In the serene embrace of cherry blossoms and the gentle whispers of ancient traditions, Japan stood as a bastion of tranquility, a nation bathed in the ethereal glow of harmony. The Land of the Rising Sun, with its rich cultural tapestry and picturesque landscapes, exuded a unique serenity that seemed to transcend time itself. Underneath the peaceful facade, the heart of Japan beat to the rhythms of profound elegance, where the delicate dance of tea ceremonies mirrored the nation's collective spirit.

Amidst the breathtaking landscapes, cherry blossoms symbolized the fleeting beauty of life, gracefully cascading like petals caught in the soft embrace of a spring breeze. The historic temples and shrines stood as silent witnesses to centuries of tradition, their weathered walls echoing tales of samurai valor and contemplative meditation. The traditional arts, from ikebana to calligraphy, were not mere expressions but reflections of a nation's soul, encapsulating the essence of Japan's peaceful coexistence with nature and each other.

As the sun painted the sky with hues of gold and crimson, a palpable sense of unity and peace pervaded the air. Families gathered under the sakura trees for joyous hanami festivals, laughter mingling with the delicate scent of cherry blossoms. The age-old philosophy of wabi-sabi, finding beauty in imperfection, permeated the collective consciousness, fostering a society where simplicity and appreciation for life's transience reigned supreme.

Yet, this serene existence was but a fleeting prelude to the looming shadows of tragedy. Unbeknownst to the tranquil landscapes and contemplative temples, an impending storm of invasion hovered on the horizon, threatening to shatter the idyllic harmony that had defined Japan for centuries. Little did the people know that the impending darkness would soon descend, forever altering the course of their serene narrative.

August, 10th in the year 2010 of the Imperial Calendar, the Holy Britannian Empire invaded and declared war upon Japan.

The island of the Far East which argued for its position of neutrality and the Britannia Empire, the World's Great superpower. There was a dispute between the two nations over Japan's underground resources, and the diplomatic tensions between them were deep rooted.

In the deciding battle for the mainland, the Britannian Forces deployed the Humanoid Autonomous Battled Armored Knight; the Knightmare Frame into actual combat which cause a great tide to be shifted in favor of the Empire as the mainland defense line of the Japanese Forces were no match.

Japan became a dominion of the Empire, it was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and even its name.

Area 11, that is the number and the name for the once existing nation of Japan that has become a shadow of its former glory.


On the year 2017, at the southern side of Mt. Narita.

A man is found in the mountain's forest alone as he is wearing a Japanese Keikogi and wielding a Shinai. This man is a tall and has spiky brown hair and eyebrows which indicates him being an Eleven or Japanese. His name is Tohdoh Kyoshiro; he is a former officer in the Japanese military with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and currently the leader of the Four Holy Swords which is a part of the Japanese Liberation Front that is fighting for the return of Japan.

Tohdoh swings his shinai up and then down as he is doing his Kenjutsu training to keep up his physical strength while also strengthening his mind in the traditional Japanese way.

'The world has changed for the worse to all Japanese.' Tohdoh thought as he keeps on swinging his shinai. 'The entire event that has occurred could not have come and become worse for everyone in the JLF.' He closed his eyes and then thinks about a brunette teen in his mind. 'for him to join the ranks of the enemy's military in order to change the evil empire. What an impossible goal to achieve.' He opens his eyes and then swings his wooden sword down before he stopped and begins to wipe away the sweat on his forehead with a small towel. 'if this information from Taizo is really true, you shall be the scorn of all Japanese, Suzaku.' He sighs and begins walking in the forest. 'is this all because of that incident? Is this all because of the guilt in your heart?' his mind thinks back to an older man who had a similar yet older facial appearance with the young brunette. 'in the end, it's an unachievable dream.'

Tohdoh walks as he was heading back to his group's hidden safe house as for people like him, they are wanted targets from the Britannia empire.

As he was walking, Tohdoh felt a strange situation as he could feel the air somehow turning warm and then cold very fast.

"this is?" Tohdoh turns and looks to the sky as it had turned from a sunny afternoon to dark and cloudy in an instant. "what in the world?"

Tohdoh stares at the strange phenomenon before he felt a strong gust suddenly bursting out of the woods and that caught him in a surprise.

"from the forest!?" Tohdoh shielded his eyes as he sees the trees' branches and leaves just shaking and swaying a few times before they stopped. "what in the world?"

Feeling his old instincts waking up, Tohdoh felt very cautious yet curious as he begins to walk into the forest in hopes to find what had occurred. The former Japanese military general holding his shinai tightly as he was wary of his surroundings.

Tohdoh advances into the forest as he walks pass bushes and some trees before finding a small opening where there're are leaves and tree branches everywhere.

"This is?" Tohdoh looks at the environment as he thought that someone had come and completely cut down many trees' branches and leaves in one go with a Knightmare. "what in the world happened here?" he looks around before he spotted a patch of blue covered by some leaves and branches. "that is?"

