Okay guys I am back and I am ready to rumble it has been a little while since I last posted, a week or more I think, so here I give you a chapter that I spent a lot of time on. I do hope that you enjoy it for I did while writing it out. This chapter will cover part of the lead up and the battle of ORB on the 15th of June or at least part of the 15th of June, I won't cut that battle short. Please read and enjoy this chapter.

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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 Six

"We don't know if trying our best will help, but we do know, that if we don't try our best, it won't help for sure!" Eru Chitanda (Hyouka)

It had been two days since MS Delta Gundam was finished. "Well at least this is hear so I guess ORB is going to have a better chance that before."

Truth be told he did not wish to be here any longer, he just wanted to go home, to go back to being a Gunpla player and his part time job as a teacher.

If he stayed here too long, his home, his past all of it would be gone.

He knew he was part of this now, in a sense he had made himself part of this conflict.

It was a foolish thing to do, but deep down he knew it was right.

He could call it all sorts of names, but in the end, he had done what he saw as right, if he had not done as his moral compass guided him, he may have broken a long time ago.

He gave a smile as he said a quote from one of the games that he held dear to him to this day.

"In peace vigilance, in war victory, in death sacrifice."

It was not the best way to remind himself of home, but it did and he could hear the voice of the character who said it, in his own words.

But he was not ready for what came next, for the voice of a young lady asked him "Is that a code that the Agito Cadets live by?"

Anthony his his surprise that he was not alone, no doubt he had let his mind wander to far while he thought of home.

Now turning to face the princess of ORB, Anthony said "We all need to take a load off, this is just from a story that I knew of."

Cagalli gave a blink as she said "Oh, well that is a very dark story if those lines are any thing to go by."

Anthony gave her a nod and said "It is a shame, but not everyone can go have the happy ending that they wish to, even if they have earned it."

Cagalli gave a blink as she came to realise what it was that Anthony was trying to tell her.

"Hey, you're not saying you might just go and die on us now, are you?"

It was clear to Anthony, that she had not got what it was, he was trying to tell her.

"No, I am not going to go and die on you, as long as I am in my suit in battle."

Cagalli gave a nod and said "Yeah, your suit is just, well I don't know how to put it well, but it is like a monster that we can't compete with."

In reply to her Anthony said "It is a monster that your own suits are no match for, but even it has its flaws, no suit is perfect Cagalli."

In reply to this Cagalli said "So your suit does have flaws or at least you say it does, can you name them for me?"

Anthony gave her a smirk and said "That is on a need to know basis and no one needs to know."

Cagalli gave a pout as she said "And here I thought you were almost human, I guess it is a bit too much to ask for you to tell me the secrets of your suit."

Anthony gave a nod and said "On a scale of 1 to 10, for 1 being very unlikely and 10 being very likely, you must see that the words are very likely so even if you did get a 10, I still may not tell you a thing."

Cagalli gave a blink and said "Wait hold up, you do know that is cheating and a totally random thing to say to me?"

Anthony gave her a shrug as he now began to walk off towards the exit of this factory.

Cagalli now said "Hey Anthony, I am hear because I am going to be the pilot of this suit?"

In reply to her Anthony just raised his hand and gave her the thumbs up as if to say to her good work or good luck.

"If you are the pilot good luck then, if I am right, you should be able to pilot the Delta Gundam."

Cagalli gave a blink and said "If you're right, what the hell is that meant to mean, do you think that I can't pilot it, hey aren't you meant to also help me test pilot this thing, Anthony stop!"

With a sigh, Anthony came to a stop and said "Do you really want me to be your sparring partner, I take it that you have seen my suit and I, in actual combat?"

Cagalli now said "Of course I have, that is why I want your help."

In reply to that Anthony just said "Is that it, you want me to help you out, it is not like I gave gave your plans on how to make this suit."

Cagalli gave a sigh, it was true that Anthony did play a part to create the MS Delta Gundam.

She was not aware that it was in fact that Anthony was the one who had not only given them the plans to build this, but guided them in how to construct this suit.

"I think I have done enough for a while, I am sure Kira or the Astray pilots will be able to help you out."

In reply she said "At times I am not sure if you are even like any of us at all."

She gave a pause and then said "Don't get me wrong, you are human no doubt about that, but there is a part of you that is, is not what we think it is."

In reply to her Anthony said "You may be right, it is natural for one such as I to keep things about my past hidden, it is also true that all that you know about me, though it may be true, you may have perceived it in a way that makes it not the same as what it truly is."

In retort to that Cagalli said "Do you have to make a riddle out of everything that you say, would it kill you to give us a straight answer?"

In reply to that he just stated "I have a question for you Cagalli, do you care to amuse me?"

Cagalli gave a sigh and said "Do I have a choice?"

Anthony gave her a nod "You can choose to not let me speak or you can let me ask what I wish to ask, but not answer me, the choice is always yours to make, don't let anyone tell you that it is not, ever."

Cagalli gave a sigh as she replied "I get that there is a message for me in that, but, I don't get it, ask me what you were going to."

Anthony gave her a nod and said "Cagalli, a man who wears a mask, is it to hide who he is or is it to protect those who are dear to him?"

Now that, that was a good question, she was not sure how it played in all that had just been said, but it was a good question none the less.

In reply to him Cagalli said "I guess it would depend on who wore the mask and what they did at the time."

Anthony now gave a smile and said "That is a good reply Cagalli, I guess there is some hope for the future of ORB yet."

Cagalli gave a blink and asked "Just what the hell are you saying, was that some kind of test of my character?"

