Commanding Officer Mel
Disclaimer: I still don't own the company that made Advance Wars but I do own a copy of the game as usual.
Author's note – I will include dossiers on all characters that I make or use. That means all characters in the game will appear, however now that I have added a couple of new characters, they'll have dossiers too. And anything in it is in Romanji or Pinyin and base Cantonese. Read And Review! (This time makes sure Sami isn't in general vicinity and continues pleading). Also as the title is a bit long, here it is. . . again.
Celebrations, Accusations, Confrontations and Plain Silliness!
Time: That night . . .
Place: Y'all know better by now. . . the story takes place in Orange Star, in the Alara Province and the Capital of Red Nova and the Orange Star University. . .
'Smack!'
"Shut up! We get the message!" Sami said
"Ouch . . .fine . . .fine . . .be that way." Muttered the narrator.
Any who, it's around nine something and Sami was hiding out at Mel and Andy's to avoid Sonja and her whining. Mel had gone out to get something, Andy was hiding in his room, and Sami was playing video games with her left hand, because her other hand was hurt. And finally, Sonja, well . . .she's now whining about something and eating whatever the heck she cooked up after . . . and now back to the place where more characters are hanging out . . .
"Aww! I lost again!" Sami said dropping the controller for the umpteenth time. Her right hand was still wrapped up and it was rather hard to do any super combos, especially when you can't use a hand. She grumbled and decided to change the game. "There! This shouldn't take two hands! It's a strategy game! Just like the battle sims!"
"I hope you're having fun. But you mind? You've been playing since I left at five thirty."
"Hmph! You are so fussy!"
"Right . . ."
"Don't give me that!"
"Fine. Be that way. Wait . . . did you kill Andy?"
"Haha. Very funny Mel. I didn't kill him . . .yet"
"Oh. Okay . . .do you need anything?"
"Nope . . .just lots of chocolate!"
"Aiya . . ."
"Don't 'Aiya' me." She said with slight annoyance.
"Whatever . . .so are you going to bed now?"
"Hmm? Why not? Seeing that you're asking, I will. Where can I sleep?"
"Umm . . .I . . ."
"Can I have your room Mel?" She said with that cute look, that most girls give to guys when they want something.
"Eh! Oh . . .okay." Mel replied with a stunned look.
"That's very sweet of you! 'Night!" With that she went off to the washroom to change.
"Oh great . . .I guess I got the couch." Mel groaned as he went to get changed.
Time: That very next morning
Place: The dorm
"Mmm . . . hmm? Where am I?" Sami looked around and then realized she wasn't in her own bed. "Oh . . .right! Mel's room!" Then she went into a giggling fit. The other occupants of the dorm then got up and pelted her with pillows. Then she beat Andy to a pulp because of the pillow pelting . . .
Time: End of September
Place: Same place
The day that Sami stayed over at Mel's was quite hectic. The morning after proved a bit more productive when Sonja finally controlled her hormones and talked to Andy like a normal person. And Andy finally gained enough confidence to talk with her. Sami, stuck around to mooch off Andy and tried to bug the living heck out of Mel, then she gave up and tried sucking up instead. Mel on the other hand found her odd and slightly demanding, but brushed that off, as she was a girl. The month passed with more boring lessons and tests. Even a few simulation battles were being played out. Then, during that day, the COs were testing the abilities of their students and decided to call them up. It happened during Grit's class.
"Alright! I reckon it's time for y'all to try and take me down! So who's up for it?"
"Hey, Mel! You go!" Gary nudged his friend.
"Yeah! Go up. Show them a thing or two." Gabe said without looking up.
"Nii-chan! Show Mr. Grit, something! I wanna see my two bodyguards fight!"
"He was your bodyguard after me?" Mel said looking slightly shocked.
"Yeah. He just wandered by, he was hurt. . .we patched him up, and he offered to protect me to pay back my daddy for that."
"Oh. I see . . ."
"Yeah! Dude! Go up and show me what you can do!" Andy said enthusiastically.
"Hmm . . .yeah go up Mel. Show us what you're made of!" Sami said smugly.
"All right! All right! I'll go!" Mel conceded. The rest of the class was too busy talking and discussing strategy, until they noticed Mel walk up to the front. "Alright Grit! You wanna be taken down? Well, I'm your worst nightmare!"
"Alright kid! You've got spunk! Wait a minute . . .it's you!" Grit took one glance at the student in front of him and he paled slightly.
"Yeah. Of course it's me! Let's go!"
"Alright." 'Whoa, whoa! It's that kid again! Great. . .I'd rather if Junior up there went up instead of this guy. I've seen him work . . . he's good. Still, how he got that gun shot off and roasted the target, freaky . . .' "Okay. If you win, you get a whole rank up from whatever the heck you're at. So what're you at?"
"Rose Dog. What if I lose?" 'I highly doubt that. Grit is pretty much useless with direct. And I can match him. Heh.'
"Well, nothin' really. Just a lousy mark."
"Oh. . . alright then." Mel reached to his coat and pulled out the army data pins that each student had. They were designed to match the students' abilities, and if afterwards, the student wanted to change the Army design on it, they could. Mel's was of a Sun, but it was a shimmering white. He took the pin and stuck it into the battle-downloader. "White Sun forces! Boot up."
"Alright, then. Orange Star forces! Boot up." Grit stuck his pin into the other field. "What do you want?"
"Fog on, 1000 credits a base, no turn limit, no capture limit, CO Powers on, Animation, battle only." Mel said rapidly, his mood changing. A pair of dark unyielding sunglasses replaced his normal glasses. The gun he carried was then pulled out. "Alright. Make it an all-out, navy, air forces and land units. Part ocean, part land. Reefs, forests, everything. Equal amount of bases as well."
"Fine, fine, you know your stuff kid." Grit said as he quickly hit the keys for the settings that were desired.
"It's a talent. Who moves first?" Mel said taking a seat.
"I do." Grit said as he took his seat.
"Fine." The attention of the class then turned towards the two dueling parties.
"Whoa! He's really doing it!"
"Yeah!"
"I bet that Grit's gonna win!"
"Who said that!" Gabe jumped up and grabbed the unfortunate guy who spoke by the lapels. "Never say that about the leader of the Three!"
"Whoa! Gabe, calm down! He's up against a real CO here! Not a pathetic excuse of one back at the Academy." Gary said pulling his friend down. "Geez . . .he'll probably make it. Don't worry."
"But I do. Ergh! Anyways! I want a rank-up too! Stupid Cat ranks."
"Sheesh." Gary sighed and turned and looked at the large screen in the field.
"This better be true, what you told me about him earlier this month Sonja."
"Don't worry Sami, it is." Sonja looked grave, but otherwise, she was quite interested in seeing how Mel fought.
It's War!
The battle had then begun. Grit looked smug as he sent his units to go capture the nearby cities. Mel gave a blank look back, and began his turn.
