Pain…. My body hurt all over… guess dying will do that to you… my name is… what is my name? Oh right, Eric Dylandy… an entirely fake name if you couldn't guess but with my bastard of a father and bitch of a mother I felt I should take the last name of the man who I looked up to.. A man who happens to be fictional, but so what? Neil Dylandy, A.K.A. Lockon Stratos, was someone I looked up to. He didn't like the world he lived in, so instead of wallowing in despair he went to change it… at the cost of his own life, dying at the hands of Ali-Al Sachez. Yep, I named myself after a character from Mobile Suit Gundam 00.
Right, my death. Well my wish for Ireland to get its own life-sized Gundam finally came true! Instead of a main Gundam like they did with China and Japan, Ireland got the Dynames! It was decided through a fan vote by the way.. Unfortunately… Someone, me, wanted to get a look at the construction of the Dynames. Because of that, and because of my friend who talked me into it, I ended up getting crushed by falling metal pipes, specifically the ones being used in the Dynames' Beam Sniper Rifle. And now I'm here, in what is essentially a copy of the Quantum Realm that Setsuna entered in Double 00 whenever he was doing the usual Newtype stuff… or would it be Innovator stuff since they're basically the same thing? Ah Whatever.
"Young Man… You do not seem upset, despite your early passing…" A voice spoke out to me one that sounded an awful lot like Graham Aker from 00… wait a fucking second is God Graham Aker!? The voice chuckled. "No Young Man I am not, I simply thought that his voice would be one you'd like to hear, though given your name I suppose you'd like this one better?" It spoke to me again, this time with Lockon's voice… I guess this is the part where I get reincarnated or something like those Isekais my friend won't shut up about….
"That would be correct. So tell me, what world would you like to go to?" It asked me, honestly if I have to go through growing up again I'd rather not get reincarnated. "I see… in that case, what if I simply gave you a new body, in a different world?" Sure… I'd be fine with that. Now the world…. Honestly, that My Hero Academia anime seemed to be pretty cool, so why not? I assure you it is definitely not because I have a crush on Mina! The voice just chuckled at me, "I suppose it's a good thing you were only 15 when you died then, isn't it?" Not really but hey, in a sense, Lockon was just saving me from shitty parents. But I wonder what my quirk will be..
"I suppose I could tell you… after all," the voice changes again, sounding like Setsuna and other Gundam protagonists all at once, "We are Gundam!" After that, a bright light envelopes my vision as I see the Dynames, 00-Qan [T], RX-78-2 Gundam and many other Mobile Suits appear before my vision fades.
Musutafu, Japan
"Okay! That was really freakin' weird!" A boy exclaims. Looking around, he realises that he is in the location where My Hero Academia's protagonist lives. "Holy shit… eh? My voice? My voice sounds like… Lockon…" Looking at his reflection in a window, Eric's eyes widen as he takes in his appearance. "I look like a younger version of Neil… holy shit that's cool!" he exclaimed… "Now then, my quirk… before he sent me here., he showed me what was essentially every single Mobile Suit in existence…" he pondered aloud, cupping his chin in his hand. "Now obviously, Even a loto would be too big. Maybe I can wear them like armour? Then again that would make battles with the Kyrios and the Zeta line difficult… although I could anyways just use something from SEED or any other 00 GN Drive suit if I ever needed to fly. Welp, worth a shot!" He said, closing his eyes he began to imagine a mobile suit in his mind, specifically the one that resulted in him getting reincarnated. GN-002 Gundam Dynames. It was only fitting after all. Lots of green particles began to cover his body, a soft hum accompanying them. Slowly, Eric opened his eyes again, to see that he had indeed begun wearing the Dynames as an armour.
