What up, guys? This is Koyo, bringing you another chapter of this rewrite, now called Anomaly (you might be able understand why if you know the definition of the word)! Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying life and stuff and I hope that this chapter improves your day! Or something like that!

SulliMike23: You make it sound like a bad thing. I wanted to add an OC team to each nation, even to the Union. Expect one more team for the HRL in the next chapter.

April Marciano: Yeah, I realized from the last rewrite that I didn't really change anything. I just inserted my OCs and the story still played out the same. So I decided to change several things, and eventually the events will play out differently.

Unicorn 359: It sure was a surprise to see Lockon and Peter fight, huh? Like I said before, events will play out differently.

Ch. 3 Changing World

"That voice!" Souji exclaimed, eyes widening. "It can't be-"

"Damned Gundam!" Amina roared, applying more force to her plasma sword. "You were my saviour! And now you're my enemy!"

Her Flag succeeded in pushing Alauda back. Then she quickly drew her linear rifle and fired three electromagnetically-accelerated rounds at her enemy. Alauda dodged easily, then backed away as the Flag came in for another strike. Then the Gundam kicked her away and threw one beam boomerang at the sword, destroying it!

"Wow. Those Gundams are a lot better than I thought." Julia murmured within the Phoenix. "Their mobility easily surpasses a standard Flag. And their weapons are highly advanced. Now let's see how they fare against me!"

She gave a battle cry, tackling the surprised Alauda from behind! Then she attempted to stab through Alauda's torso with her plasma blade, but it quickly turned around and attempted to spear the Flag with it's other boomerang! Sensing the danger, Julia quickly ascended to dodge it.

Although Souji was surprised by the Custom Flag, he was more concerned about the other mobile suit pilot. That woman had a similar voice to a certain girl he knew back at Krugis. A girl he knew far too well...

Meanwhile, Exusia continued to clash blades with Graham's Flag. Setsuna didn't dare move, as he sensed a powerful presence within that mobile suit.

"Who would've thought I'd have the chance to meet you?" Graham said, hardly fazed by their blades clashing. "As a sentimental Virgo, I can't help but believe this is fate. Or maybe I was able to find you because of those particles you're emitting. Probably the latter!"

Graham's Flag began pushing Exusia back! Sensing the danger, Exusia quickly sliced the plasma blade with it's claymore and pushed it away instead, knocking it against Alauda!

"Khh!" Souji cringed as the Phoenix attempted to tackle it again. Alauda succeeded in pushing Graham's Flag away and dodging her tackle, but realized now he was in a vulnerable position. And Graham took advantage of this, firing the Flag's linear rifle at the descending Alauda. The Gundam quickly blocked with it's shield, but the impact of the bullets pushed Alauda back!

Seeing it distracted, Exusia attempted to slice Graham's Flag with it's claymore. Realizing the danger, Graham changed it's Flag's course to turn right and dodged it.

"He was able to dodge that attack?" Setsuna muttered, surprised.

Taking advantage of Exusia's surprise, Graham's Flag latched onto it's arm to Setsuna's horror. "I'm going to take a piece of you home as a souvenir!"

"Don't touch me!" Setsuna roared, drawing a beam saber from behind it's shoulder and slicing Graham's Flag's arm off!

"Urghh!" Graham scowled backing away. Then he was forced into the Flag's jet form as Exusia fired it's GN Machine Cannons, pumping lead into the air. He was able to relax a little as the Phoenix fired it's thermal energy rifle at the Gundam.

Exusia quickly dodged each blast, then was forced to block one and was thrown back. The power of that rifle definitely surpassed the power of a normal Flag's linear rifle.

"These Gundams can resist a blast from this rifle?" Julia exclaimed incrediously. "You've gotta be kidding me!"

Then she was forced back as more lead was pumped from the machine cannons. She tried firing again, but Exusia managed to dodge and move into close-quarters combat with it's sword and saber. It sliced off it's left arm and the plasma sword it was holding.

"I'm coming Setsuna!" Souji yelled, ascending.

"Take this!" Alauda was cut off as Amina's Flag rammed into the Gundam, firing it's machine gun right at it's torso.

"I knew it!" Souji exclaimed, pushing her Flag back and forcing her to back away more with the GN Machineguns. "It's you isn't it? Amina Halabi?"

Amina froze. "That voice... Emir?"

"Amina! What are you doing in the Union Army piloting a Flag?" Souji questioned.

"I should ask you!" Amina exclaimed, eyes narrowing. "Why are you in Celestial Being? Why are you a Gundam pilot?"

Julia glanced at the side screen at the nonmoving Flag and Gundam. "Ensign Halabi! What are you doing?"

Amina snapped out of her shock and shook her head to refocus herself. Then she backed away, firing her machine gun again. Alauda blocked with it's GN Shield easily, but was hit by a blast from the Phoenix's thermal energy rifle!

However, her rifle was sliced in half by Exusia's beam saber! It appeared right behind her and attempted to stab through it's chest, but was hit by a bullet from Graham's Flag's rifle. Julia attempted to retaliate by firing her machine gun but gasped in horror as the legs of her suit were sliced off by a boomerang!

"We need to retreat!" Graham ordered. "We can't take on these Gundams!"

"But, Lieutenant-"

"No, he's right!" Julia exclaimed. "We can't win! We need to get out of here!"

Tch!" Amina scowled, then turned to Alauda. "Emir! You bastard!"

Souji looked on as the three quickly retreated to their Union jet. "Amina..."

Although they were forced to retreat, both Graham and Julia were slightly satisfied with the results. They found out that despite the Gundams' seemingly invulnerability, they had their weaknesses too.