'Let's see, capture this, that, this, and that. All right, build tanks, hmm . . . what's he up to, hmm . . . still capturing buildings, good. Rockets and a few more infantry and APCs, I have a good start.' Moving his units forward and into the various forests and other hiding spots. Mel ended his turn. Grit sneered and turned his attention to capturing buildings and establishing a base defense. 'Getting at the defenses already? Heh, I've got it covered. Time to move out!'
Time: An hour later
Place: Same place
Sami looked at the carnage that dealt to Grit's units, but Grit couldn't retaliate, because, you can't hit an enemy you can't see.
"Dagnabit! I can't find you kid!"
"I know. Here's a few targets then." Mel sent a few bombers and blasted Grit's rockets. That set off his CO power. But luckily for Grit he still had a bit over 15 units remaining, including a few battleships and subs for vision. Mel had an armada hiding in a corner and his various units were scattered across the huge map. The rest of the class watched with interest as the younger man was preparing his final strike.
"Alright, reckon it's time to take you down kid!" That activated Grit's Snipe Attack ability and with that, he shot down all of Mel's units within range. That really irked Mel and caused him to twitch slightly. That then ended Grit's turn. With 23 units intact, counting the ones just built.
". . .I know you're tough, but that was harsh. But it's my turn now. And you've activated my ability. See if you can survive this. . ." Mel did a quick check on the map and did a unit count. 'Twenty-three, only? Geez, he made this too easy.'
"I bet I can survive whatever you dish out! Give me your best shot!" Grit said with a sneer as he took a drag from his cigarette.
"Just watch me . . ." With that, the ability, known as Destruction Strike, one of the deadliest CO abilities developed, was then activated on Grit's unwary forces. "You lose, Grit." Grit just stared as all of his units, were then obliterated. His jaw dropped and there was a replay, without Fog of War, showing him what just happened. The class stared intently as they watched Grit freaking out, staring dumbly at the screen. They didn't know what just happened. Sami nudged Sonja, whispering,
"What happened?"
"I dunno, Mel never used his CO power to fight with me."
"Oh . . .great, Gabe! What did he do?" Sami said turning to Mel's first companion.
"That's a secret, so I can't tell you." He said shrugging.
"Grr! Tell me Gary!" She growled turning at Mel's other friend.
"Nope, sorry, can't tell you either." He said holding his hands out in front of him.
"Aww . . .I wanted to find out." She said, giving up.
"Wha? No. . .how? Huh? What the. . ." Grit became a mumbling nitwit, with jangled nerves and the like as he just saw his entire army being blasted in ONE turn.
"I'll take my rank up now."
"Eh . . .bleah. . . bluh? S-s-s-sure!" Grit, still being slightly shaky, he took Mel's pin and added the extra insignia on it, and because of how fast Mel did it, he gave him an extra rank too. "Good job, kid. . . how the HELL did you do that?"
"That's my secret, see ya later." Just then, class was dismissed. And Mel's mood went back to normal, even the glasses, as he looked at the insignia that said, 'Grey Ram'. He then waved at his friends near the back of the class, and caught up with them, as they headed to Direct combat.
Time: Lunch
Place: Cafeteria
The next few classes were the same, various students went up to try their luck against their instructors, and only few were able to beat them. Those students being Sami, Andy, Sonja, Gabe, Gary and Mel and some unnamed students. Sami was fortunate enough to go up against Max, and she managed to get to his base, and captured it. She managed to get a 'Rose Ape' rank. Sonja and Andy, both teaming up against Eagle and Drake, just outclassed Sami by one, getting the 'Gold Ape' rank. And Mel's two friends, they, being equally freaky and skilled as Mel, also pulled their ranks to 'Grey Ram' against Officer Hikagi, and Ms. Nell, who'd just wandered in and got dragged into the conflict.
"Dude, that was fun!"
"Being almost beaten and then coming back at the last second when they all run out of fuel is not fun, Andy!" Sonja said pouting. Her fight with the Green Earth officers turned out a bit harder than she thought and she barely made it out passing.
"Hmm . . . Max wasn't that tough, just whenever he used his tanks on my Mechs, that ticked me off!" Sami said shrugging, placing a comforting hand on Sonja's shoulder.
"Yeah, don't worry about that Sonja-chan, it's okay." Mel said placing his hand on her other shoulder. Sonja seeing she was between two friends, cheered up and her mood brightened.
"Yeah! Thanks Sami-chan, nii-chan!" She smiled and grabbed the hands of the two and pulled them together. That unfortunately caused Mel and Sami to click.
"What the-"
"Huh-"
"SONJA-CHAN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Both of them were screaming at her.
"Aaaaaaaaah! What? What?"
"Don't you ever do that again! I'll hook myself up with a boy, thank you very much!" Sami said, gritting her teeth.
"That goes double for me! Honestly. I don't care if she did stay at my place, sometimes she bugs the heck out of me!" Mel said, now jamming his hand in his coat pocket.
"Sorry, it was a reflex, I, I don't know what came over me." The rest of their friends, as well as anyone in a 20-foot radius saw the three yelling students. But Mel, Sami and Sonja ignored them and continued to argue savagely.
"What? I BUG you? No, no I think the thing is, you bug me!"
"I don't think so! Little miss moocher! Can't afford her own chocolate! Even though she has her own guns and a cell phone!"
"What was that? I'm gonna get you for that one. Another thing! Those guns were government supplied and the phone was from Andy!" With much angst, the two were bickering to a point that Sonja just shrank and hid behind Andy, who was having a slight problem controlling himself, and he fainted again. Gabe and Gary, just staring blankly at the scene their friend and the girl next door were making, decided to think up some scheme to shut them up.
"Hey, G, what say you say something witty, that stop them cold?" Gary said to Gabe.
"-you stupid,"
"Yeah, but what?" Gabe said rubbing his chin.
"-shut the hell up!" Sami screeched.
"I dunno"
"-annoying,"
"Well think of something."
"SHUT UP!"
"Think anime cartoons." Gary suggested.
"-cheap,"
"Like?" Gabe said, looking up at the sudden idea.
"I'm gonna." Sami said threateningly at Mel, who was practically nose to nose with her.
"Try that Evangelion one."
"-un-cute,"
"Okay, got it!" Gabe said, an idea lighting up in his head.
"Don't push me pal!"
"-tram"
"Hey! Hey!" Gabe then interrupted Mel, thankfully before he was gonna break out the massive insults towards Sami. And before Mel was going get the heck slapped out of him. "What are you two doing? You're both fighting like a married couple!"
"What?" Both stopped dead in their tracks then realized that their classmates were watching them making an immense scene in the lunchroom. Sami then turned extremely red, and Mel started to pale. "I-I-I, Gabe!" Sami stammered.
"Heh! I knew that would stop you two!" He struck a patented anime pose, and grinned. Gary was at the back laughing. Sonja finally awakened Andy, and she said to him.
"Thank goodness that's over with."
"Yeah . . . I didn't know the two of them had anything against each other."
"Neither did I Andy. I hope we don't fight like that."
"Yeah Sonja . . ."
