Author's Note: Thanks to every one who reviewed! While I'm on the subject of reviews, Bahamut9999, I have one question: DUDE! ZECHS AN ALBINO?! WHAT THE H**L ARE YOU SMOKING?! It says specifically on the OFFICIAL website he's BLONDE! FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THINGS SACRED, CHECK YOUR SOURCES IF YA WANNA CORRECT ME! BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WRONG AND I'M RIGHT, YOU'LL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay……………I'm okay! Really! Passes out from being scarred for life 1 too many times
Five Hours Later
Anyway…about the Gundams. Basically, they're in their custom forms, except they retain all the fun weaponry that got left out, but was in the series. So, Deathscythe Hell has its fun little shield blade thingy (the buster shield), Altron/Nataku has that dragon plasma cannon thingy on its back and the plasma flamethrowers (they're the FANGS still, not the spooty Custom pincers) and I added a few little ideas of my own on Heavyarms and Sandrock. I also use some Gundams that were in Gundam Battle Assault 2, along with some characters from the 08th MS Team, and others that I have no clue where they're from. I think they're from stupid show with Amuro. Oh well, they die anyway. Later… Then, there are Gundams I looked up on the Internet, and they're mostly from the Gundam Wing Manga. There are also a few that are redesigned versions of Wing, Shenlong, and Deathscythe. Also, Sandrock Kai Custom has the Sandrock Custom paint job. If ya wanna see what they look like, or if you don't even know what Sandrock Kai or Heavyarms Kai is, I suggest checking mahq.net. Just look at the 're-designed Hajime Katoki version'. Now, on with the story!
Chapter 7: Endless Waltz Part II
The Preventers began loading the shuttle for the battle ahead. The shuttle had several fully revolving gatling gun turrets, a buster cannon hidden on the front. The Gundams and Tallgeese III were all fully prepared for battle.
"Zechs, I'm going to fight alongside you! I said I would never leave your side! I'm sticking by that promise no matter what, Zechs," said Noin.
"But Noin, your Taurus isn't strong enough to handle the type of combat we're about to encounter!" said Zechs.
"Don't make me repeat myself, Zechs. Again," said Noin.
"Fine…if you insist on entering combat with us, then I at least request you use the restored Tallgeese," said Zechs.
"You want me to fly the Tallgeese? I don't know…I don't have the quick reflexes or the skills you do…" started Noin.
"Noin, I know you're capable of handling the Tallgeese. You're a great pilot. The upgraded Dober Gun and the beam saber will really make a difference, as well as the higher speed and agility. Have more faith in your abilities," encouraged Zechs.
"If you say so, Zechs…" said Noin. Meanwhile, Heero, Duo, and Trowa just ran into a BIG problem.
"So, uh, anyone have a clue how to fit the Gundams on this shuttle?" asked Duo.
"I think it's physically impossible," said Trowa.
"There's a way," said Heero.
"Hunh?" said Duo.
"If we load the Gundams on a space barge BEHIND the shuttle, we could say we were surrendering and giving them our Gundams. Then, we'll be waiting in the cockpits and when they come to retrieve the Gundams and the 'prisoners', we'll ambush them," explained Heero.
"Do you really think they'll buy that?" asked Trowa.
"From what Doctor J told me, Dekim Barton was an egotistic megalomaniac. He'll think we really are cowering before him," said Heero.
"Man, that plan is cruel, evil and overly sadistic. I LIKE IT!" said Duo. Howard and the other mechanics proceeded with loading the Gundams and the two Tallgeese onto the barge. In half an hour, the Gundams were ready to go.
"Are you guys sure you can take out all the heartless when they come here to take the colony and drop it on the Earth?" asked Noin.
"Of course we're sure. Just leave it to us! You guys worry about the other mobile suits," said Tidus.
"All right. Let's proceed," said Heero. The seven pilots boarded their Gundams, Sally and Lady Une stepped into the cockpit of the shuttle and took off for the site of the final battle from the war one year before.
"So, Howard, where do we go to defend the colony from the heartless?" asked Kairi.
"You need to defend this point right here," said Howard, pointing at the core of the colony," If they get at the core of the colony, it's all over. That will mess up the gravity and orbital system of the colony, and cause it to drop straight down to Earth. So, you guys need to stay at the large park in the center of the colony. The large building at the center houses the core. The security forces might be able to hold off one or two heartless, but don't bet on it. Don't let them anywhere near that building!"
"All right. Let's get going, then!" said Kairi. They headed for the exit of the base and emerged in a back alley. They stepped into the busy sidewalks and streets of the colony and headed for the large park. All they needed to do now was wait.
In space, the Gundams neared their point of destination.
"There he is," said Sally. Dekim's withered old mug appeared on the screen of the shuttle, as well as in the Gundams.
"So, you came after all…Now, I will board your shuttle and take the prisoners, said Dekim," Wait a minute, what's that barge for?"
"We acknowledge we stand absolutely no chance against you, so we surrender our Gundams as well," said Lady Une.
"Ah…you're smarter then you look. I will take the Gundams as well, then," said Dekim. His large transport shuttle neared the barge and the shuttle, then all of the preventers' Gundams eyes glowed green, and they roared to life from under the tarp, and attacked. "WHAT!? YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL! I SHALL ANIHILATE YOU ALL! PREPARE FOR COMBAT WITH THE THIRTEENTH ZODIAC, THE SERPENTS!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Dekim. Before the enemy shuttle was destroyed, 25 Taurus, 50 Leos and 25 Serpents, all piloted by heartless soldiers, and an escape ship flew out from the transport sides of the shuttle.
"D**n, a trap! I knew this would happen. Oh, well. I could use some target practice!" said Zechs. His Tallgeese III flew right into the mess of enemies and went right to work with the beam saber and the heat rod. Noin followed him with her Tallgeese, shooting with the Dober gun and using the beam saber. They were getting pelted with enemy fire but they dodged away and continued attacking with their close range weapons.
"All right, prepare to meet the GOD OF DEATH!" cried Duo. He charged into the melee with his Deathscythe Hell and activated the double bladed beam scythe. "Heheh, slice and dice!" said Duo, and hacked away at the enemy ships. Using the large wings of the Deathscythe Hell, he avoided severe damage to the body of his Gundam.
"You are all PURE EVIL!! I MUST RID THE UNIVERSE OF ALL EVIL! YOU HEARTLESS DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE! I WILL DESTROY YOU WITH NATAKU!!" declared Wufei. He activated Altron's dragon fangs and plasma cannons and flamethrower, destroying several. When they came in close, he whipped out the double beam trident and hacked at them, and continued picking off distant ones with his dragon fangs. Trowa activated Heavyarms, pulled out his double-barreled Gatling guns and fired away. Many enemy suits were going down quickly. Quatre supported him with Sandrock by taking out closer enemies with his heat shotels. However, the Gundams were still taking heavy fire from the Serpent Battalion.
