Neo Gundam Wing - OVA -
Episode 10 - Awakening

The trio stared at the silver haired man as he slightly laughed at them.

Acht: *growls* What's so funny, old man?
Seiya: Don't let my appearance throw you off, kid. This is all a result of my own doing and a little from my own sibling. As to what is funny... Nothing... Just that it's interesting for me to note that I'm conversing with children that wouldn't exist if I had finished what I started long ago. It's sad that now not only has age caught up with me but also my own strength has become my weakness. Ah... but you're not here for such fantasy tales... You came here to find out about a ghost of some sort and a gundam that never will give up.
Acht: Yeah... Before we go there lets do some simple straight forward questions.... Are those all your kids and can I take Niomi home?!
Seiya: Yes and you'll have to ask her.
Acht: *stares over at the blonde*
Niomi: In your dreams.
Acht: *sighs* All the pretty girls don't like me... *hugs Trina* But you still do!
Trina: *sweat drop* You're such a dork, Achty. Besides I thought you liked Quat.
Acht: Only when he's around to be liked by me. Anyway... What the hell is up with Sandstorm?! That damn gundam spooks the hell out of me.
Seiya: I'm sure your own shadow does the same but Sandstorm was never designed to "spook" but rather kill the people it was originally created to protect along with it's own pilot.
Acht: That's nuts!
Seiya: Of course it is. I would know... I was also consumed by the thing once.
Rena: Consumed? Gundams don't eat people.
Seiya: Of course they don't, only if you create them for that purpose.
Acht: You created a human eating machine?
Seiya: Maybe... It was designed for for just any human but my brother.
Acht: Ooooookay... You've got some problems.
Seiya: Perhaps I did or still do. I don't know anymore. I do know that when piloting Sandstorm, you aren't the pilot but the battery to a machine.
Trina: The puppet to the puppeteer.
Seiya: You've been inside.
Trina: Once, it wasn't too pleasant. There was something in there besides Sandstorm. Several things.
Seiya: Oh? Is that so... It could be a result of a blip in time.
Acht: Someone's tampering with time?
Seiya: Of course, I'm sure Hidama has done it on various occasions. It just doesn't seem to have changed anything too much. Then again how am I suppose to know if this is how the present was to be.
Rena: You're saying Hidama has a time machine?
Seiya: No, you said she did. I only confirmed that there was a possibility that she was tampering with time. Then again I wouldn't put it past her. She had me in her hands for five years in hopes that Sandstorm would come to her. She was on the same track as everything but she has no idea the fear I put into that gundam. Sometimes waking up death is much harder than waiting for it.
Rena: What would she want with Sandstorm? No one can pilot it here and from what you say, you can but for some reason or another Sandstorm is scared of you.
Acht: Why is that?
Seiya: You know so little.
Acht: That knowing part is kind of limited for us.
Seiya: Even one stone can take down a giant.
Rena: You have the capability to kill Sandstorm?
Seiya: Merely to activate the virus I placed within it.
Rena: So besides you no one else has the capabilities to pilot Sandstorm.
Trina: Quat can even though it nearly killed him.
Seiya: Quat?
Trina: He's my younger brother. He's such a dork, always tries to be a hero when he gets the chance to.
Seiya: I see... So it continues. What an interesting fate to be dealt in such times.
Acht: Eh?
Seiya: Just like a car, a man can't help but tweak the original design of a machine.
Rena: The cockpit.
Seiya: Of course. It was never intended for my use really but for my brothers like I've said before. The system was created to trap the pilot with in the machine. The effectiveness of this system can be found in WingZero.
Acht: No wonder he's a hard bastard to beat. But why sacrifice his own life for a system like that?
Seiya: In the intention of fighting one-on-one with Sandstorm. Nothing ever goes according to plan though. Sandstorm defeated WingZero only by hacking into the other gundam's system and frying it. I guess that's not a real victory but a cheated victory.
Trina: Seiya-sama, do you think that maybe strong emotions could get caught inside of Sandstorm?
Seiya: Who knows, that gundam is a mystery with in itself. Nothing is for certain. I advise you keep your brother away from that gundam if you value his own life or else he'll just get consumed and trapped among the masses inside that machine. Why continue on such a subject?
Acht: Rena and myself have seen a ghost that came from Sandstorm on various occasions.
Seiya: I see. Is that so. I don't recall anyone dying inside of it then again that's uncertain seeing how it disappeared soon after it took my brother. Maybe he died in there... or something of his got stuck inside the system before he was able to get out again. How interesting. What did this ghost look like?
Rena: I couldn't really see it.
Acht: Thing had so much hair you couldn't even see it's face.
Rena: You saw it?
Acht: The night before Quat piloted Sandstorm. I don't remember anything else.
Trina: He has silver hair that reaches to the floor and violet colored eyes. He was really pale too but very nice. He said his name was Tsuki.
Acht: You saw it too and you didn't mention it?!
Trina: I thought you would think I was crazy or something especially since I saw him while I was inside Sandstorm.
Seiya: Moon.
Rena: Moon?
Seiya: That's a frequent translation of Tsuki especially if he was basing it off of his own appearance.
Acht: Hmmm... Sounds fishy to me. Do you know the guy?
Seiya: Maybe I do and I don't know it.
Rena: Seems like another mystery we have to solve for ourselves... Did you see any new weapons in development while held captive?
Seiya: None of the sort but I did see something else that may interest you and would make Sandstorm ecstatic to find. 
Acht: Neh? What would a gundam want so badly?

