DISCLAIMER: I do not own Vandread or any of the three Gundam series I have featured on here, but you already know what I do own.
AWAKENING PART 1
After Marcus had heard Taiho's story, they both decided to go to bed for the rest of the way. As they both slept, they both felt something was going to go wrong when they got there.
On the Nirvana, Meia could only work on making new formations to get her mind out of worrying for her boyfriend,' I hope he's safe,' she thought as she fingered the cross around her neck for a bit.
"Worried about Taiho?" a voice asked right behind her, she then turned to see Barnette with worried look on her face.
"N-no, I was just getting some formations made, we'll need some strategies to fight against this new threat," she answered as she composed herself, she would not let her subordinates and friends see that she was getting distracted or that she was worried.
Barnette shook her head a bit and walked up to her," you don't have to hide it," she then put her hand on her shoulder," it's not that hard to see you're worried about him."
She then turned away from her with a light blush on her cheeks," is it that obvious?" she asked in a miffed voice.
"Hey, that's what happens when someone falls in love with someone, right? You worry about that one you love, that alone lets the two know they truly cherish each other," she said as she gave reassuring smile.
Meia just shook her head a bit and gave a slight smirk," since when did you become philosophical?" she asked as she raised a blue eyebrow at her.
Barnette just shrugged and went to walk out the room," don't worry, he'll be here soon enough," she then stopped at the door and looked over her shoulder," call it a woman's intuition," she said as she walked out.
Meia just took a deep breath and sat back down to figure out new formations for the Dread teams and the two man like mechs the two males pilot.
Back on the Immortal Purpose, Taiho and Marcus woke back up and went to the mess hall to fix themselves some breakfast," man, I still can't believe you hooked up with Meia man. I wonder how she looks like in person," Marcus said as he ate some cereal.
Taiho didn't feel the need to warn his best bud to lay off his girl, since Marcus was still mourning a bit for his fiancée,' hopefully he'll get over it when this is all over,' Taiho thought as he ate some of his own cereal," trust me, it wasn't easy to deal with her at first. She was just like in the anime man, strong, prideful, and really stubborn, but damn fine at the same time. She's still strong, prideful and stubborn, but she has come to rely on her friends and looks at males in a different way, as does the rest of the ship," Taiho said as he kept on eating.
Nodding his head in relief, Marcus didn't want to be thrown right in a cell when he got to the Nirvana. But after hearing that Barnette had calmed down from being a feminist and that Taiho had defused the key elements that started the 'man'-hunt, he was now more than willing to see the Vandread main characters up close," before I got in here, I checked up on Hibiki, the guy still hasn't woke up," Marcus said as he drank some orange juice from his glass.
"You know that he only wakes up when he gets back to the Nirvana. Anyways, we need to be prepared for the worse now that the mobile suits from the other Gundam series have come into this little game of ours," Taiho said as he finished eating his breakfast.
"Yeah, I didn't expect them to do that when you got there, but I was just too caught up in my fighting that I didn't even care about it," Marcus said as he remembered back to the fight before they left. He then took the plates they just had eaten out of and put them in the sink.
"Come on, let's go see how far we've gotten to arriving on the Nirvana," Taiho said as he got up and walked over the command bridge with Marcus not that far behind him.
When they got there, the saw out the window to see the distant sight of a blue ship, the Nirvana," looks like we woke up just in time to see them now," Marcus commented as he went to sit on the command chair. He then saw they were being called," we're being called by them," he then grew little smirk," looks like it's time we let them know you and Hibiki are okay," he said as he pressed the button to open the channel and saw the face of an old woman on the vid screen.
"This is the Minerva (cover up name, which is why she chose it as a secondary name), hello there young man, what business do you have here?" she asked in a business like tone, not wanting to sound too aggressive to someone who might be a simple civilian.
"Immortal Purpose here, I'm here to drop off something that belongs to one of your crew members. Does the name Meia ring any bells?" he asked in a mock evil tone. Magno only gave a glare at him and was about to say something until someone interrupted the both of them.
"WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?" two voices said at the same time, but from each of their ships, with Taiho saying that to Marcus and Meia saying that to her captain. They both got in the vid screens and saw each other," OH," they said at the same time as they felt a little embarrassed at what just happened.
"Well I guess it won't do to act like I just did," Marcus said with a smirk on his face as he shook his head. He then directed that smirk to Magno," the names Marcus Kensinton, Taiho's best bud and closest thing he has to a brother, nice to meet ya'll," he said he waved at everyone on the command deck on the Nirvana, who returned the wave bit, a little reluctantly to do it to a male.
"I see, is this true Taiho?" Magno asked as the Dark Angel Gundam pilot's face came up to the screen.
He nodded and gave a big smile to them," yup, he's a good guy. Anyways, we'll all be over there in a second, but get Dita, Hibiki was knocked out from the an attack the Harvesters made when we found Marcus," he said as his face quickly grew serious.
She nodded as she told them to open the hangars for them to come in. When she looked up, she was shocked, along with everyone else, to see another mech like Taiho's Gundam, only it was white with blue jagged marks that gave off the feeling of a tiger with wings on its back,' another thing you'll have to explain to me Taiho,' Magno thought as she got up to got too the meeting room.
When they got on board, the two, along with Hibiki on Marcus's shoulder, came down to see the crew waiting for them with smiles on their faces. Taiho only had a second until he was enveloped in a hug. He as surprised for a minute, but regained his senses to see that it was Meia," what's up Meia? You act like I've been gone for at least a lifetime," Tahio said with a mocking ignorance in his tone.
She then punched him a bit in the arm," you know how much I was worried about you? I was…" but she cut herself off as she quickly recomposed herself and heard a slight giggle coming from the women behind her.
'And you said you weren't worried,' Barnette thought as she looked at her leader,' still as stubborn as ever to say what you mean,' she then looked at the new male on the ship,' huh? Who's that?' she thought as she looked at the black male.
"Yeah, hehehe, sorry about that," Taiho said as he scratched the back of his head a bit. He then looked to see Marcus handing over Hibiki over to Dita's worrying arms," well girls, let me introduce you to my best bud and the closest thing I have to a brother," he said as he got Marcus's attention and shoved him in front of everyone," his name is Marcus Kensington."
"I can introduce myself, thank you," Marcus snapped back as he shrugged off Taiho's hand, who only chuckled a bit at his friends action," anyways, like he said, the name is Marcus Kensington, I come from the same planet, Gaia, as he does and we both pilot Gundams, as you can see here," Marcus said as he thumbed towards his Gundam. After that, he greeted everyone individually, until he came up to Barnette.
"Nice to meet you Marcus, the names Barnette Orangello," she said with a smile as she extended her hand to him.
"Nice to meet you too," he said as he shook her hand, and started to look her over,' man, she's more hotter than you see on the anime,' he thought as he looked at her, only to get a flash memory of his fiancé, which made him look sad.
"Is something wrong?" she asked as she looked at his saddened look.
Broken from his thoughts of sadness, he shook his head and put a fake smirk on," I'm good, just thought of something bad is all," he said as he walked passed her with his hat shadowing his eyes," see ya later Barnette," he said as he walked ahead.
'Something must have happened out there to have him look like that,' she thought as she looked at the retreating form of Marcus. She wasn't the least bit fooled by his fake smirk and attitude, she could tell something was wrong and that it was something that left a scar in his heart somewhere.
"Hey Taiho, are we going to go and talk to that old lady now or what?" Marcus asked as he interrupted a conversation between the couple.
"Yeah, me and Meia were just discussing on what happened out there," he then took her hand in his," come one, let's go you two, we have a meeting to get to," Taiho said as he lead Meia in hand to the meeting room with Marcus following close by.
But they weren't able to get a step further as Hibiki woke up," THERE'S NO TIME TO BE LYING AROUND LIKE THIS," he called out as he rush towards the door and report to the old lady. He was then stopped by his sensei's body," Taiho, we have to hurry and tell the old lady about this," he said in a frantic voice.