"Hmm…this should be easy," said Heero. He activated Wing Zero and flew right to the center of the enemy forces, hacking his way through with his beam saber and shoulder mounted Gatling guns, and deflecting enemy fire and even reflecting enemy beams with the angel wings of Wing Zero. At the center of the enemy, he split his buster rifle into two parts and fired, spinning in a circle. His shot had the desired effect, as about 33 enemy suits went down. They continued their counterattack on the enemy forces. When there were about 25 left, the enemy Serpent and Taurus troops made the mistake of attacking in two straight ranks. Heero and Zechs flew around to the sides of the enemy squadron and finished the battle with the Twin Buster Rifle finisher and the Mega Cannon Max attacks, destroying both rows of enemies with just one shot each.
"HOW DARE YOU OPPOSE ME!? I SAID I WOULD COMMENCE OPERATION METEOR IF YOU DIDN'T COMPLY WITH MY DEMANDS! NOW, PAY THE PRICE OF MEDDLING WITH THE BARTON FOUNDATION! GO FORTH, HEARTLESS!" cried Dekim.
"I guess everything is up to those kids now…" said Noin.
"I know, but there's something kind of reassuring in that…" replied Sally.
Meanwhile, back at the colony…
"Here they come!" cried Kairi. The Heartless appeared from the ground in waves of darkness. The first attack wave consisted of at least 30 shadows, 20 soldiers and four Large Bodies. Kairi, Yami, Tidus and Yuna went to work on them instantly, hacking, slicing, and whirling their way through the storm of heartless. After about 20 of the heartless were destroyed, another wave came at them, this one consisting of ten darkballs. The darkballs proved to be much tougher than any standard enemy they had fought so far, which was limited to shadows, soldiers and large bodies. A few Blade Delusions, Dark Magic Attacks, Slice and Dices and support spells later, they destroyed all the heartless enemies, only to be greeted by an elite platoon: 5 Invisibles, 5 Angel Stars, 3 Defenders and 3 Wizards. Kairi's party tried their best to dodge and counterattack, but their attacks did mediocre damage at best and they lost, in a best-case scenario, half their health.
"D***it! They're just too strong for us right now!" exclaimed Tidus.
"I know! Ow! Back, heathen!" exclaimed Kairi, whacking at an Invisible with the Dice Roll.
"I might have a way out of this…" said Yami.
"Well, then, by all means, USE IT!" cried Tidus.
"Yes, please do!" added Yuna.
"All right!" said Yami. He pulled out the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Card Kaiba had given him. "I summon the BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!" cried Yami, and he threw the card in front of them. It floated above the ground, then a white light erupted from it, and a 30-foot dragon erupted forth from it with a loud roar. Yami, Kairi Tidus and Yuna climbed onto its back.
"All right, Blue-Eyes! Attack!" ordered Yami. The dragon reared its head back, gathering positive ions from the air, then let loose a blast of its signature White Lightning. Within seconds, the legendary dragon completely annihilated the elite platoon.
A long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away…err, oops. Wrong story. Far, Far away, in a darkened room…
"Ansem, did you see that?! They took out the elite troops like they were nothing! I thought you said the fourth Keyblade master and her party was the weakest!" said a tall caped armor-clad man with a big nose and a big sword. (A/N: Think Cloud's Buster Sword)
"Yes, I saw it, King of Evil. But fear not, for the other Keyblade masters and their fellowships possessed that kind of power as well. I almost expected that they would find some way out, although the girl and her party are progressing quite rapidly…" said Ansem.
"You think that they all have that kind of power is something to calm down about? This is insane! That annoying hedgehog and the silver haired boy were enough trouble for me!" said a fat man with a crazy mustache in a small armored mecha walker. (A/N: If ya can't figure out who this guy is, you need to buy more Sonic games.)
"Speaking of which, how is the Death Egg coming, doctor?" asked Ansem. (A/N: Riku fans, pay attention. Spoiler for his story arc in next few lines!)
Err…the boy and the hedgehog, and this blonde girl, infiltrated it… But don't worry! My robots and the heartless soldiers as well as my tricks and traps should be enough to destroy them!" said the fat man. (A/N: Go ahead and guess who the blonde one is. Hint: She's a Final Fantasy character, and I've only played FF7 and FFX, so she must be from those games. ULTRA SUPER SPECIAL PRIZE FOR WHOEVER GETS IT RIGHT FIRST!)
"Humph. You Homo sapiens and your fancy toys…" said an imposing humanoid/reptilian figure with a large headpiece.
"What do you have against my machinery? If it weren't for our fancy toys, you could never have been created!" retorted the fat man.
"Stop bickering, you two…we have more important things to worry about," said Nitemare.
"Yes…like destroying these key-wielding little brats," said an old man in a flowing black robe and carried a staff.
"And returning the universe to darkness," started a boy with bluish hair and a sword at his waist.
"So we can attain enough dark energy to completely destroy the light that is Kingdom Hearts, and create our own universe, of darkness, and all beings shall do our bidding!" finished a scythe carrying longhaired blonde girl.
"Kingdom Hearts shall be ours! BWAHAHAHA!" laughed a large turtle-like creature with spikes on his shell. (A/N: If ANYONE can't figure out who this guy is, please, GET OUTTA THE ROCK YOU'RE LIVING UNDER!)
"Of course. But first, we must deal with those pesky Keyblade masters. There are already too many worlds sealed off from darkness as it is," reminded Ansem.
"Of course. Isn't that why we went through the trouble of getting them?" asked a hulking gold armor clad mace-wielding man, pointing at two gigantic, right now inactive mecha-like creatures, one emerald green, the other ruby red.
"Yes, exactly. These powerful creatures shall serve as our super-weapons, as well as our last line of defense, should those pesky 'heroes' survive that long…" said Ansem.
"But, that's stupid! You should not have a creature more powerful than yourself under your power!" said a woman with large pointy shoulder pads, an armored dress with a pointed headpiece and a cape of sorts attached at her elbows.
"Humph. You underestimate our abilities. I myself possess more power than these mechanical beasts, and my power grows with every heart the heartless take, and now, since you have all accepted the darkness, as my comrades, you too can draw from the ultimate power of darkness," said Ansem," So, you three are prepared to fight them in space, should the Barton Foundation suffer defeat at AC 196, correct?"
"Of course…those tin cans are no match for the powerful fleet I have created…hahahahahahahaha, Hehehehehehee, HAHAHAHA, HEHEHE!" cackled a large, floating monkey head with two floating hands.
"The space pirates and my metroids are prepared to enter combat, on the planetary surfaces as well as in space," said a giant brain through a voice box.
"The Kei Pirates are also prepared for space combat," said a man in a strange mask.
"Perfect. Now, let's see what that girl and her little following can REALLY do! Go forth, Behemoth!" said Ansem. At his command, a lumbering Behemoth came lumbering forward, and left through a portal of darkness for Earth After Colony 196.
Back at Colony X-18999…
"We did it…all Heartless forces have been destroyed," said Kairi.
"Uh…not quite…look!" said Tidus. A VERY large portal of darkness appeared in front of them, and a massive four-legged monster came out, roaring and thrashing its horn about.
