"TSCSS-G-08 Gundam Barbatos AA-a centuries-old Gjallarhorn Gundam-type mobile suit rebuilt by Tekkadan Security Corps with the help of the Shin Sei Development Corporation, piloted by the "Demon Incarnate" Akatsuki Augus the machine, at first ridiculed by the sport's experts the young 10-years old at the time Martian proved it's abilities as a duel-worthy machine making the point on why Gjallarhorn Peacekeeping Group's Gundam frames and mobile suits are still sought after on the black market. Barbatos not only was enhanced with the GUND-Format to bring it up to speed with other machines that the corporations and duelling teams unleashed. But also according to TSC's PR materials things like: a 3D-panoramic cockpit, numerous radar modifications, famous "double reactor" swapped out for a single "class two" reactor doubling up the output and several more that describing would fill this entire paragraph. Its appearance and sudden success was shocking to say the least, while its success in beating machines that were put out by the local branches of the Benerit Group and suits built custom for the M/J Grand Prix commissioned by rich entrepreneurs or their children. That was seen only as a fluke mostly by those believing in a centuries old curse that due to Mars's being held in Gjallarhorn's grasp a machine sent to the bigger universe would never win the greatest trophy a pilot could get. And it seems that the curse was finally broken-"Outer Rim's Mobile Suit Duel Association's" official guidebook for the Mars/Jupiter Sphere Grand Prix set in After Disaster Stella 120, Ad Stella 121
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: DEMON INCARNATE
CHAPTER 11: IF I COULD ONLY GET CLOSE TO YOU
"Damn it, damn it DAMN IT!"-Akatsuki exclaimed punching the training bag from its chain sending it falling down to the ground, his facial expression showing that he was thirsty for blood. Much to Damon and Miru's both understanding and awe
"Akatsuki, please stop. Im pissed too but we need your hands in one piece"-Miru said as Akatsuki sighed before turning towards his siblings-in-arms
"Miru's right, the situation isn't that uncertain knowing what you told us. We probably should be counting hours to the duel"-Damon said with Akatsuki hitting the wall with his bruised hand letting out a silent groan of pain. And just as the siblings noticed it Akatsuki grabbed his jacket and walked out of the small mock-up gym briefly passing Katma who walked up towards the Turbine siblings
"He's taking it badly?"-Katma asked as the siblings shared a look before sighing
"taking it badly is little to none saying how pissed he is"-Damon said as Miru nodded
"I can only hope that he won't pull out any stunts"-Miru said as Katma immediately tensed up realising who was currently sitting in the Earth House's kitchen. Akatsuki meanwhile was making his way towards the kitchen to grab himself a drink. Not realising who he should expect walked in to see Suletta preparing tea
"Hey"-was Akatsuki's only word to Suletta as he opened the fridge. Suletta did notice him but also knew what the reason was for him to get so angry. And that was the topic of the talk that was happening just a door away
"Hey, S-Suki! What happened to your hands?"-Suletta asked noticing how bruised and scratched his hands were with blood dripping from several spots
"Nothing much, just got a bit angry about the situation and the sneaky hit like that"-Akatsuki said taking out a can of soda letting out a small groan of pain before Suletta decided it was enough, grabbing the nearest first aid kit before stopping Akatsuki from leaving by grabbing his right hand
"What are you doing?"-Akatsuki asked as Suletta gently bandaged his hand
"bandaging your hand silly, if you won't you'll have permanent scars"-Suletta said as she gently caressed the hand. 'His hands are really big'-she thought blushing before moving the good luck charm on his hand a bit further to the back to get it neatly tight up before moving onto the other hand. But Akatsuki's attention wasn't on Suletta touching his hand, if it was he would probably be blushing, he was mostly focused on what was going on behind that door as he could hear Miorine and, Shaddiq.. and the thought of the guy was sending the signal "KILL KILL KILL KILL" and he was ready to fully give himself away to his feelings. Suletta noticed it before grabbing it by the arm
"Suki, please don't do anything stupid. I can see that you're getting angry, but Miorine will do something to make Shaddiq change his mind, im sure of it"-Suletta said as Akatsuki chuckled
"I wish I had that ability you have, seeing good in people even if they completely prove otherwise. He's a slick corpo rat like his step-dad. Also from what I heard he didn't take fairly well to being completely rejected by Miorine but that's the only thing I'll say cause I keep my lips shut"-Akatsuki said as Suletta nodded while grabbing the tea and making her way towards the dining room where Shaddiq alongside Sabina was sitting in front of Miorine. Akatsuki's rage only continued to grow seeing Suletta being the demoted to a mere hostess. Especially how he believed in her potential and how she was skilled as a pilot. Suletta put the mugs down as Shaddiq took a sip of the tea
"Quite aromatic"-he said staring at it his reflection in the tea
"It's tea from Aliya's hometown"-Suletta explained as Shaddiq brought the mug closer to himself
"It was grown on Earth, right? It explains a lot"-Shaddiq said as Miorine had enough
"So what? What did you wanted to talk about?"-Miorine asked as Shaddiq put down his tea
"Why you won't think about what we talked about one-on-one?"-Shaddiq asked as Akatsuki wanted to barge in and say "over my dead body" and empty the magazine of a gun he was actually keeping in his room. Meanwhile Miorine remained unshaken
"You're talking about partnership?"-Miorine asked as Sabina took out a notepad
"A transfer agreement, you'll retain your CEO position. You'll still be able to manage and deal with methodology"-Shaddiq said as Miorine knew her answer but continued to listen
"the rules are only applying to new companies, the existing companies can sleep tight"-Sabina explained as Akatsuki continued to grow angry knowing that something that his "family" has impute in could get into Benerit Group's slickest young gun
"You Miorine, won't lose trust of the CEO, Mercury lady will protect Aerial and Akatsuki Augus will be cut from any responsibilities. I only want to get into the Gundam business. It isn't a bad proposal right?"-Shaddiq asked as Miorine looked up from the notepad
"Can I ask you for something?"-Miorine asked looking up towards Shaddiq
"Of course"-he replied keeping his smile
"You changed the rules right?"-Miorine asked as Akatsuki chuckled 'Wasn't that obvious?'-he thought as he continued to listen
"Why do you think that?"-Shaddiq asked as Miorine continued
"For us, it is too comfortable. It's something that Shaddiq Zenelli would do"-Miorine said as Shaddiq chuckled
"So what? Is there anyone else that can help you?"-Shaddiq asked as Akatsuki finally walked in
"I can, we Martians maybe are bloodthirsty and physically weaker but we have deep pockets"-Akatsuki said as Shaddiq and Sabina turned towards him with Miorine only partially looking at him and Suletta panicking knowing what could happen
"And by that it means there is only one option, a school tradition that can allow us to resolve our problem"-Miorine said as Shaddiq's smiled disappeared and a sly grin appeared on Akatsuki's face
"Don't do it"-Shaddiq said as Miorine got up
"Shaddiq Zenelli, I challenge you to a duel!"-Miorine announced as all the Earth House students listened from the floor beneath
"Really?"-Ojelo asked as meanwhile Damon couldn't be more fired up
"Im sorry for saying this considering the situation, BUT FUCK THE HELL YES!"-Damon exclaimed as he and Miru fist pumped with Katma also showing a bit of excitement. The Earth House members shared a look while the pilots and even Chuchu were getting into the fiery mood
"Mr Shaddiq fights in team duels most of the time right?"-Lilique asked as Nuno popped in
"Grassley House never lost a team battle, but we have Akatsuki and Katma not to mention Suletta and the Turbines. The chances could be 50/50"-Nuno explained as Miru grinned
"Don't worry, if its team battle were up to the task, Barbatos is duel worthy and Katma has the Kuiper"-she explained as Katma looked at her hand before turning it into a fist
"Yeah, I hope I haven't gotten rusty"
'Shaddiq Zenelli, I challenge you to a duel'-Miorine thought as she laid on her bed trying to go to sleep thinking about what she said and the possible consequences of pointing a horse with a stick. 'Who cares?! It's my company and I'll do what I want, and I'll lead it how I want! Suletta and Akatsuki will wipe the floor with him and his skanks. They'll do it like they always do'-she thought with her two grooms clouding her mind helping her go to sleep into the land of dreams
the young princess laid on her bed as the sound of the siege was echoing throughout the giant room that her kidnapper, or crazy ex-supposed fiancé locked her in. Or course the room was luxurious for someone like princess Miorine Rembran's calibre, the heiress to the duchy of Benerit and currently engaged to prince Akatsuki Augus of the kingdom of Tekkadan. And that was the man she was currently waiting for, him and someone else. She blushed at the thought as she was the only one who knew and partook in his "adventures". Her thoughts then shifted towards her future husband's knight, young Suletta Mercury who rose up through the ranks and caught young prince's attention when she went toe to toe with his magical armour and the prince thanks to the blessings of his mother was allowed to take her under his wing. The master and the student became friends who undercover hung out in taverns and drank beer. And only to Miorine's knowledge one evening the prince invited the young knight to his chambers and both casted their innocence away. Ever since Miorine came to the royal palace her attention was focused to how rarely she saw her fiancé and that he was spending his time training not only with Suletta but also the other knights that were serving as his personal guards, two of which being his distant relatives. It was only when she walked up on them she became the bearer of their secret. But over the time she spent watching both of them fight for each other honour she grew more attached to them. With the knight always being with them and she would join them in sneaking out to town. It was only after she and Akatsuki proclaimed their love for each other that she admitted to him that she was also in love with Suletta, he took it well considering in Tekkadanese culture it was normal for a man to have multiple wives and lovers. Like his real mom who was just a maid of his father, a royal knight that the future Queen fell in love with. It took some time but the three all proclaimed their feelings to each other making a full triangle. And so many months had passed and the young lovers enjoyed numerous chances of being found out. Like that time when Suletta was trying to get into their chambers by climbing the side of the wall. But they hatched a plan to finally be at peace. Once Miorine's 17th birthday would come and by that the wedding date Akatsuki would propose and marry Suletta as his second wife. And only few days before the ceremony where while Miorine was busy choosing the wedding dress with the help of her maids and thinking how she would dedicate her free time to her lovers the tragedy struck. Prince Shaddiq of the Grassley Sultanate, childhood friend and the original choice of her father out of spite and jealousy kidnapped her with the help of his knight circle that was also his harem. It took few days for them to arrive but she wasn't desperate or angry cause she knew neither of her loves would abandon her, and she was right as one of her maids named Nika arrived In Cognito delivering the message that the Prince assembled his knights and their magical armour with the help of the ground troops were now preparing a siege of the city. The kingdom had already declared war on the Sultanate and in a few days managed to get though the country conquering cities after cities. 'My loves, wherever you are down there. Im waiting'-Miorine thought as she got up from her bed and walked up to the window seeing something that could compare to a Greek epic, magical armours of both sides fighting. But a smile grew on her face seeing two blue armours with Royal Crests on them ploughing through waves of enemies like butter. Her gaze then went up to follow the two giants as both of them spread out their blue magical wings and like the guardian angels they were for her flew up to the scorched skies as she could feel the ground beneath her shake. But as the shaking stopped the door frantically opened to reveal the heir to Grassley's throne, soaked in blood.