Being cautious, Tohdoh approaches and brushes off the leaves and branches with his Shinai to see what the patch of blue could be and to his surprise, he finds a person wearing and blue and white suit with the identity of the individual hidden with a helmet.

"a person?" Tohdoh spoke out in surprise as he didn't expect to find someone in the deep parts of the forest. He then studies the unconscious person's outfit. 'this suit doesn't resemble that of Brittania or Europe or any country's standard Pilot's uniform.' He then sees that the individual he find wasn't talking or moving, possibly either because they are unconscious or dead. "why here?"

Tohdoh didn't know where the unconscious person had come from or as to why they are here, but he knows that he must conclude if the individual is alive or not.

Having his Shinai at the ready, Tohdoh went and kneels on the ground before he holds up the person's right hand then pressed two fingers to the wrist. The Japanese man presses hard as he soon feels a weak heartbeat from the person.

"alive…" Tohdoh muttered with a hard gaze at the unconscious person, the Japanese man knowing the person is alive but he knows that he must be more cautious as he will now confirm if the individual is an enemy or ally.

Taking a minute or two of silence, Tohdoh looks at the unconscious individual before he proceeds to reach for the person's helmet and slowly takes it off.

"t-this is?" Tohdoh looks a bit surprised as he holds up the helmet and stares at the unconscious individual. "a Japanese?"

Lying unconscious on the ground before him is a young teenage boy with brunette hair and a somewhat innocent facial appearance. The teenager's image just resembles that of any Japanese individual.

'he looks young, very young. Almost a year younger than Suzaku.' Tohdoh looks at the unconscious person before him. "Why is this young lad here?" he asks himself as he had many questions about his unconscious friend. "and from where did he come from?"

Tohdoh stares at the unconscious young man for a moment before he placed his Shinai away and then proceeds to slowly lift his unawake friend up.

After some shifting, Tohdoh stood up as he is now carrying the unconscious teenager on his back as he held his Shinai and carried the pilot's helmet under his grip.

Tohdoh begins walking into the forest as he is heading straight back for his group's safe house while bringing back a guest with him.


A few days later, in a traditional Japanese Washitsu. Our mysterious pilot is found inside as he is asleep in a futon, the young man remains fast asleep while beside him is a wooden tray that had a wooden pail filled with water and small piece of white cloth.

The young man who is fast asleep isn't someone of the current world as he is from another dimension. His name is Kira Yamato, a young man who is a genetically enhanced human being named the Ultimate Coordinator of his world.

For reasons unknown he is found in the current world as he was brought to this room by Tohdoh who had found him and treated him.

With the time that had passed and the treatment given, Kira is soon found groaning a bit as he slowly opens his eyes and sees the wooden ceiling and the single light that shines its glow upon the room.

"t-this is?" Kira mumbled out as he slowly sits up and sees his current environment. "where am i?"

Kira looks around as he was going to get up but he stopped and winced in pain as he looks down to see that he is wearing a yukata that is loosed and revealing his chest that has bandages wrapped around it and his stomach.

"that time…." Kira muttered as he remembers the battle of Jachin Due, the war between Coordinators and Naturals that he and his comrades tried to end. "I remember.." his eyes slowly squinted when he remembers the incident of how he defeated the mad man who wanted to escalate the war to the point it destroyed everyone in the world. "after that…Genesis…"

Kira tries to remember what had happened after the destruction of Genesis, but he could only remember a big white flash before he came and find himself in the current environment.

"What had happened?" Kira ask himself in a whisper as he held a hand to touch his bandaged body.

As Kira was trying to assess his situation, the doorway of the room slides open for a grey eyed brunette Japanese woman wearing a traditional Japanese military outfit and holding a wooden pail filled with warm water and a small white towel.

"oh? You're awake?" the Japanese asks Kira who looks at the woman coming and then placing the wooden pail to the side before kneeling near the futon. "are you feeling well?"

"y-yes…" Kira nodded his head a bit hesitantly as he is a bit wary of the woman. "y-you are?"

"ah yes, introductions." The woman said before she held a hand to her chest. "my name is Chiba Nagisa, a Japanese. What about yours?"

Kira was hesitant at first before he introduced himself. "Kira, Kira Yamato."

"Kira…Yamato? A Japanese as well?" Nagisa spoke with a slightly surprised face that soon softens with a smile. "as expected of Tohdoh-san to find a new comrade for our rank. Here I thought I was skeptical of you being one of us."

"one of you?" Kira mumbled out as he wondered how he got back to Earth and be in the nation. He looks down and whispers "how did I get here?"

"From which region are you from?" Nagisa asks Kira. "Aikawa? Shinjuku? Which one?"

"u-uhm…..i'm not from Japan." Kira spoke out in reply. "I'm not from around here…"

"what do you mean by that?" Nagisa asks while raising an eyebrow to hear Kira's words. "you're not from around here? Are you a foreigner? Or perhaps a half Japanese?"

