Hi guys I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas if you celebrate it that is, if not I hope you had a good day off if you get a day off. I will say there are a few time skips in this chapter to speed things up so do bare with me and I am adding in a few things that I will explain in more detail at the end.
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Opening Song (Hologram)
"Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sosowarete" Bright Vermilion light shines from the eyes of the Agito Zero as the camera pans down to the torso to reveal Anthony with his eyes closed.
"Boku wa yuku no mada minu sekai e" Anthony opens his eyes and begins to move his suit. As he does this the entire screen is now engulfed with Vermilion light and the Logo of Gundam Agito SEED appears.
"Maigo no mama tabi shiteita" Anthony is sitting with his back to the Agito Zero, flipping through pages of his book.
"Nezumiiro no sora no shita." Anthony turns his head slightly to look in the direction of the camera.
"Higawari no chizu ikutsumo no yume ga nijindeita." This scene shows Kira sitting and looking at earth while Lacus comes from behind and places her hands over his eyes and then removes them as she smiles.
"Itsuka wa sa." The scene now shows Delilah as she now gets into a mobile suit and prepares to launch.
"Chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo." This Scene show Andrew Waltfeld looking over the desert at night while the winds blows. The Camera pans out to show that Ashia and DeCosta are with him.
"Ano kumo no mukou made yukeru kana." The view now shows a line of the crew of the Archangel. It pans to the left showing Kuzzey, Flay, Sai, Miriallia, Tolle, Natarle, Mu and then it zooms in to show Murrue. Behind Murrue there is a flag of the Atlantic Federation.
"Tsuyogatte" Anthony looks straight ahead at a man, the wind blowing his crimson cape behind him, his eyes are narrowed and his face is empty of emotion.
"Kizutasutia" Rau Le Creuset Now turns his mask on and his hair being blown in the wind, he has a smirk on his face as he faces Anthony.
"Kokoro sukashita youni." The two of them are standing off and the image of the Earth's sphere is in between the two of them.
"Furidashita" A feminine hand reaches out for Anthony and he does the same, only the hand that is reaching out for him fades before the two can make contact.
"Amastubu tachi ga" Anthony wakes up in his mobile suit and holding a picture in his hands. The camera zooms in on during the last word to show him standing and smiling with a young woman.
"Ran hansha Kurikaesu" The scene shows a sign saying extend then three Mobile suits one Grey tinted Green, One Black and the last a Grey tinted Blue. A Man with Blonde hair in white stands smiling at them as the scene breaks to show Rau Le Creuset in front of the Dominion.
"Massugu na hikari ga, Kousa shite" The scene shows Kira in the Freedom cutting down to GINNs, the first it passes him, the other he uses the cannons on the Freedom to shoot down.
"Yukusaki mo tsugenumama" The ground is on fire and the Blitz, Duel and Buster emerge out of the flames to take on an unseen enemy.
"Doko made mo, Tsuknukeru" The view pans past Delilah in a custom GINN that is coloured bright yellow and turns to show that she is firing at an unseen enemy in space.
"Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete." This scene pans to the right as it reveals the Clamity, the Forbidden and the Raider, above the ocean trying to land a hit on the Agito Zero and each one being thrown back.
"Kono sora no shita" The scene shows Rau's Custom white GINN flying forth with its beam sabre.
"Donna toko ni itemo" This scene show Mu face and the Strike clashing beam sabres with Rau in his GINN. The scene is lit up with the light coming from the class.
"Tokoku hazu nanda, mada minu sekai e" The scene is of that when Anthony is facing the camera, he turns his head closes his book stands up and moves towards his cockpit.
Chapter Twenty Five
"Don't just think about the ones you have lost. You can't get back what you have lost. What is it that you still have?" Jinbei (One Piece)
ORB Hospital
It had been a whole day since Kira had had with Mu, Murrue and Anthony to see Lord Uzumi.
The crew of the Archangel, the young ones, Sai, Flay, Kira, Miriallia and Kuzzey.
All of them now had come out to see Tolle, who was still in hospital here.
When word had first come that he was indeed alive All 5 of his friends had wished to go see him.
But due to politics they had been unable to do so, but now they were able to leave the Archangel, it was the first thing they had gone to do.
Sai had gone to ask Anthony if he wanted to go with them.
But he had told him that he would do that in his own time So they left the man who had saved Tolle's life on his own.
Kira could not help but feel that he was partly to blame for that, if it was the reason, Anthony did not say.
But now was not the time for such things, they had to be with a friend whom they thought to be dead.
It was a joyous occasion and most of them could feel joy when the heard Tolle's voice as they neared his room.
The nurse with the 5 of them plus Cagalli, now knocked on the door to his room as she said "Mr Tolle Koenig, you have some visitors."
He turned his head to look at the door as he asked "Who is it?"
But as soon as the doors opened tears formed in his eyes as soon as he saw his friends.
He did not close his eyes even as tears now flowed from them and said "You, all of you, you're all alive right, this is real, this is not some type of prank or dream that I am part of, is it?"
Kira let a few tears fall from his eyes as he said "Yes, we're alive Tolle, as are you."
All of them were about to move to him when Miriallia flung herself at her boyfriend.
She came down on his chest and now cried as she said "I thought, I thought, I thought I had lost you!"
Tolle still crying stroked her hair and said "I did get lost, but I'm back now, there's no need to cry Miri?"
In reply to that she looked up at him and gave him a very tight hug "Don't leave me like that Tolle, please don't do that to me again."