In reply to that Anthony gave a shrug "It was, be glad for you did pass, so I guess, if the situation arises where ORB needs a leader, you may just be able to take the reigns."

Cagalli did not like it, she did not like where this was going at all.

"Anthony what the hell are you saying, snap out of it, to say that, do you really think that ORB is going to lose, that my father will die, what is with you, do you think just because your suit can see things that you know all that is going to be, huh?"

She now saw his hand curl into a fist as he took in a deep breath.

He did this for a few breaths, then he just shook his head and gave a sigh.

It was at this point Cagalli saw a tear roll down his right eye as he said "Just what did I do to be cast into a world like this, to be taken from my friend, my family, what is it that got me to this place."

This feeling, it was the same as when he had lost his cool and walked out on Lacus.

But this time he was unable to keep the tears in.

Deep down, all he wanted to do was go home to all those he held dear to him.

But this time it was not the same as in the PLANTS, for he felt arms wrap around him and a body cling closely to his.

Cagalli then said "Sorry, I'm sorry, I did not mean to hurt you, you have done so much for the Archangel and you have helped out here in ORB, in your own way, but you have helped us still."

It was in all intents, this was a hug, Anthony had not got hugged for a long time, in fact since a little while before he came here.

Cagalli let go and said "Don't get the wrong idea, it is not like I think of you in that way, it is just, well I think that you needed a hug."

Anthony gave her a smile wiped his tears and said "I am aware of that, the heart of a woman is complicated."

Cagalli gave a blink, it was true but she just had to go and say "Wait, who told you that, one of your siblings?"

With a shake of his head Anthony said "No it was the girl who was the lover to a very close friend of mine, she also became my friend."

Cagalli now asked "What was her name?"

"Her name was Tomoyo, for fun, I called her the Undefeated of the East."

Cagalli now said "I take it that she did not like that."

Anthony gave a shrug "She knew it was the truth."

With a smile he now said "Ah to think back to those days, well it was not bad, in fact it was nice."

He gave a pause before he said "Thanks, I really needed that, I almost forgot what a hug felt like."

Cagalli made a joke at this "Shit, no wonder why you were so, well distant most at times."

Anthony gave her a short laugh as he said "It's not your fault, this is why I shouldn't think of home right before I speak to anyone."

Cagalli blinked and then said "Say what, it is not good to keep things inside for too long you know, it is not healthy for you."

In reply to that Anthony said "In life you will find that you are not alone, but there are things you can share with only one who holds a special place in your heart."

All Cagali could do was blink at this, she had no idea why he had said that, in fact she had no idea, what he meant by that at all.

Now as he left Anthony said "Thanks for being there while others were not, so far you are the only one to have done so for me over here."

Cagalli gave him a smile and said "Hey it is what friends are for, were friends right?"

Anthony gave a smile and said "I guess I will give you a spar, let me go and get my suit."

Cagalli's eyes widened and said "For real?" Anthony gave her a smile and said "For real."

Delta Gundam VS Agito Zero

Within a controlled environment a MS Delta Gundam and the pilot were able to test out the suit as well as the weapons.

Anthony as a good gamer had given her the tutorial on how to move a MS, or rather he just said "Well, once you figure out how to move that suit, I will move on to combat."

In reply to that she said "Do you think that I am an idiot Anthony?"

Anthony in turn made the MS Agito Zero shake its head at her as he said "No, but I am not going to attempt to help you with the controls due to my own lack of knowledge of them."

Cagalli called him out on this "What a load of crap, as if you don't know how to pilot this suit."

In reply to that Anthony made the MS Agito Zero its index finger at her as he said "Tut, tut, tut, I am not sure if you know this, but the way you build and use suits here is not the way I do, I can tell you that with no doubt, the suit you are in was built so your own people could pilot it."

In reply to that Cagalli asked "You mean Naturals like me right?"

In reply the MS Agito Zero gave a face palm "I am not sure if I have told you, but where I was born, genetic selection was, well science fiction."

In retort to that she said "But, but, look at your mobile suits like your one."

In reply to her Anthony gave a chuckle and said "I think you can see where put our research into, if not done things way you did, good suits you might have."

In his head Anthony said "Okay I think I need to tone down the Yoda a bit."

He gave a pause and then gave a smile "Or maybe, I do not."

He had chosen to go with the Yoda, but now she set him up for a line that he always wanted to say.

"Hey, I am trying to get used to this suit here, don't speak weird on me."

In reply to her Anthony said that one famous line "No try not, do or do not, there is no try."

Cagalli gave a blink as she said "Wait, what the hell is that meant to me?"

In reply Anthony said "If eyes not open, see the truth you cannot."

Cagalli then asked "How, how can I find the truth then?"

She was not sure what it was that she was asking him.

But she was sure that he would at least be trying to help here, he did say that he would spar with her for real.

It was at this point unknown to her Anthony had closed his eyes, he and had raised his hand.

He knew he could have the doors to this place open so his suit could leave if he just had the System do it.

He wanted at this point to test, if just by chance that he may be a Newtype and the voice of Ayu that he had heard was in fact real and not a delusion of his or just a memory he had.

The words of master Yoda though Anthony was not a Jedi and Jedi were not real, came to mind.

"No try not, do or do not, there is no try."

He now said softly to himself "I am a Newtype, that door, I can open it."

As he now tried to feel the technology in the door, he was unable to get its systems to unlock as well as open.

He now opened his eyes as he lowered his hand and said "I am a Newtype, I will open that!"

He did say this out loud and Cagalli would have asked what the hell he was on and if he was high.

