Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Seed Shadow ❯ Episode 17 ( Chapter 18 )
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By: Hcps 
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 7 | Words: 8.3K | Visits: 182 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 7 | Words: 8.3K | Visits: 182 | Status: Work In Progress
Episode 17
The episode opens up with an overhead view of the city, it's still dark out. The camera is slowly going over all the buildings, it looks just like any other major city. The camera stops at the building Shadow and the others are staying at; in the right hand corner we see the words 6am Day 1 on the screen.
We cut inside each of their bedrooms to see that everyone is fast asleep, suddenly all the lights get turn on and some kind of loud horn starts blaring, everyone jumps up very startle.
Shadow: Oh what the hell!
Cagalli: Damn it!
The camera cuts to the living room to show Drake in the kitchen area finishing a bowl of cereal, everyone is slowly coming down the staircase. The only ones who don't look extremely irritated are Nick and Jack.
Drake: Good morning.
Shadow glaring at Drake
Shadow: I didn't become a Gundam Fighter to have to wake up at 6 in the morning!
Drake shrugs uncaringly
Drake: Sorry, alright Jack and Kenny you got 5 minutes to get dress and come with me; the rest of you take a shower you've got full day of training ahead of you.
Jack and Kenny go back upstairs to get dress. Shadow, Nick, Roxas, and Cagalli climb down and head over to the door that leads to the bathrooms. The camera cuts outside to show Drake leading Kenny and Jack to a car. Drake points to it
Drake: Get in.
All three of them get in and the car takes off. We cut inside the car
Drake: Every morning you'll get up at 6am, you'll have 30 minutes to take a shower, brush your teeth, and get dress. At 6:30am you'll come down to the car and Tim will drive you down to the dock.
The camera turns to show an annoyed Tim driving
Tim: How again did you get me to agree to be the driver?
Drake snaps
Drake: Because you owe me a thousand favors and I threaten to beat you to death if you didn't help.
Tim grunts still annoyed. Kenny awake now asks
Kenny: I was under the impression that since you were going to train the Gundam Pilots for the next month Jack and I had the month off?
Drake does a short laugh
Drake: HA yea right, you guys got some hard work ahead of you.
Jack is looking at Drake annoyed about being kept in the dark
Jack: And what exactly are we doing?
Drake looks bored again
Drake: I thought that was obvious, your Gundam Team currently has 4 Gundam Pilots but only one Gundam; you're going to fix that.
Jack eyes open wide as she realizes what he's asking
Jack: Wait, you want me to build 3 Gundams from scratch!
Drake adds
Drake: And in 30 days, also you're not allow to hire anyone to help.
Jack eyes open even wider
Jack: Are you nuts! To build one Gundam from scratch in 30 days would take at least a team of 50 mechanics and even then it would be close, but you're asking me to build 3 Gundams by myself in that amount of time; it's impossible!
Drake: You'll have Kenny.
Jack snaps
Jack: He doesn't count he's not a mechanic!
Kenny looks slightly offended. Drake sighs
Drake: Look I'm not asking you to build some big fancy state of the art Gundam; all I'm asking for is three Basic Original Gundams, and if you're half a decent mechanic you should have no problems building a Basic Original.
Jack is very offended
Jack: I could build a Basic Original blind folded you
Kenny cuts her off before she says something she might regret later
Kenny: I think what Jack means is wouldn't it be more helpful if we hired a team of mechanics to help us build a more powerful Gundam then just settling for a Basic Original?
Drake looks annoyed
Drake: No, for two reasons. Reason one is that Shadow and the others wouldn't be able to handle some big and complex Gundam, so it's better for them if you make it small and simple to start off with, as they get better at piloting you can upgrade the Gundam with more complex parts and weapons. Like the saying goes to build a good house you need to make the base simple and strong.
Jack nods her head in understanding
Jack: Ok, I guess that makes sense but what's the second reason?
Drake smiles at her
Drake: You are, I saw the upgrades you put in Nightwing and I notice that you hadn't property tune the new parts and systems together.
Jack's eyes open wide in surprise and she looks to the floor ashamed.
Drake: Don't worry about it I didn't expect you to know how to do it, however it's time you learn. The only way you can tune new systems together is by knowing where every bolt, circuit, screw and nut is in the Gundam, and the only way you're going to know that is if you put them there yourself.
Jack looks at him surprise then she smiles
Jack: So this month isn't just training for the pilots it's also training for me.
Drake smiles back at her
Drake: Just because you're not a fighter doesn't mean you don't have your own skills you have to work on. In life you should constantly be training the skills you need to reach your goals.
