All right y'all how are you doing I got this chapter out for you now and I hope that you lot enjoy it, it covers from the end of Episode 42 to 3/4 of the ways to 43, I am rushing things a little sorry, but I do hope you all enjoy it it and move.
I am introducing the replacement Azrael no he is not basically the same guy though he does have quite a few things in common with the man. (He is a part of Blue Cosmos duh). In any case he is called Almark no not Ribbons nor is he like Ribbons sorry.
Please Review and let me know what you think no flaming please.
Opening Song: Fight Together
Before the music starts the images of Anthony at the age of 14 is shown then it flashes to Anthony at the age of 19 and then Anthony at the age of 27.
The Music begins to play and the shadows of Anthony, Ayu, Kira, Cagalli, Mu, Murrue Athrun, Dearka and Yzak are seen walking through the centre of the sun.
Then the sun shines brightly and covers the screen in yellow light as the words Gundam Agito SEED come into view upon the yellow background.
"Yo ga akeru mae ni tabitatou." The Archangel now sits into space, not moving just on the right side of the screen.
"mada minu ashita wo mukae ni ikou." The thrusters of the Archangel now begin to fire up as it begins to move towards the left side of the screen.
"Sou kimeta koto kui wa nai." The scene now screen wipes now to the Agito Cadet manuel lying on a white desk in side the Archangel.
"Oh" The scene now shows Miriallia holding hands with Tolle, Flay beside Sai and Kuzzey before they were enlisted.
"I" The scene now shows the first encounter between Kira and Athrun in front of the Gundams.
"Know" The scene now shows Anthony's first clash with the Le Creuset team
"What I'm" The scene now shows the clash between the Desert Tiger, the Agito Zero and the Strike.
"Supposed" The scene now shows Anthony and Selene in the DSSD base shaking hands.
"To do" The scene now shows Anthony when he walked out on Lacus, Kira and Delilah.
"Donna shiren ga machiuketeyou to." The scene now shows the Agito Cadet Manuel on the desk but now shows Anthony standing up in front of it, with his head looking at it, his eyes are covered by his hair.
"Takanaru kodou tomerare wa shinai" The scene has Anthony reaching for the book then taking back his hand from it as if he was unsure if wanted to pick it up or not.
"Mezasu basho wa tada hitotsu" The scene now zooms in on Anthony and shows that in his other hand he had a picture of his family.
In the pause the screen zooms quickly into his eyes as the words "Fly to the light" are said.
"Tatakai no hate" As this is said, the MS Freedom is seen disabling mobile suits with it's beam sabres
"Ni eta kizuna." Cagalli is now seen jumping into the MS Delta Gundam and giving a nod to someone.
"Dare ni mo kizutsuke" The MS Buster is now seen turning around and fire all of it's guns off at a foe.
"Sase wa shinai" Athrun is now seen giving a nod to the MS Justice before he jumps into it.
"Nigirishimeta" Mu is now seen as he runs into the hangar and towards the MS Stirke
"te hirakeba" Murrue is now seen sitting in her Captains chair and closing her eyes.
"Soko ni" Tolle is now seen getting out of the med bay and giving the doctor the thumbs up.
"chikara ga yadoru" The Ms Agiot Zero is now shown avoiding enemy fire and then firing its Twin Buster Rife. As it does this the screen is engulfed by a vermilion light.
"Saa hajimeyou." A much younger Anthony is now seen running with his twin and younger boy with blue hair through a crowd towards a stadium.
"Atarashii sekai ga yondeiru." As they run all three of them seem to grow and began to walk futher away from each other, but as they do, each is joined by another person.
"Horo mite goran" All of them a good way a part, Anthony at the far right, his twin Keith on the far left, and the young man with blue hair in a uniform with a yellow jacket in the middle. Anthony wears a red pant with a black top and his brother wears a black pant with a red top.
"Ikutsu no umi hedateteita to shite mo." They all wave out to one another and smile. The young man with blue hair was beside a young woman in white and he is now wearing a white shirt. Beside Anthony is Ayu he fades out but the comes back and flies rather than walks beside him. His twin brother give both of them the thumbs up as they now run to the stadium.
"Itsu datte sasaeteriu." All of them arrive at the gate to the stadium give one hive fives and then enter it.
"Osorezu ni mae e, wasurenaide, we fight together." The three of them are joined by Sei Lori and Reiji as they now walking into the light of the stadium.
"Kegashita koto wa nai." The scene now shows Anthony when he was first speaking to Kira alone.
"Ano hi miageta." The scene now shows Anthony have a joke with Tolle back in the desert.
"Dokomatiemo taku" This scene is Anthony talking with Mu in the Cafeteria before they eat.
"Hiroi sora." Anthony is now talking to Lacus while she was on board the Archangel.
"Zuibun to tooku made kita" This scene is when Anthony and Andrew Waltfeld met for the first time in person.
"Sorezore no chikai no mune ni." This scene now shows Anthony and Cagalli sparring, in the MS Agito Zero and the MS Delta Gundam.
"Mayoi nado nai." This scene shows Anthony talking to Dearka while he was being held in a cell on board the Archangel.
"Seou mono gar aru." This scene now shows Anthony talking to Murrue in the officers lounge.
"Hi ga nobori." the scene now shows Anthony staring at the Agito Zero as if he is unsure of what to do.
"Kanashimi sae hitoshiku terasu." The scene now shows that Ayu is behind Anthony and she gives him a gentle push with her left hand and as he turns around gives him a sincere smile.
"Shinjiterun da, itsuka hitotsu ni tsunagaru mirai wo" Anthony is now looking at thin air, but he gives a smile turns around and makes to get into the MS Agito Zero.
"Isshou ni mitsuke ni ikou." As Anthony walks towards his suit for each words is said, Mu, Murrue, Athrun, Dearka and Cagalli flash by.
"Kimi no kawari wa inai." As Anthony now climbs up his suit the faces of Kira, Lacus appear.
"Wasurenaide" Anthony now turns around and smiles as he sees the entire crew of the three shipped alliance.