But as if it was a scene out of a fantasy movie, the door to this facility opened.

To say the least, Cagalli had no words to say.

The words she was about to say were "Are you just a bit, if not very high?"

But at this point she had to ask herself "Am I high or did he just say that he would open that door and it did, was it his suit or him, who did that?"

He now gave a laugh then said "Agito Zero close for me the doors, go out we shall not, wish to show the world the suit, I do not."

At this point Cagalli asked "Can you stop that Anthony, it is getting old."

In reply to her, Anthony said "What I say, get old, when you get to 27 years old, look 12 you will not."

He said this to just have a joke at her expense "Come, test your weapons we will, fight we shall."

At this point the doors to the area began to close as Anthony said "Worry not, all shots I will take."

In Cagalli's eyes, he was being a bit of an ass, but he was also going to help her test her suit in combat.

"Once I get the hang of how to use this suit, I'm totally going to kick your ass."

It was at this point she saw the MS Agito Zero drop into a stance as Anthony said "At me bro, you come."

Yeah she had to kick his ass now!

"Oh I'm going to come alright and you will regret it so much, and since you made me make the first move, I will not hold back!"

As if to point out a flaw in her Anthony said "Time out, time out, speak in a way that others presume they will, you should not."

In his own head Anthony said "I think I may just have to drop the Yoda act, is sure is fun as hell, but at times I do not know what to say, think this out, I did not."

He gave a blink now as he mouthed "Shit, I am starting to speak like Yoda for real, I gotta stop it now."

But at this point all he had to do was hold back Cagalli "I guess I should try to instruct like the Guild Master did for the Hero of Oakvale, when I'm kicking her ass, I'll point out that her health is low, oh I can ask her if she has any potions and food as well."

He now gave a smirk as he began to spar with her.

Morgenroete

Cagalli gave a pout, she had sparred with Anthony just as he had promised he would.

But the sad fact was that her suit was by no means a match for his, in face she was sure she knew that from the get go.

But in light of that, Anthony had made her aware of the fact that her suit though it was not a fragile suit, on the field of battle was meant to well, dodge any and all attacks if she could.

Fact was, while in that area, even if it was larger, she did not have the space to move to put that into maximum effect.

This was a really big problem for her, the only thing that was bigger than that, was the fact that Anthony would tell her that her health was low after a few direct hits.

To add insult to injury he would ask her if she had any potions or food, like that would help her out.

But despite the fact he had been a bit of an ass, he had helped her out as well as given her pointers on how to use the suit.

Which was more than what he did for most, so in a sense, he was giving her the royal treatment?

If he did say that even as a joke she was going to kick him in the nuts for sure.

That was one step way too far for her, even if it was true to an extent.

But deep down she knew that he was not doing it for those reasons, she was not sure what he would say if she asked him why.

But she was sure that it was along the lines of "You were there when I was alone, that is all Cagalli."

Cagalli now saw that Anthony had come back after he had moved his suit back to where it had been.

"If I had to say, you did not do too badly for the your first time."

He gave a pause and due to what he had just said Cagalli gave a blush.

If he wanted to see that, she did not know, but she did hear him go on "In a mobile suit that you have no idea how to use, you should use the time you have to run some sims on what you can do outside this place."

Cagalli gave him a nod "Hey could you be in those as well, to you know guide me?"

In reply to her Anthony said "I can't hold your hand while you pilot a mobile suit, I can give you a video of how I have used it though."

Cagalli gave a sigh as she said "Well thanks for that, wait do you mean my suit can run things like yours, those simulations you spoke of?"

At this point all that he said was "Shit."

It was the shit of I left that bit out didn't I over the shit of I probably should not have done that.

Little did she know that Anthony had made sure no such thing was in the suit, it was bad enough that he was so caught up in all of this.

A system a kin to the Zero-System was not the solution to this war, well it was if it was in Anthony's hands, but if it got into the hands of a man like Rau, that would be bad.

It was at this point she said "Hey Anthony, when you spoke of your home, um what did you mean by to think back to those days, well it was not bad, in fact it was nice."

With a sigh he said "It is not a thing that I can just tell you of, you have to of, well gone past days like that, if you are able to live a long life, I know you will know what I feel right now."

In reply to that Anthony said "I am 27, you at the most are 16, I can tell you now, that if you do not know what it is that I speak of, but you may once this war is all over."

To say that was cryptic would be to say that the MS Agito Zero was not a Mobile Suit and in fact a Digimon.

In a sense it had a certain measure of truth to it, but it was not really true.

Anthony saw that Cagalli did not get what he was saying so he left her with a saying.

"Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met."

He now gave her a pat on the head, which pissed her off to no end as he began to walk away from her.

Cagalli would be angry at him, it was in her nature not to like being treated like a child.

But what he had said, it hit home with her as she was unable to even image the feeling of his saying.

She now called out to him "Wait, how can you recall a person you never met at all?"

It was at this point that the true message of what Anthony had said hit her, right in her heart.

"Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met?"

It was a paradox, but it was also true, a feeling that would nag at your mind and your soul.

You could attempt it, well the latter part at any rate, but it would not be real at all, it would all be make believe.

Was that his message to her, was he in pain because he could not forget those he loved.

It, it made sense in a way, how can you recall those who you have not met.

How can you truly forget a person who has a special place in your heart, if you are able to, then it was not really love was it?

It was at this point that she heard Anthony say to her "It is my belief Cagalli, you can choose not to accept it."

She gave a blink as she now found that tears did roll down her eyes, though she did not know why, it was as if, it was as if she could feel the pain that Anthony felt.