"I-I guess I am a foreigner and a half Japanese?" Kira replied while thinking back of his adoptive parents or rather his adoptive father; Haruma Yamato who he might believe to be Japanese considering his name. "my father is Japanese…in a way."

"a half Japanese…" Nagisa spoke as her expression becomes serious. "This might be a bit troubling."

"eh?" Kira made a confused noise as he watches Nagisa stood back up.

"stay here while I inform Tohdoh-san of your recovery." Nagisa stated before she turns and walks out of the room then held the side of the sliding door that she was about to pull, but she stopped when she looked at Kira. "and do not try to leave. For your own safety." She then pulls the door to slide it close and leaves the young man in the room alone.

Kira looks at the closed door before he looks down at his hands that he held up near his chest.

"Just what has happened to me?" Kira asks himself as he can't get a grasp of his current situation.

Kira stays in the room as instructed, the young man adjusts his yukata and then gets off the bed slowly so that he could examine the room that he was in.

"just how did I even arrive to Japan when I was still in space?" Kira asks himself as he wondered if he had crash landed upon earth. He thought about it and dismissed it because he couldn't have survived a crash landing. "just how?"

As Kira was thinking by the corner of the room, the door slides open once again and this time Nagisa came back with Tohdoh following.

"so you've awakened." Tohdoh spoke as Kira faces the older man. "Chiba here told me that your name is Kira Yamato and that you're half Japanese foreigner?"

"yes…I think I am." Kira replied. "just who are you?"

"my name is Tohdoh Kyoshiro," the older man replied. "I'm the one who found you and brought you here to get medical attention."

"found me?" Kira mumbled as he looks very confused at the older man before he looks at the room and then at the two Japanese before him. "just where am i?"

"A secret base of the Japan Liberation Front." Tohdoh stated. "I've found you in the forest near the base a few days ago when I was in the middle of my training. You were unconscious and unresponsive until treatment was given."

"in the forest? Just what…" Kira held a hand to his head as he tries to remember anything that could explain his current situation.

"You seemed confused." Tohdoh stated. "do you have trouble remembering what had happened to you?"

"I-I am…" Kira said as he squints his eyes while trying hard to remember. As he was trying to remember, he looks back at the Tohdoh and Nagisa. "please tell me. just what is going on here? What happened at Jachin Due?"

"Jachin Due?" Nagisa raised an eyebrow while sounding very confused. She then glances at Tohdoh who glances back at her. "where is that? Europe? China?"

"no clue." Tohdoh replied before he turns to look at Kira. "sorry, but we never heard of the word Jachin Due before. Is it some foreign country in another continent?"

'they don't know about the war?' Kira looks surprised before he started to have skeptical thoughts. 'or perhaps, it is something else.'

"if you never heard about it…" Kira spoke out. "this place….it's in Japan, right? What is currently going on here?" he squinted his eyes a bit. "this Japan Liberation Front. It's an organization against japan's oppression, isn't it?"

Tohdoh and Nagisa looks at Kira with a hostile look in their eyes, both instantly knowing that the young man before them was no ordinary person and their guts tell them that they should be wary of him at all times.

"Tohdoh-san..this boy is.." Nagisa whispers to Tohdoh who nodded his head.

"I know." Tohdoh spoke. "but it doesn't change the fact that I found him and I will be taking him as my responsibility."

"w-what!?" Nagisa looks surprised as Tohdoh goes and stood face to face with Kira.

"Kira Yamato, correct?" Tohdoh spoke while looking down upon Kira. "as someone who may or may not have Japanese blood in their veins, I'm certain that you might need to learn of this." He then turns around and begins walking while waving a hand up. "come with me."

Kira heard Tohdoh's words as he was hesitant at first but he steeled his resolve and followed him.

Nagisa watches Tohdoh walk pass her and then Kira who followed. The woman look hesitant and skeptical at the young teenager but considering that her superior's actions of taking responsibility, she didn't dare to say otherwise.

"just what did you bring into our midst, Tohdoh-san?" Nagisa asks in a whisper before she follows after the two.


In a Japanese wooden hallway, Tohdoh leads Kira and Nagisa to a hallway where there is total silence that disappears with the sound of their footsteps.

"You are currently at the JLF hideout hidden in Mount Narita." Tohdoh spoke as he turns his head to glance at Kira. "we are an organization that is fighting back against the Britannia in order to reclaim our land from them."

The older man then stops near a doorway as he slides it open to enter. Kira and Nagisa followed as the brunette sees that it is a library filled with documents and books.

"This is what has occurred during the 7 years after Britannia came to invade us." Tohdoh stated as he went and picked up a document book which he hands to Kira to take. "all the tragedies that the Japanese had to suffer under their hands."

"tragedies?" Kira spoke out in curiosity before he flips open the book and he soon gasps in surprise when he finds it filled with black and white photos of cities being destroyed by airplane bombers, people being killed by armed soldiers, and what is more surprising is the fact that he sees a tank sized robot destroyed the Japanese military forces. "this machine is?"