On the other hand, Amina had found out that her close friend had joined the world's enemy: Celestial Being.

Peter and Lockon were battling as well. Unlike the two-against-three battle from before, they were at a stalemate. Lockon couldn't level his sniper rifle fast enough because of the Enact's relentless shooting.

"What's wrong, Gundam?" Peter sneered. "Can't hit me!"

"You bastard!" Lockon shouted. "Don't get cocky! This Gundam's got more than a sniper rifle!"

Reaching towards the rear skirt, Dynames grabbed and activated two beam sabers to Peter's shock. Then it rushed into close combat, with the Enact barely drawing it's sonic blade to deflect one attack, but was struck by the other! Peter cringed, then backed away.

"This guy's good..." Peter muttered. "Still, I'm not going to lose easily! All I have to do is attack from afar and he can't hit me!"

But he gasped as he began backing away as Dynames leveled it's sniper rifle, aiming right at him. Lockon was no amateur sniper either, taking him only three seconds to aim and fire at his target! Peter barely dodged, with the beam striking the Enact's legs!

"Aghhh!" He screamed.

Lockon was about to aim and fire one last time, but then he saw the Enact losing altitude and falling into the ocean. It was obvious that the Enact had run out of solar energy. Peter swore as he realized this.

"It's over." Lockon murmured. "No need to increase the violence..."

And with that, Dynames turned and left. He left the broken Enact, and it's enraged pilot.

The sun was almost all gone as violet darkness began to spread across the sky. It was a peaceful sight and a peaceful time, despite the three dejected pilots within the Union jet.

"Was it that bad, Colonel?" Raven asked.

"Yeah." Julia replied, taking a drink of her coffee. "I overestimated them. I wanted to test them out without using the Internal Combustion System, but found that I couldn't keep up with the Gundams. And when I decided to use the system, it was already too late."

"Our mobile suits were damaged pretty badly." Graham observed, frowning upon the three Flags. "I need to submit an apology."

"There's no need for that." Billy said as he typed into his laptop. "The data we gained from your battle with the Gundams was worth it. We can even used the scraped areas to locate the Gundams. Although the ladies' mobile suits were heavily damaged, they can be repaired."

"Perhaps we should battle next time then." Gore suggested. "We can show the Gundams the power of the Reeve Team."

"Agreed." Simon replied with a smile. "Teamwork surpasses working by yourself."

"You seem confident." Graham said, believing what Simon had said to be mocking him. "But those Gundams surpass teamwork. No matter what we do, there will be casualties."

"As long as we work together, anything can happen."

"Something has already happened, and it has taken the form of the Gundam." The ace replied. "Conventional methods won't work. What we need is more power."

"Hmph." Simon scowled. "You're very sure of yourself aren't you?"

"I've experienced two Gundams firsthand." Graham responded, glaring at the young pilot. "Perhaps you'd like to take on the Gundam with your super, special teamwork and tell me if you can win."

"Tch!" Simon scowled.

Graham leaned back on his seat. "I'm not saying teamwork is a bad thing. In fact, it might actually scratch the Gundams. But I'm confident that we can't destroy those suits with our mobile suits' power combined."

"He might be right." Gore interrupted. "Even if we hit them with everything we got, there's no guarantee that we can win."

"Gore!" Simon stood up.

"Calm yourself, Simon." Raven said. "We need to be patient. We'll see how far our teamwork will fare against the Gundams eventually."

"Ughh..." Simon groaned, then straightened himself out. "Very well then."

"Good attitude, Simon." Julia said smiling, causing her subordinate's blush. Then she decided to change the subject to a more personal one. "Ensign Halabi. Why did you pause during your battle with the red Gundam?"

"Eh?" Amina snapped out of her reverie.

"I saw you and the Gundam floating in the air, not even attacking each other." She continued. "It was as if you were talking to each other. The Gundams can disable communications, so I couldn't tell. Were you conversing with the Gundam?"

"Ah...!" She gasped then sighed. "Yes I was."

This drew the gasps of everyone in the room. Billy leveled his glasses and stared at her in disbelief. "You spoke to the Gundam pilot?"

"What did you say?" Gore demanded.

"It wasn't me who started it!" Amina exclaimed, then she calmed down. "He spoke to me, and he knew my name. And his voice... I know who he is too..."

"You do?" Graham and everyone else continue to gasp and murmur in shock. "Who is he?"

"He's Emir Touma, a friend of mine back when I lived in Krugis." She replied, narrowing her eyes. "Back when Krugis was at conflict with Azadistan, Emir, my friend Soran, and I used to fight for the KPSA. Those were days I'd rather not remember."

"KPSA?" Raven said, frowing. "Wasn't that a terrorist group somewhere in the middle east?"

Amina shuddered at the word 'terrorist'. "You've got the general idea. He was the most quiet of our little group, very unspoken. And he was a bit of a coward. We were brainwashed to fight, but he was the less eager to battle."

"What happened to him?" Billy asked.

"They ran away when I was shot by a mobile suit." Amina replied. "Then the Gundam saved me. I never saw those guys again."

"Bastards..." Julia muttered under her breath. "Leaving a woman like that..."

"That's very horrible." Graham said, but he was really thinking of something else. "So, do you know of the pilot's weaknesses?"

She shook her head. "He didn't have any long-term weaknesses. Any he had should've been erased after his mobile suit training in Celestial Being. But I do admit, his piloting was slightly stiff when I battled them."

"I agree." Julia said, nodding. "The Gundams did act and fight as if they were children. They has several unnatural movements and didn't take advantage of the Flag's weakspots. It's as if-"

"It's as if they're inexperienced." Graham finished for her. "It must be at least the second time those two have ever gone on an intervention for Celestial Being. Those two probably learned how to pilot their Gundams through simulations, but never have gone through the real thing. The jerky way those two piloted their mobile suits is proof enough for me."