As she did this she saw that he now came to her and held her hand in his "Hush there is no need to cry, you must save your tears for those who no one will cry for."

He now ruffled her hair "Do not think too long all that I said, you above all will need to be strong for what is to come, you are the future of ORB."

June 14th, evening

In the past 2 weeks plus, Anthony had informed Lord Uzumi of the general attack date of the EA.

He also had asked Lord Uzumi to pursue diplomacy as normal and to do all he could to hide the fact that ORB was well aware of the impending attack.

For once in his life Lord Uzumi did wave away protocol and chose to listen to Anthony and take on board his advice.

What he did say about the ultimatum of the EA did come to pass as well.

It called for them to submit to the EA as well as for the current government to resign, it was on that day Lord Uzumi declared for the citizens of ORB to leave in order to avoid the combat that was going to take place in their nation.

Even his own reports now stated that the EA was moving to attack them and take their Mass Driver by force.

If they scouts as well as the data they had were accurate, the EA would attack them on the 15th, in the late morning.

It was at this time on the eve of battle that Lord Uzumi now sat down with, Kira Yamato, Mu La Flaga, Murrue Ramius, Erica Simmons, Ledonir Kisaka and of course Anthony Hitoro.

Since it was true that the EA had done as Anthony had said they would, it had to be assumed that either Anthony's suit was capable of gain that data or there was more then he let on.

"I have called all of you here for a reason, but I will address the reason why the two of you are here first."

Lord Uzumi said this as he turned his head to look at Mu and Murrue, the two of them had an idea as to what he was going to say next.

"I am well aware that you are no longer with the Earth Alliance, but that said, I am aware of the fact that some of your crew may wish to take this chance to avoid more combat."

That was true as well, a few of the crew did wish just to stop, but also some of the crew had to leave, if they did not, it would not be healthy for mental state to go back to battle.

Mu gave Murrue a nod and she now said "I will speak to the crew and make sure all of them are on the path they truly wish to be on."

In reply to that Lord Uzumi said "I will leave that to you, the second topic is you Kira Yamato, I am aware for the entire duration of your stay in here in ORB, your home, you have not made an attempt to meet with you parents even once?"

Kira closed his eyes and said "I have my reasons for doing so Lord Uzumi, if you are worried about my mental health, I am fine and can pilot my suit as well as any other suit completely."

Lord Uzumi gave him a slow nod and then asked "May I ask, why you have not tried to contact or at least speak to your family?"

In reply to that Kira said "There are some things that I need the answers to be, but I am sure that it will not help me right now."

He now looked at Kira and then said "As a Mobile Suit pilot, you may not be able to get those answers later?"

He did not ask what Kira would do, he wanted Kira to tell him what he would do.

Kira did not give in to what Lord Uzumi wanted him to and said "It is the path I have chosen to walk, if I worry about it now, I will not be able to move on from it, I can settle things such as it after this is over."

He now gave Kira a slow nod as he said "If that is what you truly wish then so be it, I will not press you further on it."

It was at this point that all eyes in the room came to rest on Anthony who for his part, had kept his mouth shut.

A feat he was capable of, but chose not to do so, most of the time.

"You have been quiet Anthony Hitoro, very quiet, if what I hear from my daughter and from the rest of the crew of the Archangel, at events such as this, you have cracked jokes as well as played the fool can you tell us, why you will not do so now, is there a reason for you to be so deathly silent this entire time?"

In reply to that Anthony said "I do so due to the fact that do not wish to make light of what is going to go down."

Lord Uzumi now asked him "So what is going to go down here Mr Hitoro, I know that you do have information we don't."

In reply to him Anthony said "Even if you fight with all you have, it is only a matter of time, ORB is but a small nation, as I said it is only a matter of time till you run out of men or run out of bullets."

Lord Uzumi knew what he was saying "I take it from the way you are speaking to me that this is not your fight?"

In reply to him Anthony just said "It has never been my fight, all that I have done up till now is lend a hand."

In reply to that Lord Uzumi asked "Is that why you gave us data as well as the means to build that mobile suit?"

In reply to that Anthony said "I do what I choose to do what I see is right, that is all."

All in the room had heard that line before, in fact Kira did say "You say that a lot you know."

As if to reply to him Anthony said "I have always, followed my beliefs, that is the way I live after all, it is my way of life."

Lord Uzumi now said "And what are these beliefs that you hold so close to you?"

In reply to that Anthony said "You cannot state what is your belief to others, you can only show them through action."

In a way he did avoid the question, so Lord Uzumi closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.

"Can I rely on you to defend ORB?"

Now it was Anthony's turn to take in a deep breath, he knew he had a few of them on the edges of their seats for his answer.

"I'll do what I see is right, what I see as right, that is all."

In a way he had just said that he would help them all out, but he had chosen to let them assume what he meant.

It was Erica Simmons who now asked him "If your suit as powerful as you have said and on a few occasions shown, won't we be able to save ORB?"

He now replied to her "It is, but I am no l'Cie, in face I am just a young man, the power that I have is not infinite and I am human, I need to rest, even I am not capable of sleeping in a suit during combat."

Erica Simmons now said "And you will not leave your suit in a battle or rather you'd stay in it for the battle?"

Anthony gave her a nod "I am no saint, I'd much rather live than die, my suit can stop most things that would kill me if I were outside it."

Lord Uzumi gave him a nod and said "I can understand that, I also accept any aid that you will give us in the battle."

It was at this point Kisaka said "If that settles all things, we should get ready for tomorrow."

