This is it!" Angie hissed.
"Poor Hiroji," Anya murmured. "He doesn't know that Mason's already mastered Hyper Mode."
Domon and George had their eyes on the escalating fight.
"Are those girls right?" Domon asked.
George nodded. "Yes, Mason has mastered the Gundam Knight's Hyper Mode. But didn't your nephew master Glowing Mode?"
A shadow in the nearby trees stirred at the conversation. Domon wheeled to see Schwarz take off towards the site. "Niisan." he muttered. "George, come on!"
"GLOWING STRIKE!!!!"
"ROSE NET!!!!"
BOOM!!! A blazing blue hand and a net clashed.
"Hiroji!" Anya gasped, shielding her eyes from the blinding light.
"Mason!" Angie cried.
Keiji and Sai Lin got back into their Gundams and made for a closer look. They could feel the pure energy heating up the humid air, but it wasn't coming from the struggling warrior of Neo Japan.
"NOW!!!" Mason's Gundam Knight burst into a bright red aura, casting the battlefield in a great beam of light.
"But that's." Hiroji murmured. "His Hyper Mode."
Schwarz slid to a halt on the trail, trench coat flapping. "Hiroji's going to get hurt! He hasn't fully completed his Glowing Mode training!"
Just then, the earth began trembling beneath his feet. His blue eyes widened as a horrible familiarity took hold. "No.it's coming!" He snapped his fingers. "GUNDAM SPIEGEL!!!!!"
"NIISAN!!"
He spun around to see Domon and the Shuffle crew coming towards him. Only Sai Saici lacked his Gundam and was running on foot.
"Hey, isn't that.?" Chibodee asked.
"Schwarz Bruder of Neo Germany?" Sai Saici gasped.
Schwarz held out a hand to stop them all. "The earth is shaking!"
Argo nodded. "He's right! It's almost like."
"The Devil Gundam!" George completed with a shudder. "I can sense it."
Domon inside the Burning Gundam, pulled up beside the Gundam Spiegel. "What do we do now, Niisan?"
"AH!" The ground split beneath the two fighting Gundams. Wrenched from his hold on the rose net, Hiroji was plowed into the ground. As the solid rock and debris encased him, a terrible chill ran up and down his spine. Then, there was nothing but darkness and pain.
"Keiji, who's Angie fighting?" Hiroji asked as he joined his younger cousin in their surveillance station- the largest tree on the ridge. It's lack of foliage and extreme height provided an excellent place to watch fights.
Keiji popped the last of his raspberries into his mouth. "Don't know. It looks a lot like Uncle George's Gundam Rose, though."
Sure enough, the mystery opponent brandished a long saber, which it gave a quick twirl to. The attacking missals exploded from the vibes it gave off.
Angie gasped. "No way! My finishing move was useless against this guy!"
"ROSE NET!!!" The pilot yelled.
Before Gundam Patriot could react, a net made entirely of metallic white roses pinned it down. Angie could do nothing but yelp in pain as the pure energy electrocuted her.
"That's how he defeated me." Anya declared, having just appeared at the base of the boys' tree.
Hiroji looked down at her and then back at the fight, "Uh-oh looks like they need help."
By the time they had arrived in the valley, Angie was sitting dazedly on the ground, being offered a water bottle by a young man with thick strawberry blonde hair, indigo eyes, and a knight's uniform.
"Mason de Sand!" Hiroji called, beaming at the sight of his comrade. "I haven't seen you since Keiji was born!"
"Hiroji Kasshu!" Mason offered his hand to shake. "So you and Keiji decided to become Gundam Fighters after all?"
"In our blood," Hiroji answered with a laugh. "I pilot the Glowing Gundam and my cousin here helps me train with the new Soaring Gundam."
"Nice to see I have many opponents here!" Mason declared.
"Angie, are you going to be okay?" Anya asked as the defeated American struggled to her feet.
Mason grabbed hold of her shoulders to support her. "I'm sorry, mademoiselle. I suppose I went too far on the finishing attack."
Angie turned bright red under her thick indigo hair. How embarrassing; to act so weak in front of the handsome prince of Neo France! "Oh, I'm fine! Just a little winded."
Hiroji looked over at his friend. "So how about a duel?"
Mason smirked and pointed his saber outwards. "It would be an honor for this knight to battle such potential."
