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Readers Note: This contains some spoilers for G-Gundam, so if you haven't seen the whole series I wouldn't recommend reading this.
G Gundam & Gundam Wing
G- W Gundam
Chapter 12: The Devil Appears
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Well now everyone. The Preventer side of the Fellowship has made some very giant steps within one week of being on St. Thomas Island. All of them have discovered their specialty technique, or at least that's what they say. Since only a few of them have actually stated what their techniques are. They may have the necessary tools but will it be enough against the Devil Gundams. And what of this sparring that Domon was talking about? Let's get things started! Gundam fight! Ready, Go!
It had been over four months since that time that the Preventers had learned of their specialty techniques. During that time they had begun to harness those techniques in both actual combat and combat with the Gundams themselves. It came to a point in which the specialty technique was like another weapon that the Preventers could use just as easily as a missile or a gun. It was a good time, though several members of the Preventers wished for someone to come along so they could use their specialty techniques in an actual Gundam fight.
Little did they know that they would get their wish, for later that day as the Fellowship of the Gundam was on the Neo Japan yacht having lunch a Gundam was approaching them. Far away in the seas of the Caribbean a very strange Gundam was approaching. It floated on the water with something that looked like an old pirate ship that had no sails, just the Gundam standing upon its deck. Though the ship was large enough for the Gundam to lie down in it, but the Gundam itself looked like an old-fashioned pirate captain. At its side was the handle of a saber while on its left arm where a hand should be was a great hook. On its head was a broad brimmed hat made out of Gundanium that still had the yellow spikes of a Gundam. On its shoulder was a Gundanium like parrot and then to finish the whole effect of it on the Gundams left eye was an enormous patch.
At the Neo Japan yacht, the sharp eyes of Trowa Barton had spotted it. He stood up and quickly pointed out to sea.
"I think something's coming toward us." He said cool as a cucumber.
Quatre who was using the binoculars for his own personal use that day (even though he wouldn't admit it he was watching the women on a nearby beach) picked them up and looked to what was coming. He tried to make sense of it as it came ever closer.
"It's definitely a Gundam." He reported, "It looks a lot like a pirate."
"A pirate?" Domon asked, "Rain?"
Rain went to the small computer that was built into the Neo-Japan yacht, "I'm checking." She said as she typed in the description, "It looks like there is a mobile fighter called Pirate Gundam."
Before Rain could even finish it, the Pirate Gundam was already near them, its enormous size sent out waves that made the entire Neo Japan ship rock from side to side. The Fellowship looked up at this Gundam as it made its stop, as it did its cockpit (located in its chest) opened and down came a very strange looking man. He jumped down to the deck of the yacht where the Fellowship was enjoying their lunch until he came along. This man looked as much like an old fashioned pirate as his Gundam, like something out of "Treasure Island". His mustache was thick under his broad-rimmed hat that had an enormously frilly feather stuck into it, while he wore a long coat with a vest and a shirt that was just as frilly as the feather in his hat. On his left arm, much like the Gundam, was a hook, yet on his right shoulder was a red parrot. Then the finishing touch was the eye patch on his left eye.
"Aha!" He called with a great smile on his face, his saber out ready for battle, and a gleam in his good eye. "I be laying siege to this here vessel!"
"Who are you?" Domon asked getting out his beam saber
"I be Long John Silverstien and this here is my parrot Virgil." The pirates' voice was just like those in the romantic novels about ships sailing the uncharted waters of the old Earth. There was that great raspy quality in his voice as if he was going to say, "Arrr" at the end of each sentence.
"You can't be a pirate!" Chibodee pointed out
"Of course I'm a pirate." The Gundam Fighter said, this time he had lost the pirates accent and this time he sounded almost British. "Look, I've got the hat, the parrot, the eye patch, and the hook." He reached over to his left arm to the hook, he pulled it away to reveal that his left hand was still in tact and that the hook was simply a prop like a Halloween costume, "What else would I be? A bleeding accountant?"
Chibodee took the hook and examined it as well as the man who called himself Long John Silverstien, "Ok. So you're a pirate." He said handing the hook back to the pirate, "What do you want."
Long John took back the hook but this time he grabbed it with his right hand. He raised it to his face taking back the villainous persona that he had so well mastered a few minutes ago. Though his mistake in choosing which hand was not only noticed by the Fellowship but by his parrot.