Lord Uzumi now addressed Murrue when he said "I trust that you can tell the other ship and it's crew about the situation we are in now?"

Murrue gave him a nod and said "You can Lord Uzumi, I will tell them as soon as my crew is ready."

Morgenroete

Anthony now was in front of his suit the MS Agito Zero, he knew that the battle of ORB, no matter how good his suit was, the battle for ORB was going to be hard.

"I guess we will see or rather I will see, just how good I am, huh?"

If that was to be the case he knew he would have to put in extra effort to at least try to make sure he got the MS Calamity before it killed Shinn's family.

"Due to the fact that Lord Uzumi had this entire nation evacuated, I can say that Shinn and his family will not be in the place they were in, in the anime."

As he now stared at his suit, Erica Simmons walked up beside him and said "I guess even you gaze in wonder at your own suit from time to time."

When he did not answer her, she saw that he was a bit too engrossed in thought.

Since the two of them were alone she decided to say "I guess even you can feel fear, I mean about battle and all."

Anthony now said to her "I think you will find that I am just as human as you are, I am not a super human or an alien if that is what some of you think I am, Miss."

His eyes did not leave his suit as he said this, it was as if they were stuck to stare at it, at this point in time.

Erica now said "I did not mean it like that, it is just all, well at time you seem to be just a step ahead of all of us, for both your suit and you, it is as if we are all, well we are all not enough."

In reply to that Anthony said "I think you need to focus on who are your rivals and not try and put me in their place, if I am or am not a step ahead all of you, that should not matter, what should matter is the step you are about to take."

That was true and Erica knew it "I wish my son had a big brother or a father that spoke like you do."

All he said to her was "I think not, a man who has no history no past is not the ideal man to raise a child, I think I would make a terrible father, but that is my own opinion after all."

Erica gave a sigh as she said "I think you need to learn how to take a compliment.

His reply to her was "I guess I can learn to do so, but can I ask if you can learn how to fight like an Agito Cadet?"

She gave him a sigh and said "You know that you do not have to have the last word every single time you speak?"

"I know, I know, I just do so for most of the time."

She gave a smile and said "I see, by the way, why do you think that you will not be enough for us to save ORB."

He now gave a sigh as he said "Miss, I think you need to know, that I may be able to take down many of them, but I do have my limits, I have but one suit, no matter what, I can't save everyone."

Erica raised an eyebrow "Is that what the pilot of the MS Agito Zero fears?"

All he said in reply was "It is tied into what I fear the most."

Erica just gave a shrug "I guess most of us can forget that you are one of us and not your suit."

In reply to her this time he said "I think that it would have been best if you did not say that, not sure about you, but I am very much a human and in fact I am a person, I do feel I do hurt, I do bleed, just like any one else."

Erica gave a blink as she looked at him, she did not say a word which in turn prompted Anthony to say "What do I have to cut myself to prove that my blood is red, if I have to I will, but I'd rather not, unless it is the only way to prove to you that I am human."

It was at this point that Erica snapped back to reality and said "No, no you don't have to do that, I'm sorry I realise that what I said may have offended you."

Anthony now just got into his suit "No harm done, if you can see what was wrong with what you said, while you go and do what you need to do, I will be sleeping, I'm going to have to fight tomorrow, so I'll need so shut eye."

As he said this he got into his suit and locked it down, in short it was another way to tell Erica good night.

She saw this and decided to leave, it was a big day tomorrow.

Archangel

Murrue had done what she had to do and now late at night Mu and here where alone looking over at the hangar the Archangel was in, the two of them were at the empty bridge.

Mu now said "You know the Captain shouldn't look that depressed, all told that only 11 left the ship, that's incredible."

Murrue who had turned to look at him now turned swiftly to look out at the hangar again.

Murrue did not feel at her best so she asked "Commander there's something I want to know about JOSH-A, why'd you return."

In a sense it was a good question, also it must have been the word JOSH-A that got her to turn her face away.

Mu gave a pause and then began to move and said "Oh yeah, your question made me remember what I had forgotten to do."

As he said this, Mu took her in an embrace and kissed Murrue, who was so shocked by it that her eyes were open for just a few seconds.

Then she closed them as if she accepted what he had done, she quickly opened them once more to check if this was real, but then submitted to it truly.

As their lips parted Murrue blushed and turned her face to the side and said "You ought to know I really can't stand Mobile Armour pilots."

Mu just gave her a smile and said "It is a good thing that I am a mobile suit pilot then isn't it."

The two of them kissed once more with Murrue still blushing as they did, but she did not protest or stop.

It was a sign that the two of them did fit one another and that she truly wanted this.

The two of them were so focused on the other that they did not hear 3 of the adult members of the crew come on board the bridge.

The one in the middle all 3 of them in full white uniform asked "Excuse me, is any one up here-!"

All 3 of them froze in place and then let their jaws fall in awe at what they saw and decided to quickly leave before the two officers noticed them.

As part of the Archangel crew they had some experience with close encounters, but all of it did not prepare them for that.

But it was not really a shock to them, they had all seen the signs, but then again it was a shock to them.

Due to the fact that they had zero to no warning that it would happen on this night above all night, talk about romantic.

15th June Anthony's POV

I had been fed and watered in the morning, Erica Simmons had come to give it to me herself then.

At this point in time, I believe that she will be now getting to a shelter.

ORB is mostly empty due to the fact that it was evacuated a few days early.

I had Agito Zero run some scans, Shinn's family is safe for now, all that I need to do now is plan the battle.

From memory Azrael would have them fire the missles first in order to try to soften up the ORB defences as well as pick out weaknesses in them.