"So, you've seen that it would be more wise to let me go and finish this conflict?"-Miorine asked as she didn't notice Shaddiq's sword that was soaking in blood as he was getting closer and closer to her
"If I can't have you, at least I'll take you to hell with me"-Shaddiq said raising his sword before the ground once again shook with someone screaming "They breached the palace!" as the prince of the fallen country once again raised his sword Miorine closed her eyes not noticing the blue wings behind him.
TING!
The blood-soaked sword fell to the ground as Miorine opened her eyes to see two Tekkadan-style swords piercing though Shaddiq
"No one will raise a sword on our princess"-a female voice said in a soft yet serious and flat tone as Shaddiq's body fell to the ground the reveal prince Akatsuki and his personal knight and lover Suletta Mercury, both took the swords out of the bleeding corpse as tears of happiness fell down from Miorine's eyes jumping into arms of her lovers sharing a three-person hug
"We came for you our love, now let's get you home"-Akatsuki whispered to her ear almost biting her earlobe as Miorine shared a kiss with both of them. And she couldn't be anymore happy than that. And it was this moment that she woke up
Miorine jolted out of the bed with a crimson face. 'Those dreams again? At least they are according to the situation this time'-she thought as she went through her morning routine. Not that she didn't want to go back to sleep and return to her dream world but reality and responsibility were knocking on her door. After a quick shower she walked up to the kitchen to set the water for a morning cup-o-noodles, giving her enough time to get dressed, standard uniform with short shorts and stocking plus high heels combo. Just as she walked out of her room the kettle tinged, Miorine poured down the water into the cup and while the ramen was preparing itself she jugged down a can of soda before gorging on her breakfast, that was also her lunch and dinner. After finishing and throwing the cup away instead of "normally" leaving it to be creating a pile, she grabbed her stuff and left her room.
"Both parties, deposit your souls on Libra's scales"-Lauda exclaimed as the entire committee lounge went dark in akin to the procedures, Miorine alongside Damon and Miru who both wore the same uniform-jacket combo as Akatsuki. Both wore a white-red Turbines jacket with their crimson emblem residing on the back. They were staring down Shaddiq who brought Sabina and Renee as his support.
"the duel will be between Miorine Rembran and Shaddiq Zenelli. The duel will take place on Area 4. The duel rule is 12 on 12 team fight"-Lauda exclaimed as the siblings shared a look
"You know we don't have as many pilots and suits right?"-Miru asked as Miorine released few silent curses
"Armament and equipment is also a part of preparations"-Sabina explained as Damon chuckled
"Eh, doesn't matter if its 12 or 30. We'll kick your asses anyways, the Turbine way"-Damon said as he and Miru fist pumped catching a glance from Renee
"My brother never said no to a duel no matter the circumstances. You have three Gundam-types and two veteran pilots it should be enough"-Lauda said as Secelia couldn't held her amusement
"Lauda took it deep"-Ryouji said as Secelia snickered
"Brotherly love is such a burden!"-Secelia exclaimed as Miorine hasn't stopped
"I have two conditions, one will be that the duel will be transmitted not only in the Inner Rim, but also the Other Rim. My two pilots and our trademark suit will beat three main companies. Best advertisement isn't it?"-Miorine asked as Lauda turned towards Shaddiq
"What do you think Shaddiq?"-Lauda asked as Shaddiq nodded
"I have nothing against it, on the other hand I want to know what other condition is?"-Shaddiq asked as Miorine nodded
"I'll be able to send as many suits as I want, no matter if its 1 or 12. If it won't exceed the number we agreed on"-Miorine said as Lauda glanced at Shaddiq who nodded in agreement
"Therefore I put those conditions in motion, Miorine Rembran, what will you put on your scale?"-Lauda asked as Miorine stared down Shaddiq
"Bringing back the old rules of the company creation regulations"-Miorine exclaimed
"Shaddiq Zenelli, what will you put on your scale?"-Lauda asked turning towards Shaddiq
"transfer agreement of GUND-ARM Inc. and cutting ties with TSC"-Shaddiq said as the siblings immediately frowned
"Alea Iacta Est, the duel is approved"-Lauda united his hands as both siblings stared each other down
"Damon Turbine"-Renee suddenly said walked up to the redhead getting uncomfortably close to his face
"Yes?"-Damon asked as Miru shot him a glare to which he countered with unfolding arms
"You'll be fighting in that duel right?"-Renee asked to which Damon nodded, for someone who wanted to build a harem like his dad it was the first time getting up close to a girl that wasn't his sister
"Right"-Damon said with a cocky grin as Renee whispered something to his ear. And immediately Miru tensed up seeing how her brother was blushing as crazy, biggest pervert on mars, at least in her in her sister's opinion.
"Let's see if you really are as good, and pass the news"-Renee whispered before giving him a light kiss on the cheek and shot a death glare at Miru. 'stupid bitch, you think you can come here and steal my place?!'-she thought before turning away. Damon who was currently emotionally lost could only stare at her running away joining Sabina and Shaddiq
"What was that about?"-Miru asked as Damon managed to turn towards her
"I don't know, from what I understood im a number #2 on some kind of boy list behind you know who. Also she has some beef with Lilique"-Damon exclaimed as Miorine sighed
"Let's just go, we have a strategy to prepare"-Miorine said as she and her escort left the lounge much to Secelia amusement
"And so my theory about Martians having better secretion of pheromones gets proven every day!"
Eneo Stellaris was surprised, it's been three weeks since that I'll fated duel where Barbatos sliced off the state of art Gundam Gabriel. And it was that moment where Europa Corporation cut him off, with the last thing they left him being the revamped version of the EU-S-12 Jogaila refitted with new weapons and armour to more resemble a Gundam-type and parts taken from the Gundam Gabriel. And that meant he was now on his own, he only listened to what EC said about house choices and stood away from the three main houses, picking the Burion House as a way to keep low and to get himself a Demi Trainer. So of course an envelope with the Grassley emblem sitting on his bed was a surprise, and currently he was making his way towards the place addressed on the envelope. And as he walked in he was surprised to find the other three students of the integration. Autran Aness, a tall boy with long black hair and purple eyes with a light shade of skin. Famous playboy Naic Lea, known for controversies and alongside Akatsuki the biggest magnet for young teenage girls, with several romances with known teenage celebrities across the last two years due to spending his time away from his Icy home world. He had dyed green hair, dark blue eyes and pale skin due to being born under a projection of the sun. Ending the trio was the only woman in the programme aside from Katma and Miru. Sett Lasselle, a pilot who while not possessing as much skill as Katma many would say that she made it up in the looks department, the short black hair and orange eye contacts with a mature figure did allow her for a career of a supermodel
"Eneo! So you also got the letter? Surprising after Akatsuki defeated you in an unmatched duel"-Naic said chilling on his chair as Eneo sighed
"I see you all do well Lea, Aness, Lasselle"-Eneo said as Autran nodded
"Yes, and judging by your tone so did you"-Autran said as Sett got up
"Anyone knows why we were called here? And if they called all of us where is Iloande?"-Sett asked as she got her answer
"Because she is standing on the opposite side"-Shaddiq announced himself walking into the room alongside Sabina
"It's you, you're the man who was challenged by Augus's fiancé"-Eneo said as Shaddiq nodded
"The very same"-Shaddiq said as then Sett turned towards him
"Any reason for those letters? If I can remember none of us have joined Grassley?"-Sett asked as Shaddiq nodded
"The reason is behind this door, follow me"-Shaddiq said leaving the room alongside Sabina with the four pilot prodigies fallowing them. As they walked all four of them were surprised to see six CFP-10 Heindree Sturm Mobile Suits, all of them retuned into ace units and having peculiar choice of equipment on their shoulders
"That is the reason, the duel rule is 12 on 12 mobile suits. I want that duel won at any circumstances, and the thought of the Earth House having Akatsuki Augus and Katma Iloande made me make this decision, normally I would pick my piloting ring but seeing three Gundam types made that choice rather stupid. This is why I need you four, you all faced them both during the last Grand Prix and other events, Sabina?"-Shaddiq asked as Sabina took out a notepad with information
"You'll receive the right payment, fitting for pilots of your calibre"-Sabina said as Eneo looked up to the Heindree's shoulders to see what was worrying him. Of course it would be surprising for someone who was hiding himself behind drones during his battle with Barbatos to be so offended by something like that
"Those pieces on the shoulders, they are GUND-jammers that were used by Domminicus right?"-Eneo asked as Shaddiq nodded
"You didn't know how hard it was to get them"-Shaddiq said as Eneo shared a look with other pilots before turning back towards Shaddiq
"Well then, im sorry but I'll pass"-Eneo said turning away and walking
"And I suggest you to do the same"-he added to the fellow Outer Rim pilots as Eneo now had a new mission, and that is to warn Augus about what was supposed to happen. The pilots shared a look before turning towards Shaddiq
"So, how it will be?"