"We fight together" Anthony now gives a smile and gets into the MS Agito Zero's cockpit
Chapter Thirty
"The real sin is averting your eyes and failing to believe in anyone." Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
Natarle Badgiruel gave a sigh see had been given Captaincy of the Archangel Class Ship called the Dominion.
It was a good ship, but facts were that the ones who were on the bridge with her, were a bunch of fools to say the best about them.
It was at times like this she began to miss the Archangel and the crew, it was a sad sight to see that the records of those kids, were better than this trained crew.
"For the last time, do any of you know what you're doing, if we fail like this out in the field, we are dead, you hear me!"
Her voice was rather commanding, but it had no charisma to it at all, in fact it was the polar opposite of that.
Her voice, it did hold people in line, but it did not inspire them to be more.
A part of the Archangel that she missed was how Anthony had relevant data on most things that were going on, if not all.
Right here and now, she did not have a single piece of data on who, what and where they were going to fight.
It is all fine and dandy that the HC did not see fit to tell them, what the hell was going on, but it was wrong to think that they would win if they did not know just what they were up against.
If she did recall correct, it was Anthony who had told them that intel on the enemy was key to victory in war.
Same guy also had the best suit known to all of humanity.
One of the officers now said "Ma'am, we have a line from High Command, they are coming on board now."
In her head Natarle said "Oh what is it now, the crew of the ship is less that adequate and it is clear that we do not have any MS such as the Strike with us this time, nor a pilot who is a Co-ordinator like Kira."
But out loud she said "I want all of you at your posts, I will greet them as they enter, but we are still in combat, try to focus on how you can improve they way we are performing."
She now got out of her seat and stood in front of the door to the bridge ready to salute those who came on board.
"Why do they come here, do they want to see the ship, if so what is it that they wish to see, if it is the ship in action, they will be well, at a loss and no doubt I will take the heat for it."
That she had no doubt of, if a ship did no perform well, the Captain was the one who had to take the bullet for it, no doubt Murrue knew that all too well.
"If they are giving us MS, I have to ask just who is it that is with them and why did they not just transfer them the usual way?"
The doors now opened and an Admiral stepped out with one men, who was in a very white suit with a red tie, it was the military colours.
"Ah, Captain Badgiruel, it is good to see you, I do apologise, I am interrupting a simulation."
With a salute Natarle said "Sir."
The Admiral now said "May I introduce you to the acting director Almark of the NDIA, he is stepping in for the now deceased Mutura Azrael."
It was true the man in the room with them was not the deceased.
The Admiral now said "He will be joining you, he will be observing the performance of the 3 sate of the art MS, that our now assigned to your ship, please make him feel welcome."
It was before she could say a word the man said "It is nice to meet you Miss Captain."
Natarle gave the man a salute and said "Yes Sir, Captain Badgiruel at your service sir, however-?"
Almark now cut her off "However, it was not even in my mind that the Captain of this ship to be quite so young and pretty."
Almark now turned to the Admiral and asked "Is this an added benefit of some sort?"
The Admiral said "Rest assured sir, she is more than just a capable Captain, her family has a long history of military service."
Almark now turned back to face Natarle and said "Oh is that so?"
Natarle in reply said "Well, while that is true sir, I-?"
She was cut off again as the Admiral said "And before she was here and Captain of this ship, she was the Deputy Captain of our the Archangel."
Almark now said "That is great, it should be handy since we are going to destroy the Archangel!"
"Oh you look a bit surprised, I guess you were unaware that the Archangel, fled the battle at JOSH-A and has chosen to side against us."
Natarle did not bristle at this, she did her best to keep calm and not tell the man that he was wrong.
She had heard that the plan at JOSH-A was to get rid of most of ZAFT's power, if Murrue did get wind of that plot, she would have left the battle no doubt.
Almark now asked "Can I ask you Ms, if you are familiar with the suit dubbed the Agito Zero and its pilot?"
Natarle in reply said "No I am not, I did speak with the pilot a few times, but his suit was off limits and he could avoid giving us answers if he wished to, so in the long run, I know little about him and his suit."
Almark then said "But you are aware how he pilots as well as who he is right?"
Natarle gave a nod and said "I am aware of how he pilots or just a set way he can, in all of the sessions we had with him, neither Ramius, La Flaga or I were able to get him to speak about his suit, other than the fact that the technologies used to make it were destroyed."
Almark gave a nod "Hup to it."
Mendel Colony
"Pardon the intrusion ma'am, but it does seem that we are aiming for the same goal here, I do believe this is the first time we meet face to face."
It was the Desert Tiger who said this to Murrue Ramius who in reply said "That is true, I am Murrue Ramius, current Captain of the Archangel, I did not expect to see you here."
As if to poke fun at the two of them Aisha, Andrew's lover now said "Oh don't say that, I am sure that Andy here would have come to help you guys out, right dear?"
Anthony who was standing to the side gave an ever so slight wince as he heard the edge in those words."
Murrue looked at her and was able to tell that she had this man wrapped around her little finger.
Andrew now said "That aside, it is a pleasure to meet you, I did have to wonder who was the Captain of the Archangel up until now."
Murrue now said "Athrun, is not with you, I did assume that he would be with you and that is how you knew to come here?"
It was at this point in time that Anthony chose to speak up "He is with us, Miss Clyne, him, the pilot of the Duel met up with Dearka and are at this point paying their respects to a friend, he will be along after he is done."
Murrue gave him a nod as she said "Thank you for the update, now I am sure that we all have better things to do, then just stand here?"
With that two the groups began to go back to their ships Anthony, just stayed where he was until all had left the area.
One had to look for it, but if they did, they would see that his hands were curled up into fists, in fact his fists were closed so tightly had he not been wearing gloves one could see the lack of blood in them.
"It is a damn shame, it a failure on my part, I was able to see the anomaly, but I did not know the exact point of it, if I can, I must find a way to get back at them for this?"
It was not a nice thought to get back at Patrick Zala, it was also clear that Rau must have been behind this as well, no doubt about that.
