The year is Cosmic era 71, this year the war between the ZAFT army and the Earth alliance sent young men and woman on Gundam Mobile suits. At the end of a intricate battle the ZAFT ace Rau le Creuset closed the curtain on a era and died in battle at the hands of Kira Yamato and the Three Ship Alliance. This led to unification of both ZAFT and the Alliance. In C.E 73 the war began again bringing new and old Gundam pilots to fight for peace. C.E 74, weapons known as mobile suits no longer exists on Earth or PLANT. But so long as mankind exist there will always be battles.
GUNDAM SEED
ENDLESS WALTZ
"This is Claw, I've located the targeted" said Milly, for the past hour she had been tracking a reported rare metal sample. "Locked on" she reported and scanned the metal and read the info. "M1 Astray metal? How did this get here?" she thought.
Onboard the ship known as Eternal a small well known group of Mobile suits were lined up together. Some had their phase shift armour down while another still remained red and another Golden. Floating by in space suits two MS pilots looked the suits.
"So as long as this peace continues there's no need for our Gundams right?" asked Lowe Gear pilot of Red Frame.
"It's tough to part with them" said Cagali. She had planned to destroy the Gundam suits when the war ended, many of the other pilots agreed and sent their suits to the Eternal where it would be like a disposal ship.
"Nah its okay. Well time to send this baby to the sun" said Lowe.
Cagali nodded given her Gundam a final fair well glance before leaving. Onboard a Federation shuttle she activated the engines of Eternal by control and they watched as the ship leave.
"I'll miss you Strike" sighed Cagali.
"So long old buddy" said Lowe. They left soon to return to PLANT.
"So Shinn didn't have Destiny after all" sighed Lowe.
"No it was damaged beyond repair, Athrun and Kira sent me Justice and Freedom at once. Mu also sent me Akatsuki which he had kept in hiding" explained Cagali.
At the now restored colony Mendel a ceremony was being held to remember those who died in the war. The date was the 23rd of December. Everyone stood still and listened to the speech given to them by the elected new chairman of PLANT, Andrew Waltfeld.
"Like many of you here today I myself know that I am happy we can now stop fighting. And remember those who died because of a pointless and brutal war" he said. Listening nearby were former ZAFT members Lunamaria Hawk and Yzak Joule.
"To think a year ago no one could even think about Christmas. So much has changed" said Yzak. Luna sighed in agreement as Waltfeld continued his speech. The two then walked away to talk in private.
"He still doesn't get it, peace is what we desired but someone has to keep it going" said Luna.
"He gets it; otherwise we Eagles would be out of a job. For a former Gundam pilot he's a pretty smart guy" chuckled Yzak.
"Sure you don't need to be at the ceremony?" asked Milly, she had just contacted Luna on the viewing screens.
"The Eagles only put out fires. We're not much for ceremonies" joked Luna, "what's wrong?"
"It appears the sample I found is from the new realm" said Milly.
"You mean a new MS model?" asked Luna.
"I'm using my contacts to find out what this is. We gotta stomp this fire out before it turns into a blaze" Milly explained.
"However this won't be as easy as what we're used to" said Luna her face going very serious.
Meanwhile as the speech was going on at one of the new colonies Lacus Clyne was meeting with the heads of the colony.
"As you can see its been four months since out colony 6X7G alias Nataku was completed. We've invited people from Earth and PLANT to live here. However some are unsure of this idea" said one of the heads. Lacus listened, as per requested she had decided to leave Haro with Kira and Tori.
"The problem resides with the fact that some people are still uneasy with the new union of both Earth and PLANT. Some maybe unsure if this for real or more conflict will arise. After the events with LOGOS may people are scared" said Lacus calmly and with a smile.
"But many people wish for a leader who can help guide them to a peaceful existence here on the colony. Some like you Miss Clyne" said one person sitting to the left. Lacus sighed and took a bite from one of the biscuit which were with her tea.
"It's a pity, after all we went through for….peace and….hope" her words began to wander as she felt herself drifting and then fell into a deep sleep. As she did a bunch of soldiers wearing what appeared to be blue versions of the ZAFT red coat uniforms ran in and stood near her.
"Be gentle with her, she is not to be harmed" they were told and they looked at Waltfeld finishing his speech off.
"All those who lack power leave now and prepare for true power to come" said one of the soldiers.
