Heiress to the Stars
Episode 2: Battle Royal

The gundam boys came back the next morning ready for the training battle that they had planned for the day. The sky threatened a really nasty storm. The clouds were a navy blue and steadily getting darker. Duo went to get his cd from his cd player, but before he could get there Quatre was in the way.
"Quatre, what are you doing?" Duo asked curiously.
"Nothing."
"Un huh sure you aren't."
"Duo hurry up!" Heero snapped.
Duo turned to face the annoyed pilot.
"Yeah, yeah," he had turned back around to see Quatre hurrying away.
Duo shrugged thinking his friend was acting weird lately, and he wondered what it was. He decided to ask him later.
Quatre breathed a sigh of relief as he placed the soundtrack that Relena had been listening to in its case.
"That was close," he muttered to himself as he went to his gundam Sand Rock.
"Hey Quatre is something wrong?" Trowa asked quietly.
"No, I just forgot something."
"Quatre, you can't lie to me very well. I'm sure I'll get it out of you later."
The five gundam pilots headed out into their wide open space that their parents owned. That was their battle ground. The terrain varied from spot to spot.
"So guys we going to do one on ones first? Or all out battle royal?"
"Why don't you make a tournament out of this little battle ground?" Mr. Peacecraft cut in. "It should prove to be interesting as well as educational. It will help you understand your wing men better."
Quatre almost choked on his laughter.
"Is that all right with everyone?" Mr. Maxwell asked.
He got various forms of shrugs and looks and he took it as agreement.
"Okay let the battles begin."
(just for the sheer fun of it Mr. Maxwell is a really funny guy like his son so he's going to narrate the battle. A forewarning I'm not good at battle descriptions but I'll try.)
"Okay today gentlemen we have a battle royal. Last gundam to be left standing is the winner. Our first match is between... (long dramatic pause) Wing Zero and Sand Rock. Let the tournament begin."
Without thought or warning the two gundams leapt for each other. They were calculating each others every step. Something crossed Quatre's mind for a second and a smirk graced his features. He let Heero get in a few good attacks before surrendering.
"What's this gundam fans Sand Rock is throwing in the towel for some reason. Oh well next match up. Its Nataku versus Heavyarms."
"Injustice," Mr. Chang snapped. "Do not speak with familiarity with that gundam Maxwell."
"We've gone over this a hundred times I mean nothing by it," Mr. Maxwell replied. "Anyway back to the battle royal."
The two pilots stood there for a moment or two sizing up their opponent. They've done this a hundred times yet they still sized each other up.
"Okay let the battle begin. Nataku is looking pretty fierce today... He'll give Heavyarms a run for it's money."
"Will you shut up already?" Mr. Chang growled.
"Geesh I was just trying to have some fun, before the match with Day Star. This should prove to be interesting to say the least."
"I wonder why Quatre quit so quickly?" Mr. Winner muttered aloud.
"You mean he threw the match?" Mr. Yuy asked in shock.
"Yes, do you think he knows about Relena and wants to prove that she's as good as the rest of them?" Mr. Winner said quietly.
"That's exactly how it is," Relena said as she walked in.
"So you ready for them?" Mr. Peacecraft asked.
"You bet. Day Star is read to go."
"Quatre has a lot of faith in your abilities girl," Mr. Chang stated. "I think to much."
Relena ignored the chauvinist man.
"Who am I against for this first match?"
"Do you really think you can get past the first match?"
"I plan on winning this little game," she said in a cocky manner.
"Watch it girl," he growled.
"No, I won't watch it," she snapped. "I've worked as long and hard as the other five, I deserve a little respect."
"Me show a little girl respect? You must be joking."
She gave him a dagger laden glare that reminded the man of Heero. Everyone in the room was also taken aback. This wasn't the Relena they knew, the cute little girl that wore her hair in pigtails and wore puffy pink dresses. Now was a lady determined to prove herself in combat no less.
"We'll dad I'm going to show this male chauvinist that a woman can be better than the guys no matter how hard they work."
She turned away and headed towards the hanger to get into her gundam.

Back on the battlefield.

During the argument between the fathers Wufei had put Trowa down. The thunder rumbled as the rain began to fall.
"Now sports fans our final bought before the storm gets too bad. This is the battle between Deathscythe and Day Star. Two dark gundams facing off ready to do battle till the bitter end."
Day Star rose from the ground in the gundams greatest glory. The shiny black wings flexed as the gundam prepared to jump up. The lightening flashed making the gundam look even more demonic than Deathscythe. It's blood red eyes shone brightly. This unnerved the pilots to no end. Of course they wouldn't show it at all even in their gundams. Even Quatre was unnerved and he knew the pilot.
"All right begin fight!"
Without warning Day Star leapt for Deathscythe. The gundam had a felines grace which astounded Duo because no mobil suit could move with that much speed and grace. Before the battle even started Duo was down. He hadn't even seen the attack coming. A message flashed on his screen. 'Keep on your feet' was all that it said.
"You've got to be kidding," Duo said to himself.
Everyone was shocked. Even Mr. Maxwell was uncharacteristically silent. Day Star moved backwards to let the next two combatants fight. Wufei didn't stand a chance against Heero. Relena grinned inwardly. This is what she wanted an all out battle between Day Star and Zero One.

TBC