(Author's note #1: Alright everyone, DSX62415 here again with the quarter final round of the Wawanakwa High GunPla battle club's practice tournament and your last chance to vote on what I work on along side "TDBF". Anyone who wants to wait on reading this chapter and vote before it's too late, I don't blame you. Let's get things started. GunPla fight all set, ready...GO!)
Total Drama Build Fighters
Episode 8: From Eight Become Four
(Opening Theme: "Win Tough Fight" by You Yamazaki. Me: Dammit, I've been spelling it "Yamakazi" this whole time!)
The episode begins during 7th period at Wawanakwa High as we see Dawn Hawthorne and Ella Muse heading to the school's GunPla battle club's headquarters in search of something, or someone.
Ella: Are you sure that he would be here at this time of day, Sir Dawn?
Dawn: He should be. If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Paratus often gets the building ready for our club meeting around this time.
The two had reached the buildings door when they heard what appeared to be music coming from inside. The two then slowly opened the door to see what the commotion was all about, finding Estwynn working on a custom project using a 1/144 High Grade V08-1228 Grimgerde from "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans" as a base while "Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town" by The Du played in the background. Estwynn was too busy working on his latest little pet project, making him completely unaware that two of his students had entered the building and watching what he was doing.
Ella: Mr. Paratus?
Estwynn: GAAHH! Oh, I didn't notice that anyone came in for a minute. Hold on, what are you two even doing here in the first place? Shouldn't you two be in your 7th period classes right now?
Dawn: Ella and I both agreed to keep our last periods of the day clear to act as a study period in order to keep up with all of our school work that we receive during the day.
Ella: Luckily most of our classes the semester match up.
Estwynn: Oh, well aright then. What brings you two here before the start of the quarter finals?
Ella: Sir Dawn and I were hoping that you would help us get in some extra practice before the round starts.
Estwynn: Hmmmmm...this wouldn't have anything to do with the "Rider Kicks" that I saw you two perform in round two, now would it?
Dawn: Perhaps.
Estwynn: Be it the case or not, I'm afraid that I'm going to be busy with my current project here and the rest of the tournament to help you right now, but I think I can get you two squeezed in as early as either tomorrow or Friday if it helps.
Dawn and Ella: Thank you, Mr. Paratus.
Estwynn: No problem, now off to do whatever work needs doing, the two of you. Oh, and one more thing...
Dawn and Ella: "Stay away from Tier 15 until you're good and ready", we know.
The two lovers made their way out of the building, leaving Estwynn alone again with his current GunPla project.
Estwynn: Smart kids, makes me feel better that they know how to take things at their own pace. Now then, back to you, my little plastic friend.
Estwynn was quick to get back to work on his newest custom for the rest of the school day before the time came for the members of the school's GunPla battle club to enter the building for the quarter finals of their current practice tournament. At that time, Estwynn was standing between Katie and Sadie to announce the day's matches.
Estwynn: Alright, everyone. Welcome to the quarter finals of the practice tournament, I hope that the remaining 8 fighters have been working hard to prepare for today's match ups. Alright, Katie, who's going up against who today?
Katie: For today's matches, we have Sammy VS Bridgette, Cameron VS Ellody, Trent VS "B", and Dawn VS Jasmine. Which one should we start off with, coach?
Estwynn: How about...Ms. Saunders VS Ms. Sommers. Yes, that should make a good starter fight. So without further delay, let's get the quarter finals started by having Ms. Saunders and Ms. Sommers approach the battle arena.
We then shift attention to both of our fighters getting pep talks from their peer groups. Bridgette had Dawn, Geoff, Brody, "DJ", Jay and Mickey while Samantha had Sky, Jasmine, Shawn and "Beardo".
Geoff: Keep an eye out for those two swords she uses, knowing her, they'll be her way of slicing and dicing her way into the semi finals.
Brody: Don't forget about that crazy side skirt jet armor she's got that lets her Gundam zoom around the battlefield without using the boosters on its backpack.