"Calm down, we'll tell her, but with cool head," he then turned his back to him and started to walk away," come on, follow us and stay calm," he said simply without turning his head to him. Hibiki could hardly restrain himself, but did so under the order of his sensei.
When the four got there, Taiho and Marcus noticed that Bart was discussing things with the bridge crew,' must be trying to get some trust from them,' Taiho thought as he looked at the babbling mouth that Bart has and the women who reluctantly listened to his ridiculous stories. He then went up to the old lady Magno, who was watching the scene from her command chair," reporting on our findings captain," he said as he stood at a sort of an attention in front of her.
"Oh, good to see you came back in one piece you two," she said with a smile, but then notice the black male beside Taiho," and you must be Marcus, nice to meet you in person, young man."
"Same here," he replied simply.
"Now, what is it that you found out there, besides your friend here," Magno said with a serious face and tone. Taiho nodded a bit and told her of what happened when they found the Menalos fleet and what happened when he found Marcus. Magno only sighed deeply and looked at Marcus with sad eyes," I'm sorry for what has happened with your comrades," she said with sorrow in her voice.
"Don't be, they fought to the bitter end, fighting for what they believed in. But I'll continue to fight for them…and for Nagi," Marcus replied as he whispered under his breath at the last saying.
Magno nodded her head and felt a little admiration for the new Gundam pilot. She then turned to the Gundam pilot that had been with them the longest," now then, you say they now have machines that come from your planet?" Magno asked as she felt a little fear of fighting something that might be just as good as the two machines the Gundam pilots use.
"Yes, so we'll need to prepare for the fight of our lives if they send the kind of force they did in our last battle," Taiho answered as he referred to the battle he and Marcus fought in. Taiho then sighed a bit," let's just hope they don't."
"Indeed," she said simply before shaking her head a bit," I believe you have a recording of the battle?" she asked as she hoped to have an upper hand on the new type of enemies they'll face.
"Yes, and I see where you're going with this," he answered as he turned to Meia," come on Meia, we have some formations and strategies to come up with," he said as she nodded to him and followed him to the room they make the formations.
"And what the hell am I supposed to do?" Marcus called out as he felt a little bit out of the loop.
"I don't know, uuuhh, go get something to eat," he suggested only to get a bit of a glare," well just do what you want to do man, I've got to go," he said before he turned back to leave.
Marcus only sighed and turned his attention to the old lady in front of him and then came up with an idea," hey captain, you mind if you could lend some of your crew to my ship? I can take care of the ship myself, but we'll need it for the upcoming battle, so we'll need a crew on it," Marcus said as he pointed to his ship that was in view of the Nirvana.
Magno was about to say no, but then thought about for a bit,' it would be good to have some back up alongside us, and besides…' she then took a glance at the ship that was in view,' that ship seems quite impressive, so it would be a waste to not integrate it into our own fleet of pirate ships back home,' she then took a look at Marcus before nodding," sure, we'll get a few of our people over to it and have it man the command center on it for you."
"Thanks, with this, we'll be more than ready for the upcoming battle," Marcus said before he got up to leave. But just as he was about to leave, he stopped at the door," oh, do you know where I can go and use the restroom?" he asked as he felt the urge to take a whiz.
"Sure, its down the hall, to your right," she answered as he nodded in thanks before leaving.
'Wooh, man, I'm finally getting to meet the main characters of the Vandread series,' Marcus thought as he walked towards the restroom,' by now the ship should be overrunning with women trying to take us both down, good thing Taiho took care of that,' he thought happily relieved, before going into the bathroom. What he didn't notice was that the sign showed to be the women's shower area.
Barnette was now humming happily in the shower, thinking back on all that happened that day,' looks like we have a new male on the ship, strangely, I don't feel that mad at that. In fact, it feels good too have another on the ship,' she thought as she smiled with her eyes closed,' he is cute though,' she thought before she heard a noise behind her. She opened her eyes and looked back to only go wide eyed as she looked at the surprise look on Marcus's face.