"Holy shit… this is amazing! Huh?" His excitement was interrupted when a beeping alarm from his suit alerted him of something in the direction opposite him. Bringing up the Dynames' Sniper rifle, he looked through the scope with the Dyname's long range head camera and saw that he was definitely at the very beginning of My Hero Academia. "Shit.." he muttered. Through his scope, he could see the anime's main Protagonist Midoriya Izuku getting attacked by a villain, a villain made of sludge. "I know All Might will save him but still…, leaving him like that leaves a bad taste in my mouth… but if I tried to shoot him I could accidentally hit Midoriya… after all.. I'm no Neil…" thinking of another Mobile Suit, the image of the Strike Freedom quickly came to mind as the Dynames began to fade and the Aile Strike Gundam took its place and with it, an overwhelming feeling that he could do anything! "Weird… I wanted to use the Strike Freedom but instead got the original Strike… maybe some kind of limit on what MS I can become?" he thought, before focusing once more on the task ahead.
"Right.. Eric Dylandy, Strike Gundam. Launching!" He shouted as the thruster on his back seemed to shoot him forth the second the thought entered his mind, nearing the pair in mere seconds. "What the ?!" The Sludge Villain exclaimed in shock as his prey was suddenly ripped from him. "What do you intend to accomplish doing this!?" Eric asked the villain, carefully holding Midoriya, who was a confused stuttering mess. "Wait, why do I sound like Kira? Whatever." He thought before continuing, "I ask that you leave before I take drastic measures." he said, dropping Midoriya as the Villain laughed.
"You don't scare me! But that armour of yours will make a fine body!" the villain lunged at Eric as the Gundam quickly brought out one of its two beam sabers and slashed at the villain, cutting junks off of his body with searing hot heat, before gracefully jumping over it, using the Strike's Beam Rifle to fire a few beams at the villain. The sentient sludge actually let out a few shouts in pain, but continued to try and assault the Gundam, missing each time. Suddenly, the ground outside the tunnel shattered as all three looked over.
"Have no fear! Why?" A large man with blonde hair, two bangs shooting upwards in the shape of a V said in a booming voice, "Because I am Here!"
"Shit, All Might!" The villain shouted in terror.
"It's All Might!" Midoriya and Eric exclaimed with relief. "Yo, Mr. Symbol of Peace, mind lending a hand here?" Eric asked casually as All Might let out a chuckle. "But of course, fellow Hero!" The Symbol of Peace said before Eric was once again changing armour to the surprise of everyone present, his voice changing too. "This hand of mine Glows with an Awesome Power!" He shouted out, a bright greenish glow accompanying his right hand as he held it in front of his face. His Gundam having turned into the Shining Gundam. "It's loud Roar tells me to grasp Victory!" All Might, an even bigger smile on his face, joined in. "I'll show what it means to Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!" Both men lunged at the villain.
"SHINING-"
"TEXAS-
"FINGER/SMASH!" They both yelled out at the same time, Eric having grabbed the villain from where his eyes were, assuming it to be the head, whilst All Might's punch practically eviscerated the rest of the villain's body. "So… do you surrender?" Eric asked the villain, the searing hot pain of his Shining Finger burning him. "I SURRENDER I SURRENDER!"
"Well then, I hope you're ready for a trip to the nearest police station then!" All Might said, walking up with an empty plastic bottle. After securing the Villain in the bottle, Eric let his Gundam fade away, shocking both All Might and Midoriya. "You're just a kid!" All Might said in surprise. While Midoriya looked at Eric in amazement. "Woah! You don't look any older than me and yet you fought that villain like a pro!" He praised Eric, who basked in it, simply scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I know I probably broke a few rules but hey, saved you didn't I?" he said, looking at All Might. The Symbol of Peace patted Eric on the back. "You did a good job, young man. Though it is true you broke a law, doing so allowed you to save the life of this young man. Had it not been for you, it may have already been too late by the time I arrived." The implications of that did not escape Midoriya who seemed to be slightly terrified by such an outcome, but Eric knew better.
"Wait, shit! How is Midoriya supposed to get One for All now?!" he thought in a panic. Thinking quickly, he looked at Midoriya. "So kid, what's your name?" He asked, "My name's Eric Dylandy, I'm from Ireland!" he held out his hand as the green haired boy quickly shook it, not wanting to be rude. "I-I'm Midoriya I-Izuku! If you don't mind me asking.. What kind of Quirk was that!? It seems to be a transformation type of some kind but then that wouldn't explain the ability you pulled off, maybe it's the result of-" Midoriya asked, quickly getting side-tracked until Eric chopped him on the head. "My quirk doesn't have a name, I've just called it Gundam, since… you know, I turn into Gundams." he explained.
