Disclaimer: I don't own Mobile Suit Gundam SEED or Neon Genesis Evangelion. I also don't own Cosmic Warrior Zero, as I just discovered that has a force known as the Independent Fleet in it (I have On Demand and CWZ is in the Cutting Edge section).
Summary: The Archangel is now in the Common Era (aka the AD Era or Amino Domino Latin for After Death), smack dab in the middle of the war between Humans and Angels. Duty to humanity comes first, going home comes second, but if they fail, they have no home to return to.
Updated Summary: After mobilizing to fend of several of SEELE's new Model 5 Evangelion – a rather anti-climatic battle – the Archangel, now with the Dominion,sails into the ruins of a once sizeable city that has since been to rebuilt into a small fishing village. The sudden arrival of the crews as they quickly establish a small mass driver to help keep a door to the forces in space open and give the crews a much needed rest, put the village on the map, big time.
Evangelions and Gundams
Chapter 7
"Down Time"
The small village that once had been the large city of Nagoya, now home to the newly christened Nagoya Mass Driver and the two Archangels, Triple Ship Alliance (Clyne Faction)
Many had called the sudden appearance of the two Archangel-Class warships in the small village that had once been the bustling city of Nagoya an out-right invasion, but the two ships hadn't really done anything, except make themselves at home and establish a small base complete with a Mass Driver. The local Japanese city council was still around, with Japanese police officers walking the streets, and taxes still being paid to the Japanese government. The only thing that changed were the MPs wearing either white, blue and white, or green walking the streets and the multi-colored Clyne Faction soldiers on leave in the small village. The city council actually felt more reassured that there wouldn't be an Angel attack on them by the sight of mobile suits and tanks and infantry patrolling about and aircraft flying about the area performing air patrols and exchanging jokes over the radio with JSDF pilots and other UN pilots from nations such as Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, China, Korean, and a few from Australia, Italy, and India. Nothing had really changed except for the revolving door to space, the Mass Driver.
Though on this particular day, Class 2-A from Tokyo-3's 4th District High School, New Dawn Sunshine (I'm working on a new name so cut me some slack and the series ID number for their school sounds stupid and robotic) were walking through the streets. Every now and then a few soldiers would stop them to have a quick chat with students Shinji Ikari and Toji Suzahara. Then at one point, a young blonde hair man with mischievous blue eyes asked Ms. Joanne Artemis if she would like to have lunch with him. From his uniform the students could tell that he was from either the Archangel or the Dominion or even from one of the other ships of the fleet that now orbited the planet. She was telling him no in several polite ways, but then finally he said something that made her start to consider it.
"Come on! Okay, okay, allow me to introduce myself fully, I'm Lieutenant Commander Mu La Flaga of the Atlantic Federation, assigned to the Oppose Militancy and Neutralize Invasion, OMNI, Enforcer. I'm one of the leading aces in the fleet and one of the few that have been in the war from start to end. I am the last remaining Mobius Zero Mobile Armor pilot and now I fly the GAT-X105 Strike, the red, white, and blue mobile suit with yellow eyes and white and golden horns. The red Strike belongs to the Princess of Orb," he finished.
"Then why not…" he cut Ms. Artemis off.
"One: She's 16 years old, Two: She has a fiancé already, and Three: The last time I saw her, she actually had a touch of sea sickness, which everyone finds both odd and funny, considering that she practically grew up on the sea, because Orb is a scattered island nation, so ships would rank high there," he said.
Ms. Artemis nodded and said, "only, if you pay for my students as well."
"Who said anything about paying, I was referring to the cafeteria of the Archangel herself. I have orders to actually give your students a guided tour of the ship and to show the EVA pilots that we mean no harm, naturally, their bodyguards – who couldn't hide themselves in a jungle on a moonless night – are allowed too, but they must check their weapons in. The Big Four would not like us taking the kids prisoners and it would leave a foul taste in our mouths anyways," he said.
"Hmm… Very well, as long as I got your word that no harm would befall my students," Ms. Artemis left no room for argument.