"Wrong hand, stupid." The parrot whispered in his ear.
"What?" Long John asked the red feathered parrot.
"The hook was on the left hand." The parrot whispered as if he was trying to also hide the fact of Long John's stupidity.
Long John answered this by taking the parrot off his shoulder and placing him on the rail of the Neo Japan boat, "Don't nag me!" He said back in his normal voice also trying to keep his voice down from the rest of the fellowship, "I'm in the middle of laying siege."
The pirate looked back at the Fellowship and resumed his pirates persona, "Now where were we?" He asked
"Well," Quatre stepped forward, "I'd like to know what you want."
"I'll tell you what I want, lad." Long John said back in his pirates' accent, he brought the hook up to his frilly shirt to signify himself, "I be captain of this ship now!" Just as he was about to bring back the hook to point at Quatre it was caught in the frilly lace of Long John's shirt. He didn't notice it until he brought out his hand and used his finger to point at Quatre. He looked at his hand for a moment and then realized the serious error he made. He brought both hands to the frilly lace and tried to get the hook out. That was when the red parrot named Virgil tried to lecture the fighter.
"I told you, that you should have left the hook at home and stayed with the eye patch," he said in a mournful tone, "But you wouldn't listen." He said the last part of his lecture as if he was saying in the mothers' tone of voice, I told you so."
"Oh shut up." Long John said to his parrot companion.
The Fellowship looked at each other as if silently asking one another, is this guy for real? That was when the most assertive of the Fellowship stepped forward and tried to confront this man. This time it was Domon Kasshu.
"This is getting ridiculous." He said, "What is it that you really want?"
Long John had given up in trying to get the hook out of his shirt and confessed, "Alright, I came here to challenge one of you to a Gundam Fight. This whole pirate thing was just a bit of fun." That was when he brought back that accent, "Who would dare to accept the challenge of Long John Silverstien of Neo-Caribbean and his Pirate Gundam?"
"I will." Domon Kasshu said, "I accept your challenge to a Gundam Fight. Let's proceed to the Gundam Dome."
"I shall be waiting, mate!" Long John said as he took his parrot and went back up into the Pirate Gundam.
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For this Gundam Fight, the Fellowship decided to stay behind and watch the Gundam fight on Broadcast television. The Neo-Caribbean Gundam Dome wasn't on one of the many islands in the region it was an island unto itself. In other words it was a floating arena, inside the God Gundam who rode in upon the horse named Fuunsaiki and the Pirate Gundam came together to do this fight.
On the television back on the Neo-Japan yacht the Fellowship watched the fight with the greatest of anticipation. Though members of the Shuffle Alliance knew that Domon would win, but the Preventers had a different feeling. They knew that Domon would win simply because of their first impression of the fighter of the Gundam, the man was a joke in himself, what chance would he have of even winning the fight? The answer would soon be known.
The Gundam Horse, Fuunsaiki transformed into its podium form and went into one of the side areas of the Gundam Dome. While the Pirate Gundam simply stayed within its ship-like platform.
"Let's get started!" Domon called, "Gundam Fight!"
"Ready?" Long John asked
"Go!" Domon shouted as he charged froward to his opponent. Originally he wanted to show off his attack to the Preventers, the Bakenetsu God Finger on this joke of a Gundam Fighter. Little did he even see the next attack coming.
From within the ship-like platform that the Pirate Gundam stood came what looked like old cast-iron cannons. The type of cannons that would be seen on old ships, when Domon laid his eyes upon them he was taken aback so much that he had to laugh.
"You've got to be kidding me." He said as he continued his charge.
"You're wrong, mate." Long John smiled, "Cannons fire!"
Instead of cannon balls that sprung from the ship there came a great barrage of laser fire, much like the buster rifle of the Wing Zero, though each cannon was significantly smaller in firepower to the buster rifle. Yet, that was Domon's first mistake, he under-estimated the Pirate Gundam and that would cost him dearly. As the cannons fired he dodged most of the attack except for one that hit his left forearm. The pain was incredible to Domon, he hadn't felt anything of this much damage in a long time, then again as Domon thought about it, he hadn't had that much damage happen to him at all. Though a mere injury wasn't going to stop him, he went further forward, he was only half-way there when he used one of the best attack that he had.