"You don't seem very disappointed for losing to them though." Billy said with a smile.

The intercom activated. "We've lost the Gundam's signal."

Graham shrugged. "It's not like we could've done anything anyway."

"Colonel, we've also detected a mobile suit outside the perimeter of this ship." The intercom's operator said, to the group's shock. "It's... an Enact. And it looks like it's pilot is still alive."

"Enact?" Gore said, frowing. "In the middle of the ocean?"

"What's that doing there?" Amina asked.

Julia got up and touched the mirror, with a screen of a soldier appearing. "Ma'am!"

"Recover the Enact and it's pilot." She ordered.

"Yes ma'am!"

Those Flags were able to fight the Gundams evenly... Setsuna thought. Who were their pilots?

"Hey Setsuna." Souji spoke up. "One of the Flags... I think it was Amina."

Setsuna frowned. "Amina Halabi?"

"Yeah. Her voice sounded very similar to back then, and she seemed to recognize me as well." He replied. "I know it's her."

"It doesn't matter then." Setsuna said with a harsh tone in his voice. "She is in the military now. If we meet in battle, we'll have to kill her."

"Setsuna, that's easier said than done." Souji said. "Could you kill a friend?"

"I don't have friends."

Using a special crane, the Union aircraft was able to take the ruined Enact and place it inside. The Reeve Team and the other three entered the mobile suit deck as a young man wearing an AEU piloting jumpsuit came out of the cockpit.

"AEU?" Simon said, frowning. "What's an AEU officer doing in the middle of the ocean?"

Peter grimaced, then saluted the six. "I'm Lieutenant Peter Loewen of the AEU. I was engaged in combat with a Gundam to test it's abilities, and needless to say, I was overwhelmed."

Julia smiled softly. "I know the feeling. I'm Colonel Julia Reeves of MSWAD."

"Reeves..." Peter muttered, then gasped. "You're the leader of the famous Reeves Team, aren't you?"

"Yes I am." She said nodding. "And this is my team. Those three aren't." She referred to the Graham, Billy, and Amina.

"I've heard amazing stories of your feats." Peter exclaimed, rather excitedly. "You intervened during several internal conflicts in the Middle East, and survived bombardments by huge amounts of third party-owned Hellions and-"

"I don't think you should be excited about my team defeating your nation's personal suit." Julia said, amused. "Though I suppose you shouldn't be excited like a schoolboy because of your age?"

"Ah...!" Peter gasped. "Sorry ma'am. I'm a very huge fan. And for your information, I'm only twenty-five."

"Enough of that." Graham interrupted. "You said you fought a Gundam? Which one? And why?"

"You're Graham Aker, aren't you?" Peter said, his voice beginning to rise again. "You test piloted the Union Flag and showed it's superiority against the Blast-"

"My past isn't important right now, sir." Graham said, eyebrow raising. "Can you describe the Gundam?"

"Yes sir." Peter straightened himself out, and his face darkened. "I remember it had green armor, and a lens on it's forehead. I believe it was some sort of scope for it's sniper rifle, as it kept a fixed posture as it aimed and fired."

"The sniper Gundam?" Raven said, frowning as well. "The Gundams are very well-balanced, aren't they? They have a mobile suit to fulfill a different aspect of battle."

"It's very frightening, to be sure." Billy said, though his face said otherwise. "So, why'd you fight it?"

"Sir, I said before to analyze-"

"I doubt that." He interrupted him, to his surprise. "You're mobile suit is in tatters, and that doesn't come from simple observation. That Enact is too damaged to be repaired, you know. Not only that, but why would anyone fly by himself into the middle of the ocean with no spare energy for their mobile suit. No one in their right mind would do that, especially knowing that their opponent is a Gundam. Which makes me think of one reason: revenge."

"Revenge?" Amina gasped.

Peter grimaced, then sighed with a smile. "You MSWAD soldiers sure are smart. You're right. I wanted revenge for a fallen comrade."

"I see how it is." Raven said. "I know how you feel. Before I joined the Reeves Team, several of my fellow soldiers were killed during one of the Union's interventions."

"This situation is different though." Gore said. "You fought a Gundam. You should've known the difference in power already."

"Yes, I understand sir." Peter said. "Revenge won't solve anything, and it definitely won't make me any stronger against the Gundam."

"Good." Julia said, nodding approvingly. "For now, we'll return to the Union first. Then we'll discuss making plans to get you back to the AEU."

"Yes ma'am!" Peter said, bowing. "Thank you ma'am!"

JNN Headquarters

The news building was booming as usual. Since Celestial Being's intervention in former Sri Lanka, different news channels have been scrambling to find anything relevant on the mysterious organization. Unfortunately, no one could find anything of real significance on the organization and their mobile suits.

Except one woman.

Kinue Crossroad sat at her computer, drinking her cup of coffee. She clicked on a few links to access pictures of Aeolia Schenberg, the man that she identified as the person who represented Celestial Being. In this photo, he was shaking hands with an unknown young man.

"Aeola Schenberg..." Kinue read the document on her computer. "He's a legendary scientist and inventor from the late 21st century. He was the one to propose the basic principles of the solar power generator system. He rarely appeared in public, and the only thing remembered about him is his fame."

She took a drink of her coffee. I can understand how he created Celestial Being, given his wealth and genius. But why are they acting now, two hundred years later? He should already be dead by now... right?

