66First let me say sorry about the wait, it has been over a month since Gundam Agito Seed ended and if you do not know what that is, I strongly advise you to go read it before you read this story.
As I said before sorry about the wait and let's get right to it.
Prologue
"Hey! I'm totally an adult! I bitch and whine, lie through my teeth, and do things that are unfair." Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru)
"Lacus I chose to walk this path and walk it to the end."
Those were the last words I said to Lacus Clyne, it was my way to say that it would all be alright.
I had never seen her panic like that, but I guess it did fit her, as in the girl who was about to lose a person who was close to them, not the Lacus Clyne, the big good of the 3 Ship Alliance.
The days that I spent with them, those days will be with me for all time.
Even if I forget that it was real, I will be able to hear the sound of our laughter. It is that which will allow me to know that it was real.
As I now face down the GENESIS Cannon, I hold no fear.
Kira will have to deal with Rau Le Creuset, but I don't mind, I know that he will able to do so.
I am not sure if he will kill the man though.
Nah it don't matter, for I have no trace of hesitation in my eyes, no doubt in my mind, I will win this fight, I shall shake the world with the awe and the might of the MS Agito Zero.
I am not who I was when I was 19, I am not who I was just a bit over a handful of months ago.
Am I stronger now or as weak as back then, until I know I will not stop, I will press on no matter what is ahead.
I have only one match but I can make an explosion.
I fired my Twin Buster Rifle Beam Cannon and my High Mega Cannon.
I can feel taken even in the 'Awaken Mode', it will not be enough.
As I see it now slowly coming to me, I let instinct take over reason, if I had to die, I'd rather die as who I really am inside.
"Just watch me, I'm going to live right to the bitter end!" I engage my thrusters and with all guns still firing charge.
I know no one can hear me, there is to much BS in the area close to be let them, but that does not stop me.
"I'll live the hard life of a Gundam Pilot, until we meet again my friends!"
It is as I yell this I am certain I collided with the blast, but I have no idea just what it did.
I do not scream or puff up and explode like all those in the show did, no in fact I see a light green light around.
It looks like what the MS Unicorn used near the end of his own show.
And then just like it came, it vanished and so did I, swallowed into a pit of pure darkness I closed my eyes as I felt my MS get tossed around.
Am I, am I dead or do I just think that I am dead, it is hard to tell at this point.
But oddly I do not feel in any way shape or form sad about it.
I give a smile with my eyes closed as I say "Well if this is death at least I was able to do one good thing."
My eyes open, I am, I am alive?
I feel pain shoot through all of my body, yes I have to alive, this pain is all to real, that or I am in hell.
No fires, check, no demons, check, no ghosts of those who I killed come to mock me, check, now all that I need to know is why no one has come to pick me up.
I need to know what is going on, but first there is one thing that I need to know above all others.
"Agito Zero, do you still function, can you move?"
The entire cockpit began to glow as if to reply to me, yet it does function.
"If you can, run a damage report for me on all systems, I need to know what we've got left."
Windows of reports began now to flood the screen, all of me showed that the MS Agito Zero was still in very good shape, though how the heck it was so, don't ask me.
"Get me a scan of the nearby space, where the hell our the 3 ships, don't tell me, they just left me floating out here?"
My MS, was able to read my mind or more like it was able to see that I was a bit distressed about that so it gave me the scan as quickly as it could, the results were to say the very least, well shocking.
"Wait what do you mean, there's nothing there, there has to be, no wreck of Jachin Due, no EA fleet wrecks, no 3 ships, what do you mean the entire area near us is empty?"
I was now able to see that it was all just as the MS Agito Zero said, the entire void of space in front of me is well empty, so I must really be in hell for all my many sins?
It is at this point I feel the my entire body is still in pain and I recall that I am not in a space suit, might have been a good idea to wear one, in that last fight?"
I can see it, I can see the Earth behind me, well I can see it on my front view on one of the many screens I have, but it is actually behind me.
As I look at it I feel a slight twist in my gut, it make me feels sick, It also reminds me of the fact that I have not eaten in a while so, I am quite hungry to say the least.
But I now give a blink as I look at my hand that was holding my stomach, the black of the jacket, it has greyed a little, but that is not what has caught my eye, no what did catch my eye was the fact that my skin, it is lacking in Vitamin D, I mean my skin, my tanned skin is well a shade greyer than it was when I last saw it.
"Okay I know this might be a dumb thing to ask, but Agito Zero, do you have any idea what the hell has happened to me, my skin is on the first steps of the degradation from Crisis Core and I am sure that the rest of my body has suffered this sightly as well."
My MS, does as I ask, but the answers it gives me, not all of it makes sense.
"So, in short, the radiation from GENESIS was meant to kill me, but you the Agito Zero had a way to stop that and now my body is filled with GN particles, that act as sustenance as well as a cure for this high levels of radiation that I took in."
Yeah, if I had not just been through Gundam SEED, I may not have been able to believe this.
"So how long have I been up here for?"
In reply to that a screen shows the amount of time that has passed since I, to make a long story shot, took GENESIS Cannon blast to the face.
What I read on the screen does not impress me, one bit at all.
"So what, I've been out for like 14 hours, shit that is a long time, no wonder why I am hungry, damn I do need to use the loo as well."
I get a sick feeling, that this is not the Cosmic Era.