Quat jolted up from his sleep and felt a coldness in the room that rivaled any he had felt from the apparition that came to him frequently. The entire room felt damp and a strange smell came upon the room. The young boy looked around hoping for a reason for this entire incident to appear.

It's very interesting yet I'm sure you would like to question how such a thing is possible.

Quat: Tsuki? This isn't funny... *gets out of bed and steps into water that reaches up to his knees* Wha... What's going on?!

I don't need to go back to make sure it was the truth because I can feel it at this very moment. Like a prick on the back of my neck or a chill down my back.

Quat: *feels the water rise higher and panics* Tsuki?! Trina?! Haruka?! Rena! I'm scared! I don't know how to swim! *tries to find a place above the water and finds none*

I feel it right now. I can smell it as well. Almost reach out and find it there.

Quat: *starts hiccupping*  Go--Away!

Acht: Stop jerking our chain.
Seiya: Fine then. I'll get to the point. The thing I found. It was...

Tsuki: *calms Quat down* It's him.
Quat: Him?
Tsuki: The one we've been waiting for.
Quat: Who?

Seiya: Shingo.
Acht: Shingo? Who the hell is that?
Rena: It's the guy that ghost was looking for.
Trina: Shingo... That's my father's name. But if he's your brother than... You're my uncle.
Seiya: Just like your mother. You not only got some of her looks but obviously a little bit of her intelligence.
Trina: But how can my father be alive? I saw him die...
Seiya: These are interesting times we live in. The impossible occurs each day.
Rena: If they have her father and if they were able to get their hands on Sandstorm then what's the interest with Quat? It seems like a big waste of time to me.
Seiya: True, but everyone has their own reasons. One person can make thousands of mistakes, hate hundreds of people and kill at least one living thing within their life time and possibly never know why. All they can look forward to is their way out of this world and into the next. Nothing is worse than a slow death. I suggest you find that ghost of yours and see which side it is truly on.
Acht: We're kind of working on that.
Rena: We'll be leaving.
Acht: By the way, sir, your daughter is hot... You wouldn't mind if I--
Seiya: She only thinks you're cute, nothing more.
Acht: *sighs and glomps Trina*
Trina: Thank you for helping us as much as you could. Ja!

Shen grumbled and sat up in his bed frustrated.

Shen: This is so annoying and I'm hungry too. *gets up, goes to the door and makes sure no on is around* This is lame but I'd rather not stay in here for too long.

The half Asian brushed his two single brown strands of hair out of his view and popped the door open with ease. He looked up and down the hallway to verify that not one soul was in the area and was about to walk out the door as a cold pair of hands wrapped around his neck. Shen quickly spun around to catch his potential attacker before they could disappear and stared at the dark room. He looked around several times and finally came upon something in the corner as it moved slightly, jumped on him and caused him and it to hit the floor.

