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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 18: Gundam of Gundams
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Well now everyone, one battle has ended for the Fellowship. However, yet another battle is waiting just around the corner for them. This time their opponents are each other, that's right the time has come to determine who is the Gundam of Gundams for the 16th Gundam Fight. Let's get things started! Gundam Battle Royal! Ready? GO!
The bright light that was made by the King of Hearts, Domon Kasshu, had cleared. There was nothing left of the Devil Gundam, only scraps of metal that used to be a part of this terrifying machine. All was quiet on the island, the battle had ended for the Devil Gundam, but one last minute piece of business was left untouched.
Actually there was two, Johan had taken care of it when he took Lady Une and Trieze to a far off beach near the barrier. He came back to where the few remaining Gundams were still standing. Johan never saw it when he was doing his job of rescuing Lady Une and Treize Kushrinada. He didn't see that most of the Preventers had been knocked down and could no longer fight. The same was true for the Shuffle Alliance, most of their mobile fighters were knocked down in their attempt to distract the Devil Gundam. The only ones who were left were the Wing Zero, The Tallgeese III, The God Gundam (with Fuunsaiki) and last of all, the Gundam Ryu.
"Its just us now." Domon stated, "We have a Gundam fight to finish."
"Mission accepted." Heero stated, as he stood ready for whichever Gundam was about to come at him. He didn't care who it was, the Tallgeese III, The God Gundam, or the Ryu. None of that mattered, he just wanted to get them out of his way. The first one to come at him was the Tallgeese III, it was an old score that Zechs and Heero had to settle.
"Looks like were back to this again." Zechs stated as he charged against Heero Yuy in the Wing Zero. This truly was the old grudge that the two of them had for each other. It all started back in the day before the Eve Wars when Zechs first encountered Heero Yuy and the Wing Gundam on its descent to Earth. From there it sparked into an on going duel between them, but during their time in Preventer they did put the duel aside for more important causes. However, the circumstances had changed, this was a Gundam Fight, the best excuse to fight each other. Zechs was the first to start, he charged in without his Mega cannon because he only wanted to fight Heero Yuy using his beam saber. As the Wing Zero came into sight Heero had returned the courtesy like a gentlemanly knight and brought out his beam saber. He charged at Zechs at full speed and soon the two were locked together in this battle.
CLANG! Their beam sabers bashed against each other.
TAT! TAT! TAT! They fired off their Vulcan cannons at each other.
Yet through all that not one of them were making any progress in defeating one another.
On the other side of the field another battle was about to start, this time it was between the Star Dragon, Johan Rodriguez and the King of Hearts, Domon Kasshu. The God Gundam dismounted its horse, Fuunsaiki as the Gundam Ryu stepped forward, tossing aside its Twin Buster Rifle while holding onto the Buster Shield he drew out his beam saber. Johan himself knew that with Treize and Lady Une safe he could fight the way he wanted to. On the other side, the God Gundam did the same courtesy as the Ryu; it took out both of its beam sabers in preparation against the Ryu. The two were in a bit of a stand off against each other while the battle between the Tallgeese and the Wing Zero grew fierce.
"History does repeat itself." Domon stated
"What makes you say that?" Johan asked
"I taught you and the Preventers how to come to a clear state of mind, to use your Gundams to its fullest, and now we have to fight each other."
"If Quatre were still standing he'd say that we shouldn't fight each other, it isn't right. I beg to differ in this situation since this is a Gundam Fight, not a war."
"From my point of view you are a pupil and I am the master." Domon reminisced, "I had to fight my own master in the 13th Gundam Fight and now you have to fight me."
"Let's get on with it then. I'm not getting any younger." Johan looked down at the holographic versions of the beam saber and the buster shield in both hands and felt their weight through the Mobile Trace System. He was ready!
"Mission accepted." He whispered softly to himself, a small line he picked up from Heero, "And now, Gundam Fight, ready, go."
He charged out at the God Gundam, he raised up his beam saber and brought it down upon his opponent. To no surprise of Johan, Domon had blocked him with the left beam saber and was about to bright up the right one, but the right one was within short distance of the buster shield. Johan simply lowered it to block the path of the beam saber; its intense heat and energy were beginning to melt their way through the shield like a welder through sheet metal. Johan knew this and also knew that Domon could see it as well. He opened up the Vulcans in his shoulder and fired them at the face of his opponent. Of course, the bullets had no effect on the super-ceramic composite that made up the God Gundam. Johan knew that it was a ditch effort but what else could he do?