Jay: I'd be more worried about those wrist mounted beam sabers she used on me during our battle, they came from right out of the blue.
Bridgette: Sammy and I have faced off before, I think I can outsmart her by using past experiences as a sign of what not to do in order to beat her.
"DJ": That's what I tried doing back in my fight with her in round 1, and you guys all know how that ended.
Dawn: I have more than enough faith in my god-sister, I'm sure she can win if she puts in the effort.
Bridgette: Thank you, Dawn.
Shawn: Alright, that Zeta Gundam is fast, so you have to be even faster.
Jasmine: That, or use the field to your advantage right when the battle starts.
"Beardo": So say that you two are fighting inside of the canyon field, that would mean that you would like, have to use the narrow areas to keep Bridgette's Gundam from escaping into the open air.
Sky: Or use the buildings in the city ruins arena as cover to avoid being hit with beam fire.
Shawn: Hold on, I just realized something. What if the battlefield winds up being the space one and there's no space junk around? Since if what I theorize happens, there wouldn't be anything for the Unicorn Jeager's special side skirt propulsion system to grab on to, making it useless. The same thing could also be probably said for the arctic field.
Sammy: I've dealt with different fields getting in the way of me using all of my Gundam's equipment, I think that I can easily take down an overclocked Zeta Gundam in what ever battle arena we get stuck with, considering that I used to use the same type of kit that my opponent's using.
"Beardo": Shame that the old Zeta Sigma got blown up beyond repair during our early bouts between Dark Avalon and White Fang. You gotta miss it, don't you?
Sammy: Me sacrificing it to keep my former sister and Scarlett from harassing innocent people was a necessary evil. From my loss, I was able to gain the Unicorn Jeager, and I haven't looked back since.
Both fighters approached the arena to finally begin the quarter finals.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Samantha Saunders
Unit: Unicorn Gundam Jeager
Builder/ Fighter: Bridgette Sommers
Unit: Zeta Gundam Turbo
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had created a scrapyard in the reaches of space.
System Voice: Field 1: Space. Please set your GunPla.
Both fighters had set their machines down on their designated areas while the particles did what they do best.
System Voice: Battle start.
Both fighters took off into the cosmos, ready to fight. Sammy wasted no time in drawing the hyper bazooka that she had stored on her Gundam's backpack, and was just waiting to shoot something to sooth an itchy trigger finger. It was then that our former cheerleader managed to catch glimpse of a streak of light coming from the west: Bridgette's Zeta Gundam in its "Wave Rider" mode. Ms. Saunders then took the opportunity to fire off the bazooka's entire ammo clip while aiming at the Zeta in multiple angles. Bridgette was quick to notice the bazooka fire coming right for her and had managed to maneuver her mobile suit in a way that she managed to avoid and evade every single shot.
Sammy: So that's how she wants it to go down. Well, that's fine by me.
Once Bridgette was in close enough range, she transformed her Gundam into its mobile suit mode with beam rifle in tow, firing off a short series of shots aimed towards the bazooka wielding mobile suit. This caused Sammy to use her Gundam's special maneuver gear themed side skirts to pull in some space scrap that was nearby in order to act as a shield. What happened next was a beam face off between the Unicorn's beam magnum and the Zeta's beam rifle with both Gundams swiftly dodging every attack made by the opponent until Bridgette managed to get in close enough to use her Gundam's beam saber to cut the Unicorn's beam magnum in two while the mostly white mobile suit had used one of its wrist mounted beam sabers to stab into the beam rifle of the Zeta, causing the two GunPlas to get out of the way of both weapons exploding within seconds of one another. The time came for some close range fighting with the Unicorn using its wrist sabers to counter the strikes from the Zeta's beam saber for a good 30 seconds before managing to knock it out of the Zeta's right hand. Bridgette knew that speed would be her current best bet to win the match, having her Gundam move backwards at blazing high speeds with the Unicorn Jeager trying to match its velocity. Samantha then got an idea when she saw that the two of them were heading for a space in between two large portions of space scrap, which she pulled closer and closer together towards the two fighters using her Gundam's special side skirt armor with Bridgette almost getting slammed by both pieces due to her not concentrating on anything else but what her opponent was trying to do. With the skills of an air force triple ace level pilot, our favorite surfer managed to maneuver her Gundam in a way that it could recollect its beam saber and begin a battle charge towards the now sword wielding Unicorn Gundam. This was all for naught though, for Bridgette had overshot her speed and had her Zeta's backpack cut by the twin swords of the Unicorn Jeager, causing it to explode and take out the Zeta Turbo in the process to end the match.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Samantha Saunders.