Boss Fight: Behemoth 1350 HP"A Behemoth…All right…here we go…Dragon! Take flight!" ordered Yami. Behind them, Yuna spread her arms and focused on praying to the heavens…and Valefor appeared. Yuna patted its head gently, then she climbed on its back, lightening the Blue-Eyes's load, and giving them another attack force. The Behemoth attacked both of them with a bolt of lightning. Yami had Blue-Eyes counterattack with White Lightning. It hit the Behemoth right in the horn, and it collapsed. Yuna took the opportunity to have Valefor blast away at it with Sonic Wings repeatedly. The behemoth recovered after a while, and attacked by shooting out balls of darkness. It followed that up with a blast of dark plasma from its mouth. Valefor took critical damage, and was knocked out of the battle.
"This isn't working! Blue-Eyes could probably beat that thing, but not carrying all of us!" said Tidus.
"All right…Then, I hate to use this so soon, but… Here we go! Blue-Eyes, you're dismissed. Now, I call forth, the SAINT DRAGON GOD OF OSIRIS!" cried Yami. He pulled out the ancient god card, held it high and threw it in front of them. The card glowed a brilliant white, and the whole colony went dark. A huge, red, two-mouthed yellow-eyed sharp-clawed serpentine dragon flew out. It was at least 50 feet long and it held an incredible sense of power about it. It used its long body/tail to form a barrier around our heroes, and roared menacingly at the Behemoth. "Now, Osiris, OBLITERATE!" cried Yami. The almighty dragon charged a beam of divine energy in its lower jaw, and blasted the Behemoth, reducing its 900 remaining HP to some negative number.
Behemoth DefeatedYuna attained the power of fire. Learned *Fira
Yuna attained the power of ice. Learned *Blizzara
Yuna obtained the power of thunder. Learned *Thundara
Yuna obtained the power of water. Yuna learned *Watera
Aeon spirit freed. Yuna learned +Evrae
Tidus learned *Cheer
Tidus obtained the power of time. Learned *Haste and *Slow
Tidus learned *Delay Attack
Kairi learned *Fury
Yami learned *Ring of Magnetism
"All right…that had better be the last one, because I don't have any MP left," said Yami, and he dismissed Osiris.
"Yeah, we did it…now, I need some foooooood," groaned Tidus.
"Yeah," agreed Kairi, and the headed back to the base. On their way back, they found two people, an indigo haired young man clad in a gray uniform and a light blue haired girl in a red space suit wounded and unconscious on the sidewalk wearing unfamiliar uniforms.
"What should we do with them?" asked Yami.
"We should probably take them in with us. I'll bet their world was destroyed by the heartless too," said Yuna.
"But how do we know they aren't members of the Barton Foundation trying to trick us? Why should we help them?" asked Yami.
"Because it's the right thing to do!" said Tidus.
"You know, kid, your dad said that a lot during our quest. Every time, it meant trouble for Braska and me," said a man in a red cloak who had seemingly come out of nowhere. Everyone jumped a bit at his sudden appearance.
"You know my old man?" asked Tidus
"Wha…how…did you journey with my father?" asked Yuna at the same time. "Wait, are you…Sir Auron?"
"Right. I was one of your father's guardians along with Jecht when we defeated Sin," said Auron.
"What? But, my old man died eight years ago! He disappeared off the island after he went to train on his own for blitzball!" objected Tidus.
"Hmm. Eight years ago was when your father came to Spira. We assumed he was somehow sucked out of his own world and dropped into ours. He told me a lot about you, Tidus. How he was trying to make you one of the best blitzers ever. He also made it sound like you were a crybaby," said Auron.
"WHAT!? I WAS ONLY A LITTLE KID!" said Tidus," I hate you, old man…"
"What? Sir Auron isn't that old! How can you hate him? We only just met him. I've heard stories of his greatness. He is known as a legendary guardian in our world," said Yuna.
"Not him. My old man," replied Tidus.
"Hmm. In any case, you kids look pretty beat up. So do these guys. You should probably get them back to the base. You could always interrogate them after you treat their wounds," said Auron," Now, then. Since I'm here, I offer my services to your little group as a guardian. You're not going on The Pilgrimage, but you could still probably use my help. So, what'll it be?"
"We would be glad to have you as a guardian," said Yuna.
"HEY! I thought I was the leader! Whatever. I was gonna say the same thing anyway," said Kairi.
So, they carefully lifted up the two wounded and carried them to the base. A few minutes later, the Gundam pilots arrived back at the base as well. They all ate some food ("FOOOOOOOOOOD!" Tidus had said) then went to see how the wounded duo Kairi and her party had picked up were doing.
"They look fine to me, now," said Duo.
"They were in really bad shape when we found them," said Yuna.
"Hey! They're waking up!" exclaimed Quatre.
"Ugh… Is this Heaven?" asked the man.
"Heh. Far from it," replied Duo.
"Oh, no! We must be in the other place!" cried the woman.
"Ehh. Not quite that either. You're alive," said Zechs.
"Oh. So, uh, where are we, anyway?" asked the man.
"You're at Colony X-18999, orbiting the Earth. And, from now on, WE ask the questions," said Trowa.
"For starters, you don't look like civilians. Who are you, and who do you fight for?" asked Wufei.
"I'm Shiro Amada, former commander of the Federation 08th MS Team Kojima Battalion," answered the man.
"Aina Saharin. Former Zeon test pilot and Apsulus III pilot," responded the woman.
"You both said you're former soldiers. Did you go AWL?" asked Heero.
"Umm…kinda. We were fighting on the opposite sides in a war, and somehow we… fell in love with each other. Her older brother was obsessed with claiming victory for Zeon; so far he would even kill his own men. We both deserted and used my Gundam to destroy him and his Apsulus III super weapon," answered Shiro.
"You have a Gundam? Where is it?" asked Quatre.
"Umm…it…uhhh…well," started Aina.
"It kinda… got blown up. That's when we fell in this weird portal thingy and we were knocked unconscious after that," finished Shiro.
"D**n. Well, we're Gundam pilots, members of an agency called the preventers. We're at war with a group called the Barton Foundation. They are allied with a force known as the heartless. These 'heartless', from what we know, go around killing stuff and destroying worlds, and adding them to darkness where they draw their power. We only have 7 pilots right now, so we need more soldiers. If we found you powerful mobile suits, would you join us?" asked Sally.
"Well…you guys saved our lives, so I guess we owe it to you to join you," said Aina.
"All right then, welcome to the preventers. By the way, it was those other kids and the guy back there that saved you, not us," said Noin, gesturing at Kairi, Yami, Tidus, Yuna and Auron, who were standing down at the docking bay floor, Tidus kicking a blitzball against a pillar talking to Yuna, and Auron, Kairi and Yugi standing in a circle talking. The pilots then headed to the war room.
"Huh…well, we'll have to thank them later. So, anyway, you said you would get us mobile suits. Where?" asked Aina.
"Do you have a factory or something nearby?" questioned Shiro.
"Heh. We wish! This world was one of total pacifism, except us preventers. There are no mobile suit factories left except the ones under the Barton Foundation's control," said Wufei.
"We need more troops for the next battle, though. We also need more mobile suits," said Zechs.
"Leave that to me," said Quatre. The boy then exited the infirmary.
