In the times following Cosmic Era 71, war criminals, Coordinators, and their families are exiled to a remote space colony. However, they amass enough resources to set into motion a plan for revenge. There are more secrets floating around than just that, like Gundams and "Naturalized Coordinators" created by the Earth Federation. With one girl's fate at the center of it all, can she bring back peace without losing herself?
Gundam no Mirai: Alpha
The world is at peace but peace is never certain in the world. For years time has dragged on in lazy complacence to the sun and stars. In a hundred countless cycles of their waltz across the sky the world has watched. People leave this place and all troubles behind to live amongst the stars and sky. The dreamers who want to fly without wings and do so many more incredible things in life go there. Others just want to be free of some of the laws that bind them. Many more are cast away as outcasts of society. And for them, complacency is opportunity when revenge rules theirs hearts. But the sight of red is blinding and consequences go unseen underneath the grander scheme. Life has no meaning but death until their objectives are met. And never stop to question why they fight but know that it is right...
Prologue"Hey Captain! We're picking up radio signals from a colony!" A grizzled man shouted into the door of the captain's quarters.
"A colony?! There are no colonies out here!" He shouted back groggily.
"Skipper!" A younger and slightly less grizzled man called out. "We have visual on that colony that's giving off the radio waves! It appears to be inhabited!"
"Ya hear that Captain?!" The Skipper yelled again.
"I did! Try to make contact and see if they are up to some of our services!" The door creaked open and an old man with gray hair and a long scar on the right side of his face stepped out. "I'm always up for new opportunities to make some profit." He smiled slyly and winked at the Skipper who smiled and nodded in understanding.
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Chapter 1: Twist of Fate"So you see war has been a long and inevitable part of our history for many years. However, since the Cosmic Era 71 conflict, we've been at peace." The history teacher went on as he lectured. A lone student sighed then spoke.
"History, in case you hadn't noticed is nothing more than an waltz. It's always the same; war, peace, revolution. War, peace, revolution. If this is a time of peace, what's next? Oh right revolution." She said callously.
"Don't you want peace Aka Akiko?" The teacher pondered looking the redheaded girl over.
"Peace is just an illusion. As long as there is humanity there will be the endless dance of history. It always repeats. They saw that back a million years ago when that philosopher said it." She went on in a disenchanted tone.
"Tell me the quote and I'll let you go on." He said with a grin.
"History repeats in cycles of decay." She muttered.
"Very good." The teacher replied clapping his hands. The bell rang and the teacher yelled over it some last minute instructions. "Make sure you read chapter 15 there will be a test when you come back from vacation!" The other students filed out quickly but Akiko took her time. So what if it was fourth block on the day before Christmas vacation.
"What is her problem? It's like she WANTS a war or something!" One girl whispered to another as they walked out. The teacher eyed them then looked back at Akiko.
"Don't say that! I think it's because her parents might have been killed by the Coordinators." Another whispered in response.
"That doesn't mean she has to be such a downer." The first girl replied cynically.
"You're so cruel!" A third exclaimed and stopped outside the door. "No one can change their fate and their past! You can't be so mean about it Fuyutori!" The other girls just kept on walking not really caring. Akiko came out and she stopped her to talk.
"Hi Akiko! I don't think we've ever talked. My name is Motono Mori." She extended her hand but Akiko simply looked at it and walked away. "Oh umm..." She took her hand back and ran to catch up with Akiko.
"I heard what you said back there. Thanks. No one's ever remotely stood up for me like that." Akiko said quietly but in a tone that clearly showed she didn't really care either way.
"No problem. I think people can just be so cruel and mean. It makes me believe what you said about war and stuff." Mori replied with a sigh. "I wish you didn't have to think like that. I mean I wish your circumstances could be different."
"You said it. No one can change their fate or their past." Akiko replied as she shoved some books in her banana yellow locker and grabbed her navy blue messenger-style book bag. She stuffed a think book that Mori didn't recognize in it some notebooks and a pencil case.
"Aren't you going to take your history book? Remember we have to have chapter 15 read." Mori pointed out cheerfully.
"I don't need it. I've already heard it all a hundred times before." She pulled out the book and flipped open the cover.
"Universal Century, the rise of Mobile Suit Warfare." Mori read aloud. "Are you some sort of history buff? Is that like your thing?"
"Ever since my parents were killed it has been. There are a lot of things they don't tell you in school about the wars of our past. Or really our past in general in school." She replied stuffing the book back in the bag, grabbing her coat and closing her locker.
"I don't doubt it from the look of how old that book is." She replied tilting her head. The pair walked down the halls towards the exit. "Well here's where I get off. It was nice talking to you." She had stopped in front of the opening to a hall that ran perpendicular to the one they were in.