"Who would've thought that we would become a target of bookmakers, Grassley never lost a team duel before. I would put all my money myself"-Nuno said as the whole Earth House was now locked in a classroom trying to come up with a plan
"We only have six mobile suits!"-Suletta exclaimed as Miorine pondered about a plan
"I'll ask miss Belmeria for help, we'll borrow the Pharact or something"-Miorine said as Katma chimed in
"Or maybe we'll simply use 6/12 setting? It will sound cocky but hear me out, we have three Gundams. Aerial, Barbatos and of course the Kuiper. Not to mention the new state of the art Aiolos, with the firepower of the Demi Trainer in the back each of us should be able to take out 2 suits each. Shaddiq presumably wants to use six weak suits as cannon fodder. It would also show that GUND-ARM Inc. cares more about quality over quantity"-Katma said as Akatsuki shared a look with Miru and Damon
"That is exactly what Tekkadan would do, and I love it"-Akatsuki said as Damon and Miru fist pumped in agreement
"That sounds good, the problem is we don't know what they'll put out. Also Barbatos isn't In its prime shape now"-Miorine said as Akatsuki frowned from the comment
"I believe I can help"-A voice announced as the Earth House turned around to see Eneo walking down the stairs
"Stellaris, what are doing here?"-Akatsuki asked surprised as the Cyan-haired pilot handed him down the envelope
"I came here to warn you, is it that evil?"-Eneo said as Akatsuki read though the letter before it was snatched by Miorine
"And what is the meaning of this?"-She asked as Eneo sighed
"That man wants that duel won no matter the cost, going so far as to recruit other Outer Rim students as pilots, however the problem isn't the pilots and more what the suits are equipped with. Six Heindree Strums, each with a GUND-jammer"-Eneo explained as all the Earth House gasped and shared a tense look realising what he meant with none of them noticing Miorine's anger
"GUND-jammers, the same that are mounted on Emergency crew suits to deactivate out-of-control GUND-format?"-Katma asked as Eneo nodded
"So, why coming here and telling us if you are supposed to pilot one tomorrow?"-Akatsuki asked as Eneo turned towards him
"While I lost our duel, I do believe in some kind of solidarity and it's the reason why I haven't signed in . Good luck tomorrow, Miss Iloande"-Eneo slightly bowed towards Katma before leaving the classroom. But that gave Miorine an idea that she would persue later
"Well then, it appears we're screwed"-Chuchu said as Lilique lifted up her hand
"I can pilot if I was asked for!"-Lilique said as then everyone turned towards her
"You do realise that you would be a human shield right?"-Damon asked as Lilique continue to smile
"If it helps you six win!"-She exclaimed as Miorine came up with an idea
"Akatsuki! TSC has a holo-table right?"-Miorine asked as Akatsuki nodded
"Good, I want all six of our pilots report in few hours in the HQ. We'll come up with a strategy. I'll also call miss Belmeria for an contingency plan"-Miorine said as Aliya interfered
"Right, but what about other pilots? We have the core six, and Lilique"-Aliya said as Lilique happily nodded while the Earth House shared a look
"You should do it Martin, you're the House leader after all"-Ojelo said as Martin immediately objected
"NO! GUNDAMS KILL THEIR PILOTS!"-Martin exclaimed
"NO THEY DON'T!"-Suletta, Katma and Akatsuki objected as Till chimed in
"Ojelo is kinda right, since 5 out of 6 pilots are Specians. It would appear the best Earth House pilots are not from Earth"-Till said as Chuchu sighed
"And where is Nika in all of this?
"You're cruel, we were so motivated to found this company"-Nika said not even bothering to turn towards Shaddiq
"Ever since the beginning, I didn't want to duel"-Shaddiq explained as Nika turned towards her
"Then w-"
"That shouldn't interest a messenger"-Shaddiq cut Nika's sentence before noticing her sad face
"Im sorry, I'll press them a little more"-Shaddiq said patting Nika's back
"All right, on one, two, three!"-Akatsuki said as he, Ride and Damon carried the holo-table into the Earth House before they settled it down in the room Miorine gestured them
"That's all, but to be fair I don't get it why you kids need an expensive piece of military hardware for the sake of duking it out, in my days we would simply go out and smash as many Grazes as possible"-Ride said as Miorine sighed
"Because right now we are fighting for something other than just getting a politician, although a very skilled one, to a random colony. If we lose there is a big chance TSC will be sent packing"-Miorine said as Ride rubbed the bridge of his nose
"We would help, sadly the school law doesn't really allow bunch of 30-year olds to help out, and that's a shame since I do feel a bit rusty behind the sticks"-Ride said as Akatsuki sighed
"That would be great, also seeing Shaddiq crying like a crybaby because his gals and paid pilots weren't enough against experience"-Akatsuki said as Miorine nodded
"While it sounds fun to theorize about it we have a job to do"-Miorine said as Ride walked out of the room before turning his head towards the group
"Tomorrow we will send you some ammo before the duel, good luck with the strategy"-Ride said before leaving the Earth House
"So boss, what plan have you come up with?"-Damon asked as Miorine showed him a memory stick before plugging the table and memory stick into it making it active
"You'll see, but first-"-Miorine said before walking towards the door and taking a deep breath in
"ALL PILOTS REPORT RIGHT NOW AT THIS INSTANT! AND IF YOU WONT I'LL PERSONALLY WALK UP AND PULL YOU BY YOUR ASS!"-Miorine screamed as in a few minutes all the piloting degree students had arrived. Miorine activated the table and by using the data from the memory stick a blue replica of the Area 4 had formed
"This is where we will be fighting?"-Suletta asked as Miorine nodded, pressing few of the buttons to summon 12 red dots representing the Grassley and Outer Rim pilots.
"Exactly, and those dots will represent you plus the hypothetical human shields"-Miorine said pressing another set of buttons to summon 12 blue dots
"So, what is our plan?"-Katma asked as Miorine now pondered, while she was a prodigy in the managing strategy military strategy wasn't something that she was good with, her job was to sell mobile suits and not to deploy them. Akatsuki then chimed in
"All right, we need two plans. One for the 6/12 strategy and one for 12/12 strategy"-Akatsuki said as he rubbed his chin. And it was this moment when a lightbulb lit up in Miorine's head before making six blue dots disappear
"Well, first of all we need someone for vanguard"-Miorine said as the six pilots had shared a look before three fingers settled on Akatsuki, Damon and Miru
"You three were training together right? Do you know some team manoeuvres?"-Miorine asked as they nodded with Miorine inserting a button combination putting three dots in the vanguard position in front of the three remaining suits. Miorine's attention then went to Chuchu
"Chuchu, you'll be sitting in the back. Providing sniper fire covering their backs"-Miorine said as Chuchu looked like she was ready to throw a fit and completely destroy the table provided to TSC by Central Army, she only sighed while sucking on her lollipop
"Fine, but what about Suletta and Katma?"-Chuchu asked as the two aforementioned pilots looked at each other
"Suletta, you will be under Katma's protection. We're going against not only the M/J veterans but also the aces of the piloting degree. And as the mascot of our company and with Akatsuki busy cleaning off the filler, Katma as a pilot rivalling Akatsuki's skill is the best choice to be the bodyguard"-Miorine said as Katma at first who wanted to object to the idea thought about it before looking onto Akatsuki who nodded in agreement with what Miorine said
"All right. But what about the 12/12 plan?"-Katma asked as Miorine summoned back the six blue dots again
"They'll serve as meat shields, but if anyone of you know someone who could help ask them, having two more competitive pilots rather than"-Miorine said the rest of the meeting was spent arguing on how the shields are to be set. After that had ended and all of the pilots returned back to their tasks with Akatsuki giving last final tweaks to the Barbatos Miorine retreated to her greenhouse and Suletta running around the school thinking of anyone that could help
"Support Support Support, Elan! Oh he hasn't come back yet"-Suletta said as she was walking through the Asticassia park
"Look where you're going, country bumpkin"-A voice called out as Suletta looked up to see Guel Jeturk and frantically hid herself behind the nearest light pole
"Im sorry! I w-was just l-lost in thoughts!"-Suletta exclaimed as Guel chuckled and turned around
"Because of the duel with Shaddiq? You have Augus and Iloande, you shouldn't be worried"-Guel said as Suletta peaked out from behind her cover
"How do you know?"-Suletta asked
"The school is buzzing with rumours, ever since that whole integration programme everyone keeps eyes on people like your fiancé"-Guel explained as Suletta came up with an idea
"Listen! Maybe you could help us in the duel? We don't have 12 p-pilots a-and we don't w-want to r-resolve to human s-shields. This is why we search for support pilots"-Suletta said as Guel sighed
"I can't, my father forbid me from duelling"-Guel said as Suletta peeped in
"Your father, he's really important for you, right? I understand, you love him right? My mom is also important for me. This why we'll do everything, im sorry for bothering you"-Suletta said slightly bowing and running away
"Maybe a reverse triangle position?"-Miorine thought staring at the 12 tomatoes in front of her. Even though they had formed a strategy a battlefield is an surprising place, and so numerous books about military strategy were waiting on the floor of the greenhouse for their reader. Being safe for the future wouldn't hurt.
"We still can call off the duel, I don't believe that you care about Gundams so much"-Shaddiq said as Miorine continued to look at the tomatoes
"I don't get, what you're talking about. After that transfer, im still supposed to be the CEO. You say it with a smile like you're helping me. And in reality, you want me to be the company's symbol. So that the rest of the group won't be able to interfere, like that old man and others. You only see me as a trophy"-Miorine explained as Shaddiq tried to walk in
"You're wrong!"-He objected trying to explain himself
"Don't walk in!, I don't trust you"-Miorine immediately objected and wished that it would play exactly like in her fantasies. And she didn't knew how far from the truth she was as Akatsuki watched the situation proceeding from his e-bike, he took off his goggles as he rode up as silently as he could before parking it next to the greenhouse and getting off. He then walked towards the door to see Miorine sitting on the floor
"How many times I'm telling you get the fuck o-"-Miorine turned with visible venom only to realise it was Akatsuki before turning back and sighing
"You could've at least say it was you"-Miorine said as Akatsuki walked up to her and checked though the books
"Sun Tzu, Rommel, Boelke even Miyamoto. Some of the best books about combat"-Akatsuki said as Miorine turned towards him
"Listen, tomorrow I expect you to win, with or without human shields"-Miorine said grabbing his shoulders
"Right, of course I will. Im a holder after all, not to mention all that rage I feel for the guy and how I want to rip out his spine. Hell I fought the urge to come up close and kick his ass"-Akatsuki said in a tone that made Miorine let out a chuckle, that soon turned into a loud laughter
"Idiot, you would've gotten expelled if you did that. What are you doing here anyways?"-Miorine asked as Akatsuki took out a date out of his pocket and swallowed it with a loud crunch
"I'm searching for Suletta, after you told us to go search for help she left in an instant forgetting her notebook, I expected her to come here"-Akatsuki said as Miorine looked out though the door
Suletta continued her jog though the park before seeing someone walking from the other side of the crosswalk. After few seconds she realised it was Shaddiq who had a grim expression on face
"You were in Miorine's greenhouse?"-Suletta asked as Shaddiq's anger grew seeing one of Miorine's grooms
"Try talking some sense into your fiancé"-Shaddiq said as he walked up towards her
"Only you and Augus as her grooms can defend her. Don't allow her to take part in a battle that she won't win"-Shaddiq said as Suletta swallowed air gathering up enough courage
"If im her groom, I should believe in my bride"-Suletta said as Shaddiq walked away from her
"Well then, I won't be holding back anymore"-Shaddiq said before turning his head towards Suletta
"Suletta Mercury, I'll take away your Gundam, and your bride"-Shaddiq said as he wanted to walk away before Suletta gathered more courage
"You'll have to get though me and Suki first! And he isn't the type of a man to give up! He's a Demon and will cut any suit you send at him!"-Suletta exclaimed as Shaddiq only chuckled
"I have a way to deal with him"-Shaddiq said as then Suletta tried to look angry, so she scoffed and walked away. 'He doesn't know what he's talking about'
"RING RING RING RING RING!"-the notebook alarm clock exclaimed as Damon's sleeping hand went to Akatsuki's mouth
"Akatsuki, turn off that stupid clock!"-Damon exclaimed as he tried to turn off the notebook not realising it was actually Akatsuki's face before hiding his head under his pillow letting out a muffled scream. Akatsuki meanwhile finally realised what was going on as thanks to Damon's hand and to the notebook he woke-up
"Akatsuki wake up, Akatsuki wake up, you're 1 minute late from your alarm"-Haro exclaimed clapping its wings as Akatsuki finally turned it off and got up from the bed seeing Damon who let out a large moan
"Mornin"-Akatsuki said as Damon looked visibly pissed off
"We're going have to set some rules about morning alarms"-Damon said as Akatsuki visibly frowned
"Last time I remember when I duel Stellaris I woke up earlier it didn't mind you"-Akatsuki said as Damon huffed
"That's because I was left alone here for the last four weeks! I forgot that we even shared this room!"-Damon said as Akatsuki sighed while reaching out for a daily set of clothes to match his uniform and jacket. 'Converse, Converse and Converse and various shades and colours. One good thing from signing a contract'-he thought grabbing another pair of blue-red-white shoes with characteristic star logo with stylish 'AA' residing in it. After he and Damon dressed up both of them made their way to the toilet for the morning routine, washing teeth and brushing hair. Of course they had few hours before the duel and that meant they had few moments of preparation, unbeknownst to them
"Morning everyone"-Akatsuki said as Suletta and Katma were channel-hopping the tv
"Hey Akatsuki, how is the mood before the duel?"-Katma asked as Akatsuki nodded before turning his head around to see that only Miru and Chuchu were around with Nika, Aliya and Nuno doing the final check-up of the suits
"Great, but where are the rest?"-Damon asked as Katma pointed towards the room
"Currently Miorine gives them a briefing, her orders to us were to be rested and ready. Also you two plus Miru already have Fumitan installed on board. Safety concern from Nika"-Katma explained as another ad came on the tv, and Suletta was surprised
"Oh, its Suki!"-Suletta said as Damon and Akatsuki walked up to the tv
"Oh, hi! Haven't seen you there, you know every day I was waking up asking myself the same question. 'What should I do next?' and after setting my career on my feet and feeling like im the king of Mars, a country boy like me was that ever expected? I answered that question without resolving to others"-The Akatsuki on the screen said walking up on the screen in front of a white background with Suletta turning towards him and Katma knowing what would happen next looking down on her shoes
"That was to move forward no matter the cost, and when it came to signing such a contract there was only one option that fit with that philosophy. And I believe the same feeling was felt when the All-star made its debut in 1918 with Chuck Taylor's name on board. That's why as another fruit of our friendship im happy to announce, the Converse Galaxy AA"-The Akatsuki on the screen continued as the white background disappeared to reveal a matt black background with a lonely display showing a dark blue and red shoe with the white star and a multi-layer painted shiny "AA" initial in the same stylish font as on the Barbatos and a small Tekkadan flower on the back. Katma and Suletta looked at him as Akatsuki only unfolded his arms
"I wanted them to by simple yet stylish is that a crime? Of course they wanted something spiky but I said "I want something that can also be used in farm work, and if not Im going straight to Puma". To be fair I lied cause they haven't even bothered to call, Nike also didn't call thanks to SOMEONE"-Akatsuki explained as Katma teasingly extended her tongue at him. And it was at this moment Suletta looked down to see a pair of green Nikes residing on Katma's feet.