"The heat rod." The thought to himself, he looked at the holographic version of his buster shield and there was the tip of the heat rod that he installed all that time ago. He remembered how he put in controls for it to make it more easily controllable from the cockpit. With the MTS he visualized the heat rod coming out, and it did, it squirmed out like a snake out of a mans sleeve. He hoped to God that Domon didn't see it, then as the struggle continued and the Gundanium of the shield grew soft, Johan had the heat rod wrap itself around the God Gundams leg and then he had the Ryu in reverse.
As the Gundam Ryu came to reverse it pulled the God Gundam down to the ground from the ankle that it was wrapped around. As Johan saw that the God Gundam was down he reeled back the heat rod and came down at the God Gundam again with the Beam saber in hand.
"That was a good trick." Domon complemented
"One thing I've learned in all my battles," Johan taught, "is that always take the best opportunity."
The two of them began a new saber battle against each other. That was until Domon saw an opportunity. He noticed that when Johan is about to make a huge attack he raises the beam saber over his head to gain extra power. That was the chance to grasp victory. He waited and waited until Johan would rise his arm up again. He blocked and shoved away the beam saber attacks that Johan made, then the opportunity came for Domon. He saw Johan raise up his arm, so now was the chance, using his left beam saber me made a counter swipe at Johan's beam saber arm. He sliced it off sending the beam saber and the arm with it across the valley.
"AHHH!" Johan screamed as he felt the pain feedback in his right arm.
"I win." Domon said as he stated his usual incantation, "This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to defeat you! BAKANETSU GOD FINGER!"
Johan watched as the pain swelled in his right arm, even though it wasn't real it was just feedback from the system. He knew something had to be done as the right hand of the God Gundam in its Hyper Mode and the God Finger was coming right at him. Johan didn't want to go down so easily, he's faced harder opponents in the past, and he'd be damned if he was going to loose to another Gundam. He held onto his shield and brought it up with the God Finger coming at him and had the heat rod whip out. It wrapped itself around the God Gundam's right wrist.
"Not so fast, King of Hearts!" Johan said in defiance as the heat rod heated up. Domon could feel the heat but he didn't know what Johan was going to do with it, but he didn't stop he kept going forward. Yet, Johan kept backing up with the heat rod still wrapped on Domon's wrist. Domon then felt the heat growing unbearable, that was when it went red hot and Johan pulled back on the heat rod. It ripped the still glowing hand away from the rest of the body.
"AHHH!" Domon screamed as he too felt the pain
"I win!" Johan screamed in glee as the pain in his right arm went away.
"I'm not finished!" Domon cried out as he dashed at Johan and said his incantation again, "BAKENETSU GOD FINGER!"
The God Finger came right at Johan's head from the left hand. He felt the crushing heat all around his skull like a really bad headache coupled with his teeth aching and a really bad fever. The pain was incredible as the head of the Gundam Ryu exploded and he fell to the ground. Johan Rodriguez, the Star Dragon, and pilot of the Gundam Ryu had been beaten. Al that was left in this Gundam Fight was the Tallgeese III, the Wing Zero, and the God Gundam. Yet, the Tallgeese III and the Wing Zero were still fighting, so Domon could do nothing except sit and watch.
The battle between the two of them was still even, nothing was gained but at the same time nothing was lost between the two of them. It seemed so unusual to Domon to see them fight in such a way. Though he had experienced something similar to this with Master Asia, but Domon didn't understand the pasts of these two warriors. He didn't understand the pride of Zechs Marquise and the Soldiers dedication that Heero Yuy had. Then again, Domon was just a martial artist, he could only communicate with his fists, on the other hand maybe that's how Zechs and Heero are communicating.
"Have you acknowledged that you're one of the weak people?" Heero asked
"No!" Zechs answered, "I am not one of those weak people. I know that I am strong, I've survived through too much to give up now."
"Zechs, no one is strong!" Heero refuted, "Everyone of the human race is weak. You should know that by now. Domon Kasshu, Johan, Preventer, the Shuffle Alliance, none of us are strong. That includes you an me!"