"I am not sure about this, Agito Zero, I want you to scan any and everything you can, bring me up to speed with the world we are in."
It is just as it is about to do this I add on "And for the Mercy of God, only give me things that are like major events, like world changing and all."
I am pretty sure had I not said that, my suit would have gleefully given me all the data on the planet.
Or it may not have, it is an ever growing AI, thank the lord I based it of my thought patterns and not any fictional character.
If I had not, I may be in a bit of trouble if not a shit load.
It is at this point the I see a word cross the screen that makes my blood freeze.
Well to say that it is a word would be unfair, it is a place, a place that I have only seen as a ruin in an anime to be precise.
I now say the name to confirm it to myself in mind, body and soul. "Laplace."
If this was a prank, it was working, if not, it meant that I was in the Universal Century or the U.C.
I now swear in the name of a being that only existed in a game "By the light of the Vermillion Bird, am I in the U.C time line?"
Well I had to be or I was in the middle of a prank, but the MS Agito Zero did not inherit my pranks from me, well at least not yet and not ever if I may dare to hope.
"At least I know the sides in U.C, so first thing to do is to locate where the hell I am and how far is it to the next place to eat, sleep and shit."
I slip up and swear, it has been a very long day even though I just woke up and I can feel the hunger pains slowly coming to me.
It is like the tide, it does not go from low to high in seconds, it is a gradual build up.
This one was very slow and it did not help that I had been out for like 14 hours.
I now see where on the map of the Earth Sphere I am and I see that I am close to a place called Industrial 7.
I now say the name "Industrial 7, we do I get the feeling that I should know that name?"
It takes about a 10 second delay as my brain computes all that data it has and pulls up that which is relevant to me at this time.
At first all I do is blink, it is about all I can do, due to the fact that well, fuck it's Industrial 7.
All that time in the Cosmic Era must have made be forget about the U.C or at least places in the U.C timeline.
I now say "Agito Zero, get me the year so I can at least check if I am in the anime or if I am well, in a bit of a time skip."
It does just that and I now see to my dismay as well as a tad of joy that I am in the year UC 0096, the exact year.
"Fuck, first SEED and now this, why can't I go to Wing or ZZ or even Code Geass, why?"
I take in a deep breath, I must remember that I am a Newtype of a sort and that if I do fall into despair I may be in for 7 years of hell before I get out.
"Well what can I do, guess we will have to go to Industrial 7, I do need to eat and sleep and take a leak and all."
I freeze up at the last part, the last time I needed to take a leak I had to go on board the Archangel, so what is it this time?
I shake my head as I clear my thoughts "There is no use in it, Que sera, let be what be, I still have that Agito Zero so I am far from helpless."
It was at this I heard a noise and sad fact was I knew that if it was not a prank pulled by the MS Agito Zero, I was in trouble.
"Puru, puru puru, this is one nice mobile suit, puru puru puru!"
I close my eyes and say said in my mind "Please let that just be a voice in my head."
To my horror I hear the voice "Hey I am not a voice in your head, you big old meanie!"
The words I said next, came out of my mouth before I had time to think.
"I think you're in the wrong MS kid, do I look like I am a junk dealer to you?"
In reply to that I got "Well yes, puru puru puru!"
The little ghost girl began to float up and down my cockpit as she said "Look at all this space, wow you can even use motion stuff to move this mobile suit."
I did not have the heart to tell her to get the fuck out of my MS.
I now open my eyes as I say "Elpeo Puru, are we having fun yet?"
In my head I realise that I say we instead of you, go figure, I am sure that is going to bite me in the ass soon.
As if she knew the reply to that the ghost of Elpeo Puru said to me "The time of my life!"
She now did loops around the cockpit, I am not sure that I could ever look at Final Fantasy VII Advent Children the same way ever again."
As if she knew my thoughts, which I am sure that she did, I hear her say "Aww, don't be sad, I did not mean to make you sad, I'm sorry."
The eyes the little ghost girl made at me were a little too cute to handle so I said "Yeah, it is alright, guess it is my fault, in a way, just stop making those puppy dog eyes at me, I can't hug you since you're a ghost you know."
In reply to that she said "You can hug me, it will just be well it little different."
I shoot here you serious look as I say "I think I'll pass on that one Puru, I think I have a few things to do, like eat sleep and you the loo.
It was at this point she leaps now right in front of my face and asked "Question, how did you know my name?"
In reply to that I give her a shrug "I am sure that you can figure that out."
So there are some things she is unable to read of me huh, guess I will have to watch where I step.
Her ghost face gives a pout as she says "It is hard to read you, there is a lot of sadness in you, you know, it is not good at all."
In reply to that I say to her "My skins looks a bit grey, why would I not be sad?"
She does not buy it and says to me "I am not stupid, you are sad like you lost a friend or friends or a family member."
I give a sigh as I say "Perhaps it is 1 of the 3 perhaps it is none, perhaps it is all."
In reply to that she said to me "Well that does it, I'm going to hang around you till you are no longer Mr sad face, puru puru puru."
In reply to that I did the same thing I did to Mr Pink the Haro of Lacus Clyne.
"Well that is great, lets go puru, puru, puru."
It had the desired effect because Elpeo Puru was now silent, if it was out of shock or not, I do not know.
If her mind works the same way that the Haro's programming worked, I may have just found the solution for when she gets a tad bit annoying.