The car has come to a stop at the indoor dock
Drake: You'll be building the Gundams on your ship so I've gotten all the materials you'll need and put them on your ship. Tim will come by at different times to give you food and water, and he'll pick you up and take you home when you're done working for the day.
Jack still looks hesitant
Drake: Oh course you are a woman so
Jack goes off the deep end
Jack: Oh so because I'm a WOMAN I can't be a good mechanic, I’LL SHOW YOU!
Jack jumps out of the car and snaps
Jack: Come on Kenny!
Kenny quickly jumps out of the car, and they go inside the dock. After they leave the car turns around and starts driving back to the house. We cut back inside to show Tim fake crying.
Tim: To think little Drake has grown into such a fine Master being able to give great speeches and able to motivate his disciples into action.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: Tim shut up before I decide to kill you.
The camera cuts back to the apartment we see the time in the lower left hand corner 6:30am. We see Cagalli, Shadow, Nick and Roxas sitting around the counter dressed and showered. Shadow is awake and looks excited
Shadow: So what kind of training do you think we're going to do?
Cagalli looks bored, she shrugs
Cagalli: We'll probably have to spend hours on some kind of simulator and then when we get good at that we'll practice using real Gundams.
Drake: Wrong on all counts.
Drake seems to have come out of nowhere carrying a big box. Everyone jumps in surprise
Shadow: How you do that!
Nick: Holy crap mate!
Cagalli: And I thought Roxas was scary.
Drake puts the box on the table
Drake: Yea I'm awesome, now back to businesses. Put these on.
Drake begins to take out vests, gloves, and boots from the box only these clothes look metal and that the gloves go all the way up to the elbow and the boots go all the way up to the knee. He begins to hand them out to everyone
Cagalli: What are these?
Nick's breath gets knock out of him when he catches a vest
Nick: Whoa how much do these things weigh?
Drake answers while still passing them out
Drake: They're weight suits. The Gloves are 20 pounds, the boots are 40 pounds, and the vests are 60 pounds.
Everyone has begun to put them on. Cagalli looks annoyed
Cagalli: And how is this supposed to help our piloting skills.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: It's to help with your muscle training and from this point on don't question your master's instructions.
Nick looks up surprise
Nick: Master?
Drake shrugs
Drake: Master, sensei, teacher, instructor; the point is I'm in charge of teaching you so just do what I say!
Everyone has put on the weights. They have their hands to their side. Drake claps his hands.
Drake: Good, from this point on till your first fight you're only allowed to take those weights off when you take a shower.
Looks of outrage cross everyone's face
Shadow: Oh come on!
Cagalli: What!
Nick: How come!
Roxas: Why!
Drake lifts up a hand and cuts them off
Drake: Whine all you want but you'll find that those weights suits need a 5 digit pass code to be taken off.
Shocked everyone goes to take off their suits but find they can't. Cagalli is trying to take off her vest, Nick is trying to take off a boot, and Roxas is biting and clawing at her glove.
Cagalli: I can't take it off!
Drake rolls his eyes
Drake: I just said that, don't worry I'll give you the pass code when you go to take a shower. This is to help build up your muscles so get over it already and come down stairs to start your training.
Drake turns around without waiting for a reply and heads downstairs. Shadow doesn't seem to care, Nick and Roxas look annoyed but gradually accepting it, Cagalli is the only one still outrage. Nick sigh
Nick: Well we've better get going mate.
Cagalli looks at him like he's nuts
Cagalli: Wait you're not going to do what that lunatic says, are you! How is muscle training going to help us Pilot Gundams!
Roxas does a cat stretch then answers
Roxas: Drake maybe an asshole lunatic but he's a smart asshole lunatic, I doubt that he make us do something that wouldn't help us in the long haul.
Cagalli and Nick are surprise again by Roxas thoughtful comment. Shadow is surprise for a different reason.
Shadow: Asshole? You're still mad at him for yesterday?
Roxas snaps
Roxas: He called me ugly!
Nick laughs
Nick: HAHAHHAH, you know what they say mate, women have long memories.
Cagalli still hesitates. Shadow sensing her hesitation smiles
Shadow: Aww is the poor little princess not use to having to do real physical work?
Cagalli turns to Shadow offended
Cagalli: What!
Cagalli starts to glare at Shadow. Shadow still smiling continues
Shadow: Tell you what, how about we call Orb and have your servants sent here to do all the physical work your poor girly princess muscles can't do.
Cagalli highly insulted now gets in Shadow's face
Cagalli: You're one to talk about weak muscles; I bet I can go longer then you without taking a break!