"If I had to say it, he is the one who is leaking all the data to the Earth forces, no doubt that they will send their new ship here, it is also a fact that they do get here ahead of ZAFT, I guess that has to be the first thing I do now, I need to go tell the allied ships that both ZAFT and the Earth Forces will arrive in this area, I just have to find a way to tell them."
If it was just Murrue, Mu and Kisaka, he would have just told them, but the fact was and is that Lacus is a part of this group now and the fact that she here.
"She does not trust me, I guess I will have to tell her to shut up."
It was an apt way to handle this, but at this point he felt a hand on his shoulder and a voice say to him "What is on your mind, Anthony?"
He did not turn around, he did not due to the fact that he back was to the wall so if there was a person behind him, he was sure they were not going to be there.
"Such a drag to think I as this point am going a bit mad?"
This time he heard it again, but he did not feel the hand on his shoulder in fact he was sure that this time it was real.
"Excuse me, Anthony are you alright, I was told this was the last place that any had seen you, but I did not think you would still be here?"
He now looked up and saw that it was Lacus Clyne, with an eye brow raised he asked "Do you need to speak to me or did you just wish to speak to me, I am not yet sure if I will speak to you though."
In reply to this Lacus said "Look, I did not know why, but I just did not think it was right for you to know all that you knew, I did not know that it would hurt you, it has been a while since then, but Anthony, is it not possible for us to be friends, is it that I cannot be seen as a friend by you any more?"
It was sad, but people do not just make up and be friends just like that, it is not so simple.
In reply to her Anthony asked "Let me tell you this, if an item is lost you can find it, if an item is cast aside, it can be found be later on, the bridge that connects people, like an egg if it is broken, can never be like it once was again."
It was a way to tell her that "All that once was has been broken like the egg and just like the egg it is never going to return to the way that it once was again."
It was at this point that Anthony gave a smile and said "But, there is no way that you would know her name, had you not spoken to her, I can tell you that I did not say it."
Lacus at this point asked "Wait, what do you mean by that?"
In reply he said to her "I say, we call a do over, you are in a way doing what I asked you to do, so I am willing to ignore that day, for now and try to get things done as civilised people and do our best to get along."
Lacus then said "Wait, it can't be that easy, I, I do not know what to say."
In reply to her Anthony said "It is a step, think of it this way, it is not perfect, but it is at least a step as I said."
Lacus gave a hesitant nod and then said "I think, I think if we can at least try, it is better than nothing."
He now said to her "I have a few things I need to do, why are you not with the three of them?"
In reply Lacus said "It is just, it is just that they all have a bond that I do not, that is why, I also wished to clear things up with you as well Anthony."
Anthony now said "I'll note that, I do have a thing or two to do, I do not know why, but if you do wish to follow me, feel free to, just don't ask too many things of me for now."
The Bridge
On board that Archangel bridge, Anthony had just told them of, the EA and ZAFT ships that were on their way here.
It was a lot to take in, even for Lacus, but she was able to keep her thoughts in her head, if Anthony did decide to pack up shop and leave, they all would be done a very talented pilot as well as a powerful MS if not the most powerful MS at this point in time.
Mu La Flaga was the first to speak and he said "Well if it is all true and we are going to have to fight 2 separate foes, then I think we should take what time we have to get in our MS and get our ships ready to fight."
Waltfeld at this point said "Is this how things go around here, he tells us all that is going to happen and we come up with a plan face it?"
Mu and Murrue shared a look and then both said "It has kept us alive so far?"
The Desert Tiger now looked at Anthony and said "Damn son, I have to give it to you, for a kid you are a real leader?"
Mu now said "I hate to rain on your parade, but boy is like 26 to 27, I know it was a shock for me to and I called him kid and boy a lot."
Anthony gave Waltfeld a nod and said "I guess you can say that the Cow of Endymion is right."
The Desert Tiger now asked "The Cow of Endymion?"
In reply to that Mu said "You should hear the other names he calls me, well since I am like 1 year or 2 older than him and I called him boy, I guess that I got what was coming to me."
Mu then said "If we can get back to the topic at hand, I do believe that we have a few things to do?"
All of them gave a nod, Anthony at this point said "I think I will go hide out in the debris, Lacus is the one most suited to speaking to the Zala team."
As if to reply to that Lacus said "I think I will go and see how the 3 of them are."
Kira who was also here said "It is best if I go and get to my suit as well."
With that Lacus and Kira left the room and the adults were left alone.
"Mu, Murrue I need you to know the enemy ship from the Earth Forces, its Captain is Natarle Badgiruel, the ship is also the same class as the Archangel, I need to know that you can handle this?"
Murrue took in a deep breath, she never did think that two of them would have to face off, she did know that they did not see eye to eye on many things, but to think that it would end up like this, this was not how she saw things go down at all.
Now exhaling Murrue said "I will do what I have to, I chose this path and I will not let Lord Uzumi down."
At this point Aisha asked "Just how do you know all of this, it is not that I doubt you, but if you have a way to enter the data centres of the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, can you share that with us?"
In reply to her, he said "I can share the data with you, the means, no I cannot, the system I have is set to self destruct if I try to make it collect data on how it was made."
That was not a lie, but it was not the whole truth, truth was that he had set it to do so, in case he died out of the Agito Zero and Rau or any mad man got their hands on it.
With a sigh Aisha said "Well that is a shame, I can say that those and all who chose to keep make it, wished to keep it out of the wrong hands?"
Anthony gave a nod "I may have made my suit on my own, but I had parts as well as a few programs to help me out."
Mu at this point said "If you don't mind me, you did give ORB data on that suit the Delta Gundam, I take it that your suit and it are not alike at all."
In reply to that Anthony said "I gave in a way, a frame for them to work with and a plan, the fact that the suit is able to move is all their own doing."
At this point Erica said "Well that is true, we did have to program it, all he gave us was a how to build the suit."
Anthony then said "The way you say that, it makes me sound like I am a stingy git, if you did not know, I did give you data on a suit that with the right pilot, is capable of taking on the state of the art suits from the EA."
Erica gave him a nod "Yeah I get it, you said it was the pilot not the suit that won the battle."