"You can tag along with me if you want. I'll wait." Akiko said with a slight smile. "You're not expected to come with me or anything but the offer's there. I bet you're busy though so..."
"Not at all actually. I keep my Fridays clear until the last possible second. Just let me get a few things and I'll be right back." She replied with a slightly shocked smile. Akiko nodded and Mori wandered down the hall. While Mori was gone Akiko put her black trench-style coat on and a pair of gloves. Mori came back with a pink bag in the same style as Akiko's only clearly more full and a pink fluffy coat on. "Onward then?" The other girl nodded and they headed off down the stairs and out the door.
It was a beautiful winter day just before Christmas and a light flurry was falling. The yard was empty with the exception of a few stray kids standing around talking. The pair walked out of the yard and down the street and people moved quickly past them. "So I know you haven't gone to this school long, where did you live before you came here?"
"A colony." Was the only reply she got.
"Which one?"
"One you've probably never heard of. It was damaged in the Cosmic Era conflict but not bad enough to get mention in the books. Besides it's all the way out at Lagrange point 2." They rounded a corner and sat down at a bench on the outskirts of a park.
"So um... Hm..."
"Ask it I know you want to..." Akiko said slumping down and propping her feet up on her bag.
"Ask what?" Mori looked at her funny.
"My parents weren't with the pirates on the ship that blew up. They self-destructed their ship to stop them. They were with the Space Regulatory Coalition and were investigating the pirates' activity." Akiko replied with only a hint of pain.
"Why did they self-destruct?" Mori wondered looking at her companion concerned.
"They were on to something big but no one will tell me what. I don't know if anyone but them knew just what..." She replied with a sigh. "One day I mean to find out though. They wouldn't have self-destructed for petty pirates. They only would have done it if there was a huge threat to civilians involved and that's what makes me worry."
"That's horrible! What do you think it might be? Revolutionists?" Mori wondered with concern as she gripped Akiko's arm. "What are you going to do to find out?" Akiko looked at her a bit surprised by her reaction.
"I don't know yet. I was really just hoping something would come up. If only I could get back to outer space." She sighed. A car came screeching around the corner and flew past the park. A briefcase slid across the ground and stopped next to Akiko's feet. It had popped open and the papers in it rustled gently. Suddenly another car came careening around the corner in obvious pursuit of the first. Akiko looked down in the briefcase and her eyes grew wide. She slammed it shut and grabbed her bag and Mori's hand.
"We have to get out of here now!" She shouted as they ran across the street and down another.
"Why are we running?!" Mori heaved as they finally stopped in an alleyway. Akiko started laughing a bit as she stared at the ground breathing heavily.
"Something just came up." She finally replied holding the briefcase up and smiling. "You have to get out of here though. This is dangerous stuff I can just tell." She went on in a more serious tone. Her brown eyes were deep and serious as a cold chill wind kicked up her long brown hair.
"You need to get back to space and I can help you do it. I want to help you find closure." Mori answered with equal seriousness.
"Even if it means risking your life?"
"I need a little excitement in my life. Besides, I've been dying to know just what my father is really up to and I think your skill with a computer could help me. So how about I help you and you help me?" She offered extending her hand.
"I knew there had to something in this for you." Akiko replied defensively.
"Really you just don't seem like the type to take charity so I'm offering you a trade instead." Akiko smiled and nodded then took her hand.
"I'm starting to like you Mori." She said with another almost smile.
"Thanks! Now let's go! We'll be safe at my house!" She grabbed the briefcase and tied her handkerchief around the handle and secured it to her right side hiding it under her book bag. After some quick coat adjusting it was completely hidden. "I'll walk on the inside so they'll be less likely to see it if they come back looking for it. We just have to get to a phone and I can have us a ride in five minutes." They ran out of the alley and to a pay phone across the street. Sure enough in five minutes they were sitting comfortably in a car and Akiko was going through the briefcase. She dug everything out and popped out a false bottom. In it was a disk and a small blinking device. She immediately removed the device and chucked it in a trashcan as they drove past.
"Nice aim." Mori commented impressed.
"Thanks." She piled everything back in the case as they pulled through a gate and onto the sprawling grounds of Mori's home. "Just who are you again?" Akiko wondered looking around at the estate.
"Well Motono Mori isn't my real name for starters. But we can discuss all that over dinner. After a bit we can take you back to your house so you can get your things and tell your guardian where you are." Mori replied with a smile.
"We have more to discuss than just your identity." Akiko said with marked sadness. Mori looked at her with concern. "But it can wait..."
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Wow it's been awhile since I did one of these! So I got inspired and started a new fanfic! I've been so busy with school and juggling two original stories that my fanfics sort of fell on the back burner... Maybe if this one goes well, I'll get back into doing it again! Hope you enjoy it! Toodles!