Shadow starts glaring at Cagalli
Shadow: You're on!
Shadow and Cagalli turn around and run downstairs. Nick and Roxas chase after them
Nick: Hey wait for us mates!
The camera cuts outside to show Drake waiting for Shadow and co. outside the building. Shadow and Cagalli burst out the doors at full speed with Roxas and Nick right behind them. The additional weight though is making them already start to pant, Drake is slightly surprise by their rush entrance.
Shadow: These weights are throwing off my balance.
Cagalli also panting adds
Cagalli: They're also heavier than I thought they'd be.
Drake smiles at that comment
Drake: Don't worry by the time the day is up those weights are going to feel 5 times heavier than they are now.
Cagalli looks at him wide eyed
Cagalli: You're joking right?
Drake doesn't answer, he turns around and claps.
Drake: Alright we'll start the day with a light jog.
Drake starts jogging in place
Drake: Follow me and keep pace.
Drake turns around and takes off at a good pace. Shadow and the others follow him. Shadow and Cagalli are in the lead behind Drake, Nick and Roxas are right behind them. The screen goes black and the words "15 minutes later" come up. We cut back to a normal screen to see that the pace has slow considerably.
Shadow and Cagalli are in last place, they're both sweating and panting heavily, Nick is in the lead with Roxas close behind, both are also sweating but they seem to be in better physical condition then Cagalli and Shadow. Roxas is jogging on all fours, Drake is still leading them and he shows no signs of being tired at all in fact he looks annoyed.
Drake: Come on you slowpokes pick up the pace!
Cagalli panting heavily
Cagalli: I thought *pant* you said *pant* this was *pant* a light jog.
Drake really annoyed now slows his pace till he's behind Cagalli and Shadow. He comments to Nick as he slows down
Drake: Keep going straight!
He gets behind Cagalli and Shadow and says
Drake: This is a light jog. You two are just weak, now move faster!
Shadow turns to grin at Cagalli
Shadow: Need *pant* a break *pant* princess?
Cagalli starts glaring at Shadow
Cagalli: You're *pant* the one *pant* that looks like *pant* he's about to fall over!
Shadow: HA *pant* I could *pant* go on like *pant* this all day!
Shadow and Cagalli start glaring at each other. Drake shouts
Drake: If you have energy to glare at each other then you have the energy to run faster!
Drake takes out a gun and begins to shoot at Cagalli and Shadow's feet. He doesn't hit them but they're still surprise
Shadow: Holy Crap!
Cagalli: What the hell are you doing!
Nick and Roxas turn their heads in surprise
Nick: Whoa mate don't you think you're taking this too far?
Roxas: If you hit me with a bullet I'm going to kick your ass!
Roxas says threateningly. Drake turns to face them
Drake: If you don't want to get hit by a bullet then RUN FASTER!
Drake opens fire on them again; Nick, Roxas, Shadow and Cagalli pick up the pace
Drake: Come on move faster, I've got places to go people to see and you slowpokes are holding me up!
Drake keeps shooting at their feet making them run faster. The camera cuts forward in time to show them turn down a residential area in the city. Drake has taken the lead again and slowed the pace down. Nick and Roxas are starting to pant even harder, Shadow and Cagalli look like they might pass out.
Cagalli: *pant, pant* How much *pant, pant* longer is *pant, pant* he going *pant, pant* to make us run?
Nick shrugs
Nick: No idea mate *pant* but at least he's *pant* not shooting at us anymore.
Roxas adds
Roxas: And he's slow *pant* the pace down.
Shadow looks at Drake suspicious
Shadow: I don't *pant, pant* like *pant, pant* it; Drake wouldn't *pant, pant* just give *pant, pant* us a break ARAG
Shadow doesn't finish as a red rubber dodge ball nails him right in the face. He's thrown off balance by the weights and falls to the ground, everyone stops moving.
Cagalli: Shadow!
Nick and Roxas turn around to see where the attacker is. Shadow shakes his head and blinks his eyes and starts looking for the attacker as well, he looks pissed
Shadow: Who the hell did that!
Everyone's eyes open wide as they see that the streets are pack full of people of all ages holding dodge balls. The people on the streets take their dodge balls and unleash dodge ball furry on the Gundam Pilots.
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are trying to dodge the dodge balls but there are way too many of them. They're getting hit in the arms, legs, chest, even the head. Cagalli is holding her hands over her face trying to protect it.
Cagalli: What OW is OW going OW on!
Cagalli gets nail in the back of the head. The camera turns to show Drake easily dodging the dodge balls with very little movement, and he has an evil smile on his face.