In reply to her Anthony said "I think I may have, it may not be word for word, but I did say a few things that went like that or at least can mean that."
It was Andrew who said "Given the what you said, I too must get back to my ship, I take it that you can warn the Kusanagi?"
He and his lover now left the bridge to head to their own ship, for now it was just Mu, Murrue and Anthony on the bridge.
"I'll take you on your word, if it does come to it, I will have to take Natarle down, I am sure that she will not give us an inch, it is part of who she is or at least who she showed to us."
Mu now gave a nod "You can say that, if I had to take a guess, you have a real nasty plan in store for her?"
In reply to this "Relax, I will not kill her, but I will shake it all up for her a bit."
It was just as he said this that his face now turned grim as he looked to his hands.
"I can see it Mu, I can see the blood of many now on my hands, blood that will not wash off, I am not sure how I can keep it all in or how I can make sure it stays in?"
Mu now asked "Are you okay Anthony?"
The reply he got was "No, no I am not, but I will do what I can to hold on, I can find out may things Mu, but so far, I am unable to see a post war scenario with me in it, but I do know that my data can have flaws, so for now I will do what I can on the path I now walk."
With Athrun
Athrun was in front of the make shift coffin that they had put Nicol into, it was safe to say, that none of them were able to come to terms with this.
Dearka was shocked to find out that Nicol had died and had been shot in the back, while he was in the homeland.
It was just so, so fucking sick that he had been able to go back, to be killed by his own side.
Dearka now said "Just what the hell is going on up there, I knew that I did not see eye to eye with the top brass now, but this, this is just mad."
Yzak at this point said "If I did not see it right in front of me, I would have blamed you Athrun, but now that I see it, I can see why you are no longer a part of ZAFT."
Yzak at this point yelled "To hell with it, to hell with them, I want to know why it came to this, are we all just numbers on a list now, can we be deleted as if we are not people!"
He was mad, he had ever right to be mad, but his fist now on the wall with blood flowing from it was not going to help him.
All of this, it was not going to bring Nicol back.
"I just feel, I just feel as if I did not act when I should have, if I had, then I know that Nicol will be here now!"
Athrun at this point said "Yzak, it is not your fault that Nicol is dead, Yzak?"
In reply Yzak said "I know that, but it does not help the fact that I was there, I know full well what wend down and I know full well that if I had just acted, I could have got him out of it alive!"
Tears now flowed down his face he said this and his friend Dearka now said "Yeah, but if you did act you may also be dead, if that is so, then we would never know of this or just how mad ZAFT has gotten."
Athrun gave him a nod "It is safe to say, a lot madder than I expected, that man, he is not the father I once knew."
Yzak now said "I hate him, I want to kill him, I want him to die, he is above all of us, he is no God if there is such a thing, he is just a bastard, that is all he is!"
Athrun gave him a nod and this time said "It pains me to admit it, but that man is a mad man, to make it worse he is a mad man with power who most people agree with, so he is all the more mad for it all."
Dearka now said "I do not know about the two of you, but I for one am going to stay here, it is not like I can just go back home, but besides that, I feel that these guys need us for what is to come, if I am to look back at all of this, I want to say I did not fight when I was called to, I want to say that I did what I saw as right."
Athrun then said "Dearka, you sound like that Anthony guy, it is bad enough that he is a guy that no one can call in, try not to become like that would you."
Dearka gave a blink and then said "Me, if I do say, it was you who just charged the Chairman of the PLANTS with no way to get to him and got shot, I think it is you who is more like him."
At this point a feminine voice now said "Are all of you alright, I did not wish to disturb the 3 of you, but we are going to be under attack soon and have to get ready for it."
It was Lacus Clyne and all 3 young men now took a step back and said to her "We will do what we have to Ms Clyne."
In reply to that Lacus said "Oh Lacus is fine, you do not wish to by like Anthony Hitoro who calls me Ms Clyne do you?"
It was clear to all of them, that she was not lying so all 3 of them said "No, Lacus."
With a smile Lacus now said "I will not ask you to fight, but if you can get to your suits so you will be safe then I will appreciate it."
In reply to this Yzak was the one who said "If you do excuse me, Lacus, I wish to fight, I will not let them get away with all of this."
In reply Lacus said "I too lost my father to Patrick Zala, he just one day chose to kill us, I know how you feel Yzak Joule and I want to tell you that all of us here are fighting because we wish for the this war to truly end."
Athrun at this point said "My father, he said that the only way for this war to end is for every last enemy to be dead, I do not believe in that, I will not, for I can see the good in those who are born the natural way, it is true that they may not be as good at things like us, but they are people just like we are."
It was true, it was so easy to forgot that in war, that they were just the enemy and that they had to be killed.
"If I may say so, I can say that both sides have forgotten this."
All of 3 of them had to agree with Lacus on this, it was true and all 3 of them knew it.
Yzak now asked "You and that pilot, I think he was called Anthony by you, the 2 of you, do not get along?"
Lacus at this point said "It is not like that, it is just that I am unable to see what it is that means, it is due to this, that I have said a few things out of turn and he turned his back to me."
Athrun at this point said "Wait he what, he turned his back to you, just how cold can a guy be?"
In reply to that, Lacus said "If what I have learnt from his is true, he is not a soldier nor is he really meant to fight in war, the fact that he has to do so must way on him, I do believe in a way that he wants to have a purpose if he has to fight, for him if he just fights with no purpose it is just a slow suicide."
That was rather dark and all 3 pilots in the room had to admit, she did have a point.
"I guess we best all get to it, I am sure that Nicol will not want us to loom over him day in day out."
Athrun and Yzak agreed with Dearka on this and the 3 of them now began to move to their MS.
Anthony's POV
I now got into my MS, the Agito Zero and sat down waiting for the clear to launch.
It was not that my MS had to launch the same way the rest of the MS did, but I do need them to give him the clear so he did not by any chance hurt any ally or the MS.
It is a pain to think that all of them need the catapult to launch, it is such a clear as well as obvious weakness to the ship.
