[u][b]Naoki POV[/b][/u] [@Dezuel] “Domino Masque!” I heard and immediately my blood froze. Domino? No. This was a locals. What were the chances of someone from years ago being here? “You are the only Zeon weapon here! I didn't join this fight for the money! After all... you are the reason of this! We've met once before... many years ago!" And with that all doubt stopped. Whoever this guy was, he KNEW about Naokis old team Domino. About his previous self. About his previous history as the masked regional fighter “Aznable”. Suddenly the mood of the battle shifted. I wasn’t at locals anymore with my new team and new beginning. I wasn’t fighting a fun battle where I could gather data on my allies. I was somewhere heavier. A battle where emotions were flowing and our senses were heightened as I felt the finger of my gunpla twitch in conjunction with my own. Before I could try to piece together what it meant, I had to side step and parry a hurled Mjolnir hammer to the face, my left shield badly damaged and almost broken in half. I blocked the machine gun fire with my other shield as my I field activated to absorb the blow of a beam cannon. He’s probing. He’s trying to gather info on the Jesta?! I quickly continued my assault of funnels in order to create distance as Charmaine dodged and weaved, revealing a handful of beam weapons that combined into a single large beam. "We'll see about that! Acknowledge my existance! Gundam!" He challenged amongst the beams. I paused for a spilt second, my mind running kilometers a minute. What was he supposed to do? Respond? Ask questions? I didn’t even remember this guy? Though, I didn’t remember a lot about back then. But his voice felt … emotional? Like a kid trying to express themselves. No, what am I thinking? This is a Gunpla battle. If the boy in front of him did know me. If he did have some vendetta against me and was trying to express it, I couldn’t back out. Because Gunpla is a battlefield where we CAN express ourselves. “Gundam?” I ask, “You shout the name of Gundam yet there are none in this duel. Tell me, what does Gundam mean to you?” I charge forward amongst my funnels, the bits moving in tandem with my blade to replicate the Creusherazade accomplishment of a multi beam saber. The lasers running parallel to my beam sabers strikes as the two of us entered saber combat. “You yell about the past but this is our first battle? With that precognitive abilities are you sure YOURE not the new type?” I asked, trying to bring out some response. If he could probe for information. So could I. [u][b]Hachiyama POV[/b][/u] [@Shiyonichi] As I confronted the new gunpla that was escorting Naoki I felt unnerved. Not from its sudden appearance or unique design but its pure power as in just a move of his arm this new machine could stop the swing of my buster sword. “Well, good to seeya. That was a good attack.” Kai?! The voice over the comms had completely caught me off guard. From the information we had I had suspected this to be Riku as he was the only one who had a history of multiple custom machines. I tried to pull out the blade from his grip only to find the sword unmoving under Kais grip. The fact that Kai had a gunpla with this much power was a complete game changer! Beforehand it was arguable that our gunplas were at the same strength, so if I had lost it would be a matter of my own lack of piloting strength. But now. Now I was even less confident as the legendary reaper was now using a heavily customized unit. “Though I got to ask ya, why do ya let yourself be held back? I will say ya have quite a bit of potential, but you’re not being allowed to express that potential to the furthest, are ya?” Expressed potential? Did Kai realise I was using martial arts? Was Kai able to tell just by seeing me fight through a Gunpla once? “If ya did, you’d probably be more dangerous than that moron over there. And Ya probably could have hit me with this.” The fingers of kais gunpla tightened around my Buster Sword, which started to form cracks on the surface of the weapon under the pressure of the gunplas grip. “Held back?” I parroted back. I immediately began releasing particles out of the busters bland, damaging the XCEEDS hand slightly as the blade was pushed out, still cracked and damaged. Inhaling sharply, I flew back and began firing my head GN Vulcans at him in an attempt to create distance, only to see them do little effect. In the moment I remembered Seos orders, ‘Hold back Naokis other escort until Charmaine or I can assist.’