AUTHOR'S NOTE- Okay, it is finally time for Hiroji to discover the identity
of his supposed friend, Schwarz Bruder. Read and enjoy.
The Death Army being blasted to smithereens in the background, several gundams gathered around the fallen mobile suit of Neo Germany. Domon and Hiroji jumped out of their gundams and pulled open the cockpit door of the Gundam Spiegel. What they found made both of their stomachs flip-flop.
Schwarz lay inside the demolished cockpit, his body mangled. One arm was sticking in a direction opposite of what it was supposed to! What they could see of his masked face had a blue hue, indicating the excruciating pain he must have been enduring.
"Niisan!" Domon jumped down inside just as a small fire began to burn in the wreckage.
Hiroji froze. "Niisan?" He knew very well what that term meant, but why did Domon just call Schwarz it?
"Hiroji, help me out here!" Domon commanded.
"R-Right!" He bent down to help, ignoring the dizzy feeling he got as he did. Once they had removed Schwarz from the cockpit, they laid him down on the chest of the Gundam Spiegel. Hiroji lifted his head and looked into the opening of the mask. "Schwarz-san.?"
The Neo German stirred. "Hiroji.? Domon.?" He tried to sit up, but failed.
Domon gripped one of his hands tightly, clearly shaken up by all of this. "Schwarz, are you okay?"
"You called him your brother, Uncle Domon!" Hiroji said, head snapping around to peer at his uncle. "Why did you?"
Schwarz grimaced. "Very well.It's time you know the truth."
"The truth?" The young man was puzzled beyond compare. "What do you mean?"
"Domon.go ahead.and show him."
Domon nodded and reached over, pulling off the tattered mask. Hiroji yelped in shock, nearly falling off the gundam. "What?! But.but that's." The face before him was like an older image of himself. This face was one he had nearly forgotten after a decade, but now that it was right there before him, he knew it.
Tears filled up Hiroji's eyes. "Is.is that.really you.Dad?"
Schwarz, who had been known as Kyoji in the minds of his loved ones, smiled weakly up at him. "Yeah, it's me.I'm glad.you haven't forgotten.your old dad."
"But how can it be?" Hiroji asked in a breaking voice. "How could you be here? Uncle Domon said he had to."
"I honestly.don't know.either," his father answered. "Just like.we may never know how.THAT'S back."
"DOMON, IT'S COMING!!!" Rain shouted from the Rising Gundam.
Sure enough, the earth was shaking. The three turned their heads just as a giant gundam plowed up from the soil!
Everyone gasped in sheer horror. The Shuffle Alliance trembled as they faced the past they'd tried to leave behind. Their children shook at the sight of its hideousness. Domon and Hiroji bent over to shield the downed Kyoji as dirt went flying up at them.
The screen on Nastasha's computer went blank. The women in the ship gaped in shock. Shirley peered out the nearest window and stifled a scream. "The Devil Gundam!"
Hiroji regained his composure to snarl in disgust. "What a terrible monster!"
The Death Army, as if responding to some type of signal, turned and made for the giant creation. Huge green tentacles came out of the gundam's core to pull them in. The Gundam Heads snaked their way around like the serpents on Medusa's head. Even the sky seemed to glow with Hell's fire.
"Great, the Devil Gundam!" Chibodee hissed between gritted teeth. He moved in front of Gundam Patriot to protect his daughter. "And it doesn't look like it even needs a pilot now!"
Sure enough, the open cockpit was empty. The Devil Gundam's dark eyes fell upon the circle of gundams, and the one they surrounded in hopes of protecting.
Kyoji got up despite his gruesome wounds and placed himself in front of Domon and Hiroji. "It recognizes me," he said. "It knows I was its pilot all those years ago!"
"You mean it's after you, Niisan?" Domon asked.
"Afraid so,"
Hiroji's fists shook and a menacing growl escaped his throat. Standing before them was the monster who had destroyed his family, who had taken away his father, and made everyone, including him, suffer. "Because of you." he muttered, though his voice picked up. "Because of you.Because of you!!!!"
A massive tentacle suddenly lanced out and seized Kyoji, who had no time or energy to resist.
"DAD!!"
"NIISAN!!!"
Hiroji was back in Glowing Gundam in no time, blasting off after Kyoji as he was pulled in to meet his fate. In the boy's feverish determination, his body began to glow.
"He's in Glowing Mode!" Domon declared.
Hiroji unsheathed his katana. "LET HIM GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
VASH!!!
The ruined wiring plummeted to the ground, along with Kyoji. Thinking quickly despite himself, Kyoji snapped his fingers. "GUNDAM SPIEGEL!!!"
Though the cockpit was badly damaged, the machine came to life once again and flew up to him.
Meanwhile, Hiroji was in a blind rage. His eyes blazed red as though he was in Beserker Mode.
Glowing Gundam began fiercely attacking the Devil Gundam with murderous slashing and blasting.
"Hiroji stop!!!" Domon raced forward in the Burning Gundam.
Keiji and the others picked themselves up off the ground, having been pretty much butchered by the monster's gundam heads.
"Look at Aniki!" Domon's son murmured. "He's incredible!"
"He's gone crazy!" Anya cried. "Insane with his own anger!"
"That's no way to fight let alone win!" Mason declared.
Angie nodded. "That's right. His blind rage is resistance to his true power. Just like what Schwarz said!"
Domon seized Hiroji in a lock from behind in an attempt to calm him down. "Hiroji! Stop it! You have to calm down!!"
Hiroji screamed like a savage animal as he tried to shake himself free, oblivious to his uncle's words. He had to get the devil Gundam! He had to make it pay!