Shen: *groans as he opens his eyes slowly to look at a blurred green mass above him* What the... *rubs his eyes and opens them up again to look at the thing again* Kaze!!
Kaze: *laid herself on top of Shen and licked his cheek* Aww how cute! Poor baby got scared.
Shen: It was you wasn't it?!
Kaze: Me?
Shen: It was you who was behind me with your hands on me! *shudders*
Kaze: *looks off into no where* So that's what he was doing... I wonder what he wanted with you...
Shen: What are you talking about?
Kaze: Him... I followed him to here.
Shen: Who and through what means?
Kaze: A ghost and through there. *points to the nearest air vent* Now I see what it was doing. *pokes the bruise marks on Shen's neck*
Shen: Would you stop that?!
Kaze: Want me to kiss it and make it feel better? *leans down toward his face*
Shen: No... *attempts to get away from the green haired girl with no success*
Kaze: *lays her head on his shoulder* But I just want to help, Shen-chan... *bites his neck*
Shen: *pushes her off of him and scurries to the other side of the hallway* You're insane!!
Kaze: *licks her lips* Maybe, but you know you liked it.
Shen: I did not! You... you... you pervert!!
Kaze: *stares at him and gives a wicked smile* You're turning so red now Shen. You have to be lying.
Shen: It means nothing!
Kaze: Shen-chan likes me now.
Shen: If you keep bringing it up I'll make sure to mention how you get around this place to Haruka.
Kaze: Well that's fair enough.
Shen: Good, now if you'll excuse me.
Kaze: Where is Shen-chan going?
Shen: Why should it matter?
Kaze: I think it matters.
Shen: You would. I'm going to get something to eat. *starts leaving and stops at a room to look inside*
Kaze: *does the same* What? Is there something of interest in there?
Shen: Not really. It's just the cause of my imprisonment.
Kaze: I see... Are you sick?
Shen: Far from it. I've been accused of attempted murder.
Kaze: Let's go visit then! *grabs Shen's arm and drags him in with her*
Shen: Errr... You're so annoying. Like a twisted younger sister. *notices Kaze stop and growl like a dog defending it's territory* What's wrong with you now? Geez, you scare the hell out of me.
Kaze: He's here.
Shen: Who?
Kaze: *points to where a shimmer of light bouncing off of a metallic object is*
Shen: *moves towards the light switch and clicks it on and off with nothing happening as he does this* Crap!

Shen grabs Kaze as he feels something hit him and throw both him and Kaze out the door into the now dark hallway. He got up as quickly as possible and found Kaze unconscious. He picked up Kaze as fast as he could and dashed down the hallway.

Shen: This is crazy! I don't even know what's going on! Damnit, Kaze, you're dragging me down. *feels someone playing with his hair*
Kaze: Really?
Shen: This isn't a game, Kaze!
Kaze: That would explain the sword you're about to get cut with, hmm?
Shen: What? *looks in front of him as the lights flicker on and off and the sharp edge of the sword was seen as he swiftly dodged it before coming in contact with the blade* Okay then... You watch out for me and maybe we'll both live to see another day.
Kaze: Where are we going?
Shen: To the exit if we can make it. Just one more turn and we'll be there.
Kaze: Doesn't that require electricity to open the door?
Shen: True. But I'm pretty sure we can open it since the intervals the electricity comes back on is at least thirty seconds, enough to open it half way. *trips over the sheath of the sword causing both he and Kaze to skid across the floor several feet from each other* Uhhh... *looks over at Kaze and tries to get up but yelps as someone steps on his back crushing his already broken ribs against the floor breaking them more* Get off! Please! God, please get off! *yells as more pressure is applied to his body and spots strands of silver hair touching the ground slightly* I told you... *reaches out for the strands of hair* GET OFF OF ME!! *grabs the rather large clumps of hair and pulls hard on it causing his attacker to get off balance slightly enough for him to get out from under his foot*
Tsuki: Why are you running? Are you afraid of something, Shen?
Shen: *crawls on the floor towards Kaze* There is nothing I fear but I know when I there is a time for me to run from a fight.
Tsuki: You're very smart too bad you're not fast enough. Especially in your current condition. Your father contributed to it. I would've thought you would be happy to see him in pain.
Shen: My father... He's done many things in the past that I can't forgive him for but I can't stay in the past like him. I want to continue living like a normal human being. Looking forward to the future. The last thing I would ever do is kill him. He deserves to do his punishment while he's still alive.
Tsuki: It seems we aren't too different, you and I, Shen. We both have our own desires for revenge. Unlike you I have my own thoughts on revenge, I believe it is sweeter when one is in pain. How about I put you out of your misery? That would make you happy, would it not?
Shen: I don't intend on dying anytime soon.
Tsuki: You want to live?
Shen: Yes.
Tsuki: I can't allow that. *raises his blade and sends it down towards Shen's body, ready to go through his body like a toothpick through cheese*

Quat walked down the halls of a school named Peacecraft Academy and looked around wondering about the place. He turned around as he was whacked in the head by a purple haired person with a rat tail. Quat looked up as he opened his eyes and stared at the blue one's in front of him.