"Now, you two are going to apologize to each other, then to me." Sonja said pouting cutely. Unfortunately, that caused Andy to feel uncomfortable. He was thinking along the lines of,
'Oh geez, she's so cute . . .must talk to her, and ask her out . . .and then . . .' His thoughts were interrupted, when Sami and Mel then apologized, first to Sonja, about how immature they were being, and to each other.
"Umm . . .sorry about that, normally, I don't explode like that . . ."
"Yeah, the same, sorry Mel . . .I take back what I said."
"Same here Sami . . ."
"Now you two kiss and make up!" Sonja said between them. That however caused the two of them to have veins pop out of their foreheads.
"What,"
"-was,"
"that,"
"SONJA!" With that, Mel and Sami, then each took one of Sonja's arms and ran with her, out to the main entrance of the school. There was a fountain and with a heave, Sonja was then tossed into it. "Finally we have something we agree to, huh Sami?"
"Yep, sure thing. See you sometime later then?" Sami said looking up, after dusting off her hands.
"I'll see. When's your birthday?"
"Hmm? Oh, Friday, the 4th of October. "
"Oh, I see. Hmm . . .see you later then." 'That's great. Maybe, then, I can make it up to her. '
"Okay! See you!" 'Wow, he asked. . .what's he up to? Oooh! This is gonna be good.' She felt her herself squealing with glee. "Oh . . .Sonja!"
"You two are impossible. Now I'm soaked . . ." Just then, the remaining three caught up with the others.
"Heh, looks like you two gave Sonja the dunk treatment." Gary said, with a laugh.
"Yeah, they did." Gabe said grinning.
"Oh! Sonja! Here, let me help." Andy said rushing towards his soaked soon-to-be girlfriend.
"Yeah, alright, let's get you out of here Sonja." Sami said giggling.
"Thanks, you two." She cast a glance to the side to search for Mel, but he wasn't anywhere to be found. 'What's nii-chan up to?' "Where's Mel?"
"Beats me Sonja, I didn't see him after our talk."
"Yeah, same goes for me. But I'd think he's at our dorm." Andy said helping Sonja wring out her jacket.
"Hmm. . .I've got a feeling what he's up to." Said Sonja thoughtfully.
"Hello?" Gabe and Gary simultaneously answered their phones as they rang. "What? Alright, see you then boss."
"We've gotta jet guys." Gary said.
"What he said." Gabe said, looking off to the distance. "See ya!" The two took off to where ever they were headed.
"Wow, just as weird as nii-chan."
"I'll say. . .wonder what's up?"
"Just shut up and help me wring out her clothes Andy."
Time: After Classes, 4:00 pm
Place: Parking lot
Andy was given a message to meet Mel in the parking lot.
"Alright, where are you?"
"Right here. We need to plan something for Sami."
"What? Oh Mel! That's great . . .what are we planning, a prank?"
"No . . .It's her birthday this Friday."
"Oh, you do have a soft spot for her then!"
"I guess you could say that." Mel said reddening.
"Heh, the great Mel, finally settling down with a girl, that's great."
"Geez, give me a break guys!" Mel said to the two behind him. "Well, now that Andy's here, we'll go downtown and book a place to have the party, ok?"
"Sure!" Was the answer of all three.
"I recommend that discotheque that's near the Japanese place." Gabe said.
"You and your Japanese crap, fine. Let's go then!" With that, Mel stepped on the gas and they sped off.
Time: 4:24 pm
Place: Brilliant Sol Plaza, Dance/Party Hall
"Yeah? What, you wanna have a party here?"
"Yep. Don't worry, I can pay for it." Mel was dealing with the owner of the place, while the three idiots were off goofing around in the arcade. "What's the occupancy?"
"Round 200 people."
"Good . . .how much to book the whole place?"
"5000 G."
"Damn man, I can get an APC for that much."
"Hey, take it or leave it kid, you're taking the whole place on a Friday, that's when I make that much."
"Fine, fine. Here." Mel reached into his pocket and pulled a few bills and tossed them to the owner. "Don't think of pulling anything, or I'll get you."
"Don't worry kid, I won't, from the looks of you kids, you look like members of a triad gang."
"We're not, and by the way, don't hire a band."
"Huh?"
"We'll deal with that. Just have some amps and a piano set up here."
"Alright then kid."
"And I'll bring enough people to earn you a bit extra. By the way, don't you know who I am?"
"Wait a sec, you're that . . ."
"Exactly, I'm Mel. Now, let's hope that you'll cooperate."
"Yes sir!"
"Here's a bit extra either way." Mel then reached into his pocket and tossed the guy a couple of 100-G bills.
"Thanks! See you on Friday then!"
"No problem, let's go guys!" With that, Mel and his entourage left the building.
Time: Tuesday, after class
Place: Mel's place
Sami was kept in the dark about her party, but Sonja and Mel with the other three guys, were busy planning and inviting people.
"Eh? Mel nii-chan, how'd you manage to pull this off?"
"A very thick wallet."
"Yep, Mel's got enough cash from that department center and whatnot to choke even Olaf." Gary joked.
"Well, at least he's got enough cash." Gabe said, strumming his electric guitar.
"Andy! Are you sure you didn't tell Sami a thing?" Sonja said.
"Of course not Sonja." Andy replied, a slight glint in his eyes.
"Good, did you tell Sonja-chan?" Mel asked.
"No, I didn't nii-chan, don't be silly." Sonja said giggling.
"Whatever, since, we're not hiring the band, the four of us guys, are performing. How are we for guests?" Mel asked turning to Sonja.
"Well, we've got a bit under 50, and all are Asian."
"Hmm . . .any of the officers at the school?" Mel said looking over at the list.
"Just Nell. That's cause she and Sami got together pretty well."
"Ok. Works for me . . .she'll probably bring Max or Grit though." Mel said shrugging.
"Yeah! I got Grit here too."
"Well, what are we gonna sing?" Gary asked.
"I've got Meteor Rain, At the first Moment and I Can't Help Falling in Love with you."
"Works for me." Gabe said. "Instruments?"
"Of course."
"When and where are we gonna practice?" Andy said looking slightly worried.
"Well, it don't matter, here? Even in the meeting hall, I bet Nell won't mind."
"Yeah, I think I can convince her. Don't worry, I'll cover for you guys while I keep Sami busy then." Sonja volunteered.
"Great. We'll be off then. Practice tomorrow and Thursday. Sonja, here's some money, pick out something for her to wear, and we'll go shopping for gifts too. You too guys."
"Yeah, we'll buy something for your girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"Whatever, the way you're planning this, it seems like she is."
"Well, we'll see then." Mel said smacking Gabe on the upside of his head.
"Ouch!"
"Serves you Gabe." Gary says polishing his glasses.
"Geez . . ."
Time: Thursday Afternoon
Place: The Mall
"Come on Sami, let's go buy something."
"What for Sonja?"
"Let's pick you out something nice to wear to a party, and oh, to a dance even! I'll pay don't worry. Don't even think about paying me back either."