"Knightmare Frame Glasgow; it was a standard machine that the Britannia forced used to decimate our military forces percentage daily." Nagisa stated as she squinted her eyes to look at a photo showing corpses of Japanese people from the elderly to the young and from men to children, all dead because of the Britannian forces. "they were monsters that killed every innocent life."

"That is the works of the Britannia Royal Forces that had come and invaded Japan seven years ago." Tohdoh said as he held a book and then takes out several more photos that he gave to Kira to see. The photos showing more tragedies of the war. "They invaded Japan to get its rich sources for their own greed. deployed their Humanoid Autonomous Battled Armored Knight; the Knightmare Frame into actual combat which cause a great tide to be shifted in favor of the Empire as the mainland defense line of the Japanese Forces were no match."

"this is just…" Kira muttered as he looks incredibly saddened, shocked, and angry at the sight of everything that he has seen. "it's just..too terrible!" he then looks at Tohdoh and Nagisa. "just how did this even happen!?

"as I have said before, the Britannia Royal Forces did this." Tohdoh replied as he went and takes out a photo of Mt. Fuji, the ever majestic natural mark of Japan but it has been mechanized with metal and machinery on its right side. "seven years ago, on a fateful summer day. The Britannia air forces came from the sky and dropped bombs that burns the once lusciously green lands that were passed down from the Japanese ancestors. They came for the Sakuradite."

"Sakuradite?" Kira spoke in confusion as he takes the photo and checks it more closer before he looks at Tohdoh. "a type of energy source?"

"not exactly." Tohdoh stated. "Sakuradite is a rare mineral found on earth but there is a large deposit of it upon Japan's soil. The mineral functions as a valuable superconductor and it once made Japan as the world's primary exporter of Sakuradite." His eyes then squinted. "then the Britannia came and claimed it for themselves.

"It's because of this rare mineral that the war between Japan and Britannia occurred." Nagisa added in. "Britannia mined all the available Sakuradite in Japan, only leaving one large deposit left available."

"Mt. Fuji….is it?" Kira asks, guessing from the photo that the mountain holds the large deposit.

"indeed." Tohdoh nodded his head. "They keep on mining the Sakuradite in the mountain and left it as a broken piece of Japan's history." He keeps all the photos back into the book before closing the cover. "This is what the JLF has been formed for. to fight back against those despicable Britannias and take back our ancestor's land!"

Hearing all of this, Kira can't help but feel very angry to hear that a war started just for a resource that could've been shared equally. Yet he still can't believe what he is seeing or hearing as he has never ever heard of such an incident. His current whereabouts in Japan, his encounter with Tohdoh and Nagisa as members of JLF, and many more. He can only believe that he isn't on earth or rather his earth.

'just how did I even get here?' Kira asks himself internally as he had a million questions racing through his mind.


Meanwhile somewhere in the region of Area 11, at a ruined city named Hidaka Ghetto.

Everything of the area is desolate of life as there're destroyed and junked vehicles everywhere on the broken road, stores that are left destroyed, and tall buildings that once stood mighty yet reduced to rubble. These desolate ruins was once the city of Aikawa years ago in Japan, it was filled with people and life but everything went dead when the Britannia came and destroyed everything.

Nothing and no one is found living in the city as there's only death here.

As the desolate land is quiet and lifeless, something occurred. A white flash suddenly emanated from one of the ruined buildings as one of them suddenly crumbled and from within it came a large greyish-black robot that is nearly ten times the size of a Knightmare, that came falling out but it fell to one knee.

This large Robot is a GUNDAM, General Unilateral Neuro-link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver synthesis system. A mobile suit that is far more powerful than that of any Knightmare from Britannia and this one is named the Strike Rouge.

Unknown as to why such a mighty weapon would appear out of a building, no answer could be given until the cockpit hatch opened and a red suited pilot came climbing out.

"this is?" the pilot looks around the area before proceeding to take off the helmet to reveal a young teenage boy with navy blue short hair. "is this…earth?"

This young man is Athrun Zala of ZAFT, alike with Kira, he doesn't belong to this current world.

"Athrun." A voice called inside the cockpit as another pilot come out and takes off the helmet to reveal oneself to be a blonde teenager named Cagalli Yula Atha; Kira's twin sister. "just where are we?"

"I don't know." Athrun shakes his head to Cagalli before he looks at the surroundings. "I think we're on earth, but this desolate city of ruins…"

"is this area a part of the Earth Forces? Or perhaps….Orb?" Cagalli spoke as she sounded a bit fearful of where they are.

"We don't know that yet, Cagalli." Athrun told her before he goes in and checks the Gundam's cockpit to do a communication signal check. "let's try contacting anyone from every available frequencies; we can only hope to catch an ongoing signal and listen in before we do any contact."

"but what if we catch the signal of the Earth Federation or ZAFT?" Cagalli asks him.

