G Gundam – Getting Past The Rain

Chapter Five: The 13th Gundam Fight

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It's true that happiness doesn't last forever. I had lost Rain, but I'd never expect to lose my Ne0-Swedish girl.

It all started after the "little" prank she pulled. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't mad at her. I actually congratulated her for making me look like a fool. I don't know why, that's just the way I am. Well, all seemed well until a little incident that created a rift between Ne0-Taiwan and Ne0-Sweden.

A few days before I left, rumors started going around about a dispute between Ne0-Taiwan and Ne0-Sweden. A couple of people were killed (not that the death of a few people was of any importance to the nation as a whole but a conversation struck between the ambassadors of the two nations at the dinner table.) Allenby and me were not present at the time of the incident; rather, we were training of course. But before that night was over, I was coerced into leaving camp. I never got to say goodbye.


As the months passed, my skill in the Gundam was honed. To say the least, I defeated every minor nation in the first three months of the Gundam Fight just to purge the weak and undeserving. At that time period I was utterly alone. Sure, I had a crew that supported me but things just weren't the same without that someone . .

But despite the gap that was left untreated in my heart, I pushed even harder to become the best there was. I always said to myself, "You'll meet up with Rain when you go up against Ne0-Japan." And those words fueled me into training harder. The eleven months had passed and I was still undefeated. Assassin Gundam single-handedly squashed down any means of competition. It was just too bad that I never crossed swords with Ne0-Japan's Gundam fighter. Then my Rain would see how futile her nation's efforts were. I mean, it would take a miracle for that *loser* of a Gundam fighter to defeat me. What was his name again? Domon Kasshu?

I know that I sounded like a royal jerk but that's how confidant I really was. There was no nation that could stop me at that point. That was to say, until I met Schwartz Bruder of Ne0-Germany.

It was the semi-finals round and Ne0-Taiwan was up against Ne0-Germany. Like always, I felt no apprehension in going up against such a powerful nation. At that time, there was only one thing on my mind and that was to win. Well, it sounded easy enough but little did I know that I would be served my first defeat.

It was a complete fluke, obviously. We were at a stalemate for just about the whole entire bout. Although I have to admit that Ne0-Germany's Schwartz Bruder was a real martial artist. His speed was incredible and his strength rivaled that of mine. But he didn't know about my trump card. It was a move I invented while midway towards achieving my hyper mode. I called it "The Blazing Star Strike."

Yes. It was a move that took nearly ten months to perfect. But the catch was that I had to be in hyper mode to be able to sustain the pressure it took on my body. Which wasn't really a problem since because I had no loved ones to hold me down, I always have a serene state of mind.

Yet at the time of the fight, I lost my cool. When Bruden proposed that we both use our finishing move, I caught a glimpse of a man with a red cape accompanied by a brunette beauty. It was Rain, no doubt.

"RAIN!!" I yelled as the two passed by. She didn't notice me, or maybe she didn't want to. Both struck me as an insult. But because I lost my concentration, it ultimately cost me the fight.

I knew that I was distracted beyond composure yet I still tried my luck. As I crouched down and burdened the massive energy I was about to release, I realized that the stress was too overwhelming since the hyper mode was not an option. Eventually, my left leg succumbed to the pain and caved, literally. The last thing I remembered before losing consciousness was my knee bone breaking through the skin and blood splattering all over the Gundam cockpit.

It sounded painful enough, right? But the pain I felt would be *nothing* compared to the next time I was to make a hasty move.

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I'm so sorry for the brevity in this chapter. I just cant think straight for this fic, or any other fic. I promise this phase will pass within a few days time but for now please keep reading.

~*Assassin Gundam*~