Sirius Black was extremely amused that he'd turned over the anthill that was the UK magical society. It felt so good to shake up everything. It actually reminded him of the old days at Hogwarts. At least the parts that experience and other things hadn't been tainted by Harry hating them.
Another benefit was he was able to talk via magical mirror with his only friend left. Sirius considered Peter dead to him.
Thinking about Peter and what had happened made Sirius frown. He doubted he could hate many people more than his former friend. Though he had a feeling some of the foes of Harry's comrades might try to get that reaction out of him. Which actually kind of scared him to be honest.
"Well we certainly messed up," Sirius sighed as he talked to Remus from his flat in Riksent.
"No kidding," Remus commented sitting comfortably in his DADA office."And Harry paid the price nearly as much as we did."
Sirius looked very old to Remus as he looked his friend in the eye. "And I regret it more than anything else I have done."
"Sirius you want to know the most scary part of this?" Remus asked.
"I'm sure you will tell me anyway," Sirius muttered.
"You coming here would be considered normal for Harry's life," Remus groaned. "Actually surprised they didn't consider your breaking free to be nothing that they had to worry about. I mean a giant snake roaming halls that could kill the students didn't stop classes."
"...I really hope that is you telling a bad joke," Sirius said softly.
The silence was disturbing. It made Sirius wonder what the teachers were thinking. Or if they were thinking at all. It was kind of hard to tell really and rather annoyed Sirius no matter how much he'd learned about Harry's first two years at Hogwarts.
Remus groused. "And Lockhart just was complete shite."
"I don't remember things being so messed up when we went to Hogwarts," Sirius stated as he rubbed his forehead. "Though not sure my memories fit with everything that went on there. Rose tinted glasses and all that."
"Some think the fact we got away with so much was part of how messed up it was," Remus noted. "Though I don't recall Ravenclaws needing a talk from Hayato Jin on how to treat people in our day."
"Remus from what I learned of that man I think even Bellatrix won't want him to yell at her," Sirius admitted with a shudder.
"Nor would you want that," Remus said as he recalled what Ryoma did in the DADA classes such as punching animal skulls into powder.
"Hayato and Ryoma were why I didn't want to change back on the Macbeth," Sirius commented. "Hard to tell my side of the story when they'd kill me outright."
Alastor having met them knew that was the truth. He wasn't sure if he should be happy or not that they respected him. Neither man was quite right in the head.
"Figures that you'd turn out to be the least of the problems," the Auror remarked and enjoyed he didn't have to get on his knees for this conversation.
Taking a floo call and having a peg leg was really annoying for more than one reason. Why something like the magical mirrors being used hadn't taken off confounded him.
Mad Eye's comment didn't bother Sirius much.
"Also tell your friends they laid it on really thick with Albus," Alastor mused.
"With some people they'd kind of have to," Remus groaned. "I mean I look up to Dumbledore for what he'd done in general and for me. However some of his actions needed to be called out."
"The sad thing is I think he's started believing some of his press," Mad Eye groused. "And in his head he knew he had to treat Londo Bell differently, but knowing something and doing it are two different things."
"They are not hard to deal with," Remus stated. "They just don't look up to Dumbledore with any awe."
"Actions speak louder than words with them," Sirius remarked. "And oh Merlin are they saying a lot."
"So have yours Black," Alastor said with a bemused look in his still organic eye. "People can't stop going to your store even if they trying to see if you cursed any of the items in stock."
"I also enjoy having used the family money on something so Muggle," Sirius said with a bemused grin. "Mother's painting will despise it."
Remus didn't disagree with that. Neither did Moody.
"Really tempted to have her take a shuttle ride to the Moon or a space colony," Sirius chuckled. "Oh that'll blow whatever a painting has for a mind."
"And then you can have it go to New Eden or another colony world to do it all over again," Remus snorted.
Sirius had a huge smile on his face thinking about that. He wanted to do that.
"Yeah it'd definitely blow something out," he laughed.
The pair in the DADA office were sure that anyone else that disagreed with that painting would do the same thing.
"In any case," Alastor stated to change the subject. "I'm sure I can get someone trustworthy to escort you to your trial whenever things get sorted out."
The thought of being free and able to tell the teachers at Hogwarts what he felt felt good to Sirius. Oh he was going to enjoy having a say in Harry's life, and being Harry's godfather meant they had to at least put up with him.