"All right, if you insist." Sami was being dragged around by Sonja. Trying on various outfits and whatnot, to see what she liked. "Aww . . .do I really need to buy so many sets of clothes? We're getting to design our uniforms tomorrow though."
"Really?" 'Dang, I forgot about that.' "Don't worry, it's for a special occasion. I'm gonna take you somewhere nice tomorrow night."
"Hmm? Really? That's nice. Where?"
"It's a surprise Sami."
"Oh all right."
"That looks so good on you!" Sonja squealed excitedly. She pointed to what Sami was currently decked out in. She was wearing a short, black skirt, and white turtleneck sweater. "Let's see what else they have!" Sonja ran off and pulled a bunch of outfits off the racks and handed them to Sami.
"You sure you can afford all this?"
"Consider it a gift. But not from me though." Sonja said.
"Who? Mel?"
"Hmm . . .you'll see Sami!" Sonja gave her a mysterious look and giggled. That caused Sami to blush slightly.
"Wow, does he really care? Huh?" Sonja pushed a bunch of clothes into her hands and then tied back Sami's hair.
"Come on Sami! Hurry up and try these out." And then Sonja pushed her into the changing booth.
"Hey! Hey! Easy! I can get in myself!"
"I know, just go in anyway!"
"Fine, I am!" Sami, quickly shut the door and changed in and out of the various outfits.
Time: Meanwhile . . .
Place: Auditorium
"All right. . .current status of the situation is that Sonja's keeping Sami busy. Thank goodness." Mel said hanging up on his cell phone.
"Uh-huh. . .that's cool. I'm wondering if she's used all your cash yet."
"Shut up Andy. Mel's got more cash than Sami could ever spend. Heck. . .I haven't seen him use so much money ever, on a girl. Let alone buying us anything. . ." Gary said. "Geez, so rich."
"Aw give it up, he's not gonna pay us. . .we're his pals anyway."
"Thanks Gabe . . .but either way, we gonna practice or not?" Mel said, seating himself at the piano. He stared at the other three and they just shrugged.
"Sounds good. . .let's rock." And with that, the music and song started to play.
Time: Meanwhile, again
Place: The mall
"Oh! Sami that looks soo cute on you!" Sonja exclaimed as Sami stepped out wearing a vest over a white blouse and a skirt.
"Hmm. . .I look like I was a student at Yellow Comet . . ."
"Exactly! That's why it looks so cute! I think I'll get that set of clothes too!"
"Help. . ." Sami said weakly as she was pushed back into the booth. "I really wish she'd hurry and let me go home." Sami moaned as she pulled off the clothes and tossed them into the pile that she wanted. "I wonder what the boys are up to. . .Sonja! I wanna go home. NOW!"
"All right! All right! Stop whining! Let's take all these clothes and pay for them, then we can go."
Time: Dinnertime!
Place: Papaya's Bar and Grill (Sheesh, that's horrible, sorry . . .)
Mel and Andy were sitting at a table, with Gabe, Gary, Sonja and Sami. There were also two other girls with them, Alice, and Allison.
"Ooh! This is soo neat being able to eat with those two!" Squealed Allison.
"Yeah! And Andy's such a hottie!" Said Alice.
A/N: You wouldn't believe how hard it is to write like a girl. . .
Those comments, unfortunately caused Sonja to get slightly ticked.
"Sami-chan, who are they?" Sonja whispered to Sami, who was a bit out of it after shopping.
"Hmm? Oh. . .they're the 'friends' of Mel's friends. Alice and Allison." Sami replied, tugging at the white jacket she just bought.
"What's that mean?"
"Are you dense or something, Sonja?"
"Huh? . . .Oh! I know!"
"What?"
"They're ichuunoonna!"
"Eh? What?" Sami looked slightly confused. "I don't understand Japanese, silly!"
"If you're wondering what she said, look at this Romanji dictionary, in 'I', or try 'G'." Mel said tossing a book at her.
"Oh . . .okay. . ." Sami, complied and flipped through the book and started searching. "Eh? What the . . .ooh! Sonja! Now you get it?"
"Yes!" Then Sonja started to giggle slightly. Andy sighed and just looked across over where Sonja was and broke into a conversation with Mel.
"Dude, how will I ever get her to go out with me?"
"Why are you asking me? You're the one with the girl, not me. Any who, if you weren't so girl-shy, you'd ask. And another thing, didn't you two manage to have regular conversation, without you fainting, and her hugging you to death?"
"Um . . .yeah. . ."
"SO there, try again!" Mel said, as he turned and chatted with Gabe and Gary.
A bit later, the food arrived and the gang dug in. Sami turned and prodded Mel, getting his attention.
"Hmm?"
"Mel, where are we going tomorrow?"
"That's a surprise . . .heh."
"Oh, okay . . ." 'What's up? A surprise? On uniform day? Weird . . .hmm . . .I don't recall anything special. . .' Sami took his response as something, GOOD, was going to happen and they continued to eat.
A bit later, Mel drove them home, as usual, then he gave his informal 'goodnight' and left the girls wondering what was going on. But before that, Sonja quickly leaned up to Andy and planted a small kiss on his cheek. The responding action of Andy was to collapse on the floor.
Time: The next day, 2:30 p.m. Uniform designing, creation, whatever. . . time!
Place: Uniform place . . .(how should I know what it's called?)
"Hmm . . .what to do, what to do . . ." Sami muttered to herself as she decided how her uniform should look. She looked over to Sonja, who was pulling on a jacket and a hat over her dress. "Sonja, what should I do?"
"Beats me Sami. It's really up to you. . ."
"Yeah. . .I guess." She turned and looked over at the more active infantry based outfits. Meanwhile, Mel pulled on a long white trench coat, over his white shirt and pants. Pulling his shirt loose, he took his sunglasses and stuck them in his pocket.
"There we go . . .how do I look? Great? Just kidding!" He said asking Andy.
"Cool! Hey, check this! Dig these mechanic's threads!" Andy said tucking his fingers under the suspenders.
"Whoa! That suits you. . .maybe just then those girls will leave you alone!"
"Heh . . . I guess so . . .time for more mechanical studies then." Andy said shrugging, sticking his hands in his pockets. Gabe was decked out like a darker version of Mel, but minus the glasses and with black instead. And Gary looked like a government agent wearing white. Sami still browsing poked here and there, looking over at her friends and the way they dressed. "Hey Sami! Pick anything out yet?"
"Nope . . .this is so hard! I wanna wear something that isn't gonna be in my way."
"Try these, tank top and cargo pants Sami-chan." Sonja said holding up a set of white and green clothes.
"Huh? Hmm . . .that looks like it could work. Why'd you take these though?"
"Green suits you, it contrasts with that red hair of yours."
"Oh . . .I thought you chose it, because you like green."
"Well, you could say that, but let's hurry, try it on! And take this headband and gloves too!"
"Oh, okay . . .but what's with the gloves?"