Quat: Acht?
Acht: Quat! Man I didn't see you. I guess I was in a rush to get to school an all... *helps Quat up* You're not... too black today. That's strange.
Quat: *stares at Acht's baggy clothes and skateboard in hand* What are you suppose to be?
Acht: Eh? Man you must've really gotten hit hard. Oh yeah I got some pictures of Rena if your interested. *grins* I'll give them to you for a fair trade.
Quat: Why would I want pictures of Rena?
Acht: Cause she's naked!
Quat: What?!
Acht: I'd only give my bud the best pics.
Quat: That's nasty.
Acht: You don't want em?
Quat: No.
Acht: Ah man... *takes out the folder with the pictures* I'll just copy them, paste them on the boy's bathroom stalls then.
Quat: What?! *grabs the folder*
Acht: Thought you wanted em.
Quat: No, I just don't want you to do that.
Acht: Don't worry... I wasn't going to post my ugly cousin all over the place. Anyway we should get to class.
Quat: Yeah...What is class?
Acht: Man you're really losing it today, Quat. Did Kaze do something to you? You haven't been smoking the hard stuff again, have you?
Quat: What?! No! I don't even know what that is! I don't want to know!
Acht: You're acting really cute today, Quat.
Quat: You're stranger than ever...
Shen: And you two better hand over anything good you have.
Acht: *turns around and sees Shen* Ah man... cornered by him for the second time this week... I don't have any money...
Shen: *to one of the other boys with him* Check him. *stares at Quat* And you?
Quat: Money?! I don't even know what that is!
Shen: *pulls out his sword and points it at Quat* I should kill you for acting like an idiot in front of me. The only reason I'm not going to kill you is because I'm seeking something else to take. How about this. I'll let you go, for today, if you get your sister to go out with me.
Quat: Why should I?
Acht: Quat, don't ask questions just do it.
Shen: Exactly...So, what do you say?
Quat: Fine, I'll do it.
Shen: I trust you will... Come on, there's nothing left here obviously.
Acht: *once Shen is gone* What an ass...
Quat: That was Shen... What's up with him?
Acht: Just being his usual gang leader self.
Quat: Gang?
Acht: Blue Dragon Fire Gang... You don't remember? Man he hits up everyone, kicks peoples asses for no reason, even has a rumor that they killed someone. I think it's gotten worse since his mother divorced his dad. He's always had a thing for Trina... bastard.
Quat: And you do too?
Acht: Me?! Haha! No... I don't even care.
Quat: I just thought...
Acht: No.
Quat: Oh...Acht...
Acht: Hmm?
Quat: Have you ever had a dream you knew was a dream but you didn't want to wake up from it?
Acht: I don't really think so... I never want to get up in the morning though. *grins*
Quat: That's different than not wanting to wake from a dream.
Acht: How so?
Quat: It's laziness.
Acht: You're so mean, Quat.
Quat: You're not calling me Kitty...
Acht: Why would I? You want me to?
Quat: No... Never mind.

Shen opened his eyes as he heard a grunt then something fall on the floor. He looked at the man sprawled on the floor as his jet black hair scattered around his face. He wasn't sure what to feel as the light above him flicked the scene on and off in his head for him.  He felt a mixture of shock, happiness, sadness and confusion. Had what he thought happened, happen? Was he just saved by the man that hated him almost with equal hate as he did for him? Shen found this all strange, none of it making any sense to him.

Tsuki: He got in the way, what a pity... Oh well...
Shen: You... What... Why...
Ling: *weakly* I know who you are now.
Tsuki: Oh... Do you?
Ling: Yes, I recognized the attack you did then and now. It's been a long time since I've seen it.
Tsuki: I would have thought you would've dodged it. I guess you've become nothing but an old man who just wanted his son to be better at the things he wasn't able to do.
Ling: That's selfish and that's what I am. I find now, too late, that I had no right to force something like my own personal gains on someone else...
Tsuki: Hmph... You're sick. I guess it's good to get rid of trash. *leaves*
Ling: Yeah... Shingo told me this would happen. I never listen.
Shen: Father! I'm sorry! I should've done something.
Ling: You're still a kid, there's nothing you could've done and nothing you can do. This was going to happen and I did nothing to change it. Shen, I've become the man that I didn't want to. I became worse than my own father. That upsets me. I don't want you to do that. I want you to be someone else. Anyone else but me. Looking at myself now and when I was your age makes me feel that I don't deserve to live. I just want to lay here and die.
Shen: But... I... What about...
Ling: What about what? There's nothing left here for me to do. I've caused enough damage here. I remember when you were just a baby. I was afraid to even drop you and here you are and I've already dropped you, kicked you, hit you, threw you, the only thing I haven't done is kill you. I would've thought you of all people would be happy of such a day finally befalling me.
Shen: I don't know what to think.
Ling: Then just walk away.