In another area of the colony two figures watched as Waltfeld was given a round of applause for his speech and the TV was switched off. A young voice giggled.
"There is nothing wrong with wishing for peace. But are the people truly ready to brace it?" asked a woman wearing black.
"Then I'll guess you and me will have to teach them a lesson won't we Rondo?" asked a young girl.
"Yes of course Miss Sazuka" said the woman.
"My father entrusted me with these Christmas presents" the girl sniggered "They must be delivered".
The circus had always been popular on earth and space and it arrived at Nataku. Taking some time off Mu had decided to treat Murrue to a night out. The show was brimming with acts and the people loved it however there was something wrong.
"I can't believe the audience is so small" said Murrue as she enjoyed some popcorn. Mu nodded then look up. Just above him were four guys wearing suits who looked a little familiar to him.
"It seems this place has other forms of entertainment" he said.
"What do you mean?" asked Murrue as she looked up.
"I'm gonna look into it" said Mu and Murrue turned round to see him gone.
Outside the last guy was passed out from a kick to the stomach and Mu quickly looked through the suit for a form of I.D and found a card for a business.
"Sahaku Family? Guess she hasn't given up yet. Or maybe its Jennifer's daughter. I think her name was Sazuka" he thought. He recalled during his early days in Alliance he over heard a talk between from soldiers. One showed them a picture of a young girl about two years old with her mother who was a member of ORB Sahuka family and how she was going to be the leader of ORB when the war ended.
A few hours later the information that Mu had learned was passed on to the one person he knew who could help solve it.
"Sazuka Sahuka, born C.E 68, mother Jennifer Sahuka. Died during a shuttle accident during the war. Father unknown", Kira read the information over and over. He knew about the Sahaku family from Cagali and how they were one of the wealthy families from ORB.
"Its coming up Christmas Eve, yet there always is someone who's stuck working" laughed Lowe as he walked in and looked at the computer.
"You know I had no idea Cagali had rival families" he said.
"So the records say, but you've seen yourself just how dangerous the Sahuka family is" said Kira.
"Don't remind me. That Rondo and Gold Frame were a bitch to beat" said Lowe, Kira nodded then got up, grabbing his black jacket.
"You going?" asked Lowe.
"Yep" said Kira and looked at Lowe, "Lacus has been kidnapped" and made a once for the shuttle area.
"Anything at all for the one you love" chuckled Lowe.
In a secret underground area of Nataku an army of what looked like at least 700 soldiers stood in a line as a woman with long black hair and black clothing stood at the front.
"Faithful followers of the Sahuka family we must stand and fight for our leader Sazuka. I must thank you for making it through this whole year and soon we will stand on the top steps of a new world. A new world triggered us soldiers of Sazuka. But before we can begin" she said taking a gun out of her holster and aiming it for the middle of the third row. "Mu la Flaga proceed to the front" and fired.
Mu quickly dodged the bullet and leapt onto the stage drawing his own gun on the woman however suddenly he saw a gun looking down on him and a familiar voice spoke.
"Hold it" it said.
"Shinn?" said Mu realising it was Shinn Asuka who was still wearing his red coat Zaft Uniform.
Meanwhile Luna had taken a shuttle and was making for the meeting point with Milly.
"This is Claw, your clear for communications" came Milly's voice over static.
"This is Talons, the line is secure" said Luna and Milly came up on the screen.
"I've located the start of this fire" she told Luna.
"The Colony region right?" asked Luna.
"Wish I knew how you do that?" laughed Milly.
"It was not so hard seeing as most of the area was unchecked anyway. Which is it?" asked Luna.
"The new colony, Nataku" said Milly.
"Who's the leader?" asked Luna, Milly checked her data.
"Sazuka Sahuka" she said.
"You mean the Sahuka family of ORB?" asked Luna.
"Yep, I'm using my contacts. I expect either independence or war to be announced in at least the next 24 hours. And the bad news does not stop there" said Milly.
"What is it?" asked Luna.
"Lacus has been missing since her last official visit to Nataku" said Milly.
"Miss Clyne has been kidnapped?" said Luna in shock.
"We better change our meeting point" said Milly.
"All right I'll send the coordinates" said Luna and her shuttle took off.
Lacus groaned, she had no idea how long she had been out for. She found herself on a bed in a room with window overlooking the city. She sat up and looked around and heard a small giggle coming from a chair in front of her.