"Of course, we would need reinforcements since most personnel you find are not from the Archangel, since she is undermanned thanks to war claiming all, but two officers, a half dozen NCOs, and less than three-tenths of her crew alive, even with volunteers," La Flaga replied sadly.
Ms. Artemis winced as he said that. She nodded her head and all her students followed the young LTCM. La Flaga into the base and then aboard the massive Assault Carrier. There they saw the mobile suits standing with mechanics running about getting repairs done or running routine maintence. The EVA pilots' bodyguards had also gone aboard and were absolutely amazed, despite not showing it, at the level of technology and ingenuity going on about them.
"Did all of this get made post- 3rd Impact, or did 3rd Impact even occur?" one girl, with brown hair in a ponytail and brown eyes with soft tan skin asked.
"Yes and no, to be more accurate, there were some foot notes about Evangelions and Angels. Then some mention about ruins once known as Tokyo-2 and Tokyo-3, the fortress city, but generally all that information really doesn't exist. We think it may have to do with the Reconstruction War that basically depleted all forms of natural energy sources, save wind, water, and solar energy and nuclear fission. Now thanks to N-Jammers, N- standing for Neutron, we lost the ability to use nuclear power as well, but we now have micro-fusion reactors to use, in fact, this ship is powered by a micro-fusion reactor," LTCM. La Flaga explained.
"How about the mobile suits?" asked a boy with messy brown hair and normal black eyes with average skin tone for Japanese.
"They're battery powered and the mobile armor and fighters use synthetic fuel cells, not the hydrogen kind mind you, they vary due to the fact that mobile armors are generally usable only in space-operations and fighters still dominate the skies on Earth, but we have the ability to disrupt the N-Jammers, with the N-Jammer Canceller, only two suits, ZGMF-X09A Justice and –X10A Freedom, have them. There was a third mobile suit, but last I heard it was scrap metal courtesy of the Freedom and its pilot, Kira Yamato, an Ensign of the Atlantic Federation's 8th Lunar Fleet. I, myself, am originally from the 3rd Lunar Guard Fleet, but then after the 3rd Fleet was wiped out, I was transferred to the 7th Orbital Fleet, then ended up in the 8th Fleet when my ship was sunk in battle. I was once again a sole survivor when Luke and Gail were downed as well," La Flaga shook his head.
"Sorry to hear that," someone, a young girl said.
"Its nothing really, though I'm more angered by the fact that only a few really wanted that war and used everyone like pawns to make it happen and then fight it," Mu La Flaga said bitterly.
'To be used as pawns… Just like father is using us, but these people are different, having learned the truth, they swim against the tide of hate that had been created and where they go, hope and peace shine through even the darkest of shadows,' Shinji thought.
Shinji thought back to when he came too on the Archangel. Back to the smiling girl with pink hair telling her pink mechanical ball she called Mr. Pink not to bother him. She looked like an angel, her eyes could not in a million years hold onto hate, but release and purify it.
Flashback
"HARO!"
'Let me just go and die already!"
"WAKE UP SLEEPYHEAD, HAROOOO!"
'I failed the girls, I failed my friends, I'm not strong and gentle, not bold and decisive! I'm pitifully weak and scared!'
"HARO, HARO, HARO!"
"Found Haro Ms. Clyne!"
"Ohhh! Thank goodness, Mr. Pink come here, stop bothering Mr. Ikari, he needs to recover without anymore bruises."
"Poor kid, probably was scared to hell and back."
'You can say that and then some, no make that a lot.'
"He must still be scared each time he gets into the cockpit, but that isn't new, many battle veterans for centuries would sometimes get the 20 yard stare or the newbie shakes just prior to battle."
'So I'm not as weak as I thought. IF battle veterans get scared, then that means its normal.'
"Top it off that he is young, so very sad to be a soldier at his age, younger than Kira and Athrun."
"I know ZAFT soldiers are young, but he is even younger AND a Natural. He wouldn't have matured as fast and the fact that his own father has neglected him. I wonder what happen to his mother?"
"She continues to protect him in the form of the EVA Unit One."
"Kira! What are you doing out of bed, you need to rest, you put in some serious overtime covering the fleets withdraw back into orbit."