"Wonder what he's got in mind," said Zechs. Down at the bottom floor of the docking bay, Tidus and Yuna were having a nice conversation about blitzball, until…
"So, how come you hate your father?" asked Yuna.
Tidus hit the blitzball against the pillar, then replied," He was always putting me down, and he always…whenever he was around, Mom never paid attention to me… He drank too much and he was just… just mean."
"I met him before my father set out to defeat Sin, you know," said Yuna.
"What's Sin?" asked Tidus.
"Sin… Sin was a giant monster thing back in Spira. My father set out with your father and Sir Auron to defeat it. They succeeded, but they died in the process, except Sir Auron. Unfortunately, Sin was reborn anyway. I was training to go on a pilgrimage to defeat it before our world was destroyed," said Yuna.
"Oh…" said Tidus," So, what my old man say?"
"He was a blitzball ace, and he was the best player in the world," said Yuna.
"Yep, that sounds like my old man, alright," said Tidus.
"He told me about Zanarkand. In Spira, Zanarkand was a smoldering ruin, but he said it was a big city full of lights and tall buildings, and a huge blitzball stadium," said Yuna.
"Zanarkand is a huge city built on the ocean a little ways off our island, and they were home to the world champion Zanarkand Abes. I was thinking about signing with them…" trailed off Tidus.
"Sir Jecht also showed me his special move, the Jecht Shot Mark III, or something like that," said Yuna.
"The Jecht shot…I tried to do that when I was a little kid. My old man laughed at me when I fell trying, and I never tried it again," said Tidus.
"What? You look like a talented blitzer yourself. Try again!" encouraged Yuna.
"Well…alright! Here goes!" said Tidus, and he bounced the ball off the wall once, again, higher, then he leapt up, somersaulted and spun, then kicked it. The ball bounced off the column back to Yuna, who caught it.
"See? I told you, you could do it! You could be a real pro in Spira," said Yuna.
(A/N: I didn't do that just for the heck of it. The fact that Tidus knows the Jecht shot will come into play a little later in the story. CoughBlitzballinTraverseTownCough ALSO, WHOEVER CAN GUESS WHAT GAME 'QWARKTASTIC' IS FROM FIRST GETS TO BUILD THE TEAM! From a predetermined pool of players…)
"Thanks! I was going to see if I could sign with the Abes, until our world was destroyed…" said Tidus.
Fifteen minutes later, Quatre came back into the war room and announced," All right, I've taken care of our troop shortage. The Maganac Corps are going to fight with us! They all have Maganac Corp. suits already, and, well, uh, the Winner family has been building replicas of the original Wing Gundam, Gundam Deathscythe, and Gundam Shenlong. I promised the two top ranked Maganac officers that they could use Gundams, though. One of you can pilot the Wing Gundam, but then, we're out of luck. I'm sorry…"
"Hey, don't worry about that! You got the Maganacs to help us! I got an idea anyway!" said Duo. "Sheesh. Quatre always blames himself for everything. I wouldn't be surprised if he thought there was no air in space 'cause of his lack of trying!" thought Duo to himself. The braided one left for the main computer room. He sat down and went to work, attempting to hack into the Barton Foundation's database. After a few botched attempts, the God of Death got into all the Top-Secret Info.
"Well, well, well. Would ya look at this? Mercurius and Vayeate… Scorpios? Hunh. Must've developed more new weaponry than we thought…huh? Gundams! Gundam Griepe…Gundam Aesculapius… but they're both at their HQ, which is at MO3. I'll have to write that down…They both look like scrap metal, anyway. Oooohhh…Gundam Heaven's Sword…a few modifications and this thing could be really good. Alright! This thing's at…the Lunar Base? I thought we blew up that thing… Oh well," said Duo.
"Ohhhh. You hacked into their computers, eh? What for?" said Hilde.
"Eesh!" Duo jumped at her sudden entry. "Jeez, don't sneak up on me like that! Anyway, I'm seein' if we can steal some suits from 'em, and doing a little scouting at the same time."
"Oh. You know, I'm a former OZ frontline soldier if you forgot. I can fight if I had a Gundam too!" said Hilde.
"Like you 'fought' against Mercurius and Vayeate?" asked Duo.
"Hey! I was in a Taurus! How am I supposed to beat down two of the most powerful mobile suits at once in a common Taurus?" countered Hilde," oh, and before I forget, we agreed Shiro would use Wing Gundam. So, Aina needs a suit."
"Well then, she can use this 'Gundam Heaven's Sword' I found. It's transformable to a phoenix type form, and it's got really unique weaponry… it looks pretty tough…nice power rating, too," said Duo.
"Hmm. Not bad. Ooh, what's that one?" asked Hilde, looking at a file marked 'Zeta Gundam'. Duo hacked into it, and a white and blue Gundam with a gold trim and a big shield came up.
"I like. Let's steal it! It's at… the Lunar Base? I thought it exploded," said Hilde.
"So did I…
whatever. Huh? What's this? Super-Ultra-top Secret-Classified? Big Zam? Neue Ziel? Full
Armor ZZ? Zeong? Let's take a look…"
said Duo. He tried to hack
in… then the computer crashed. "D**n! Well, that
can't be good," said Duo. The computer reloaded, with the files on the Scorpio, Mercurius,
Vayeate, Zeta Gundam and Gundam Heaven's Sword still intact. Duo printed them out, then they headed
back to the war room.
"So, what were you two doing?" asked Noin.
"Do we want to know?" asked Sally.
"Ha ha. Very funny. Anyway, I hacked the Barton Foundation database. Seems like they've got some pretty tough stuff in store for us. The Serpent isn't the only new model they've got. They have something called a Scorpio, which can transform into a faster mode like the Epyon, and it uses a heat rod and a beam bayonet, whatever the heck that is. Then, they rebuilt the Mercurius and Vayeate, and they've got four Gundams I could access. Gundam Aesculapius, Gundam Griepe, Gundam Heaven's Sword, and Zeta Gundam. Two of them would probably be relatively easy to steal. Gundam Heaven's Sword and Zeta Gundam are at the Lunar Base," said Duo.
"Huh? I thought-" started Quatre.
"The Lunar Base was destroyed. So did we," finished Duo," So, Aina, Hilde already said she gets Zeta Gundam. Think you can pilot this thing?" asked Duo, handing her the printout of the data.
"Sure. I was a test pilot for Zeon, so I'm used to flying mobile suits with unorthodox weapons," replied Aina.
"All right, then. So, what's the plan?" asked Duo.
"I have an idea," said Zechs," We all create a diversion by attacking the base. That should lure the soldiers inside out to fight us off in space. In the confusion, Hilde and Aina steal the suits."
"That sounds good, but what if there are heartless in the base?" asked Hilde.
"Huh. You're right. The Keyblade Master and her party should go with you, then," said Zechs.
"But, we don't know how many people the Gundams can hold. We should probably keep it to four people," suggested Wufei.
"Okay. Go down there and ask them for your help, you two," said Noin. Aina and Hilde went down and explained the situation to Kairi and her group. After a short argument, an agreement was reached. Kairi and Auron should go because Yami and Yuna tended to rely on their summons, which would be useless in cramped hallways, and Tidus was talented, but still relatively inexperienced. The group was preparing to leave. Relena was also heading out to make a speech, so Yuna and Tidus decided to go with her, and leave Yugi/Yami to defend the base.
"Oh, wait. Before I forget, there were also Super-Ultra-Mega-Top Secret-Classified Info or something files I couldn't hack into. They were labeled Big Zam, Neue Ziel, and Full Armor ZZ Gundam. Watch out for some kinda super weapons," advised Duo.
"Yeah, great to know right before we leave," said Heero. They all boarded the transport/combat shuttle and headed for the moon. The minute they came within 3 miles of it, the enemy suits attacked. 75 Serpents, 25 Leos, 25 Taurus, 75 Virgo IIs and 50 Scorpios flew out of the Lunar Base and attacked.
"Well, they've got 250 suits here," said Trowa.
"If each person destroys five mobile suits, assuming the Maganacs get here, we should be fine," said Quatre. The Maganacs, as if on cue, arrived with 2 Gundams, Deathscythe and Shenlong, and 38 Maganac mobile suits.
"Glad we could help, Master Quatre," said Rashid, flying the rebuilt Deathscythe.
"Hey, that suit you got's a good one. Don't go wreckin' it in just one battle," half-joked Duo, flying in and slicing three Virgo IIs with his Deathscythe Hell. (A/N: For those of you not fluent in Gundam, Deathscythe is the original and less powerful form of Deathscythe Hell, which is Duo's heavily modified Deathscythe, though it's really its own new model. You follow?)
"Don't worry. We Maganac leaders will make good use of our Gundams," said Abdul (A/N: I think he's the dude with the fez and sunglasses. I found the name on a site called Gundamwing.net, but the pictures weren't labeled. If that name's wrong he's Abdul from now on, and he flies Shenlong, okay? GOOOOOOOOOD!)
Dekim Barton came on the comlinks and ranted, "You had more troops? Argh! Curse you Gundam pilots! Curse you preventers! Curse you Maganac Corps! Ergh… well, then, I guess you'll just have to deal with one of our top-secret weapons now. Char Aznable! Defend our Lunar Base! Destroy that shuttle!"
"Oh, crap. They figured us out…" groaned Noin. A large Red Mobile suit flew out of the base and headed straight for the shuttle.
"This is it…" moaned Lady Une," I tried, your excellency…"
"Quit moaning! Move this thing faster!" cried Kairi.
"She can't. Can you, Lady?" asked Auron. Lady Une shook her head.
"This old rust bucket can't move any faster. He'll catch us no matter what we do…" she responded.
"NO!" cried everyone, as the red suit pulled out a big beam saber, and prepared to slash right through the center of the shuttle…
Then he was blocked by another red suit with a huge beam saber.
"What?" said all the preventers," Epyon?"
"My dear lady… Don't give up just yet," said a gentlemanly, noble sounding voice.
"Trieze?!" said a VERY confused Wufei.
"Your excellency!" cried Lady Une, trying very hard not to blush and giggle like a schoolgirl.
"I'll fight this heathen. Go now," said Trieze.
"Hmm…Trieze Khushrenada? I'm Char Aznable. But, you can call me the Red Comet," introduced the pilot of the red mobile suit. His face came on the comlink, but a mask similar to the one Zechs used to wear covered it. "I thought you were dead. How is it you can be here today?" he asked.
"You're
right. I was dead. I sacrificed myself to make way for a
world without wars. But I have
been called back to this realm by the Light. I cannot stay dead while warmongering savages like you run
amok, sucking up the Universe into your 'darkness'," answered
Trieze.
"Well…is that mobile suit really the legendary Epyon? Your artificial 'god'? It looks pitifully weak compared to my Sazabi," insulted Char.
"Well, then. Allow me to show you it's true power," challenged Trieze. He turned off the comlink and sliced at Sazabi with Epyon's beam saber. Char blocked with his own beam saber, then flew back and blasted him with Sazabi's beam rifle. Trieze dodged most of the shots and hit Sazabi with the Heat Rod. Meanwhile, Lady Une and Sally flew the shuttle without further attacks to the Lunar Base, as Trieze kept the Red Comet busy and the other preventers and the Maganac Corps were just plain beating the crap out of the Barton Foundation forces. Without further delay, Hilde, Aina, Kairi and Auron got inside the Lunar Base.
"All right. Let's go," said Kairi.
"There's no turning back now," said Auron as the shuttle left. The quartet headed down the hall, Kairi leading and Auron in the back to guard against an ambush from behind. Only moments after turning into a second corridor, the heartless attacked. Kairi swept across the hall with Blade Delusion, taking out most of them. Auron walked right up to the ones she missed and gave them a taste of his large Hunter's Sword. They turned down another corner to be confronted by Powerwilds.
"What now?" asked Kairi.
"We cut our way through! Ignore the ones in back, just kill the ones that matter and move on!" advised Auron. They managed to combo their way through the hallway, to find… another hallway.
"It's like a giant labyrinth," complained Kairi.
"It's not too much further," said Aina.
"How do you know?" asked Kairi.
"She checked this map," replied Auron, gesturing at a map on the wall.
"Oh… uh… I knew that! I was just testing you!" said an embarrassed Kairi.
"Right…" said Auron sarcastically.
They proceeded down the empty hall and turned left. This time, a swarm of Green Requiems, Blue Rhapsodies, Red Nocturnes and Yellow Operas was waiting for them. Auron ran in and tried to force his way through with his sword, but he was taking more damage then he was dishing out. Kairi sighed, and blasted away the Blue Rhapsodies with Heat Wall. Then, she took out the Red Nocturnes with Aqua. Next, the female Keyblade Master destroyed the Yellow Operas with Gale. She finally finished off the remaining Green Requiems with Meteor. (A/N: If y'all hadn't figured it out yet, this is a completely different technique from Sephiroth summoning Meteor in FF7. While I'm at it, I should say Kairi's Aqua and Yuna's Watera are also completely different techniques, though they both still do water-based damage. And yes, I know Evrae is a boss in FFX. I KEELED it! But it looks cool, so now it's an Aeon. If the Magus Sisters [bosses in FF4 or something] can be Aeons, why not Evrae?)
"You know, you're supposed to destroy those things with the elemental magic they're weak to," said Kairi.
"I don't know any elemental magic," retorted Auron.
"Great…" griped Kairi. They turned down another hall, then entered a large door. They found themselves in the test hangar. There, in the back, gleamed their prizes: Gundam Heaven's Sword and Zeta Gundam. They walked towards them, when a loud clanking sound could be heard.
"It comes!" cried Auron.
"Huh?" said Kairi," What?"
"It. Didn't you think breaking in here was a little too easy? There must be some kind of guard here," explained Auron. As if on cue, a five purple pieces of armor fell from the top of the hangar. The main body/head floated up, then the legs came in place on the ground below it. Finally, the arms floated up in place and the head popped up.
Boss: Guard Armor 700 HPArm x2 84 HP
Leg x2 196 HP
Kairi and Auron charged straight at the purple floating armor. Guard Armor winded up its arms, and swatted them away. Auron countered by running up and slicing at every part with a Power Break. Kairi targeted the main body, dashed right up to it, and unleashed combos it, hitting the main body most of the time, but sometimes hitting the arms and legs. Auron finished off the arms with just five swings of his Hunter's Sword. Kairi took out the legs with Aqua and Gale spells. They both grabbed the HP orbs the destroyed parts dropped, then prepared to finish the armor. Auron and Kairi caught it in a pincer attack from both sides. Kairi unloaded her remaining MP with the Hell Scissors technique, while Auron nailed it with the Shooting Star bushido blade technique. The armor's HP hit zero, and the heartless guard fell apart with a clank.
Guard Armor defeated"That wasn't so hard," said Kairi. Aina and Hilde ran up the catwalks and climbed into their new suits, Auron and Kairi following them. Just then, the broken armor reassembled itself, then switched form. The body flipped over, the arms became the legs and vice versa. The floating monstrosity hovered up to the catwalks.
"You might've spoken too soon, kid. You prepared for another fight?" asked Auron.
"Not really, but do we have a choice?" replied Kairi.
Boss Fight: Opposite Armor 1000 HPArms x2 150 HP
Legs x2 350 HP
Kairi and Auron both charged at the transformed Heartless armor. Kairi locked onto the main body and tried to combo it. She got in three hits until…
"Hey, where'd the floor go?" asked Kairi, whacking at the Opposite Armor.
"You jumped off the catwalk to combo him, remember?" said Auron.
"Well, uh… crap," said Kairi, and she fell to the bottom level of the hangar because she ran out of combo moves, leaving Auron to fend for himself while she ran up the four flights of stairs. Auron finally got frustrated and leapt off the catwalk to use Power Break. He hit, and then he too fell to the bottom. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Kairi just got back up to the top. The Opposite Armor just attacked her with its arms, hovering out of reach.
"This isn't working!" yelled Auron.
"I know!" replied Kairi, taking another hit from the arms. Suddenly, Gundam Heaven's Sword and Zeta Gundam's eyes glowed green.
"Let me handle this," said Hilde. She brought up Zeta Gundam's beam rifle, then let loose a several powerful beams of energy (A/N: Think like the blaster weapons in Star Wars, not like Bahamut's Mega Flare or Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle Finisher) on the Opposite Armor. The final shot obliterated the Heartless guard and all its pieces.
Opposite Armor defeated
"Thanks, Hilde!" said Kairi.
"Just one thing: Why didn't you just do that in the first place?" asked Auron.
"The security system stopped us from using them. The only thing working was the computer. We had to do a bit of hacking to deactivate the security," said Aina. Kairi and Auron managed to stuff themselves in the cockpits and they took off back into the fray going on outside.
The Lunar Base forces were much tougher than the Gundam pilots thought at first. They were still obliterating most enemies, but they had taken heavy damage.
"Hey, my armor's in the red zone. I don't know if my buddy here can take much more," said Duo.
"If you've grown weak, you should stop fighting. The weak should not fight!" said Wufei, though his computer said Altron's armor was also in the red zone. In fact, everyone's armor except Heero, Trowa and Zechs was in the red zone. However, Wing Zero's Gatling Guns were out of ammo, Heavyarms was out of ammo completely and was forced to rely on close-range arm mounted laser blades (A/N: Think the blades on the Performance of Sword Yu-Gi-Oh card, or to a lesser extent, the blades Gundam Spiegel/Shadow Gundam from G Gundam wields) and Tallgeese III's Mega Cannon was out of energy. Still, Zechs had it recharging on the shoulder rack. The battle between Epyon and Sazabi was also very close, though Trieze was narrowly winning.
"Man, I wish Aina and the others would hurry up! What the h**l's taking them so long!" complained Shiro. As if on cue, Heaven's Sword and Zeta Gundam flew out of the Lunar Base.
"Looks like we got here just in time!" said Aina. She switched her Gundam into Bird mode, and attacked the enemy forces with the Heaven's Claw, taking out a bunch, given the Gundam's high speed.
"Duo? You still alive over there?" asked Hilde.
"More alive than you were after your run-in with Mercurius and Vayeate," retorted Duo, hacking at three Virgo IIs for emphasis.
"That's real nice," muttered Hilde sarcastically, blasting a few Scorpios with her beam rifle then swiping the ones closing in with her beam saber.
"NO! You stole my precious Gundams! D**N YOU ALL TO H**L! Char! Withdraw your forces!" ordered Dekim.
"Very well. That's all for now, Trieze," said Char, and he and the rest of the Lunar Base troops flew off.
"Fine. See you in battle," said Trieze.
"Hey, Zechs, got enough energy in that Mega Cannon to make sure they don't use this place for a while?" asked Heero.
"Yeah. Good idea," said Zechs. Wing Zero and Tallgeese III flew over the Lunar Base, and obliterated it with the Twin Buster Rifle Finisher and Mega Cannon Max mode. Everyone headed back to colony X-18999.
"Well, it's lookin' like we can end this war after all," said Duo.
"If we launch a total offensive on MO3, this war will be over," said Wufei.
"I agree with Wufei. Strategically, if we launch one massive assault on MO3 and destroy it, they have no where left to run, ending the war, if you can call something this quick a war," said Quatre.
"Does anyone object to this plan?" asked Shiro. No one spoke.
"So it's settled. We assault MO3 as soon as the maintenance is done," said Zechs.
"You should all eat or rest up while you can," advised Trieze.
Everyone headed off for his or her own quarters, or the mess hall, to prepare for the attack. Meanwhile, Kairi, Auron, Yugi, Tidus and Yuna were now taking to Relena in the hangar.
"So, once the heartless are defeated and the keyhole is sealed, what will you all do?" asked Relena.
"I'm going to see if we can get to other worlds from here. I have to find Sora, and seal more keyholes," said Kairi.
"I'll follow Kairi. I'm out to defeat an ancient, powerful being called Nitemare, an evil force that threatened my world back when Yami was Pharaoh, and now is a heartless commander," said Yugi.
"I'll follow you as well. My world was destroyed, so I offer you my services as a guardian," said Auron.
"Umm… what he said!" said Tidus.
"I'm with you too! I must attain the Aeons, and I want to help destroy the darkness too!" said Yuna.
"…The heartless are an enemy to everyone. Total pacifism obviously won't do anything. I think the Earth Sphere Unified Nation will decide to openly declare war on the heartless army, as that is the power behind this attack, isn't it?" said Relena. Kairi nodded. "The Gundams will probably go to fight them, then. We're all fighting the same enemy. Let's see what happens. You might have an easy way off this world after all," said Relena.
Half an hour quickly passed. The Maganac Corps, Shiro, Aina, Trieze and the Preventers loaded up.
"Hey, Lady Une, Sally, wait a sec!" called Quatre, as they were about to climb into their shuttle.
"Yeah?" they both said simultaneously.
"Use this instead," said the blonde Arab, gesturing them to follow him. He pulled a tarp off a large… thing in the corner of the docking bay. Underneath was a large, heavily armored and modified ship. It was mostly white with the Preventer colors, and it had the look of a miniature Peacemillion.
