I don't own a single part of the Gundam Wing series. I own the characters I made up though, and some other various parts of this story I own also. Good day to you.

After Eve Gundam Wing: New Heero
Chapter Ten

The next day, Jin and Stephen's second day at the Howard Mansion, the pilots spent most of their time in the flight simulator.

"Let's see how Anita is with Sandrock," said Jin. "Stephen, you concern yourself eith Kreed, and I'll work with Anita."

"Great," said Stephen. "I'm gonna get creamed."

"YOU'RE gonna get creamed!?" exclaimed Anita. "I got to fight Jin and the ZERO system! I think I'm screwed."

"If I start acting weird," said Jin. "Take me out of the simulator immediately."

"Whatever," said Howard from his control room. "The simulator's starting right now. You guys ready."

"Ready as ever," said Stephen. "My first chance to pilot Deathscythe!"

"Okay!" said Howard.

"Zero, I'm warning you to stay out of my head," said Jin.

You're warning me? asked Zero. How cute. I'm not the problem Jin. You need to have a stable mind

...Jin couldn't deny that Zero was right. "I know," he said. "I'll try my absolute best. It's now or never!" Wing Zero flew at full speed at Sandrock. Anita unsheathed both heat shorter swords, which were about as big as the Gundam itself.

"Bring it Jin!" yelled Anita as she stood still and braced for Jin's attack.

Jin unsheathed one beam saber when he was close to Sandrock and struck first. Anita repelled the attack using both heat shorters formed in an X. Jin unsheathed the other beam saber, and Sandrock jumped back just before Wing Zero could swing and cut her in half.

Sandrock attacked again, jumping back into battle with her heat shorters high in the air. She swung them both down as she jumped, and Wing Zero rolled under her as she slashed, making another X pattern. Jin turned Wing Zero around and held up a beam saber just in time to block one of Anita's slashes.

"You're quick," said Anita. "You saw that attack coming, didn't you?"

"Zero's helping a little bit too," answered Jin.

Deathscythe Hell opened its demon wings fully as the sun eclipsed it in mid air. It swooped down on Nataku as it raised its beam scythe to slash. Nataku easily dodged the attack with its swift maneuverability, and came back with its own beam trident in retaliation.

"You need to be a little bit faster than that," said Kreed as their beam weapons locked together. They pushed at each other until Kreed stepped aside, causing Stephen to lunge forward off balance. Nataku quickly turned and fired its dragon fang. It barely missed, on account of Kreed's bad aim.

"Aww dammit!" he yelled.

"You need to have better eyesight," said Stephen with a laugh.

"Shut Up!" Nataku lunged at Deathscythe as its Dragon fang returned, and it stabbed several times with its beam trident. Stephen chose to dodge them rather then try to block them as he flew backwards away from Nataku.

"Stop running you coward!" yelled Kreed. He launched both dragon fangs, and one clipped Deathscythe by the foot in mid jump, causing it to fall on its back. Deathscythe rolled away just before Nataku could stab him while he was down, and got up with a swift jump.

Sandrock fell backwards as Wing Zero shoulder-checked it, and it dropped a sword as it hit the ground skidding. Wing Zero pursued the sliding Gundam, and Sandrock pulled out a sub machine gun and started firing as it increased its speed. Wing Zero had to evade, giving Sandrock time to escape and get up, holding a sword in one hand and a gun in the other.

"Not bad," said Jin. "You're talented with both a gun and a sword." Sandrock fired more rounds of ammunition as Wing Zero ducked under them and increased the speed to full throttle. Several bullets connected with him, but not enough to do any substantial damage.

Wing Zero swung outward with both beam sabers horizontally, and Sandrock barely bent backwards enough to avoid getting cut in half twice. "What the?" Sandrock continued into a back flip and kicked Wing Zero in the face, hurling him backwards. Sandrock flew after Wing Zero as it hit the ground and jumped into the air above him, its sword poised to impale him in the ground.

"And now the kill!" shouted Anita.

"You speak too soon," said Jin in monotone, his eyes now purple and with Wing Zero's hands raised as it lay on its back. The shoulder compartments slid open and gathered charged particles into the arm, and a ball of glowing, yellow energy formed in between Wing Zero's palms.

"What is that?" asked Anita. "Oh God." Anita attempted to maneuver Sandrock away from the imminent blast of energy that would be sent her way, but even the agility of Sandrock wasn't enough.

Wing Zero fired a wide beam of energy into the air as it locked onto Sandrock. The bright light engulfed Sandrock and completely incinerated it. When the smoke, dust, and light cleared, nothing remained of Sandrock and Anita.

"Whew," said Anita. "Good thing for me this was virtual reality. Nice shot Jin. I didn't see that coming at all."

Jin was breathing heavily, a drop of sweat dripping down his forehead to his chin. His eyes were still a hazy, empty jade color. "Jin?" asked Anita. "You okay?"

Engage the next targets said Zero. Wing Zero stood up and began to turn towards the fighting Deathscythe and Nataku Gundams, but it stopped in mid turn. Engage the targets commanded Zero again.

"Why?" asked Jin. His eyes faded to dark blue again.

What do you mean 'why'? Engage and destroy Deathscythe and Nataku!

"I don't have to," said Jin, breathing heavily still.
You're all powerful. Nothing can defeat you. You are better than they are!

"No Zero! I won't!" screamed Jin. "This is my Gundam! Not yours! Get out of my head!"

I'm here to stay said Zero. As long as you pilot Wing Zero, I will be present

"Then don't try to force me to do anything! If I attack Stephen and Kreed, I will do it of my own accord!" The fight taking place stopped and the other pilots watched Jin battle the mind of Zero. "Wing Gundam is MINE! It belongs to ME! YOU will NOT tell me how to use it! I am YOUR master, NOT the other way around!"

Zero was silent for a few seconds. Congratulations Jin it finally responded. I guess you've done it

"Huh?"

You've learned to control me. I don't know how you did it so quickly, but you seem to have somehow mastered my system in only two short battles...I'm impressed, as you should be too...No one was able to so that so quickly, not even your father

"What do you mean?" asked Jin. "You mean you can't force me to do anything anymore?"

Something like that replied Zero. You can now act in cooperation with me. I will be present in you in combat, but you'll have absolute freedom, and with this freedom and mastery, you're now more powerful in this Gundam, than ever. Only through mastering me can a pilot bring forth Wing Zero Gundam's full potential

"Alright!" shouted Jin. "I did it! I mastered Zero!"

"You did WHAT!?" asked Howard. "You can't have...That's...impossible!"

"Apparently it is possible," said Stephen. "If anyone could do it, Jin could. He wouldn't lie about something like that anyway."

"That's amazing," said Kreed. "How'd you do it?"

"I can't explain it," said Jin. "But one thing's for sure...Now that Gundam Wing Zero is mine and I can control the Zero System...I think we'll find that this Gundam is unstoppable."

End Chapter Ten

And thus Zero has succumbed to Jin! It was a little hard working out this conflict, so I'm expecting some flames about its badness. (Is badness a real word even?) Anyway, I especially want reviews on this one, so I can hear what people think on the Zero-Jin dialogue and battle.

Chapters should definitely start becoming more interesting, because another character will be entering the fray soon.