"Barnette, I was, I just, eh," Marcus stuttered as he tried to defend himself, but she was not listening as now she could only she red.
With a red aura going around her, she then, out of nowhere, pulled out a mallet and said," PERVERT," and sent Marcus flying out the door and hitting the hall with his whole front body getting implanted into it. After a minute passed, he fell down with swirly eyes on his face and a bit of blood coming down his nose.
Taiho and Meia were now watching the video recording the Dark Angel Gundam and the Angelic Byakko Gundam had on the mobile suits from the other series, along with the part of when the body of the Dark Gundam came out of the Harvester flagship," so that's the Dark Gundam?" she asked with a little fear in her voice as she looked and saw Taiho nod,' just what are we up against now?' she thought as she looked at the recorded battle.
Taiho only sighed; he could feel the doubt coming from Meia. So he got up from his seat and hugged her from behind. He heard her gasp a bit, meaning that she didn't expect it, only to relax and rest her head in his chest," don't worry, we'll beat that damn thing, and I'll protect you," he said softly and tightened the hug a bit to comfort her.
She leaned her head back a bit more and looked up at him with a smile," thank you Taiho, and I'll always protect you too," she said as she tip toed to his face as he leaned in towards her and kissed each other. After a few moments in that position of kissing, they got out of the embrace and went to go and get ready for the battle up ahead.
When they were about to get to the bridge to inform the old lady of what they could do, they came upon Marcus's knocked out body. Deciding to be the one when he woke up, he looked to Meia," I'll stay here and see what happened, you go on ahead and tell her what plans we've come up with," she nodded and went on ahead to the bridge.
A few moments passed and Marcus started to come to, as that happened, Barnette came out of the door with dried, but still wet looking green hair. When she saw Taiho, she gave him a smile," oh, hi Taiho, what are you doing here?" she asked, but he answered as he moved over and pointed to Marcus," oh," she simply said as she scratched the back of her head a bit nervously,' I didn't hit him that hard, did I?'
"Aaah, did anyone get the look of the Gundam that hit me?" Marcus asked to no one in particular as he tried to get up.
'Okay, maybe I did hit him that hard,' she thought as she looked at the giant bruised spot on Marcus's head. He then looked up and glared a bit at the woman in front of him.
"What the hell did you do that for you damn uncute tomboy," he called out as he rubbed the back of his head. (if you don't know where I got this, think Ranma ½)
"What did you call me?" she asked, as she got ready to pound the guy for calling her that.
"Umm," Taiho said, but the two didn't notice as they continued to argue.
"Did I stutter, no, I didn't," he said as he got up and got in her face.
"Umm," Taiho said again, but only a little quieter.
"You damn jerk," she said, as she got ready to pull out her 'out-of-nowhere' mallet.
"Umm," Taiho said a bit quieter, but this time they heard him and snapped their heads to him.
"WHAT?!" they both asked with big heads and blank eyes that had big flames coming out from them. When they said that, they looked back at each other to glare at each other again with lightning going in between them.
"Now, now, let's calm down guys," Taiho said as he sweated bit at the heat going in between the two,' what the hell happened to make them go like this,' Taiho wondered as he looked back and forth between the two.
Barnette just turned around with a her arms crossed with a scoff, while Marcus just turned his head a bit and put his hands in his pockets as he snorted a bit at the same time," WHATEVER," they said at the same time and glanced at the corner of their eyes to lightning glare at each other again.
Taiho just sighed and pushed his friend down towards the hangar," come on you, we have some preparations to get done on the Immortal Purpose," he said as he continued to push Marcus, who was protesting him to stop pushing. Taiho then turned his head a bit to Barnette as he did," you go on ahead and get your own preparations done, there is a storm coming and you don't want to come unprepared," Taiho said as he and Marcus disappeared as they rounded the corner.