Shen got up as he watched the lights flick back on and saw Acht, Rena and Trina come to the scene along with Haruka and Duet. He sighed as he was sure of the outcome of all of this. He took this as a parting gift, his own doomed demise as the others observed the scene and he merely took the blame for it all, sure that they would never believe what he had to say. He felt the curtain of his life go down as he was labeled as a murderer and locked up in a room, only kept alive because they still needed him to pilot. He was left there, not to be talked to anymore, mentioned anymore, heard of anymore, just to pilot a gundam he hated, which he was passed down to from a man he equally hated.

Quat opened his eyes to the purple sky above and it's gleaming sun pouring on him and a light blue haired woman peering down at him.

Quat: Where... Where am I? Who are you? I don't remember being here.
Koubashii: Do you do a lot of sleepwalking, Quat?
Quat: I wouldn't know. Who are you?
Koubashii: You should know that.
Quat: You.... You're Koubashii!
Koubashii: Bingo.
Quat: What do you want with me?
Koubashii: I want to help you. I want to help you create a better world.
Quat: Why should I help you?
Koubashii: Because I asked nicely?
Quat: I don't help bad people.
Koubashii: I'm not bad... I lost my father too. I miss him a lot. I think we can help each other with our problems. I want to see my father again and I can give you whatever you want.
Quat: I don't think you have what I want.
Koubashii: Maybe not but I can see what I can do.
Quat: I don't want to work with you.
Koubashii: Then tell me, what do you intend to do with Sandstorm now that you know you can pilot her? Do you think she will really listen to you? Do you think you're the one she really wants? She wants him.
Quat: Shingo? Who is that? What does Sandstorm want with Shingo?
Koubashii: He's just like you, a battery, but he's very special to Sandstorm. She's known him for a good long time. She's eaten a lot of men like him but she wants him the most. She's just using you to call him. To create a louder frequency to get him to return to her.
Quat: Where is he?
Koubashii: Who knows... He's split up all over the place. She's already taken pieces of him.
Quat: Pieces?
Koubashii: Parts of him that makes him Shingo. His vengeance, hate, revenge, wants, that's probably the tip of the iceberg. There's so many parts to a man you know. You have to eat him one piece at a time.
Quat: Why are you telling me this?
Koubashii: I figure if you really care so much you might come with me to learn more.
Quat: I'll have to decline that offer.
Koubashii: How sad. I've given you the offer long enough. I guess that's all I can do. Oh well.
Quat: *gets up and leaves*
Koubashii: And he was so cute... *takes out her phone before it rings and answers it* Ah Cim-chan... I know you hate me for calling you that. No, he's not on our side. Of course we can start the next plan. *takes out a key and plays with it* Of course, I'll be there in no time.

Koubashii quickly got to the base and went to her room and turned the light on as she took off her coat and threw it on her bed. She looked over at her "Prince" and smiled. She went over to the cold case and petted the glass.

Koubashii: My Prince, you can wake up for your Princess now. *opens the case as the cold air bursts through the room* You're still the same as you were before you went to sleep. How pretty.

She watched as a pair of grey blue eyes open under the mass of snowy white hair over them. The pure white haired fell over and caught himself before he hit the floor and gasped for breath as though he had forgotten how to do so. He looked around the room then at Koubashii as she covered him with her blanket and tried to warm him up faster.

Koubashii: My poor Prince... I think you just need a little bit of fun to get your blood going hmm? *gets up and calls some guards in*
Guard 1: What's wrong?
Koubashii: Oh I just need you to help with something.
Guard 2: What?
Koubashii: *whispers to her "Prince"* These are very bad men, could you get rid of them please?

She watched with excitement as the white haired bishounen got up and attacked both of the men and turned them into shreds within moments and giggled as he played with the blood in his hands and stained his hair with it.

Koubashii: They're going to have fun, a lot of fun my Prince.
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0.o Freaky shit... Freaky shit... That's all I have to say about that... 0.o;;;

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