Galaxy of Stars
Summary: after the murder of the Echizen family, strange people seem to be interested in the Seigaku, Rikkai and Hyoutei regulars in particularly in Ryoma. Who, become much calmer and less enthusiastic than anyone has ever seen. Nadesico Crossover…
okay!! i got this chap up as soon as i could... but i have to study for my retest of my midyear... yes... i failed it!! but don't blame me...! practically the whole class did!! (which is a relief cos then i don't feel so stupid) it's this wednesday... arg!! i'm dead!! oh well... i wanted to post this before heading to my own death... please have a good funeral for me... lol... THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!! and yes... Ryoma said he was a street kid for a reason... oh fun... i don't even remember if i stated that reason in this chapter... hum... oh well... i'm slowly losing the plot... lol... i've got the idea for their adventure... but the things inbetween are fuzzy... so i hope this is alright... BEWARE OF FARFETCHNESS!! you have been warned... ENJOY THE READ!! LOVE YOU ALL HEAPS!!
Chapter 5
"Okay… everyone board your shuttles," ordered Admiral Misumaru.
"I thought there were two groups?" said a man.
"Opps…" laughed Admiral Misumaru, "I really couldn't decide so I made a third one…"
Everyone just sweat dropped. They boarded anyway and the three shuttles went all in different directions. Coincidentally the regulars from all three schools were in the same shuttle with their families.
"Welcome to your training," said a woman with blonde hair.
"Ms. Inez…" said a surprised voice behind her.
"Ryoma…" smiled Inez, "Besides the hair I would say you haven't change at all…"
"How is it that you're…" started Ryoma.
"We'll catch up later," smiled Inez, "I have to sort out the newcomers…"
"My name is Inez Fressange," said Inez.
"Another legendary Nadesico member," whispered Ohtori.
"You will all be sorted out into groups in depending on your field of expertise…" said Inez, "But first let me introduce a few instructors…"
"Ensign Hari Makibi," said Inez as they indicated the short boy, "He will be taking those for systems and communications…"
"Please to meet you all," said Hari with a bow, his slicked back navy hair stayed in place which told them it was probably gelled.
"Lieutenant Saburota Takasugi will be taking those for piloting," said Inez and they all saw the cheerful blonde man salute to them cheerfully.
"Mr. Seiya will be taking those for maintenance and electronics," said Inez and the man just grinned like a Cheshire cat.
"Mrs. Howmei isn't here yet but she's in charge of the cookery," said Inez.
"Sorry we're late," chorused a group of girls.
Inez indicated the older woman who looked every friendly, "This is Mrs. Howmei…"
"And we're the Howmei girls," said the five girls.
"There is also a compulsory class on defence," said Inez.
"And I'll be taking that class," said Ryoma and took of his hood.
Saburota whistled, "Never knew you were such a pretty boy, Echizen Ryoma. For a street kid you sure are a looker…"
Jun snickered from behind Ryoma, "He's not a street kid as he so mentioned in the assembly…"
"But…" started a man.
"It would be easier for them to shut up if you give them a reasonable lie and they just fell for it," said Ryoma with a shrug, "Heck… it might be only half a lie… I don't remember what I said exactly anyways… but if it made them stop talking about it then what ever i said must have worked"
Everyone sweatdropped.
"Okay… DO you want to start your class now?" asked Inez to Ryoma, as she changed the subject.
"Now…? We just got here!" said Eiji.
"It's more fun to get it over with," said Ryoma and led them to a room where they could tell was where officers could practise their firing skills. At the other end of the room were cardboard with outlines of people and targets.
Ryoma picked up a placed on ear muffs and glasses as well as a gun from the bench in front of him, "This course is to slightly teach you how to defend for yourself if your alone… a gun is the most easiest to use… after all you just aim and fire…"
Ryoma shot a bullet and it hit the target squarely in the centre. Then shot one right in the middle of the outline human's head, "That shot would instantly kill a person… however…"
He shot the bullet and hit barely next to the shot place he shot before, "That shot could be instant death… however there are cases that some people survived from those shots…"
"A shot through the heart…" said Ryoma and shot the target at the heart, "Is also very effective."
He shot at the gun, "That would be disarming a person safely…"
"If all else fails…" said Ryoma and flicked his arm in a fast swift movement. Three knives embedded themselves in the centre of the head, at the heart and at the groin, "You could always use knives…"
"He's good…" whispered a man.
"This is crazy…" whispered Yuuta.
...