"Ah-ha! I knew I recognized that armour from somewhere!" All Might boomed, "Ah yes, I used to watch some Gundam every now and then when I was younger, long before my Hero Days!" he told them, surprising the two young boys. Turning back to Izuki, Eric asked him, "So Izu- I mean Midoriya, sorry not from Japan, what's your quirk?" The two took note of the downtrodden expression that came across Midoriya's face. "Well y-you see… I'm uh.. Actually q-quirkless…" He said depressingly, before looking at All Might, "But… I still want to be a Hero! All Might! Tell me! Can a person who is quirkless really become a Hero?!" He asked desperately, before All Might could even say anything, Eric wrapped his arm around Izuku's shoulder.
"Of course you can buddy!" He told him, giving both the young boy and Symbol of Peace a shock. "Quirk? Quirkless? Who cares about any of that? What's important is that," he said, poking at Midoriya's chest, "You have both the drive and the motivation to be one. Lemme let you in on a little secret. My Gundam armours don't increase my strength. Sure they increase my Speed and defence, hell maybe my punches and kicks hurt a little more but my physical strength doesn't change. Even if My armour is heavy, that doesn't mean it'll allow me to lift a whole building! All my strength and resistance to the G-Force my suits create is from my own training. Hell, I probably wouldn't need them in most fights anyway." Eric told him, noticing how All Might's expression changed..
"Young Dylandy is right, Young Midoriya. You CAN be a Hero. with or without a quirk. All it takes is the right motivation!" All Might said, causing Izuku to begin crying from sheer joy. "Well I better get going! Gotta take this guy to the nearest Police station." All Might siad, tapping the bottle with the sludge villain waving the two boys goodbye. Eric, however, knew that All Might needed a push to actually give Midoriya One for All, so doing his best, he tried to bring up a funnel-type weapon, small enough to not be noticed by the Symbol of Peace, but still large enough to blast only the bottle cap holding the villain. Since he couldn't actually see, Eric let a beam fly from the funnel as he and Midoriya walked their separate ways, hoping he managed to free the villain, as disturbing a thought that was.
Shopping District
So as it turned out, Eric did manage to hit the bottle cap and so far, things were playing out exactly as portrayed in the Anime. So long as he managed to help Midoriya get One for All, Eric didn't care what else changed with him being there. "That's Kacchan in there!" he heard Midoriya exclaim. Eric wanted to do something but with so many people around, he didn't want to surprise any of them, plus the other pro-heroes were there, he'd get in a lotta shit if he used his quirk. "Dammit! We can't close because of that kid's quirk!"
"It's no use, I can't fit!"
"Where's All Might!?" Eric heard several people say, looking at what was practically a walking skeleton, he saw that All Might was indeed there, out of energy and with no tears in his clothes, showing that Eric had indeed only hit the bottle. He felt a little bit bad but one, this was needed for Midoriya to get One for All, and two, it's Bakugo Katsuki, a little reality check wouldn't hurt him… too much. And then, the rest of the event played out as usual. Izuku rushed in to save the angry pomeranian, gets saved by All Might who gave his usual speech, then chewed out by the pro heroes while Bakugo got praised. He decided to change this too. "At least he actually did something!" He told them both, getting surprised looks from them and Midoriya. Despite being quirkless, he actually ended up doing more in a few seconds than any of you three. Kamui Woods I can get since fire is his weakness, but what's your excuse!?" Before the Pros could retort back, he let one of his arms get encased by the armour of the Wing Gundam. "Maybe I should have followed suit and actually helped, since I'm pretty sure that this," he became entirely encased by the Wing Gundam, his voice changing to Heero Yuy's, "is fire resistant. Never mind these two, Midoriya, you did what any true hero should've done, why don't we head home?" He said his piece, letting his armour fade as he pointed behind him. He and Midoriya left, leaving the two heroes speechless.
