Face Behind a Mask

Chapter 10 – Fight For Your Future Chibodee!

"This world can turn me down but I

Won't turn away

And I won't duck and run, cause

I'm not built that way

When everything is gone there is

Nothing there to fear

This world cannot bring me down

No cause I'm already here, oh no!"

- Duck and Run – 3 Doors Down -

"You are exactly right Chibodee Crocket. I am the original Queen of Spades." Said a stern voice from inside the Gundam.

"But you gave up your life to save me from the Devil Gundam cells!" Chibodee yells. "Why are you here?!"

"Because, like Schwarz Bruder…or should I say, Kyoji Kasshu, I was given another chance too. And this time I am following the King of Hearts, Master Asia and we will destroy you all!" The man announces, his voice booming.

Erin looked stunned, a shocked expression frozen on her face. Turning to Schwarz she asks him, "Is that true? Are you really…Kyoji?"

Schwarz does not reply, he just turns his gaze away from Erin. He stands there, the cool air brushing by both of them, no words forming in his mind.

"Tell me!!!" She cries, her voice echoing through the crisp night.

"I am sorry, I really am." He says before he fades away into the shadows, his eyes staring towards the ground.

"No…" Erin continues to stare blankly, tears running down her cheeks.

"So Chibodee, I have come here to ask if you'll join me. I am willing to spare your life since you are after all, a person like me. You are a gifted fighter as well, so what about it? Put that talent to good use." The man continued to speak, his voice giving off a mocking tone.

"No way in hell." Chibodee replied, his voice filling with anger. "You were the one who attacked Cath and Bunny, weren't you? You gonna try the same thing with Janet and Shirley?!"

"Actually, I already have." The hand on the man's gundam moved upwards and opened slowly to reveal four girls passed out within its clutches.

"That's it! You've gone too far! Gundam Maxter!" America's gundam rose from the nearby river and soon enough Chibodee was inside and wearing his mobile trace suit. In a split second the shoulder guards switched to boxing gloves and the fight was about to begin.

"So, I guess you've chosen to go against us. What a pity." The man's voice didn't really show any sympathy, it was like he didn't even really care.

"You're right! And I won't let you harm my friends anymore!" Gundam Maxter shot forward towards the opponent, the aura of Chibodee's spirit burning strongly.

"Cyclone punch!" A strong whirlwind erupted from Maxter Gundam's right fist.

"This isn't looking good…" Domon says as he watches Chibodee's attack hit the opponent head on.

"What?! Why Domon?" Rain asks.

"Just look for yourself." He motions towards the gundam Chibodee has just attacked. As the smoke cleared you could not even tell an attack had been made. There were no marks of scratches anywhere on the gundam.

"What? Impossible!" Gundam Maxter took a hesitant step backwards. "That's one of my best attacks!"

"You better be careful Chibodee, you don't want to hurt the girls, do you?" The voice mocked. "And at this rate you'll be out of energy. So you'd still rather try and fight me?"

"Yes! I don't back down and I stand up to challenges. Especially from creeps like you!"

"Fine then, have it your way." Chibodee raised his fists.

Meanwhile on the ground Rain and Domon were having a heated conversation. "Come on Domon you have to help him!"

"No, this is his fight. He must win this on his own."

"But Domon…" Domon turns his gaze back towards the fight. Chibodee has yet again gone on the attack. This time he moves with many rapid punches, barely seen by the eye. All of them aimed towards the Queen of Spades. But each time the attacks were dodged with lightning fast accuracy.

"This isn't going to work…" Domon states as he continues to observe the fight. "He needs to catch his opponent off guard. That's the only way that he'll be able to win. Plus the fact he's trying to watch out for the girls as well."

"Move over, haven't you noticed that Chibodee's opponent has only been on the defense?" George added. He was right. The spade gundam hasn't made any effort to attack yet. "I think he is just toying with Chibodee."

Gundam Maxter stopped all attacks, having achieved nothing from all the trying.

"What can I do…" Chibodee thought, he was breathing heavily due to the amount of movement he had done. "Wait, I got it!"

"Why do you keep trying? You won't get them back."

"You just watch! Burning punch!" The Gundam Maxter punched the ground, fire erupting from it's right fist. The force of the punch cause a giant crevice to open in the ground below the two fighters. The gundam belonging to the Queen of Spades jumped into the air but Chibodee was already ready for this. It had used it's rockets to lift above the ground and had an attack ready when his opponent had shot up.

"Giunetsu Machinegun Punch!" Chibodee yells, an eruption of punches rain down on the opponent's gundam. The spade gundam loosens it's grip on the four girls and they begin to fall towards the ground. Luckily Domon, Argo, George and Sai were ready to catch them, or in Sai's case…break their fall.

"You've won for now…" The gundam started as it held an injured arm. "But I'll be back and I'm not the only one who will be after you all." The large gundam blended into the night and was gone. The only trace of it being there was the ruined land from the fight.

"Umm…" Bunny and the other girls began to awake from their sleep.

"What happened?" Cath asked quietly.

Chibodee shook his head, not wanting them to worry. "Nothing interesting."

"Wait…how did we get here?"