But alas it is not so, for she is not a Haro and she is in fact the ghost of a young girl, who was quite the pilot and Newtype.
I guess I will have to be on guard when I am around them, I can't let slip some things I know, it will not be good if they learnt they were a form of entertainment for people in a far off world.
Now that you mention it, there may be a world that I am just a character in a story, nah that don't matter.
"Wow, you said puru, just like me, puru puru puru, we are going to be the best friends in fact you can be my big brother Anthony Hit-?"
She gave a pause as she now said "That is not it, what was it now, a that is it, your name is Xavier, Xavier Foster!"
I give a blink now, it is my turn to be in shock as how the hell did she know my name, my real name, sure I do use the name Anthony and it is the name that all my close friends call me, which I adopted as my stage name.
But how did this little girl get my real name, did I have it in my cockpit, did she read the data in the Agito Zero or did she sync with me and I did not notice it or I did and had no idea what was going on.
I guess this is my first taste of the difference between UC and CE, here it is almost as if it is a Newtype bargain sale, back there I was one of the few who was.
In a way though I am loath to say it, it was good that she was able to get my name, it means that I will have to be extra careful when I am around Newtypes.
I am glad it was her and not a person like Haman or any other powerful Newtype, I may have been in for a nasty shock if I was not ready for it.
It is at this point I recall that the NTD mode stood for Newtype Destroyer Mode, so as long as I used it, I may be able to avoid any real Newtype battles, I may not be able to do that.
I now look to Puru and say to her "Well Puru, lets get going."
She beams at me as she say "Adventure away puru puru!"
6 weeks later
Anthony had done his best to blend in with the place, fact was he had got a freaking MS into a colony and no one was able to notice it, yet.
Had it not been for the fact that he really needed to eat as well as bathe and use the loo, he would have chosen to go to any place other than Industrial 7.
But fact was it had been the closest to him at the time and now he was stuck here for the past 6 weeks.
It was easy to get into the colony, fact was like any UC colony getting in was not the problem, it was getting out that was.
It was not hard, thanks to the MS Agito Zero and the Zero System he was able to create a new identity for himself as well as create funds to live off.
It had been peaceful, till he picked up a certain ship that was now going to dock with Industrial 7.
The arrival of that ship meant that things were about to go down and like last time he was in the middle of it.
Well last time he was off to the side and chose to get into the centre and cause a bit of chaos.
This time he was stuck in the middle and had no way to get out unless he left the MS Agito Zero and moved on. But the MS Agito Zero was now his home and he was not going to leave it and just run off to live a normal life.
He did not say it openly but the 1st Bloody Valentine had changed him, he had spent to long in his MS than was healthy.
More to the point he had slept in it for most of a war, now he was almost unable to go to sleep if he was not inside it, it was like an addiction or rather it was what kept PTSD bay.
Each night that he slept in it, the feeling of his first kill, a shot that had taken 81 lives instead of just 1 was drowned out by the hum of the MS Agito Zero.
It was not that he could not go and sleep out of it, he could but the visions of past sins would appear or rather they just became all the more visible for they were always there.
The loss of Nicol Almafi and his father, the loss of Siegel Clyne and Lord Uzumi, he did not show back then, but all of their deaths weighed down upon his soul.
Nicol he had saved only for the pilot to be killed by those under orders from a mad man.
Siegel Clyne, despite all that Anthony had done to make sure he and Lacus were not to blame for the release of the MS Freedom, the man had died any way.
Those were to good men they had lost, they had not been the actions of Anthony directly but he felt as if it was his fault they died.
The same could be said of Lord Uzumi, he could had made the man leave ORB, but he chose not to.
The Lion of ORB had chosen his final resting place, it is said that the Lion in old age will always go down trying to defend his pride.
Lord Uzumi was the old male Lion and ORB was his pride. But the death of Nicol's father, that did way on Anthony much more than the others did.
That man had died due to a speech that Yzak Joule had made at the behest of Anthony and Lacus.
That is why his death was the one that pained Anthony the most.
He did not wish to become part of a conflict that he had no stake in, that he was not a part of.
But deep down, he knew all to well that he would fight as it was in his blood now to.
That and he had to for he felt the eyes of the dead now on his back watching his every move.
Sure Puru was there and kept him coming, but it was not her gaze that made him act.
A character in a game had once said "A visible darkness does not frighten me."
It did not for the one who said it, did not fear the enemy he had to face in battle, but the enemy within.
It was the eyes of those he could not see, the ones he knew were there but not visible to the eye.
It was among these eyes was the pair that belonged to Ayu, though he did hope in his heart she was in heaven looking down on him from above.
It was during this 6th week that he knew the peace he had, the lie that he was living was going to come to an end and he had to be ready for it.
On that faithful day it was the words of one who might as well as been his surrogate brother that spurred him to act.
"You are who you are, you have to do what you can."
Many would be the souls who were slain this day, most of them would be killed due to MS.
The Faithful Moment
Anthony now saw the young couple in the crowd it was not hard to pick them out for Mineva wore a purple coat like dress that made her stand out.
Banagher on the other hand did not stand out too much, but then again, he did in his own way.
Anthony did not walk towards them, he knew it would be better if he just stayed close to them, but did not go out in the open until it was truly required of him.
Until that time came, he was just part of the background like most of the generic people that were part of this place.
Anthony on the other hand did not stand out much any more, his first order of business was to get new clothes for himself, though he did keep his faded Class Zero Uniform in the MS Agito Zero.