"And avoid someone trying to kill Sirius thinking they are going after a Death Eater," Remus commented.
"Yeah shoot at someone on their way to trial," Sirius remarked. "Such bravery and skill. Pity they didn't have that sort of guts when we needed people like that."
No one disagreed with him.
"Also got to say that I have been enjoying helping on the DADA class," Mad Eye chuckled.
"And I needed that help," Remus said rubbed his forehead.
Sirius snorted. "Something tells me the Wizarding Examination Authority rather have someone who wants to do all they can over some berk who doesn't know shite."
"After the OWL and NEWT scores Lockhart got I believe they were ready to lynch him if he still had his brains working," Mad Eye commented.
"From what Harry told me Memory Charms were the only thing he was able to do well in terms of magic," Remus stated.
"Interesting," Sirius mused. "He actually could do something with magic that might impress people."
"I've been using him as a warning on what memory charms can do if abused," Remus admitted. "It is more educational than he turned out to be."
"No kidding," Alastor remarked.
"Half surprised there aren't a lot of people trying to remove the memories of Londo Bell and some nearly killed people," Sirius brought up.
"They have charms to stop that and I think most people are afraid of the results," Remus said after a moment. "Especially with Coop."
"I won't trust casting magic around Coop to go right," Moody said softly.
Remus did not disagree with that.
"Didn't he give headaches to some group trying to take over the world?" Sirius inquired.
"Yes," Remus replied quickly. "Oh yes he did."
Alastor wondered how often things like that would come up.
It was rather worrying to be honest and he was sure that it would spook everyone that didn't interact with Londo Bell on a regular basis. Spooked wizards and witches never made what could be called constructive plans and actions.
Not that some even when not spooked did well on planning, but being spooked made it much worse.
V-V-V
Molly Weasley wasn't sure how to take that she now had a grandson from the future. She was happy her daughter had gotten together with Harry, but she also hoped for a grandson that won't act so bloody stupid.
Her annoyance at Hogwarts increased when she found out how her grandson had gotten a time turner. It seemed members of the staff couldn't stop treating the school like it was a safe for valuable things. It was a trend she wished to see ended.
She also wasn't sure what to make of a Malfoy wanting to try to atone for the sins of the family. It made the boy sound he was trying to be good, but really had no idea how to do it in a way that didn't cause a huge mess.
What worried her the most was the fact that You-Know-Who actually had a daughter. That he had an heir of any sort was disturbing.
She also had to wonder how rare the Black family ability of being a metamorphmagus would be if members of that family married muggleborns or families not at all related to the Black family. As Tonks and Delphi both had this supposedly lost ability and Harry might have it too.
Which said a lot about what the Black family had done to themselves in pureblood mania.
Molly then refocused on fact she had a grandson who was in a legal limbo at the moment. A boy who needed someone to teach him it was not a good thing to mess with time.
'I do wonder why he had the middle name of Severus instead of Arthur or William or Ronald,' she mused. To her those seemed more likely ones that her daughter would pick over the prickly potions professor at Hogwarts. She doubted that Harry really would have any issues with any of those choices. She also was sure he'd have even less desire to give a child the middle name of Severus.
There were plenty of people that had been given the first or middle name of Albus over the decades so that didn't surprise her. Though she had to admit unless Dumbledore shaped up she really won't want a grandson named after the man.
Next to Molly was Arthur trying to take all this madness in.
Frankly he wondered when they universe decided to get extremely weird. And found he had it at a toss up to when aliens using magic attacked the Earth 50 years ago, or when an alien starship found a parking space on the Earth.
He also considered when the Terran League was formed and the United Earth calendar started being used, or when the Principality of Zeon started a war with the Terran League to be good points for that as well.
"What are they teaching at Hogwarts?" Arthur groused.
"Clearly not some important things," Molly said as she rubbed her temples.
"I think from the questions Harry had asked us over the summer made that obvious," Arthur sighed.
"And people wondered why muggleborns didn't respect any traditions," Molly grumbled. "Hard for them to do so if no one wants to do the work and teach them."
Arthur had to admit his wife had a good point.
"At this point I am half tempted to see if I can take the position of history teacher," Molly mused.
"That would be an interesting," Arthur had to admit.
"I just am not sure if they would hire me," Molly said as she pondered if anyone had taken the History NEWTs in a long time.
"After Lockhart I am not sure if Hogwarts even has any standards left," Arthur stated softly.