It was at this point that I got a contact from Cagalli, she had to be in the Delta Gundam no doubt.
I do wonder if she looked at the way I piloted that suit, if she was able to grasp that style that I used to pilot that suit, than it may just be that she could keep up with most of the MS at this point in the war.
She now said to me "Anthony, is it true that we are going to have to fight, is it true?"
In reply I say to her "I can tell you two things, the 1st is that you will have to defend the Kusanagi and keep the Astray's out of danger."
At this point Cagalli gave a blink and asked "Wait is that is it, that is all that I have to do?"
I in reply said "I have to tell you the 2nd is that you need to be able to keep up with the elite of our foes, the Delta Gundam is better than the Astrays, it is the pilot who is in the MS, not the MS who wins."
She must know that it was I who took the Delta Gundam and took on the drug trio.
I now say to her "I have no doubt that you will be one hell of a pilot, you just need the time to grow into the role of it that is all."
It is at this point she asks to me "I get it that, but are you just saying that, or do you truly believe it?"
In reply to her I say "If I did not, do you think I would have got into the Delta Gundam and taken all 3 of that trio, I know that I can pilot any suit if I truly wish to put my mind to it, it is up to you if you wish to do the same."
In reply to all that I just said, she asks "Does that mean that I can pilot your suit the Agito Zero, when the I am ready to?"
I do not lie to her and say "No, the Agito Zero was tailored by me to suit my needs as well as my style, it also was tailored to so that it fits who I am, if you were to try to pilot it, it would feel wrong as well as it may just ignore you at best, at worst it will kill you."
That was not a lie, it was why the Unicorn was meant to be only piloted by Banagher links and the test pilot felt both sick as well as afraid when he tested it at the start.
I now say "Try not to die out there, if I am right, I may have my hands full."
In reply she say "I won't you jerk."
It is at this point she now adds "You try not to die out there as well, you hear me."
In reply to her, I give a very sly smirk as I say "I think you should save that tsun stuff for Athrun, I can see that it works well on him, even if he does not know it."
She retaliates by saying "You ass, that is, that is not a nice thing to say to me, I was not, I was not hitting on you!"
I give a nod as I close my eyes and smile "Yeah I know, but I just wished to say that, even I have to take off a load every now and again you know."
She gives me a huff and said "I know, just don't use me as your stress relief."
In reply to that I say "I do not worry, I do it to all of you, you are just a bit more fun to tease than all of the others."
Cagalli now yelled "When this is over, I am going to kick you right in your nuts, you hear me!"
As if to reply to her, I goad her by saying "Oh you will, I say bring it only, little boy."
She now tells me "When this is over, I am going to kick your ass, so hard for that you will not have kids, ever!"
In reply to her I say "Do not make me bend you over my knee and spank, as well as send you to bed with no dinner, you hear me!"
She now yells to me "I am going to kill you, I will kill so hard you will die to death!"
With Natarle
The fact that the were going to L4 felt like a trap, it may be a trap that ZAFT set, or worse. Fact was if she and the Earth Alliance were able to get wind of it, no doubt he had got wind of it.
In fact if he set this all up to kill them she would not be surprised.
Almark now asked her "I take it you do not like it, but fact is if the 2 MS, by the names of the Freedom and the Justice are here, we have to seek it out."
Natarle said "Sir, it may be a trap that has been laid for us by ZAFT."
Almark gave a nod "Oh I know that, but fact is that you may be in charge of this ship, but there are those above you who wish to find this out, I am sure that it is not by chance we were able to get wind of this."
Natarle in reply said "So you are saying that it is a trap, that we are going to just be heading into a trap?"
Almark gave a nod and said "It may be a trap or it may be a ploy from ZAFT to pit us in a battle against the remnants of ORB."
Natarle then asked "Then why are we here, this is a new ship as well as the 3 state of the art MS are on board, why are we going into a trap, Sir?"
In reply to that Almark said "It is all due to the orders we are given, I am just in a way piece on a board like you are, but let me just say I am a man who knows what I need to do, to get by."
It was at this point she asked "May I ask what is it that?"
In reply to her, he said "I am part of a group that is right now is in power, it is best if you leave it at that Ms Badgiruel."
Almark now said "Do keep in mind the fact that, all of us on this ship may die at any point in time, if that is to be, all that would be lost was our MS and the ship, I am sure that our names would not be even looked at by those who sit on the council."
Natarle said "Is that to say that the crew of this ship as well as the pilots of the 3 MS have no value?"
In reply to her, Almark just gave a shrug "It is easier to get people into a ship than it is to build a ship, when it comes down to it, flesh is not as durable or as pricey as metal."
It was a sick thing to say, but it must be the way that the EA or rather Blue Cosmos saw most things at this point in time, if it was not yet clear, Patrick Zala sought to kill all of them.
"In a war of genocide, what is a ship to all of mankind, it is not much, if a high value target pops up, I am more than certain that all of us will be sent to our deaths."
In a way it was a sick echo was Alaska, all of those men and women, sure ZAFT killed many of them.
But it was the bomb that killed most of them off in the end, not ZAFT.
And it had all been to cut ZAFT down to size, it was a sick tactic, but it was effective, ZAFT had been cut by more than half, but was it worth the cost of to do so?
"If you are done with all these queries, I do suggest you try to focus on the task at hand, L4 is close, I do wish to at least try to catch them by surprise."
It was at this point Natarle said "If they have the pilot of the Agito Zero with them, there is no way we can do that."
Almark now raised his eye brow and said "Oh is it like that, I have to ask, what makes you so sure of that pilot?"
In reply to him Natarle said "He may wear the mask of a mad man, but he is very sane, in fact he is able to plot as well as predict an entire battle, down to the MS as well as Ships."
In reply to that Almark said "I see, I think you may not have said all of that in your report, that or all of that was chosen to be ignored, it is a shame, if I did know that he was able to do this, I may have at least taken action to make sure that we had back up."
He now said to her "If all that you said about him is as you say it is, then it will be a trap, as much as I think we should pull back now, it is best to at least see this all go down."