He gave her a smile through his own tears as he said "I won't Miri, I won't."
It was at this point Sai cleared his throat and said "I think we should give the two of them some room."
Flay and Kira both gave him a nod while Cagalli and Kuzzey did not argue with him.
But Tolle now said "Hey, wait, don't go guys, man you don't need to say it like that Sai?"
Sai gave him a nod and said "The two of you need some time alone, a bike only needs two wheels, Tolle."
All except Tolle gave a laugh at this joke as they now walked outside his room as they now did this Kira said before he closed the door "It is good to see you alive Tolle and I'm sorry about that day."
With their friends giving them a bit of privacy, Miriallia took the chance to kiss Tolle.
Fact is she would have done that a lot sooner if she had the chance to it.
The only reason she broke the kiss was to breath in some air, Tolle took this chance to say "Miri, I am happy, I'm happy that you did not go down with that place."
Mirialla now asked "Didn't Cagalli tell you that we were here?"
He gave a nod "She did, but I was not so sure that it was true or not, I just did not know what to believe?"
She now looked at him and said "Could you not feel that I was alive?"
He got that she was making a joke, so he in turn made one of his own to her "Could you not tell that I was too?"
She gave him a smile once more and shared another kiss with him.
She now rested her head on his chest and said "Tolle, it was hard, it was hard to think that you were dead, to think that we'd lost you and right after that Kira, it was hard, on all of us, Tolle."
Tolle who still lay in his bed now scratched the back of his head as he said "Well sorry about that, I just think I was a bit of an idiot, thinking I could take on a guy who was clearly taking on Kira, but I just wanted to help."
She gave him a nod and said "Just try not to get killed next time, Tolle, I mean it!"
The tone she said this in was playful, but her face was serious, this only served to confuse poor Tolle.
So he only said "I get it, I get it, I will do what I can, but I will always make sure that I come back to you."
She gave him a frown though it was only in jest as she said "Oh you'd better keep that promise or you will be in big, trouble."
In reply Tolle gave a laugh as he "I am sure that I will be, can we let the others in now?"
She placed on last kiss upon his lip before she said "Fine, if you want to call them in, you can."
Again she was just making a joke to him, but Tolle knew that there was a slight sting to her voice.
So Tolle now said "I guess I can just look into for a few more minutes."
In reply to that Miriallia raised an eyebrow and asked "Only a few?"
Tolle in reply gave a laugh as he raised his hand hand gently stroked her face saying "I think I can look into them for all eternity, just allow me to eat while I do it, I'd rather not die any sooner than I should die, Miri I want to live a long life, but I also want to see my friends with me there do you understand this, Miri?"
ORB
As soon as the crew of the Archangel got cleared to enter ORB Anthony had done so, mainly just for a change of scenery.
He now walked the streets of ORB in full Agito Cadet gear which made many turn to look at him.
Not that he cared, what seemed to be years ago, though it was only months he had been in front of many in this very same outfit.
In fact he felt just a little pride that he still wore, it after all it was a little bit of home.
It was also a break from war, a thing that Anthony had never wanted to be in.
To the crew of the Archangel was and still is an Agito Cadet, a man from another world.
But deep down he was just a young man, not as young as they thought but he was by no means old.
In fact he was a still by all means emotionally unstable former Gunpla player.
War was not a thing he had on his to do list or any list of his other than the 'avoid' list.
Even if a few people did stare at him, he did not care, walking around like this, it was normal, it felt right.
"I guess I can take it easy, well until Panama falls but till then it will all be fine."
He recalled a saying after a victory he had in a game the voice had said "Victory is but the prelude to the next battle."
Up until very recently, he had little time for R & R if any at all.
All the time he had been doing what he saw he needed to do.
"I guess I should try to enjoy this as much as I can, from here on out, shit will hit the fan and fly across to room to hit all the players, even the idiot who threw it."
Anthony had no doubt that evil blonde douche who was in charge of Blue Cosmos was being a true to his name sake.
"Muruta Azrael, while I have let the plot go as it should for the most part, I can't help but want to get under that guys skin."
Anthony gave a smirk as he thought "If I beat his new suits and be sure to tell them that they sucked, no that won't work?"
Then it hit him "In the show all of them had a timer on them, if I can just get a hold of one of them, then I can make sure that they are at least a man and a suit down."
It also meant that he knew of their weakness.
That was sure to get under the smug snake's skin, it was also sure way to kill a person as well.
This was a big thing for him, so far, he had not killed a person while he was in his suit, but he had killed those two extends.
Well not with his own hands, but he had done so in a sense that his suit had killed them in order to protect him.
In a way he had blood on his hands, if he had any thing to say it would just be that he valued his life over theirs.
That was the only rational reason he could see at this point to why he had his suit do that.
"They are Extends, in a way they are not meant to live past the time that Blue Cosmos gave them, but they are still human or are they just tools and to die?"
It was at this point deep in thought that a young girl ran into him or at least almost did.
Years of training kicked in and Anthony spun on his heel and just avoided her.
But the young girl no more than 9 did not see him until he moved out of the way.
She now tripped over nothing, it was like a scene out of a horror movie where the girl trips over nothing, it makes no sense and was even weirder to see in real life.
As she now looked up Anthony decided to play the role of the good cadet and gave her his hand.
"Are you hurt by any chance, little girl?"
She had dark brown hair and eyes to match, now that was not what caught his eye, what caught his eye was the fact that she had a pink ribbon wore a pale yellow and white uniform with a bright yellow shield on the left breast.