Human Reform League, Orbital Elevator

The elevator's station on the Earth's surface was filled with several people heading into space or coming back from space. It wasn't very busy or anything. But it would be a huge scandal if anyone found out that Celestial Being's Gundam Meisters were standing around a table.

They wore civilian clothing to blend it with the people, but there long colorful hair and boyish good looks brought quite a few stares from girls and a few guys as well. Souji groaned, putting his head on the table. Lockon and Allelujah were casually talking and Tieria and Origen didn't care.

The sliding door opened, and Rachel and Setsuna walked in wearing civilian clothing as well.

"Wow. I'm not very surprised that Rachel was gone for awhile, but Setsuna's a shocker." Lockon said with a playful grin. "You two weren't doing anything naughty together, were you?"

"Of course not." Setsuna responded flatly.

"Where were you then?" Souji asked.

"I submitted a report to Veda." He replied.

"And I was shopping for-"

"I'll read it later."

"Let me read it too." Origen added.

"Okay."

"Hey! Don't you want to listen to what I-"

"No."

And then there was silence. Rachel was still too stunned to speak.

Lockon decided to break the silence. "Alright then! Let's do this!" Then he lowered his voice to a whisper. "Tieria, Rachel, I'm counting on you two to take care of things above in space."

"I have my orders, but I'm not sure about this." Tieria said, pulling out a small piece of paper. "Especially with her."

"I'll do really good, Tieria! Just watch!" Rachel exclaimed, pumping her first into the air. "I'll rip through everyone with my G-"

Tieria instantly slammed his hand onto her mouth. Her voice muffled as Tieria continued to speak. "Without her, this mission has at least a 100% chance of succeeding."

"MMM! MMMM HMMM HHHMMM!" Rachel mmed.

A waiter walked to the table, platter in hand. He put two cups of milk in front of Souji and Setsuna.

"Milk?"

""You two need to grow up." Lockon said, smiling.

"Say that to her too." Tieria said.

"But do you think this will work?" Allelujah asked. "Returning our units into space using the orbital elevator? What if they were discovered?"

Before Lockon could say anything, Origen spoke. "We're hiding them under space construction materials. The weight should be the same, so they shouldn't be checked. Especially not in a place like this."

The Meisters heard the bell for the train. Rachel and Tieria both began walking towards the entrance into the elevator, then stopped to take one quick glance. Or rather, Tieria took a small glance. Rachel hopped up and down, yelling, "GOOD BYE!"

"If we had a weakness, it would be that the Ptolemaios isn't a combat-oriented ship and that it needs the Gundams to protect it." Allelujah continued. "With out limited amount of solar furnaces-"

Setsuna quickly stopped him. "Don't leak our information like that."

"...Sorry about that."

"HEAVEN'S PILLAR EXPRESS, FLIGHT 227, LEAVING ON TIME." The intercom's operator spoke.

In the train, the two Meisters sat in a rented cabin. They bought that room specifically because of intel that the cameras or hearing devices weren't working. And that was a good thing, seeing as the hyperactive Rachel was in that room. Who knows what kind of secrets she might've blurted out loud for the Human Reform League to hear?

Rachel fiddled her thumbs, not knowing what to say to the always-serious Tieria. It was true that she was comfortable around him when the other Meisters were nearby, but she's never really spoken to him when it was just the two of them.

"As long as we're here, why don't you tell me about yourself, Tieria." Rachel began, breaking the silence. "Do you have any goals in life? Any hobbies? Any-"

"Everything I do is for the sake of Celestial Being and Veda." He replied. "Veda's will is my will."

"You sound like Origen." Rachel said, eyes rolling. "Anyways, what will you do when Celestial Being no longer has any interventions to stage? What'll happen to you?"

"Our missions won't be over for a long time." Tieria said. "We must fight using the Gundams to change the world."

"You didn't answer my question."

"Do I have to?"

"My gosh, Tieria!" Rachel yelled, then jumped on top of the surprised Meister. "You're so boring!"

"Wha- Get off of me, you child!" Tieria snapped.

"No!" She pouted, still clutching onto Tieria. "Tell me about yourself!"

"Get off!" Tieria yelled, managing to rip her free and throw her on the seat diagonal from him.

"OWWW!" She whined, rubbing her head. "That hurt! You don't know how to treat a girl!"

"Hmph!" Tieria turned back to his seat, scowling. "You are a Gundam Meister in my eyes. Gender is irrelevant."

She sighed and slouched back into her chair. "Fine. I'll tell you about me instead."

"I don't want to listen-"

"I was born in Wales in a small village, to my mother and father." She explained. "I had a little sister, but something happened between my parents and they seperated, seperating us as well. I don't know what happened to her afterwards. Anyways, I was never popular with the neighborhood kids. They all thought I was some strange freak, playing with a scythe in my father's farm. Then one day, my father died of a strange illness. I left home and wandered around Great Britain trying to find a new home. Eventually, someone named Grave Violento approached me and asked me if I wanted to change the world."

"Grave... Violento..." Tieria muttered, eyes narrowing. Memories of his mock battle with the previous Meister filled his brain, and how he almost completely burned Hixar Fermi with the previous model of Virtue.

"And now, here I am!" Rachel exclaimed, back to her usual, peppy self. "So what did you think?"

"It was... interesting..." Tieria responded.

"See! You did like it!" She cried happily, jumping up and down until she slipped as the train hit a small bump. "Oww! Ohh... that hurt..." She grimaced, rubbing her head. "Anyways, now it's your turn!"

"I don't want to."

She got up and sat down, a smile on her face to Tieria's confusion. "You know what? I don't think I've ever seen you smile, Tieria. You and Origen are the reasons Celestial Being is so boring! If you can smile, I'm sure you'll make Celestial Being a happier organization!"