"What do you mean continues in the form of Unit One, kid?"
"We just discovered that Gendo Ikari created Unit One's core from the soul of his wife, how is unknown, but we now know that the Absolute Terror Field, or just AT Field, is a person's soul materialized into a protective energy barrier and varies with strength from one person to the next."
"Nothing more powerful than a mother's love for her child. Ouch, that means that Unit Two is the same, but with its pilot's mother, damn."
'Mother has been protecting me? Asuka's mother has been protecting her?'
"As for the other EVA's we just don't know enough to begin guessing, but we do know that a woman by the name of Akagi, a brilliant woman whose own daughter is now in charge of NERV's science section, um… Ritsuko Akagi, I believe, was used for Unit Zero."
'Ritsuko's mother? But… Father, just what are you planning… ASUKA? I must live to her that her EVA is powered not by batteries or the power cord, but by her mother's soul! I must live! I…WANT…TO…LIVE!" Shinji shouted the last part loudly enough that it left an echo as his eyes shot open and he began to take in the area around him, "Grrrreat! A new, unfamiliar ceiling."
That produced a few laughs as doctors and nurses crowded around him to double check his health. They saw that he would live and he was in great shape to boot.
Several days later, he simply walked through the front door into his home and went to bed. Neither of his roommates, or the NERV Section Two suits noticed him. The next morning the two females, plus a female friend of the Second Child, of the Katsuragi household woke up to the smell of food. Needless to say they were shocked to see Shinji cooking breakfast, but five hours later found himself being hustled off to see the 'Emperor of NERV,' his own father Gendo Ikari.
Let's just say that Shinji simply did an about face and left his father's office midway through his father's 'welcome back.'
"I'll still be the pilot, but I am NOT a pawn nor is anyone else COMMANDER Ikari," and then Shinji went to spend time improving his piloting skills while dragging Asuka with him, but he took her outside of NERV and told her what he heard on the Archangel.
"Mamma, has been protecting me… But I saw her…" she was interrupted.
"Birdie!"
"What the?" Asuka was at a loss for words.
"It's a mechanical bird built by one of the pilots of the Archangel. He used Torii, his friend's mechanical bird for a blueprint, but he also built that one too, so no trouble," Shinji said as he produced a second one that said also said 'Birdie."
"For me?" she asked, he nodded.
"Birdie!" the red bird jumped into Asuka's hand then up to her shoulder.
"I've got a red and you a purple, bet you had one made for…"
"BIRDIE!" was heard as dozens of Torii clones entered NERV or went all over the place.
"I think he got a little carried away," Shinji stated.
"A LITTLE!" Asuka yelled.
"Be thankful he didn't make any Haros, they're by far the worst, especially the pink one," Shinji shivered at the memory.
"MEIN GOTT!"
(Actual count was just somewhere around 400-500, a peace gift to the NERV personnel and gifts to Shinji's friends.)
End flashbackShinji followed everyone even as the crew greeted both him and Toji, then it happened. A man with red hair and tan skin walked out of a room with a tray in hand and right into Ms. Artemis, it was a major mess. Her outfit was a complete mess and a man came forward and started to berate the junior officer.
"How many times do I have to tell you to be careful! Da Costa, look at this, you spilled some perfectly good coffee and on top of that, you got the lady here covered in your lunch," the elder man berated.
"S-s-sorry Commander Waltfeld!" Da Costa stuttered out.
"This way miss and we will clean your clothes for you," a woman in a white uniform said, taking Ms. Artemis down a different hallway.
"Okay group, we wait for a bit, this happens to be the ship's cafeteria, go ahead and grab some chow while I take care of this mess with the captain," LTCM La Flaga then left down a different hallway.
Mu then entered a room after announcing his arrival, entering he gave a salute to a woman in the shower, though he was wishing he could see the form in the flesh and not just the dark form shadow on the screen. He waited as the woman came out and went into a side room and dressed then came out, looking happy as the two met with a kiss, much to the annoyance to the third occupant in the room.