"That's still because the strong create the weak," Zechs spoke back, "There are only a few exceptional people who are strong and the rest are just weak. I am one of those few exceptional people! I'm still going to fight this out, right to the bitter end, Heero Yuy!" Zechs shouted as he made his charge against Heero Yuy.
The two mobile suits charged at each other, both of them hadn't used their cannons. Zechs had thrown away his Mega cannon, while Heero had tossed aside his Twin Buster Rifle. As Zechs charged to Heero with his beam saber and Heero came up to meet him he saw the opportunity to win this match. Instead of blocking, Heero decided at the speed of thought to make a very risky move. Then again, Heero was all about taking risky moves. All he needed to do was lower the saber, and so he did. He lowered it as he came towards the Tallgeese III and swept underneath him. The legs of the Tallgeese III came off in one swift and quick motion sending them hurdling at the speed of their weight and gravity combined to the ground where the other fallen Gundams lied.
The shock of the legs being separated from the Tallgeese was a great shock, especially to Zechs who felt the pain through the MTS as if his own legs had been cut off. He even saw the outlines in bright red that crept their way up from his ankles to his thighs. He screamed out in pain as Heero Yuy made the final blow. Heero finished the battle that started between them nearly 6 years ago. He had to finish it; otherwise it would have gone on forever. He shoved the beam saber through the head of the Tallgeese III giving Zechs the most unbearable of pain as the head exploded and sent the body tumbling down to the ground.
"I win." Heero stated as he looked down from the Wing Zero to the God Gundam that stood waiting for him. He looked at it and said his signature phrase, "Mission accepted."
The angelic Gundanium feathered wings of the Wing Zero spread themselves out as he made his rapid descent to the ground where the God Gundam waited for him. As he came down with his beam saber in hand, the God Gundam activated his in waiting for him. The two began to bash their sabers against one another to test who shall be the Gundam of Gundams. At least from a point of view of honor. From Heero's point of view something seemed empty about the fights after the defeat of the Devil Gundam. They seemed meaningless, if the Zero System were activated then perhaps Zero would know if this battle were meaningless or not. Except, Heero had been careless this one time in not having the foresight to connect the Zero System to the MTS system. Then again, wouldn't it be extremely dangerous to merge two systems that have such strain upon the pilot?
Heero couldn't concentrate on such questions since the battle before him took precedent over it.
"I can feel the spirit in your firsts, Heero." Domon commented, "They feel weak to me, as if you're not putting your heart into this match."
"Perhaps you were listening to my argument with Zechs." Heero answered, "That no one in the human race is strong, we are all weak."
"I can not accept that." Domon refuted, "If I am weak then why did I spend so much time training myself, attaining so much, and for what? Just to find out that I'm still weak? That's unacceptable!"
"You're just as arrogant as Zechs!"
"Enough of this!" Domon shouted as he shoved away Heero Yuy, "I'm going to finish this. This hand of mine is burning red!"
Heero knew exactly how long it would take Domon to speak this incantation that Domon had, he looked on the ground for his weapon. And to his surprise there it was just a short distance to his right. As Domon made his incantation for the Bakanetsu God Finger he dove for it and brought it into his hands and in his mind activated his specialty move.
"Its bright cry tells me to defeat you!" Domon continued, "BAKENETSU GOD FINGER!"
"ANGEL LIGHT!"
The two lights of their specialty attacks came colliding together as if they were two bulls of equal measures charging together head to head. Though this still wasn't the end of it all. Domon had something else up his sleeve, as he had his hand out in his attack he saw his Shuffle Crest burning in its glorious colors through the black material of his MTS suit.
"This hand of mine is burning red!" Domon called again, "Its bright cry tells me…"
"To grasp victory and complete my mission!" Heero finished
"SENKIHA TENKIOUKEN!" Domon cried
"ANGEL FIRE ZERO!" Heero answered back
Then the beams of both attacks became so much brighter as the consumed the fighting Gundams. Yet inside the burning light both Gundams were having trouble keeping together. The Wing Zero's Gundanium metal was beginning to become soft and the paint had already turned black and peeled away. The same was true for the God Gundam as its fins were extended out in its hyper mode, the fins were bending back, the paint flaking away like burnt paper, and the metal becoming softer with each moment in the burning light.