Natarle had to admit, he was polite, despite the all that he said, if this was an act she was not sure.
"It is safe to say we can't just go back with our tail between our legs, we have to push on for all of mankind."
Fact was this man came off as a tad bit nuts to Natarle, he was also a tad bit sexist due to his use of the word mankind.
It was also clear by the fact that he called her Ms Natarle, it was no way to speak to a lady who was an officer of the Earth Alliance.
Despite all of this, he was not rude to her at all and did not try to tell her that she was far below him.
But fact was, it was clear to her, that this man did not wish to be here and in fact was forced to be here.
Mind you, this did not excuse the fact that he was here and the fact that he had told them that in the long run their lives did not mean a thing.
She also had taken note of the fact that the 3 pilots were only listed in the same format as their MS.
It clear meant that they were meant to just go and die, it a way it was sick to think that her nation had fallen so far.
But for now she knew that they had to be on their way to a trap and if it was not ZAFT who set it, it was Anthony.
She was not sure what was worse, but fact was, he was just as bad as ZAFT at times and no doubt had the ability to screw them all over on his own.
But she had also seen a human side to him, not often but it was there, it did not like her or this war or rather it did not like the way she handle being a soldier.
"His suit is by far the best out there, all we can do is pray that he is merciful."
It was not 5 minutes later they were at L4, but there was the blue ORB ship, but that was it, it was just a ship.
With a very deep sigh, Almark said "I guess, it was all a waste of my time, we will take down that blue ship, it is not like we just let an enemy of our Alliance just sit in front of us like that."
It was at this point that Natarle said with all due respect Sir, there is too much debris here, for us to know that we do not have enemy MS, in the area if we do not just rush in their, we will fall into the trap they have set for us."
In reply to that Almark just said "It may be a trap, but if we do not fight we will be letting an enemy ship go, a ships that we can shoot down is a ship we do not have to worry about, it is simple, if we can shoot an an enemy who is not ready, it is gives us all the more incentive to do so."
Almark now said "We can send out the 3 MS, it will help them get rid of all the pent up angst they have right now, if you want a gun to fire well, you got to oil it."
This man, he may not be rude or at least openly rude, but he was sure as hell mad.
Fact was he just wanted to get that ship due to the fact is not going to look good on his report if he just let it go.
"If I have seen a thing or two, it is that I know as soon as we launch our suits, the gears are going to turn, as they do things will be set in motion."
It was sad they when she had to rely on Anthony to put a man in his place, it was as if they the 3 MS, Almark had were any where near the MS Agito Zero.
"He is going to be in for a big shock, if all I was told about that suit as well as all that I saw was real and not just in my head we will lose this battle, and lost it badly."
Almark now with a lazy wave of his hand said "Deploy our MS teams, we will get the drop on them."
With Anthony, Kira and Athrun
The MS Freedom, Justice and Agito Zero, had taken to the debris field.
It was now clear that the EA was here and worse yet, had a new ship that was a dark replica of the Archangel.
Kira had wished to face them in the open, but to do that would be suicide for any MS other than the Agito Zero.
It was due to the plan that was laid down by both Murrue as well as Andrew that Kira chose to do as they asked.
The plan was simple one, it had them wait for the MS of the EA to launch and move to the Kusanagi.
At this point the MS on that ship were to deploy to draw the EA MS into combat.
Kira and Athrun were to go on and aid the Astrays as well as the Delta Gundam.
That in turn would allow for the MS Agito Zero to come out and take on the enemy ship.
It was still not yet clear if the MS Agito Zero would be able to take a hit from the main guns of the Archangel.
Yet with the speed that the MS Agito Zero, has it was not if he could take a hit, it was if the enemy could hit him.
While they did that, the Archangel would launch and put more pressure on the EA MS group.
It was not a fool proof plan, for the Captains did not share what the MS Strike, Buster or Duel would be doing at this point.
All of them were in the Archangel, so one could assume that they were going to launch after the ship.
Anthony at this point thought "I am not so sure that Yzak will be able to fight ZAFT forces if we do have to face them in combat?"
But the time for idle thought was no more, the MS of the EA were now out, the MS team had the those 3 suits with them.
It was clear to all who were on his side that Anthony had access to a line of data that most should not.
Athrun could see that the Kusanagi had deployed its own MS force to, it is was time for the EA MS to take the bait.
Oh and they did and Anthony, Kira and Athrun all held in their breath they waited for them to get out of range of help from the enemy ship.
It was at this point that Anthony now raised his hand and a line to Athrun and Kira.
He held up 3 fingers and calmly said "On my mark."
As he said this he began to put down his fingers until they now became a close fist.
When this came to be, he now said "Mark!"
It was at this point the MS Justice and the MS Freedom now made a dash out to the enemy MS.
In the same moment, Anthony had the Agito Zero charge at the ship.
He knew what it was going to come down to, Natarle was a soldier 1st and a person 2nd, it was a sad thing that she was an enemy, but this was the path she was now on.
Even so, if all things are capable of change and he would at least give her the chance to try.
With Natarle
It had been a trap, at this point it did not matter who it was set for who how it had been set.
Fact was that the EA had been caught in it and were about to pay for it.
Natarle knew this to be a trap, there was no way in hell that her CO or any above him would be able to get intel like this, if Anthony was not aware of it.
The trap so far, may not be his style, so it might not have been him who set it.
But fact was that he was part of it, if it were not for the fact that they may be did in just a few seconds, Natarle would have had a small smile on her lips, at least she had been right about this.
Fact was that she had to reply on Anthony once more, in a way he did come through for her.
But not in the way he had while she had been on the same side as him or as he put it 'aligned'.
Sad fact of it was that right now, he was not on the same side as her or even aligned, in fact she was pretty sure that she was going to be killed by him.
In fact she had no doubt that he was going to kill all of them.
At this point, she was his enemy, the path she was on, it was not the same as La Flaga or Ramius, it was the path of duty, her duty as a soldier.
"I must find a way to speak to him and ask him to pull back or leave."