He had seen some of the students go on their day to day business at the academy.
Fact was he was known or at least was supposed to be a worker there.
Due to being a Newtype the youth had been drawn to Anthony over the weeks he had managed to befriend him.
No Anthony did not befriend Banagher, Banagher was the one to reach out and befriend Anthony.
The youth did not know how much the word friend meant to Anthony, nor what he would do and what he had done for his friends, after all no one here knew of what he had done it was not the Comsic Era after all.
Banagher now saw Anthony amidst the crowd and told the girl he was with to come with him, as he did this he put his hand up in the air and waved.
"Hey Hitoro it's me, over here?" There was no need for him to turn to see the pair, he was already watching them.
He gave a blink as he did not expect Banagher to do this, but fact was that the youth had, it was not in his plan to go with them, but he had to change that now.
Anthony now said back to them "You should be in class kid, what the hell are you doing out here?"
In reply to that Banagher said "Sorry I am not sure if I can tell you that, but I need some help."
The youth then went on to say "Sorry I wish I could tell you but we are running out of time, can you come with us, don't ask what it is about just pretend that we are going to go on the factory tour."
In reply to the youth Anthony said "Done, I wanted to see the Runaway Princess, but heck it."
This caused the Zabi to almost flinch until she saw in her side view that there was a movie called the Runaway Princess showing in the theatre.
So the princess was able to relax her guard for a time, but she was no fool and she knew that some things were not just happen stance.
For his part, Anthony's face was void of all emotion, she was a Zabi, she was with Haman Karn for a while so it was more than likely she could have been influenced by the woman.
It was not known to many, but Anthony was well aware of Char's deleted affair, after he had read it, he wished that he had not, it was one of the darker UC stories.
It is a shame that her older sister died as well as her father, but to turn on her care taker and surrogate older sister Natalie Bianchi and have her killed that was sick.
Not to mention that she also turned on her younger sister who had to flee to Earth in order to survive.
As they walked Anthony chose to say "It has been a while your since I last saw you, in a way you kind of dropped of the radar?"
This was directed to Mineva who was not ready for such a question, in fact it was a direct reference to her vanishing at the end of the Gryps Conflict.
She chose to wait and see if that was indeed direct, it was the 2nd time he had made a reference to her, yet did not openly say it.
She was able to breathe a sigh of relief as Banagher said "Yeah sorry about that it has been a few days, I guess I was too caught up in all that was going on, sorry sir."
Anthony gave him a nod as he said "As long as you drop by every now and again it will be fine, where are the 2 of you headed?"
In reply to that Banagher said openly "She has to meet some one and we need to find a person high up in the Vist foundation."
In reply to that Anthony said "It sounds like you got your hands full, don't worry bro code I won't ask any more of you."
He then went on to say "It is said we can get there via the factory way, what do you think?"
In reply to that Banagher said "I think that is a good idea, I was going to suggest we sneak in while they give a tour of the factory."
At this point Anthony gave him a smile as he said "Smart, but if there is one thing I know it is that there will be able who are ready to stop us, we will need to be wary of any and everyone we see."
The 3 of them now made their way to one of the elevators that could take them to up the frame that was being built.
As they now went up Mineva heard the man who Banagher called Hitoro say "It is kind of say to see a place like this, people are all to willing to jump on a train that is not finished, just like this place, people don't even have the patience to wait 10 minutes so, I guess that it is a bit much to ask people to wait years."
She now chose to ask "What is it that you do here?"
In reply to that Anthony said "Think of it this way, I chose not to ask you who you were, why you are here, who you need to see, all I wished to know was where we were going, try not to pry into my life."
It was at this point in reply she said to him "My apologies I did not mean to be rude or to pry, you just don't strike me as the type who works in a factory?"
Anthony then said "It is quite alright."
It was at this point his eyes narrowed as he said "Heads up, expect a bit of company when we reach the next stop got that?"
Anthony's POV
As we now reach the next level I can see them, I can see 3 people, two men and one woman.
The large man on the right of the woman had to be Alec, the woman was Puru Twelve though she went by the name of Marida Cruz.
The last guy was just a mook who I had no recollection of having a name, not that it mattered.
I notice it is as soon as the elevator came to a stop Mineva now said "Marida?"
The woman in question turns to look at me an Banagher her glare is cold and hard like that of the veteran soldier she is.
It also has a no nonsense look to it, in my peripheral vision I see that she did scare Banagher who takes a step back.
I on the other hand do not and just smile as I look her in the eyes, she is not use to this, but tries to ignore it.
She now turns her head to look at Mineva and said "Lets go back, you have your position to consider."
Her tone is calm as she clearly at this points is trying to resolve this with words rather than actions, it is good of her to do so rather than try to take her by force from the get go.
I almost close my eyes and as I hear the Zabi say "If you understood my position, you'd know I can't do that."
Marida's eyes open a little more in shock and then she said "I know what you're trying is futile?"
I do not interject when Mineva says "We can't handle Laplace's box right now, whatever it is, it will simply be used by Full Frontal to start a meaningless war, which will bring nothing but more suffering, you understand that don't you?"
I see now that Marida's face goes back to what it was when I first saw her.
That look of I don't care, I just get my shit done face.
In reply to the princess, Marida says "I don't I understand that I have orders to follow."