When they both were about to leave, they saw Hibiki standing near his Vanguard with a far off look on his face," you go on ahead to the Immortal Purpose, I need to talk to him," Taiho said to Marcus, who just nodded and went to his Gundam. Taiho then walked over to his supposed student and stood beside him, waiting for him to acknowledge he was there.
It took a few moments before he talked though," do people really die that easily sensei?" Hibiki asked, as he didn't take his eyes off his Vanguard.
"Yeah, they do," Taiho answered with a stern face and turned to him," and so can we unless you get your head in the game and get ready to fight against the Harvesters."
Hibiki just looked down with a saddened look on his face," but…"
"Do you want to have the person who gave you that cloth die in vain," Tahio interrupted as he pointed to the blue and navy striped cloth on Hibiki's arm, where it was injured.
"What?" he asked in scared voice.
"I'm sure the person who gave you that, wanted you to live and fight without regrets, but that's just me," he then turned back to leave," see later Hibiki," Taiho said as he went to his Gundam.
After Taiho left, it took a few moment for Hibiki to lift his head and look at his Vanguard's head,' Seran, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, but I'll live and prove my existence and get revenge on those who took your life,' he thought as a look of determination came upon his face.
When Marcus arrived on the Immortal Purpose, he could see the women were already fast at work on getting the weapons systems and anything else online for the upcoming battle. He even had to dodge the mechanics that were going to push him aside to make sure his Gundam was in good condition.
"Looks like the ship is under their control," Marcus heard as he turned to see Taiho leaning up against the wall with a smirk on his face," how about we see how the bridge is doing?" he offered.
"Yeah, sure," he shrugged as they both left to go how the bridge was doing. Along the way, the could see the a lot of the women going in and out of the rooms to make sure everything was under good conditions," man, I didn't think this ship would get so crowded," Marcus said as he barely dodged a girl rushing past him.
"That is what happens when a situation like this occurs," Taiho said as they opened the door to the bridge. But as soon as they got in, their mouths hit the floor and go wide eyed at who was going to be at the command chair of the ship," you're going to be commanding the ship…" the chair then turned to reveal woman with glasses and a mechanics suit,"…Parfet."
"Yup, who else is going to be able to decipher what's what around here," she said as she felt pride in saying that.
They both shook their heads at her for a bit," oh well, at least we know it will be in good hands…right?" Marcus hesitantly asked his friend, who just nodded with a reassuring smirk," oh good," he felt relieved, because he didn't want the one memory he had of Nagi to be destroyed, not now.
Just then, the alarms went off as they were hailed by the Nirvana. Parfet quickly opened the channel and Magno's old face came up on the screen," the enemies are here," she said simply as the screen turned to the Harvester flagship advancing towards them.
"We're heading out, Parfet, tell them we'll be out there," Taiho commanded as he and Marcus left to go and see what they could do. As soon as they left, Parfet went over to the communicator to tell them what Taiho just commanded.
Once in the hangar, Marcus and Taiho get in their Gundams and step up to the launch pad," Marcus Kensinton, Angelic Byakko, LET'S DO IT," he said as he launched from the hangar.
"Taiho Lobo, Dark Angel, LAUNCHING," Taiho called out as he too blasted off from the hangar of Immortal Purpose.
"So you two finally show up," Jura said over the communicator as Taiho made his way over to Meia side and Marcus over to Barnette's side, albeit a little reluctantly," can we win?" she asked as she looked at the incoming enemies.
There was a long pause as Taiho looked at the enemies and felt a little relieved it was just the Dark Army soldiers this time," if we don't lose hope, protect those precious to us, and continue to believe ourselves that we'll survive this, I know we can win," Taiho said to her and everyone else.
Marcus's face then came up on his monitor," that was corny as hell, and you know it," he whispered before turning off communications. Taiho's eyebrow twitched a bit and was ready to tell him off, but he stopped himself as he looked ahead.
"Jura, you handle the A team, Barnette, you handle the B team," Meia commanded as she kept her sight on the enemies ahead," Taiho, you take care of commanding Marcus and Hibiki in your mechs, understood?"
