Face Behind a Mask
Chapter 6 - Yin Yang vs. Spiegel Gundam

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'I never win 1st place
I don't support the team
I can't take direction
And my socks are never clean
Teachers dated me
My parents hated me
I was always in a fight
'Cause I can't do nothing right

Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
Can't take the person staring back at me

I'm a hazard to myself
Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
It's bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't want to be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else'
- Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink -


"Let's finish this!" Came the yell of George de Sand from within the Gundam Rose. The French Gundam rushed forward, it's sword held in front of it. From the opposite side came Chibodee Crocket and Gundam Maxter, its fists raised.

"Rose Hurricane!"

"Gounetsu Machinegun Punch!"

The resulting attacks shook the ground a created a large cloud of dust around the two fighters.

"Who won?" Sai asked. The young martial artist was sitting atop Dragon Gundam but even from his height he still couldn't see the outcome of the match.

Within moments the dust slowly began to settle. Within the center stood Rose Gundam and Gundam Maxter. Both had suffered damage from the last attacks but, to everyone's surprise, they were both still standing. Rose gundam's sword was held dangerously close to gundam Maxter's head. But that wasn't all, the Gundam Maxter's fist was held centimeters from Rose Gundam's headpiece, ready to commence it's attack.

"I guess this decisive match didn't have a very good ending either. We would of destroyed each other!" Chibodee says with a laugh.

"Yes well, we'll have plenty more chances in the future," George replied, sheathing his sword and walking over to the side where the others were waiting.

"It's time," Erin says softly before walking towards her gundam. She felt a slight knot in her stomach, but for some unknown reason. Usually it would be no problem going into a gundam fight. Climbing into the gundam she moved her arms and legs to make sure her gundam was responding correctly. Taking a deep breath she got ready in a tiger stance, a form of Tae Kwon Do.

"Gundam fight, ready?!" Says the voice from inside gundam Spiegel.

"Go!" She yells as the Yin Yang Gundam speeds forward, shooting ammunition from its headpiece. Coming from the opposite direction was Spiegel Gundam, it's arm blades gleaming in the bright sunlight. Erin had to make a quick flip as the right blade nearly swiped her gundam's chest. From her side she pulled a long sword. Unlike the usual beam sword Gundams bear, this was made of solid metal, much like the arm blades of her opponent. As she landed on the ground in a low crouch the blade began to give off a faint glow.

"Light wings!" Hollered Erin, from her Gundam's back sprout 2 angels wings, they were a white color and cast a slight shade over her gundam with their size. The gundam, with help of its wings and boosters lifted into the sky.

'Because, I do not want anyone to see the face beneath' Schwarz's voice rang in her ears as she paused before dropping straight from the sky towards Spiegel Gundam.

"Darkness strike!" The metal sword turned a black color and let off a bright golden glow as she called out those words. She hit Spiegel Gundam head-on, causing Schwarz's Gundam to sink into the ground slightly.

"Not too bad," He says, his arms held up strongly in front of him to keep Yin Yang from scoring any damage to the dark German gundam. "But, you need to focus more!" He says, throwing his arms forward and causing Yin Yang to land squarely on the ground and slide back several meters, her right knee on the ground.

In the hands of Spiegel Gundam gathered a bright red ball, within moments it shot towards Erin, turning in a net and surging with energy. Jumping out of the way at the last minute she managed to evade the attack.

"Ugh..." She panted as she pushed herself to a standing position. "Well, it's easy enough to say, he's damn good."

Spiegel, quick to move, continued it's rapid attack with punches and slices of it's blades that came closer and closer to be-heading her gundam every time it took a step towards her. Holding her arms in a position of a high block and a face block in the defensive was all she could do now, and every moment that was inching past, there was more a chance of her losing.

"You're not fighting at your best!" Schwarz says, his voice somewhat taunting.

"Shut up! I can fight on my own!"

'She is so much like Domon,' Schwarz thinks as he pauses for a moment.