"Don't worry." Athrun said as he get the keyboard set up out and then begins to check on the available radio signal that is currently being broadcast in the air. "I'm going to use a private channel and I'll isolate our signal in order to make it completely visible to anyone who might catch it."

Athrun's fingers types the keys of the keyboard very fast while his eyes looks at the screen showing the external communication link of the Strike Rouge. The navy haired teen checks every system before he finds and catches a radio signal.

'Today on Britain news! On 11:23 AM, local police have captured several terrorist group over at the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The terrorist group believed to be remnants of Japan's forces who are currently at large and..' Athrun and Cagalli hears the news being reported on the radio as they never heard of such a situation.

"what is this?" Athrun asks as he flips the channel and changes it to another one that gives news information about Great Britannia and more. "every single news just showcases a nation named Britannia. Nothing on the Earth Federation or Orb or ZAFT or anything."

"try an ORB special isolation signal!" Cagalli stated as she went and sits on Athrun's lap then proceeds to type in a password code. "my father once made a special emergency signal beacon to isolate as many radio signals to do a broadcast capture! If we can isolate all the signals and capture them into the Strike Rouge's communications link."

"even if we do that, there's a chance that someone might catch our signal." Athrun said while adjusting Cagalli on his lap and then looks at the screen showing several news channel signals that they captured into their systems. "and even so, there's nothing about what has happened in Jachin Due."

"just why is every channel talking about Britannia this and Britannia that!?" Cagalli said all angry because all the channels that she has been getting are talking about the nation itself and nothing else. "did someone not pay their tv bills or something!?"

After trying for an hour, Cagalli and Athrun stopped checking for any radio signals as they had just tried to check every possible signal yet they all showed news about Britannia and nothing else. The two stood outside of the Gundam's cockpit and checks their surroundings.

"just what is going on here, Athrun?" Cagalli asks him. "did we somehow get blasted down to earth when Genesis exploded?"

"if that really occurred, the Strike Rouge would've been burnt up badly from the atmospheric entry." Athrun said as he glances at the Gundam and sees how it had no immense damage to its frame. The mobile suit is running low on power and just that. "but it didn't, so it means that we didn't crash landed into earth or anything." He looks back at Cagalli. "my only idea is that we've somehow got transported here."

"transported? But how?" Cagalli asks and Athrun shakes his head.

"I have no idea, but let's try checking out area to see where we might be." Athrun said as he looks to the distance and sees that the sun is setting. "and we might need to get ourselves some shelter for the night."

With that, Athrun and Cagalli leaves the Strike Rogue that was brought away and hidden in between two large desolate buildings as no one could see it thanks to the dark shadows that looms over it. The two pilots now in what is supposed to be a mall but it is now desolate and left abandoned.

Walking inside the building and going around the empty stores with a flashlight in hand, Athrun and Cagalli walks and tries to see if there is anyone living in the desolated mall.

The two walks inside the building as they go around looking for any signs of people living inside or items that they could use for themselves.

"seems that this Mall is of Japan." Athrun stated as he went near what appears to be a book store, the navy haired man picks up a book and slaps away the dust that dirt cover its cover to reveal Japanese words. "every single book here is of Japanese and more." He looks around to the other books in the area and finds that they are all in Japanese language. "are we in an Asian region?"

"probably." Cagalli said as she came near Athrun while carrying plastic bags filled with clothes. "here, I got some clothes for us." She then looks and points to a nearby ruined store that has burned mannequins all around its front. "I got it from the back of the store." She then picks out one of the bags that has a white shirt. "looks like a few managed to survive the ruins of time and such."

"yeah, I guess so." Athrun said as he receives some of the bags from Cagalli.

Changing out of their pilot outfits and into their new clothes, Athrun and Cagalli adopted normal civilian looks. The navy haired teen sported a blue shirt and gray jeans while the blonde wears a red and yellow long sleeved shirt with a brown short sleeved jacket and black jeans.

Afterwards, the two goes around salvaging anymore items that they could get as they went all around the mall.

About two hours later, in a desolated playroom area in the mall. Two tents were set up as Athrun and Cagalli had set it up for the night.

A pot of seasoned stew is boiling on top of an electric stove before the meal was given slices of frozen sausages. A ladle was then inserted into the stew by Cagalli who begins to stir it to heat up the sausages.

With salvaging everything useful in the desolated mall, Athrun and Cagalli made a small living space in the area as they had gathered all the useful things in the playroom.

"You know, this is just like camping." Cagalli said as she stirs the pot a few times before taking a quick taste for a second but then added in a sprinkle of salt. "well, we're camping in a ruined mall and not in a forest as such."

"You'd be surprised how sometimes ZAFT military forces would make bases in ruined cities and such." Athrun said as he is sitting nearby and is in the middle of fixing an old radio with an old tool set he had salvaged. "though I can think of the same for the ORB forces?"