"YES MA'AM," the three said in understanding.
Taiho then notice they were being hailed by the flagship, but it couldn't be understood since it was all just data," we're getting a message from them…attention, you have no reason to exist other than parts to be used by us. We are messenger from the planet Earth; you are allowed to live only as provisions for the Earth's future. You must follow your destiny; the act of denying the future to come is against the order of the Earth. If that is so, the only alternative is…complete destruction," Taiho then took breath from all the talking," well, that bit of news is comforting," he said sarcastically.
"Immortal Purpose, get ready for combat," Marcus called out to his ship and got a 'yes sir' from the women on board.
"Alright, everyone knows what to do, right?" Taiho asked as he got a confirmation from everyone," okay…COMMENCE ATTACK," he called out as they all blasted off to take down the enemies.
Marcus started off the attack by doing his combination shot and took down a vast amount of enemies. Even though everyone was engaging the enemy, they couldn't help but marvel at all the shots and power behind them. Marcus then went in and dodged shot from four dark soldier that were shooting him, but he took them out as if he were a gunslinger with his twin hand beam rifles.
Taiho came from above and slashed through two Dark Army soldiers in one blow. He then took one down that was sneaking beside him and decapitated it. He the noticed that some shots were being fire at him, so he dodged them and cut the attacker in an X pattern and left it in four pieces.
Hibiki slashed one cube down the middle and jumped back before it exploded," is there no end to these guys?" he asked himself as he looked at the see of enemies before them, he then thought back to the woman named Seran," I'll destroy you, every last ONE OF YOU," he called out as he dashed ahead to destroy them.
Meia was now being chased down by two dark soldiers that were firing at her,' that's it, keep chasing,' she thought at the moment,' NOW,' she then pulled up quickly and went behind them, she then fire her laser and took the two of them down," don't underestimate me because I'm woman," she said out loud to them, daring them to come at her.
Barnette was weaving in and out of enemies while shooting off her missiles, she then caught a glimpse of a cube Harvester coming up behind Jura," oh no you don't," she called out as she dashed ahead towards the enemy and shot a missile while firing her Dread's machine guns to take down the enemies on the way. When it got shot down, she got a happy smile from her best friend and gave her a thumbs up.
None of the five had noticed that each of their right hands faintly glowed for a few short intervals as they continued to fight.
A few more minutes into the battle and it seemed they had not made any progress at all, not to mention the fact that the Nirvana, along with the Immortal Purpose, was being pulled toward the gas planet that can crush them in mere seconds, if Bart wasn't and have the shield up, and it was a good thing that the Immortal Purpose had its own shields. Even so, things weren't looking good.
Taiho backed off as he put his blade beam back on his back. Hibiki, at that moment, appeared beside, panting for air from the constant battling," how many are there?" he asked his sensei for once.
"Hibiki, there's no use fighting them one on one," Taiho replied as he stood side by side with his student, a thought then struck him," hey Hibiki, why don't we show they the results of our training, we'll use THAT move," Taiho hinted as he got ready.
"Right," Hibiki smirked as he caught on quick," CHOKYU," he called out as he got in a crane stance, as if he took it off the karate kid movie.
"HOAW," Taiho called out as well as he got in a low stance.
"DEN-EIDAN," they both called out as they stood in their stances. But then Taiho was enveloped in a glowing energy ball that swirled around him in a pink, with orange hints in it," Hibiki, launch me," Taiho said as his Gundam's head sticked out of the energy ball.
"YES SIR," he complied as he made a hand motion as if he was doing a Hadoken off of Street Fighter and launched Taiho straight at the enemy. As he made contact with them, he plowed right through a great number of them and destroyed them.
At the end of his attack, he lifted up into the air (still space of course) and came out of the energy and made a flying kick stance in the air," IGNITE," he called out as a dome of explosion occurred in the path he made.