"HIROJI!!!!!"
The Death Army being blasted to smithereens in the background, several gundams gathered around the fallen mobile suit of Neo Germany. Domon and Hiroji jumped out of their gundams and pulled open the cockpit door of the Gundam Spiegel. What they found made both of their stomachs flip-flop.
Schwarz lay inside the demolished cockpit, his body mangled. One arm was sticking in a direction opposite of what it was supposed to! What they could see of his masked face had a blue hue, indicating the excruciating pain he must have been enduring.
"Niisan!" Domon jumped down inside just as a small fire began to burn in the wreckage.
Hiroji froze. "Niisan?" He knew very well what that term meant, but why did Domon just call Schwarz it?
"Hiroji, help me out here!" Domon commanded.
"R-Right!" He bent down to help, ignoring the dizzy feeling he got as he did. Once they had removed Schwarz from the cockpit, they laid him down on the chest of the Gundam Spiegel. Hiroji lifted his head and looked into the opening of the mask. "Schwarz-san.?"
The Neo German stirred. "Hiroji.? Domon.?" He tried to sit up, but failed.
Domon gripped one of his hands tightly, clearly shaken up by all of this. "Schwarz, are you okay?"
"You called him your brother, Uncle Domon!" Hiroji said, head snapping around to peer at his uncle. "Why did you?"
Schwarz grimaced. "Very well.It's time you know the truth."
"The truth?" The young man was puzzled beyond compare. "What do you mean?"
"Domon.go ahead.and show him."
Domon nodded and reached over, pulling off the tattered mask. Hiroji yelped in shock, nearly falling off the gundam. "What?! But.but that's." The face before him was like an older image of himself. This face was one he had nearly forgotten after a decade, but now that it was right there before him, he knew it.
Tears filled up Hiroji's eyes. "Is.is that.really you.Dad?"
Schwarz, who had been known as Kyoji in the minds of his loved ones, smiled weakly up at him. "Yeah, it's me.I'm glad.you haven't forgotten.your old dad."
"But how can it be?" Hiroji asked in a breaking voice. "How could you be here? Uncle Domon said he had to."
"I honestly.don't know.either," his father answered. "Just like.we may never know how.THAT'S back."
"DOMON, IT'S COMING!!!" Rain shouted from the Rising Gundam.
Sure enough, the earth was shaking. The three turned their heads just as a giant gundam plowed up from the soil!
Everyone gasped in sheer horror. The Shuffle Alliance trembled as they faced the past they'd tried to leave behind. Their children shook at the sight of its hideousness. Domon and Hiroji bent over to shield the downed Kyoji as dirt went flying up at them.
The screen on Nastasha's computer went blank. The women in the ship gaped in shock. Shirley peered out the nearest window and stifled a scream. "The Devil Gundam!"
Hiroji regained his composure to snarl in disgust. "What a terrible monster!"
The Death Army, as if responding to some type of signal, turned and made for the giant creation. Huge green tentacles came out of the gundam's core to pull them in. The Gundam Heads snaked their way around like the serpents on Medusa's head. Even the sky seemed to glow with Hell's fire.
"Great, the Devil Gundam!" Chibodee hissed between gritted teeth. He moved in front of Gundam Patriot to protect his daughter. "And it doesn't look like it even needs a pilot now!"
Sure enough, the open cockpit was empty. The Devil Gundam's dark eyes fell upon the circle of gundams, and the one they surrounded in hopes of protecting.
Kyoji got up despite his gruesome wounds and placed himself in front of Domon and Hiroji. "It recognizes me," he said. "It knows I was its pilot all those years ago!"
"You mean it's after you, Niisan?" Domon asked.
"Afraid so,"
Hiroji's fists shook and a menacing growl escaped his throat. Standing before them was the monster who had destroyed his family, who had taken away his father, and made everyone, including him, suffer. "Because of you." he muttered, though his voice picked up. "Because of you.Because of you!!!!"
A massive tentacle suddenly lanced out and seized Kyoji, who had no time or energy to resist.
"DAD!!"
"NIISAN!!!"
Hiroji was back in Glowing Gundam in no time, blasting off after Kyoji as he was pulled in to meet his fate. In the boy's feverish determination, his body began to glow.
"He's in Glowing Mode!" Domon declared.
Hiroji unsheathed his katana. "LET HIM GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
VASH!!!
The ruined wiring plummeted to the ground, along with Kyoji. Thinking quickly despite himself, Kyoji snapped his fingers. "GUNDAM SPIEGEL!!!"
Though the cockpit was badly damaged, the machine came to life once again and flew up to him.
Meanwhile, Hiroji was in a blind rage. His eyes blazed red as though he was in Beserker Mode.
Glowing Gundam began fiercely attacking the Devil Gundam with murderous slashing and blasting.
"Hiroji stop!!!" Domon raced forward in the Burning Gundam.
Keiji and the others picked themselves up off the ground, having been pretty much butchered by the monster's gundam heads.
"Look at Aniki!" Domon's son murmured. "He's incredible!"
"He's gone crazy!" Anya cried. "Insane with his own anger!"
"That's no way to fight let alone win!" Mason declared.
Angie nodded. "That's right. His blind rage is resistance to his true power. Just like what Schwarz said!"
Domon seized Hiroji in a lock from behind in an attempt to calm him down. "Hiroji! Stop it! You have to calm down!!"
Hiroji screamed like a savage animal as he tried to shake himself free, oblivious to his uncle's words. He had to get the devil Gundam! He had to make it pay!
"HIROJI!!!!!"