"You want to keep your hands nice, don't you? Well those should protect you from calluses and stuff when you use your guns!"
"Oh! Good thinking! I'll be right back then." Sami quickly dashed off to the changing room. After whipping off her own clothes, she slid into the new uniform, uncertain of how she looked. She walked out and placed her hands on her hips, and said, "Well, how do I look?" She smiled as she looked at the full-length mirror, and an approving whistle from behind, told her that she looked great.
"Well, you, look great!" Mel said grinning. "You chose that yourself?"
"Actually, not really. . .Sonja helped. I couldn't really choose anything, just like when we went shopping the day before. . ."
"Oh? Really? Well, at least we can tell she's got good enough taste, especially for someone like you."
"That's nice of you to say. But, what do we do now?"
"Oh, I think we go and tell them what we chose, get our IDs done and then we go back to our dorms for the day." Mel said as he walked towards the exit and to have his ID picture taken.
"That's great! No more classes for a day!" Sami was now happily jumping after him.
"Hey guys! Move it already!"
"Gotcha Mel!" Andy and the rest of them followed over to the photographer and were getting their pictures as well.
"Oh, and by the way Sami, we'll take you to the Brilliant Sol Plaza tonight, look nice, ok?"
"Huh? What?" Sami said looking a bit startled.
"Don't worry about it Sami, I'll deal with it." Sonja said from behind her.
"Um . . .what was that he said?"
"Oh you'll see! Let's just hurry though, okay?"
"All right. . ." Sami gave a sigh and walked up to get her picture taken. . .then she walked off with Sonja to return to their quarters.
Time: A bit before 5 p.m. . .4:45 p.m.?
Place: Sami's room
Sami was standing in her room wearing a bathrobe, she was staring at the massive array of clothing that was bought for her, by her friends, Mel and Sonja. "Hmm . . .what to wear? This is just great . . .Sonja bought way too many outfits for me . . .but she said she wasn't paying . . .or was she just weaseling out of something? Oh well . . ."
"Sami-chan! Hurry up! Mel nii-chan wants to get there before 5!"
"Oh that really doesn't help! I can't decide what to wear!"
"Here! Take this red dress!" Sonja said pulling out a long spaghetti-strapped dress.
"Eh! It's so . . .so . . ."
"Hot?"
"Ack! Sonja! How can you say that?"
"Because I'm incredibly naïve and don't know any better. Heehee!" Sonja said all giggly. "Now put it on! We're gonna be late! For all I know he's probably waiting!"
"Actually, for your information, he's not, I am! Now come on Sami! Get dressed!" Andy said, leaning on the doorframe. "Hey Sonja. How are you tonight?" Trying to be as suave as possible.
"Oh! Andy! I'm just fine! Now shoo! Sami's going to change!" She said pushing Andy out of the door. Mel, who was watching from the hall, was astounded that Andy didn't pass out when he was talking to Sonja.
"Hmm. . .must be something I said to him yesterday. . .I think he's finally got the hang of it." Laughing to himself, Mel just turned and took a pair of earphones and stuck them in his ears.
"Ready! I'm ready!" Sami said out of breath. That sudden outburst caused Mel to turn.
"Very nice! Now, if I may ask, can we go now?"
"Yes we can Mel! Now hurry and drive, Sami can't be late." Sonja said pushing them all out and closed the door. They hurried into the elevator, and they had to run, but unfortunately, Sonja ran a bit too fast and ran smack into the railing as it hit her in the stomach.
Time: 4:50 p.m.
Place: On the road to downtown
"Aiya! Get off the road you thing!" Mel said as he honked the horn at a crazy driver. "People these days . . . can't drive worth anything . . ." The other five occupants of the car of course were a bit more shaken.
"Are you CRAZY!" Sami screeched at him. "You're no better than that guy that cut us off!"
"Hmph! Whaddya talking about? Mel's the safest driver in all of Orange Star!" Gabe sniggered.
"Yeah! He's managed to get cut-off, oh say 50 some times and he's still managed to get back on the road and get to wherever we were goin' somewhere."
Gary said from the back. "Just a thought, how'd we fit SIX people in this car?"
"I dunno, could be because there are four of us in the back." Andy said groaning. He shifted a bit, until Sonja elbowed him in the stomach. "Oof!"
"Andy no baka! Stop that! You're squishing me!"
"Sorry Sonja . . ." Andy said slightly flushed.
"Eh! Andy boy's got someone now?" Gary said snickering from his window seat.
"Well of course he does, we do, so he has to too!" Gabe replied coolly from his opposite window seat. "Now the only problem is Mel."
"What was that!" Mel said, just barely missing another car. "I'm confirmed single for the time being! SO don't even think of it!"
"Whatever boss man . . .what about that girl up front with you?" That unfortunately caused the occupants of the front seats to blush.
"I can't believe this! Stop torturing me right now! I'm trying to get your ungrateful asses to the place and all you can do right now is make fun of me?"
"Yep." Came a relaxed reply from the back.
"All right, you all asked for it." Mel said threateningly, he reached over and hit a button on his dashboard.
"What are you do - " Sami was cut off when the car picked up an immense amount of speed and the occupants of the sports car where now plastered to their seats, except the driver.
"Wa-hoo! You'll all be sorry, cuz ya made me push the Nitro! Hehe!" Mel laughed sinisterly. 'Idiots!'
"Aw man! This is whacked out!" Gary said holding on. 'He's nuts!'
" . . ." Gabe was just wondering, 'Why is everyone except me and Mel screaming?'
"Dude! I'm not sure what I did to deserve this!" Andy groaned, 'Why me!'
"Nii-chan!" 'This is fun, but I'm gonna be sick . . .'
"What the hell are you doing Mel?" 'Is this guy is trying to kill me on my eighteenth birthday?'
"Aw don't worry! Just right . . .about . . .NOW! Yeah!" With a quick flick of the switch again, and now hammering on the brakes, Mel caused the car to spin off and drift directly into the parking space at the front . . .whoa. "How was that?" Mel said as he stepped out and opened the doors automatically with a switch.
"That was possibly the craziest car ride I've ever been on in my eighteen years of life . . ." Sami said putting her hand over her beating heart.
"Thank you." Mel said grinning.
"I can't feel my body at the moment . . ." Andy groaned.
"That was really weird . . ." Said a slightly dazed Sonja.
"I can't believe anyone drives like that . . ." Gary said still recollecting his nerves.
" . . .next time. . . let me show you some stunts!" Gabe said springing out, and leaping over the car. "You drive like a crazy man!"
"I know, now spare me your applause, we have a party to attend to."
"A party? For who?" Sami was still surprised, so she didn't expect anything.
"You'll see." Was the general answer from all those around her. She didn't understand, until Mel took her arm and led her into the large brightly lit building that said, 'A Celebration, tonight. . .by invitation only'. . .
Time: Exactly 5 p.m.
Place: Brilliant Sol Plaza
"Wow . . .what's all this for?" Sami said looking around, the room was dimly lit, there were people everywhere, and some she identified as her classmates and friends.