The sun had begun to set now, its golden glow encompassing the neighbourhood. Eric walked alongside Izuku, both geeking out about their respective obsessions. "So those Gundams are called Mobile Suits and are part of an anime that's been going since the 1970s?!" Izuku asked in shock, getting a chuckle from Eric. "Well, 1979 to around now. I grew up watching Gundam with my older brother and sister." he said with a sad smile, "Aaron's favourite was Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans, while Ciara, like most female Gundam nerds, loved Gundam Wing and its main pilots." He told them.
Eric had noticed that Bakugo had yet to actually confront Izuku about the whole I don't owe you anything! thing yet so maybe it was too early. Deciding to let the rest of events play out, and try to find some way to get the attention of a certain detective, the living Gundam felt he should split off from Midoriya. Waving goodbye to each other, it wasn't even ten seconds before Eric heard Bakugo shouting at Izuku. Looking around to make sure that no one was watching, Eric let the Gundam Dynames form around his body, before taking off at high speeds before All Might arrived and took notice of him.
3 Months Later
"How the hell did it come to this?" Eric thought with a sigh as he dodged the large hands of a giant woman and the tree branches of a man made of wood. "Seriously, save a few kids from a villain and all of a sudden the heroes begin to focus on you rather than the villain!" he shouted as he cut through more branches with a beam saber from the Strike Gundam.
"Vigilantism is still against the law, that's why!" The man made of wood shouted as she ran across rooftops, trying to keep up with the gundam. Kamui Woods, a newer Pro Hero, began stretching his arms out and using them to wing across the buildings like Spider-Man and was actually gaining on Eric while the Giant Woman, Mt. Lady was left in the dust as there was no room for her to pursue him. "Just stop and give yourself in! If you do that then you'll get a lighter sentence!" Kamui shouted out, however, smirking under his Gundam's faceplate, Eric let the Strike as he began plummeting down towards the ground, shocking Kamui. "He's just a kid?!" the Pro Hero shouted in shock before slamming into a wall.
"Yikes that was close!" Eric said with a cheeky smirk as he let the Gundam Exia form around him and began flying again. He smiled, thinking he was in the clear, only for a wall fo flames to erupt in front of him. "Shit! Endeavour!" Eric said, looking down to the ground and spotting the Flame Hero. "Now it's personal." Eric said as he charged at Endeavour, his GN Sword active. The nearby police officers and civilians watched in shock as the battle between the Gundam and the No.2 Pro Hero began. "I'm not going to hold back on you simply because you're a child!" Endeavour shouted as flames went rushing at Eric, hitting him dead on.
"Save it for someone who cares, you abusive bastard!" Eric shouted, his voice now sounding like Chang Wu Fei as the dragon arm of the Shenlong Gundam came bursting through the flames and catching Endeavour in the shoulder, drawing blood. The arm retracted on its own as Eric sliced at Endeavour with the Beam Glaive just barely missing the Pro Hero by an inch.
"Last I checked, physically and mentally abusing your wife and kids was against the law too!" The Gundam shouted, his own anger clouding his judgment as he rushed Endeavour again. The Pro, grabbing the Shenlong's weapon and heating the metal up with as much fire he could muster. "I don't know what you're talking about but I won't let you go any further!" Endeavour shouted as he grabbed a section of the Shenlong's waist armour by its gaps, before hoisting Eric up and throwing him at a building and burying him in rubble.
The crowd, Pros and Law Enforcement watched with bated breaths as the rubble was slowly shifted away by a hand. A human hand. "Shit… looks like I changed too many times…" Eric thought as he shoved the last piece of debris away. Noticing he was surrounded, Eric only really had two choices here. Either he could A: Surrender and never get into UA since he attacked the number two hero in Japan. Or B: try a transforming Mobile Suit. "Since I was able to use the Shenlong's Dragon arm with no problem, then maybe I'm not wearing the Mobile Suit as armour, but actually becoming the Mobile Suit… I am Gundam huh…" he let out a dry chuckle. Wiping a bit of blood from his forehead, Eric noticed Detective Tsukauchi among the police force there. "Perfect."