"There's no reason to make Celestial Being 'happy'." Tieria said. "I smile when there's something to smile about. Nothing more."

"I'm sure you have a great smile!" She exclaimed, then jumped at Tieria again! As he attempted to push her off, she grabbed his cheeks and forced them upward. "See! You have an amazing smile! Now keep it that way!"

"Ge-khhh!" He yelled, his face still being forced to smile. "Ghet off o me!"

"NO! You need to smile more!"

She was pushed off anyway. Tieria scowled then turned away, not wanting to talk anymore.

But Rachel smiled anyway, and whispered, "If you smiled more naturally, you'd be a great guy."

Back on Earth, the remaining five Meisters walked out of the elevator's station. Lockon gave a huge sigh as he stretched, then exclaimed, "Now then! It's time to rest!"

"I suppose we all need a break." Allelujah said.

Origen didn't speak, although he secretly agreed.

"Yeah." Souji said, nodding. "I'm gonna go check on my apartment reservations now. Are you going to as well, Setsuna?"

He didn't say anything.

As they walked away, several footsteps were heard behind them. Only Origen took a glance behind him, and saw several HRL soldiers walk out of a car and wait outside of the station's entrance. What are HRL Soldiers doing here?

Colonel Sergei Smirnov walked out of the entrance and was greeted by those soldiers. The leading lieutenant walked in front of them and saluted him. "We have been waiting for your arrival, Colonel. How was space?"

Sergei saluted the younger officer. "It was a very... mystifying experience."

"I see. Well then, the headquarters are waiting for you." The lieutenant said, reaching down. "Please allow me to carry-"

He stopped him. "Before that, I want to take a look at Ceylon."

"Huh?" The lieutenant was taken back. "But-"

"I'm the kind of man that believes what he sees." Sergei explained. "Headquarters will have to wait."

"Uhh... yes sir."

Union Mobile Suit Warehouse and Development Headquarters (MSWAD)

The Union transport had finally arrived at MSWAD late at night. Peter Loewen was eventually given a transport back to the AEU, courtesy of Julia Reeves. The Reeves Team and the other three were reporting to their superiors, when they were called to report to the development headquarters for some unknown reason.

The commander sitting on the seat in front of the desk seperating the group looked at their report. "The AEU's new mobile suits being defeated comes as no surprise. Still, things have gotten a lot crazier."

"Sir, Lieutenant Aker, Ensign Halabi, and I have fought the Gundams and could not overcome them." Julia reported. "We fought only two, and they overwhelmed us."

"Wow." The commander said with awe, yet he had a sort-of joking tone as well. "The legendary ace of MSWAD and the Phoenix could not defeat the Gundams? The world is doomed now."

"But sir-" Raven was about to argue.

Billy cut him off. "Sir, I believe with further research, we can defeat them."

"The higher-ups think so too." The commander said, reaching under his desk and grabbing several folders, which he laid on the desk in front of them. Each one had the word 'MSWAD' on it, with the Union's logo. "Since every one of you has fought or seen the Gundam up close, you are all receiving a change of order."

"All of us?" Gore gasped, incrediously.

"Me too?" Amina asked. "I'm just an ensign."

"Of course." The commander replied. "This is an urgent matter. We need all the help we can get."

"This is... the Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad?" Graham repeated what was written in the document. "This is a silly name, isn't it?"

The commander smirked. "The more serious name is the United States of America 8th Independent Tactical Fighter Squadron. But since it was such a long name, it was shortened and straight to the point. It was formally created at the exact time I handed you those papers."

Simon gulped. This was a huge ordeal, and they were all part of it. This was a bigger honor than being in the Reeves Team.

"Professor Ralph Eifman?" Billy read with a gasp. "That's the chief of engineering! He's part of this as well?"

"That's how important this matter is." The commander said. "All the hotshots at the development department are in on this too. So expect to get top-of-the-line mobile suits eventually."

"Wow..." Raven said, whistling. "This sure is an honor..."

"Sir!" Julia snapped in position, with everyone following. "Colonel Julia Reeves and co. accept Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad positions!"

The day afterwards, early morning in Tokyo, the students were walking into their classroom. They were all looking forward to a 'fun, exciting' day of learning. Francesca was getting her fingers ready for texting, and Louise was taken out pieces of paper for her to fiddle on. Leon was staring from afar at Francesca, as the two sat on opposite sides of the room. Saji was the only one actually getting ready for class.

The teacher walked in, with a young man following after him. The girls instantly gasped as they watched the young man come in. He was slightly muscular, but he had the looks that would cause a girl to blush.

"Alright, settle down class!" The professor ordered. "We're getting a new student today. Please introduce yourself."

The young man stepped forward. "My name is Souji Shirotsuki. Nice to meet you."

"Oooh..." Francesca and several other girls sighed with a dreamy look on their face.

"What's so special about that guy..." Leon grumbled, then gasped as he saw Francesca with that same dreamy look. "Wha- Francesca! Not you too!"

"Um... let's see here..." The teacher said, looking at his attendence chart. "Oh! Tohru is absent today! Alright, for now you can sit next to Ms. Francesca right there."

"WHAT?" Leon gasped, jumping out of his seat. Everyone in the room looked at him like he was crazy. He quickly sat back down.

Francesca turned and leaned towards him, whispering, "Hey. So how do you feel right now, being the new guy?"

"Hmm?" Souji looked at her, frowning. "What did you say?"

"You will have time to talk to him after class, Ms. Apokata." The teacher said. "Please don't interrupt my lecture."

"Yes sir." She sat up, but she took out her cellphone.

Apokata...? Souji wondered. He felt as if he heard that name before.