The particles had dissipated as both fighters reclaimed their machines and returned to their respective groups.
Shawn: That was a pretty awesome move using those pieces of space scrap back there, I guess my theory was wrong this time around.
Sky: I have always questioned the use of that Gundam's side skirts in a practical fight, and once again, you have proven me wrong.
Sammy: Get to know me, I have a nasty habit of surprising people with what I can do in a GunPla battle. "DJ" can tell you all about that now, can he?
Sky: Look, I didn't mean to...
Estwynn: Break it up, you two. If you have a problem with each other, you can settle it in the arena with your GunPla doing the fighting later. The next match of the quarter finals will be Cameron VS Ellody.
(Author's Note #2: Do I really need to explain this at this point, cause it probably won't be the last time I do this.)
On to the battle between Cameron's Burning Gundam and Ellody's Strike Gundam armed with the I.W.S.P Striker pack inside of a lush tropical forest. What was seen could only be described as a battle of wits with both fighters blocking and dodging every attack thrown at them with the efficiency of two skilled students of the art of war. Plavisky energy blasts and beam rifle fire were flying left and right with orange Plavisky sparks falling all over the forest ground. Ellody tried to use one of her anti-ship swords to cut off the right arm of Cameron's mobile fighter, but failed when the blade was blocked by the Future Century mobile fighter's wrist mounted "God Slasher". Burning Gundam then lifted the blade using only the Slasher for protection before delivering a surprise left hook to the cockpit of the Cosmic Era mobile suit, sending it flying into a nearby tree. Before Cameron could make his next move, the Strike managed to get back up again and used the pack mounted rail guns it had equipped to shoot at the Future Century mobile fighter, causing Cameron to evade the blasts and try and get into close enough range while in "Super Mode Times 2". Ellody was impressed with herself, managing to force Cameron to use a powered up state like "Super Mode" in order to match her own skills. Those skills weren't enough though, as the match ended with Cameron using "Erupting Burning Finger" and "Heat End" on the head unit of her Strike Gundam, causing it to explode. The next battle that took place was Trent's Extreme Gundam Leonis Phase VS "B"s Thunder Master Gundam inside of the castle battlefield. "B" had just created a series of clones that were attacking the Extreme Gundam with decent efficiency. Trent knew that he had to get in close in order to end the match in his favor, meaning that he would literally have to claw his way past the defenses of the silent genius in order to claim the victory and a spot in the final 4. What he decided to do would wind up most likely being his own downfall as he began to spin around using his beam claws and tail to carve his way closer to the real Master Gundam, destroying all of the clones in the process. That is until "B" had his Gundam jump into the air and use its beam sash to grab the Extreme Gundam by the head unit, throwing the Gundam to the ground and destroying the head unit of the lion themed mobile suit in the process.
Estwynn: Now that was quite the turnaround on "B"s part. Now then, we only have one quarter final match left, and it's going to be Dawn VS Jasmine, meaning that this ought to be a fun one to watch.
Dawn had got a peck on the cheek from Ella for luck while Jasmine was talking to Sammy.
Jasmine: That Knight Gundam can be quite the little bugger when it comes to fighting, but if I can spend most of my life in the Outback, then a fight between toy robots should be easy.
Sammy: Don't get too cocky. Remember that she can use "Hyper Mode" and if what she used to beat Carrie in the second round is a warning of anything, then it's that she has plenty more unknown tricks up her sleeve.