"Sleep well" came a voice and the chair spun, a small girl around six or seven with short blonde hair wearing casual clothes was sat in it. "Greetings Miss Clyne I must apologise for the way you were brought here but it is necessary" she said.
"And you are?" asked Lacus getting off the bed and walking towards the girl.
"Sazuka, Sazuka Sahuka of the Sahuka family" said the girl.
"You mean the rival family of ORB who one member of the family tried to take over with force?" asked Lacus, she knew about Lowe Gears battles with one member.
"Oh yes, my moron of a relative. Her style of conquest is much different to mine" said Sazuka.
"Conquest? Of ORB?" asked Lacus in shock.
"Not just ORB but all of Earth. My father wished for it before his death" said Sazuka.
"Your father wanted world domination?" said Lacus.
"Not world domination. A new world order under his family name" said Sazuka nearly snapping at Lacus.
"Whatever it is you're up to I wish nothing to do with it" said Lacus when suddenly the door to her left opened and ten soldiers emerged as guards.
"As you can see Miss Lacus you have no choice. Don't worry you won't be harmed. You much too valuable" said Sazuka with a giggle.
Back at PLANT a shuttle was being connected to an extra booster rocket which was place above the main shuttle. It had shielding so it could survive blaster shots from the front. Kira controlled the shuttle carefully so he could link it at once. Lowe meanwhile had opened a channel to Cagali.
"What do you plan on doing?" asked Cagali.
"Well I'm meant to be going to Nataku with Kira. I'm sure we'll have a blast of a party while we're there" said Lowe.
"Without any Mobile Suits? You know they may have Mobile Suits" said Cagali in shock moving in closer to the screen.
"Don't worry; we have no idea just how powerful the enemy is Cagali. Even if it becomes a Mobile Suit battle we can take over a few of theirs and fight back" said Kira. Cagali just sighed and had a doubtful look on her face.
"You know you should a little more careful. Sure she can be a little over the top. But still she is your sister" whispered Lowe.
"Great danger maybe on us. We need to fight back" she though and her face turned serious. "Kira, Lowe, I'm going after Eternal to get the Gundams back" she said. Both Kira and Lowe looked at each other in surprise.
"What? But we already sent the ship and Gundams to the sun" said Kira.
"If I leave now I can reach it. I'll ask Athrun to come to, he might be able to get my Archangel" explained Cagali. Kira just sighed, he knew once Cagali said she'd do something she would do it.
"Well good luck the pair of you" he said with a small chuckle.
"Once you reach Nataku it will be impossible to reach other through com-link so we'll use mail" suggested Cagali.
"Safe voyage" said Lowe giving a quick salute.
"And that goes to you too guys" said Cagali and they cut off communication.
Kira connected the boosters to the shuttle and linked them together.
"Ready to go?" asked Lowe.
"We're all set, but I'll have you pilot the shuttle" said Kira.
"No prob bud, I'll have us their in 12 hours" said Lowe and with that the shuttle jetted off towards Nataku.
With no time to spare Cagali had contacted Athrun Zala whom had called for assistance from a few old friends as they boarded Archangel, the fastest ship they had.
"Thanks guys for helping us guys" said Athrun.
"Don't mention it, it's the least we could do" said Erika.
"It's my entire fault" sighed Cagali, "if I had known this would happen I'd never would have suggested sending the Gundams to the sun".
"Cagali none of us could have expected this to happy so relax. We'll make it" Athrun ensured her.
"Think we can it to disposal block?" asked Murrue, while Mu was spying on the enemy she had agreed to help out and chose to help rescue the Gundams.
"Well the block is heading for the sun but that takes days, however it's at least a good 23 days away from Venus' orbit" said Martin DaCosta.
"But if Archangel we'll no have problem getting there we could catch up to it within the week" said Athrun.
"Relax, we'll make it. It's not like we'll return to a new world order without a fight" laughed Erika as the crew prepared to take off.
"It all comes down to us. With literally no mobile suits left the Gundam has become the last hope" thought Cagali and with that Archangel left for the disposal block.
With another 2 hours to go till they reached Nataku both Lowe and Kira were resting up. Kira had fallen asleep but Lowe was wide awake.
"Well let's hope my skills are up to scratch" said Lowe thinking back to his sword training.
With the Gerbera Straight in repair Lowe was practicing his Katana skills more. He was getting better but he felt he was getting better enough.