"I will win!" Domon cried out
"DOMON!" Heero shouted, as the Wing Zero couldn't take anymore punishment. Its Gundanium exterior had already cracked away revealing the inner workings of itself to the outside world. The final straw that broke the Wing Zero down to the ground was when its right leg had its hydraulics burnt from the intense attacks and so the Wing Zero fell. The fight was over, the barrier around the island deactivated, so too did the barrier that surrounded the Earth, and Domon Kasshu was the last Gundam standing.
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"Ladies and Gentlemen of the World!" Prime Minister Kurato announced from his balcony, "We have a winner. The Gundam of Gundams is Domon Kasshu who won the Gundam fight with his God Gundam. This means that Neo Japan has won the right to rule all of space!"
It was true; Domon had won the fight in a fair match against one of the best fighters in Preventer, Heero Yuy. There was a parade through downtown Tokyo, the streamers ran down the sides of the building with the confetti of all different colors like rainbow sprinkles. On the streets was the God Gundam with the Mecha horse Fuunsaiki trailed behind. Domon Kasshu stood on the cockpit door of the God Gundam while he looked all around him. He absorbed the celebration as the people chanted his name.
DOMON! DOMON! DOMON! DOMON KASSHU! THE CHAMPION OF NEO JAPAN! GUNDAM OF GUNDAMS! DOMON! DOMON! DOMON KASSHU!
Yet, inside Domon's mind wandered elsewhere. He kept thinking about his friends and wondered where they were. The rest of the Shuffle Alliance and the Preventers, he looked through the crowd and tried to spot them but he couldn't find them anywhere. He wondered if they were back on the boat with Han, Hoi and Min, but Domon didn't know how dead on accurate he was.
In Tokyo Bay, the Junk that belonged to Han was the rest of the Shuffle Alliance and the Preventers. They too watched the festivities from the bay, since in the bay as well there was all kinds of celebration going on. People were lighting off fireworks from their boats in sync with the fireworks that were happening over Neo Tokyo as the sun set slowly in the west. The Shuffle Alliance wasn't exactly depressed, they were delighted that Domon won. Though some of the Preventers had different opinions amongst themselves.
"Damn." Wufei cursed, "If it wasn't for the Devil Gundam I could have gotten a crack at Domon Kasshu."
Sai-Saici had his hands behind his head as he smiled, "That is if you'd gotten through me, bro."
Wufei smiled, "That's true. Our match was pretty much a draw all the way through."
"I don't know about you guys." Johan laughed, "But I had one hell of a time here. I learned so much here and now Lady Une and Trieze are safe."
That was what happened after the rescue teams came in, they picked up the bodies of the Devils Knights. There was Paul Reynolds of Neo New Zealand (pilot of Shark Gundam that became Gundam Leviathan), the pilot of the Oblivion Gundam (the Black Hole Gundam), Ranma Soatome from the Warrior Gundam (That used to be the Kung Fu Gundam), and Selena Falcon from the Gundam Hydra.
There was also the most important people of all, Trieze Kushrinada and Lady Une. All of them were picked up by the proper rescue team and taken to the hospital. With the help of Rain Mikamura Kasshu the victims of the Devil Gundam were nursed back to health. Though there was one unusual case that had to be taken care of and that was Leo Travis (a.k.a. the Knight Blazer pilot of the Gundam Nexus). The rescue teams tried to find his body or any sign that he might have been alive but they couldn't find any sign.
Though it wasn't exactly something that the Fellowship of the Gundam dwelt on, since it was all over. All they could do was absorb the celebration that was happening around them. The happiness and joy, the Preventers hadn't seen this much celebration since the fall of the oppressive forces that held their grip upon the colonies, space, and the Earth. On a certain level the Preventers felt glad in seeing all this happiness around them, like being wrapped in a warm blanket on a cold day.