Jasmine: I just have to keep the pressure on her, that's all. If she can't reach a state of calm, she can't go "Hyper", right? And if there's anything that my Crossbone can do, it's put the pressure on the enemy and keep it on.
Sammy: Just watch out for all that "magic" stuff she does, and I'll see you in the final 4.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Dawn Hawthorne
Unit: Shin Knight Gundam
Builder/ Fighter: Jasmine Tompson
Unit: Crossbone Gundam Vittoria
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had then cascaded down, creating a massive naval battle between two fleets of pirate ships that look like they would fit in with any space drama.
System Voice: Field 13: Naval Battle. Please set your GunPla.
Both fighters set down their machines as the particles worked their magic.
System Voice: Battle start.
Both fighters then landed their mechs on separate ships that were much larger than the other ships that were in the arena, signaling that they could possibly be the flagships of each fleet. Dawn then fired off a bolt of Plavisky lightning from her Knight Gundam's lance, hitting a nearby ship that Jasmine had landed on in order to get closer to her opponent, only for the Aussie brawler to jump out of the way and on to another nearby ship. We then shift our attention to the others watching the battle unfold.
Jay: So this could be considered knights VS pirates using mobile suits, right?
Brick: Pretty much, solider.
Geoff: Doesn't stop it from being awesome though.
Brody: Totally.
Mickey: Who do you guys think is gonna win?
Shawn: I'm going with Jasmine. Not just because she's my girlfriend, you know. She easily knows how to hold her own, which is good for when the dead decide to stop being dead. It could happen.
Bridgette: Well I'm going with my little god-sister. She knows how to get things done, plus that kick move that she did in the last round was pretty cool.
Ella: Agreed.
Back to the battle where the Crossbone Gundam was firing off shots with its beam blunderbuss at one of the ships that Dawn was moving towards, blowing it up and forcing the Knight Gundam to change course to another ship while firing off a few Plavisky fire balls in retaliation. The Crossbone was able to dodge the fire balls as it got into close enough range to split its beam blunderbuss in to two separate weapons, slashing down on its opponent with its beam cutlass sword, only to be blocked with the anti-beam paint coated blade of the Knight Gundam's sword. The two units then began to clash using their swords while hopping from ship to ship, causing them to sink or explode where ever they went on the map. Dawn had summoned some scrap metal from one of the fallen ships and enveloped it into the form of a gauntlet on Knight Gundam's left fist before delivering a swift left hook punch to Jasmine's mobile suit, sending it into the Plavasky waters for a short time before it got back up again and used a spinning drill kick using the knife hidden in the unit's left foot to drill a hole in the ship that the moonchild's Gundam was standing on. Dawn now had to have her Knight Gundam leap from the sinking ship just as the Crossbone began to deliver a series of bladed kicks using both of its foot mounted knives while hovering above the Plavisky waters below.
Shawn: I wasn't expecting to see her use her knives like that. Pretty clever if you ask me.
Dawn was doing her best to block the blows with her Gundam's shield before Jasmine managed to knock it off her machine's left arm, sending it to the bottom of Plavisky Davy Jones' Locker. Knight Gundam then flew away from the Crossbone with the pirate themed mobile suit quickly giving chase to its medieval themed foe. Knight Gundam then tried to fend of the Crossbone Vittoria with a rain of icicle shards that Jasmine was now forced to try and avoid with almost all of her effort being put into it.
Leonard: Ah, those ice shards can be quite the formidable foe, provided that they actually hit their mark.
Carrie: One of those almost froze up my GP-01's whole arm when it hit my beam rifle, so I would have to agree with you on that one.
Sammy: Jasmine knows what she's doing. I'm sure that she can handle a few ice cubes being thrown at her.
Jasmine had managed to dodge or shoot down most of the ice shards like Sammy said she would though at the cost of both her beam blunderbuss' components. The time for a counterattack came when the Crossbone Vittoria drew both of its beam sabers and began to charge towards Dawn's Knight Gundam once again before cutting the fantasy themed mobile suit's trouble making lance into multiple pieces, leaving Dawn with just her sword to defend herself.