"You like them right? They were designed with the same materials as my M/J Grand Prix suit"-The Akatsuki on the screen continued as he was now wearing his 120 Grand Prix suit, before with a snap of his fingers appeared in a more casual attire wearing jeans and his TSC jacket appearing in the centre of the screen
"You'll ask them if they're tough? Well I can say with all my heart they are! Why? Cause I tested them!"-The Akatsuki on the screen said as the montage of Akatsuki's training regimen, push-ups, sit-ups, running, jumping and even swordsmanship and martial arts with fitting electronic music playing in the background. Before a sudden cut with Akatsuki grabbing a basket full of corn
"They're also great in farming!"-He said as the montage played back in increased speed before cutting back to the black space
"You're probably asking "But of course they're expensive". Well no, in fact they're really cheap. I made sure of that"-The Akatsuki said as a zip line similar to Barbatos's appeared with the Akatsuki in the commercial grabbing onto it pulling him up, before he pulled his head down so that it was barely visible
"Sorry! And I forgot! Now you can feel like a winner without stepping inside a Mobile Suit! Converse made that shoe for me, and I made it for you! Have fun!"-The Akatsuki from the screen finished before pulling up his head back as the commercial had ended
"Nice commercial!"-Suletta said as Akatsuki blushed chuckling
"Thanks! I wrote that myself"-Akatsuki said sitting down on the couch alongside Damon
"So you also like to write your own stuff? Nice"-Katma said as she and Akatsuki fist pumped both of them not noticing Suletta's darkened facial expression
"Yeah, and I've seen you're Nike commercials. Really fitting, Greek goddess of victory is a fitting brand for the battle maiden. Especially that "Emerald Goddess" colour scheme, really eye-catching. No wonder they wanted me to wear Converse instead"-Akatsuki said as Katma blushed from the comments
"Thanks, Ari was the one who got me to sign that contract. I don't even know what decisions I would've made without her. She was like an older sister for me, and the only person I could call "family" a side from the transport crew that took me in. You also probably have a good agent if you keep landing contract after contract"-Katma said as Akatsuki turned his head
"Nope, not at all. I don't have an agent, I do most of that stuff myself, with the help of my mom and mama"-Akatsuki explained as Suletta bugged in not noticing Katma's frown
"Your mothers had to be supportive of you, if they helped with you with making such decisions"-Suletta said trying to get Akatsuki's attention. She did feel uncomfortable around Katma talking with Akatsuki knowing the stories and who she was. She was an incredible pilot who most regarded as one of the best of the decade, she was from the same sports world as Akatsuki was. Not to mention how in her own opinion she paled in comparison with her in terms of looks, Suletta herself could admit that she was beautiful. Emerald Green eyes with long blonde hair and mature figure plus the revealing clothes made a bombshell of a combination catching the attention of most of the students. But anyone with a right eye could see that her eyes were only on one boy. And that was the male of the Holder duo, and Suletta was struck by a feeling she only knew from her anime, visual novels and dating sims while not realising it herself, Jealousy. Of course she remembered what Miorine said when she and Suki bailed her out from a jail cell, and that is they could date anyone they wanted. And it "paid" in a form of two dates, and unlucky for her both of them ended up terribly. But lucky for Akatsuki and according to some witnesses that were there he had fun, a lot of fun. Almost drinking himself to unconsciousness, and probably getting some info leaked out to some tabloid news. But looking at Katma and then looking at Akatsuki she saw the perfect media couple, those who would be followed by numerous cameras, Miorine was also perfect fit. Being a heiress not only to the Benerit Group but also a CEO, well soon to be CEO and she was gonna make sure of it but still. Also a couple born for the cameras. And who was she? Some girl who head bumped him on a train? Of course Akatsuki wasn't showing any signs of it. They still trained and moved more further into their sparring sessions and he continued to care of her. But the thoughts still remained in the back of her head. That didn't mean that Katma wasn't nice to her, she was also becoming a good friend and helped Suletta not only with editing the PR video but also with school work and pointed out the small errors in her piloting, and with Akatsuki now jumping around helping Miorine it was nice to still have someone to help her with that. The Demon himself hasn't realised why Suletta had bugged in so he continued
"When the first proposal for a contract came from me and mom sat in the living room for hours. Reading it though and though and looking for any bugs that could be used against me in the future, Dad and Mama still use it to tease us from time to time"-Akatsuki said chuckling at the thought of 8-year old him almost falling asleep on their family home's dinner table. It was at this moment Akatsuki noticed Katma's facial expression and mentally face palmed
"Sorry! I forgot"-Akatsuki immediately said blushing from his stupidity as Katma immediately objected
"No! Nothing is wrong! It's actually really sweet for your moms to help you around. It keeps everything in the family! Kinda like me and Ari, as she agreed to sign a life-long deal to be connected with me until the end of my career"-Katma explained as Akatsuki let out a sign of relief. Damon meanwhile noticing Suletta's facial expression wanted to slap his best buddy's forehead to make him realise what he was doing, but to save his future "sister-in-law" he took a less directive approach
"Changing the subject, how many pilots did Miorine find to help us?"-Damon asked as Suletta hopelessly sighed
"We have Martin, Ojelo, Till and Lilique to pilot the Zoworts Miorine secured. The problem lies with the lack of the last two pilots and suits. Nuno and Aliya are supposed to help Nika and Miorine serves as our figurehead and commander. But she also said she had a surprise and she sounded really happy about it, but she had something cheeky on her mind"-Suletta said as aforementioned surprise walked inside the Earth House
"Hello, im looking for Miorine Rembran?"-Eneo exclaimed as he held a large metal briefcase that contained his normal helmet fit for the Jogaila and the Asticassia pilot suit. And the four Earth House pilots on the couch plus Miru and Chuchu were shocked
"Mr Eneo! W-What are you doing here?"-Suletta asked as Eneo walked up to the couch sighing
"We have a duel in a few hours right?"-Eneo asked now all of the pilots shared a look
"B-But how? Why did you agree to help us?"-Akatsuki asked as Eneo turned towards him
"Two things, blackmail and miss Secelia"-Eneo explained as everyone at first turned towards Akatsuki, who blushed from the thoughts he thought they all had. But also another thought had formed in the back of his head. 'So Secelia still has my back, that's surprisingly heart-warming'-he thought as another question was formed in each of the pilot's mind
"I've read about Akatsuki clubbing with the heiress to Burion but I don't get the blackmail part?"-Miru asked as Eneo blushed before putting his hands on his forehead
"Well…"
"What is this?"-Eneo asked looking though the documents as In Cognito Miorine smirked from under her hoodie
"Those are the reports of the Domminicus agents that were keeping a close eye on me during the Incubation party, and funny enough all of them report slight sexual abuse from you towards me. If I allow those reports getting not only to the Principal but also to the press you'll be a walking dead man"-Miorine said as now Eneo was slightly shocked before taking a deep breath
"You do realise I only did that to lure out Augus right? I would never touch a woman if she wouldn't want me to"-Eneo tried to explain himself as Miorine chuckled
"The media won't see it that way. And Secelia is that close to firing you out of the house and seizing your Demi, unless you do what I want"-Miorine said as Eneo nodded
"So what does the princess of the management strategy want me to do?"-Eneo asked as Miorine nodded
"I want you to pilot in tomorrow's duel representing GUND-ARM Inc. I already arranged the transportation of your suit with Secelia and it will arrive tomorrow morning at the Earth House, we will cover the potential damage repair and be lucky I agreed to do it"-Miorine said as Eneo let out a yawn
"Fine! I'll fly for your colours tomorrow! Just allow me to get some sleep"-Eneo said walking into his room
"Good, you need to rest before tomorrow's duel"-Miorine nonchalantly added taking the documents from Eneo before the door closed in front of her. As she was making her way she stopped
"It's pleasure doing business with you miss Dote"-Miorine said as Secelia appeared out of the shadows
"The very same princess"-She replied as Miorine turned towards her
"You wouldn't really throw him out right?"-Miorine asked as Secelia turned her head
"Of course I wouldn't! And since my curves haven't gotten Marsboy to join I needed another walking advertisement. While this one is way less cute and has less personality"-Secelia explained as Miorine nodded
"But you agreed to scare him a little when I told you about this idea, why?"-Miorine asked as Secelia chuckled
"Because its win-win for me! If you win I get more good PR to show that we at Burion like to work together with new companies against the tyranny of the rich children! And if you lose I get the chance to cheer up Marsboy when he loses his white and gold suit and your hand in marriage, all, night, long"-Secelia added as Miorine turned around not to show her jealousy towards Secelia before walking away from the Burion house. Secelia only took out a coin
"Let's leave it to fate shall we?"-She asked throwing the coin and catching it with Miorine giving her the nod of approval
"Goddamn, she's a bigger Demon than Akatsuki!"-Miru said as everyone stared shocked at Eneo before Miorine walked up to her pilots.