Drake: Oh did I forget to mention I paid this neighborhood to throw dodge balls at us?
Cagalli still getting hit from all sides looks at him shocked.
Cagalli: You did what!
Roxas pissed screams
Roxas: That's it I’m kicking your ass!
Roxas charges at Drake on all fours but when she jumps she gets hit by at least a dozen dodge balls causing her to crash to the ground. Drake looks bored
Drake: Yea I would worry about dodging the dodge balls first before coming at me; now come on slowpokes stop standing still and start moving, they're just a couple of dodge balls!
Cagalli still guarding her face looks at him like's nuts, Nick has got his hands over his face and is trying to make himself as small as possible, Roxas is on all fours trying to dodge the dodge balls.
Shadow is the only one who isn't guarding his face instead he keeps his eyes on the crowd that's throwing the dodge balls. Regardless of their efforts the Gundam Pilots are still getting hit everywhere, in Shadow's case in the face by the dodge balls. Shadow says sarcastically
Shadow: Right only a couple ARGAG
Shadow just got nail in the face again by a dodge ball. Drake is watching them closely
Drake (Shadow's got good instincts; most people would try to protect their face in this type of situation by placing their hands in front of their face. That's a mistake, by putting your hands in front of your face you limit your field of vision dramatically, and make it harder to react to incoming attacks. Nick and Roxas have greater reflexes then Shadow but since Shadow isn't covering his face he's able to react faster to incoming attacks; it's a shame that his reflexes suck; that's why he's doing about the same as Nick and Roxas.)
Drake shouts
Drake: Come on stop standing still, once you guys do 8 laps around this block you can leave!
Cagalli is even more shocked
Cagalli: You want us to do 8 laps in this ARAGAH!
Cagalli has been hit in both legs at the same time causing her to collapses to the ground. The crowd shows no mercy and continues to hit her even while she's still on the ground, Drake claps his hands.
Drake: Alright follow me!
We have a quick slideshow; we basically see pictures of Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas getting hit with dodge balls in multiple places including arms, legs, chest, back, and the face.
The scene goes back to normal to show Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas collapse in front of a building, they're breathing heavily and drowning in sweat. Drake looks perfectly fine, in the lower corner of the screen we see the time 7am
Nick: *pant, pant, pant, pant* we're *pant, pant, pant, pant* going *pant, pant, pant, pant* to be *pant, pant, pant, pant* purple *pant, pant, pant, pant* in the morning.
Cagalli takes a big gulp of air then says
Cagalli: What kind of people *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* agree to throw a dodge ball *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* at complete strangers for money?
Shadow and Roxas answer at the same time
Shadow and Roxas: I would!
Cagalli looks annoyed, Shadow is beginning to recover
Shadow: What I want *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* to know is how *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* they got so many dodge balls?
Drake looks at his watch and answers. Shadow and the others are beginning to catch their breath.
Drake: Oh I bought the dodge balls for them; there was a sale at a sports mall so I got them pretty cheap. I also bribed a couple of construction workers to close down the street until we finished.
Shadow and the others are surprise. Drake goes on
Drake: And besides it's cheaper and easier to pay someone to throw a dodge ball at you then making a machine to do it.
Drake claps his hands
Drake: Alright get up break time is over!
Cagalli is looking at him shocked
Cagalli: Wait there's more!
Drake gives a short laugh
Drake: hahahhah that was only the warm up, the real workout starts now!
Cagalli looks terrified, Roxas moans, Nick groans
Nick: You've got to be kidding mate!
Shadow smiling gets up and says in a grand voice
Shadow: HA you guys aren't tired are you? I could do this all day!
Nick and Roxas are slightly annoyed
Nick: I'm not that tired I was just worried about you mates.
Nick and Roxas get off the ground
Roxas: The Uthe Kangaroo can hop at full speeds without stopping for over 3 hours!
(Should be noted that the Uthe Kangaroo is an animal on Sora not Earth), Cagalli sees everyone getting up sighs then gets up too. Drake looks up slightly impressed
Drake: Good, alright our first workout exercise is going to be to jog again.
Everyone groans; Drake gets annoyed
Drake: Yea, yea groan all you want but you're still doing it; now I'm going to show you how I want you to run so watch closely.
Shadow is confused
Shadow: There're different ways of running?
Drake snaps
Drake: Yes now pay attention. You're going to take one step then punch with your right hand, take another step then punch with your left hand, step kick with your right leg, step kick with your left leg then repeat from the top.
Drake demonstrates. Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are looking at him like he's nuts.
Shadow: And what's the point of this?
Drake highly irritated snaps
Drake: Don't worry about that just do it!