"Here it comes, Long John Silverstien of Neo-Caribbean!" Domon called as everything within his cockpit turned a golden hue and he brought his hands together as if he was praying. Then he brought his fist forward where the Shuffle Crest signifying the King of Hearts burned brightly. "This hand of mine is burning red! Its bright cry tells me to defeat you and grasp victory! BAKENETSU GOD FINGER!"
The Preventers watched in awe as the wings of the God Gundam split into three pieces on each side and emitted a spectrum like glow. Then three pieces of blue Gundanium came over the right hand of the God Gundam. It came down in such a fashion that it made the right hand into three segments, yet underneath it the hand was simply split into two fingers per section (except for the thumb which had its own section). The hand of that Gundam began to glow and burn like a piece of iron that came fresh out of the fire waiting to be forged into a sword. The God Gundam went forward even further to the Pirate Gundam with this hand held out, and that was when it grabbed hold of the head.
"Article 1 of the Gundam Fight International Regulations." Domon stated, "A Gundam with its head destroyed is disqualified."
Within mere seconds the head of the Pirate Gundam exploded and the opponent to the God Gundam fell to the arena floor. The glow from the Gundams right hand vanished, the three blue Gundanium pieces sank into the wrist and the wings lost its spectrum glow as they fell into the original position.
"Damn." Duo Maxwell uttered in a fearful tone as the fight ended.
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When the fight ended, Domon came back to the Neo-Japan yacht riding on Fuunsaiki along the beach. He was met with great praise from the Fellowship, like people on the homeland welcoming the Hero of the Nation.
"Great fight, Domon!" Chibodee cheered, "That joke didn't stand a chance."
"I certainly wouldn't want to be in that guys shoes now." Duo said, "No way."
As Domon came aboard he was greeted by one question from the Fellowship, it was from the Perfect Soldier, Heero Yuy, "What was that attack you used?" He asked
"Like I said," Domon smiled, "It's my specialty technique, the Bakenetsu God Finger, one of the best weapons I have. But its not the ultimate."
"What do you mean?" Heero asked
This time Domon addressed all of the Fellowship, "You may have learned your specialty technique, but it's not the ultimate."
"You mean there's more?" Duo whined as his head tilted back
"Yes." Domon answered, "That will be the last of your training, to obtain the ultimate. As Swatrz Bruder taught it to me, you must obtain a serene state of mind. Your mind must be calm like that water out there." He pointed to the water of the Caribbean that looked so calm that the sky was reflected in the shade and the bottom could be seen in the sunlight. "Your mind must be as calm as that water after a storm and as clear as glass. Do you feel that your ready to obtain the ultimate?"
The answer among the Preventers was the same, they were ready to obtain their ultimate. The only question in the minds of the Shuffle Alliance was whether they would be able to teach them far enough. They could only show them what to do, it was the Preventers who had to do the task.
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Six months had passed, the Preventers had grown stronger, faster, better, and greater in their use of their Gundams. It was massively impressive to all those who had observed the Preventers make such enormous fulfillment of their potential. Certainly, the talent was there, it just needed a little shove to get it out the door. Still the problem remained upon one thing, the Preventers had obtained the ability to calm their minds in order to focus upon the fight. Though whether they've developed their special techniques or not is still questionable.
It happened on one sunny day at the end of the sixth month. The Gundam Fight was drawing to a close and all that was needed was to head to the Gundam Final Battle in the city of Neo Tokyo. So, it was decided that they should stop the training and head for the Gundam Final Battle. Though as their bags were packed and ready to head out the Preventers and the Shuffle Alliance were still sparring upon the beach.
The sparring on the beach was matched between Domon and Heero, Duo and Chibodee, George and Trowa, Quatre and Argo, Sai-Saichi and Wufei, Allenby and Alexandria, Zechs and Johan, while Haruka would sometimes switch off between each opponent. Though to make things a little more spread out, sometimes each partner would change around so that way they could match their skills against a different person. Though upon the Neo-Japan Yacht were the crew members of the Shuffle Alliance. Rain Mikamura Kasshu, Bunny Higgins, Cathy Ronary, Shirley Lane, Janet Smith, Raymond Bishop, Nastasha Zabikov, Keiun and Zuisen. They all looked out at the Fellowship and marveled at their progress.