Before Mineva can say her peace I say "It is clear to me that this is not going to be resolved with dialogue."
I now draw my book and hold it out in my hand as if to bar the way to Mineva as I say "If you want to fight me step forth."
I can see that Banagher is fiddling with his Haro, a fucking Haro, if only it was Saji's Haro from 00 these guys would be in for a world of hurt then.
But they are in for it anyway, I am sure that they are not going to take me seriously.
It is also clear to me as they now step forth that they do not have time to deal with BS and trash talk, well I guess it is time to kick some as.
Before I leap at them I say "Class Zero commencing manoeuvres!"
I spring into action at speeds that even I am unaware that I was able to reach, I closed the gap in no time and was upon the first 2.
It was the closed spine of my book caught the mook that I had no idea the name of on the nose.
I felt his nose shatter under my blow, I kind of feel bad for him, actually I don't I just say that I do, I don't care at this point for their feelings at all really.
I now slam my foot into the back of Alec's leg causing the large man to bend down in pain, it is as he does this, that I bring my book down on his temple knocking him out cold.
With her 2 allies down I turn to look at the last one left, Marida.
Closing my book and turning to face her, I can see that she is in shock for she did not try to attack me while, I was taking her fellows on.
I give a polite smile as I say "And then there was one."
She does not reply at first, she now just stares into my eyes as if she is trying to find out who I am.
Nice try Cyber Newtype, but you'll have to do better than just feel who I am.
"I suggest that you take your fellows and get back to your ship the Garencieres, I spared them from my wrath but I won't do so again."
Her eyes now narrow as I feel her getting ready to attack if need be or defend if I attack her.
"And just who are you, that uniform of yours is faded and clearly has been worn many times, who are you and who do you work for?"
In reply to that I say "This uniform is a memento to who I once was and those I was friend with as for who I work for, I do not work for any one and who am I, well I'll leave the up to you."
I now narrow my eyes at her as I say "Leave now and I will not harm you, cross me and you will regret it."
She does not heed my warning, I guess for her there are her Master's orders and then everything else.
I now raise the book up as I say '"So be it."
It is after I say this she makes a sudden lunge for me, it is not going to be an easy fight, time to test the gap of Cyber Newtpe to Coordinator.
Mineva POV
At first I thought there was no possible way for this young man to take down Marida, but it was all over in a flash, a flash that I found I closed my eyes due to a sharp pain in my head.
But when I opened my eye, Marida was on her back with his foot upon her neck.
I do not know what he did, but he is not normal and he could not just be here by chance.
I know that Marida is not normal, I know that she has powers that normal people can't compete with and her strength is on a whole other level.
But right now I can see from the vaguest hints with the man's eyes that he has taken on foes like her before and come out on top.
He was not going to kill her, his eyes told me that he had no intention of killing her, but I chose to speak up to him "Let her go, you have shown that she is not able to match you."
His reply it almost makes me freeze up as he says "As you wish Princess, I will let her be for now, but tomorrow is another day."
He is true to his word and takes his foot off of her neck and said to them "Take your friends and leave, I have no desire to do you harm."
I am not sure if he truly means this, he is able to hide his intent well, almost as if he was trained to do it.
I am not sure why he is here, but he is not her by accident and no normal person can pull off a feat like that, just who is this Hitoro character?
The pain I felt before, it was harsh as if my mind got stabbed by a knife, just what did he do just now to all of us here?
"Marida do as he says I cannot say that he will not kill you if you do not turn back now."In reply to that I hear the words of a man whose hand has bee forced and the memory of it is still fresh in his mind.
"I will not kill her, I do not kill people over things like this, but like I said before tomorrow is another day."
There was a shift in his voice and if I was not sure if I had seen it before I was now.
His eyes, they flashed red when he said this, I can see that Marida saw it as well.
This man was not normal not by a long shot.
Eyes that flash red, I have not heard of such a man in any part of history, I am unsure if he is aware that his eyes flashed red.
Also now as I look at him I can see that his skin, it looks more grey than it should, how does one get their skin, hair and clothes to look a shade greyer than normal.
It is another thing about this man, that is cause for concern, who is he, how did he get here, what has he done and what has been done to him?
Also does he know who I am, if that is so, how does he know?
I can't help but feel that he is aware of who I am, though how he is aware I am unsure.
At this point in time all I can say truly, is that I have to watch where I step so long as he is here.
I am not sure if I can ask him who he is or even if he told me who he was, I am unsure if I would know the name or group.
I see Marida now takes a step back from this Hitoro and gives a frown as she says "Return to us, what you are trying to do is futile."
Before I can reply, Hitoro does it for me, but in words I did not expect him to say "That is all a matter of perspective, the world is filled with limitless possibility, the only catch is that it is up to us how we decided to use it."
I can clearly tell that Marida does not understand a word that he has said and he confirms for me that she has not.
"I can see that what I just said it above what you can understand a pity, but I know that you do understand that I will not let you pass, this young lady is going to go and do what she came here to do, I do not know what that is and I do not care."
He gave a pause now before he said "What I do care about is the fact that you seek to stop her and are willing to use force if you deem fit, I am not sure what your intent for her is or what will happen to her, but if she does not wish to go with you, then I will stand in your way."
I am not sure what to say in regards to that, his voice, it told me that he is no stranger to politics or at least knows who to talk that way.