. I calmed down a bit as I remembered that the my mission wasn’t to 100% defeat Kai but to stall. Well, if he needed to stall might as well ask what he wanted to ask right? “Kai, your full name .. is Kai Asakura right? As in the Asakura dojo right?” I asked a little nervous on how my opponent would react. “I myself am part of a long standing Dojo. Although not as prominent, the Towa Kendo Dojo has a long history of skilled swordsman who have earned national recognition. And as the current head student of this dojo I’ve decided to show the world the power of the Towa style through Gunpla.” As I said this I activated my gunplas Trans-Am system, turning the painted red into a deep glowing red. “Seo is the one who helped me migrate into gunpla and learn the ins and outs. If he is holding me back he also pushed me forward on this path!” I dashed forward before changing directions, swinging my body beneath and around Kais in an attempt to slash at it from behind. [u][b]Seo POV[/b][/u] [@KenjuGuy] "The best way to deal with these, is getting up close and personal. You wouldnt want to accidentally shoot yourself with those funnels right?!" Said the Shark of team Imagine V as he dashed at me, I smiled amused as Jun bobbed and weaved through blasts from funnels before he smashed apart debris and fired it at me.. Ah he thinks he’s smart, thinking he can avoid funnels in close combat. “Thats good, good thinking. Its always good to think one step ahead in combat, however.” I immediately unfolded both the Alvatores close range arms and the Alvaarons wings. “You’re thinking 3 steps behind in terms of me!” Both arms reached forward as one grabbed and threw the debris back at Jun and the other trying to grab Jun from underneath. At the same time my Alvaaron jumped into the air, aiming its mega particle cannon downwards at him. “Y’know I was prepared to fight Naoki Yukihara, a clever insect who squirms and survives through careful planning and annoying persistence. Compared to that bastard you're easy to read you Dumb Fish!!!!” I yelled in excitement as I was about to destroy the Shark. Previously I had been a bit mirked at the thought of Charmaine destroying Naoki before me, but as I saw the blue gunpla swim through space I had relised this was a a perfect opportunity to shine if you thought about it. Truly I have always been a good gunpla fighter, but in this new era of me I will ascend and solidify my place by defeating this upstart Dobutsu!!! [u][b]Kobayashi POV[/b][/u] [@Double] Amidst the barrage of fire, Myself and Tanka covered Komi as he split off from the group, circling back and heading straight to the other zones to avoid combat. Luckily we probably lost the least firepower as Komi was the weakest in long range battles, according to Seo anyways. Tanaka and I switched places as I boarded the GN Arms, the holograms around me changing to show the new controls. As Tanaka charged forth with Ryuichi, I began fireing pot shots at thew flagship while we closed distance. Before we could truly get close enough, a blast struck the leg of Ryuichis Gunpla, “Where did that come from?!” I immediately expanded the range of my scanner, pointing my sensors in the direction of the attack. After a couple moments I finally locked onto the perpetrator, my camera picking up an extremely blurry image of a golden gunpla. “I don’t remember them having a sniper, did you guys?” I asked my team over comms. As I leveled my scope and activated the long range aiming computer a hologram of a crosshair appeared over my right eye. I fired the first shot and watched as it flew, 150 meters and its still on course, 110 meters, still good. 90 meters. 70 meters. 40 meters. 20 me- damn! The shot began to drift too far upwards, firing and grazing the area around the enemy's shoulder. “The next shot.” I told myself as I began to fire again and again at the distant gunpla. The GN Arms firing its array of cannons in hopes of getting a pot shot. [u][b]With Blade and Ryuichi[/b][/u] [@Blade17][@Renny] As Blade closed in on Ryuichi, the Baelstorm was only barely able to dodge the beam saber strike to the head, the Snow Whites beam saber slicing through the left horn and eye of the Baelstorm before Ryuichi was able to create distance. Now the two stand against each other. The Snow White missing a handful of funnels while the Baelstorm completely lost its left eye camera. A feather missing angel vs a one eyes demon. [u][b]Komi POV[/b][/u] It felt wrong leaving the team, should I go back? I know there was only one enemy and the flag ship but maybe their defenses are stronger than we think. Maybe I should meet up with Seo … no that’d end badly. I’ll just go to Zone B as ordered. I quickly accelerated as I entered the colony, following the radar to where Zone B should be in this huge colony.