Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread, it belongs to Gonzo, the things are mine are characters from Theora.

Allies Out There

By Eric Tsai

Chapter 6 "Peaceful"

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Sorry, I decided to put a filler episode here. Well, here we go.

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Several days later, Taskforce 11 was joined as by the main Combined Fleet of Theora and Aniesia.

"Wow…" Everyone watched in amazement as the number of capital ships was so large.

"This is only half of the Coalition Fleet." David told them after a communication window opened up from the Independence.

There were all kinds of ship present in the fleet, from battleships, carriers, to small ships like corvettes and frigates were all there.

The pilots, however, were amazed by the number of fighters and gunboats present as there were several thousands of them flying out there.

"This is Admiral Adam Strom, commander of the Theora 1st Armada and the Theora and Aniesia Joint Expeditionary Fleet, we are please to meet you." The admiral was a middle aged man slightly older than the President of Theora, but instead of a military officer, he was more like a gentle grandfather.

"I am Magno Vivian, captain of Nirvana, we are please to meet you as well." Magno replied.

"Well, hopefully we will work well together." The admiral said as he smiled friendly.

And so it began the journey back to Mejalee and Tarrak.

At first the crew of Nirvana was phobic about the Theorians, but soon they grew accustomed to them.

Hibiki and Meia, who had spent two months at Theora, helped coordinated the training between the dread pilots of Nirvana. Beside that, they also moderated the interaction between them.

The journey was not completely peaceful, the fleet continued to encounter Earth forces, but to the fleet, they posed no threat, as they were at most distraction to the large armada.

Along the way, they also encountered one of the colonies, Melanus's Defensive Fleet and on the conditions that they will stop the Earth Harvest Fleet; they joined and became part of the armada.

There were many things that also happened during the trip. For example, the armada assisted one colonial planet that was established as a test site for ecological experiment. With the combined efforts from Combined Fleet, they were able to reverse the effects of Earth's experiment and of course, they prevented the planet from being harvested.

Hibiki and Meia amongst the business of their work and these events continued to grow closer. Of course Dita and Jura at times still flirted with Hibiki, but his relationship with Meia remained strong as they had been through a lot together.

Then it came, July 4th.

A buzz rang, signaling Ezra that there was an incoming transmission.

"Boss, the Theorian flagship is sending a transmission." Ezra said as she turned to face the captain.

"Patch it through."

"Captain Vivian, we are having a celebration, which includes a banquet and a festival for Independence Day, would you and your crew like to join us?" It was Admiral Strom who appeared on the screen and spoke.

"Independence Day?' Magno asked.

"Yes, it is a national holiday of Theora. It celebrates the foundation of Theora Federation." Admiral Strom explained.

"I see." Magno nodded as she thought of it.

"Well, we would love to." Magno replied in a diplomatic tone of voice.

"Okay, the festival begins at 3:00 PM, standard time. We will see you there." Then the screen went black.

"B.C., inform everyone about the event." Magno said as her seat rolled up the ramp.

"Yes, captain." B.C. sighed as she took the speaker and broadcasted about the festival.

"You hear that?" Parfet asked she and Duero walked into the med bay.

"Yes, I did." Dureo replied.

"How about we go together?" Parfet and just as Duero was about reply, they saw Hibiki and Meia walked passed them together, hand in hand.

"Hibiki, Meia, are you two going?" Parfet asked, shouting across the corridor.

Hearing that their crewmates were calling them, Hibiki and Meia turned and walked up to the doctor and the engineer.

"What are you talking about, Parfet?" Hibiki asked as he frowned while Meia stood by him silently.

"The Theorian celebration." Parfet answered.

Then Hibiki and Meia remembered what day it was.

"Of course we will, since David told me it's going to be fun." Hibiki said as he gave a thumbs up.

"You know Commodore Lin?" Duero asked.

"Of course, he was the first Theorian I met." Hibiki said as Meia stood by and kept up a smile on her face.