"HERE WE GO" he yelled and swung his blade, it plunged into the melon however stopped half way. Lowe growled and kicked the stand the melon was on and let the sword slip out of the melon.
"WHY WON'T IT CUT THROUGH, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?" he yelled throwing the melon only to see it get sliced in half. His mentor Un No had been watching and was using one hand to cut the blade.
"You're putting to much strength in your swing Lowe. Try to relax and strike it lightly" he said offering Lowe one half of the melon.
"I know what to do but if I do it too lightly all it does is bounce off. If I could find a way to focus the blade so it's light yet strong I could cut through easily" said Lowe looking at his sword. Un No chuckled.
"With your way of thinking you could become a very good soldier" he said.
"That's why I chose the Junk Guild, we're not soldiers. We're Naturals and Coordinators who choose their own path. If it peace for all I'd try and stop the war all by myself" said Lowe.
"If you prepared to go that far why don't you?" said Un No looking Lowe in the eye.
"What?" said Lowe confused.
"Lowe when your training is complete and the Gerbera Straight is repaired use what you have to help stop the war" said Un No as he walked off. "Once I've taught you everything I know you must learn how to stop war by yourself. Of course aim to be the War Preventer".
Lowe smirked as he picked his sword, "the War Preventer, well it's a lot better then just using the sword to chop metal" he said as he took out another melon with one swing.
"And to think I trained for that and we all went through that trouble for peace now someone's gotta keep it going right?" asked Lowe. Kira nodded but was trying to adjust the computer screen.
"What's up?" asked Lowe.
"That girl is going to make an announcement" said Kira and Sazuka came up on the screen wearing a commanders uniform. The recording was being shown both on Earth and in space.
"We at the colony Nataku would like to declare out independence from the new order. And at the same declare on Earth, PLANT and all who get in our way of taking the rightful place as the rulers of ORB" she said. Outside the colony Zakus, Ginns, and Goufs surrounded the whole area.
"Allow me to introduce myself I am Sazuka Le Creuset, the daughter of Rau le Creuset" she said, Kira's eyes widened while Lowe literally yelled out at least three swear words.
"Impossible" said Luna.
"When did Rau have a daughter?" asked Milly as Sazuka continued her speech.
"It's in the human nature to fight I am merely just carrying out my father's orders". Everyone on Earth watched in horror and asking each other what was going on. Waltfeld was at his personal home and at once was on the phone to Yzak at once.
"How could you let this happen? I thought your suppose to stop this from happening?" he yelled.
"I understand your concern sir but we only learnt of this three hours ago" Yzak tried to explain.
"I know that but your department is getting a good lot of funds to stop this" Waltfeld told him.
"I know sir however they seemed to have planned this before the Eagles were ever created" Yzak said but the line went dead. Growling he put the phone down and fell into his chair placing his fingers on his forehead.
"Even if I made excuses it still does stop the fact we need help" he said, as he said that the door opened and a figure walked in.
"Hard day working?" they asked.
"What do you want?" asked Yzak.
"Two things, one, clearance" said the Figure and showed Yzak a photo which at once made his eyes widened.
"You….repaired" he stuttered.
"And second a code name, might I suggest wings, those gustful forces can put out fires".
"We're about 30 mins away, and how do you suggest we get in?" asked Lowe.
"Well one option is take over a few Mobile suits but there is a strong chance we'll be targeted while boarding" said Kira checking the area map to see how bad the Mobile Suit guard was. It was very bad.
"So looks like its straight in" said Lowe.
"Afraid so" sighed Kira. Lowe groaned flopping into his chair.
"Okay I'm in but please use your head a little bit" he said.
"Same to you" said Kira, Lowe looked at him confused.
Onboard the Eagles ship Milly checked the radar.
"Unidentified Shuttle is heading right for the Mobile Suits" she shouted. Luna at once tried connecting to the shuttle.
"Attention shuttle please respond, leave at once unless you want die" she warned them. As she said that two familiar faces came up on the screen.
"Hey Ladies long time no see" laughed Lowe.
"Lowe Gear and Kira Yamato" gasped Luna.
"Guess you heard about Lacus being kidnapped" said Milly.
"Yeah, they seem to have a bit of a party going on so we thought we'd give them a little present" said Kira.
"Are you crazy? You don't have either Red Frame or Freedom to back you up. How are you going to fight back?" asked Luna.