If she had any that was, she was any age between 9 to 12 so that was very unlikely at her age.
She took his hand and said to him what all little girls say "I'm not little!"
He gave her a nod and said "I am sure that you're not little, where are your parents?"
She just looked at the ground and said "I'm not sure, I was with them just a little while ago my brother, I think I lost them or I just got lost?"
Tears started to well up in her eyes and Anthony decided to say "Hey, don't cry, why don't we go find a police officer and get your family to come get you?"
Anthony gave a smile to her as he said this, the girl gave a blink and said "You'd do that for me, but my Mommy said never to trust or go with a stranger."
At this point Anthony chose to name drop the Agito Cadet rank, it was clear to him that a little girl like here would have no idea who or what that was, but would just go with it due to the fact that it sounded like it was cool and part of the military.
"Relax kid, I'm an Agito Cadet Instructor, to help out kids is part of my job."
She looked at him and asked "What is an Agito Cadet, you don't look very old?"
It took all Anthony had not to just say "Look you little shit I'm 27, if you're under 10 then I could be your daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence."
But no he chose to restrain himself and said "I'm actually 27 years old, do keep that in mind though, how old are you?"
In reply she now said "I'm, I'm 9 years old sir."
"Call me Anthony, sir just makes me feel old?" She looked up at him and now said "My name is, my name is Mayu, Mauy Asuka."
In reply to that Anthony said "That is a nice name, now lets go and find you, your parents or at least a person who can get you to them."
Mayu gave him a nod and a smile and said "You're a nice person Mr Anthony."
In reply to her Anthony said "That is my first name, no need for the Mr at the front please Miss Asuka."
She gave a giggle and said "You're funny Anthony."
In reply to that he said "I do try to be when I can afford to."
Even though eh did not say it out loud in his head the name had clicked and he knew who she was "This is the little sister of Shinn Asuka, I think, well she matches the name as well as what little we see of here, I'm not sure if this is either very good luck or is it bad luck or a ploy by the Agito Zero, at this point I will just note where they live as well as how I can warn them to leave ORB."
The pair did indeed find a police officer, to talk to, Anthony chose to speak first mainly due to the fact that his Uniform caught the attention of the officer first.
"Ah sir, the young lady over here has lost her family in the crowd."
The police officer said "I'm not the lost child service, go find it, and drop her off to be picked up there."
This reply did piss of Anthony who said "Your role as a Police Officer is to keep the law and to aid the citizens who are in need, this girl needs to find her family, you turn her away due to fact that you do not want to go through the hassle of finding the child's parents, I do hope all of the police in your nation are not as decadent as you."
The police officer now said "How, dare you say that, I can have you charged on that and on that alone, do you think I will just stand here and take you insults!"
Before Anthony was able to reply a tall man of Arab descent now walked over to them and said "I am Colonel Kisaka, Officer this man is a guest as well as part of an elite strike force, all accounts say he took down armed gunners with that book he has on him, I suggest that you do cooperate with him."
In reply to this the Police Officer gave a quick salute, he knew who Colonel Kisaka was and he knew he'd better do as he was told.
Anthony now turned to Kisaka and said "Thanks, being followed does have a few if not any benefits to it after all."
In reply to him Kisaka said "If I know a thing or two about you, it is that if I did not step in their, I'd have to get you out of a cell or at least have to call of the man hunt for you."
Anthony gave him a shrug and said "I'd not have hit him if he wasn't such a failure as a cop, what can I say."
Kisaka gave a sigh in reply and said "I'll wait with you, until we get this girl to her parents, once this is over do you have any free time to talk?"
Anthony gave a nod and said "You helped me out, I can do the same for you, but it also would depend on the nature of what you wanted, best not to talk about it right now."
Mayu who had been silent this entire time stared in awe at Kisaka, not only was he well known he was also meant to be close to Lord Uzumi.
She now gazed at Anthony, had what he said been true, She had just heard that he was part of an elite strike force.
To top it off for her, he had taken time out of his day to help her.
To a 9 year old girl this was a big thing, a very big thing, so big in fact that she had to ask for his picture.
She now fumbled her words as she said "Um, A Anthony, can I, can I take a picture with you, so I, so I know that this is all real?"
Anthony gave a shrug and said "Sure why not, I see no harm in it, no harm in it at all."
She now took out her phone and the two of them smiled at the camera, after Mayu took the photo she saved it and said "Thanks, you're the best Anthony."
In reply to her Anthony gave a smile and said "I am not the best, but I am up there, make sure to take care of yourself and your parents and your older brother."
She gave a blink as she now asked "How, how did you know I had a brother?"
In reply to her Anthony just gave a smile tapped his book and said "Magic, or at least what is closest to real magic."
The two of them now looked to the girl "Let's get you to the station little girl, I am sure you'll be safe"
With Anthony
Anthony and Kisaka now sat down at a Cafe, since if the two of them were at a bar they would draw the attention of more than a few eyes, no doubt due to Anthony's child like face.
Not that Kisaka would ever say it out loud due to the fact that he had been told by Cagalli how Anthony brought a book to a gun fight and won.
Safe to say it was safer to assume that he could do the same here if he wished to do so, he also was aware of the fact that the MS Agito Zero was equipped with an AI, one that had killed 2 men in order to protect it's pilot.