Francesca sighed. After school, the new guy had hurried on home. She tried to stop him, but he said he had something important to do. She took a sip of her tea in the cafe, looking at her textbooks.

"Um... Francesca?"

She turned and glared. Leon walked up to her, shyly.

"What do you want?" She growled.

"Um... I just wanted to know how you felt about the new guy..."

"It's none of your business!" She snapped. "My gosh! Why are you always following me around?" She got up, gathered her things, and stomped off.

"Wait! Francesca!"

At another table, Louise and Saji both sat, eating their lunch. Louise raised an eyebrow as Francesca stomped off with Leon attempting to follow. "That Leon guy sure doesn't know when to stop."

"He's in love, Louise." Saji tried to reason. "I'm sure he's desperate."

"Yeah, but he doesn't have to stalk her." Louise replied. "Anyways, I'm thinking ahead to studying abroad. You're studying engineering to work on the space development projects, aren't you?"

"Of course I am!" Saji said. "You know that."

"Mhmm." She nodded, then paused. Then she said, "Maybe you should study abroad too next year."

"Eh?" Saji said, confused. "What do you mean?"

"Hey Saji." She said, more hesitantly. "Do you think about the future sometimes?"

"...Sort of..."

"Am I in it?"

"...Kind of..."

She slammed her hands on the table to Saji's shock. Then she stormed out of the cafeteria in the same manner that Francesca did.

"Wait!" Saji cried. "Louise!"

Meanwhile, Wang Liu Mei sat at a small table drinking a cup of orange juice from a straw. She wore a purple dress and her hair was fixed, indicating she was meeting someone there. There was even an empty seat in front of her.

That someone did arrive. Alejandro Corner walked up to the seat and sat down, wearing his orange suit that matched his hair. His interesting look matched his interesting identity as a

"A soft drink?" He said with a smirk. "You do know that this restaurant has some magnificent cocktails, right?"

"You do know that I'm underage, right?"

"Oh, I do apologize." He said with a bow, maintaining his composure.

After he ordered his drink, Liu Mei leaned closer to him. "The next mission will begin shortly. If you plan on watching it, then I will set up three monitors."

"Oh, really?" Alejandro said, eyebrow raised. "That's very interesting."

At the bar table near then, her servant Hong Long listened intently into their conversation. It was so that he gasped as a voice pierced his train of thought.

"Eavesdropping?"

Hong Long narrowed his eyes at the green-haired man that sat next to him. It was Alejandro's personal assistant, Ribbons Almark."

Ceylon Island, Human Reform League Base Remains

The damage that Kyrios and Adunai had done to their base was very extensive, but they managed to make a few repairs. They kept the remains of their Tierens to research the impact of the Gundams' weaponry. They were also able to obtain the Tail Unit Kyrios had dropped in the forest.

Sergei stared at the pod as he and another soldier entered the warehouse. "This is it, huh? Did you find anything out about it?"

"Yes sir." Then he notioned for one of the maintenance workers. "You! Please explain the Colonel Smirnov what you know about that container."

"Sir!" He replied, then pointed at the pod. "It's an optional bombing container for a mobile suit. It's made from e-carbon, the material is state-of-the-art, but we can't find any new technology on this weapon."

"What about the missiles?" The Colonel asked.

"After studying the residue, we've concluded that they are 300 kiloton types." He answered. "However, no nation or maker creates these types of missiles."

"So whoever makes these weapons, makes them independently." Sergei concluded.

Back at one of MSWAD's warehouses, the trio stood on a platform next to Graham's Flag. Amina's Flag sat next to it.

"Judging by the amount of damage the Gundams were able to inflict on your mobile suits, I've determined that their output is about six times greater than the Flag." Billy said as he typed into a computer. "I wonder what kind of engine it uses."

"Yeah, but I'm more concerned about their mobility." Graham said.

"I've confirmed that from the battle data." Billy said. "Like we thought, that mobility comes from-"

"It's light, right?" Amina interrupted.

"Yes sir." The soldier replied to Sergei. "Apparently, each Gundam emits a special glowing particle on it's back."

"I suppose I can testify to that." Sergei said. "That must also be the reason why the Gundams weren't detected on the radar or sensors."

"Because of their ability to disable radars, it makes them perfect suits for stealth operations." Amina explained. "Not that they need it. The Gundams are powerful on their own."

"Their weapon system applications are frightening as well, young lady."

They turned and looked down to the ground to see an old man with long white hair holding a cane walk towards them.

"Professor Ralph Eifman!" Billy exclaimed.

"What an amazing man..." Eifman muttered to himself. "He had technology several decades ahead of us hidden for all this time..."

"Aeolia Schenberg?" Sergei asked.

"He's the figure who appeared on Celestial Being's claim of responsibility." The soldier explained.

"I know who he is." Sergei said. "He's the man who proposed the solar power generation system."

"Right now, intelligence are pursuing any information about him correlating to the Gundams."

"I'm sure they won't find anything." The colonel said, flatly. "Take this pod, for example. They are very secretive that they will only reveal the most unneccesary objects they have."

"If possible, I'd love to capture a Gundam." Eifman said.

"My thoughts exactly." Graham said, grinning. "Therefore, I believe my Flag should be upgraded for that purpose."

"What about pilot strain?"

"Disregard it." He said, to his two companions' shock. "But I have two requests. First, I'd like the mobile suit to be close-range oriented. Second, I'd like it done in a week."

"Wait, close-range?" Amina said, horrified. "That's crazy!"

"You saw that blue Gundam I fought." Graham said. "It used a sword against me, and sliced through the plasma saber. I need some sort of sword to fight that thing. It's a matter of pride."