"Fine then, have it your way. Strum Und Drang!" Gundam Spiegel began to rapidly spin; it's blades outstretched and shining deadly in the sunlight. Erin could only continue to back up, having no way to defend herself.

'I could use my wings but then what would I do after that? And I've already used up so much physical and mental energy I probably couldn't keep them out long,' She thinks. Smiling softly, her arms drop to her side and she looks down.

Using Spiegel's quick speed and its rapid attack, Schwarz was soon standing right next to her, an arm blade held right next to her gundam's neck.

"I lost, I admit it," She says, the wings folding into the Gundam's back. Sighing heavily and finally able to take a deep breath, of which she had been holding during the fight, she walked over to where the other gundams and their pilots sat. Peeling off her mobile trace suit and dressing she jumps out of her gundam and takes a seat next to Chibodee and George.

"You still have a lot to learn and improve on," A voice says in her ear, but when she turns around there was nobody there.

"Hey Erin, you okay?" asks Chibodee. The neo-American fighter was happily sitting on the ground and leaning against a large tree, a piece of wheat protruding from his mouth.

"Yeah Chibodee...I'm just a little discouraged."

"Ah, oui. This is how Domon felt when he lost to Schwarz. But he got stronger as well," Says George, a breeze lightly blowing and moving his red-orange hair.

"Yeah, all you need is some work kiddo, and you'll be fine!"

'Kiddo?' Erin laughs mentally.

"Thanks you guys," She says. She turns forward and watches as Dragon Gundam jumps high into the air and kick Bolt Gundam squarely in the shoulder, but to no avail.

"Hey Erin, what's up?" Mallory approaches; dressed in straight-leg blue jeans, red tank top and brown boots. Topping off her attire was a tan colored cowboy hat.

"Err...nothing really," Erin said, blinking at the female Australian fighter.

"Hey, you want to do a gundam fight against me? I really need the practice for the 14th fight, ya know?"

"Well, if you really want me to I will but I'm kinda tired..." Erin was cut off as the other girl happily clapped her hands together.

"Great! Let's get in our Gundams so that when Sai and Argo are done we can fight!" Mallory grabbed Erin by the am and dragged her off.

"Kickbox Gundam!" Mallory called.

"Yin Yang Gundam!" They both suited up into their mobile trace suits.

Mallory's Suit was a dark blue color. In the center of her chest was a large white star, the Commonwealth Star on her nation's flag. On the left arm were 5 smaller stars in a small pattern that make up the Southern Cross and finally on her right arm was the British Flag, a sign that Australia had not always been a free nation.

"You know Erin...after the Gundam Fight you should visit Neo-Australia. You can visit the Northern Territory where I was born and we can camp at the Southern Hemisphere...the only place where you can see the Southern Cross at night," Mallory says.

"I think that would be fun," Replies Erin.

Taking a deep breath to relieve her pounding heart Mallory started off the fight. "Gundam fight, ready?!"

"Go!" Erin shifted her weight to her back legs and braced herself in a cross block for Mallory's oncoming attack. Kickbox gundam came fiercely forward and began a rapid array of punches, all of which Yin Yang somehow managed to dodge.

Mallory paused in her attack giving time to let Erin start one of her own. She started off with a series of high punches and body punches and ended with a crescent kick.

Mallory took half of the punches but managed to catch the kick before it reached her shoulder. She rocked back on Kangaroo gundam's long tail to evade the attack.

"Light wings!" Erin cried, using a lot of her mental energy to pull out the wings for her back. Shooting into the air she created a scene familiar to that of her battle with Schwarz, pulling out her sword and holding it diagonally in front of her she started her decent. Kickbox Gundam took several jumps back in order to evade the attack but Erin was ready. As soon as she hit the ground she landed in a solid crouch and shot forward, in the direction of Kickbox Gundam.

Erin stopped, her blade pointed 2 inches from the headpiece of the opposing Gundam.