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas reluctantly do as Drake says. They first step and punch with their right hand, then step and punch with their left hand, then step and kick with their right leg, but they take two step before their next kick. Only Drake and Roxas were able to lift their leg above their shoulder, Nick, Cagalli and Shadow weren't even able to lift their legs above their waist. Drake shakes his head
Drake: No, no, no you only take one step in-between your kicks.
Cagalli annoyed asks
Cagalli: And how are we supposed to keep our balance after the first kick?
Drake irritated by Cagalli's attitude snaps
Drake: Figure it out, I did it didn't I!
Cagalli still looks annoyed by this but she realizes he's right. Drake sighs and says
Drake: Look just do it again slower; right now technique is more important than speed.
They start from the top again and do it slower, when they get to the second kick they manage to take only one step but they still have to slightly hop to keep their balance. Drake nods his head.
Drake: Better, just make sure you watch for it as we go.
Nick looks at him curious
Nick: Go where mate?
Drake just smiles
Drake: You'll see, now come on I'll lead and set pace according to how well I think you can perform.
Drake begins to lead as Shadow and the others continue doing the step punch step punch step kick step kick jog. They're going at a slow walking pace, the camera goes back to the slideshow thing only this time there's audio. The audio matches the slides and is basically Drake just correcting them on their technique.
Drake: Shadow watch the step on your second kick, you're only supposed to take one!
Drake: Cagalli its step punch, step punch not punch punch punch step step step.
Drake: Nick you're taking too many steps, its one step per move.
Drake: Roxas get up and walk like a normal human!
The slideshow end. We see Drake still doing the weird jog leading Shadow and the others who are sweating heavily again and they look like they're going to pass out any second. On the bright side it looks like they have master the technique. Drake still hasn't broken a sweat. On the corner of the screen we see the time 9am, Drake takes a look at his watch then stops in front of a 50 story building.
Drake: Ok take another ten minute break.
The way he says this seems to implied they've taken a lot of breaks along the way. Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas collapse on the stairs that lead up to the building.
Shadow: Oh thank god!
Cagalli: I *pant, pant, pant* I'm *pant, pant, pant* going *pant, pant, pant* to die!
They lay over on their backs breathing heavily. Drake looks annoyed
Drake: God you guys are weak, counting this you've taken over 4, 4, ten minute breaks, and that's only going at about walking speed!
He says the second 4 loudly. Shadow and the others are still too tired to answer. Drake sighs
Drake: Well at least you seem to have gotten a hang of the technique, so tomorrow we'll pick up the pace.
Roxas looks up shocked
Roxas: Tomorrow?
Drake once again looks annoyed
Drake: Yes tomorrow, what'd you think; this was the only day you had to do this kind of training. The only way any of you are going to be ready for the Gundam Fight in a month is if you do this kind of training over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until you're doing it in your sleep! That's why I'm going to make you do this same regiment every day until your fight!
Everyone is looking at Drake shock except Shadow
Shadow: Yea whatever, when do we eat?
Cagalli turns to Shadow very annoyed
Cagalli: Is that all you care about!
Roxas adds
Roxas: I'm also hungry.
Nick: Me to mate.
Cagalli looks at them shock then her stomach growls. She blushes as Shadow grins
Shadow: Cagalli is hungry too.
Cagalli snaps
Cagalli: I can speak for myself!
Drake looks at them for a moment then grins
Drake: Actually you guys can have breakfast right now.
Everyone looks happy by this news. Drake nods towards the building with his evil smile on.
Drake: And since you seem to have recovered follow me.
Drake walks inside the building. The others haven’t notice his evil smile and eagerly follow him inside. The camera cuts inside the building to the staircase; the staircase is a spiral staircase with the spirals close together. It looks like it's about 60 flights; the camera zooms all the way down to show Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas looking around confused.
Shadow: Ok I'll humor you where's the food?
Drake is standing close to the beginning of the staircase. He still has his evil smile on, he points up.
Drake: On the roof.
All: The roof?
Drake nods
Drake: Yup
Cagalli annoyed asks
Cagalli: Why?
Drake looks at her like she's an idiot
Drake: Since when do I have to have a reason and if I did since when do I have to tell you?
Cagalli gets pissed off by this comment. Nick shrugs
Nick: I don't really care about that mates, I'm just hungry so tell me where the elevator is?
Drake gives a short laugh
Drake: HA, you guys don't get to use the elevator; you're going to climb the stairs.
Everyone looks at him shocked
Cagalli: What the stairs!
Roxas: Are you kidding me!
Nick: Oh come on!