His capability in battle is what intrigues me though, where did he learn to fight, I am not sure he knows but he just took down a Cyber Newtype I will have to ask him who he really is.
Marida's POV
When I stare at this man there is a sick feeling in my body, face it is so calm even when his eyes flashed red, his face did not move to show any emotion.
His eyes as well, they were green one moment and in a flash of red then now became red.
I have never seen anything like it, the pain I felt in my head, did he do it, he had to have done it for he was able to get the drop on me because of it.
Looking at him now, it fills my mind with a sense of dread, he may look young but he is not, the way he speaks and fights confirms that for me.
There is no way I can get to the Princess as long as he stands in my way, but orders are orders.
"I will not back down, I understand that my orders are to bring her back to the ship, I will do so even if it means I have to fight you again."
I narrow my eyes as I say this only for a head splitting pain to ring inside my head.
My hands go to the sides of my head and grab on to them, I am not sure what that is going to do, but at this point the pain is all I can think about.
It is growing ever so louder and louder.
I close my yes and grit my teeth as I do my best to hold in a scream, I can feel my eyes watering up and blood running down my nose now as I collapse to my knees.
But then all of a sudden it stops and now open my eyes to see that I am moving down while they are no longer here.
Normal POV
Mineva now asked "Just what, just who are you."
In reply to her he turned to face her as he said "I was called Anthony Hitoro by many, you may use that name for me as well."
She clearly did not like that answer so she said "No who are you, who are you really?"
In reply to her he said "As I said you may call me Anthony Hitoro nothing more nothing less."
At this point Banagher saw that he should at least speak up so he did.
"Hey he is a friend and if you did not notice, he just beat those guys up to protect you, do you really have to know who he is?"
In reply to Banagher she said "It is not that I am ungrateful, it is just that no one is that skilled and just happens to be in a place by coincidence."
She heard the man in question give a sigh as he now said "You should learn to relax a bit, it is important to ease up after an event like that, it is not healthy to be on edge all the time."
Banagher now said "If I did not say it before, my name is Banagher, Banagher Links."
Her disposition seemed to soften as she now said "I know your pet called out your name after we crashed."
It was after she said this the Haro in question said "Banagher, go Banagher go Banagher."
She now said to him "And I'm, my name is Audrey, Audrey Burne."
Banagher at this point held out his Haro and said "This is Haro he is a-!"
Anthony cut him off by saying "We should get a move on, you do know we we all be in trouble if we are caught in this area right?"
Audrey was still unsure of him, but he did have a point so she said "Yes we should, I most apologies for what I said, I had no right to ask you anything especially after what you just did Mr Hitoro."
In reply to that Anthony said "It's all water under the bridge, let be what be, just call me Hitoro."
He took in a deep breath as he said "No it is too late, Vist is now aware that we are here, me must hasten if we are to get to this place you want to go to."
Audrey at this point had to ask "Wait just how do you know that?"
In reply to her, he said "Think of it this way, a place like this that is vital to the colony should have some form of security, say what you like, they know we are here, but we should have some time still."
As the 3 of them now walked on Audrey asked "Why would we have time if the already know that we are here?
In reply to that Anthony said "It is usually like that, they will need to get the directive of a person who is high up to take us in, it will take some time to get to said person as well as for them to get to us."
She now heard him say"But as it stands to get in to their base will not be easy, unless you are expected."
It was at this point that Banagher had to go and say "Say what is it that you did in any case Hitoro, don't say you're a Digimon, you're just as much flesh and blood and human as I am."
Audrey gave a blink now as Anthony gave Banagher "Fuck you kid I am a Digimon, that is short for Digital Monster, I'm from the Digital World."
Audrey did not expect the man who just took down Marida to be childish at all, had she been wrong about him so far?
At this point she heard the laugh of a young girl, but when she looked around there was no one other than the 3 of them to be seen.
"Do you think that they have come back Audrey, oh by the way Hitoro, how did you know that they would be up there?"
In reply to that Anthony said "I think it was more of a gut feeling, that and I was pretty sure that level had to have a few workers on it, so when I saw none up there, it was a tad out of place."
Audrey at this point said "You are able to maintain a level of caution to that extent, it is not a feat that I can say many are able to do."
He corrected her by saying "It is not a feat many try to do or rather when they do try, they go about it the wrong way."
It was a test, a test to see if he was able to switch from being childish to being serious and fact was he was able to.
Audrey still had no idea who he was, but as it was now, this man was able to act both childish and serious if he wished to do so.
To her it meant that he had used that childish answer to avoid the real one, it was a good tactic, if it was a tactic at all.
Fact was she knew at some point she had to find out just who he was and why he was here, but it was not yet time.
With Cardeas Vist
Cardeas Vist had been looking at the key to the Laplace Box, what the Vist Foundation was about to do may very well shake the world to its core.
It was as he was staring at the key that his secretary and bodyguard Gael Chan came to him.
He now said "Sir, we picked up something on Lift 2's surveillance camera."
He handed him 2 slim video pads, on the 1st of the 2, he saw a girl he did not expect to see.
His eyes widened in shock as he said "What is she doing there."
In reply to this Gael said "I received a report that earlier this morning that someone sneaked into the service route to the artificial sun, but I never would have imagined?"
Cardeas Vist now gave a sidewards glance to his bald body guard as he said "Have you heard anything from the Sleeves."
Gael shook his head as he said "No we have not."
