A/N: Hello once again, everyone! I'm finally done with this thing. Somehow, I nearly lost motivation. But, after watching a few movies and anime episodes here and there, and lo! I finally got my groove back...somewhat.

Thanks once again to all readers who have read throughout this fanfic. I'm really grateful about your feedbacks. They definitely help out a lot. I'll be sure to keep doing my best as I go along. The action will begin soon, to those action-seekers out there, don't worry.

Anyway, onto the chapter! Enjoy reading and have a nice day!

RaiXGear Chapter 10

[Raiken's P.O.V.]

"Formalities aside, great to see you both kicking ass out here." I said as I stood there while the two girls before me look at me as if I am a god or something.

"Y-Yes…I still can't believe this…you're actually the guy on the news…That is crazy…" The lady with the braids said as she regained her composure.

"I don't only do paperwork, my Lady. It ain't all that fun. I need to see some action for myself to liven up my days sometimes. It's a win-win thing for me and the other nations after all. It's the least I can do to repay everyone for providing me peaceful days here in Gamindustri." I said.

"I see…Oh, we have to get going, Neptune. We can't waste time." Nepgear looked at her watch. "Do you want to come with us, Raiken?" she looked at me with a bright smile.

"…Why did you think I shot that last horsebird out there? I wanna help you girls out here. Shall we get rollin'?" I gave them a thumbs up.

A few moments later, we went on our way, fighting through numerous monsters, some of which are really weird to me still despite my long time staying in this planet and fighting for its peace.

Throughout the journey towards Nasuune, I have seen a lot of good moves from Neptune and Nepgear as they fought alongside me. Some skills shown were particularly overwhelming.

First, let me say some things about Purple Heart's. Her swordsmanship is extremely precise, decisive and swift. Although her skills are primarily learned from the very beginning of her existence, some of her moves are similar to our old feudal warriors, or samurai, back home on Earth. She uses these abilities far greater than any human could. Considering she is a goddess, her magic powers helped her overwhelm the odds against her enemies . No other adjective other than "amazing" was all I can muster from my mind.

Nepgear on the other hand, she has also a good deal of swordsmanship, in human form that is, until she transforms into HDD form. She uses her new weapon, which is a gunblade, which references part of our gunblade technology back at home base, and used it to great effect. Her beam weaponry is variable from short, burst attacks, to medium shots and one long powerful blast, similar to an ion cannon. The latter's skill is called MPBL, or Multiple Beam Launcher for short.

Also, I have to mention her Mirage Dance…very gorgeous. I loved seeing it even just once.

I admire their skills a lot. Entirely unique to varying degrees, and is used with efficiency. Never have I seen such uniqueness even in my most elite corps. It was a sight to see, really.

A few miles in, we encounter more and more strange creatures like the Pixelvaders, Terits and…Mario Pipes? Man, I never knew Gamindustri could have such weird creatures.

[Purple Sister (Nepgear's) P.O.V.]

Neptune, Raiken and I continued to walk our way into the Nasuune Region. We were nearly exhausted after every encounter and monster we had faced on the way.

Raiken though, he has never backed down. Normally, tougher monsters can make Guild fighters run away or try to avoid them. Raiken on the other hand, he did not falter nor become scared and faced them head on. Part of the reason that I feel he is not scared because I feel he's secure with us. Even if he can take on quests on his own, companionship from me and Neptune so far prevented him from doubt.

Needless to say, I was glad I was able to help him out. I feel confident that we would finish this quest in no time.

My thoughts immediately stopped when Raiken suddenly shot an enemy Pixelvader that pounced after him. It seemed as if Raiken knew it was coming at him somehow.

"My, you surprised me with that shot." Neptune commented.

"How can you even detect their presence?" I asked.

Raiken turned to us and removed his helmet. "I can see them in my helmet. I have a radar system displayed in my heads-up display. Here. Have a look inside." Raiken handed the helmet over to me. I then looked at its intricate design.

"This looks very well made…it's beautiful…" I said.

I then put the helmet on my head. Neptune giggled a little.

"Nepgear, you look kind of awkward with the helmet on…"

"R-Really? I do?" I replied back.

"Yeah. You don't have armor on you. We're still wearing our processor suits." she said.

"It'll suit you a lot better if you have at least a mobile suit." Raiken added.

"WOW! The display inside is so cool! I can see all the technical details…HUD, power display and targeting systems…some data parameters here and there…it's very detailed in here…I can even activate a targeting system with crosshairs with just my mind?! Oh…it's amazing! Look, I can even make the helmet's eyes glare!" I mentioned a lot more things that they could comprehend.

"Yeah. There's also night vision mode in case we go dark. I installed a flashlight just recently onto the right cheek piece." Raiken pointed out.

"Oh…I wish I could borrow this…" I told myself before Raiken suddenly took the helmet off of me.

"Save that moment for next time. Right now, we got a quest to do." he wore the amazing piece of equipment before slinging his pistol again, then stored it in its proper holster.

A bit later, we finally arrived at the entrance of the town. People immediately started to line up, awaiting for us to enter.

"Lady Purple Heart!"

"Lady Nepgear!"

"Oh my gosh! THEY'RE HERE, GUYS!" the crowd begin to gather around us.

As me and Neptune stood forward, Raiken came in between us, standing calmly as he looked at everyone with a gentle smile, his helmet held to the side.

"Oh…Oh wait…is that?!"

"Whoa! It's true! It's the Gundam! And he's with our beloved CPUs!" a girl cried out.

People waved at us. Their cheers rang through our ears. Raiken waved back and smiled at everyone. Neptune and I looked at each other and smiled along.

Meanwhile, the town's chief suddenly stepped towards us, bowing before us. Everyone else suddenly became silent.