Shadow: I'm hungry!
Drake shouts
Drake: All of you shut up, you guys can rest and eat when you get to the top, and if I catch you taking the elevator you don't get to eat till dinner!
Still seeing their looks of outrage. Drake sighs
Drake: Come on it shouldn't take you that long it's only about 60 flights.
Cagalli even more shock asks
Cagalli: 60 flights!
Drake shrugs
Drake: Maybe more.
Roxas still shocked
Roxas: More!
Drake annoyed snaps
Drake: Would you stop repeating everything I say, it's annoying!
Shadow is the first to get over his shock
Shadow: What about you, are you going to climb the stairs too?
Drake's evil smile widens
Drake: I guess you can say that, but I'm hungry and I don't feel like waiting for you guys so I’m going to go on ahead and wait for you guys on the roof.
Nick looks at him curious
Nick: You think you can climb those stairs that much faster than us mate?
Drake still smiling says
Drake: Just watch.
Drake walks over to the stairs and begins to climb. He stops after 20 steps and then easily hops up on top of the rail which is made from solid cement. He turns to face the spiral cement rail across from him, and then he jumps.
Time slows down for a second as we see Drake land on side of the rail we zoom in on his feet to see him turn before he applies all of his weight on the rail. We see him bend his legs and then he jumps again.
Time goes back to normal to show Drake hopping form rail to rail back and forth, in under a minute he's climb 20 flights of stairs and he's still climbing all while keeping his hands in his pocket. Shadow and the others watch in shock as Drake climbs out of their range of sight.
Nick: Holy cow!
Roxas: WOW!
Cagalli: He's got to be a coordinator!
Shadow doesn't say anything; instead he goes over to the stairs and climbs to the spot Drake hop on top of the rail. Cagalli looks at him curious
Cagalli: Shadow what are you
Cagalli doesn't finish as Shadow hops on top of the rail and attempts to jump to the rail across from him. He doesn't even get half way to the first spiral before he falls to the ground like a bag of rocks. Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are surprise by his sudden action
Cagalli: Shadow!
Shadow groans and slowly gets up
Shadow: Owwwwwwwwwwww
Nick and Roxas burst out laughing
Nick: HAHAHHHHAHAHAH, at least you know not to try that again mate.
Roxas: HAHAHAHAHHAHA, what an idiot.
Cagalli sighs in relief when she sees him sit up, then she yells at him.
Cagalli: Are you out of your mind what the hell were you thinking?
Shadow gets up
Shadow: Well Drake did it, so I figure I could do it!
Cagalli looks at him like he's an idiot
Cagalli: Drake is obvious a Coordinator and you're a natural; you can't possibly compete with him in physical abilities.
That comment pisses Shadow off and he starts glaring at Cagalli
Shadow: Says who!
Cagalli doesn't like being yelled at and starts glaring at him
Cagalli: Everyone!
Nick steps in the middle of the two
Nick: Now that's enough mates, now come on the sooner we start climbing the stairs the sooner we get to eat.
Shadow turns away from Cagalli and nods his head and begins to climb the stairs. Cagalli follows, they both look pissed. Roxas and Nick look at each other than shrug, they turn and follow Shadow and Cagalli.
The camera cuts to the roof. Drake is sitting at a small table drinking a glass of coffee when the door to the roof burst open with Shadow and the others collapsing on the roof. Once again they're drowning in their own sweat
Shadow: Made it!
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas are on the floor desperately trying to get their breath back. Drake looks at his watch
Drake: It took you guys 45 minutes to get up here, man you guys are weak and out of shape.
Cagalli manages to spit out
Cagalli: Can *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant,* it.
Drake looks at them for a moment then decides to show some mercy.
Drake: Your food is over by the door in the bags.
Drake gestures towards the door, the camera focuses on some paper bags. Shadow and Roxas pounce on the bags and begin to savagely take out the food and eat; Nick and Cagalli are right behind them. Drake watches them for a moment and laughs.
Drake: Hahahahah, I guess you guys were hungry.
Roxas talks with her mouth full
Roxas: After that training regiment you put us through can you blame us?
Cagalli finish chewing before she talks.
Cagalli: Isn't it unfair for you to put us through a coordinator training regiment when we're naturals?
Drake looks at Cagalli confused.
Drake: Coordinator training, wait do you think I'm coordinator?
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: Well yea, I mean I've suspected it since our fight but that jump you did confirmed it. No natural could have done something like that.
Drake blinks
Drake: I'm both flatter and insulted at the same time.
Now Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Huh
Drake goes on
Drake: I'm a natural.
Cagalli is shocked
Cagalli: What!
Drake nods his head
Drake: Yup you'll find that I have had no genetic modifications whatsoever. You see I view coordinators like people born with natural talent, sure they start out at a level higher than yours but that doesn't mean you can't catch up to them. I got this power through blood sweat and hard work and as long as you guys continue this training you'll eventually get there as well.
While he's been talking Shadow and the others have finished their food. Roxas licking her lips says.
Roxas: So what you're saying is by doing this insane training we'll have the physical strength to take on coordinators?
Drake laughs
Drake: Hahahahahahah, no not only after a month but maybe after you start getting into Gundam Fights.
Drake hops up from his chair and claps his hands
Drake: But that's enough that, so get up your breaks over!
Everyone groans
Nick: Come on mate that break was a little short!
Drake: You have no one to blame but yourselves, I was going to give you guys an hour break but it took you 45 minutes to climb the stairs, so get up you lazy bums before I get you up.
Shadow and the others get up. Drake turns around and walks to the edge of the roof. Shadow and the others expecting for Drake to lead them to the door are confuse, but nonetheless they follow him.
When they get to the edge of the roof their eyes open wide in surprise, on the side of the building there is a row of squares connected by a chain connecting to the building across the street.
Each square seems to be 5 feet apart from the other. Over top of the row of squares is a pole. Drake is standing at the edge of the roof hooking up a harness to the pole, as he's doing that he begins to talk
Drake: Your next task is rather simple; all you have to do is hop from square to square to the next building without falling.
Cagalli looks at him like he's nuts
Cagalli: Are you nuts, what if we fall!
Drake looks bored
Drake: Oh relax, that's why I got the harnesses hooked up, so who's first?
Shadow jumps forward, he and Roxas look excited
Shadow: Oh me first!
Cagalli looks at Shadow annoyed. Drake quickly puts the harness on Shadow.
Drake: All set.
Drake takes a step back giving Shadow room. Shadow turns to face the rows of squares takes a step back then does a running jump off the roof. Shadow manages to land on the corner of the first square but the square flips over and sends Shadow falling.
Cagalli and Roxas: Shadow!
Nick: Mate!
The rope attach to the harness tightens and stops Shadow's fall. Shadow is now upside down hanging by the harness.
Shadow: OW!
Drake looks at Cagalli and the others annoyed
Drake: What are you guys so worried about, I told you about the harnesses.
Drake turns to face Shadow and yells
Drake: These platforms are only connected and held together by a single chain, so they're going to sway and flip like crazy. You not only have to worry about making the jump to each square you also have to watch your balance when you land on the square.
Drake now turns to the others
Drake: However Shadow falling does bring up a rule I forgot to mention; every time you fall you will do 100 sit-ups.
Drake seeing the protest forming on their face adds
Drake: And if you refuse I'll leave you hanging here all day.
Drake smiling holds up what looks like a remote as a symbol of his power
Drake: So Shadow get started and who's next!
The camera cuts ahead in time. Shadow and the others have made it to the other building and once again are breathing heavily although not as heavily as before. In fact they're already starting to recover; Drake is shaking his head
Drake: I suppose that was a good first attempt after all you guys have probably never done anything like this before, but still not a single one of you made it all the way across the squares without falling; that's kind of pathetic.
Shadow has recover
Shadow: Yea, yea, yea so we suck right now but isn't that why you're training us?
Drake walks over to bamboo poles that have been set up on the roof. The bamboo poles are about a foot long with the tops cut off.
Drake: Good point, which brings me to the next part of this exercise.
Cagalli groans
Cagalli: There's more!
Drake snaps
Drake: Yes there's more so shut up and stop interrupting; each time you make it to a roof top you're to do 50 push-ups on the bamboo poles.
Shadow curious asks
Shadow: Why on bamboo poles?
Drake once again irritated
Drake: Because I said so now get to it!
Drake takes his gun out and shoots around them. Shadow, Cagalli and the others hop up and rush over to the poles. The camera cuts forward in time again, Shadow and the others are on the poles sweating and struggling to do there push-ups. Drake is yelling at them
Drake: Come on you wimps you can't be tired already! Shadow and Cagalli you still got 25 more push-ups to go; Nick you've got 15 more and Roxas you have 7 more!
Shadow going down on his push-up
Shadow: That's impressive that you can keep track of our different push-up counts.
Drake walks over and grabs an ice box, as he puts thick gloves on he says
Drake: Stalling isn't going to work, so it's about time I show you why I'm making you do push-ups on bamboo poles.