"It would appear," Zuisen stated holding his Buddhist beads, "That Sai-Saichi is very evenly matched with Heero, Wufei, and Johan."
"I agree." Keiun complied, "It'd be quite interesting to see any one of those three fight Sai-Saichi in an actual Gundam Fight."
Rain then protested, "Am I the only one who thinks that we're wasting time that we should be using to get to Neo-Tokyo?"
"Calm yourself, Miss Rain." Raymond said, "It doesn't do anyone any good to worry so much, you'll simply waste the day."
Rain made a rather funny pout face as she continued to wait for the others to finish up.
Back on the beach, the Preventers and the Shuffle Alliance then switched to their beam weapons. Heero in his blue saber against Domon with his red one, Trowa with his blue double-ended saber against George's beam foil, and even Wufei with his double beam trident against Sai-Saichi's.
It was during that sparring that the catastrophe had struck the Fellowship of the Gundam. Domon and Heero were the first to notice it they saw a Gundam come right over the trees of the island. Its loud noise made all of the Fellowship stop their sparring, its jets sent winds of dust and sand into their faces. It was then that they saw the mobile fighter, it had the body of Shinning Gundam, yet it had the legs and head of Dragon Gundam as well as the arms of Gundam Sandrock.
Johan recognized it immediately, "I recognize that Gundam." He said, "It's Blazing Gundam of Neo Ireland, but I defeated it. It shouldn't even be here at all."
"It's a violation of the Gundam Fight Regulations!" Domon protested
Johan remembered the name of the fighter as Leo, he called out to him, "Leo! Why are you still fighting? You were defeated! You're violating the rules!"
Just then a booming voice came from the Blazing Gundam, the voice of Leo Travis who called out, "I know I'm breaking the rules."
"If that's the way you want it, then I'll kick your ass!" Domon called
"That goes for me as well!" Heero declared
From behind the wailing wind that came from the jets of the Blazing Gundam came a great laughter. It was the same type of laughter as a James Bond villain as if he knew a great joke but would keep it until his dying day.
"What's so funny?!" Domon demanded
"You still haven't figured it out!" Leo shouted, as he did the Gundanium of the Blazing Gundam began to crack in itself. It looked as if it was a Faberge egg that was starting to fall apart from its age or the ware of time. As its cracks grew larger and larger like a violent earthquake pieces of the Gundam began to fall off. First it was part of its feet and legs, underneath it was the color of blue Gundanium. Everyone on the ground began to freeze in thinking what could be under the mask that was beginning to fall apart. Some members of the Fellowship knew how snakes shed their skin every-so-often and this Gundam was just like a snake. It was shedding its skin in such a manner that the winds that blew from its ports were blowing like a violent typhoon. Some members of the Fellowship tried to stay their ground while others went for the trees to hand onto. Then the shell of the Blazing Gundam fell, the Fellowship looked up to the sky and watched it turn black with storm clouds as the Blazing Gundam showed its new form.
It was blue and gray, and looked like the Epyon itself with the shield of the Tallgeese III and the Buster Rifle of the Wing Zero. It was the Gundam Nexus.
"This is my true form." A deep booming voice said from the new Gundam, "You will meet your end here as proclaimed by my master, The Devil Gundam!"
Right behind the Gundam Nexus at the mountain something odd happened. Below its feet hundreds if not thousands of suits were beginning to rise out of the trees. All of them looked exactly alive with one great eye, green in its iris and red in its cornea like a man with a very bad case of pink eye. From the ground rose out what looked like snakes to the Preventers of the Fellowship, yet at the top of each snake like body was the head of a Gundam. Its face below its eyes opened up to bear their Gundanium teeth. Finally in the distance, it seemed that the top of the mountain began to fade away as if it was a mirage. Yet standing there at the top of the mountain was the Devil Gundam itself! Though that wasn't the end of it, Quatre looked through his binoculars and saw something there on the Devil Gundam and found standing at its cockpit door was Treize Kushrinada and Lady Une. The two of them were standing side by side holding each other like lovers out of a Jane Austin novel. Yet their eyes looked contemptuous as they gazed down at the Fellowship.
"Oh, no." Quatre gasped his eyes widening, "It was here the whole time."
The others gathered around him, "What is it?" Domon asked
"Its Trieze and Lady Une!" Quatre cried out, "They're on the Devil Gundam!"