"With all the kids at Hogwarts or moved out it might worth trying," Molly said trying to sound positive. "And keep an eye out for things that shouldn't be going on."
Arthur was sure that meeting was going to be memorable no matter what.
Also they might be able to keep Harry out of some of the trouble he seemed to end up in. At least Molly won't consider sending students who got caught out late being sent into the Forbidden Forest a good idea for punishment.
V-V-V
Harry wondered why Coop and Lowe wanted to call one of the mobile suits they were working on Lightning Gundam over ReGZ. Though he had to admit he felt it sounded better as a name over Refined Gundam Zeta.
Though that was less weird than seeing Ron helping them. Mostly by handing them tools or getting their food or drinks but still not something Harry expected to see. This was someone whose understanding of nonmagical things was nonexistent….or at least it used to be.
'Then again I didn't expect Ron to gain powers like a newtype either so this isn't anywhere near as crazy,' Harry thought to himself.
At this point Fred and George piloting the Mega Zeta would be normal. Well mostly normal anyway.
'Or for that matter me having a music career under the name Pyjamas the Terror would be somewhat normal,' Harry mused with a smile.
Harry then frowned when he saw Zeorymer. He still had doubts the builder of that thing hadn't booby trapped it, and whatever was in it would be definitely not good for his friend Masato.
Even the thought of Coop and Lowe wrecking whatever that was by accident didn't improve his mood. He just didn't trust the maker of Zeorymer, and he seemed to be one that would try to account for every variable.
"I don't like it," Luna remarked looking at Zeorymer.
"I really don't like it," Ron admitted as something about it felt really wrong to his senses.
Harry then looked at the massive submarine sandwich in Ron's hands. Clearly Coop wanted something to eat.
"Just looking at that thing makes me feel full," Harry stated.
Ron gave a slight smile and then took on a serious expression
"And to be honest Coop and Lowe didn't like Zeorymer either," Volunteer Ensign Weasley commented. "It just feels wrong in some way I can't put my finger on."
"No good will come from that thing," Harry muttered.
Harry then wondered what Miku had been up to. She seemed to be able to fade into the background, and really could be anything really.
"So any idea what Miku is doing while Zeorymer is being checked over and over?" Harry asked.
"Not that I can recall," Luna replied. "I am not sure if she has even been to Hogwarts."
"Name doesn't ring a bell to me," Ron said after a moment.
Kaworu watched this and was bemused. He wondered when they'd all figure out Miku was a robot. The Angel of Free will then noticed Ron staring at him.
"Harry is that guy special in some way?" Ron asked. "I mean there's a list of things like Newtypes, Coordinators, Psychodrivers, and whatever I am."
"He's an Evangelion pilot and yeah I feel the same way around him," Harry answered. "And yes one of the big organic mecha, and no it isn't the one with the cockpit in the place that makes people giggle."
Ron figured Harry got asked that a lot. He then shivered thinking about what Hagrid would do if he could grow his own biological mech or something like those Mimetic Beasts. It'd make Norbert look like he got another dog to keep Fang company.
Kaworu then braced himself as Luna Lovegood walked over to him. He was sure it would be some weird question. Maybe it would be about some strange animals only she knew about or some conspiracy even he would find outlandish.
"So what it is like having a flat on Earth's Moon?" Luna asked eagerly.
Kaworu was shocked it was a rather normal question.
"The gravity is a bit lighter, a great deal of the food is imported, and the biggest national product is mecha," Kaworu said after a moment. "The total pacifism crowd seems to have a protest on that last part at least once a month it feels like."
"Is it true they are working on putting in riverways between cities?" Luna inquired.
"There have been plans for that for years," Kaworu admitted. "I really don't pay close attention to that project."
"Any truth to the Marduk Institute being a sham and merely the Supreme Commander of NERV or those close to him picking names at random?"
"No comment," Kaworu put it diplomatically.
"I believe Kira says that last one is true," Harry admitted.
Ron snorted and delivered the grinder to Coop.
"Thanks," Coop said before eating.
Ron wondered where if there was anything special needed to bake the long loafs of bread for that big sandwich. Maybe if an expanding charm would be needed for his mother to fit the bread in the oven was all there was it could be something tried over Christmas break.
Ron then noticed Kiva was watching him. He wondered if he really wanted to ask her if she knew of magic users in her distant future and if he'd like the answer at all.
Ron then suddenly pulled out his wand and fired off a leg lock hex. Ryoma Nagare avoided it easily.