"Oh, so you know now? That's good though I am sad I wasn't able to see your shock, anyways we have three hours left so I would suggest breakfast and going through a last look-around before getting on board, Stellaris, the transporter from the Burion house just arrived so go and check your suit if its ready"-Miorine said before leaving them, leaving each of the pilots with a widened facial expression. Damon only sighed before he patted the back of his buddy
"Akatsuki, you got yourself a Demon of business woman"
"Hey Nika"-Akatsuki said walking across the Mobile Suit cages taking a look-around to see that not only the designated mechanics but also pilots like Till and Ojelo were helping around. Like mounting rockets on the Aiolos and equipping Barbatos with its weapons, due to the lack of the perfect mobility Akatsuki went for the full equipment, taking not only the chainsaw mace but also the beam machine gun. The blue-haired mechanic turned towards him smiling and noticed he was holding something called a "connection harness", that was basically a backpack containing the Permet connection pins strapped with some clips and it allowed for a pilot to test the suit without putting on a racing suit
"Hey Akatsuki! Wanting to test it though and though?"-Nika asked as Akatsuki nodded
"Mostly to see how it feels with an AI on board"-Akatsuki said as he opened the hatch before climbing on board of the Gundam frame. He put the harness on before shutting the hatch down, after a quick slid of the notebook the systems lit up to life plus something that a normal pilot wouldn't be expected
"Im online, hello Akatsuki"-the voice of the Fumitan AI spoke as Akatsuki smiled
"It's good to hear your voice again Fumitan"-Akatsuki said as it was a real Fumitan Admoss she would probably let out a small chuckle
"Do you want me to run though the basic systems?"-Fumitan AI asked as Akatsuki complied and after a second Fumitan came back with the results
"Akatsuki, only 80% of the systems are fully repaired. The stress on the joints is exceeding 60 percent"-Fumitan AI said as Akatsuki sighed
"Fumitan Fumitan, I would be worried if I was going out there alone. But now my only task is not to get my other half of the V-fin cut off. Tell me more about what I can do with the "limiters-off" mode?"-Akatsuki asked as the AI gave its answer
"I wouldn't really suggest using it, and straight-up activation would cause several medical consequences. Most likely passing out and suffering severe blood loss"-Fumitan AI said as Akatsuki rubbed his chin enclosed in his thoughts before coming up with an answer to that
"Hey! What about doing the same thing I did with Nika! Can you halt the full connection until I tell you to activate it?"-Akatsuki asked
"I can do that, I wouldn't suggest it but I can do it"-Fumitan AI replied as Akatsuki unknowingly to it smiled
"Thank you Fumitan, I have to go and pick myself something to eat so see ya in 3 hours"-Akatsuki said deactivating the basic systems and leaving Barbatos to see Nika with her notepad
"So, how was it?"-She asked as Akatsuki showed her a thumbs up
"Good! I've dealt with the "Limiters-off" mode, don't worry I won't go full out in the beginning. Only if I'll be put close to the wall. I still want to be a Holder after all"-Akatsuki said as Nika nodded
"Ok, listen I have to go and check-up the Jogaila so if you need me or want to ask me for something just call"-Nika said as Akatsuki looked towards Europa Corporation's machine that he faced in 120
"It changed"-Akatsuki said as Nika nodded
"According to Mr Stellaris the armour was refitted to look more like a Gundam-type. Even though it technically Is a Gundam and its eyes were only hidden under a visor"-Nika explained as she and Akatsuki stared down the suit. It retained its silvery colour scheme but had a new set of armour on its arms, legs and torso. The only thing that looked similar to the 120 suit were the rectangular containers on the back and the weapons, the beam sniper rifle and the beam-enhanced longsword
"Companies think that strapping a Gundam-like head will suddenly increase the suit's performance and prestige. Look at Kuiper! That's a real Gundam!"-Akatsuki said pointing at the green machine. That could rival Aerial in terms of feminine looks. Long legs with feet that resembled high heels, with four out of the ten GUND-bits residing on the shins and thighs that also contained the Kuiper pilot's favourite weapon, two beam sword-axes that could combine into a beam naginata. The large chest that contained the largest GUND-receptor and the chest vents with a backskirt that due to the shape of the GUND-bits looked like a dress, and that it was worn by someone with a large butt. The large shoulders that contained two three-barrel beam canons as an emergency weapon. Which was funny comparing it to the arms that made look like the suit had put on an oversized t-shirt. Slim and slender, each containing two GUND-bits. But an illusion of a feminine suit died off when someone looked down to see the Kuiper's main designated weapon. Two double barrelled beam-cannons similar to those in the shoulders. All ended up with the head, a black head with large green eyes and a long black V-fin alongside two beam-Vulcan guns
"I can agree, but at least the Jogaila has a normal power output. Want two know why the Kuiper's chest is so big? The Titan Fraternity shoved in a class three reactor to power all of this stuff! Katma said that while so many beam weapons weren't her style she grew to liking all of it. And it can all be dropped whenever an emergency would occur"-Nika explained as Akatsuki nodded to every word Nika said to him
"I thought the chest was so big to keep the feminine look"-Akatsuki said as Nika raised her eyebrow
"That sounded like something Damon would say"-Nika scolded him as he face palmed
"I know, im just all tensed up before the duel. But we have 11 suits and now three Gundams plus a Gundam-like suit so it should be all right, right?"-Akatsuki asked as Nika smiled at him nodding
"I think so, that's what the bookmakers think"-Nika said as Akatsuki showed a thumbs up
"Right, I'll go rest a bit and stuff myself with some cantina food. You want some?"-Akatsuki asked as Nika turned her head
"No but thank you for asking, see you in three hours"-Nika said as the pilot and a mechanic split off
"Go lets go"-Akatsuki said as he zipped on his pilot suit and seeing the faces of other pilots. He could see Martin and Ojelo shaking and Till just standing there ready. He also seen Eneo cleaning his helmet and Damon sitting on a bench looking though his notebook having a weirded out expression on his face
"What are you doing?"-Akatsuki asked as Damon showed him the messages he got
"Ah nothing, just several death threats I received because of Renee"-Damon said as Akatsuki peeked in to read one of it
"You-stupid-cocksucker-how-dare-put-your-dirty-martian-rat-hands-on-our-beloved-Renee-Grassley-will-kick-your-ass-and-turn-you-into-a-rat-stew. Damn those girls are popular, remind me why are you involved with this?"-Akatsuki asked as Damon unfolded his arms
"Aperrantly im a number 2 in Renee's "boyfriend's list" and you can probably guess who the number 1 is"-Damon said as Akatsuki only had a confused facial expression before finally realising what he meant. 'I need to do something about the date proposal spam'-he thought before all 6 of the pilots received a message on their notebooks
"Gentlemen while im sure there are interesting topics to talk about, we have a duel to win"-Eneo said putting on his helmet and gloves before leaving the locker room
"Guy has a professional approach"-Ojelo said as Damon nodded
"Well, it's his reputation on the line. I wonder what dirty secrets she'll find on me when the obvious visit to Mars will occur, goddamn"-Damon said as Akatsuki chuckled before putting on his helmet and gloves. But just as he opened the door Damon noticed something was off, and that laid on the bench. He grabbed the good luck charm before getting Akatsuki's attention
"Hey Akatsuki! Catch!"-Damon exclaimed throwing the good luck charm towards Akatsuki who managed to catch it and put on his forearm
"Thanks Damon, what could I possibly do without you?"-Akatsuki asked with a mix of sincerity and sarcasm
"You would've fallen apart during first few seconds, luckily for you your honour brother and sister is there to help you"-Damon said as the rest of the male pilots left the locker room
"I'm so excited! Been a long time since the last time behind the sticks, and we're helping Akatsuki!"-Miru said wiping the visor of her helmet as Katma was fighting with the zipper of her pilot suit
"Tight! Damn it the people who say those suits are baggy are either a man of a plank!"-Katma said as Suletta with a little resistance managed to zip her suit looking at Katma as another insecure thought struck her like a lightning bolt
"It's not so tight when you get used to it, besides you wore it before so it should fit you"-Miru explained as Katma sighed
"At least I know that you can't throw the thing into the regular laundry machine. Suletta, can you help me?"-Katma asked pleadingly towards Suletta, who grabbed the zipper and managed to get it upwards with little difficulty
"And here we have a proof that students should be able to use their own suits"-Miru said as Katma sighed
"This world isn't keen for someone with a D-size"-Katma said as Suletta looked down blushing mentally comparing it to herself
"Don't worry Suletta! It all comes with time!"-Miru said as Suletta tensed up
"W-W-What !? N-No I wasn't thinking about it"-Suletta said as Chuchu let out a long sigh while helping Lilique with her suit
"I want to remind everyone in this room that we have a duel and we shouldn't waste our time talking about chest sizes"-Chuchu scolded them as Miru sighed
"Chu, I adore ya but sometimes you're not fun. Besides im too excited about it"-Miru exclaimed before taking a sip of a soda she left on the bench
"When was the last time when you duelled Miss Miru?"-Lilique asked as Miru chuckled
"A month ago or so with my siblings when me and Damon ploughed through them as an exercise and to test out the Aiolos and to check if we were fit for the whole Asticassia thing"-Miru explained
"You have a big family right? Your parents must be proud of you and your brother!"-Lilique childishly added as Miru sighed
"My dad married like 50000 women so that's expected. About the pride part not really, my dad, mom and Damon's mom died during Gjallarhorn Peacekeeping Group attack on the Turbines. This is why we have "Turbine" as our surname and not our Mother's maiden names like most of our siblings due to lack of papers. Azee and Lafter took care of us ever since we can remember and we know Akatsuki since all three of us wore diapers"-Miru explained as everyone stared at her
"But it's not the time to be gloomy, we have a duel to win"-She added before she put on her helmet and left the locker rooms with the rest of the female pilots following her
"All right, let's go"-Akatsuki said as he stared down the cut V-fin of Barbatos being frozen still
"Suki!"-Suletta caught his attention as Akatsuki turned around to see the female of the Holder duo
"Hey there, so a good luck fist-pump?"-Akatsuki asked reaching out his fist, Suletta only smiled as she walked up towards him and united her fist with her's. Akatsuki could also see that Suletta wore her red good luck charm on her piloting suit just like he did making him blush
"For Miorine and GUND-ARM Inc."-Suletta said as Akatsuki smiled
"For Miorine and GUND-ARM Inc."-Akatsuki repeated as the two pilots were looking at each other from behind their visors
"Good luck out there"-Akatsuki said as he jumped on board Barbatos as Suletta did the same jumping on board Aerial. As he got in after sliding the notebook into its sheath he quickly plugged himself into the Permet connectors as Fumitan AI spoke up
"Hello Akatsuki, we're ready to launch. Be sure not to overdue the joints, especially the right arm"-Fumitan AI said as Akatsuki smiled while activating Barbatos's reactor and main monitor as the panoramic cockpit lit up to life
"This, this and this and here we go"-Katma said flipping off the last switch meanwhile strapping her five point seatbelts with her own panoramic monitor lighting up to life with the HUD displaying one message
TFGT-122 GUNDAM KUIPER-Katma Iloande
'Great'-she thought licking her lips as her eyes were traveling through all the appearing windows showing data as she gently moved the yokes and pressing the pedals giving the class three reactor a warm up. 'Reactor full, revving seems good, GUND-format resonance at 99,97%, great'
Damon cramped himself in the small cockpit, due to the "surprise" the Aiolo had possessed it lacked the big panoramic cockpit, instead it only head a small front monitor with two wide windows on the sides. He quickly flipped all the switches in and activated the Aiolo's reactor. He and Miru both smiled as they saw the message 'Core block system armed'.