"Meia, let's combine now," Taiho called out as and only got her charging at him as an answer. A light appeared and out of that light appeared Wing Zero. The two then blasted off and cocked the beam rifle and shot it. The giant beam took out all that was in its path. Not satisfied by this, the two charge in the middle of a large group and split the beam rifle in two, aim and fire a wide arc of the beam rifle's, well, beam.
Everyone (the ones that had their hands glowed) sensed something and looked to see something forming in front of the Harvester flagship. A flame then appeared, and out of that flame came the three Fakedreads of the combinations Hibiki makes with the three women. But that wasn't the only thing that formed out that flame; a dark mobile suit appeared with red wing on its back, black horns coming out of it head, and a dark black body that had red hints on it.
Only Taiho and Marcus knew what this mech was and thought of only one thing,' Master Gundam,' they both thought as they looked at the Undefeated of the East's Gundam. The two were now getting worried about what would happen now.
Taiho quickly disengaged the Wing Zero combination at that moment," what, Taiho, what are you doing?" she asked as she felt a little dazed by the sudden action.
"Go and retreat back to the Nirvana Meia," she was about to protest, but he cut her off," just do as I say and go," he snapped which stunned the blue hair woman, who only reluctantly nodded and blasted off.
She looked back with a sad look on her face,' please, come back to me safely,' she thought as she went back to retreating.
Marcus then appeared behind him," I got Hibiki to go back," he said as he stared at the four mech in front of the two," I know we can take the Fakedreads, but what about the Master Gundam?" he asked, hoping to get some comfort from his best bud.
"Honestly, I don't know, we're talking about Master Asia's Master Gundam here, so our chances might not be that good," Taiho answered as he got a grave look on his face.
As he said that, the three of the mechs went to go and take care of the Dreads that take on their original forms, leaving two Gundam pilots to face off against the Master Gundam.
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect to fight some brats here," said a two toned voice of Master Asia.
"You can talk?!" Marcus asked as if it was the craziest thing ever.
"Yes, but I am not the original you could say, but enough of that," he then pointed to the two with his clawed like hand," which one of you will be my opponent?"
They both looked at each other for a minute before shrugging at him," we not going to play your game Master Gundam, if you want to fight one of us, you'll fight both of us," Marcus said as he cracked his knuckles.
The Master Gundam just shook his head a bit before disappearing," then I guess I should finish this, right here and now," his voice said from behind them. They turned, only to have Taiho kneed in the gut and Marcus uppercut in the stomach. He then took out his cloth and tied both of them at each end. He then took the middle of it and started to spin them around.
"AHH," they both yelled out in pain as the cloth tightened and started to crush them as they wirled around. But they were both saved as Hibiki surprised the Master Gundam by cutting off the cloth with his blade.
"Damn that Undeafeated of the East," Marcus said as he clutched his side.
Hibiki caught the title and glared at the Master Gundam," Undefeated of the East, if you want a challenge, come fight with me," he called out as he got ready to fight the Gundam.
The Master Gundam only threw his head back in laughter as he looked at the small Vanguard," you amuse me kid, tell me your name, all of you," he demanded as he looked at the three.
"Marcus Kensington," the Angelic Byakko Gundam pilot said as he got up and stood on Taiho's right side.
"Taiho Lobo," the Dark Angel pilot said as he too got up and joined his friends.
"Hibiki Tokai," the Vanguard pilot said as he stood on Taiho's left side.
The Master Gundam looked at each of them individually and did a bit of an evil chuckle," I look forward to our next encounter, until then, you three are on borrowed time," he said as he started to disappear in the shadows of space.
"Wait," Tiaho called out, only to have the Master Gundam disappear at that moment.
"Should we pursue him sensei," Hibiki asked as he looked at the spot the Master Gundam was at.
" No, we have to go back to the Nirvana, NOW," he said as he turned back. But with one final look, he couldn't help but worry,' this just got a little harder.'
A/N: Well, that CH.12. Hope you guys liked it and I'm working on part 2 right now. If you guys want to know anything else, you know what to do, ja ne.
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