"Hey! Everyone! She's here!" Mel and his friends shouted out.
"Ready?"
"Yeah!"
"Happy Birthday Sami!" The collective crowd shouted.
"What the? Did you all? How? But? Of course! Why? Who? Ah . . .ah . . ." Sami was stammering in surprise.
"Surprised Sami?" Andy said from behind her.
"Yeah, what do you think?" Said Sonja from the other side.
"I hope you enjoy the party, but we have to get ready, right guys?" Mel said, hopping up onto the stage. "We have a few words we want to say." Grabbing a CD, Mel popped it into the sound system.
"Hey, hey! This is Andy Lau of Orange Star! How ya all doin'?" Andy said waving at the group of people. There was quite a lot of cheering and shouting until Andy got control of the crowd again. "Well, today is my cousin Sami's eighteenth birthday, and you all have been invited by me, Sonja, Gabe, Gary and last but not least, the one who got it all together here, Mel! So, we gotta few things to say, er, sing." Andy took a turn, and motioned to the other three guys on stage. Mel usually being the musician, this time, too had a microphone.
"And well, here's our first song, Meteor Rain, or better known as Liu Xing Yu!" Mel said tossing up the microphone.
Liu Xing Yu (Meteor Rain) A/N I don't own this song, it's by F4, a Chinese group. It's really quite nice though.
(Mel) wen rou de xing kong yi gai rang ni gan dong wo zai ni sheng hou wei ni bu zhi yi pian tian kong
(Andy) bu zun ni nan guo ti ni bai ping ji mo meng xiang de zhong liang quan bu dou jiao gei wo
(Gary) qian ni shou gen zhe wo zhou feng zai da you zen yang ni you le wo zai ye bu hui mi lu fang xiang
(The Four) pei ni qu kan liu xing yu luo zai zhe di qiu shang rang ni de lei luo zai wo jian bang
yao ni xiang xin wo de ai zhi ken wei ni yong gan ni hui kan jian xing fu de shuo zai
(Andy) shang gan luo tai duo xin diu gei wo bao hu pi juan de yan huo wo hui ti ni dou gan zhou
(Mel) can lan de yan yu zhi neng dian zui gan qing ru guo wo cheng mo yin wei wo zhen de ai ni
(Gabe) qian ni shou gen zhe wo zhou feng zai da you zen yang ni you le wo zai ye bu hui mi lu fang xiang
(The Four) pei ni qu kan liu xing yu luo zai zhe di qiu shang rang ni de lei luo zai wo jian bang
yao ni xiang xin wo de ai zhi ken wei ni yong gan ni hui kan jian xing fu de shuo zai
yu he yun jian jian shang kai sa xia yi pian wen nuan wo yao fen xiang ni yan zhong de lei guang
pei ni qu kan liu xing yu luo zai zhe di qiu shang rang ni de lei luo zai wo jian bang
yao ni xiang xin wo de ai zhi ken wei ni yong gan ni hui kan jian xing fu de shuo zai
pei ni qu kan liu xing yu luo zai zhe di qiu shang rang ni de lei luo zai wo jian bang
yao ni xiang xin wo de ai zhi ken wei ni yong gan ni hui kan jian xing fu de shuo zai
(Gary) ni hui kan jian xing fu de shuo zai
Translation:
The loving starry sky should make you feel touched. I'm here by your side, decorating a piece of heaven for you.
I wouldn't allow you to feel sad, I'll chase away your loneliness. The weight of your unfulfilled dreams, let me bear them all.
Leading you by the hand. Doesn't matter how strong the wind becomes. For you have me now, you'll never lose your way again.
Watching the meteor rain fall onto Earth with you. Letting your tears fall on my shoulder. I want you to believe my love will brave everything solely for you.
And I'll show you where Happiness lies.
If you have too much sadness, leave your heart for me to protect. The tired fireworks, I'll chase them away for you.
Flowery words are only decorative. If I am silent, that's because I love you too much.
Leading you by the hand. Doesn't matter how strong the wind becomes. For you have me now, you'll never lose your way again.
Watching the meteor rain fall onto Earth with you. Letting your tears fall on my shoulder.
I want you to believe my love will brave everything solely for you. And I'll show you where Happiness lies.
The rain has stopped, the clouds have parted. Leaving behind a lovely warmth. I want to share the tears in your eyes.
Watching the meteor rain fall onto Earth with you. Letting your tears fall on my shoulder.
I want you to believe my love will brave everything solely for you. And I'll show you where Happiness lies.
Watching the meteor rain fall onto Earth with you. Letting your tears fall on my shoulder.
I want you to believe my love will brave everything solely for you.
And I'll show you where Happiness lies.
And that was it, the song ended. Cheers rose from the crowds and Sami was blushing quite a bit. Mel hopped off the stage and grinned,
"So how was that?"
"It . . .it . . ."
"It was great! Even though I didn't get a word of that, it sounded so good!" Sonja said for Sami. Sami just stared, and was quickly led to a chair before she fell.
"Wha . . .who . . .how?" She still was out of it. She then regained her senses, and stared at her friends, new and old, grinning at her.
"Don't, you worry, I dealt with most of it, it cost quite a bit, but hey. . .don't you think it was worth your while?"
"Yeah, Mel coughed up the dough for this, he even paid a bit extra!"
"And he DID pay for the clothes we bought that day, and I used every cent of it!"
"So, from all of us, to you . . .happy birthday Sami!" They all said in unison.
"I . . .I . . .wow! Thanks guys! This is the first time in all my life, someone actually bothered to book a place and have a party for me!" She said wiping away a few happy tears.
"Don't mention it . . .but you and me, we gotta fight." Mel said in a more serious tone.
"What?"
"I'll tell you later. But have fun for now. . ." That unfortunate comment caused a dead silence, as Mel walked off into the crowd. . .but then, it was broken by Gary, who decided to cheer things up.
"Don't you worry, he's been acting strange for a while, what he says . . .it don't make that much sense anyway. So if he says something weird like that, he's not serious. Trust me! I knew him long enough!"
"Oh . . .all right." That was unfortunately still rather unnerving for Sami, so she sat down and looked around. Sonja took a seat beside her.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah . . ."
"That's good."
"But the thing is . . .why?"
"Why what?"
"Why would he say he has to fight me?"
"I'm not sure but I might have an idea . . ."
"Tell me . . ." With that, Sonja leaned over and whispered something to Sami. That caused her to gasp, then she gritted her teeth. "What! Honestly! I don't think he can beat me then! I'll show him!" When Sami finished her ranting, there were many pairs of eyes around looking towards the general direction of Andy and his friends . . .
Time: Late-October, A Friday afternoon
Place: Main foyer of the school
"Mel Mah! I've got a bone to pick with you!" Came a female voice from the other side of the foyer. Mel did a 180-degree turn, to see an angry Sami stomping towards him. Now wearing her uniform, like the rest of the students, the white tank top and green pants. Her hair was still long, but she had the bandanna and her contacts were in, instead of her glasses.