Picking a fight with a regular guy who can beat enhanced people is one thing, to pick a fight with a MS that had never lost an in fact beaten just about the best of the best was just suicidal To kick off the conversation Anthony said "If you wish to know more about my suit, I will have to leave, it is not that I don't trust you, I do not trust your nation after Lord Uzumi is gone."
Kisaka did his best to try to contain his shock when he replied "So you do not trust those in ORB who are to come after Lord Uzumi?"
In a way he was asking him if Anthony trusted the future leaders of ORB, Anthony had seen Destiny so his answer was pretty clear from the get go.
Now all he had to do was get that across to Kisaka, clearly.
Anthony gave a slight nod as he said "If you remove the figure that can hold all the rats in check, they will no doubt come out to play and shit all over what has been done before them."
It was known to Kisaka that at time Anthony Hitoro did mince his words as well as keep you guessing what it was that he, but at this point in time, he had done no such thing.
All that he said had been to the point, all of it had been a direct challenge in a sense, to say that ORB needed to check up on its own.
Kisaka now said "You think that some of those who are in ORB will show their true colours once Lord Uzumi is gone?"
With a nod Anthony said "It is a safe guess, well a guess for you that is, it is not my place to meddle in politics and crap like that, never liked it, also never liked most people who are in it."
The only thing good about what Anthony had just said was at least he was being honest, and if it was true it did hammer home the fact that the truth was not nice.
"I see, what you're saying, I do not like it, I do not like it at all, but it does have merit to it, though I wish that it did not have any merit, but I can see what it is you are saying to me."
Anthony gave a shrug as he said "If you know it to be true, then you have a choice, you can take action about it or you can do nothing and let it happen, it is not for me to try to get you to act Kisaka."
Kisaka only said in reply "It is not that simple to just do or to try to start doing, do you know what could happen if we questioned ORB's future leaders?"
In reply Anthony said "You'd only get what you want to hear or at least what they think you want to hear come from their mouths."
Kisaka in reply said "You are unusually direct today, is there a reason for you to say all of this?"
Anthony gave a sigh as he said "I am not sure you know, I think you were present when I told Lord Uzumi of what will go done once Panama is lost oh well just in case you do not know, you will be either forced to join the big EA or you will be attacked by them."
"It is safe for me to say that it is only a matter of time or which will you run out of first, bullets or troops?"
"I know it is a cruel thing to say, but it is the truth, if you come under attack form the Earth Alliance, do you think you can win against them?"
Kiska had no reply to that, how could he, it was true if they did have to fight off the EA, it was only a matter of time before their forces were killed due to the vast numbers the EA had.
ORB was not ZAFT and they did not have the advantage of having a their home in outer space, where most of the EA could not go due to their lack of space forces that could actually beat ZAFT in space combat, so far they had been losing, badly up until the Archangel that is.
"JOSH-A was a gambit, but things will only get worse due to it, ZAFT will kill all those in battle and out of it and due to it the EA will begin to do so as well, the war will just degrade into all out genocide as it was meant to be from the get go."
Kisaka now said "I take it that you try not to look for the good in things as well?"
In reply to that Anthony just said "Even if the conflict ends, it will not be the end of it, it is only a matter of time till the extremist build up enough power to start it all over again, all the blood spilt in this war will have been for nought."
In reply to this Kisaka said "So then, to you this whole war is a waste, is that all you see it as?"
Anthony at this point said "No, I just said the blood spilt will be for nought, if a war breaks out after this, it takes more than just a few years for hate to fade, but change is possible and that is what I fight for."
Anthony now looked up at the roof of the Cafe the two of them were, and closed his eyes.
Kisaka now asked "Change, you fight for it, I guess I did not see that coming?"
In reply to that he got "Disturst is human nature, distrust creates doubt that makes us misjudge the intentions of others, but people can change, not right now, but in a generation any thing is possible."
At this point in his head Anthony had to think "I just moulded what Char and Amuro said, I'm going to go the hell for that one?"
ORB
A little girl who had reunited with her family was now telling them of who she had met. It took her a whole minute to calm down before she could actually speak to them.
"Mom, Dad, Shinn, I just got to meet an officer from our army, he was tall and huge and his name was Colonel Kisaka!"
Her Dad gave a blink and said "You met a Colonel who took time out of his way to help you?"
She shook her head "He did not, this other real nice guy did, Colonel Kisaka only came because he was his friend that is what he told me."
Shinn now said "So we lost you, you met a prince charming and he got you back home to us?"
Mayu have a nod and said "Yes, big brother that is it!"
Her Mom now asked her "So Mayu dear, did he get his name so we at least know who got you to us dear."
Mayu gave a pause as she tried to recall the full name of the man in the black jacket and red cape.
"He said his name was Anthony, but I don't know his last name."
Shinn now said to her "Is this guy real, I am not sure, you did only come up with a first name sis?"
Mayu gave him a nod pulled out her phone and displayed to her older brother a picture of her with a young man in a uniform that did look like he was from sort of royal or at least noble institute.
All Shiin was able to say was "Damn, it looks like he was real, wait how old was he, he could not be more than a few years older than me, sis how old is he, did he tell you?"
Mayu gave a nod as she said "Yes, he did, he said that he was 27 years old."
Her Dad now looked at the photo and said "No way, he looks too young to be 27 if he is though, he's lucky that he looks so young at that age."
Shinn now asked "Is he, is he as I am a Co-ordinator?"
Mayu gave a shrug as she said "Why would I ask him that Shinn, I do not want to be a pest, he is a nice person that is what really counts here."