"nah, we don't do that much outer exploration during our military increase." Cagalli said as she turned off the stove and then stirs the ladle in the stew a few more times before taking a quick taste and smiles for the delicious taste. "all we do more is to hold our ground from any invasive forces." She grabbed a pair of cleaned yet old metal bowls and then begins to scoop up and pours the stew into them. "only that."

"is that so?" Athrun asks as he connected two cables in the radio before it turns on after being fixed. "there we go."

"think that there's anything on the news about ZAFT, ORB, and the Earth Federation?" Cagalli asks while giving Athrun one of the bowls of stew.

"let's find out." Athrun said as he received the bowl before changing the radio's frequency.

Lots of static is heard and incomprehensible noises followed after. Athrun tries to locate the right frequency before he finds one which is a broadcast news about Britannia Tokyo Metropolitan area.

"tonight on Britannia news, currently in the rise are terrorist group of the JLF who had caused a power plant explosion and.." the newscast spoke on the radio as Athrun and Cagalli listens.

"seems that this place might either be Japan or Britannia considering on what we are hearing." Cagalli said and Athrun nodded. "still, it doesn't make sense. Where the hell are we and why isn't there any news about Jachin Due and such?"

"I don't know, but it might be important for us to gather information before we make our next move." Athrun said after taking a few bites of the stew and then picks up an old newspaper that reads out 'Britannia forces attacking Japan!' on its front page. "I have a feeling that we're not where we really want to be."

"yeah, I think so too." Cagalli said before she took a bite of her stew but then tenses up when she hears noises nearby which made her hostile in an instant. "Athrun!"

"I heard it!" Athrun hears the noise as he got out his handgun which he had brought on him for emergencies. He wielded the weapon and stood up while pointing at the direction of where the sound had come from. "Who is there!?"

"if you want food, we can share it with you!" Cagalli exclaimed as she put down her bowl and then carried an old metal bat in hand. "But if you want a fight, you got another thing coming!"

Athrun and Cagalli waited for a reply of their possible intruder, the two ready for any movement that may come out of nowhere, but to their surprise; it wasn't something that they should've been hostile about.

"Tori~!" a familiar cry is heard as Athrun and Cagalli made a surprised noise when they see a little green and yellow mechanical bird came flying to them and flaps its wings several times. "Tori~!"

"Tori?!" Athrun and Cagalli looks in surprise to see the mechanical bird as it flew and then perched onto the navy haired teen's shoulder.

"how is Tori here!?" Cagalli went near Athrun who held a finger to the little mechanical bird that twists and turns its head then flaps its wings once to jump onto the extended limb. "wait! If he's here then is Kira too!?"

"I think so." Athrun said as he looks at the mechanical bird which was once his yet he gave it away to his best friend when they were young. "is Kira here, Tori? Is he here with you?"

"Tori~!" Tori replied with its usual cry before it hops on its legs and then flaps its wings twice to jump on Athrun's finger a few times.

"well? Is he here with you or not?" Cagalli asks Tori who just replied with the same action.

"I don't think so, Cagalli." Athrun said while shaking his head. "Tori would've flew away to where Kira is if we had asked him. Since he hasn't…."

Cagalli soon frowns as she looks down before she turns and sits back on her side.

"then….does that mean that we're the only ones here?" Cagalli asks. "are we the only ones who survived Jachin Due?"

"Cagalli, that's not true." Athrun said as he went near the blonde. "just because we can't find Kira, doesn't mean that we are the only ones here." He then gently grasps Cagalli's right shoulder. "we'll find Kira and everyone. I promise you."

"Athrun.." Cagalli looks up to Athrun before she sees Tori who came hopping and now perched onto her left shoulder.

"Tori~!" Tori cried out to Cagalli who looks at the mechanical bird before she smiles while reaching a finger to gently pat the little metal bird's head.

"yeah, I guess so." Cagalli said as she looks back at Athrun with a smile. "we can only hope for the best, can't we?"

"yeah, we can." Athrun nodded with a smile. "definitely.

The two teens with the little mechanical bird now stays in their little camp as they are getting prepared for the night that would be chilly and cold.


Meanwhile at another Ghetto area of Area 11, Aikawa Ghetto. This is another place of the past Japan as it has also been reduced to a dead land like Hidaka.

Nothing is heard as it is night and no one can be found in the area, well with the exception of two giant mobile suits; the Duel Gundam and the CGUE Deep Arms that came bursting out of two large ruined buildings.

The rubble of the two buildings fell and crumbled as the two large mobile suits stood while covered in some small rubble and dust.

"what the hell?" the pilot in the Duel spoke as he is Yzak Joule; an elite pilot of ZAFT and a somewhat friend of Athrun Zala. The large gundam looks around its current environment before it turns its head to look at the CGUE standing beside it. "A CGUE? In this place?" he then looks at his radar and sees that it reads the nearby mobile suit as a friendly because of its signal code. "and this code is.." the Duel then got a bit closer to the ZAFT Mobile suit. "you. Is that you, Shiho? Are you in that mobile suit?"