"What do you want? I'm kinda busy right now." He said indifferently.
"You know! What you said at my party! 'I need to fight you!' Well, it took me almost the whole month to gather the nerve just say this to you!" She said thrusting a finger at him.
"A whole month? I thought you had plenty of nerve." This was starting to get tense and into another one of those insult matches.
"Urgh! Why the heck are you so level headed?"
"And why are you so intense? You're far too high strung."
"Grr!" She grabbed the lapels of his jacket, "You, me, in the war room simulator, next week, and same time! And I'm gonna kick your butt all the way to Yellow Comet and back!" That caused a vein to poke out of Mel's forehead.
"What! You think you can beat me! I'd just like to see you try!"
"I will! And to make matters a bit more interesting . . ."
"What?"
"I'll tell you next week," She smirked and walked off, blowing a very, very impudent kiss at him. "BOY-friend." That really caused Mel to get really ticked, as the crowd around, that saw that little scene were now whispering random comments about the two and rumors about possible relationships.
"Augh! That cocky girl makes me so angry sometimes! Why does she do it?" For a fact, since her birthday, Sami had been making certain comments to Mel that were rather rude and annoying. But the two still wouldn't settle their conflicts yet, and insult matches usually ensued. Just today however, Sami finally brought up the nerve to say something right out in the open. And that just isn't the right thing to do . . .especially to a single guy. "I am going to make her pay!"
"Um . . .dude, this is my cousin we're talking about . . .careful. But I swear, when you two first met, I thought I saw something spark." Andy said.
"Please nii-chan, calm down, you might do something you might regret." Sonja pleaded. That was a bit too late. Mel was standing next to a potted palm and of course, like most Destructive En users, he would sometimes lose some control, (rarely) but they will every so often. He drew his sword and just held it out. A second later, the palm plant was dissected into a zillion little pieces, all the while, the sword remained still. Then the palm remains were suddenly incinerated and some charred ashes remained.
" . . .that's a heck of a lot better. . .did I kill anyone?" Mel said looking around, just like he'd just waken up. That caused Andy and Sonja to face-fault.
"Well, at least you didn't. But still taking out that sword in a public place is dangerous . . .and by the way, you owe the University a new palm tree. . ." Andy said, now moving back closer.
"Oh. . ." Mel said looking at the pathetic piles of ashes near his feet. "Whoops."
Author's notes: And we'll leave it at that in this chapter. I need some tenseness, is that even a word? Oh well. . .any who, you can see this is a really, really long chapter. But hey, eight pages are of dossiers and two were of that song and its translation. By the by, if you haven't guessed, ichuunoonna, is the Japanese Romanji for 'girlfriend'. And sorry, couldn't put the plain silliness part in, but got the celebration, (Sami's party). Accusation, (Sami accusing Mel of being cocky and going to defeat her). Confrontation, (Sami confronting Mel and challenging him). Plain silliness will come when match between them occurs. And its gonna be pretty weird. Oh and slight Content warning. . .no yaoi or shounen-ai mind you!
OMAKE: For Mel and Sami's first insult competition.
"What? I BUG you? No, no I think the thing is, you bug me!"
"I don't think so! Little miss moocher! Can't afford her own chocolate! Even though she has her own guns and a cell phone!"
"What was that? I'm gonna get you for that one. Another thing! Those guns were government supplied and the phone was from Andy!" With much angst, the two were bickering to a point that Sonja just shrank and hid behind Andy, who was having a slight problem controlling himself, and he fainted. Again. Gabe and Gary, just staring blankly at the scene their friend and the girl next door were making, decided to think up some scheme to shut them up.
"Hey, G, what say you say something witty, that stop them cold?" Gary said to Gabe.
"-you stupid,"
"Yeah, but what?" Gabe said rubbing his chin.
"-shut the hell up!" Sami screeched.
"I dunno"
"-annoying,"
"Well think of something."
"SHUT UP!"
"Think anime cartoons." Gary suggested.
"-cheap,"
"Like?" Gabe said, looking up at the sudden idea.
"I'm gonna." Sami said threateningly at Mel, who was practically nose to nose with her.
"Try that Evangelion one."
"-un-cute,"
"Okay, got it!" Gabe said, an idea lighting up in his head.
"Don't push me pal!"
"-tram" Before Mel finished his sentence. . .he pulled out his gun, and Sami did likewise. Both of them had their weapons cocked, and were aiming at each other's throats. . .
"Hoo-boy. . .this will really take a lot of work to get them to stop. . ." Gabe said, as the rest of them started to sweat-drop. . .
END OMAKE
A/N: Sorry! I really wanted to do that! Heh. . .keep reading on for dossiers.
Here are the dossiers of the rest of the Orange Star Officers, that includes Olaf and Grit and the ones I made up.
Name: Nell C. FortuneDOB: Jul. 7 (However, she is older than the others, so she's 21)
A/N: check the brackets of these characters for age. The students are all roughly 17-18 based on their birthdays.
Gender: Female
Nationality: Caucasian/Japanese
Rank: 4th year student, 4th rank Advisory Commanding Officer
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 115 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Nell is one of Orange Star's best and brightest students. Not only does her beauty match her brilliance, she is one of extremely high luck. Her fondness of both Grit and Max leave her in an awkward love triangle. However, that might change for the worse as the events advance. Her fondness of staying as feminine as possible, makes her an excellent target for cat-calls and wolf-whistles. However this makes all those who participate in those activities, get hammered into the ground by their girlfriends. She finds much luck in whatever she does even though she usually doesn't need it at school. Her patient demeanor at times, is somewhat frustrating. And she finds both Mel and Andy to be complete wiseacres that goof off sometimes. But either way, she can work it out with them. ;)
Strengths: Extremely lucky and can cause more damage than usual.
Weaknesses: None.
CO Power:
Lucky Star: Makes self luckier than usual. Causing more damage.
Well-balanced with no weak points. Born under a lucky star.
Super CO Power:
Lady Luck: Makes self even luckier than usual. Causing more damage.
Hit- Willful cadets, Max and Grit.
Miss- Olaf, Losing her lucky pin.
"Do you need extra instruction?" or "Wha! I can't find my lucky pin again Mel!"
Mel: "Just great. . ."
Name: Max J. Douglas
DOB: May 30 (He's 25 for your information.)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Caucasian
Rank: 2nd rank Commanding Officer
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Blue
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 250 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Max is the dependable and brave direct combat artist. His fondness for weight training however, left him off a bit especially when exams hit. Oh well. However, as an instructor at Orange Star U, he's left off to teach those lousy kids how to go toe-to-toe with tanks. However, he' still quite an invaluable asset to Orange Star's forces. He tends to hang around with Nell and Grit, as he tries to compete for Nell's emotions. As an incredibly muscle-bound guy, girls tend to flock over to him, but that really depends.
Anyhow, his strengths really allow him to tear into the opposition. But really, his lack of indirect combat skills leaves much to be desired. But who really cares when you tear them up in less than two rounds?
Strengths: Direct units have extremely high fire power.
Weaknesses: Indirect units are weaker and have shorter range.
CO Power:
Max Force: Adds to direct unit strength and 1 to those units' movement rate.
Super CO Power:
Max Blast: Adds to direct unit strength and 2 to those units' movement rate.
Dependable and brave. Over-protective of Sami and Andy.
Hit: Weight Training, Nell
Miss: Studying, Indirect combat
"Now it's my turn!" or "Ack! Nell can you stop that?"
Nell: "Aww. . . but I wanna dance!"
Name: Olaf S. Winters
DOB: Dec 24 (32)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Caucasian
Rank: 1st ranking General in Orange Star
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Height: 5'5
Weight: 240 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Olaf is the high commander of Orange Star's army. He is believed to be quite treacherous according to some of his subordinates. However most don't realize his true intentions. His ability to make it snow causes most COs quite a lot of grief. However, his ability to command isn't that great, as most of his plans are fouled up so much. However, as the rain comes, he immediately calls up a leave of absence for himself. He usually tends to be with Grit, who usually has to tolerate his bellowing and bossiness.
Strengths: Able to move through snow normally.
Weaknesses: Stopped dead in his tracks when it rains.
CO Power:
Blizzard: Causes it to snow for a day and makes the conditions more favorable for his units.
Super CO Power:
Winter Fury : Causes 2 damage to all enemy units, causes it to snow.
Plans often go awry, but he's deadly serious.
Hit: Warm boots, Christmas
Miss: Rain Clouds, Nell
"I will teach you the meaning of power!" or "Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!"
Name: Grit B. Masterson
DOB: Sept 21(25)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Caucasian (Western)
Rank: 2nd rank Commanding Officer
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown/Grey
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Thin and lanky, laid back and easy going, Grit is the ever so-called unreliable one in the force. The Westernish twang of his speech and swagger makes him an easy target to pick out. However, his favorite things to shoot at are targets. He, of course being as oblivious as he is, doesn't realize how he managed to get into the love-triangle with Max and Nell. Other than that, Grit is usually involved with the snooping and lurking that Olaf forces on him. Wearing what seems to be a bandanna around his neck and an oversized cowboy hat, Grit is probably the best sharpshooter and quick draw artist in the country and world. He also has a soft spot for the kids as he managed to take care of Sonja for a while too. However his easygoing nature causes him to have some oversight especially when it comes to fighting. But being a sharpshooter has its drawbacks, since his direct units stink.
Strengths: 1 to range for all indirect units and extra fire-power.
Weaknesses: All other direct units and infantry do less damage.
CO Power:
Snipe Attack: 1 to already impressive range and 50 damage boost to indirect. 10? to other units.
Super CO Power:
Super Snipe : 2 to already impressive range and 50 damage boost to indirect. 10? to other units.
Laid-back style masks dependability. A peerless marksman.
Hit: Cats, Target Practice
Miss: Rats, Olaf's constant bellowing
"What's the ruckus?" or "Howdy darlin' do you fancy if'n I buy you a drink?"
Name: Hikagi Kageri
DOB: Oct 13 (24)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Japanese
Rank: Intelligence Officer, 1st rank
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown with slight blue streaks
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 95 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Hikagi is Orange Star's top Intel officer. Her calm and calculating nature allow her to creep through and strike her opponents in the darkness. However, despite her advantages in the Fog, she herself is afraid of the dark. But in spite of her cool nature, she herself is like a teenage girl with her hormones out of check. She finds the Infantry officer, Rush quite attractive, but being rather shy herself, she can't find herself talking to him without freaking out. Other than being really pretty, she finds that her serious nature will never last, because she really wants to get to know him. Hikagi: I really like him! Can you please make it so that he falls for me, Mel-kun? Mel: Umm. . . Hikagi-sempai, he already likes you though. . . Hikagi: Oh! Silly me! Heehee. . . Mel: Oi. . .
Strengths: Vision in Fog or War is plus 1, can't get trapped because traps are sensed and doesn't use fuel if moves are canceled.
Weaknesses: All units do less damage when not in Fog of War. Also defense is lower in Fog of War.
CO Power:
Black/White: Causes all enemy units to have 0 vision and own units have 100 vision, being able to see whole map, including forests and reefs.
Super CO Power:
Satellite Strike: Blasts all foes for 3 damage.
A master of fog and shadows, yet she's still afraid of the dark.
Hit: Lights, white
Miss: Blackouts, shadows
"A shadow is your worst enemy." or "Do you like me?"
Name: Squall R. Galen
DOB: Mar 30 (27)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Caucasian/Japanese
Rank: 2nd rank Commanding Officer
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Squall is the calm, silent type. A long dark jacket and black clothing is all he seems to be. Floating from place to place, as it seems, he is the storm cloud of Orange Star. Being a stronger anti-thesis of Commander Olaf, Squall commands the storms and causes much havoc, as most of his opponents are then unable to move anywhere.
Strengths: Can move just fine in rain.
Weaknesses: Stuck when it snows.
CO Power:
Paralyzing Storm: Causes it to rain, but the rain stops enemies cold, i.e.: UNABLE TO MOVE, PERIOD!
Super CO Power:
Raising Storm: Raises a storm that damages all enemies by 2 and lasts for 3 days.
A seemingly drifting cloud of rain.
Hit: Rainy days, water
Miss: Snow, ice
"A storm may be the last you remember of me." Or "The wind blows, so?"
Name: Rush F. Dash
DOB: Jan 1 (29)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Caucasian
Rank: 1st ranking infantry commanding officer
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Rush is the hurried and rushed, but still relaxed and carefree CO of Orange Star's Special forces unit. He finds that his resemblance to some odd video game character is really quite annoying (Cloud Strife). As his sights are set for Hikagi, he's not sure if she does notice him or not. But, as the reactions grew stronger, he realizes that she does notice, but she's probably too shy to have the initiative. And Rush himself, is not one to start things yet, either. So maybe a little push is all they need. Anyways, ignoring the romantic part, Rush is at the best in capturing enemy bases. His 9 to capture, makes it almost impossible to win, unless the HQ is heavily guarded. And with movement bonuses of 2 to Infantry, Mechs and transport units, he can run rings around his opponents. However his use of other units are left little to be desired.
Strengths: Infantry has an incredibly high move rating. So do transports.
Weaknesses: Other units are weaker.
CO Power:
Capture: Gives a 100 rate of capture no matter HP, and 2 to already high move rate to infantry units. Really useful to win a battle really quickly.
Super CO Power:
Sonic Strike: Infantry have 3x movement and increased attack.
The highly hurried and spontaneous infantry master.
Hit: Hikagi, running
Miss: Waiting in line, having to wait. Period.
"You got to relax, then rush in to make the best of it!" or "Run, run, run, as fast as you can, you'll never escape my infantry men!"
Next up. . .Green Earth Forces!