It is clear to me that I must launch before this happens.

The way out of this place has been left open, since my suit is the only one in this hangar, I can say that it is safe for me to leave here.

But just in case I am wrong I speak into my suit's speakers "Mobile Suit Agito Zero, is ready for launch."

If I had to put a lame meter on that, I am sure that line would have broken the bar.

Now switching my suits speakers off, I give the Zero System a few orders.

I will need to for I cannot do all that I wish to in my suit, after all I am but a man with only two hands.

"Count 10 after we leave the hangar and change GN particles to offensive, I want the flight path of the all the missiles from the first lot, that will be fired at ORB."

The Zero System now begins to predict the flight path of the missiles and I in turn begin to process them as I and my suit begin to work out a way to halt the barrage.

I do not use the Mobile Fighter G controls, this is not space and while I may be able to use them well, I'd rather not use them at this point.

With the controls of the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing up, I now push the Agito Zero to launch.

My suit moves as I command it moving quickly out of the hangar and now launching up into the air.

I can feel the thrusters in my suit push myself up into the sky, if I were not in my mobile suit I would be scared, the idea of the sky, the idea of flying, it used to scare me.

But this is not the time for tranquil memories.

I now tap down a few controls and my suit now enters the NTD mode that I have.

I can feel a pulse as it happens as if my suit is growing, it is a sensation that I can't describe.

I now pressed the commands that tell the Agito Zero to charge the twin buster rifles, even though they I cannot eject if I charge them in my wings, I do not need to eject them, yet.

It has been 10 seconds and up in the sky my suit switches now to the offensive GN particles that I request.

My twin buster rifles are not even 10% yet, that is due to the fact that it takes about a second for 0.2% to charge and I only did it at 3 seconds ago.

I leave two out of all the screens I have in front of me free just in case I do get a call, it is most fortuitous that I did for I get a call from none other than the Princess of ORB.

"Hey can you hear me Anthony, why did you launch, the enemy is yet to attack?"

In reply to her I calmly say "You will seen in a few seconds."

By launching early I am alone, but it also means I am the first thing they see and if I know a little about Muruta Azrael, that man will try to take me done first or at least fire at me to see if he can.

By the time he fires, it is around half a minute after I got up into the sky, I can see, that they did try to ignore me and fire at the more vulnerable units of the ORB military.

In truth I feel just a little happy, I can do what I meant to do.

I bet those missiles have to have radio guidance so that they don't just fly up into the air.

I now give a smile as some of the missiles began to crash into one another giving off explosions that cause a more of them to explode.

I have once screen locate a gap in which there are no missiles and I plunge my suit down towards it, now as I do, I now tap a few of the controls and fire my twin buster rifles.

As I dash past I take down the majority of the missiles, but I know that this battle has only just begun!

Archangel

The Bridge Crew of the Archangel now sat at their posts ready for battle.

Sai now updated Murrue on the situation "Captain, the Agito Zero had taken to the air and has shot down all the enemy missiles for now."

Murrue gave a nod and said "This is the Archangel, heading out."

The ship began to crank into action, it was the unsinkable legged ship, they went into this battle with every intent to keep it that way.

All of the crew on board where here because they wanted to be here.

Also to add to this, Tolle had come back and as he said, he was ready for combat.

But he had been told not to go due to the fact that he was still just a little injured.

The prisoner had been released by Miriallia and all they had to do now was to go out to.

Kira and Mu were both not with them this time, but they knew they could rely on them.

The EA now had Mobile Suits, but they did not have either the MS Strike or Kira and his suit MS Freedom not to even mention Anthony and his suit the MS Agito Zero.

But the EA did have numbers and while ORB did have a better set of suits, it was only a matter of time before their suits fell, but despite this they will still fight.

Anthony's POV

I could see it, this battle now began as the ORB forces deployed, I also saw the EA forces deploy.

And as I saw this, I pulled up an image of her, of Ayu.

For all of a second I let myself look at it as tears formed in my eyes.

I now reached out to her and said "Ayu, forgive me, but this is the path I must take, for the good of those who I have come to be friends with, I have to take the lives of those who seek to take theirs!"

As I say this I recall take point in SEED where the enemy came from the sky in carriers to drop their MS on the ground.

I now pulled up Cagalli on a line and said "Cagalli, the enemy coming by see with their MS are just a diversion, the enemy will deploy carriers from the sky."

Cagalli in reply to me said "What, are you sure, I was just about to launch and head for the bay."

I give her a nod "I'll deal with what I can, but do warn them, if you can't get to them, contact me."

I turn off the link but as I do this, I see 3 suits that I did not want to see so soon, this is not going to go just as I thought, guess I will have to contact her now.

Pulling up Cagalli on the line again I say "On second thought, get to those air craft and take them down, I'm going to be busy!"

I do not give her time to respond, I can see the 3 MS that Azrael is so proud of, I do hope to damage his pride a little, the prick deserves to take it down a notch if not 10.

"So that is the MS Calamity, MS Forbidden and MS Raider, I guess I can take em."

As if read my mind, which it may as well have the Agito Zero showed me the line of attack that they had, two of them would attack me, while the Forbidden went off to do some damage to the Astray's.

Too bad for them, I have no intent to let them do as they saw fit, or more like as they were told.

At this point the Calamity was riding upon the Raider, so I knew what I had to do, in order to catch them off guard.

I give a smile as I say "Trans-Am!"

At this point my suit feel different to when I used Trans-am before, but I do not let that bother me at this point.

I now push all power to my thruster in both my wings and my suits feet and ram myself into the Forbidden.