"Captain, Commander, can we begin this meeting?" Captain Natarle Badgiruel asked.
"Right Natarle, sorry about that," Captain Murrue Ramius said.
"No problem, you have been undercover as Ms. Joanne Artemis for far too long and its also still far to risky," Natarle said.
"Yeah I'll say! It's been getting too lonely around here," Mu said.
The two women laughed at what he said. Then Murrue noticed she wasn't in full uniform and took something out of her desk and slipped the ring onto her figure. Natarle only hoped she would find someone somewhat like Mu La Flaga, but not so palyboyish. She had thought about asking Newmann, but then she started spending time around Andrew Waltfeld the Desert Tiger and the two had really managed to hit it off.
"Well, I'm not here to be only yours Moo-Moo," Murrue said seductively, at which Mu blushed from his nickname she gave him.
"MOO-MOO!" Natarle broke out into hysterical laughter that could be heard almost all over the ship.
Up on the bridge, the bridge crew currently manning the bridge looked at one another.
"Did Captain Badgiruel yell Moo-Moo?" asked an officer from the Drake-Class Missile Frigate-variant EFS Minsk.
"I believe so, but who would be called…" Sai Argyle never finished as the bridge broke out in hysterical laughter at whom Moo-Moo was.
Then everyone figured it out and the most famous ace of the Bloody Valentine War became a short-lived laughing stock, until other nicknames started to appear for other troops and crews.
While back in the cafeteria, Kensouke Aida was talking with Chief Petty Officer Kojiro Murduch, the Chief Mechanic for the Mobile Squadron. The Chief was finding himself being grilled for information about this and that and had to be rather careful. He would remark later, after the kids had left, that Kensouke reminded him of reporters and hot gun newbies combined. Those two groups combined are a military's worst nightmare.
Then Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne walked in with a seasick Cagalli Yula Athha and a black eyed Athrun Zala. The four sat at one end of the Mess Hall and began to talk as Cagalli groaned. The three were still confused as to how Cagalli could still be seasick. The Archangel was now on dry land! Cagalli groaned again as Athrun helped get some orange juice to help settle her stomach and this time he didn't need a shower, as he did not look good in Alliance Blues, forget its Whites.
"Cagalli you are aware we have docked on dry land?" Kira asked rather annoyed.
"I'll be better in a day or so, and besides I think its something worse than seasickness," she replied.
"The Fiery Amber Princess of Orb? Do you think we will ever meet her?" Athrun asked and got his foot stomped on.
"At least we know she is gettng better," Lacus said as Athrun did a little dance holding his foot.
"Hey Athrun ever thought about learning how to sing too," Dearka Elsman called from his end of the table where he and Yzak Joule had grins on their faces.
"First my eye and now my foot, damn! I hope I'm faraway when she really gets sick or worse with the way our relationship is, pregnant," Athrun gulped very audibly.
"Now what Athrun?" called Dearka.
"Nothing!" he responded, edging away from Cagalli a little.
Lacus then noticed Toji and Shinji and walked over to them with Kira, leaving Athrun alone with Cagalli. The four began to talk and Shinji told them how well received the mechanical birds had been. The two couldn't help, but laugh. Athrun was never really good at keeping his mechanical skills in check.
"I guess Cagalli being sick is a just desert for him," Kira laughed, but immediately regretted it as Cagalli throw a cup at him and nailed him in the back of the head.
"OWWW! CAGALLI! I WAS ONLY JOKING!" he yelled, that had hurt nonetheless.
"I'll feel sorry for any husband Cagalli will ever have," Lacus whispered with a slight giggle.
"ALL PERSONNEL LEVEL ONE GENERAL QUARTERS! PREPARE FOR EMERGENCY LAUNCH! THE ANGEL SPOTTED EARLIER HAS REAPPEARED! REPEAT LEVEL ONE GENERAL QUARTERS! MAN YOUR BATTLESTATIONS!"
Sorry for the lateness and low quality of it really. I've been going over a lot of my stories and so I started addition stories while I re-examined most of my older stories to see if I should just redo them. I have decided to start revised editions at a later date. Sorry for the tardiness.