"Not bad," Ryoma chuckled.
Ron happy to get that bit of praise. He also had a feeling he was going to do incredibly well on the DADA practical this year. He then noticed that Lowe Gruele's cheery mood seemed a bit forced when Ryoma was around.
Ryoma noticed and really didn't care. The ideals of the Junk Guild and his own didn't really mesh. Of course the fact that Lowe Gruele was willing to modify mecha for anyone made him wonder about how much the Junk Guild followed those rules. Or if it was just that those in Junk Guild were to not kill, but didn't care what other people did with they had sold to them.
The fact such a question could be asked said a lot to Ryoma.
"So you going to show up at Divinations at any time?" Ron then asked.
"So tired to just making up things?" Ryoma mused.
"...I take it everyone does that," Ron groaned.
"Probably," Ryoma shrugged.
"Very sure that's why it is considered an easy class," Ron noted. "And also why I am not offended Harry picked something else."
"You really think doing the easy classes will get you to becoming Head Boy?" Ryoma remarked. "I'm sure your brother Percy would make clear how bad an idea that is."
Ron was silent for a moment. "Yeah that actually won't help. And before I became whatever I am won't realize that until way too late."
Ron had to think about if he really wanted to try making being Head Boy a reality or if it was just a fantasy he had. That he had to be honest with himself if he wanted to put the work in or not. If he did then he likely could fix it or at least have a decent shot at being in consideration for Head Boy.
'Maybe I should ask Percy what it took for him to get it,' Ron thought to himself.
Ryoma was a bit bemused and glad he could tell Gilliam that Ron was not some jealous whiner. He wasn't sure why Gilliam had them on the watch for that, but was sure that would drag down Harry.
"So you guys need anything else at the moment?" Ron asked Lowe and Coop.
"Not at the moment," Lowe admitted as he was working in the cockpit of the Lightning Gundam.
"Same here," Coop stated as he worked on the left arm of the Lightning Gundam.
Ron avoided using any crazy athletics getting down as he wasn't sure if enhanced senses would be enough to avoid needing a bunch of potions to put himself back together again.
Ryoma not no such issues and made it look easy.
"So Ronald are you got to the lecture that will be given on Brain Powerds and Grand Chers by Yuu?" Luna inquired.
"Why are they called Brain Powerds instead of Powereds?" Ron asked as he always wondered about that.
"Typo when someone first wrote about them," Harry admitted. "At least that's what I've heard."
"Weird," Ron muttered.
He then thought about if he wanted to see the lecture. He actually found the one that Asuka had given about Evangelions before she left to be in Tokyo 3 interesting. It made him wonder if one could magically grow a biomech.
Once more Ron had to admit his life had gotten extremely weird, but also really amazing. He then looked at the 7th Gundam and felt like he wanted to pilot it. Something about it called out to him.
"Isn't that the one that Lowe and Coop are working on making their own version of the starship smashing armor add ons?" Harry pondered.
"I believe so," Luna agreed. "And one Mio said someone should make a painting of."
"I'd love to have a painting of that," Ron commented. "I'm sure it'd look really amazing."
"Also Mio suggested they get a real sword for the 7th Gundam like the Red Astray has and call it Excalibur," Luna noted.
"Luna do even you understand some of the things Mio says?" Harry asked.
Luna shook her head.
"So you all hear that Hogwarts is going to be taken to Japan again so Dumbledore can look into someone's head?" Ron inquired to change the subject.
"They must be desperate to find out what happened to that one pilot," Harry said after a moment.
"Harry I was there five years ago when her mech exploded," Ryoma spoke up. "Still a bit surprised they were able to rebuild it and Mira came out completely intact at the wedding brawl from Max Junior's mech covered in a Mimetic Beast. "
"Yeah I can see wanting to find out how that happened and if there are any remains of her left as she's…." Harry said softly.
"Lights are on but she's not really there," Ryoma agreed. "I got no idea how Goh can stand it with Anna around."
There was the fact Dumbledore could do that and no one had even suggested it had been done to Neville's parents didn't sit well with Harry. It was something he wondered if it had been tried, could be tried, or was far too dangerous to try.
That Dumbledore could read minds and such magic existed was yet another interesting thing he hadn't learned in class at Hogwarts. Even if Dumbledore had the utmost restraint in the sort of magic where looking in the eye meant he could good through heads was something Harry figured would be mentioned.