Shawn: Way to go, Jas!
Bridgette: Don't give up just yet, Dawn!
Geoff: Yeah, you like, totally got this!
It was then that Dawn decided to use her ace in the hole as the Knight Gundam began to glow with a bright yellow aura.
Cameron: She's using that now?
Brick: I guess she thought that she had run out of options.
Harold: Get ready for some fireworks.
Jasmine: Blast, and I was hoping I could keep her from using that against me.
Knight Gundam had gone into "Hyper Mode" as it preceded to deliver a swift right hook to the head unit of the pirate themed Gundam as it got sent into the hull of her own fleet's flagship as Knight Gundam stabbed its sword into the same hull close by. Jasmine had gotten herself ready for a real fight as both units began to square off in a martial arts battle for the ages with the Aussie's kick boxing going up against the moonchild's more unconventional style of open palmed "action Tai-Chi". The battle would ultimately come to an end when Dawn delivered an open palm strike to the head unit of Jasmine's Gundam, taking it off of its ball joint neck in the process.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Dawn Hawthorne.
The particles had dissipated as both fighters grabbed their machines and met each other after the match.
Jasmine: I must say, that was some ripper fighting spirit you got there.
Dawn: Thank you. I was surprised that you were able to remove access to most of the tools that my GunPla had to use when you did.
Estwynn: And with that impressive display of skill, we now have our last semi finalist. Now then, I have a little surprise for our final four fighters regarding tomorrow's matches.
Cameron: And that would be?
Estwynn: That the semi final match will consist of Dawn and "B" VS Cameron and Sammy in a two-on-two tag battle match with the winning team facing each other in the final round.
The whole club began to murmer about Estwynn's recent announcement.
Sammy: Seriously, a tag match?
Estwynn: Yes Sammy, a tag match. The Idea came to me during the second round. I was going to use it during the quarter finals, but I forgot about it until yesterday. So I hope that you get to know your partners and potential fellow finalists as much as possible for tomorrow.
Cameron: Looks like we'll be tag partners for the next round.
Sammy: Yes it does. Figured that two of the club's best fighters with some of the best chemistry would be paired up in the semi finals. How much you want to bet me that they'll come up with some sort of special fusion attack in order to get them into the final two as easily as possible?
Cameron: Unlikely if we managed to put in the effort to work together as a team in order to win. And should it come down to both of us going on to the finals, I would love to have you as a challenging foe.
Dawn: I look forward to working with and possibly facing you tomorrow, "B". Your aura shows that your will to win carries immense strength.
The episode concludes with an overhead shot of the two teams communicating with one another, but the other members of the battle club engaging in various activities.
(Ending Theme: US ending from "Gundam Wing")
Cameron: A tad surprising that the fighters for the final round would be selected from a tag battle match, isn't it?
Sammy: When you work with Estwynn Paratus, you learn to expect the unexpected from him.
Ella: I just hope that the fights won't be too intense for me to watch.
Dawn: Next time: "Four Become Two Become One".
Estwynn: The finals are finally here.
(Author's Note #3: Episode 8 of "TDBF" has come and gone, just like the quarter finals. As it may come as a shock to most of you, or none of you, I have decided to temporally end the Jay and Mickey mini-arc after the next episode, while it was kinda fun to write two characters just barely getting into the worlds of both GunPla and GunPla battle, I did say in episode 1 that this was EVERYONE'S story. As for who the next character arc will be about, I don't really feel at home revealing that just yet. Now then, on to some very important news regarding "TDBF": beginning this episode, all future "TDBF" uploads will be found inside of the main TD fanfic archives. Why the change? Well, I suppose that it would mainly be because the series primarily revolves around the characters of "Total Drama". I mean yes, characters from "Gundam Build Fighters" and other Fresh TV projects do appear in this story, but most of them will only be around for about maybe, one episode at a time like Minato was during episode 5. As always, please review, favorite, follow and vote (I have decided to extend the due date for all votes by one week, so vote while you can), and until next time, DSX62415, out.)