"Relax we'll think of something, if we can get to the colony mind" said Lowe.
"If your truly serious we'll back you up just wait for us" said Milly.
"If you can give us cover fire that would be enough, we need to keep our awareness at a minimal, plus we need someone to send word of this to ORB. I think their planning domination" said Kira.
"That explains why the Sahuka family are in charge, they have been after ORB even before Cagali was born" said Milly.
"Well we gotta going girls, cya later we don't wanna miss the celebrations" said Lowe.
"But don't blame us if you don't get a slice of Christmas cake" joked Kira before transmission was cut off.
"Those two are dangerous together" laughed Milly.
"Does this ship have any weapons?" asked Luna.
"Two beam Cannons and at least 200 missiles, shall we give them back up?" asked Milly. Luna nodded and the ship moved forward.
"Two teams, each with a Natural and Coordinator on both, feels good to work together" sighed Luna.
"Its better then I think any expected" said Milly.
Beam shots were being fired everywhere as the Mobile suit guards fired on the shuttle. Kira dodged and moved in every direction but kept moving forward towards the colony.
"And I thought your skills only were in a Mobile Suit" said Lowe.
"You doubted me?" asked Kira as he dodged six shots.
"Not for a second buddy" chuckled Lowe.
The shuttle continued to move and dodge but several shots from a Gouf hit the left side causing it to shake.
"Where did he come from" snarled Kira as two Zaku suits appeared in front. Suddenly two blaster shots destroyed them as Eagle's ship came firing in. The suits at once noticed and flew at the ship while Lowe and Kira took this moment to make for the entrance. Milly released the missiles at once, but these were heat seeking and the heat off the Suits power cores attracted the missiles, at least half the guards were destroyed but some had stayed behind and fire don the shuttle.
"Hold on, we're going in" said Lowe as he hammered fist on the shield release button, the added shield flew off and hit on of the Ginns at the entrance exploding on the wall. With heavy fire everywhere the shuttle miraculously made it inside. With that in knowledge Milly and Luna retreated to a safe distance.
Inside the main hangar Lowe had take over a Zaku and using its beam axe was flying in cutting down Mobile Suits as they fire don him.
"I'm surprised they kept this many suits in tact" he laughed he pushed a Ginn to the ground. Nearby GuAIZ suits fired wildly but kept missing a lone Gouf that flew in and used its heat whip to cut them in half. Lowe landed near the Gouf.
"Staying here will only attract them more" he suggested as Kira appeared on the com-screen.
"You take the exit on the far left of here I'll kept them distracted. Get inside the city section and ditch the Zaku, I'll catch up with you" said Kira and flew off.
"Copy that" said Lowe and flew down another path. Six minutes later he saw the lift exit as he got closer it opened. Something was there. He stopped and could not believe his eyes. Wearing a flight pack and holding a beam rifle and shield was a exact copy of Red Frame, however its colour was black.
"A Black Frame? Erika never said anything bout this" he thought. Suddenly the Black Frame took flight and began firing on the Zaku. Lowe moved quickly and took cover. He drew the small rifle that came with the Zaku.
"Man this guys a good shooting" he said. Black Frame kept flying and fired shots at the cover taking it out bit by bit. Suddenly Lowe realised something.
"Wait a sec, he goes for aerial combat and use long range weaponry. I know this style of combat" he thought and then clicked who he knew battled like this.
"No question no that's Mu La Flaga in that suit" he shouted as Zaku turned round and took a shot. However Black Frame fired, the shot hit the rifle blowing it and Zaku's left arm off.
"Holy Crap" said Lowe, he was in trouble now.
Meanwhile Kira used Gouf's blade to cut down two more suits. He was ready to strike a third suddenly his radar went off and a beam shot just missed him and destroyed the Ginn. Kira turned round and looked in shock. It was Gold Frame Amatu, the updated Frame suit with Black and gold colouring. It still had its wing like energy suckers on its back but instead of Blitz Gundam's missiles the left arm had a beam rifle hole, missiles launcher and Heat whip.
The Suit stood staring at Gouf suddenly Kira's com-screen came up and the pilot looked at him.
"I always wanted a chance to fight you like this again" sneered Shinn. Kira stared at his opponent and prepared the blade. Amatu drew a sabre from its side and ignited its rockets and flew at Gouf in a lunge. Kira took a defensive stance and prepared for the first Strike.
To Be Continued