It was something he felt should have been mentioned on his trading card as the ability to look into someone's head sounded important or at least noteworthy.
'Of course there is the fact I had lessons on how to block that with Snape…..not sure what anyone was thinking with that,' Harry thought with a groan.
Snape hadn't put any issues he had from his school days to bed, and Harry was sure that was really not going to help in learning what had to be a very personal and deep form of magic. Or at the very least something that was going to need detailed instructions and Harry doubted Snape could give him those.
"So exactly how many people can look into minds?" Ryoma then mused.
"Supposedly Professors Dumbledore and Snape," Luna stated.
"Ah so the hands off political leader and the manchild," Ryoma said making a face. "Of course it'd be those two. Why won't it be the last two people anyone would want to have those abilities?"
"I wonder what you think of the other Professors," Harry mused. "The ones I haven't said a lot about to all of you."
"Professor Sprout really doesn't bother us, Professor Flitwick is glad we helped sort out the problems with bullying his house had, Hagrid is glad I helped keep Buckbeak from being in an incident with a whiny little brat, and the others tend to leave us alone," Ryoma replied.
"Just you as you are a scary man or Londo Bell in general?" Ron asked.
"Well Muggle Studies is getting a major overhaul but Hayato got asked as he is the one Professor Saotome is training to take over for him sooner or later," Ryoma answered.
"I'm sure that class will never be the same again," Ron snorted.
"Also seriously why are they letting Hermione have a time traveling device to take all the classes?" Ryoma demanded to know.
The trio of students didn't have any real answers for that. Though Harry was sure it was either Major Yeager or the fact they had a trio of time travelers as why Londo Bell knew time travel was possible.
Ron wondered if it was something a lot of students had used or what. Though he wasn't sure exactly who to ask about it. Really it was one of those things the staff at Hogwarts didn't tell anyone about. He really could understand why it annoyed Harry so much as his best friend wasn't becoming like Hermione, but he wanted to know all the interesting stuff.
Kaworu considered the whole thing involving a time turner for a bunch of classes to be completely moronic. He had no idea why any lillium considered it a good idea.
The Angel of Fire Will then looked at the Zorin Soul and wasn't sure what to make of the mech. It looked very odd and different from most of the other mecha being worked on.
'Of course this also looks like a showroom for Anaheim Electronics,' Kaworu mused as most of the mecha in the hanger were mobile suits.
He doubted it was on purpose as there was that MP Great Mazinger, Zeorymer, and Moon Wars era Getter as well. Though he did wonder why there weren't really that many if any variable fighters being worked on.
'I just wonder how long it will be before those trying to take Anaheim Electronics place or at least a piece of their pie will end up with their mecha in this mech bay,' Kaworu then mused.
He also wondered frankly if the magic users would figure out he and Excellen got the reaction they did for very logical reasons. Kaworu frankly hoped he was finished before what was in Excellen became an issue.
Kaworu had no idea what exactly it was, but he knew it was something ancient and powerful. It also frightened him to the core of his being.
'I really need to make sure my plans are done before that awakens,' Tarbis made a mental note of.
That such thing were around and in a vast supply did not sit well with the Angel of Free Will. He hated having those complications to deal with. And yet he knew his hating it won't make it stop.
Kaworu hoped that visiting Dannarbase would go as well as it had for that football game, but somehow doubted it greatly.
'I wonder if I can annoy Voldemort's daughter showing how small scale her father is compared to things I have to deal with?' Tabris mused as that sound like fun.
Tabris avoided laughing evilly as Ryoma would like just punch him in the face for that.
Still he definitely wanted to hurt that brat that wanted to mess with time. Kaworu just hoped that she didn't get her hand on a mech or join one of the forcing Londo Bell combated as that would be annoying.
Tabris then hoped Albus Severus and Scorpius were made mecha pilots as he wanted them to learn the hard way how tiny Voldemort was, and the universe they were trapped in.
V-V-V
To say Max Junior had lost his mind was putting it lightly. He now was consumed with having Mira and destroying anything that got in the way of that. No one would be let stand in his way! Anything that tried would die!
He also had swiped the Core Gunner to keep away anyone with a mech. It might also be possible even in his insane state he figured they won't try smashing it into tiny pieces, but that was just conjecture.
Ryoma Nagare frankly didn't care and was ready to rip the female shaped mech to scrap metal. He never really liked Max much either. The nonsense he was pulling now wasn't even the heroic kind.