"All right, everything is well"-He said as meanwhile Nika and Nuno were taking off the cotter pins from the rockets mounted on the wings
"Missiles armed"-Fumitan AI said as Damon united his fist with his hand
"All right! Begin Permet resonance!"-Damon said as he jolted a bit feeling himself connected with the Aiolo's mainframe. After few seconds he felt ready as he grabbed the yokes of the Aiolo awaiting the launch
"Visor test"-Eneo said as the red visor slid onto the main helmet visor, after that test he took a look across all the screens of the HUD to see if all the instruments were working properly. He activated the monitor before taking a long breath in
"Permet score 3"-He added as for a brief second the red GUND lines appeared on his face before he reached out his hands
"one-two-three-four-five six-seven-eight-nine-ten"-He exclaimed bending all of his fingers before grabbing his yokes and switching on the main voice channel, awaiting Miorine's orders while training his eyes and focusing on numerous things that were appearing on the instruments
"The pilots are on board their suits, they're armed and ready"-Aliya reported
"All transport systems green, the containers are ready to set off"-Nuno added as Nika turned towards Miorine
"We are only waiting for the orders to launch"-Nika said as Miorine looked at the cameras inside the cockpits to see her pilots waiting in eagerness to begin, aside from Martin and Ojelo who looked scared as hell
"Launching!"-Miorine exclaimed as 11 transporters made their way, meanwhile inside the cockpit of one of the Aiolos Miru felt something was missing
"Akatsuki? Play that music"-Miru said as Akatsuki smirked
"Right, Fumitan? Playlist 3 track 12,5 short version"-Akatsuki said as the sound of the guitar followed by the sound of the drums much to the confusement of anyone that wasn't Martian
"All you women who want a man of the street,But don't know which way you wanna turn"
"Damn it I love that song!"-Damon exclaimed as the sound of ancient music was blasting though the speakers as the hype was building around those who could hear it
"Wait, you have an entire playlist for entrances?"-Katma asked as Akatsuki was doing a solo on an air guitar inside his cockpit
"Yeah I know it's cool right!"-Akatsuki asked as the containers had reached the Area 4
"Opening MS containers"-Aliya reported as the containers begun to open revealing the Earth House suits
"I'm gonna shoot to thrill, Play to kill, shoot to thrill!"-the song had ended as the container had fully revealed the suits
"Right!"-Suletta reported uniting her hands into fists
"Let's go"-Akatsuki reported licking his lips
"It's go time!"-Damon said stretching his arms
"Doubling that!"-Miru added looking at smoothbore gun. Katma only raised her thumb up. Eneo added to small gestures by a small nod and salute
"Im ready!"-Chuchu said hitting her hand with her fist
"Let's give everything we have!"-Lilique childishly added her hands, Till only slightly nodded giving a grunt of confirmation
"Why me?"-Ojelo said looking like he would have a panic attack
"I never wanted to pilot"-Martin added as 11 suits jumped off the containers, Barbatos took out its two weapons, the beam machine gun in its right and the chainsaw mace in its left. 'Come on Grassley Gals and sell-outs show yourselves
"KP014, Sabina Fardin"
"LP012, Ireesha Plano"
"LP011, Maisie May"
"LP013, Renee Costa"-Renee said as she looked up and down Damon's Aiolo and licked her lips
"KP015, Hanao Jazz"
"LPOR003, Autran Aness"-Autran introduced himself with a poker face
"LPOR004, Naic Lea! Let's go"-Naic happily exclaimed with a smirk on his face
"LPOR005, Sett Lasselle"-Sett Introduced herself while stretching her back
"KP003, Shaddiq Zenelli, let's go"-Shaddiq introduced himself after two filler pilots and the 12 Grassley machines jumped off their transporters, and now all the suits were staring at each other with the tension arising around the school, not only from the Grassley Fanboys and Fangirls. But also the shippers, and both AkatsukixKatma and AkatsukixEneo fans were now giggling seeing their idols working together
"All right! We're out of Demon Incarnate hats!"-A student that was running a M/J fan shop exclaimed at the angry mob who held money wanting their merchandise. With Katma and Sett bodypillows selling out like hotcakes
"By the agreement of both sides we will begin the duel, the witness will be the leader of the Jeturk House, Lauda Neil. The duel is set on 12/12 team rule, the winner will be the one who cuts off the leading suit's V-Fin"-Lauda exclaimed as meanwhile on Mars the Turbine children that were around couldn't keep their excitement
"Come on kids! Kick their asses!"-Lafter exclaimed while holding her beer as the Turbines that already were 18 held their beers up with some of their own children holding up juice boxes. Azee meanwhile kept her emotions behind a poker face, 'Come on you two, make your father proud'-she thought as meanwhile in Asticassia the initiation continued
"Both sides face off"-Lauda exclaimed as the camera brought out the images of interior cameras showing both Shaddiq and Miorine
"Victory is never decided by mobile suit's performance alone"-Miorine recited into her notebook
"Nor by the skill of the pilot, alone"-Shaddiq added over the comms in his Mobile Suit's cockpit, the Michaelis
"The result itself is the only truth"-Both of them finished as the area had formed around them
"Fix release"-Lauda gave the comment as the Earth House suits jolted away
"Akatsuki, Miru, Damon. Go airborne"-Miorine commanded as three Martians nodded, and in a second the wings on Aiolos's backpacks unfolded and two stabilizers popped up allowing the Aiolos to get airborne alongside Barbatos
"We are leaving everything to you Suletta!"-Akatsuki said over the comms as the TSC team flew further from them
"Right!, but now do I have to be the vanguard?"-Suletta asked as Miorine continued with her plan
"Our opponents are the aces of the piloting department, you have Katma to protect you. As long as our back and front teams are operational everything should be fine, if it gets too hot just use Martin and the rest as human shields"-Miorine said as everyone who wasn't a pilot turned towards her
"Great, so the back it is"-Eneo said as he spilt off from the Demi Trainer taking a look around for a decent cover
"Chuchu, Eneo, you provide cover!"-Miorine ordered as the Demi Trainer took its position
"Right!"-Chuchu replied over the comms as meanwhile the Jogaila disappeared from the radars by activating its cloaking
"Deploy GUND-bits!"-Eneo exclaimed as while he took out his rifle, the second visor on his helmet slid on as now he had the view from the GUND-bits. 'Now I have my eyes everywhere, its only good to wait'-he thought as his radar beeped and transmitted a view from one of the GUND-bits to reveal the Michaelis and two Heindrees
"Palaunch! Three bandits coming close to you from north!"-Eneo said over the coms as Chuchu was rapidly looking around
"Right! But some cover fire from mister "best Sniper" would be nice!"-Chuchu replied over the comms as Eneo took a deep breath in and focused on the scope
"take care of the support first"-Shaddiq said before being surprise by a surge of green beam energy narrowly missing the Michaelis's arm and hitting one of the two filler Heindree Strums. 'Stellaris'-Shaddiq thought as Eneo smirked taking out another Heindree Strum
"Make a run for it!"-Eneo said over the comms as Chuchu was stuck between the Michaelis and the debris
"She isn't moving! Renee, Hanao, Maisie! Watch out for the sniper fire"-Sabina reported over the comms as the Martian trio soared upon them
"Oh no you don't! Miru! Damon! Barrage manoeuvre!"-Akatsuki gave the order as the three suits halted in the air
"Right!"-the siblings said in union as inside both Aiolos the targeting computer appeared, and in a second two rockets fired at the Grassley girls
"What the?"-Maisie asks before the two rockets hit them causing a major smoke cloud
"Damn! Now those are some pretty cool fireworks!"-Secelia as Ryouji was checking though Aiolo's blueprints before showing it to Secelia, she only licked her lips in anticipation. Meanwhile Lauda wasn't so happy
"They're using live ammunition! We have to halt the duel!"-Lauda said as Ryouji chimed in
"Technically we can't do that, those suits also apply to the Schism law, and there live ammunition is fully legal"-Ryouji said as Lauda only frowned in annoyance
"Damn it, what?! My left manipulator is gone?"-Hanao asked as the smoke cloud cleared to reveal one of the Aiolos
"Good day Girls! I am Miru and this is my gun!"-Miru cheekily said as she fired few shots at Hanao. 'and there goes my weeks of hard work'-she thought as a sudden sound of a cable pierced her ears as Barbatos's tailblade ripped off the Head of Hanao's mobile suit
"Hey! That was my kill!"-Miru said as Akatsuki flew over her throwing his chainsaw mace at Maisie
"Sorry!"-Akatsuki said as he locked the arm of Maise's suit while using his GUND-bits against Sabina who tried to shoot him from behind. Luckily for her one shot pierced though the GUND-shield piercing Barbatos's right shoulder
RIGHT ARM DAMAGED, JOINT STRAIN EXCEEDING 83%
"Damn it!"-Akatsuki exclaimed as he locked Maisie's arm with his mace before tossing the suit around, luckily for him Miru focused her attention on Sabina as the Grassley girl fled her onslaught
"What, the hell is going on?!"-Maisie exclaimed as she held herself in fear of her own life while her suit was being ripped around her with her screams echoing throughout the cockpit. That until something onto grabbed onto it and without much effort Barbatos ripped off the cockpit hatch as Akatsuki with a cold face stared down the scared girl who was trying to back away
"You, get out of my way"-Akatsuki said over speakers as the scared Maisie nodded, to add to the pettiness Barbatos aimed its machine gun at the head destroying it completely. Barbatos flew away as Maisie looked like she was having an emotional breakdown
"Well, they do well"-Suletta said as she and Katma were suddenly ambushed by four other Heindree Strums and Ireesha
"Iloande"-Sett said as Katma summoned her GUND-bits
"Suletta! Summon your GUND-bits and form a shield!"-Katma said as Suletta complied
"Well well well, if it isn't the pride of Titan!"-Naic said as Katma begun to fire at him with Suletta in her back firing upon Ireesha and Autran
"Katma! We should split off and get their attention off each other!"-Suletta said over the comms shooting with her beam rifle
"Right! Good luck!"-Katma said as Sett and Naic followed her, after a brief chase she got them where she wanted and flew upwards, while activating the shoulder cannons and summoning her GUND-bits
"Eat this!"-Katma exclaimed as now 18 beam surges fired from the Kuiper as the two Heindree Strums swiftly dodged most of her fire
"Shame that we have to do this, but we have to use what we were given! Sett!"-Autran said as both he and Sett activated their GUND-jammers creating a bubble of EMP that took Kuiper, causing its GUND-bits to fell down to the ground
PERMET RESONANCE CUT!: GUND-BITS DEACTIVATED
"Crap! Plan B"-Katma said as she landed down on the ground with the Heindree Strums surrounding her. After the systems restarted Katma dropped the shoulder armour and the double-barrelled beam cannons to the ground revealing the real Kuiper, a feminine-looking melee suit.