Billy smirked. "You can't get Graham to back down that easily."

Eifman produced a small smile, saying, "You're a very unreasonable person, aren't you?"

"How could I get my hands on a Gundam if I wasn't?" Graham replied.

"Sir! Please upgrade my Flag as well!" Amina suddenly interrupted. "I happen to know one of the Gundam pilots myself, so-"

"Hmmm?" Eifman said in surprise. "You know a Gundam pilot personally?"

"Uh, yes. From my childhood." Amina said. "I fought him as well. I don't have any specific requests for my Flag either."

"Okay..." He said, then he frowned as he looked at Amina's damaged Flag. "Very well then. I'll complete these mobile suits in one week's time."

"Thank you sir!"

Suddenly, Graham's cellphone began to ring. "Hello?... What? The Gundams have appeared?"

"Where?" Sergei demanded.

"Sir!" The messenger said, saluting him. "They have been spotted in two locations!"

"Two?" The soldier next to Sergei said, gasping.

"A simultaneous attack?" Sergei said.

"Yes sir! One is at South Africa, at the disputed mineral resource area!"

South Africa, Mineral Resource Mining Site, Night Time

Dynames fired rather trudgingly at the enemy mobile suits from atop a cliff, who were hardly putting up a fight. He was using only his GN Beam Pistol, as he thought it was a waste to use any real firepower. Since they couldn't really do anything to him, he began firing at their weapons instead. But the force of the small blast knocked them down as well.

"I don't like this." Lockon said, groaning. "I feel like a bully. Just throw down your weapons and run away."

He fired another tiny beam. And another. The GN Beam Pistol isn't even that powerful, yet each blast knocked down the mobile suits with ease. And he hit another one... and another one...

"Sniping the targets..." Lockon muttered.

He got so bored that he began missing the targets. For some reason, this prompted the mobile weapons to drop their weapons and run for their lives.

"They're running! Running!" Haro exclaimed.

"Finally..." Lockon said with a sigh of relief.

Graham ran over to his damaged Flag and grabbed the line meant to lift him to the cockpit.

"Where do you think you're going?" Eifman demanded.

"I have to go!" Graham protested. "Two of them are in Taribia! I can get to them in time!"

"If there's anything I hate in this world, it's narcotics." Eifman explained. "If their goal is to burn down the drug fields, then I'll gladly allow them to intervene."

"Drugs?"

"After all, they're trying to destroy any source of war." The professor said.

South America, Taribian Airspace

Kyrios and Adunai flew over the drug fields of Taribia. Kyrios had another Tail Unit attached to it's back, and Adunai was in it's mobile suit form in case of combat.

"It's been ten minutes since we've entered the designated airspace." Allelujah stated. "Now, Kyrios will complete the mission."

The pods opened up, dropping several bombs onto the drug fields! They were destroyed and left a blazing field of fire. The people in the nearby village stared in shock, horror, and awe.

"97% of the field was destroyed." Allelujah reported. "Mission com-"

"Not yet, Allelujah." Origen interrupted. "We still have three percent left."

"But it's only-"

"We must sever any source of war completely." Origen stated, rather harshly. "We must not fail! We must annihiliate everything!"

Adunai turned around, opening it's forehead to reveal it's GN Mega Cannon. He pulled the trigger, causing everything in sight to erupt in flames! It was so great, it spread to the entire forest and almost got to the villagers!

"Origen, I think that's too much-"

"Nothing's too much for the sake of the mission."

"Two more are heading back to Ceylon?" Sergei repeated.

"Yes sir." The messenger replied. "They're heading to the seventh barracks!"

He began thinking for a few seconds, before saying, "Is there a Tieren I can use?"

"Wait, sir! You're going alone?"

"Didn't I tell you? I only believe what I see with my own two eyes."

At the seventh barracks, Exusia and Alauda were easily slicing through every Tieren there. They had just got done slicing down three Tierens, leaving six left. Four of which were part of the Yamato Squadron, and they were piloting Fantons.

May gritted her teeth within her Fanton. "Dammit. We can't defeat them like this."

"I don't think we could've defeated them at all!" Bill cried.

Exusia appeared right in front of his Fanton. Bill shrieked as the Gundam held it's sword high in the air, and swung right at it...

...But then another Fanton appeared in front of Bill, taking the blow. Yunlong swore as his Fanton unit exploded!

"Li!" Seiryu roared. "Dammit!"

"Exusia, executing targets." Setsuna stated. "Following attack on Fantons."

"I can't understand why they still have those old mobile suits." Souji said. "They're lambs heading to slaughter."

"You bastards!" Seiryu let out a battle cry, then charged at the two Gundams holding the Fanton's katar. "DIE!"

Souji reacted quicker, and sliced the Fanton's arm off with his beam saber! Seiryu didn't let that affect him and kicked the Gundam down! Souji gasped, forgetting to keep his guard up as he was shoved down. The Fanton aimed it's cannon at the Gundam as well!

"Oh crap!" Bill yelled. "Is the lieutenant actually gonna kill a Gundam?"

However, he was too slow. Exusia's GN Machine Cannons rapidly fired at the cannon, destroying it. Alauda quickly got out of the way and threw a GN Boomerang at the crippled mobile suit! But suddenly, May's Fanton jumped in the way and got hit instead.

"No... way..." Seiryu swore as her Fanton exploded. "Is it impossible... to kill a Gundam...?"

Exusia turned to Seiryu's Fanton, judgement blade in hand. It rose the sword in the air, and brought it down...

...When suddenly, a cannonball was fired from the air and slammed into Exusia, knocking it down!

"What?" Setsuna gasped, attempting to regain control of his Gundam.