"Stay back!" Max growled as he kept a gun pointed at Londo Bell. "None of you are keeping me away from Mira!"
"Nice to see you too Max," Sayla remarked as she was ready to make him eat Fin Funnels.
"Don't be sarcastic with me!" Max spat.
"We can do this easy way or the fun way," Hayato stated to Max. "We really hope you try fighting this."
"You all want to me away from Mira!" Max yelled. "Especially Goh!"
Amuro inwardly groaned as of course it would be about Max's feelings towards Mira that would be the root of all this. The only thing he was thankful of was that Anna already knew about the previous relationship.
Her finding out from Max would be an even bigger disaster. Though no one really liked how Hayato just told Anna one day.
"I guess no one told you he's had five years to move on and he has more or less," Hayato noted. "And even now just had barely managed to do so."
"I don't care!" Max screamed as he fired off the literal arm cannon of the Core Gunner. "He never was good enough!"
"You act like I care about your opinion," Ryoma commented as Shin Getter split into the three jets.
The three jets rained machine gun fire on the Core Gunner.
Max returned fire with the Core Gunner's arm based cannon. The trio of jets easily avoided his return fire.
The Hyperion then got in front of the Core Gunner and the lightwave barrier easily took all the fire.
"So you done yet?" Canard asked with a disturbing snear.
"No where near done yet," Max growled.
"Oh you will be soon enough," Sanger called out.
"Max you are not looking good," Musashi stated as the virus inside Max started taking more of a toil on him.
"Musashi I am taking Mira away from this," Max said more calmly as he got along well with the Shin Getter pilot than the others. "Goh can have whatever he has now."
"And you expect to be walking out of here with that?" Ryoma snorted. "Your brains are more messed up than anyone could imagine to think that's happening."
Amuro then was aware that something else was coming. What had been thought to be a meteor was turning out to be a Detonator scout. Something that was completely unwanted especially right this minute.
The Detonator scout cut through variable fighters like they were made of wet cardboard, and it was the same with any MP mobile suits or Arm Slaves sent against it.
"Just what we didn't need," Harry groaned as they had enough problems with a rampaging mech pilot.
Ron then had to dodge being shot by the Core Gunner. "Hey I don't got anything to do with your relationship messes!"
Max wasn't impressed and then screamed when Goh and his mech showed up.
"You….you got Mira killed!" Max bellowed as he focused on destroying Goh and his mech.
"I told you even back then Max as going to be a problem," Ryoma noted smugly.
"You know they kept saying the same of you right?" Hayato inquired.
"Yeah, but I really haven't," Ryoma retorted.
"You can all die!" Max screamed.
Ryoma told Max where he could stick that statement.
"And I thought we weren't diplomatic," Ron commented to Harry.
That was an understatement as the Core Gunner fired a missile at the red Getter jet. Ryoma easily dodged the missile and blew it out of the sky.
"You smug sociopath! I always hated you!" Max yelled. "Nearly as much as I hate Goh!"
"That's nice," Ryoma said with a chuckle.
"Max you don't have to do this," Goh stated.
"Yeah as Goh actually cares about your well being and wants that mech in one piece," Hayato remarked.
"I however do not," Ryoma said with the usual Getter Smile.
Koji Tetsuya wondered if he could force a merger between the G-Gunner and Core Gunner. The only problem was he wasn't sure he could overwhelm Max Junior if that happened.
"Max stand down," Captain Bright Noa ordered from the bridge of the Macbeth.
"He doesn't care what happened!" Max growled referring to Goh. "So why should I care about any of your orders!"
No one was surprised when the Neo-Okusaer launched into the battled. They knew that Anna won't be able to stay out of this.
"They really should thank me for telling you about Mira's relationship with Goh," Hayato snorted.
"I sure don't," Goh snapped.
"I'd tell my fiancee things like that," Hayato stated.
Even Max stopped in his tracks at finding out that Hayato "I can kill people with my finger tips" Jin was engaged.
"That can't be possible," Max managed to get out.
"Oh it is very possible," Hayato replied.
The Core Gunner then got to meet the business end of the Zorin Soul's electrochemical gun. The mech was knocked around and Max tried to smash Mu La Flaga.
"Stand still!" Max roared.
"Do I look that insane?" Mu asked.
The Core Gunner took off and flew at the Zorin Soul. The arm mounted gun was firing as Max did so.