"You're two against one, really want to take that dance?"-Sett asked as Katma took out the Beam sword-axes and activated them smirking
"Trust me, I will"-She said as both Heindree pilots also dropped their beam rifles and took out their beam sabers
PERMET RESONANCE REBUID: 40%
'Let's go'-Katma thought as she rushed at Sett clashing her swords with Sett's beam saber causing them to almost hit several walls
"Now this is fun!"-Sett said as she and Katma continued their fight with Autran trying to rush at her from behind
"Sett, you're getting unfocused"-Autran said as Katma turned around and defended herself from Autran's onuslaught with her sword-axe before sending a double kick stunning the Heindree Strums enough to go airborne with the two suits fallowing her. The Kuiper fired its Vulcan Guns at the two Heindrees before Katma flew down towards them and got them into a chase that ended with a double clash, with Autran and Sett trying to break through Katma's defence
PERMET RESONANCE REBUILD: 70%
The three suits landed down back on the ground as the Kuiper jumped back from its opponent's trap and after a quick slice Autran was out as its antenna fell down on the ground. Katma chuckled as she then looked up to the HUD
PERMET RESONANCE REBUILD: 95%
"So, you haven't lost your way Battle Maiden?"-Sett cheekily asked as Katma smirked
"You have no idea, we should duel by the way. 1-on-1?"-She asked as Sett gave back the smirk
"I would be happy to take that challenge, I won't get paid anyways and it's not my suit so I can trash it how I want"-Sett said as Katma united her sword-axes into the beam naginata before rushing at her, Sett smirked while pairing Katma's attacks. After a quick series of exchanging attacks Katma finally managed to cut off the Heindree's left arm before sending a kick stunning the machine and slicing off Heindree's antenna
"That was fun, we should do it again"-Sett said over the comms as Katma smiled and summoned back her GUND-bits
"Yeah, see you around"-Katma said as she flew back where she left her weapons, grabbing one of her beam canons and flying away to find Suletta
"Great, now what to do?"-Eneo asked before getting another message on his radar. He slid his second visor to see that one of his GUND-bits registered that a bandit was coming close to him
"Stellaris?! Where the hell is my backup?!"-Chuchu exclaimed over the comms as she was on the run from Shaddiq
"Well im sorry but im also dealing with a problem here!"-Eneo replied as he tried to fire at the Michaelis but it swiftly dodged every shot Eneo fired at him. 'Wait where is its arm?'-Eneo thought as seconds later he was struck in the back by Sabina
"You thought you could attack Shaddiq like that!?"-Sabina exclaimed as Eneo activated his beam Gatling guns as another battle commenced
"Wait, where is your right arm?!"-Chuchu asked before her arm was sliced off by the wired claw-arm, but she didn't give up grabbing her rifle with her other arm
"Don't underestimate the Earth House!"-Chuchu screamed rushing at the Michaelis before her legs getting cut off
Eneo was raining Sabina with beam fire before fear struck him, pressing the trigger but no beams could be seen
"What?! Gun's jammed!"-He exclaimed as beam fire flew next to his head, only to realise it sliced off a bit of his antenna
"New plan! Surround the Aerial!"-Shaddiq said over the coms to his team as Sabina flew away from defeated Eneo. 'that was embarrassing'-he thought taking off his helmet
"Don't run! Damon Turbine!"-Renee exclaimed as Damon was trying his best to dodge her onslaught
"I still don't get what you want with me?!"-Damon exclaimed as he dodged her attacks and countered them with his own beam rifle
"Isn't that obvious?! I want to go out with you! You're a pretty cool guy and unlike you're much famous buddy you're not taken, or when you're stuck up sister following you. But first-"-Renee said as she looked down to four Zoworts and an angry grin appeared on her face. 'gotta take care of some formalities first'-she thought as her suit dove down with Damon fallowing her
"Oh shit!"-Martin exclaimed as Renee cut off the Antenna of his Zowort before Renee got towards Ojelo and sliced off his antenna before landing her eyes her pray
"Lilique Kadoka Lipati!"-Renee exclaimed taking out her Beam saber and rushing at Lilique's Zowort
"I'll show you what happens when you approach a taken man!"-Renee exclaimed as Lilique was less scared and more confused
"What are you talking about?"-Lilique asked as she held her beam saber
"John Van Simmons! Number 12 on my emergency boyfriend list and 22 on boyfriend candidate list!"-Renee exclaimed over the comms as Lilique nodded understanding
"If you mean the invite for lunch, I said no"-Lilique said as Renee grew more angry
"You dared to embarrass my ex-man?!"-she continued as now Lilique begun to feel fear before being saved by a barrage
"Till!"-Lilique exclaimed as Till landed next to her while Miru gave chase after Renee
"Did you just call me stuck-up you cunt?! What did I do to you!?"-Miru exclaimed as Renee's attention shifted from her brother towards her
"We'll have to continue later, boyfriend number one"-Renee said blowing him a kiss before turning towards Miru with visible anger
"You on the other hand, Martian slut"-Renee said over the coms as Miru took a long deep breath
"What did you called me?"-Miru asked as Renee smirked
"A slut"-Renee said as Miru rained on her with the entire magazine of the smoothbore gun
"YOU'RE DEAD YOU GRASSLEY COCKSLEEVE!"-Miru screamed as she took out her beam saber and rushed at Renee who countered with her own as the two begun to bash at each other
"Renee! Where are you!? Didn't you hear orders?"-Sabina said over the comms as Renee didn't think of stopping
"Ah screw it Sabina! You, Shaddiq, Ireesha and that Naic guy should be enough. I have my own problem now!"-she said as she threw another insult at Miru
"Can you at least explain me why you hate me so much?!"-Miru asked as she fired her Vulcan gun and GUND-bits at Renee
"Isn't it obvious?! You're so much like your brother only less hot and more stupid! You come breaking in to MY SCHOOL with my style! Im the cute blonde girl with hazel eyes and C/D breasts wearing white over uniform! Especially someone not from the group!"-Renee exclaimed as the two suits clashed on the ground before she got though the Aiolo's beam shield before slicing off Miru's antenna
"At least I know im a better pilot"-Renee said as Miru in her cockpit smirked
"It's not over yet"-she said as she begun the launch sequence, Renee meanwhile remained confused
"How? I already defeated you"-Renee said as the upper half of Miru's Aiolo suddenly shifted forward with the rear backpack sliding down.
"Steering yokes locked, ready for launch"-The Fumitan AI said as Miru smirked as the cockpit reformatted and the backpack's thrusters ignited
"Sometimes you have to pack a bit more punch, Core Fighter launch!"-Miru exclaimed as the cockpit with the backpack suddenly flew upwards before suddenly shifting transforming the cockpit with the backpack to a full fighter plane
"What the fuck?!"-Lauda exclaimed as Secelia chuckled
"A Fighter jet! Those Martians know quite a few tricks!"-Secelia said as Ryouji read though the information
"It's called a Core Block system, Aperrantly used by the Gjallarhorn Peacekeeping Group before the calamity conflict. Serving as a way to eject the pilots and allow them to continue fighting without a mobile suit"-Ryouji read out as Lauda turned towards Ryouji
"What do the duelling rules say about it?!"-He roared as Ryouji turned towards Haro
"Haro? What do the rules say about Core Fighter usage?"-he asked as after a quick search Haro gave back the answer
"No rules found"-Haro said as Secelia smirked
"Then its fully legal! She doesn't use a suit after all"-she exclaimed as Lauda turned back towards the screen grunting and letting out silent slurs. Both Burion house members couldn't hide their smirks
"Where is she?!"-Renee exclaimed as turned her attention towards Damon clashing beam sabers with his Aiolo. Miru meanwhile got the full control of the Core Fighter.
"Damon, get away from her and activate your GUND-bits! I have a plan!"-Miru exclaimed over a private channel as from behind her pilot chair a target computer came over left eye. Damon smirked and did exactly as his sister told him to do. The GUND-receptors lit up as the four attack GUND-bits came off from their hiding spots before firing upon Renee who swiftly dodged all attacks, she tried to hit the Aiolo again but it deflected the spurts from the beam rifle via its beam shield.
"Hey you Grassley Skank!"-Miru exclaimed as Renee before she could turn around Miru fired her last rocket
"O fu-"-Renee didn't end her sentence as a rocket utterly demolished her suit's head eliminating her
"Thanks sis!"-Damon said as over the comms as Miru gave him a thumbs up before flying away.