By the end of the day everyone was sorted in their field of expertise. The regulars looked at where they were placed. And surprisingly they found that their parents were in that area as well.
Communications and Systems:
Syuusuke Fuji
Kunimitsu Tezuka
Yuuta Fuji
Keigo Atobe
Seiichi Yukimura
Maintenance:
Sadaharu Inui
Renji Yanagi
Yuushi Oshitari
Bunta Marui
Munehiro Kabaji
Masaharu Niou
Hiroshi Yagyuu
Gakuto Mukahi
Pilot:
Takeshi Momoshiro
Kaoru Kaidoh
Choutarou Ohtori
Kuwahara Jackal
Ryou Shishido
Wakashi Hiyoshi
Genchirou Sanada
Cookery:
Syuichiroh Oishi
Eiji Kikumaru
Takashi Kawamura
Akaya Kirihara
Jirou Akutagawa
Lunch time
"Echizen… is that for me?" asked Takeshi as he bounded towards the big bowl of ramen next to Ryoma.
"That's not for you…" said Ryoma as he ate. "That's for Ms. Inez… the next one is for Mr. Jun… and the other one is Mr. Prospector's…"
"But why do you get better food?" asked Bunta.
"Ryoma… did you make this?" asked Jun as he appeared and looked at the bowl.
"Mr. Jun," greeted Ryoma.
"That kid wanted to borrow the kitchen," laughed Mrs. Howmei from the kitchen.
"It seems that you tried the recipe," said Prospector, as he appeared and ate some ramen, "Not exactly the same… it has your touch in it…"
"We'd better change the name of the special then," said Ms. Inez as she appeared.
"No… we'll keep the name, he'll be happy to know that we're enjoying his ramen," said Ryoma as he blew on the soup and drank it.
Ryoma then stood up, "I'm done… I'll see you all around…"
They all looked worriedly at each other. Mrs. Howmei spoke up, "The kid's been pushing it… it may not seem it… but the kid seems worried…"
"Yeah…" agreed the Nadesico veterans. The regulars from the three schools just looked on.
...
Ryoma opened another can of Ponta and looked up at the starry sky, "Watch over us…"
"How are you doing?" asked Jun as he came out and looked at the four empty cans on the floor next to Ryoma, "You must really miss them…"
"Your not here just to say that," said Ryoma from where he sat.
Jun sat next to him, "Seriously… we're all here… we're not going any where…"
"I know that," said Ryoma as he finished the can and was reaching for another one, however Jun stopped him.
"I'm drinking this one," said Jun, "If your planning to drink like this again… invite me along…"
"I didn't think you'd be interested in Ponta…" said Ryoma.
"However drinking it in company makes it tastier," said Jun.
Ryoma's mouth twisted into a slight smile, Jun continued, "Seriously… if you need to talk, I'm always free… even if it's two in the morning."
"I'll keep that in mind," said Ryoma with a yawn.
...
"Ochibi has been strange since we've been here," said Eiji.
"Besides the fact that he seems to have worked here for a while," said Wakashi, "We really don't know who Ryoma really is…"
"Is Ryoma alright?" asked Prospector. They all turned to the voice and saw Jun carrying Ryoma in his arms.
"Yeah… He just feel asleep," said Jun, "But after drinking five cans of Ponta I thought he'll be up all night…"
"The kid seems to be taking it hard, after all this time," sighed Prospector, "How long has it been? Almost a year…?"
"One year next week," said Jun.
"It's almost that time… I never thought it would come round," said Prospector.
"Poor Child," said Mrs. Howmei, "Being there and all…"
"Let's get the kid to bed…" said Prospector.
"What's wrong with the girly guy?" asked Saburota, as he walked up from behind the regulars.
"He fell asleep," said Seiichi. "He has an interesting choice of places to sleep…"
...
"Echizen," greeted Yuushi, "I was under the impression you weren't a morning person…"
"Not getting to school in time doesn't mean I'm not an early riser," said Ryoma as he scrolled down the document he was reading on his laptop.
"I'm under the impression that you have something else to add," said Ryoma.
"Who are you? Who are you, really?" asked Yuushi.
"A twelve year old kid, who has seen the jaws of death," said Ryoma.
"Is that really it?" asked Yuushi.
"I don't like divulging things about myself," said Ryoma, "Did no one tell you I like my life private?"
"I believe your friends did say that once," said Yuushi.
Ryoma then abruptly stood up, "What's wrong?"
"You better start running…" said Ryoma.
"For what…?" asked Yuushi.
"Oi…! Kid! You're late…! Run 30 laps!" called out Seiya.