Cardeas gave a slow nod as he said "Then she is acting on her own."
Gael at this point looked up to the key and said "This may interfere with with the box's delivery."
Gael then chose to add "I still believe as head of the Vist Foundation, your meeting with the Sleeves in person is ill advised."
Cardeas just took a look at the 2nd data pad, as he did this he was shocked by whom he saw.
Gael noticed this, but he did not act upon it as Cardeas said "And what do you have on this boy she's with?"
In reply to that Gael said "Ah yes sir, he was with her, he looks a little young to be a body guard."
Cardeas did not let his shock stop him from seeing the 3rd figure, but for some reason this 3rd was obscured.
Well just the face really, it seemed as if the figure had something around his eyes that did this.
"So this 3rd figure, it is a young man, that I can tell, do we have any data on him?"
Cardeas asked Gael this as he turned to him, if a person could do this to a camera, what was it they were using to do it.
Gael shook his head "No we have nothing on him, not a face, not a name or alias, it is as if the man does not even exist."
It was at this point Cardeas said "He is in a uniform of sorts, it is worn and worn well, can you trace it?"
Gael shook his head "There is no match in our data banks for it at all, for all we know it might just be a costume."
In reply to that Cardeas said "About 6 weeks ago, we found a ghost ship in our hangar, he may very well be from that ghost ship."
Gael now said "Sir, should I have them taken into custody?"
With a shake of his head Cardeas said "No, it is best if we let the 3 of them come to us, it is best if we try to be as benevolent as possible."
Gael gave a nod as he said "Very well sir."
With Marida
She was inside a car with her two associates and was now giving a report to her captain on what had just go down.
"We managed to locate her Master, but she refused to come."
The reply was "I guess it might have gotten rough, but from the way you're speaking it sounds as if she got away."
Marida gave a pause before she said "Yes she did, she was not on here own, there was a boy and there was one who looked like a boy."
Her captain on the other end now asked "Is it safe to say, the one who looked like he was a boy was in fact a man?"
Marida gave a nod as she now said "Yes that is true, he was able to take down Alec and myself."
Her Captain now asked her "Was he from the Vist Foundation?"
Marida in reply to that said "No, if he was he did not say he was, he did wear a worn out uniform, but I was unable to recognise it."
She now chose to add on "The failing is with me and me alone, I did not anticipate any threat from him until it was too late."
In reply to her what she just said, her captain told her "No it is not, you did your best and fact is that you came out alive."
She closed her eyes at this as she cleaned her fist "I understand, I will report back to the ship and await further orders."
With Anthony, Mineva and Banagher
The 3 of them were now at the door to the mansion and when Banagher knocked on it no one came to it.
It was at this point that Audrey said "Perhaps there is no one home?"
With a shake of his head Anthony said "No it is open go on give it a push and you will see what I mean."
Banagher did just that and Audrey looked in shock as he entered the house, she then said "Banagher!"
As if to call out a warning to him, she noticed that Anthony had not gone inside, he was waiting for her to do so.
She gave him a reluctant nod as she now entered saying "Please do excuse us."
Anthony went in right behind her and the three of them began to climb the stairs that lead up.
Opening yet another door Audrey said to him "Banagher you can't just-!"
She stopped herslef as she now looked around at the art that was in the room, to a point the images that were at eye level, that Banagher was standing in front of.
She too now chose to walk closer to it as she said "A Unicorn?"
Banagher now looked at the writing on top of it and he said "To my only desire."
Audrey gave a blink as she said "You can read all of that."
In reply to her, Banagher said "I remember this, I've seen this before?"
His voice was not sure if he had, but he knew he had seen it.
Anthony on the other hand was standing with his back to the wall next to the door.
He knew what was going to go on next, he had seen it and he knew when he was going to make his exit as to boot.
A calm voice said "Interested in that painting."
The 2 youths turned to see Cardeas Vist in person now entering the room, the two of them did not notice how the man walked right past Anthony as if he was not even there.
Cardeas Vist now went on to say "It is a tapestry people believe was created in France before the Middle Era and it is no replica, my predecessor went through a great deal to trouble to acquire it, prior to the One Year War."
He now turned to Audrey and said "I am Cardaes Vist, head of the family and this is my home."
His tone was polite and calm as he said this, it showed no anger to her.
Audrey now put on the regal mask as she said "Then I must apologise for coming into your home like this, without your permission my name is-."
Cardaes cut her off by calmly saying "I am aware of who you are, I think it is best for everyone if you didn't mention your name."
Banagher looked at her and realised he had been lied to, but before he was able to ask a thing Audrey went ahead and said.
"Then we can skip the formalities, as long as you understand my position that's all that really matters."
She now took in a deep breath before she said "I've come here to ask you to rethink this course of action."
The face of Cardaes Vist made a slight frown as she went on to say "I am referring to Lapalce's Box and the plan to hand it over to us."
His face now was grim and his eyes gave a side ways glance.
"I think you had better leave."
Cardaes did not miss a beat as he now said to Audrey "It's do dangerous we shouldn't be talking under these circumstances."
In reply to this Audrey said "Zinnerman is a rational man, he wouldn't cause trouble unnecessarily."
In reply to her Cardaes said "Would you consider your protection unnecessary?"
Audrey in reply asked "Tell me, why are you doing this, I have heard that Lapalce's Box will guarantee the prosperity of the Vist Foundation for decades, why give it to us now."