"Yzak-san? Is that really you?" the pilot of the one eyed mobile suit replied as she is Shiho Hahnenfuss, another ZAFT pilot and a somewhat friend of Yzak. "just why are you here?" the CGUE Deep Arms' mono eye looks side to side and sees the environment of its surroundings. "or rather, why are we here?"

"rather than why, it's supposed to be where." Yzak stated as he is checking his Gundam's communication lines. "I'm not getting any signal from ZAFT or anything. It's like a deadzone here." The Gundam then looks at the CGUE. "how about yours, Shiho?"

"it's no use." Shiho is doing the same as her comrade, the mobile suit's communication systems isn't picking up anything. "I'm not getting anything." She then looks at the Duel. "Yzak-san, just where were you during Jachin Due? I thought you were at area QU12 in the fight against the Earth Federation?"

"I was…or rather were." Yzak said as he recalled the battle of Jachin Due where he sided with the Three Ships alliance and fight alongside them. "the last thing I remember was being near the Archangel and then.."

"and then…?" Shiho asks but was cut off when their radars picked up enemy signals. "enemy!?"

"even in this desolate place?" Yzak growls a bit as he looks at the radar while his Gundam turns towards where the signals are coming from. "They're coming from the northeast! Distance is about 5km and their count is about 10-12! Get ready, Shiho!"

"yes!" Shiho replied as her CGUE Deep Arms' mono eye flashes pink and it readied its Directed Thermal Energy Cannon.

The two mobile suits waited for their enemies to come as they got their weapons readied for a fight, but their hostile tension went down the drain when they see the enemies that came.

"these guys are…." Yzak spoke out as he looks at the main screen a bit closer. "the enemies?"

Before them or rather below them are ten Sutherlands Knightmare units that came and appeared in front of the two large Mobile suits that looks down upon them.

"c-commander! These things are!" one knightmare pilot spoke to the center knightmare pilot who is the leader of the unit. "they're humongous!"

"must be those Terrorists' new weapons that they are trying to perfect against us!" the leader knightmare stated as the Sutherland's face splits open to reveal its Factsphere Sensor that scans the area along with the two mobile suits. "to think that the signals we've picked were from these things!" the leader knightmare then wields its Assault Rifle up. "all units! Pattern 5! Surround them!"

"Yes, sir!" the other Knightmare Pilots complied as their Sutherlands deployed their Landspinner Propulsion system and they speed off to do their pattern of attack.

As this was going on, Yzak and Shiho looks at their small enemies and can't believe how small they area.

"just what are these mobile suits?" Yzak asks. "they're so damn tiny!"

"They are the size of a military tank." Shiho said as she catches a photo of a nearby Sutherland and tries to analyze it. "there's no record in the databanks of these type of mobile suits from any country."

"not even the Naturals have this type of things?" Yzak asks.

"no." Shiho replied while shaking her head.

"you two unknown Knightmare pilots! State your names!" the knightmare units' leader shouted out via speaker in his Sutherland. "are you two in cahoots with the terrorist group in the early day!?"

"Terrorist group?" Shiho sounded very confused. "what does he mean by that?"

"Rude much? Before asking someone's name, you should introduce yourself first!" Yzak retorted to the demand with his own. "you think anyone would be willing to tell their name to someone with no etiquette!?"

"hmph! The blasphemous!" the knightmare leader growls. "we are Britannia's mighty soldiers! The 19th unit in charge of surveillance of this Aikawa Ghetto!"

"Aikawa Ghetto?" Yzak looks very confused as he had never heard of Britannia nor Aikawa nor anything as of now. "just what is this?" he then made a noise when he noticed a private communication signal from the CGUE Deep Arms. "what is it, Shiho?"

"This Britannia they speak about, I don't think it's a part of the alliance of any country." Shiho said as she is reading up the signals from the Sutherlands which are capturing signals from an information network that she can't isolate and capture. "and they are right. We are in Japan."

"what? in Japan? But how?" Yzak said as he can't believe that they are on a nation on Earth when they were in space before the war.

"I don't know." Shiho shakes her head. "but the truth remains that they are not part of the alliance because they don't recognize us as a part of ZAFT."

"that's true." Yzak nodded before hearing some commotion from the Knightmare commander.

"I demand that the two of you to surrender as you have trespassed upon this area 11!" the knightmare commander shouted. "deactivate and exit your giant Knightmares! We shall be taking them from you!"

Hearing the smugness of the Knightmar commander, Yzak growls angrily before he opened the Gundam's speaker unit.

"first off, screw you. Secondly, my name is Yzak Joule of ZAFT. We're not a part of your Britannia or terrorist or anything that you declare of us!" Yzak exclaimed before his Duel's eyes flashes green. "and lastly! This Duel isn't this Knightmare thing you call it!" the Mobile suit then proceeds to swing a kick that hits the Knightmare commander's unit and sends it flying. "It's a mobile suit!"

"aggghhh!" the knightmare commander's Sutherland flew into the air before it crashed into a ruined shop that crumbles down to pieces.