Shinn saw no reason to try to argue with his little sister, so he said "I guess you're right sis, that is what counts."
Their parents could not help but smile at the innocence of their children.
It was safe to say the peace ORB knew was not to last, it was only a matter of time till war came to the shores of ORB.
It is a sad thing to see, when war comes to home of a people who do not wish to fight. It is truly an evil deed to try to take from a nation that which is theirs."
With Kira
Tolle had been alive, he was still stuck in hospital but he was alive.
"I wonder how long he will be in that bed for, can't help but think that it is a bit too long."
Kira was not sure why he thought that Tolle may have to be in that bed for too long, but then it hit him as he recalled what Lord Uzumi and Anthony had said.
Lord Uzumi had said to him "I believe we are entering a time, where I believe our swords can no longer be simply for display."
Anthony had said in reply "That is true, I suggest that you get use to them, as well as find a way to improve on what you have."
If the what Lord Uzumi had said is going to come to pass as well as what Anthony said, Tolle may not have much time to recover in his bed.
At this point Kira was only able to say "I can't, I can't let my friends die."
He had said that a lot and it was what he had fought for, in fact up until he had met Lacus again it had been his only drive to fight.
But now he had found what it was he truly wanted to fight for, it was just that he still held dies to his friends and he could not let them die.
It was no good, he had to know if Tolle would be fine or not, but he did not know who to ask them this.
It would be a bit if not very awkward to go up to a doctor and asked "Hi, how long will it take for my friend to get well and all, there is meant to be an invasion so I want to know if we can get him out of here or not before it."
It did not leave a good feeling in Kira's mind yet alone his mouth, so no, he would not go up and ask if his friend was going to be alright as well as out of there.
But then he recall what it was that Mu had said as well about Anthony.
"Well Anthony has a super computer in his suit as well as he can gather data while he is in it so, that may be how he gets all of this done."
If that was true, then Anthony may just be able to tell him if Tolle would be alright or not.
He gave a pause "At this point in time, if I ask him, it will be a bit rude, he is still mad at me for not helping him out, if I had to say, it'd be rude to try to ask for a favour?"
It was true, it was going to be weird to say the least if he asked for a favour now above all times.
"Why is it that the path I seek never simply, I guess at time there is no easy way out for at all."
It was now that he heard a voice ask him "Kira, did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"
Kira gave a blink and Anthony was now in front of him.
Kira was not even able to give a reply as Anthony said "It is to do the exact same thing and expect, shit to change, like it will not be the same as the last, pretty crazy huh?"
All Kira did in reply now was give a blink and shake his head, Anthony was still there he was not a delusion.
"If you do not ask, how to you expect to find out what it is that you seek to find out."
Kira had no idea where Anthony had come from or who he knew what was on his mind.
Kira now asked "How did, how did you know that was on my mind?"
Anthony gave him an almost cruel smile as he said "I'd make a that I can read minds, but truth be told, you spoke about it just a few seconds ago, who else is mad at you for such specific reasons, may I ask?"
Kira gave a blink as he asked "Wait I said that, I did not think I said that out loud?"
In reply to that Anthony said "I guess you can say that you did and that I was in the area when you said it."
Kira had to admit that was a sound theory or rather fact of how Anthony knew all this.
Anthony now said "Can I assume that you wish to ask me about a friend of yours, I do not see you as the type to ask about love or any other thing like that."
Kira gave a blink, did Anthony just say he was dull or did he say he was not normal?
Anthony now said "Also, my suit doesn't go into things like that or at least I don't try to make it go there."
So in a way, he had just told Kira that he may or may not be able to predict the future romances of the crew.
If Kira had not met Ayu, he was sure he'd have to ask why Anthony did not or at least ask him if it had to do with his past.
But thanks to Ayu, Kira knew it had to do with his past and with Ayu.
Though the full details he did not know, he felt as if he could almost feel the sorrow in Ayu.
Her pain, her sorrow was not for herself, no it was for Anthony, the one who she had claimed to be the lover of.
But that train had gone far, far off the tracks, he had to get back to reality and asked Anthony for a favour.
Kira now asked "Hey, Anthony, can you do me a favour please."
In reply to him Anthony said "I will, but I will have to know the manner of the favour before I do accept it."
Kira gave him a nod and said "That is fair enough, Anthony can I ask you find out if Tolle will be able to get out of the hospital, before."
It was as he came to these words that Kira found that he was unable to say what he wanted to say.
It was as if part of him did not want to say it but he knew he had to.
"Can I ask you to find out if Tolle will be out of the hospital before war comes to ORB?"
Anthony gave him a nod and said "I can do that for you Kira."
Kira gave a blink as he asked "Really?"
In reply Anthony said "You have my word that I will, but I will need to get to my suit in order to do so."
Kira gave him a nod and said "Thanks Anthony, it means a lot to me."
In reply to him Anthony said "I don't save people just so they can die soon after I am gone, keep that in mind."
As Anthony now left Kira felt at least he did not say "No go sit down and wait it out and pray to the God or thing you believe in."
But he still felt as if, as if Anthony was still upset with him, just how long would it take for him to get out of this?
"To be upset is human, but what is it, what is it that he holds on to, what is it that he wants me to do to make it up, why am I at square one, with no way to move on?"
It was a question for another day for he saw Anthony now climb into his mobile suit.
For now Kira gave a nod to the MS Agito Zero and said "I guess I'll talk to him once he comes out of it."
And with that Kira now began to walk away from the Archangel Hangar.
He had been asked to come and see the MS Strike.