"Eh…?"
"But I'm the first one here," said Yuushi.
"That is why you have 30 and they have 30 plus," grinned Seiya.
"30 plus…?" asked Yuushi.
"The amount time their late," said Seiya, "Every 5 minutes I'll add a lap… your lucky kid… your only 30 minutes late…"
"Mr. Seiya loves to push his subordinates," said Ryoma as he walked away.
"Where's he going?" asked Yuushi.
"Control room, probably going to play video games until something comes up," laughed Seiya, "Better start those laps before I add more on them."
An hour later
"Attention Maintenance trainees… please go to the hanger immediately to face punishment," announced Ryoma over the PA.
"Ochibi is mean," groaned Eiji as he fell off his bed when the announcement was made. "Nyah… I'm lucky I'm not Maintenance…"
Thirty minutes later
"Why are they running?" asked Yuuta.
"We didn't arrive to our session on time," said Yuushi next to him.
"Why aren't you running?" asked Yuuta.
"I already did, I was only thirty minutes late," said Yuushi. Yuuta just sweat dropped.
...
"Okay… As you all know I'm Hari Makibi…" said Hari, "Okay let's start with the basics."
A few minutes later every one just looked as Hari's face lit up and glowed and they all frowned as they looked at Hari and looked at each other. They didn't know what to do.
"Hari…" said Jun.
Hari's eyes snapped open, "Yes…?"
"They are unable to connect directly to the computer like you," said Jun, "Please explain how they are supposed to operate communications…"
"Err… sorry… I forgot…" said Hari, "Right… let's start again… err… you would see in front of you a keyboard…"
"I don't think he knows what his doing…" said Yuuta.
"Okay… If you press these two keys then your communication screen should appear," said Hari as a screen appeared in front of all the students and they could see his fingers pressing the keys. Jun just shook his head and looked around. The maintenance group seemed to be running around. The pilot groups were just sweat-dropping as Saburota seemed to be exaggerating his actions and explanations.
"What do you think?" asked Inez.
"I'm not sure if some of them are too young?" said Jun. "I know they might be promising… but the junior high kids still have a whole life ahead of them…"
"However if they go back they'll just be targeted," said Inez. Jun just sighed, "How is Ryoma doing?"
"Pushing the limits again," said Jun, "Just working in overdrive… I'm not sure if Ryoma's okay…"
"I guess… the child is just coping what ever is thrown," said Inez, "We'll just have to be there every step of the way to make sure that Ryoma doesn't fall…"
"Aye…" said Jun as he continued his evaluation of the situation, "The Nadesico is safe and so all we have to do is get a crew together…"
"It seems it's easier said than done," said Inez as she watched Hari laughed nervously at a mistake he seemed to have done, "Hari isn't used to doing it manually…"
"He's the only one who's free right now and that is qualified…" said Jun, and saw Ryoma rush through the door, barefooted in a bathrobe and hair in a towel, "What's wrong?"
"There's a coded message," said Ryoma as he turned on the computer equipment. "It's from the Nadesico…"
"I could decode it for you," said Hari as he rushed over.
"Are you able to stay awake for 72 hours?" asked Ryoma as he looked as several holographic screens appeared.
"72 hours?" asked Hari.
"That's how long it would take to decode it if you connect directly to the computer," said Ryoma, as he typed quickly, his eyes flickering back and forth from one screen to the next. "Manually it would take 48 hours…"
"Excuse me," said Ryoma, as he glided past to the computer next to the one he was using. Then started mumbling under his breath and typed rapidly. "The person who sent it was able to reverse the rolls where manually it would take shorter than automatically…"
"Why isn't he tutoring the communications and systems class?" asked Yumiko.
"He's not available," said Jun, "I might take over if Hari isn't satisfactory…"
"Where'd he learn how to type and read so fast?" asked Hari in amazement.
"Ryoma was brought up like that," said Inez, "Not to mention photographic memory… however the typing is something new… probably practising for a few months…"
'Doesn't look like months,' thought everyone.
There you go... it was a bit farfetched wasn't it?? well it served as a good laugh when i reread it... hope it was too your liking... i've planned all the chapters already... so at least there's some sort of idea what i should be writing in each chapter... so... this story will be 14 chapters long plus a prologue and epilogue... that makes 16 chapters in a way... hmm... that means... 10 more updates after this...? would you find it strange if i said that i already wrote up the epilogue?? lol...
Next time: the decoding… a tad of the legendary Nadesico crew… flashbacks… the list is up… space… the announcement for captainship and binging…