Now picking up what may be seen as a phone, setting in to speaker she now said "I ask that you halt Agito Zero, our fight is not with you and do not seek to make you are enemy."
In reply she got "Is that so, if I may say so, all that you lot have shown is to be the exact opposite of that."
It was clear that he knew she was the one in charge of this ship.
It was also clear that he knew this for a while now, all that he said, it was as if he knew all that was going to go down here.
Natarle now said "I take it that you see us the Earth Alliance as an enemy."
In reply to that he said "If it is all the same to you, I did see what went down in Alaska, I am pretty sure, I'd not want to be an ally who kills their own so willingly, I'm going to pass, you made the bed girl now sleep where you shit, just make sure you check your clock so you can work your next double shift."
All on board the Dominion's bridge gave a blink, did he just give a rhyme to them.
Almark at this point just said in a calm and collected voice "I think if he meant to kill us, he would have done so by now."
It was true, but if one thing was clear to Natarle it was that there was no man who can read the intent of the Agito Zero's pilot.
Almark now screwed all of them over by saying "What are you waiting for, he is just there, fire all of the guns, oh and I mean all of the guns we have at him, if we are lucky we can get in a hit or two that can hurt him.
He was unaware of the fact that the MS Agito Zero was a suit that can take a ZAFT ships main gun head on, not to bring up the fact that his suit just shrugged it off as a minor flash bang, if not less than that.
It was about right now that Anthony now said to all of them "Huh, did the discount Azrael not say for all of you to fire at me with all you have, do come on, I will stay still so you can aim at me, but do keep in mind that you do not have all day."
Natarle now yelled "Aim, Valiants!"
She gave a pause, if it was to let her men line up the shot or if it was out of fear or any other reason, it was known only to her.
Now at the top of her voice, she yelled the order "Fire."
But as she said this, as they did this, the MS Agito Zero was no longer in sight, it was as if it had just upped and vanished into thin air or rather since this was space and there was no air around, it was as if it had just faded into the void of space.
A feat that Natarle feared that it would pull on her and on her ship.
Anthony's POV
It was a sick joke, but I just had to make it, now right above the ship the Dominion, I can see that the crew are just a tad bit green.
I also see that they have got out the Gottfrieds and are looking for me.
The joke is so bad, I just have to yell it out to them, but I only do so after I make the Agito Zero aim for one of their Gottfrieds.
It is in these few moments that I now call out to Natarle "Natarle girl, I just want to let you know, ain't no way I can let you win this battle yo, going to use my skills to show off my Agito, looks like a Gottfrieds about to be toast!"
It is at this point my suit rammed into their Gottfried, yeah I did cheat and use my beam sabres, but in the end this is war so, screw them.
They must be in shock so I choose to now say "What's that come again, I got a 2nd move, looks like Anthony Hitoro has a lot to prove, take down your other Gottfried and before you start to mourn it, going leave right here in the trap zone."
It is as I make the Agito Zero pull back from them, that I say in my head "I think it is a bit stupid of me, but I just made an abridged rap of the Yu Gi Oh, abridged rap from Bonds beyond time, just hope no one strangles me in my sleep for this, I may be going to hell for it."
As I now pull back I say "I think you should head back, but that is only my opinion, it is not like your MS team is losing?"
I make the Agito Zero give a shrug to them and say "Oh my bad, if what I have is true, then it does appear that you only have those 3 MS left, tell you what, I'll not attack you if you recall what is left of the MS team you sent out and get your sad sorry as well as racist asses out of here."
After I say this to them I add "By the Crystal, I thought that the followers of the White Tiger were bad, if I had to say, you lot are the sick in the head and I mean real sick, go get that checked up if you don't want to go mad."
In reply to me I hear Natarle say "Fire missiles at him, try to find a way to push through to the MS!"
If I had to say, it may be due to the fact that she in unaware that I have a head vulcan in my suit.
Not that I can blame here, I too forgot that it was there until a little while ago, like back at ORB.
As the missiles come at me I can see that the Zero System has a way for me to shoot down all of the missiles before they hit my suit.
The Agito Zero may be able to take the hit, but that does not mean that I wish to take the hit or let my sit get hit, not by their guns at any rate.
With Kira
It was now down to these last 3 MS, the 3 of them were a powerful, but fact was they did not fight in a way that would allow them to have an edge against other MS.
Fact was Kira was not part of a team or at least had not been part of a MS team for too long.
His MS the Freedom, in a way his suit was to blame as well, in a way ZAFT was to blame, in fact all of it fell on ZAFT and ORB to an extent.
But fact was right here and now, in this battle, Kira was part of a team, he could act out his part and he could do it well.
But these 3 pilots, they did not give a damn about their allies or any one in fact.
It was at this point the MS Calamity and the MS Duel were trading fire.
Fact was that the EA pilot had the better suit, yet it was at this point that the words it is not the MS but the pilot inside that wins, came into play.
Fact is that the MS Duel on its own is a bland suit, yet it is a Gundam and it is part of the secret plan of the EA to win the war.
That plan was no more, but fact is that a young ZAFT ace pilot was in that suit.
The MS Duel was able to avoid all the repaired guns of the its foe as well as land a few blows on the MS Calamity to boot.
The MS Raider was being hounded by the MS Delta Gundam and the MS Justice.
The MS Buster and its pilot moved to help the MS Duel so it was clear that Mu and Kira had to take on the MS Forbidden.
"Are you with me on this one Sir?' Mu gave him a nod "I am Kira!"
The two of them now went into a battle against the MS Forbidden, sure it had those shields of it, but it was only able to do that on one side at a time.
It had its scythe or rather it had a new one, yet a single thin such as that was not going to help him win this battle.
The as Kira made his MS his him from the front, Mu had the Strike hit the enemy suit.
Mu now said "I will show all of you, just how good I have got at this!"
It was now that he lined up a shot with the MS Launcher Strike.
Firing the Hyper Impulse Beam Cannon, the enemy MS was only barley able to get his shields turned to face Mu in time.
Sure it did deflect the blast, but it was clear that the blast had shaken up the pilot it a little.