Later that night on Han's Junk, there was another celebration on a more personal level. This was amongst the Fellowship of the Gundam, they sat around the warm lights of the lamps, and the gas stoves that Sai-Saici cooked upon. Domon couldn't believe it himself with the amount of groceries that Sai-Saici, Johan, and Haruka had brought to the Junk for the celebration feast. All of the Fellowship watched in awe and wonder like kids at a magic show as Sai-Saici demonstrated his craft. He had done such great tricks over the stove that irradiated its heat across the room. The young boy used his knives like juggling pins as he sliced up the food that danced upon the grill from his expeditious hands. He even did a trick with an egg, he spun the egg upon the stove, took his spatula, tossed the egg ever so gently on the utensil but never broke it. Then he tossed the egg into the air, and the Fellowship thought that it was going to break over someone's head, but it landed right where Sai Saici wanted, it landed on its side upon the sharp edge of the spatula. The whites and yolk plopped out onto the stove while the shell remained upon the spatula, never moving an inch from where it landed. As the cooking that Sai-Saici had done the meal was finished, and the Fellowship applauded the show that they had just seen.
"Incredible!" Johan complemented
"I agree." Domon smiled, "You really have gotten better at this."
"The real test." Sai-Saici grinned, "Is the taste test."
"Let's dig in then!" Chibodee outburst
There was no more discussion, only eating amongst the Fellowship and those who had joined them. In this silent taste test there were a few that actually made it very clear that Sai-Saici's cooking was the greatest that their taste buds had ever encountered. These were Haruka and Johan who made noises as if they were having sex as they ate each bite.
"Hmmm!" Johan moaned
"Hmmm!" Haruka did the same, "By God, this delicious!"
As the two continued to moan as they took in the delightful meal, the rest of the Fellowship looked to them and then back at Sai-Saici as if they were all commanded to do it at the same time.
"Well, I'd say they like it." Sai-Saici grinned
Then the proper George De Sand did turn up his nose in his proper manner, "Such manner." He said under his breath.
That night the Fellowship was fed, fattened, and laughed about times that have gone past. They laughed over the incident that surrounded their first meeting. It was as if the Preventers and the Shuffle Alliance were in their first match against each other. At least until Johan came in, broke up the fights and convinced everyone to talk to each other. Then there was that time when they watched each other fight. Such as that one match when Heero Yuy was competing for the title to represent a country in the Gundam Fight. That was when the Shuffle Alliance saw the Preventers fight. Yet, the strange part of all this was that the Preventers never got the opportunity to see the Shuffle Alliance fight until they came to the island of St. Thomas to train. At leas they only caught a glimpse of their power, then came the Battle Royal when they saw their true potential, both against each other and against a common enemy. Still, a question lingers in the background of all the happiness. How will the Preventers get back home?
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On the deck of the Junk, at the end that pointed to the south, Johan, Heero, Haruka and Relena all looked out while the rest of the Fellowship wandered around town. As they looked out at the sea and the skyline, both Heero and Johan kept looking at the tops of their right hand. As they did the two of them looked at each other wondering if the other was experiencing the same feeling. Then Haruka asked,
"What's wrong, Johan?"
Johan kept looking at the top of his hand, "Its strange." He said, "During the Gundam Battle Royal, I used my specialty technique. Then I began to use my ultimate technique, the Star Energizer, after I had used it, I noticed something on my hand."
Heero couldn't help but listen in, "What was it?" He asked
"I'm not sure." Johan answered still keeping his eyes locked on his hand, "It was just like the crest that the Shuffle Alliance had, yet mine was different." As he looked down at his hand he tried to concentrate, think of a way to bring it back to his hand, and then he thought about giving up. He looked to Haruka and felt warm on the inside, just too gaze at her, that face, those eyes and that smile. All of it made Johan feel good, so much that he began to feel an odd sensation. It was as if there was a hot pad placed on the top of his hand, he looked back and there it was. It was a crest, a crest appearing on his hand, and it was the very same one he saw after he used the Ryu Star Energizer.
The crest was of a star, a yellow five-pointed star with a dragon wrapped around it like a snake. It glowed with the color green that emanated from his hand and at the bottom of the crest was a banner that read a very familiar phrase.
The Star Dragon
"This is it." Johan smiled, as his fingers flexed out but the crest remained "This is the crest I found."
Haruka took Johan's right hand and looked closely at the crest, she gawked, "I found something similar to this." She said as she held out her right hand in plain view for everyone to see. Yet, as she held up her hand there was nothing there. She closed her eyes as if she was contracting every muscle in her body, but still nothing came.