Cardaes now said "Excuse me." He now turned to Banagher and said "You were asked to leave."
Banagher in reply said "There are people after her, I am not going to just leave her."
Cardaes at this point said "Do you even know who they are or what they want with her for that matter."
A reply came from across the room as the voice of Anthony Hitoro said "She is Mineva Zabi, the last of the dynasty, at this point she does not wish for Laplace's Box to fall into the hands of the Terrorist group and Zeon Remnant called the Sleeves."
"She went missing prior to start of the 1st Neo Zeon war, just after the end of the Gryps conflict, source materiel differ, some say Haman sent her to Earth to have a normal schooling and made a deal with the Earth Federation, others say that she was sent to Earth by way of Side 3 at the end of the Gryps Conflict to be schooled for Haman had made some arrangements."
"The people who are after here are part of the crew of the Garencieres a ship that is Captained by Suberoa Zinnerman a veterna of the One Year War who spent most of his time on the Africa Front."
"The woman who was with the other 2 men who tried to take her back was a Cyber Newtype, one who took part in the 1st Neo Zeon war as well as the civil war that broke out between Haman and Glemy Toto, who if you know of the Shield of Zeon, may or may not be a child or clone of Gihren Zabi."
"The Cyber Newtype goes by the name Marida Cruz, but in reality she is Puru 12, a group of Cyber Newtypes who all shared the same genetic make up, most of them died near the end of the 1st Neo Zeon war."
He gave a pause as his face softened as he said "She must have been the one to kill Neo Zeon Commader Chara Soon, it was at the very end of that conflict with the final duel between Haman Karn and Judau Ashta."
His face lost any and all emotion as he said "Due to the fact that she was captured and used in a brothel until she was freed from it, her mental state is at it's best very weak."
Anthony now gave a sigh as he said "I will also state the secret of Laplace's Box is that it is the register of the UC timeline."
"It has an extra bit at the end that was wiped away by men who fear change and desired power."
All were in shock, the man before them knew things no one else should and both Mineva and Cardaes were sure that he knew more than he had said he did.
"Banagher, let's get going, it is best if we leave, no need to get caught up in this, I am going to leave now, see you later."
Banagher did not know why, but when Anthony said this last part, he felt at peace as if he did not need to stay.
Walking to where Anthony he was he said "Yeah I guess you are right, I'll go."
It was now as the two of them left the room Anthony closed the door but as he did so he said "Do try to pick up the violin once more, it was a real treat to listen to you play."
Cardaes and Audrey saw him close the door with a polite smile as he did it, he as well as Banagher had just left.
It took 2 whole minutes before the initial shock of what they just heard passed over both of them.
That man knew a lot, way to much and some of it, he had to have been there to see it or know those who had.
Audrey or rather Mineva had to ask "Just when did he hear me play the violin."
Cardaes Vist at this point wanted to get that man back in here to explain what he had just said.
But he also knew that he would not get the answers he sought.
It was quite clear that no matter what, the only thing that man would say was what he wish for you to hear, nothing else.
Outside
"Hey Hitoro, why are we running?"
Banagher asked this as the 2 of them were now in full flight from the mansion, it did not seem odd that they were now on the run
In reply to what he just asked Anthony said "I said a lot to them, I am not sure how much of that you caught but it was a lot of stuff that most do not know."
Banagher gave a nod, but had to ask "Why did you want me to go with you again?"
In reply to that Anthony said "I really did not wish to come and get you or have to give that man any solid answers."
After a pause Anthony then said "I did get you to go, so I did give the him all that he asked for, but I made sure it was not what he wanted."
Banagher got that part, Anthony had left and so had he, but the two of them had left Cardaes Vist with so many things he now had to ask.
He did not know why, but he felt as if this was the right thing to do.
Or at least as long as Anthony was with him, it was the right thing to do. "So what is the plan from here on out?"
As the 2 of them now got back to the frame work Anthony and him both now stopped to catch their breath.
They had been running non stop since the mansion, it was a really long way that the had covered in a really short amount of time.
"For now, try to find a way back to class, I'll do what I can to make sure you are not expelled, but I will ask you to be ready, this place will become a battle ground soon and you need to make sure you are safe when it is."
Okay I hope that all of you enjoyed that.
First things first, Puru is still hanging around Anthony, just no one else can see here yet, Mineva did hear her though. 2nd is that Anthony is being a total troll to her, I don't know why but she reminds me a bit of the parts of Haman that I hated, so yeah Anthony is trolling her when they first meet. How did Anthony get the MS Agito Zero into the colony, the same way Char did, just he unlike Char can disable cameras and stuff. Why is Anthony's face obscured on camera. Well due to the fact that he did take a hit from the GENESIS, he did get it with a large amount of radiation. But the GN particles saved him from dying. (They can do that you know) He has lost some colour in his face and hair because of this, but it is not too much, as I said in story he is a a shade or 2 greyer than he was before. Due to his body being filled and coated with GN particles for an extensive period of time he has part of them in his system at the moment. And if you have seen 00 then you know that they can disrupt both radio and video. He was also able to convince Banagher through Newtype Empathy to come with him. But first I had to make him troll both Mineva and Vist because it is what he would do, he did get Banagher to leave which is what Cardaes asked for. But he too left after stating way too much so in the end it was not what the man wanted to hear.
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