"Aey, Meia you are smiling." Parfet noted as Meia looked confused at the engineer.

"Before you didn't smile a lot." Hearing that, Meia blushed a little.

Duero then cleared his throat, telling Parfet that it was best to leave them

After saying goodbye, they parted way.

"Hibiki, let's go back to our rooms and get ready okay?" Meia said as they continued.

"Well, yeah." Then they parted way, as Hibiki went back to his room in the male section and Meia went to her room in the female section.

After the door closed behind her, Meia, then went through all of her clothes.

"I think I better wear something formal." Just as she said, she found what she was looking for: a blue spaghetti strap dress.

"Hibiki will like this." Meia said as she looked at the dress with a satisfied smile.

Hibiki, well for a guy there was not a lot of choice, so he took out the only formal clothes he had.

Then time came for them to leave for the celebration.

"Quickly, we are going to be late." Barnette said to Jura as they ran through the corridor, passing Hibiki.

"Those two." Hibiki sighed as he frowned and watched the two dread pilots ran off.

Then Hibiki heard footsteps and when he turned back, he found himself looking at the most beautiful woman he had ever met.

"Hello Hibiki." Meia said as she walked up to him and took his arm and wrapped her arm around his.

Hibiki was dazzled by the beauty as he gulped as they walked together toward the hangar bay to get onboard the shuttle.

When they arrived onboard Liberty, the flagship of Admiral Strom, 1st Armada of Theora Federation Starfleet, and the Combined Fleet, they were greeted by receptionist, who led them to the banquet hall, which had Theorian patriotic symbols and flags hang on the walls.

The banquet hall was quite large, but it was not something that Tarrakans and Mejaleeian had not seen.

The banquet was first started by the Pledge of Allegiance, which the crew of Nirvana and Aniesians who came were not required to say, then it was proceeded by the anthem of Theora Federation, "Spar Spangled Banner", which from Hibiki and Meia's understanding was also the anthem for the country United States of America on Earth.

As the anthem was finished, the attendees were allowed go free.

"Hey Hibiki, Meia." Hibiki and Meia were just about to head to the dance floor as they heard their name.

"David!" Hibiki and Meia then waved at him as he and a female walked over.

"How are you doing?" David asked he walked up to them with his female friend.

"Pretty well, I suppose." Hibiki replied as gave a hard smile.

"Well, let me introduce you. Hibiki, Meia, this Lieutenant Esther Chen and Esther, this is Hibiki Tokai and Meia Gisborn." David introduced both sides as they exchanged hand shakes.

"I have heard a great deal about you." Esther said as they walked to a corner of the room. "You two are really courageous to love each other."

"It's really nothing." Meia replied with a smile on her face.

The conversation carried on until David and Esther's comm. unit buzzed.

"Sorry, we have to go, something happened on Independence." David said as he and Esther began walking toward the exit.

"It's okay." Meia said as they sent them off with a smile.

The night then went on and of course they met with Admiral Strom, who they realized was very friendly had lived actually over century. They also met with Alex, but they didn't talk that much as he seemed to be too much involved with the drinking contest with his companions and that again left Hibiki and Meia to themselves.

Then when seven o'clock in the afternoon came, the Theorians all shouted in unison, "God bless the Federation."

Hibiki and Meia for the mean time was in one of the observation room with Meia.

"It's so peaceful." Meia said as she stood by Hibikiand watched the stars.

Hibiki nodded as Meia leaned closer to him.

"You know before I meeting you, I didn't really like to be with people." Meia then confessed as she looked at stars while Hibiki turned his head to look at her as he listened.

"But after falling in love with you, I finally understand that I can't live by myself." Then she paused. "At least, I can't live without you."

At that moment, Hibiki put his arms around her shoulder and pulled her close.

"Don't worry, I will always be there for you." Hibiki said as a shooting star flew across the space.

Then they snuggled close to one another, watching the stars and while the star bear witness to this love as another year was added to the Theora's history.

And this year of Theorian history signaled the beginning of a new age.

To be continued…

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