If I have to say it which I did, I said "Well, well, well, looks like the Forbidden Gundam is forbidden from this battle."

I had not put my speakers on, good thing too, that joke had sounded way better in my head.

I now kick off it sending it down into the water and deactivate Trans-am, to them it all must have been so fast, all they would have seen was a vermilion flash.

I can now see the Raider did not turn around and it just went for the Archangel.

I was just about to make a move to hit the two suits from behind when I see the Freedom coming in at speeds that only my suit could match and outdo.

There is no doubt about the Freedom, it is a really strong suit.

I do not waste time looking at him, though he has that handled and I now have an idiot in a giant green MS trying to sneak up on me.

If I had to take a guess, it would be that he did not think I could notice him under water.

I had turned off my NTD mode so I did not waste any power on that if I did not need to.

It must have made my suit look weaker to them, so the Forbidden took action to try to kill me.

He was in for a very rude surprise, for just about 2 whole seconds before he got to me, I activated the NTD mode only in my suit's feet and pushed myself out of the way of his attack at the last minute.

As I did this I deactivated the NTD mode in my suits feet and activated it in my cape making my suit's wings appear.

It pushed my suit right forward into his as he came up, but he did not know what hit him.

For one moment he was the hunter I was the prey, but the next he was the prey and I the hunter.

I saw him crash back into the water and I made sure to use my suit's free arm and beam sabre in order to cut his scythe.

I was well aware that it was not his only weapon, but I was also aware that it was in a way his trade mark and an insult to Duo Maxwell.

Take that you son of a bitch no one copies the God of Death and gets away with it on my watch.

I now turn my attention to Kira who is battling the Raider, it is clear to me that the Calamity has been put on the ground already.

I now move to handle it when I get a link from Cagalli "Anthony, let me deal with him, I can do this!"

In reply to her I said "No, I will, help Kira out, tell him to go after the turtle looking one when it comes back to the surface.

She gave a blink and said "The turtle looking one?"

In reply as I now charge the Calamity, I say "You will know it when you see it, Hitoro out."

The Calamity was so focused on just trying to kill the Astray units that were doing a valiant job of fending him off, he did not notice me when I landed a kick right on his mobile suits ass.

Not that it did any extra damage, but it felt good to do that.

The Calamity spun on the spot and began to fire at me, if I was correct this may just be the scene where Shinn's parents died, if they are still out here, it would be bad.

It was at this point that I recalled that I did have a few tricks to my suit that even I had forgotten that I had.

"Agito Zero, form a GN-Field around us, I don't care if it is weak."

My suit did just that and the first few shots were unable to do a think to it.

I did not care to know what they were, but they were the green based shots, the cannon on it's chest was a different matter.

As the Calamity fired it at me, I heard the pilot say to me "I hope you like this!"

He gave a laugh as he fired that red and white beam at my suit, I in turn, put down the GN-Field and closed my eyes.

I felt the beam hit my suit and I rocked with the force of the blast, but I was alive, that an all systems were green.

I could see him, I could see the fear in the eyes of the enemy pilot and I now began to laugh.

With an evil grin on my face I say "You'll have to do better than that to beat me!"

In my mind though I had to thank the lord that almost no one would get who and what I was referencing.

I divert as much power to my rear thruster as possible as I yell "TRANS-AM!"

My suit the Agito Zero glowed Vermilion as I rammed it into the Calamity, he was not ready for that attack.

I flip open my beam sabres and in that same instant, I cut down his shoulder mounted cannons, that is one way to slow him down.

Before he can try to retaliate, I grab his suit by both arms and spin, I can feel him, I can feel that he thought I'd die from his attack.

Now I let go and watch as his suit crashes into the sea and I say to him "If this is your best, then I must say I am more than just a little disappointed."

I get a link from Cagalli once more and she says "Anthony, Mu and I need help over here near the shore, there is just too many of them!"

I give her a nod and say "Stay and hold till I arrive."

I now look to one of the other screens on my suit where I can clearly see the state of the ORB suits along with Cagalli and Mu.

As I do so now, I bring up a link with the Archangel "Archangel pull back you are too big a target, they have forces on land already, I can't support you right now and Kira is locked in combat."

At this point Murrue asked "Anthony, why can't you cover us?"

In reply to her I say "I have to go and assist against the enemy Mobile Suit forces that dropped in, Mu and Cagalli are not doing so well against such numbers."

I see Murrue give me a nod and then say "Very well, we'll do what we can here, Anthony do what you can."

Archangel

Murrue now commanded to the crew as she said "Hell Darts Fire!"

The Archangel launched it's own missiles at the incoming enemy planes and missiles.

Sure they did get some of them, but as usual a few did get through.

The left flank of the ship got hit, causing a tremor in the ship that caused the crew of the bridge to lower their heads and catch on to their seats.

It was at this point in time that they saw who it was who hit them.

The enemy planes had turned around and were pulling back, the crew was able to see them through the right windows at the bridge.

It was just at this point in time when a green beam shot down both planes at once.

All of those on the bridge other than Sai turned to see the explosion, they had no idea who had caused it.

Sai who was still doing his job now looked through his feed he had and said "The Buster?"

Yes, it was the MS Buster, it was about knee deep in water and had both it's guns out as well.

It now fired it's own barrage of missiles at the new set of planes taking down quite a few of them as well as shooting down those that got away.

He now contacted the bridge and said "Archangel fall back quickly.

No doubt about that voice, it was the pilot of the Buster all right Dearka Elsman.

Out of all of the crew Mirriallia was the only one to ask "But why, is he?"