Walking out from the building with his hands raised, Eric smiled at the crowd. "Sorry about that, Hero-san. You just reminded me of my shithole of a father so kind of lost it. Anyway, I surrender." He said with a smirk, gaining looks of shock and confusion from the crowd and a scowl from Endeavour.
Tsukauchi on the other hand had a more contemplative look. "Well he's not lying…. I suppose we'll see what else after an interrogation…" he sighed, "Eric Dylandy… All Might just what kind of kid did you find…?"
Police Station, Interrogation Room
"Eric Dylandy? I'm Detective Tsukauchi, I'll be interrogating you." The Detective sat down across from the boy, who has been wearing a constant smirk since his apprehension. Tsukauchi had a feeling that the boy was going to be a massive headache, from vigilantism that severely wounded a villain, with no life threatening injuries surprisingly, and then to attacking Japan's No. 2 Hero after being reminded of his own father, Tsukauchi now understood how Aizawa Shouta felt in UA.
"Sure but can I ask you something Detective?" Eric asked, his tone already getting under Tsukauchi's skin, "Sure." He leaned in, "Could you maybe get Toshinori Yagi to be present for my interrogation as well?" Now let it be known that there weren't a whole lot of questions someone could ask Detective Tsukauchi to shock him, but this was certainly one. "Why Toshinori specifically? Does he know about One For All..? Maybe, I'll have to see what I can do then." Tsukauchi got out of his chair as Eric leaned back, a proud smile on his face. "I'll see what I can do… If I may ask though," The detective said, "For what reason do need Toshinori for specifically, because I've known the man for years and-"
"I know about him and everything else." Eric interrupted, causing Tsukauchi to break out in a cold sweat, "But If I want him to believe me, I need you and your quirk. That's the only reason I actually surrendered so easily after Endeavour launched me through a building." Tsukauchi let out a long sigh. "Fine, but I'm only doing this because I can tell you're not lying."
"Trust me, you'll wish I was." Eric said as the detective left the room.
Taking out his phone, Tsuakuchi quickly called his friend, rubbing the bridge between his eyes on his nose. "Hey, Toshinori, you remember that kid you told me about. No, not the Midoriya kid, the other one, yeah, Dylandy… well I need you to come down to the police station right away." he said on the phone.
"So what's the deal with this kid?" Mt. Lady, or Takeyama Yu, asked. "It seems really odd that a kid could get you so shaken up."
"Under normal circumstances you're right, but this kid isn't normal." Tsukauchi sighed, "And that's saying something in a world full of crazy quirks."
"Well obviously, I mean, he did manage to make Endeavour bleed! And he's just a kid!" Yu all but shouted, "I mean, what kind of kid just attacks the No. 2 Hero?!"
"Well he specifically requested for All Might to be here for his interrogation so there's also that."
"And you actually called him? How'd you get his phone number anyway?" Mt. Lady asked.
"We were friends during his early Hero Days before he became Number One. It's not all that hard to believe that, is it?" Tsukaiuchi responded. Just as Mt. Lady was about to ask something else, a loud crash was heard outside the Police station, followed by a loud "I AM HERE!"
"Speak of the devil." Tsukauchi muttered with a smile, going out to greet All Might. "So what seems to be the problem with Young Dylandy?" All Might asked. "The problem is that he said he knows and he's not lying All Might." At that, the Symbol of Peace practically froze in place, before forcing himself to keep moving.
"But how could that even be possible? Unless he's returned, there's no way anyone could possibly know!" All Might whispered as the Detective let out what was probably his tenth sigh.
"He said he needed me and my quirk, otherwise you would never believe him. So since he wasn't lying about knowing everything, I thought it'd be best to humor him." Tsukauchi said, leading All Might through the interrogation room door. "Well that was faster than I expected, yo, All Might." Eric greeted the Symbol of Peace, a confident look on his face. "How's Midoriya's training going?" he asked.
"This is going to take a while isn't it?" All Might asked his friend, a look of disbelief on his face. "Probably…" Tsukauchi said, taking out a notebook and a pen.