"c-captain!" "why you!" the other units begin to attack as they wielded their Assault Rifles and begins firing at the Duel and CGUE.

"looks like we angered them." Shiho said as she watches the Sutherlands move around in firing their weapons but their fired bullets just bounce off the frame of their Mobile suits. "though, their retaliations aren't that effective against us."

"they are barely giving us any trouble." Yzak said as his Duel lifts up the Strike Shield it is equipped with on its left arm and then proceeds to slam it down upon a nearby Sutherland that gets squashed before it exploded.

"Jacob! How dare you!" one Sutherland threw away its Assault Rifle and then deployed its Elbow-Mounted Stun Tonfas which it swings and hits the Duel's right foot. "eat this!" The weapon hits the frame of the Gundam's feet and discharges its electricity but no damage was given. "w-what!? it didn't work?!"

"It barely gave a scratch." Yzak said before the Duel kicks the little robot away.

"What are these things!? We can't give them a scratch or anything!" "let's try the Slash Harkens! We need to restrain their movements and then use the Chaos mines!" the remaining units began to work together as they moved around the area very fast using their Landspinner.

The Sutherlands moved in pairs of two as each one went and fired their Chest mounted Slash Harkens which propelled and then wraps around the Duel and the CGUE's arms.

"now pull!" one Sutherland pilot shouted as the units began to pull the wires of the Slash Harkens to pull the Mobile suits' limbs away, but their plan didn't work because the Duel and CGUE didn't even move a budge. "w-what!?"

"This is like trying to control little pups." Shiho said as she sees how the Sutherlands tried their best to restrain her mobile suits. "it's almost too pitiful."

"eat this!" two more Sutherlands dashed in as each one wields a grenade in hand before they threw it and the grenade creates a rain of Shrapnels upon the Duel and CGQUE.

"alright!" "this will work!" the remaining Knightmare pilots cried out as they watched the Duel and CGUE get swallowed in the smoke of explosions as the Chaos Mine caused immense damage to anything it hits.

About a minute or two passes as the Chaos Mine's shell fell to the ground while the smoke is left hanging around where the two Mobile suits are at.

"did it work?" a Sutherland pilot asks before he notices that his Knightmare is being pulled by the cable wire of the Slash Harkens. "w-what the!? What is going on!?"

The cables of the Slash Harkens are being pulled as the smoke cleared and revealed the Duel ad CGUE unharmed from any damage.

"b-but how!?" a Sutherland pilot gasps in shock before their Knightmares gets pulled off the ground and into the air.

"sorry, but you guys came attacking us first." Yzak said as his Duel held up the cables of two Sutherlands and the Gundam looks at them one by one. "and since this is a battle. You should be grateful that you can die without pain."

"w-what!?" a Sutherland pilot gasps in shock before he screams when the Duel swings both Sutherlands back and then swings them forward to make them crash into each other and caused them to explode.

Shiho carries up the two Knightmares that are hanging onto her as her CGUE looks at them one by one with its sliding mono eye before it proceeds to grab both units in its arms and then slammed them together to cause them to explode in an instant.

"w-what are these things?!" "they're too powerful!" "r-retreat!" the remaining Sutherlands' pilots sees the death of their comrades as they knew that their knightmares can't win against the two mobile suits and they proceeds to flee.

"where do you think you guys are going?" Yzak asks as he knew that letting their unknown enemy leave, would mean information be given to their superiors about their current whereabouts. "you're not going anywhere." The Duel's eyes flashes green before the Gundam jumps into the air and then came down crashing its two feet down upon two Sutherlands that gets flattened to pieces. Only one Sutherland remains as it fell when the large mobile suit crash landed. Seeing its state, the silver haired pilot could only smirk. "say your prayers."

"aaagghhh!" the last Sutherland pilot screams in fear before the Knightmare gets slapped to the ground by the Duel. The little tank sized robot gets squatted like a mosquito and exploded.

After disposing of their strange enemies, Yzak and Shiho looks in their area for any signs of any more enemies.

"looks like we got ourselves in a very strange situation." Yzak said as his Duel looks to the west and sees a forest nearby. "let's go to that forest for hiding." The Gundam then looks at the CGUE. "we don't know if those guys had called in for backup or not and I doubt our Mobile suits have any power to handle more of them."

"yes." Shiho nodded as she checked her Mobile suit's energy power that is left in its tank. "I'm already down to 54%."

"then save enough energy for the flight." Yzak stated as the Duel went and picked up the remains of one of the Sutherlands in its grasp. "we need to get our mobile suits into hiding and then begin collecting information from this machine." The blue and white Gundam's thrusters engaged with the CGUE as both mobile suits instantly flew straight for the nearby forest. "I want to know where the hell are we and who were those shrimps that tried to attack us."

"yes." Shiho responded with a nod.

Both mobile suits flew away as they head straight for the forest and leaves behind the Aikawa Ghetto along with the smoking remains of the Knightmare units in the dust.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye