The lords of the wings

Chapter 1: "It all begins here."

Having dressed herself in her ceremonial clothing which consisted of a long sleeved, white and red shirt held in place by the waistband firmly placed on her waist, white pants and black boots, she was ready. She had her long hair neatly placed with a few braids while the rest of the hair lay long and neatly straight to the final detail. At the entrance of the shrine was her white horse, Rekishi, white as snow and pure as light. The Templar Mistress mounted on her horse and it began to grow magical wings on its sides; from there, she rode on to the sky to attend her meeting with all of the Crusaders of Light about the prophecy she had received some time ago.

In the Crusaders' Palace of Justice, a young girl had just finished reading the letter she had received a couple of hours ago from the Temple of the White Templars. She had a quiet gaze as she thought about this matter as there was a long period of peace since the war had ended 10 years ago and has ruled in place of her father since he was killed by the Harbingers of Darkness during one of those battles when she was still a child. While his shoes were quite large for her, she had all it was needed to be a good ruler and the people loved her because of her fairness and just causes. Just then, a page had come to her room and spoke: "Princess Relena, the Great Mistress of the White Templars has now arrived. Shall I let her in?"

"Yes, you may." The Princess answered. She was a girl of 16 years old, her hair was brown and fell to the back of her neck and she had two small braids tied together at the back of her head. Her brown eyes shone with determination, wisdom and peace. It was quite incredible that a princess of such an age, much less a girl was now the ruling authority of the world, but she had held up her good rule these ten years and everyone had appreciated her efforts for keeping the peace. The Crusaders had formed well since the end of the war and many of them were capable of ending a small conflict that would explode into a senseless struggle. She left the message on her desk and left the room, going to the entrance to meet with her guest. The message read:
"Princess Relena, I have received news most. intriguing. I must request for a meeting to all the Crusaders of Light, for it is a serious matter to discuss. First and foremost, I wish to speak with you first to know your opinion. I trust that we shall talk as soon as I arrive."

Sincerely:

Arashi Kishuu Great Mistress of the White Templars

Arashi had been waiting patiently inside the palace. She had been there before, but she is still amazed on how grand it was. There were times that Princess Relena had called her for advice; she was a year older than her, but she had also a kind heart, although on the outside she seemed so quiet and serene with a calm expression on her face. She always knew what to do and the things that should be done to resolve many problems and she was also a good friend of Relena; that's why she has visited her to give her advice and to talk about how things have gone so far. After a couple of minutes, the princess had just arrived to greet Arashi.

"It is good to see you today, Princess." Arashi gave a bow as she spoke. "I hope I am not interrupting anything."

"Not at all. You are always welcome here, Arashi." Relena replied, also making a bow. "I had received your letter. It looks like you are worried about something. Why don't we head to my room and talk about it?"

"Good idea." The mistress agreed. They walked to Relena's room and sat down on a small chess desk. Sometimes, they played a bit as they were speaking, but right now, it seems like it is not the occasion to do so.

"You said you wanted to speak with me." Relena began.

Arashi then spoke. "Yes. It's about the prophecy. Just now, one of my templars had just given it to me. It would seem that something has already begun to arise over the world, although we are still not aware of it yet. It may very well determine the fate of our planet and I feel that a struggle that shall be far more terrible than The Great Cleansing War, as many lives shall be lost in its duration. The prophecy was said like this: 'Two souls united by love, separated by fate. Two Gundams. One fate.' It may be a war to end all wars as well as everything we had ever known and the Harbingers may try to cause this. We must take the necessary measures to try and stop this war before in even gets a chance to occur, as they may be planning to do so and destroy us all."

"But the Harbingers are all exiled when they were defeated and there is no reason why they should disturb the peace. I wonder what they are thinking." Relena had said while standing up, concern clinging to her features.

"They may try to get their revenge on all of us. After all, it's the Harbingers we are talking about." Arashi responded, looking to Relena's eyes, concerned for the well being of her friend. "But they still have yet to gather their own forces and it's highly doubtful that they will attack in force. We must also try to do something with this prophecy so that we shall be prepared in case the Harbingers come back to destroy us. That's why a meeting is necessary to deal with this, that is, if you will allow it, princess." She then closed her eyes, pondering about the options they would have.

Relena then sat down quietly; now a little more calm than she was a moment ago. Arashi would always come up with something that had calmed her and offered her aid; she was like an elder sister to her and always tried her best to help the people that depend on her. It was not a bad idea to look this matter over and besides, she was going to see how everything is turning out and if something had come up these past days in accordance of what Arashi said in her letter. Then she spoke again. "Very well. I was going to start a meeting today anyway, so I think it's prudent if we can start as soon as possible. You're welcome to take part of it, Arashi."

"I appreciate your invitation, princess Relena."

"Just call me Relena, as usual." She smiled as she spoke. "You have always helped me when it counted the most and I am glad that we are friends, Arashi. It would much if you represent your people in the meeting and tell us what you think about this. It seems we have to take immediate steps in order to protect all the people. I shall call for the meeting and we'll head to the Congress, then we will start. I simply wish for the best."

"As do I, Relena. As do I." Arashi answered.

Meanwhile, in another place far from the palace, there was someone who was sleeping under the shadow of a hollow tree in a green hill. He had a smiling expression on his face as he was dreaming something nice. But then, it fades quickly as a new dream takes place.

"Huh. what is this place? Where am I.?" He looked around the shadowy place he was just now and just now, he sees something very familiar for him, a young woman. She had her back turned as she looked far to the horizon with a sad face. "Hey, are you alright? Please talk to me."

She had heard the voice of the young man behind her and turned around. There was a strange look mixed with sadness and uncertainty. He began to run towards him and just as she was a few inches of his face, she spoke in an almost inaudible voice too low to hear, but he just did right now.

"Keitaro." He then tried to catch her, but she suddenly disappears from the site.

"How.? What. what's going on?? I don't understand it! What is." In a blink of an eye, he sees many people, separated by two sides, looking at each other while the planet and the boy were in the middle. He watched on, too confused and scared to say anything and in another eye blink, both sides began clashing in a big battle. Everything was in sync and it looked like it was a very tough battle while the world was showered with explosions around all of it. The young man got more surprised at such a shocking sight and everything turns black again and begins falling deep into the darkness as he let out a loud scream. Another moment passes and he lies on the ground and stands up, looking at the dark environment around him.

"God! That was shocking! Now, where am I? What does it have to do with me?" Suddenly, something big was flying towards the boy at incredible speed. It had four feathered wings and it looked like it was going to battle. It headed straight for Keitaro and it looks like it might rock him of his life!

"AAAAHHHHHH!" He covered himself as he screamed, but the large object got past him without harming him. He was shocked again. It looked like a big robot with wings and a large gun and sword. Another one comes by Keitaro; this time, it was black and red with large, evil wings, something that looked like a whip and a large sword with another gun cocked on its shoulder. It flew past him also and began fighting with the first robot that got here first. Keitaro was quite surprised as he observed the battle from the ground, seeing two robots fight with such power, such energy. Suddenly, the image begins to change and here, the white and blue robot was replaced by an image of Keitaro holding a sword and the black one replaced by the very same girl he saw in the first part of his dream!

"What the hell?!? How did she end up here?! What am I doing?!? Are we really fighting each other like this? How do those robots have to do with us?? Somebody tell me!!"

He awoke quickly, cold sweat in his head as he breathed rapidly, recovering himself from his dream. He had quite a commotion and he was scared of it. "It was quite a dream. I never had anything like this. I wonder if that girl looked like..." Just then, he got a surprise from behind, having his eyes blocked by sure, yet soft hands.

"Can you guess who this is?" spoke the voice happily.

"Uhhmmm. Could it be.? Naru?" the young man said.

"Awww, you've managed to guess this time." The girl pouted. She was a very pretty girl with long, brown hair that fell to her back and two strands stood out as if she had antennae on her head. Her skin was as fair and clear like snow and she had beautiful brown eyes. She sits down by the boy's side and asked him. "Did you have a dream right now, Keitaro? You looked like you had a nightmare."

"Oh, the dream!" Keitaro said. The boy looked like he had dark brown, short hair, deep brown eyes and he has a thin physique, but he could keep up as much as anybody. He was so surprised about his dream; it was hard for him to talk. "I had this incredible dream, Naru. I dreamt that I saw a girl who looked a bit like you on the field and."

Naru cut him short. "A girl who looked like me? Weren't you thinking about someone else? T_T" She shot him a sceptical look.

"No, no, I mean it! She did look like you, but most of her face was shadowed and I couldn't see her well. She called my name and suddenly she disappeared. Then, another thing happened. I was in the middle of two groups that began fighting each other and the world was exploding everywhere when I looked at it from above. Finally, there were two huge robots that came from out of nowhere and they were engaged in a battle and then. I can't explain this well, but a white and blue robot that had four feathered wings turned into me as I was holding some kind of sword and the dark one with angular black wings turned to the same girl I first saw in the beginning of my dream and that was it. I awoke wide after that." Keitaro breathed deep after saying all of this in such a sort rate of time and began speaking again. "It's rather a very strange dream; I don't know what it means."

Naru then pulled his cheeks playfully as she spoke. "You're being silly, Keitaro. A dream is a dream, right? You shouldn't worry too much about it or you'll have bigger nightmares. n_ñ" She turned around, looking at the small city that lied in front of them and said: "Anyway, we should go back now. Haruka needs you for an errand and she asked me to look for you. I knew I'd find you here, like always." She felt a little smile on her fine features. "But whatever happens and what problems you have, I'm always with you."

"I know, and I hope we can always be like this, Naru" Keitaro also smiled and from there, they headed back to the city of Hinata, where they live. In another place, they were watched from a crystal ball as one voice spoke: "They should be the ones. I can feel a deep bond between them."

Another one talked: "If that is true, that means their homeland will be attacked soon. We should be ready for this."

A third voice then spoke to the others in response: "There is no doubt about it. It all beings here."

Author: So, things will now start to get very interesting at this point. So, with this chapter, you now have an idea of who are the main characters of my story. Next one, a confession will now take place and Hinata city gets attacked! The gears of fate will now move. More characters to come, since this is a crossover after all! Toodle-loo for now!

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