"Let me see!" Johan demanded as he too looked out at the Devil Gundams cockpit door. Just then the Gundam Nexus made its deathly report.
"My master has spoken!" The Knight Blazer announced, "You must all die!"
"We'll fight you!" Domon proclaimed, "As I am the King of Hearts!"
"And I am the Queen of Spades!" Chibodee proclaimed
"And I am the Jack of Diamonds!" George shouted
"And I am the Black Joker!" Argo bellowed
"And I am the Ace of Clubs!" Sai-Saichi held up his beam weapon
"And I am the Deuce of Diamonds!" Allenby cried out
"And us!" Johan joined in; "I am the Star Dragon!"
"I am the Perfect Soldier!" Heero stepped up.
"I am the God of Death!" Duo declared
"I am the Silencer!" Trowa introduced
"I am the Noble in the Desert!" Quatre made clear
"I am the Solitary Dragon!" Wufei shouted
"I am the Clockwork Pilot!" Alexandria raised her cane like a sword
"I am the Lightning Count!" Zechs yelled up
"And I am the Sky King!" Haruka cried out
The pilot of the Gundam Nexus only laughed, "Such Heroic Nonsense! Prepare to die at the hands of the Knight Blazer and the Gundam Nexus!"
"I don't think so!" Domon cried, "RISE GOD GUNDAM!"
The others followed in, and soon all of the Gundams had surrounded the Gundam Nexus, all of them had their weapons ready to fight him. Yet, there was one unfinished piece of business. It was the yacht down on the ground with the innocent people there. The one who made the call was Domon who saw his love, his wife standing there looking up at him with eyes that seemed tearful. Either she was showing the emotion that she would always show for Domon or she just had some sand caught in her eye from all the wind.
"Rain!" Domon called, "Take the yacht and get the hell out of here! Get to Neo Tokyo!"
"What about you, Domon!" Rain cried out, "What about the Fellowship?!"
"Don't worry about us!" Domon cried, "Just go!"
"But," Rain was about to say something but Domon interrupted
"Stop arguing, this is life and death!" Domon shouted
Rain did feel like crying for Domon, she had already lived through this once but she wasn't about to do it all over again with no guarantee of seeing Domon ever again. As the battle was about to begin over the island of St. Thomas, a gentle hand came over Rain's shoulder. She looked back and found George's butler, Raymond Bishop. He smiled at her.
"Don't worry, Rain." He said, "Domon has George, the Shuffle Alliance and the Preventers. They will be victorious. Let's go, to Neo-Tokyo."
"Ok." Rain said with a tear coming down her face, she reached up to wipe it away, "Everyone, weigh the anchor. And set everything for full speed, we have to get out of here quickly."
"Right!" The crews of the Shuffle Alliance agreed as they quickly went to work to get the ship out of the Fellowships way.
Back on the battlefield, the Fellowship looked down and saw the little yacht leave as quickly as it could. It was just past the dock of the beach as the Knight Blazer uttered its phrase.
"No, you don't." He said as the Nexus brought about its Buster Rifle. It looked as if it was about to fire it at the little ship. The particles were gathering at the end of the buster rifle as it began to shine its green hue.
"NO!" Domon cried out as he took out his beam weapon and charged at the Gundam Nexus and was about to slice the beam weapon in half. As he was about to make the blow Domon came face to face with a creature that he had hoped he wouldn't have to face again, a Gundam Head. Yet, Domon was already in mid-slice, so instead of cutting down the Gundam Nexus Buster Rifle in half, he instead cut down the Gundam Head. As the head fell to the Jungle below the Preventers watched all around as Gundam Heads began popping up all around them. They were all like moles, or rather snakes that slithered their way up and bore their teeth to the Fellowship.
"Someone!" Domon cried, "Get the Nexus Rifle!"
Johan saw his chance, he took out his beam saber and sliced through the Gundam heads, then to no surprise so was Heero and Haruka. Both of them wanted to get that Buster rifle. Then both Johan and Haruka brought out their heat rods, they both whipped out and the Nexus rifle and sliced it in two. It sliced with greater accuracy then what was expected, though the casing of the Nexus Rifle began to bulge and then it exploded with the force of the rifles fire. The light of the explosion consumed the Nexus, Wing Zero, Ryu, and Nemesis along with whatever Gundam Heads was near it.
To be continued…