Archangel Brig
Anthony now gave the meal to Dearka who just said "It's you again."
In reply to that Anthony said "I think you may not know it, but you are a prisoner here kid, you're not going to get any female visitors any time soon."
All Dearka said in reply to that was "Wow, that was harsh, are you like that to the rest of the crew or do you reserve that for me?"
In reply Dearka go "Do I make bad jokes at the crew, of course I do, do they laugh at it, I think some of them do, once or twice."
In reply to that Dearka gave a short laugh "You know that I am not a kid?"
At this Anthony raised his eye brows and said "Really your still not yet able to drink kid, also I got like 10 years on you."
Dearka gave a blink and said "Say what, there is no way that you are 27 man."
In reply to that Anthony said "There is no way, you should have your skin with blonde hair, by the way."
In reply to that Dearka said "That coming from the tanned guy with blood red hair, that is rich." In his defence Anthony said "I was born with it, the old fashioned way, you know how most of us come into this world."
Dearka said "I'm not buying that, if you are the pilot of the Omega then you are the dude who took a big metal fist through the chest and lived to tell the tale of it, your hairs got to be magic or was it Sorcery."
Anthony gave him a shrug and said "Hey at least my uniform has class buddy."
Dearka now said "I'm going to be in here a while aren't I?"
Anthony gave him a nod "Well at least you are not dead, imagine if those four brave young kids did not get you out of this cell huh, do you think you'd be here right now?"
Dearka now closed his eyes and said "Yeah I owe them, if I have to say it, there all not that bad, well to say they don't hate me as much as I thought they did."
Anthony then said "Or at all huh, funny how things can be like that."
Dearka gave a sigh and said "You can say that again, I guess I did not really see them as people like I did my friends."
Anthony gave him a nod and said "I've got to say the worst thing about war is that it is not man against beast, it is man against man and that is what makes it so sickening to watch."
Dearka gave him a nod and said "You can say that again, I guess when I did try to take down the Legged Ship, I never thought about the people on board the ship at the time all I wanted to do was to take it down."
Anthony asked "And now?"
Dearka gave a sigh as he said "I am not sure what I am meant to do, these people here, I am just not sure about it, this war all of it, I am not sure about it."
Anthony in reply said "It is alright to be unsure, it is proof that you can think, proof that you are not a beast."
Dearka now said "I think I get what you're saying, if you really are the pilot of the Omega, I think I can see why you'd look down on all of us."
Anthony in reply said "I do not look down on any of you, it is more of, I am unable to see why you seek to find what is different rather than what is the same."
With a sigh Dearka said "You make all of us sound like a bunch of monkeys throwing shit."
All he got was a laugh followed by "I would name that animal, if I had to say, it is more like a bunch of Chocobos, just that one is a colour the other does not like, so you try to change the other or get rid of it.
At this point Anthony came to see that he had to tell Dearka what they were.
"We in Rubrum had a ranch for them where we bred them to be different or to be the same, bird similar to well Emu's in your world."
"Chocobos were fluffy loyal fast and to be ridden on, it was used for transport, but they can fight if need be, I had a friend who was saved by his Chocobos, though he perished soon after that."
Dearka at this point said "So they are loyal to their riders huh, but from what you say, you're calling all of us bird brains aren't you."
He did not get a reply so Dearka went on and said "I guess you can, the more and more I think about this war, the more I can see how messed up it is."
Anthony replied "War is never simply that is the sad truth about it."
May 24th
More than a whole month had passes since the Archangel had come to ORB, in that month the crew along with Murrue and Mu had chosen not to return to the EA.
They had not been asked to take part or be a part of the ORB Union SDF, but such a request was coming.
Anthony for his part had moved from the Archangel to the Morgenroete factory his suit the MS Agito Zero had moved with him due to it being the only place he slept.
Lord Uzumi had not asked to study his suit, but he did ask for any input Anthony may have to add to their own Mobile Suits.
So far most of what he said had been pushed to the side in favour of more realistic choices.
Anthony knew this, but he did not sulk over it, but he made sure that he only gave his opinion when it was asked for.
But for a reason unknown to Lord Uzumi, Erica Simmons did spend a large amount of time with with Anthony.
What it was for, so far was appeared to be more personal manner.
But things are not always how they appear to be and in this case, it was so very true.
It was looked at by her peers as her trying to get to know the man in the suit, when that was not so.
Now after most of the others had gone home, Erica now moved to the MS Agito Zero.
She now called out to him "Anthony, I have an update on the Mobile Suit Plans you gave me."
In reply to her Anthony got out of the MS Agito Zero and said "Can't you just say MS, lady like all of us?"
If there was a joke in there, she did not get it at all.
"Don't fret over it, so what have you done, did you hit any problems?"
In reply to him Erica said "Actually no, we have the inner frame as well as the armour done as well as the weapons and the armour for it."
Anthony knew this would come to pass but he had to be impressed, Erica and only a small select few had done this.
"Well that is good on you, when that suit was first being made, it was, to say the least, it was impossible to get it done at that time."
Erica gave a blink and said "Wait, what, is that true?"
Anthony gave her a nod and said "Yep, it was made into the Hyaku Shiki, it was a good suit, but it was not the MSN-001 Delta Gundam."
In reply to that Erica threw him a playful smile and said "I see so I guess we are better than you when we made it?"
She now looked at the MS Agito Zero "Is the MS Delta Gundam, it your suit based of it?"
In reply to her Anthony said "No, my suit is not based on it at all Erica."