"DIEDIEDIE!"" Max bellowed.
"Like a broken record isn't it? Ryoma commented.
"Pretty much," Ken Kaido remarked.
"Great," Harry muttered.
The Cybuster then dramatically appeared and Harry wondered if Hermione would have her cat control a bit like Shiro and Kuro did on the magical mech.
'Pigs will probably pilot variable fighters before that happens," Harry inwardly mused.
Masaki kept Max busy and his attention away from a jeep with Dannarbase's XO and the actual pilot of the mech Max was using. Thankfully they kept the communications between Dannarbase and the Jeep to a channel not being listened to by Max. He'd really want to know there was a way into the Core Gunner that had been left open, and Shizuru wanted her mech back.
"So Ron you think Shizuru has a big butt?" Mio asked Volunteer Ensign Weasley at seemingly random.
Ron turned bright red and wondered what this was about. Mio was weirder to him than Luna and that was something he considered hard for anyone to do.
"I am not even going to ask," Harry muttered as he tried to figure out how to attack the Core Gunner and not break it.
The latter was very hard for Londo Bell as that usually was not something they had to do.
Even in his unhinged state Max Junior made sure to take advantage of that. Also a pair of the mechs didn't sit well with him. Something about one of the biomechs and the blue and white sniper mech felt worrying to him.
Kaworu then got in front of the Core Gunner and the AT Field took all the various attacks of the mech with ease. Then the most powerful attack of the Core Gunner's sniper rifle did utterly nothing.
Max screamed in frustration at that. Unknown to Max his muscles increased in size slightly.
Sayla hoped no one added the "boob machine guns" Core Gunner had to a Gundam.
"Are you done yet?" Kaworu casually and almost condescendingly remarked.
"Not yet!" Max snarled.
"I don't believe that," Kaworu said with a smirk.
"What you believe doesn't matter," Max spat.
Suddenly the arms of the Shin Getter Three wrapped around the Core Gunner and kept the arms at the side. Max tried valiantly to get free of the hold the super robot had on his mech.
Shizuru smiled slightly as this actually helped her plan.
'Just hope that the Detonator flying around stays out of it,' she thought and had feeling the powered armor sized mech was not going to do that.
That was an x-factor that worried everyone at Dannarbase.
Of course the x-factor inside the Core Gunner got more and more furious. Max started to mutate further and further.
Unknown to Shizuru Tekkaman Blade managed to fit through the open way into the Core Gunner. A good thing as Max was becoming like that which had covered his mech.
Shizuru gasped as she saw what was sitting in her seat. She fired but needed a much more powerful weapon than she had.
Blade's lance got shoved into Max.
Max let out an inhuman scream and slowly started turning back to normal.
He looked at the battlefield full of mechs.
"They….they all will become like me," Max said with his final breath.
Shizuru was extremely worried about the future. Even worse was when the Detonator spy just took off for space and dodged any attacks to knock it out of the sky. It even managed to avoid the attacks of the various newtypes and Coop.
That the menace they represented could merely wait for something to destroy humanity from within chilled Shizuru to the bone nearly as much as Max's corpse pinned to her chair by a nasty looking weapon did.
Even worse she had no idea if what happened to Max or the Detonator scared her worse.
While in his Rezel Harry wondered if any of this madness would play into Halloween. He dreaded that this year that day might be the end of the world.
V-V-V
In study Lucius Malfoy was looking over once more all the information he had gathered on Potter's allies. Unlike many fools a Malfoy did their best to learn all they could on current events and not just what was written or spoken of in the news.
It was a skill he had to admit he had grown extremely lax on covering the muggle world.
'Though perhaps Muggle universe would be more proper,' Lucius admitted to himself with gallows humor.
Muggles were going into across the galaxy, while magicals were not. Or at least the magicals were of groups that kept up far more with the muggles and didn't want to talk to him or his sources.
It also didn't help his nerves to find out in depth about of a society of aliens that used magic against the first mecha hero fifty years ago. The Statue of Secrecy had taken an reducto to the chest with that, and he was sure La Gias and more added to the damage done.
There of course also was the fact that demons battled and one of them or at least the possessed body of one was an ally of Londo Bell. Magic was not and unknown to those people and likely not the oddiest thing they had to deal with.
Plus even Lucius doubted even the Dark Lord could slaughter Dementors like Londo Bell had.