"Wow, Quatre. Where'd you get this?" asked Sally.
"We built it from scratch," replied Quatre.
"Who's 'we'?" asked Lady Une.
"Some mechanics I hired with my family's fortune. It's called the Neo-Peacemillion. It can fit up to 20 people comfortably at once, and is capable of towing a space barge without losing high amounts of speed or maneuverability. It's also armed with four laser cannons, two missile launchers, an energy battering ram and an energy ray cannon," explained Quatre.
"Thanks. We'll try and make good use of it," said Sally. Everyone was ready to go, so they all took off.
"There it is," said Heero.
"MO3," said Trowa.
"Something's wrong here… where's the welcome wagon?" asked Shiro. As if on cue, hordes and hordes of Serpents, Scorpios, and Virgo IIs came pouring out of the base, led by Sazabi.
"So, trying to deal the decisive blow, hmm?" said Char.
"Out of our way!" said Zechs, and the lightning count charged Sazabi, beam saber ready. Char blocked it, and the two were locked in combat. Meanwhile, the ocean of enemies began firing upon everyone else. The Gundams and the Maganacs counterattacked, slicing and blasting through the ocean of mobile suits. However, the Gundams were being hit much harder than in the previous battles against the Barton Foundation.
"Man, what's up with this?!" griped Duo.
"These enemies are too good to be just dolls," said Wufei," But they're still too weak to me!"
"What are dolls?" asked Shiro.
"Mobile dolls. Auto pilot combat systems for mobile suits," explained Trowa.
"Oh. Sounds efficient, but kinda weak…" trailed off Aina.
"Exactly!" exclaimed Wufei.
"Let's see just what's in here," said Heero. The perfect soldier aimed carefully, and then sliced off the shoulders and chest of a Scorpio. Inside the cockpit was…
"Heartless!" cried the Preventers.
"Well, that explains a lot," said Noin. They continued attacking the heartless Gundams randomly. It didn't do them any good.
"This won't get us anywhere!" said Quatre," We need strategy to beat these guys!"
"We're listening," said Duo.
"All right. Duo, Wufei, Aina, Trieze, fly right into the heartless ranks, attacking as you go, and stay together. Everyone else, direct your fire where Duo, Aina and Wufei just came through. Heero, Shiro, Rashid, Abdul, you provide cover for us from any suits that close in close range," recommended Quatre.
"Now there's a good strategy," replied Wufei," Let's get these fools, Nataku!" Altron, Deathscythe Hell, Epyon and Heaven's Sword hacked their way in. Instantly, the heartless attempted to close in on them, but as they flew their mobile suits at them, they were blasted by Wing Zero, Heavyarms, Zeta Gundam, Neo-Peacemillion and the entire Maganac Corp. Half the heartless army attempted to continue pursuit of Deathscythe Hell, Heaven's Sword, Altron and Epyon, and they were blasted into nothingness by both the snipers and the Gundams themselves, then the other half attempted to attack the sniping Gundams, but they just inflicted minimal damage before Wing Zero, Sandrock, Deathscythe and Shenlong cut them apart. Meanwhile…
Boss Gundam Fight: Zechs Merquise/Tallgeese III VS Char Aznable/Sazabi 8000AP(A/N: For those of you who have never played an Armored Core game, AP is armor points, the equivalent of HP for Mechas like the Gundams or Mobile Suits.)
Tallgeese III swung its mighty beam saber at Sazabi, which countered with its own beam saber. Zechs then swiped at him with the heat rod, causing a good amount of damage. Char tried the saber again, Zechs blocked it and took another swipe with the heat rod. Sazabi was monetarily stunned, so Zechs went berserk on it with his beam saber. Then Char realized the Tallgeese III, while being less armored then Sazabi, could and probably would win in a close range battle since it was more agile, and had one more close range weapon. So, Char flew back and pulled out his high fire rate beam rifle. He took several shots at Zechs, who strafed left to dodge most of the fire.
"You call that thing a gun?" taunted Zechs, grabbing his Mega Cannon from the shoulder rack. He then fired several rapid-fire shots, most of them hitting the Red Comet causing good damage and pushing him back. Next, Zechs flew up, then came back down, stomping on Sazabi's head, kicking backwards off it, then fired three short beams of the Mega Cannon.
"All right, take this! Funnel attack!" said Char. Three Bits came out from the back of Sazabi's shoulder.
"What kind of crazy technique is this?" asked Zechs, as the three bits flew around him.
"A good one," replied Char. The bits then fired on Tallgeese III, stunning it. Char then open fired with his beam rifle. Since Tallgeese III was stunned, all the shots found their mark until Zechs could fly away, bringing Zechs to the red zone.
"…That's really cheap," complained Zechs.
"Hahahaha, is it too much for the great Lightning count?" taunted Char.
"Not a chance," said Zechs, pulling out his Mega Cannon. He flew right at Char, then stunned him with the heat rod.
"WHAT?" cried Char.
"Goodnight," taunted Zechs, then fired the Mega Cannon Max Mode at point blank range. The Sazabi began to explode the minute the shot hit it, but Char managed to abort the suit while Zechs had charged his shot. He managed to escape, now adrift in space with his spacesuit, but Sazabi was blown to smithereens.
Winner: Zechs/Tallgeese III"Finally! All enemy units destroyed," said Quatre.
"I'm going to destroy MO3," said Heero, flying up to the resource satellite, preparing to fire the Twin Buster Rifle Finisher.
"Oh, no, we're not done yet. In fact, this party's just begun. If you came here to end this war, too bad! We've evacuated this base of all our mobile suits except those ones you just fought…" said Dekim over the comlink again. Just then, a small extremely fast shuttle flew out of the base, picked up the floating Char, and then blasted away from X-18999.
"And there goes the rest of the Barton Foundation. I'm the only one here now. And I'm going to make sure I'm the only one within 1000 meters of this base who leaves!" said Dekim, and then, a force field was set up in a complete sphere around the base, trapping Heero inside, cut off from the rest of the preventers and the Maganac Corps.
"Heero! What's going on?" wondered everyone.
"You fools! Prepare for the true power of the Barton Foundation!" cried Dekim. Then, out of the top of the satellite, a HUGE, HULKING green suit arose. It was at least as tall as three Gundams and twice as wide as Wing Zero, not counting its wingspan. "Behold! The Neue Ziel!" cried Dekim. The preventers outside the force field tried blasting through it, everything, but it wouldn't give an inch. "I hope you're prepared to die," taunted Dekim.
"Same to you," replied Heero.
Boss Gundam Fight: Heero Yuy/Wing Gundam ZeroVS
Dekim Barton/Neue Ziel 20000AP
Heero instantly charged the monstrous mobile Armor, beam saber ready. He flew right past it, slashing at it as he went. The Neue Ziel countered by firing a pack of homing missiles. With a flap of its four angel wings, Wing Zero flew right at Neue Ziel, then darted up. The missiles crashed right into their owner and exploded, causing heavy damage. Heero then flew down, and separated his buster rifle, and fired at the cockpit.
"NO! A frontal attack on that monster is suicide!" cried Quatre.