"No problem, join up with Suletta, Katma and Akatsuki!"-Miru said as Damon nodded with the Aiolo's GUND-bits returning back to their hiding spots
"Sorry for cutting our dance, but we should talk later"-Damon said flying away as Renee opened her cockpit to see the Aiolo flying though the sky
"Yeah, we should"-Renee said smirking and licking her lips
"Fumitan! Damage report!"-Akatsuki asked as he felled that Barbatos was getting more and more tired with the way it was treated
"Right arm damage exceed 95%, suggesting tactical retreat"-Fumitan AI said as Akatsuki looked down to see Katma and Suletta fighting off Ireesha and Naic's attacks. But a notification on his radar popped out. He then turned to see Damon's Aiolo
"Hey buddy! We should come down and help them"-Damon said as Akatsuki nodded
"Right, entering the battlefield!"-Akatsuki said he and flew down and joined Suletta and Katma, he took out his machine gun and begun to support fire Kuiper and Aerial
"Suki!"-Suletta happily exclaimed as Akatsuki smiled from behind his visor. That was until the four stopped in their tracks as they saw Shaddiq's Michaelis, Sabina, Ireesha and Naic surrounding them
"Its over! All four of you are damaged. Mercury lady, you have one last chance to give up. Miorine's recklessness put you and Aerial in danger. You'll risk her destruction?"-Shaddiq asked as Suletta grew more and more angry
"How can you say things like that? Don't feel anything towards Miorine? I believe in her! Suki believes in her too"-Suletta exclaimed as all four suits activated their GUND-bits creating a giant shield to cover themselves. Shaddiq only sighed as activated his beam-arm cannon
"You chose wrong Miorine, both of them are good people, never telling a lie. However, one won't be able to protect you and the other one is too simpleminded to harvest his abilities. Children that keep a hold of your hand"-Shaddiq said as he opened his team communication channel
"Activate"-Shaddiq gave out the order as Sabina, Ireesha and Naic flew up alongside Shaddiq, the blue parts of the GUND-jammers activated sending a massive blue EMP wave, causing all the GUND-bits to fall on the ground and brief deactivation of all four suits
"GUND-jammer antidote"-Miorine grit though her teeth stroking her good luck charm
"What the? Aerial? Everyone?"-Suletta asked as meanwhile Akatsuki punched the screen of frustration before coming up with a plan
"Fumitan! Activate the analogue mode! Limiters off!"-Akatsuki exclaimed as a surge of energy hit his back
"Suki!"-Suletta exclaimed worried as Aerial's left arm was shot off by Sabina before the Aerial managed to fly off
"Damon! Let's go! I go for Lea and you go for the Grassleys!"-Katma exclaimed flying away with Damon following her
"But what about Akatsuki!?"-Damon asked before turning back and seeing that Barbatos got up from the ground, and that its eyes were red. Red and bloodthirsty, it dropped weapons and took out its Katana before much to shock of everyone sliced off its right arm before the tailblade popped out
"Let's go"-Akatsuki said in a flat tone as his eyes turned red before suddenly rushing at the Grassley girls
"We need to help them Till!"-Lilique exclaimed as she wanted to fly to the battlefield before being stopped by Till
"Hold it, I believe there is another way we can help"
"Im sorry Aerial, I used you and make you feel pain, but now"-Suletta said as she now knew what to do, she dropped her beam rifle and took her battle stance with Aerial before taking out her beam saber
"I'll do it my way! For Miorine and good of our company!"-Suletta exclaimed rushing at the Michaelis with her beam saber as the Michaelis as they clashed their sabers as with each blows Suletta's fury was arising. Swish, punch and blow was becoming a slow combo before Aerial's eyes lit up. Suletta sent a 540 kick kicking Michaelis down to the ground making the left leg's joints rip off. as Suletta noticed the returned connection
"Thank you, Aerial, give me your strength!"-Suletta exclaimed as Aerial's GUND-Receptors turned blue. Causing her GUND-bits to fly back to life, but surprisingly not only Aerial's GUND-bits came towards her.
"What's that feeling?"-Akatsuki asked himself as Barbatos's eyes also turned blue for a second as for a brief moment he found himself in an empty space, naked. But for a brief second he saw Suletta who also wore her birthday outfit.
"There is too many of them!"-Damon exclaimed as Ireesha shot off the Aiolo's antenna
"No, I won't allow you to get close to them!"-Akatsuki exclaimed opening his eyes that once again had their blue colour. The Aiolo landed on the ground as Barbatos flew upwards targeting the Grassley girls
"Shaddiq!"-Ireesha screamed in panic as Barbatos's tailblade struck her left arm ripping out a major part of the suit that allowed everyone to see her face. Barbatos quickly sent the suit down to the ground slicing off its head mid-way before getting its left wing shot off
"Get away from her you damn Demon!"-Sabina exclaimed as Akatsuki bloodthirstily turned towards her and leaped up towards Sabina who tried to shoot during its short flight, only managing to hit its left leg deactivating it and destroying the handgun. Akatsuki wanted to slice off her head but her antenna was shot off by a GUND-bit, Barbatos's GUND-bit. But he wasn't controlling it before it jolted away
"Im sorry Miss Iloande, but it's over!"-Naic said before jumping over Katma and slicing a small part of the V-fin, that in reality was only just a small bit. But according to the system the Kuiper was eliminated. Katma took off her helmet breathing hard, she took 2 out of 12 suits and those were M/J veterans. So she was satisfied. But then fear struck her as she saw Barbatos hitting down the ground
"Damn it"-Akatsuki said tiredly as Barbatos barely managed to stand up on its legs, he was a sitting duck, he lost his ability to fly and one foot didn't really allow for anything other than just wait. Sadly for him Naic flew in front of him
"I wasn't expecting taking out the Demon Incarnate to be that easy"-Naic said pointing his beam saber at Akatsuki who close his eyes as a small tear flew down his cheek. 'sorry Miorine, sorry Suletta'-he thought awaiting the stripping of his rank. Before suddenly the Heindree's head blew up, shocked Akatsuki turned around and zoomed in to see Chuchu's Demi Trainer, being held by the Zoworts and holding Jogaila's rifle
"Guys!"-Akatsuki happily exclaimed over the coms
"I told them not to underestimate the Earth House!"-Chuchu cheekily added as Akatsuki put the Katana back into its holster and turned around to see the end
"So you really are a Gundam?"-Shaddiq asked with his eyes frantically wide with fear as the divine fury that were 22 GUND-bits rained upon the Michaelis destroying and turning to ash everything that wasn't the cockpit, they had won
"I thought you alone would finish this duel. You told me to trust you, even if you can't get close to anyone"-Miorine said as Suletta opened Aerial's hatch and walked down on its hand, and begun to dance
"Gundam! It can fly! It can dance! Aerial!"-Suletta exclaimed as Shaddiq who heard everything on the comms manage to show a smile of defeat
"Wait, you attached a jet engine to a bicycle?"-Renee asked over the comms as she couldn't believe Damon's story
"Yeah, me, Miru and Akatsuki made it when we were kids! I didn't end well for me though, I broke my arm"-Damon replied as Renee laughed
"Are you free tomorrow evening?"-Renee asked as Damon now felt like he was walking on thin ice
"Yeah"-Damon replied as Renee smirked
"Good, tomorrow 19:30 at the train station to the recreational district, don't be late"-Renee said cutting the communications as Damon let out a small "yes!"
"It's destroyed! Boom! Kaput! There is no way of fixing it even if we pulled all of our resources in"-Ride said as TSC crew was checking over Barbatos, or at least what remained of it with its right arm, wing, GUND-bits and weapons lying next to its transport cage. Akatsuki only sadly looked down as Suletta put her hand on his shoulder as couple of small tears flew down from his eyes. 7 years of friendship to be scrapped? Ride noticed it walking up to him and putting his hand on Akatsuki's shoulder
"Why the long face? I said we can't rebuild it. It doesn't mean we can't overhaul it! We'll pack Barbatos on tomorrow's Altland and send it back to Mars!"-Ride said as Akatsuki looked up smiling before turning towards his Mobile Suit
"Im sorry Barbatos"-Akatsuki said as Suletta looked up towards the sleeping beast
"Now now there is no reason to be sad right now! You have a reason to celebrate. We'll stay to properly overlook Barbatos "-Ride said pointing at the door as the Holder duo walked towards it trying to smile
"If this makes you feel better, Aerial will be also sent away. So you weren't the only one who broke his suit beyond repair. And you're training, it saved my butt out there. Thank you"-Suletta said as Akatsuki blushed
"Y-You're welcome"-Akatsuki said turning red as tomato getting a chuckle out of Suletta, as they walked in they saw the crew of GUND-ARM Inc. shooting out confetti
"Looks like they started to celebrate without us"-Suletta said as a sound of rolling wheels could be heard. After few seconds the sound revealed itself to be Miru and Damon pushing a cart with two cases of beer
"And you can't celebrate without a kick!"-Miru said as the cart stopped, causing shock from the Earth House members, but as Katma saw the cart she licked her lips
"Where did you get that?"-Nika asked as Damon and Miru opened a beer each
"From a special place!"-Miru said as she chugged down her beer. Akatsuki smiled as he also opened a bottle for himself. After few minutes every member of the Earth House already had their first taste of alcohol, even Suletta who had troubles with swallowing at first
"There, signed. I promise I won't put any logs under your legs"-Shaddiq said as Miorine turned away back towards her tomatoes
"Right, bye"-Miorine said returning to work as Shaddiq sighed
"I should be duelling for this ever since the beginning"-Shaddiq said as Miorine bent down to check the harvest
"You went get this company making regrets"-Miorine sighed as Shaddiq sighed
"I was talking about your hand. "I'll become a Holder and protect you" Maybe you would open up for me, if I said that"-Shaddiq said walking away as Miorine paused for a moment before cutting off a rotten tomato
"Idiot, it's too late"-Miorine said as her eyes shifted towards her white good luck charm, and a small smile appeared on her lips
CHAPTER 11: END CHAPTER 11: EPILOGUE
"They'll rebuild you, better, stronger and faster. I can't wait to see what old man Nadi and the rest come up with. Maybe I'll see uncle Yamagi again?"-Akatsuki pondered as he was currently saying goodbye to Barbatos. He only had a little time before it would be transported to TSC's hangar for load-up. He jumped though the cage and managed to climb up on Barbatos's head. Putting his hand on the symbol of the iron flower.
CHAPTER 11: EPILOGUE: END
A/N: Finally! Sorry it took this long but this is the longest chapter yet! Henceforth such a short epilogue. With the most changes to canon episode while still being an adaptation. But I hope you liked it, yeah I did change my mind about doing flashbacks to 120 but choosing actually showing those characters in battle was a better idea. And now we enter a long filler worldbuilding bits, why Fumitan is installed onboard suits? Because im a big fan of the 1985 classing "Blue Comet SPT Layzner" and Fumitan serves the role of the AI "Rei" that was installed onboard the main machine of the series. Also a little bit of insight in what M/J do and promote and a bit of inside Miorine's head and how her dreams look coming back to the story, november in Asticassia quickly approaches the end and that means, we're going to Mars! Im doing as a way both to tell the story a bit differently and to have time for thinking out the story further. We'll just have to wait and see. And as always I don't own Gundam, that belongs to Bandai and Sunrise