"It is good to see you here, Lady Neptune, Lady Nepgear, Gundam. Please, come with me. We shall discuss our endeavors someplace else."

"Please." Neptune bowed before we all followed the chief.

[Raiken's P.O.V.]

Arriving in Nasuune, I noticed 2 things.

First of all, the damage done to the town. It looked as if an army of mobile suits had caused a lot of mayhem. The roads have deep pavements punctured through like bombs hitting the ground. There are also some destroyed buildings,

Second, the people out here seem insecure about their surroundings. But, on the positive side of things, they are very happy to see us and welcomed us with warm smiles.

Suddenly, I felt someone tugging on my hand.

"Sir, will you please sign my autograph?" I turned around to see a little girl, about 6 to 8 years old, with twintails along with her mother. The sight of her smile made me do the same likewise.

"Hold on, ladies. Just a few minutes." I turned to Neptune and Nepgear who turned their heads to my direction.

I knelt before her and pricked myself a wound, then I grabbed a quill pen I found earlier on the ground while battling the monsters. I dipped it in my blood and then signed the autograph with it. I took a moment to get a good look at the child as she peruses her autograph book.

"O-Oh, right. Sorry. May I write something else?" I gently took the autograph back. I dipped my quill pen again in blood and then wrote something. I then returned it to her.

"Honey, what did he write?" the mother smiled.

"…Even as you go older…you will always be a good child at heart. May you always be happy." I told them what I wrote. The girl and her mother were happy to receive back the autograph from me.

"Thank you, sir Raiken…I always wanted to see you in our town…" the little girl softly replied.

I gave her a pat on the head, fumbling through my side pockets for a moment.

"Here you go, little one." I put something in her palm and closed it. When she took a closer look, she saw a platinum badge with my name engraved on the central piece. "Pure Earthnoid platinum…take care of it, kid. Don't worry. You'll see me again another day." I bowed my head and stood up, nodding at the mother.

"Thank you, sir Raiken. My daughter always wanted to see you…" she spoke.

"You're welcome, ma'am. I'm sure your daughter will be a fine woman someday." I replied. "Take care, little one." I said as I turn my back. From behind me, I can sense the tears in the mother's eye as I walked away.

"Raiken is such a nice person…" Nepgear thought, feeling certain emotions after she saw what I just did.

"He knows how to handle children well, that's for sure." Neptune replied.

"Come on, girls. No time to tarry." I walk past them with a confident smile. They followed along my footsteps.

[Purple Sister (Nepgear's) P.O.V.]

A few minutes later, we finally arrived at our destination. It was a local eatery run by the chief's sibling. A lot of people looked at us as we enter inside, while people outside the restaurant gathered around to see what we have to do at the moment.

Neptune, Raiken and I sat down on a table near the barstool. 2 staff members gave us menus. Raiken ordered a burger steak, Neptune ordered a bowl of pudding while I only ordered mushroom soup.

The chief then sat before us. Raiken took a device out of his side pocket and laid it on the table, switching it on. He also grabbed some paper stored inside his other side pocket and a pen. Our orders shortly arrived after.

"Alright then, sir. Please explain to us the details of what happened." Neptune spoke up.

"Ah, yes…As you could tell by looking at our town's damaged state, there are 2 monsters rampaging across the region. They're also preventing supplies of food, water and others from reaching our town. We could only retrieve what's left of them after the monsters move on to another place." he narrated.

Raiken wrote down the specific details on his paper, and some certain military protocol as he listened along.

"There are other people outside the village gates that live nearby. And they are constantly getting attacked by them. One in particular is an Ancient Dragon…" he continued.

"An Ancient Dragon…that truly is dangerous…" I replied.

"Indeed. Actually…there was a family murdered by those beasts. Their neighbor survived to tell the tale, and our local police are already on the case…but we feel underpowered considering their strength…"

When Raiken heard the word "family" in what he said, he bowed his head and paused for a bit.

"…a family?" he silently spoke up.

"Yes…It's quite unfortunate…their son only turned 15 a few weeks ago…" he sadly replied.

"…My condolences." Raiken spoke back sadly, I could have sworn I saw a hint of anger in his eyes as he heard the tragedy that had befallen upon the monster's victim.

"Thank you." the chief simply replied.

"And what of the other monster?" Neptune asked.

"It's more of a…how should I describe it…" he rubbed his short beard as he thought of a perfect description. "It's more of a…mechanized…weapon." Raiken perked his head up a bit after hearing it.

"…A mechanized suit?" Raiken asked with a low tone in his voice.

"Yes. It was the one that caused damage to the city's infrastructure as you saw outside today." he replied.

"Do you have any eyewitnesses?" Raiken asked again.

"Yes…It was the neighbor of the family that had died at the hands of the Ancient Dragon."

"…Please take me to this man after we eat." he began eating his meal in silence.

"Of course, sir. It is an honor that you will help us. We are grateful for you three. Please take your time." the chief smiled.

"Please leave it to us. We will defeat them for you so everyone won't have to worry anymore." I replied with a smile.

"Thank you so much, Lady Purple Sister for your reassuring words. I believe you three will emerge victorious!" the people around us cheered in joy.

The mood suddenly lightened up. People were at ease, and began to eat merrily once more. The staff became much more lively when serving their customers.

Although, Raiken stood out from the sudden warm atmosphere.

I can sense sadness…cold emotions running through his veins as he ate silently. I could no longer see his smile. His hair covered his eyes, yet I can see the frown. At that moment, I could definitely feel anger emanating from him. Despite his calm demeanor, you can definitely sense rage from within him if you observe close enough. Sadness currently has a grip on him as he tried to hide it from Neptune and me.

It was another expression I could never forget from him…And I feel that I have only scratched the surface of what's underneath his emotions…

And soon, I will learn so much more...about the man I had grown to admire…