Sai at this point said "Captain enemy MS!"

With the MS Freedom

Kira was able to avoid the attacks of the black suit with ease, but when the green on had now come up, it had become a problem.

Though it's scythe was no more, it still had the pole part of it and two cannons that fired at Kira.

Kira had been able to avoid them up until this point, but now the two enemy suits held the advantage that he was needed to help out the Archangel as well as fight them.

It also came as a bit of a shock to Kira that the green mobile suit had a way to deflect his shots.

At this point every time he tried to return fire, it was the green suit that he hit.

These guys, while they were not as good as him, they sure put up on hell of a fight.

Kira saw that his load was lightened when Cagalli in the MS Delta Gundam came to help him out.

Kira saw that she did have a good suit as well as some skills as a pilot and she began to take on the green suit.

She now said to Kira over an open comm "Kira, Anthony told me to come and help you."

She now began to dart around the suit constantly changing the direction that her suit was able to move in.

To her surprise the turtle looking suit was real and in face it was not slow at all, the only thing it had in common with a turtle was it's colour as well as the way it looked or rather the shell it had one.

Kira in turn began to push back the black suit that he was facing and the guy who was inside it said out loud "You're starting to bug me!"

Cagalli who was in combat with the green suit was firing at it, but saw that she was unable to deal any damage to it.

"Damn, just what the hell is with this guy, I can't get a shot in at him?"

That was true but he was no where near close to getting a shot on here "I guess all the hours that I spent training with Anthony paid off."

In fact she was sure that Anthony had trained her to take on a foe of this kind.

Like this suit the MS Agito Zero was almost well indestructible as well as fast in the air.

But it was no where near as fast as her or her Delta Gundam, in fact they had almost kept speed with the Agito Zero, on a few occasion during training.

But fact was, she was no where near as experienced as Kira was as a pilot.

This meant that her spatial awareness was no where near as good as his and even though she did dodge the green suits attack, she got hit by the black who had tried to make a jab at Kira with his mace.

Cagalli call out in pain as she felt her suit get smashed for the first time, it was mostly unharmed.

But that was not the issue here, the issue was now the green suit fired upon her and she was unsure if she'd be able to dodge it in time.

The man inside the suit now said "It's over!"

He fired his two cannons at Cagalli in the Delta Gundam who tried her best to move out of the way, but she found that the blast did not hit here at all.

No in fact a red if not maroon suit had blocked the shot with it's shield.

It stood upon a hover board of shorts, so it was clear it may have flight but not sustained flight.

It returned fire that threw the green mobile suit back and the two EA pilots looked confused at what had just happened.

The suit now was in front of the Delta Gundam, it was clear that this was a ZAFT suit.

The pilot now spoke out and said "I have no order regarding this battle, but a loss for the Earth Forces, is a Victory for ZAFT."

Cagalli did not know what to say, with that voice, there was no doubt that suit was piloted by Athrun Zala.

Kira knew this too and was in shock as well.

He now said out loud for all to here "I Athrun Zala in the MS Justice, am here to assist ORB in their battle against the Earth Froces!"

Down on the ground the pilot of the Buster gave a smile and said "Now that's the Athrun I knew, all of the Earth Forces are in for it big time now!"

Kira now got the pilot of the Buster on a link or rather the pilot of the Buster got him on a link.

"Do what you can, I'll protect the Archangel from harm, you have my word on it."

Kira gave him a nod and said "I'll hold you to that."

Kira now turned and he with Athrun and Cagalli now were ready to face of against the new Earth Forces mobile suits.

The battle had gone from an almost even battle to one where ORB now held the advantage.

Kira now pulled up Anthony on a channel and asked him "Did you know that he was on his way here?"

In reply to that Anthony said to Kira "Being on there way here and taking part are two very different things Kira, I'll tell you what I knew after this is over, for now focus on the tactics, focus on the enemy, focus on the battle."

He now cut the link and Kira gave a nod and said "I guess I will have to hold you to that one Anthony."

The other suit, the aqua one now came out of the sea and it was mad or rather it's pilot was madder now.

"You bastard, where are you, you red and black piece of shit!"

It did not help him that his own allies suit was that colour "What did you say about my suit jackass!"

Even though 2 out of the 3 were hostile to one another they still not formed up ready to face off against Athrun, Cagalli and Kira.

As the 3 vs 3 were about to clash Athrun said "I'll show you not to underestimate all of us!"

Okay guys so there is the Chapter, I know, I know there were a lot of time skips and I am sorry for them, well I am as sorry as I can be. If I did not use those time skips we'd still be stuck in ORB and the Delta Gundam will not yet be done. So just to let you know Tolle is alive and on board the Archangel, but he is not yet allowed to go into combat. Flay is still on board the Archangel. Though I did not say it Kuzzey has left like he did in cannon. And though I did not show it either Shinn, Mayu and their parents are alive. I'm going to let all of you decided if they got out in time or Anthony managed to divert enemy fire away from the area they were in. Ask me if you want me to actually put that into the next chapter though. Dearka is helping out due to the fact that he is a bro, though he can be an ass at times. Also he did kinda feel shit for just leaving them to fight the Earth forces while he ran away. No romance for him and Miri though Tolle is alive so he does not have a chance, though he may with another lady. Sorry about the wait, I was doing other things with my life and I will be writing at all for a little while, due to a holiday that I will be on. (What we can all have them can't we?) So until I see all of you again, this is farewell for now. No I will not be starting any more stories until I have finished this one. Still working on a name for the story where he goes into Unicorn, if you have any ideas for the name let me know.

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