Erica gave a giggle and said "Oh, so you can call me by my first name then?"
With a shrug Anthony said "If we are to play that game, you do it all the time, so by default I am the victor, how is your son, is he alright with you being here late at night and not going home some days?"
Erica gave a blink and asked "How the hell did you know about my son?"
In reply to that Anthony gave a sigh as he said "I have access to many data bases, you do not hide it as well I might add, just the other day your co worker asked how he was."
Now she gave a sigh as she recalled that she had indeed speak about him.
"If I had to guess, you are the type of man who can sit down and record an entire event and no one will notice you do it?"
She did take note that Anthony did not deny this, in fact what he said next shocked her because it was true.
"If I just put on, one of your own uniforms you would not notice me Simmons, in fact most of you here would not notice me."
Erica gave a shiver at how true that was as she said "Can I get back to telling you about the Delta Gundam now, all this talk is getting off topic and also making me feel like I am in a horror show."
Anthony did not say a word, his face said it all in fact his face said "You got to be shitting me ma'am."
In her defence this was turning out to be a really scary for her, that a guy was just always listening and had a suit that could predict the future and gather data on just about any thing he wanted it to.
"Back on topic I have to say I am impressed with you Ms Erica Simmons and your team that you have got the suit done."
Erica gave a slight smile as she said "Well so it only took us building a suit you were unable to, to impress you huh, you are a hard man to please."
In reply to that Anthony just said "That with a son and a husband at home as well, you really are quite the woman Ms Simmons."
The smile on Erica's face fell at the word husband. Anthony knew he had fucked up for the word had just slipped off his tongue.
"I see, I am sorry, I did not mean to dig up your past."
In reply to that Erica asked him "You're not going to ask me about it, are you?"
In reply to her Anthony said "You are yet to ask about my love life, only fair that I don't ask about yours."
At this Erica now said "I think I get what Lord Uzumi says is so special about you.
In reply to that Anthony asked "What is that, if you want to tell me, don't speak if you do not wish to.
In reply to that Erica gave a short laugh as she said "Lord Uzumi said you can understand people or at least give off the feeling that you can."
All Anthony said in reply to that was "I think I should see the Delta Gundam."
Erica gave a sigh "You do have a very professional attitude at times, can't help but wonder where you got it from?"
In reply to that Anthony said "I think you didn't get the memo, I'm 27 years old, not 15, 16."
Erica gave a blink as she just realised she had been meeting with a young man at night who was close to her age.
She was silent for a whole minute before she said "You're not really 27, come on 19 I can at least try to see you as but 27?"
In reply to that Anthony just said "I was 26 when I came here, it was summer where I was, and my birthday day is in the last month of summer, more than 3 months have passed and I may not know the exact date in your calendar as I do in mine, as I am also aware that it was not the same time in the year when I first came here."
Despite all that he had just said Erica picked out that he did not know what day his Birthday was over here.
"Wow, being here you don't even know your own birthday, I think that is a little harsh."
She gave a blink once more and said "Wait, hold up, even if that is the case "Your suit should be able to calculate that for you right?"
Anthony gave a shrug and said "I do not abuse the power of my suit like that, it is not like it is a big deal to me, I can live with this after all it is just a day."
Erica now asked him "Do you really believe that?"
In reply Anthony said "It allows me to sleep at night."
At this point Erica came to see that there was a lot more that he kept hidden about him that they thought he did.
Sure it was personal things, but it was the fact he kept them hidden that intrigued Erica about it.
As if he could read her thought Anthony said "Right now, your only real goal should be to find a pilot for this suit, also to get him accustomed to it, the Delta Gundam is a lighting bruiser, it can take hits, but it is best for it not to."
Erica gave him a nod a bit thrown off by the fact he had got so quickly to war.
"If you have a list of pilots for it, I suggest you go get them, I'll keep my own counsel on that matter."
Erica gave a frown at him as she asked "What you don't think we can find a pilot for it in time?"
With a shake of his head Anthony said "I know you will, if I help you out here, it will be looked at as you got outside aid and that ORB is unable to stand on it's own two feet, you need to do this to show that you can win and it is your win."
Erica was able to understand where Anthony was coming from and said to him "I'll see what I can do then, don't want ORB to just be known as people who can make suit other people can pilot this."
But the reply she got was "I also do sincerely hope that Rondo Gina Sahaku is unaware of all of this, I'd hate to have to turn the Agito Zero's weapons towards Noble of ORB."
Erica was in shock at this as she said "He doesn't know, I swear it, he doesn't know of the suit plans you gave us."
In turn Anthony said "I do hope that is the case, for your own good and the good of your nation, if he does know of it, the Junk Guild will be the least of his worries or rather he won't have to worry about them any more, how was Lowe by the way."
Erica gave a blink as she asked "How do you know that name?"
In reply to that Anthony just tapped his suit and said "The Agito Zero is aware of many things as am I, but right now it is better if we do not cross paths with the Junk Guild or those who seek to destroy them, I know the Junk Guild will win, in the end."
All Erica could say in reply to that was "Wait what?"
Anthony gave her a smile and said "I have had to place a lot of trust in your Erica Simmons, I do not wish for that trust to be broken or to be abused."
Anthony now gave her a nod "I will do what I have to in order to stop those who seek to rule and to dominate, in that like Rondo Gina Sahaku is the same as Patrick Zala and Muruta Azrael, if he does try anything, I will put him down and those who support him."