"Let me help." Johan said as he leaned in and kissed his beloved, at first Haruka resisted because she didn't know what her love was trying to accomplish. Then again, it had been so long since they shared such an embrace that she let go and gave herself over to her pleasures. As she gave over, Johan broke the embrace and took Haruka's right hand and looked at it.
"There." He said, "There it is."
Haruka looked down, while Heero and Relena looked over at what Johan was talking about. There on her hand was a crest similar to what was on Johan's hand. She looked at it and marveled at how different it was and at the same time it was so similar. Around its edge came a purple glow and in its center was Haruka's crest. She saw a patch of blue in the center, yet around it were three clouds, clouds that were cumulonimbus clouds, white, full, and fluffy. At the top of this patch of blue and the three clouds was a crown. A sharp golden crown that hovered above the clouds that had gems of all kinds encrusted into it. At the bottom of the patch of blue sky, the white clouds, and the golden crown was the banner. Within the banner was a nickname or rather a code name that Haruka had.
The Sky King
"What does this mean?" Haruka asked, then she leaned over to look at Heero, "Do you have one?"
"I do." Heero stated flatly as he held up his fist with the top of his palm showing out. From his hand came a bright blue glow and in the center of it was his crest. The crest had a sword that had its hilt near his knuckles and it pointed downward to where its point was directing to his wrist. And like the others, around the shaft of the sword was a banner that read Heero's code name:
The Perfect Soldier
"Do you think that the others have crests similar to this?" Relena asked
"I wouldn't doubt it." Johan answered, "I suggest that we ask them when they get back."
From behind a voice asked, "Ask us what?"
Johan spun around to find the rest of the Fellowship of the Gundam standing at the docks that led to Han's Junk. He looked at them, and Johan was never one to lie, at least when it comes to a certain situation. This was one of those situations that can't be covered up, since his friends will find out sooner or later, or maybe Heero will spill it. Instead Johan confessed everything.
"After I used my ultimate technique," he said, "Where myself, the cockpit and the Gundam turned gold, I noticed something on my hand. It was similar to the crests that the Shuffle Alliance has."
"A shuffle crest?" Domon asked
"No." Heero stated, "This crest is different. Look." Heero held up his fist and there his crest glowed in its own glory, the crest of the Perfect Solider. He looked as the Shuffle Alliance was shocked and the rest of the Preventer was just dumbfounded. They looked at it as if they were all patients with the same disease and finding out how their cases were so similar.
"Goddamn this creepy." Duo uttered, "I experienced something similar on my hand." He held up his hand and to the surprise of the Fellowship his hand had the same glow. A red glow that held within a crest, but Duo's crest was a cross, but wrapped around that cross on the vertical bar was the infinity sign while near the bottom of the vertical bar was the banner that read his code name:
The God of Death
On and on the crests for the Preventers showed up. The one for Trowa Barton was just like the clown mask he had back in the circus, the half of a clown face that smiled in its painted confection. Though in the space that occupied the other half was a single tear with his code name in the banner, The Silencer.
For Quatre Raberba Winner, his crest had a star, an eight-pointed star that alternated colors of red and blue in their points. Above the top point near his knuckles was a crown, but it wasn't the typical pointed golden crown, this one was different. The crown on Quatre's hand was a light red like a ruby and at its top was one jewel (as a matter of fact there was only one jewel). This jewel was bright blue like a sapphire and in its center was a purple cross and finally his banner said: The Noble in the Desert.
Then there was Wufei Chang, whose crest only contained a Chinese Dragon that spread out its colors of green, gold, and red as it flayed out over Wufei's hand. It was a solitary dragon. Which proved to be very ironic since the banner that spread out at the base of this dragon read: The Solitary Dragon.
Next in line was Zechs Marquise (also known as Miliardo Peacecraft), his was quite simple compared to the others. His crest only had a lightning bolt, a simple bolt of lightning that stretched from the bottom of his knuckles to the top of his wrist. Of course his banner read the nickname he was given back in the days of Oz, The Lightning Count.
Last of all, there was Alexandria De Large. She looked to her fist in wonder as she saw the glow that held hers. An orange glow and burned around her hand and within it she saw her own crest that was as unique to her as to the others. Hers looked like the inner part of half an orange, except there were twelve slices like a clock. Then driving through the center of it was a dagger, a dagger that had an eyeball in its hilt very similar to what Alexandria had. Then her banner read her code name, The Clockwork Pilot.