'Of course they made the most unsubtle display showing Potter was one of theirs and to attack him was to attack all of them,' Lucius mused.
He also had found in this research a lovely text on warfare called The Art of War. War being based on deception and such appealed to him. He really needed to give Draco copy of it.
Though that didn't bring him comfort as he kept finding out how little power he had held compared to those facing Londo Bell.
And one of those powers was a subgroup of humans in various space colonies who had improved themselves and made those that had not jealous.
Blue Cosmos also made for a good reason for wizarding kind to stay hidden. Something that burned Lucius as he was sure he and Dumbledore agreed on that. But still not having muggles kill them over jealousy and other emotions was something they both wished to avoid.
He was sure muggles like them would experiment on magicals in ways even the Dark Lord would be either impressed or wary. Possibly even do the same to Rookwood.
There also was the creation of cyber newtypes. Lucius won't be surprised if something similar had been made to fight coordinators. He also never wanted to meet them or find out first hand if such augmentation could be done to magic users.
Lucius then turned his thoughts to wife's cousin who was acting in his usual prankster manner. To be honest the Malfoy patriarch had no idea what manner to use to deal with Sirius Black. The fact he was in Riskent and a country that would not look kindly on any harm coming to Black really complicated things. Also too overt of action and he'd end up with Londo Bell attacking him, and yet Black would take the events with the diary personally so he was a credible threat.
Lucius did not want to see what Black would do for revenge. The prankster won't hold back in the slightest in this case. Which given some of the things he had done at Hogwarts for pranks made Lucius very wary.
Severus nearly getting killed thanks to Black when they were school made Lucius not want to see what Black would do over his godson nearly being killed.
He also wondered what to make of those "Angels" as they were unlike any magical being he knew of. Same with the Mimetic Beasts
He was sure at this point a dragon would be considered normal for Londo Bell. Which said so much to him.
Then there was the fact that Dumbledore seemed to let himself be at the beck and call of the muggles. Lucius wondered if it was because he felt he had to be or merely working into a better position for later.
Something Lucius regretted not having the ability to even try to attempt. Even worse was the fact it won't be the sort of rumor or hearsay against Slytherins.
Lucius was sure he could combat the "Slytherins are all evil' with his charm and other things if it wasn't for the fact it was all true with him and Potter knew it.
Lucius rubbed his temples as all this had made his thoughts a bit random.
Even worse for him was the rumor of a time traveler grandson who felt his and Draco's actions were ones he wished to atone for.
'Then Londo Bell can have that one,' Lucius thought to himself. That Scorpius could live or die among those muggles.
Lucius then wondered how he was going to turn around so much insanity and put himself into a position of power. Though he was sure that wearing his Death Eater clothes would not be part of that in the slightest.
The elitist pureblood then laughed realizing exactly how badly so many other Death Eaters were going to handle the changes forced on them by Londo Bell. His position would be improved merely by their foolish actions.
It was one of the few things he felt he had to look forward to.
V-V-V
Chapter Notes
Hayato Jin is from Getter Robo. He is a maniac and not one to mess with.
Ryoma Nagare is from Getter Robo. He is not someone to mess with and can break people easily.
Harold "Coop" Cooplawski is from Megas XLR. He is chaos on the battlefield.
Lowe Gruele is from Gundam SEED Astray. He is a massive gear head and loves working on mecha.
Kaworu Nagisa is from Neon Genesis Evangelion. He is actually Tabris the Angel of Free Will. He also is the most sane Child. Which says so much about NERV and the recruiting process for the pilots.
Goh Saruwatari is from Godannar. A very driven man who is trying to make his marriage work and deal with the fact his old enemies are back.
Sayla Mass is from the original Gundam. The sister of Char and she's a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
Amuro Ray is from the original Gundam. He is the first Gundam pilot, a newtype, and one of the last guys you want to face.
Canard Pars is from Gundam SEED X Astray.
Sanger Zonvolt is from Super Robot Wars Original Generation. He is bombastic and he is the Sword That Pierces Evil!
Musashi Tomoe is from Getter Robo. He's the only original pilot not to be a sociopath.
Bright Noa is from the original Gundam series. He is the captain of the MacBeth and has gotten very used to dealing with insane things.
Mio Sagura is from Super Robot Wars Original Generation. She can break the 4th wall.
Shizuru Fujimura is from Godannar. A skilled pilot, and they really didn't design the hatch sizes for her mech with her in mind.