"Hah! That won't do you ANY good!" cried Dekim, and he grabbed Wing Zero with one of Neue Ziel's extendable arms. Then, he fired with the other arm, causing severe damage with each shot.
"That can't be good," noted Duo.
"Haha! Not so confident now, are we boy?" goaded Dekim," Face it; YOU CAN'T BEAT ME! GO AHEAD AND TRY! IT WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD!"
"Roger that," said Heero, braking free of Dekim's death grip. The perfect soldier flew behind Dekim again, and wailed on the Neue Ziel with his beam saber. Neue Ziel finally managed to turn around, then Heero backed up and shot him with the Buster Rifle repeatedly. Dekim then tried to grab Wing Zero again. Heero strafed right to dodge it.
"This ends now, boy!" cried Dekim. The core of the Neue Ziel opened up, then released a gigantic beam of energy. Heero didn't have enough time to dodge it.
"HEERO!" cried all the preventers.
Most of the beam bounced right off. Heero used his angel wings to deflect most of the blast.
"My turn," stated Heero. Then he blasted the Neue Ziel with the Twin Buster Rifle Finisher. Then, there was a huge explosion right where the beam pierced Neue Ziel's armor. When the smoke cleared…
"WHAT?!" cried Zechs.
"It's still intact…" said Lady Une.
"How…?" gasped Noin.
"That's unreal!" said Duo.
"Hunh. It seems I underestimated you. That will be all for now. See you again," said Dekim. The force field went down, and Neue Ziel flew away.
Winner: Heero/Wing Zero by forfeit. (Neue Ziel 3700 AP remaining)
"All right. I'm destroying MO3," said Heero, and he blew the satellite apart with the Twin Buster Rifle Finisher. In a gigantic explosion, MO3 was reduced to cosmic dust.
"Let's… let's head back to base," said Sally.
The Preventers arrived back at their base on X-18999 fairly quickly. When they got there, they told Howard and Kairi and her party what had happened.
"So, they had heartless piloting their Gundams," said Kairi.
"Are you going to pursue Dekim across the worlds?" asked Auron.
"Of course! He's the single biggest threat to national security since the Earth Sphere UN was formed!" said Duo.
"Yes, I agree. You must pursue Dekim Barton and his foundation," said Relena," I spoke with the president. It seems he agrees with me as well."
"Then it's settled. We should depart as soon as our Gundams are prepared," said Trieze.
"Why don't you come with us?'' invited Lady Une.
"You could get to other worlds this way. And we need someone experienced with the heartless," said Trowa.
"Where are you headed?" asked Kairi.
"Wherever you need to go. Those heartless threaten everything. We aren't just going to sit back and watch them destroy the universe. Since you're the Keyblade Master, with the power to seal worlds from them, you decide," said Zechs.
"Sounds good to me!" said Kairi," We're in!"
Several hours and suitcases (Of clothes and supplies) later, the little group departed in the Neo-Peacemillion, towing the Gundams behind it on a space barge. (A/N: Think like Moonbay's Gustav towing the Blade Liger and Command Wolf in Zoids Chaotic Century)
"Goodbye, Earth," said Duo, leaning on the window, waving at the blue planet. Hilde just sat watching the planet behind Duo.
"…Relena…" muttered Heero under his breath. Zechs and Noin were sleeping sitting up, leaning on each other, as were Shiro and Aina. Auron and Trowa were both silent, deep in thought. Quatre and Wufei were playing chess. Trieze was reading a really thick book titled 'Lord of the Rings'. (A/N: This book comes into play later!) Yami had spiritually materialized and was playing Duel Monsters with Yugi, using his old deck from Ancient Egypt, which had mysteriously appeared when Nitemare did, they just found all the cards from it in Yugi's deck. Kairi just watched. Tidus and Yuna were playing Advance Wars against each other on Game Boys they had bought in town after Relena gave her speech to the people. The job of protecting Earth now rested with the Maganac Corps. Of course, Sally and Lady Une were flying the shuttle.
"Hey, what's that in the ocean?" asked Duo, noticing some strange colored lines appearing in the Pacific Ocean.
"Weird…" said Hilde. Kairi came over to take a look.
"That's the Keyhole!" said Kairi. She pulled out the Dice Roll Keyblade, pointed at the Earth from inside the ship. There was a thin blue beam forming between the Keyblade and the ocean, then a 'click' sound.
"All right. We can go without worrying about your world being absorbed into darkness now," said Kairi.
"All right, we're accelerating to space cruising speed now. Last chance to get anything you forgot," said Lady Une. No one spoke. The Neo-Peacemillion blasted away, into the regions of unknown space.
Progress Report:
Sora No change
Donald No change
Goofy No change
Kairi Lv.44 68 HP 9 MP *Fury (A/N: Yes, it's the same as Lulu's Overdrive)
Yami Lv.43 64HP 11 MP *Ring of Magnetism
Tidus Lv.44 72HP 6MP ;Brotherhood (A/N: This was incorrectly labeled as Longsword last chapter) *Haste *Slow *Delay Attack *Cheer
Yuna Lv.41 61HP 12MP ;Staff *Fira *Watera *Blizzara *Thundara +Evrae +Valefor
Auron Lv.46 90HP 5MP ;Hunter's Blade *Power Break *Mental Break *Armor Break *Guard *Threaten
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Author's Note in Closing: D**N THAT TOOK FOREVER TO WRITE! Well, I hope y'all found it worth the wait. Don't need the security yet though. Oh, and to everyone who applied to the security job (One person). All it entails is flaming people who flame for the couplings or lack of yaoi. If you still want it, then, YOU HIRED! But, I was just going to have my security staff that hasn't been needed yet (A former pro wrestler, a turtle with guns in its shell from a dying franchise and a certain Ronso) flame them, though I still write it myself...
Okay about FF7 stuff. I found a PLOT ANALYSIS! So now, I can actually tie it in ACCURATELY! But I'm not redoing Chapter 6. Rather, I found a way to get from the end of FF7 to where I am now. It uses these 2 facts:
1. Ch. 6 was kinda in Sephiroth's POV. I just narrated. Therefore, Ch. 6 reflects what Sephiroth knows. Now, I know I said Sephiroth and Cloud were war buddies. That's were #2 comes in.
2. When Cloud supposedly solved his identity crisis with the help of the lifestream, the Heartless were already destroying the world of FF7 from the inside, therefore distorting what the lifestream had to show. Aerith couldn't help either because she was preoccupied with Holy, Meteor, Jenova and Sephiroth. Therefore, it is possible Cloud is still running around with the idea that he is someone else.
So why not just change Ch.6? 'Cause I like Cloud being able to say he's a former SOLDIER first class with the great Sephiroth. It makes him sound more credible. I'm stubborn like that sometimes. So, next chapter will be a Hollow Bastion/ Traverse Town chapter, so SORA WILL SHOW UP AGAIN! Then, after that, Kairi has one more world (Well, not really a world as there's no keyhole. More like a space colony in the middle of nowhere.) then she goes to Traverse Town. Then we get to RIKU! YAAAAAY! Don't forget to review, and enter the 'blonde girl' and 'Qwarktastic' contests!