"Wow, Erin, that was amazing!" Mallory gushed happily, even though she lost the match.

"Yes...but, I still need work," She said, looking off. A noise startled her, was that...clapping?

Erin turned her head, in the screen inside her gundam she saw her new friends, giving a round of applause.

"But why?" She asks herself, a questioning look forming on her face. With a smile she shook her head and began to climb out of her Gundam. "I guess I'll never quite understand."



Hello! Here is another chapter of Face Behind a Mask. I am very sorry it has taken me so long to type it. I was kind of hesitant on posting it because the fighting scenes were not so great. I hope they seem a little better now. Some of the moves Erin used in this chapter, like the crescent kick, are forms of Tae Kwon Do, a Korean form of fighting. You'll see more in later chapters. I hope to get the next chapter up sooner but I think I'll need a lot of Kenji's urging and my cd player set on "The Ketchup Song" non-stop to get on track :D
-Nuriko Metallium

Okay, reviewer thanks...ready?! Go!

Kenji: It is okay if you can't log in ^^ Hope you are still enjoying the story and you can fwap me because this chapter took so long to put up, if you want ^^

Nicole: *blush* Err, it's not that good ^^ But I am glad that you like it and are continuing to read it! It's a great thing for an author to see that people are still interested in their stories :) You'll see the relationship between the character devolop as the story goes along. Heck, I've writin up to chapter 20 so far and they're still not quite together...but they're getting there! :D

Angel123292: :D Thanks for reading and reviewing yet again! I believe Erin finds out who Kyoji is in chapter...10! So you'll have to wait till then :D

Dracana Luna Challenge Master: *laughs* I could almost see Chibodee saying that when I wrote it. I am glad you thought it was funny and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!

Yam19cha: Wow, I've gotten a lot of requests for Erin and Schwarz to get "hitched" as they say ^^ It might just happen...we'll see ^-~ Thanks for reading!

Kapies: Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up, hope you enjoyed it though!

Lady Cecilia: Thank you very much for the suggestions :D All suggestions and comments help me out a lot. I hope you will continue to read the story!

Shadow LeBlade: *grins* I am glad you liked it! I am hoping you will continue to read it too!

Aynaki Hayami: Yeah, I know what you mean about North Korea. But in this story the Korea's are both combined into one. Though I plan to have them split apart very much later in the story (actually the sequel...). But, thanks for reading and I will tell you if I need a Korean name ^_^

Rita/Ricky/Serena: I am South Korean too, well actually, Korean American. That is one reason why Erin is Korean in the story, I already knew a lot about eh nation and they didn't mention a gundam for Korea in the main series.

Bob: Erin will find out in chapter 10, who Schwarz is. Hmm...kiss them? Well I plan on Rain and Domon getting married at the end of the story...and maybe a double wedding with Erin and Schwarz...we'll see!

Sonic 1: I might bring the Rising Gundam in, but in the series the Rising Gundam was damaged in the fight against Walter Gundam...so I'm not sure yet. Thank you for the info though!

Tails 1: Yeah, Fuunsaki I believe...I may add him back into the story, but I'm not sure as of yet.

Allanby: Here's the next chapter, hope you enjoyed it!

BlackHawk: I hope you liked this chapter and I will try and get some newer ones up sooner!

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Nuriko: *big breath* Wow, that sure took a while.

Malik: Yeah I know, and you've been neglecting your other fics too!

Nuriko: Sorry ^^;; I will work harder!...or I'll try to at least!

Bakura: Procrastinator...

Nuriko: Be quiet Tomb Robber --;;

Bakura: :D That's me!

Nuriko: Wait...how did you escape Domon?

Bakura: I just went back in the Millennium Ring.

Nuriko: Oh...alright then ^^ Chicken.

Bakura: --;;;

Malik: ^^;; Nuriko does not own G-Gundam or us YGO characters!

Bakura: Which is a good thing...

Nuriko: --;; Please review, constructive comments are appreciated!