Angie scoffed and put her hands on her hips. "Hey, I'll have you know that I defeated Hiroji in combat!"
Mason gave a gentlemanly bow to the two girls before turning to leave. "Does tomorrow at dawn suit you?"
"Yeah, fine," The son of Kyoji answered.
"See you then," The young man walked off, leaving the four behind.
.......
"Hi!"
"Wha?" Keiji's head snapped up at the sound of a child's voice. He had dozed off while repairing the Soaring Gundam's computer. Now he stood face- to-face with another mobile suit, one that had been passed down for generations: the Dragon Gundam.
The cockpit opened and out came a small girl with the darkest of purple hair and bright amber eyes. She was Sai Lin, 7-year-old daughter of Sai Saici.
"Hey, I remember you!" Keiji proclaimed, popping out his own cockpit. "Sai Lin of Neo China! Where's your dad?"
"With yours!" Sai Lin piped, pointing over his shoulder. "Practically everyone's there!"
Sure enough, a large group occupied the cliff on the far edge. Domon and Rain were in the middle of the throng, happily chatting away. Sai Saici and his wife Cecil were there, along with Argo and Nastasha, George and Maria Louise, and Chibodee and Shirley. The old Shuffle crew was together again.
"Did you get bored with the fight going on over there?" Keiji asked as he resumed his work.
"Yeah, all they do it prance around with their swords swinging." Sai Lin gave a puzzled face. "That Frenchy guy fights weird."
"That's how he warms up," Domon's son said. "He's a knight, you know."
.......
Mason blocked Hiroji's katana again and again. Both warriors wore smiles during the battle. Within minutes, they parted and stood back in their Gundams.
"I'm impressed." Mason declared, sheathing his saber. "Indeed, you are a worthy opponent."
"This is fun." Hiroji agreed. "I suppose a bit of chivalry is good every once in a while."
"What say we try out our finishing moves?"
"Right!"
Keiji and Sai Lin saw the sky brightening and turned to watch.
Angie and Anya, who were stuck sitting near the families, looked up as well. "This is it!" Angie hissed.
"Poor Hiroji," Anya murmured. "He doesn't know that Mason's already mastered Hyper Mode."
Domon and George had their eyes on the escalating fight.
"Are those girls right?" Domon asked.
George nodded. "Yes, Mason has mastered the Gundam Knight's Hyper Mode. But didn't your nephew master Glowing Mode?"
A shadow in the nearby trees stirred at the conversation. Domon wheeled to see Schwarz take off towards the site. "Niisan." he muttered. "George, come on!"
"GLOWING STRIKE!!!!"
"ROSE NET!!!!"
BOOM!!! A blazing blue hand and a net clashed.
"Hiroji!" Anya gasped, shielding her eyes from the blinding light.
"Mason!" Angie cried.
Keiji and Sai Lin got back into their Gundams and made for a closer look. They could feel the pure energy heating up the humid air, but it wasn't coming from the struggling warrior of Neo Japan.
"NOW!!!" Mason's Gundam Knight burst into a bright red aura, casting the battlefield in a great beam of light.
"But that's." Hiroji murmured. "His Hyper Mode."
Schwarz slid to a halt on the trail, trench coat flapping. "Hiroji's going to get hurt! He hasn't fully completed his Glowing Mode training!"
Just then, the earth began trembling beneath his feet. His blue eyes widened as a horrible familiarity took hold. "No.it's coming!" He snapped his fingers. "GUNDAM SPIEGEL!!!!!"
"NIISAN!!"
He spun around to see Domon and the Shuffle crew coming towards him. Only Sai Saici lacked his Gundam and was running on foot.
"Hey, isn't that.?" Chibodee asked.
"Schwarz Bruder of Neo Germany?" Sai Saici gasped.
Schwarz held out a hand to stop them all. "The earth is shaking!"
Argo nodded. "He's right! It's almost like."
"The Devil Gundam!" George completed with a shudder. "I can sense it."
Domon inside the Burning Gundam, pulled up beside the Gundam Spiegel. "What do we do now, Niisan?"
"AH!" The ground split beneath the two fighting Gundams. Wrenched from his hold on the rose net, Hiroji was plowed into the ground. As the solid rock and debris encased him, a terrible chill ran up and down his spine. Then, there was nothing but darkness and pain.