"What does this all mean?" Quatre asked
"I'm not sure." Domon answered
* * *
The mystery surrounding the crests that had appeared out of no where to the Preventers still lingered on. Then again, some of the Preventers had gotten used to the idea of having a crest of their own. Though there was one mystery or question that two members of Preventer had to confront on their own.
Haruka and Johan still stood at the bow of the ship looking towards the horizon. Except Haruka came up to Johan and felt the fabric of his jacket, she felt how smooth and plastic like it was.
"Where did you get this jacket?" She asked Johan
Johan was never one to lie, especially to his wife, "It was a gift from Shakira."
"Shakira?" Haruka asked surprised, "The girl from Neo-Spain, who was fighting for Neo-Mexico? She gave you this, but why?"
Johan shrugged, "I don't know. I asked her if she did this with everyone she fights, she told me no, but she was willing to make an exception with this fight."
"Are you sleeping with her?" Haruka asked with one eye squinted
"No." Johan answered rather shocked at the question, "You know me to be more loyal than that."
Haruka took Johan's arm and laid her head upon his shoulder, "I'm sorry, love. Its just been too long since we were together that I was afraid I'd loose you."
"I made a promise to you, Haruka. Don't you remember? I don't want to loose you again, ever. And I don't mean to."
"Oh, Johan." Haruka sighed as she reached up and kissed her love
"So, you are taken." A voice called out
Haruka and Johan looked to where the voice was coming from and there they saw a face that they hadn't seen for a long time. It was the Latin face of the girl whom Johan fought for the title of Neo-Spain, and the very same girl that fought him in a Gundam match for Neo-Mexico, Shakira.
"You want to know why I gave him that jacket?" She asked, "I gave it to him, because I've fallen in love with him. Because no man has ever matched me on the dance floor and on the battlefield, ever! I thought that I had found the one, The One, but now I find that he's already taken! It's not fair! It's not fair that love should be so cruel!"
Haruka stepped forward, "I'm sorry Shakira." She apologized, "But when I met Johan, I was amazed at him too for being a Gundam pilot, but as time went on I came to love him as the man that he was and still is."
Haruka tried to comfort Shakira, she was about to place a hand upon her shoulder, but Shakira slapped away the comforting hand. She looked up at Haruka, her face streamed with tears and mascara mixing with them as she wept.
"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU WHORE!" Shakira snarled
As Shakira screamed something rose from the water around Han's Junk. The waves made the tiny little vessel rock from side to side as something truly terrible came from the cold depths. It snaked its way up to the sky like a giant snake at the side of Han's ship. In broad daylight all that looked could see it, but only a few of them knew exactly what it was. Its long body was metallic and sectioned like a snake's body but the top of its head was what gave it away. The thing at the top of the neck looked down at Han's Junk with its green glowing eyes and its metallic face with no mouth. But then its mouth-less face gave away to a terrible gape that had enormous teeth like some kind of fairy tale monster. It was a Gundam Head.
"I thought the Devil Gundam was killed." Haruka said
"So did I." Johan answered as he reached to his side and pulled out his beam saber. Haruka joined him, but behind them Shakira was frozen with fear as she looked up at the creature who had its jaws open and ready to swallow anything. Then from the mouth of the Gundam head game a mass of DG vines, Haruka and Johan stood ready to slice at them, but the vines weren't going after either one of them, the vines took Shakira. The vines wrapped themselves around Shakira's body and reeled her in like a newly caught fish. She screamed as the vines consumed her and neither Johan or Haruka did anything. The events happened so fast that neither one of them could do anything about it for when Johan was about to act and slice at the Gundam head, it already sunk back into the dark depths of the bay.
"Damn it." He cursed as another voice came out from behind him. He looked to where the voice was coming from and there he saw George De Sand as well as a few other members of the Fellowship.
"Kidnapped!" George shouted, "They've been kidnapped!"
Johan sheathed his beam saber and came to the aid of the Neo-France fighter, "Calm down, George. Who has been kidnapped."
"Miss Marie Louis." George said in exasperation, "So have Zuisen, Keiun, Nastasha, Chibodee's girls, and Miss Relena. All of them have been kidnapped by Gundam Heads."
To be continued…