"What was that?" Souji cried, equally in shock.

A brown Tieren with 'wings' flew overhead them and landed on the ground. It folded it's wings in and dropped it's gun on the ground.

Alauda stepped forward, beam saber in hand, prepared for battle. Souji felt an ominous feeling from the inside of that Tieren, as if it's pilot was not like the rest of these grunts.

Sergei looked at the gundam through his Tieren. "So that's a Gundam, huh?" Then he turned two the other two. "You two! Get out of here!"

"Sir! You won't survive battling them!" Bill exclaimed. "It's-"

"Just go!" Sergei barked.

"Yes sir!" Seiryu yelled, then turned around and ran. Bill did the same thing.

"He's fighting by himself?" Souji murmured. "Is he crazy?"

The Tieren then took out a katar. It was then that Souji realized that the Tieren dropped it's gun. Now he thought his opponent was insane; why would anyone drop a gun for a knife? Then he realized...

"He's testing me!" Souji exclaimed, Alauda lunging at the Tieren.

Sergei's Tieren couldn't dodge in time. But it did sidestep fast enough for it's left arm to get sliced off!

"Gehhh!" Sergei grimaced as the impact caused his Tieren to back away more. Shrugging off the shock, he headbutted Alauda to Souji's surprise. Then he rose it's blade and attempted to slice off Alauda's right arm. The blade couldn't even scratch the Gundam.

"So it's impervious to conventional weapons?" Sergei muttered to himself.

"Tch! Take this!" Souji roared, slicing off it's other arm and attempting to pierce it's torso. The Tieren quickly kicked back and flew away. Alauda didn't give chase, mainly because he felt his win was cheap.

Back in space, two giant containers floated down the line of satellites near the orbital elevator. Both of them opened up, with Phasma and Virtue floating out. They began heading towards the Ptolemaios.

"I see the ship, Tieria!" Rachel exclaimed.

"Approaching the rendezvous point." Tieria reported.

Within the Ptolemaios, Christina spotted two dots on the screen getting closer to the ship. "Virtue and Phasma sighted."

"Preparing docking sequence." Feldt said. "Opening container."

The top container on the Ptolemaios opened up, with two virtual green lines shot out to create a sort-of road.

"Alright, I'm linking up with the green lines!" Rachel announced. "And I'm coming into the ship."

Tieria said something similar.

The two were eventually loaded into the containers. The Gundams were laid on their backs as they were being loaded so they could fit, and they were locked in place. They were then linked with Ptolemaios, being charged with GN particles.

Tieria sighed with relief, muttering, "Space is so much better."

Suddenly, Sumeragi appeared in a communications screen. "Nice job, you guys."

"It sure was a great first time!" Rachel exclaimed.

"How did the mission turn out?" Tieria asked.

"It was completely successful." She said. "Why don't you have a drink to celebrate?"

"... I have to do maintenance."

"Spoilsport."

"I'll drink with you!"

"I don't think that's a good idea, Rachel."

"Why not?"

"Because you act drunk even when you aren't!"

"...You really are a spoilsport, Tieria."

The sun was beginning to set in Tokyo, and people were retiring to their apartments.

Saji and Francesca are next-door neighbors. Francesca lives by herself, preparing to study abroad. Saji lives with his sister Kinue, who works as a news reporter for JNN News.

As they both began to unlock their doors, they noticed two new faces. Setsuna on Saji's left, and Souji on Francesca's right.

"Hey! You're the new guy at school!" Francesca exclaimed. "Nice to see you again!"

"Ah... yes. You too." Souji said, nodding.

"So, are you two our new neighbors?" Saji asked. "Who's your friend?"

"...Setsuna F. Seiei." He replied.

"Shirotsuki and Seiei, huh? Those are uncommon names." Saji remarked.

"My name is Francesca Apokata!" She said. "Nice to meet you!"

Both Souji and Setsuna froze at the surname. It was the same last name as the Gundam Meister Rachel Apokata.

"Coincidence." Setsuna said, shutting the door behind him.

"Apokata?" Souji wondered aloud. "Um... do you, by chance, have any siblings?"

"Well, I did have a sister, but I didn't know her really well." She replied. "When I was little, my parents divorced and my mom took me with her. I don't know if she's still alive today. Do you know her?"

"Uhh... probably not!" Souji quickly replied, attempting to dismiss the thought. "Wrong person!"

"Well anyway, it's nice to meet you." Saji said.

Souji entered his apartment. The living room was nice. It was furnished with two couches, a dining table, and a TV, though you had to pay for the channels. Souji payed for only one: the news channel.

He turned on the TV and was surprised at the news.

"Today in Ireland, the terrorist organization IRA has publicly declared disarmament." The newslady said on JNN News. "After fighting for 400 years, these two factions have finally decided on a peace treaty."

"Hmmm...?" Souji laid back on the couch, a small smile on his face. "This is it. We're changing it..."

"We're changing the world."

Lots of differences in this chapter than from my previous fanfic, huh? Like I said before, these changes will eventually cause great differences in this fanfic. You might be surprised, you might be shocked, and you might be horrified.

The Reeves Team and Peter will play significant parts in the fanfic and the later chapters to come. Next chapter, I will introduce the superhuman team led by Sergei Smirnov. No, it won't be that crappy Star Division I made last fanfic. Instead these superhumans will play a large role and eventually affect one Gundam Meister in particular. You'll see who it is later.

One last thing: Please review my story. I like to see support from the people who like or even hate this fanfic. I don't mind if you praise or give constructive criticism. Flames do hurt though. And I'm specifically talking to the people who have favorited this story and don't review.

Well, that's it! Thanks for reading guys!