The pilot of the MS now said to them "No one gets a way with a pot shot at me!"
He now fired his two cannons at Mu, who did his best to avoid them, Mu may be new to this MS pilot thing, but he was no fool and he was quite a good soldier in combat.
Kira now took this as a time to attack and he pressed the attack with both his beam sabres in hand.
It was all in a flash, Kira hit the MS and took out right arm that was not under the shield.
This caused the pilot to yell out "You, I will kill you, I will kill you, you will die, die, die!"
It was pretty safe to say that this guy was not sane not sane in the least bit.
He now rushed up to try and attack Kira, when his own to allies pulled back to him and said "Shani it is no use we have to go, you don't want them to punish us like the last time, orders are order!"
Kira gave a blink as he heard this what the hell did that guy mean punish us like the last time?
He now saw Yzak who came at the 3 enemy MS firing.
As he did this Yzak now yelled "Did you 3 forget that this is a battle and your grave, if you all want to die so bad, I'll kill you and put an end to you!"
It was at this point that he got blocked by Athrun who said to him "It is no use, let them pull back, we need to get back if the EA are here, no doubt ZAFT will be as well."
Kira gave a nod and though Athrun did not see it he knew his friend felt it "I agree, if we just fight only them, we are leaving our backs open to a ZAFT attack, I am sure that they will not just let us be if after what Lacus did."
To all of their surprise Yzak was the one who said "She has to be strong to hold it all in, I can see it, her father is dead and yet she tries to come and comfort us."
Athrun gave a nod as he said "That is it, it is true she has not been herself recently."
It was at this point all of them saw the number that the MS Agito Zero had done on the enemy ship.
Dearka said "Damn, I am glad that he is at least on our side and not against us."
In reply to that he got "If I was not on your side I would be alone, all alone with 2 world powers who are hell bent on mass genocide, since this is real life, I do not fancy living in a world like that or with those 2 things in it."
Yzak in retort said "Hey it is not as if we were the ones who started this, this was all due to the nuke that was used back then that started this war."
Anthony in turn said "It is true, but ZAFT is just as bad, if you lot look at what you did, Kira would not be in this war if you in ZAFT had a few more brains, a neutral nation has the right to do trade with any and all, who the fuck were you to go and stick your nose into all of that, huh, if you look at it, you lot are the reason Kira is in this war."
Yzak was about to bite back, when Athrun said "It is true and now that I look back on it, all I wanted to do was make those who killed my mother pay for all that they did."
At this point Anthony said "We are not alone, Mu can you feel that?"
Mu now said to all of them "I can feel that he is here, Rau Le Creuset he is here, I can feel him here!"
Kira gave a blink and asked "How can you, how can you tell that he is here?"
Anthony in reply said "Call it a stroke of very, very bad luck and that is what it is, Kira."
Anthony now said to them "Kira go with Mu and make sure he stays alive, the rest of us, stay here, I'll go to the Eternal in case any of ZAFTs other MS or ships get a bit curious."
Yzak was now about to ask where the hell he got of telling them what to do when Deraka said "We'll all be fine with that, right Yzak."
In reply to that Yzak gave a scowl that all saw on the their screens and said "Yeah I'm fine with that, just don't let a thing happen to the Eternal you hear me."
In reply to that he got "I hear you, I will do what I can, in case I have to go and help out Mu, well then do as you see fit as long as you do not go and die."
Mu at this point said "If it is possible, I want to take him out here and now, he has been a pain in the ass for far to long."
In reply to this Anthony said "Let me guess, you met him in JOSH-A, he knew right?"
All gave a pause to take in what had just been said it was not good news at all.
Athrun was the first to say "What the hell do you mean by that, did you just say that he knew it was a trap all along?"
Mu gave a nod and said "He told me about it, I went and saw it for myself, he knew about it and told me about it and how I was no longer valued due to the fact that I was still there."
Mu now said "But how did you know about it Anthony?"
The only reply he got was "I do not trust blonde haired men who wear mask, it is like a rule of thumb that I do not break, it was also not too hard due to the fact that if he does take off his mask most in the Earth Alliance would have no idea who he was and it makes it a lot easier for him to pass intel like that, in fact I am sure that it was him who tipped of that ship.
As Mu and Kira moved into Mendel and Anthony moved to the Eternal, Athrun was told by Yzak "I do not wish to believe it, but it makes sense, it also makes sense the fact that he wanted me in the front gate of JOSH-A and why I and Nicol were not in his ship, dam it, dam it all!"
Athrun now said it out loud "This may be sick, but that makes him the one who is responsible for the death of Siegel Clyne, damn this, you're right Yzak this is sick, but it makes sense, too much sense!"
Yeah, Yeah, I made I cut this chapter down before I got to Rau and co, but yeah the last 1000 words were lost so I had to rewrite it like this sorry about that. Yzak is part of them now, but for the time it will be safe to have him only fight the EA forces rather that ZAFT. I hope you like this chapter because it might be a while before I get any other chapters out, you see thing is now I got a job that starts on the 27 that is going to take up a lot of my time. If it goes well I will be there full time and all so yeah, it may just be my last post for a week or my sorry about that guys. I do hope you enjoy this chapter and I do know that it is not my best work, but I wanted to get it out to all of you before the 27. I can get one out to you before then as well I will do my best but I can't promise you. Next Chapter will be Mu vs Rau in their Mobile Suits and then in person with Kira, Rau will reveal all of this, Anthony will rock up, Rau is not aware that Anthony is not a real Agito Cadet so he is going to run away, and I'll sail with it from there.
Almark is based of a few people like, partly Azrael, Rau add a bit of laziness in their and that is him. Yeah I got tired with names so sorry Ribbons Almark, this guy has your last name, Anthony will bring it up about how he knew a guy with the same name.
No Anthony has not made up with Lacus yet, he is just putting up with her and doing his best not to let his hurt feelings show. It is the way people can deal with things like this if they are forced together. Lacus does wish to return to being friends but Anthony at this point really is unsure if he can trust Lacus. In any case I'll cover that more if you have questions about this chapter PM me.
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