Erica had no love for any of those 3 men and she knew that Rondo was a bastard who was a tyrant and would do anything for power.
"I think, I understand more about you now Anthony Hitoro, you do not kill in battle for they are not your enemy."
25th of May
Lord Uzumi now sat in a room with Anthony in front of him "So this is the day that ZAFT will attack the Port of Panama?"
Anthony gave him a nod "It is also the first time the Earth Alliance will us Mobile Suits in combat, well a suit other than the Stirke that is."
Lord Uzumi gave him a nod and said "I am aware of the GAT-01 Strike Dagger."
"You will receive the reports soon Lord Uzumi, but it will end in defeat and the ZAFT soldiers will kill all at Panama down to the last man."
Lord Uzumi now said "For to them it is pay back for JOSH-A."
Anthony gave him a nod as replied "Yes, but I think you can tell that the Earth Forces will not take this very well and in retaliation any ZAFT forces they beat will also be killed to a man."
It was at this point Anthony gave a sigh "With men like Patrick Zala leading the PLANTS and the head of Blue Cosmos Muruta Azrael high up in the Earth Alliance, the war will turn into a real blood bath."
This was true and Lord Uzumi knew it and right now ORB was only able to defend itself from the chaos outside.
"ORB is not part of this conflict and will only fight in order to defend our nation, we do not invade."
The doors to the room the two of them were in now opened and a military officer ran into the room.
He gave Lord Uzumi a salute and said "Lord Uzumi, we have reports that Panama is under attack at this very moment."
Lord Uzumi turned his head to Anthony and gave closed his eyes as he said "I see what you said has now come true."
Anthony gave him a nod and said "And what will ORB do now, it is only a matter of time before Panama falls, what will you do when the eyes of the Earth Alliance turn to the Kaguya and its Mass Driver."
In reply to this Lord Uzumi said "There is only one thing we can do and this is to fight, I won't leave ORB or this world in the hands of those bastards."
In reply to that Anthony said "You will face death to stop them taking the Mass Driver that is a noble sentiment, but tell me, what will become of this nation, your nation after you're gone?"
In reply Lord Uzumi said "I have faith in the next generation and in my daughter Cagalli."
Anthony gave him a nod and said "Not all of those who stand with you share in those ideals Lord Uzumi."
It was true and he knew it and Anthony knew it as well, all to well.
"You see if I were to bet my suit the Agito Zero that your daughter is not yet ready for that role, I know I would be right."
Lord Uzumi now said "You think that she is not ready for it?"
All he got in reply was "Less of that she is not ready and more of those who would come after you have an agenda for her."
Lord Uzumi now asked "Like who?"
In reply Anthony said "Just a few men by the names of Unato Ema Seiran, Rondo Gina Sahaku, Yuna Roma Seiran, that is to name a few, I can go on, but I see that you do not agree with what I just said."
Lord Uzumi closed his eyes as he said "No I can agree with what you said about those men, I can also see that it is true to their nature to do such things, but I do not have the time to confront them."
Anthony gave him a nod and said "That is true, you do not have the time to nor a way to get the truth out of them, all you can do is rethink your plans."
Lord Uzumi knew that was all that he could do at this point so he said "I take it that you and Erica Simmons have got the suit you were working on ready."
Anthony gave him a nod and said "I did expect that she'd have come to tell you in first, it was her and her team that did all the work, I just gave them what to do."
Lord Uzumi now said "That is true, but if you had not given us that plans for that suit, it would not have come about."
It was true, if he had not given them the plans for it, that suit was history, UC history and would have never seen the light of day in the Cosmic Era.
"I think I'd best get going, you have a lot of work to do, no doubt that the Earth Alliance will send a request for you to join them, then send an Ultimatum that is ridiculous too boot."
With that Anthony left Lord Uzumi to ponder what it was he had said.
So far he had given him only 3 names, but out of those 3 names, 2 of them disturbed him.
"What will become of ORB once I am gone, it is a question that I may have not looked into well enough."
That was to say the least of it, what was also on his mind was Anthony Hitoro.
"He got the day that Panama would be under attack right, I am also told that he said that the attack on JOSH-A was only meant to go down on May 5th, if all of this is true, he may know when and where ORB will come under attack?"
That was true but also the leader of ORB had to ask "Just how is it that his suit can get all of this, how is it that he has access to the plans of ZAFT if he is here with us, there are some things that don't add up here?"
That was true and Lord Uzumi was no fool and he knew there was a lot more to all of this that Anthony let on.
It is just human nature to keep some things secret, if it was true that Anthony knew more, why did he not share it, is he unable to do so?
"If he is hiding his past form as, it has to be for a reason, if he is from another world then he is bound by rules to not tell us, but it all comes back to ask why is he here and why is he taking part in this war?"
It was the question that Mu and Murrue had been asking from the start other than the fact that he required to use their loo.
Okay I had to bring the loo part up at then end as part of the joke of why Anthony chose to side with them. Also the Delta Gundam is what the Delta Plus from Unicorn was a variant of. Also it was what the Hyaku Shiki was meant to be, but the Hyaku Shiki could not transform like it is meant to. I also like the Hyaku Shiki alot but have seen Zeta so I know that it is not as great as what I would want it to be. Anthony in story though thought the people at ORB would get the Hyuaku Shiki not the Delta Gundam.(he did not use the Zero System to look into that) Anthony is also slowly turning Dearka from his view that ZAFT is always right. If you have any more questions do PM and I will answer them as much as I can for you.
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