Drake begins to take out of the ice box large blocks of ice and puts them under Cagalli, Shadow, Roxas and Nick.
Cagalli: What are you OW!
The moment the ice touches Cagalli's skin she gasps in surprise and pushes up, the others reaction are the same. Drake wipes his hand and takes off his gloves, smiling he says
Drake: There that should help move things along, now get push-upping!
Once again we do the slideshow thing, we see pictures of Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas, hopping on squares, falling off squares, doing sit-ups upside down in midair, and doing push-ups on bamboo poles while ice is under them.
Drake is also yelling at them to go faster, and giving them advice, the slideshow ends and once again Shadow and the others are on the ground breathing heavily. This time though their arms are hanging limply to their side, on the corner of the screen the time is shown 12pm.
Shadow: *pant, pant, pant* can't *pant, pant, pant* feel *pant, pant, pant* my arms!
Drake walks over to them, he looks annoyed
Drake: Are you wimps going to collapse after every simple exercise I give you?
They're too tired for a comeback. Drake sighs
Drake: Fine come on it's time for your lunch break.
Drake turns and begins to walk towards the edge of the roof. At the words of lunch break we hear the growls of angry stomachs. Shadow and the others struggle to get up and follow Drake.
Roxas: *pant, pant* where are we *pant, pant* going?
Drake smiles at her
Drake: Don't you guys know where you are?
Confuse they start looking around as Drake begins to climb down a fire escape ladder. The camera zooms out to show they're across the street of the dock Jack's ship is at. The camera cuts inside Jack's ship to the lunchroom. Jack and Kenny are inspecting the food Tim brought.
Jack: Why'd you bring us so much food?
Shadow walks fast in with Roxas right on his tail.
Shadow: Because some of that food is for us!
Shadow and Roxas charge the food bags and begin ripping it apart. Cagalli, Nick and Drake walk in behind them. Jack and Kenny are surprise
Jack: Hey what are you guys doing here?
Kenny: I thought Drake was training you guys all day?
Shadow shrugs as everyone begins to eat
Shadow: He is but he told us to come to Jack's ship to eat lunch.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: Would you guys stop talking as if I'm not in the room; and as for why I brought you to the ship to eat it's simple. You guys maybe doing different jobs but you're still one team so it's important you have some bounding time every day.
They're all quiet for a moment then Kenny smiles
Kenny: Now all we need is a name and we'll be a real team.
All eyes turn to Shadow, Shadow highly annoyed snaps
Shadow: I'm working on it!
Everyone laughs, and then Shadow and the others begin talking amongst themselves. Drake walks over to Tim
Tim: You know I've been hearing some strange reports about some crazy people punching and kicking as they run while some nut job chases them with a gun but you won't know anything about that would you?
Tim says smiling at Drake. Drake looks annoyed
Drake: I was training their breathing patterns; a weakness most first time fighters have is they get winded when they fight because they forget to breath. I counter this by making them punch and kick as they run; I figure after 30 days of that their breathing will be subconsciously fixed.
Tim nods his head
Tim: I guess that could work.
The camera goes over to the table Shadow and the others are sitting at. They seem to be talking about their day as they eat. The camera stops and focuses on Cagalli, her hands are shaking.
Cagalli (What am I doing here, I'm a diplomat not some kind of warrior.)
Cagalli has a flashback of when she said she be the third fighter against Drake.
Cagalli (At that time Shadow had been doing a lot for me; first he saved my life, then he told me I could travel with them until I figure out how to get back to Earth. So when Drake ask me what I was doing for the team and called me useless I got so mad, not because of the insult but because he was right; Shadow had been giving me as much help as he could so in his time of need I didn't want to be useless.)
Cagalli drops the food she was eating, her hands are shaking badly. She clenches them into fists.
Cagalli (Damn it, my hands won't stop shaking! And from what I know of Drake there's still a half a day of training left. I shouldn't be here I should be trying to figure out how to get back to Earth back to Orb not wasting my time trying to get better at some stupid sport! My people need me!)
Cagalli has another flashback, this time it's the Warden telling her the other politician think of her as an obstacle.
Cagalli (No he was wrong the Warden was just trying to get under my skin, there's no way they think I'm an obstacle.)
Cagalli's eyes take on a sad look
Cagalli (And even if I did stay there's no way I could hope of finishing this type training; my hands are shaking this bad from just half a day's training and there's still another 29 and a half days left. If Kira or Athrun were here they could do it; but I'm not Kira or Athrun, I'm nowhere near as strong as they are, I should just quit.)
Her eyes take on an even sadder look; suddenly we hear a crash sound. Shadow had drop the cup he was holding, the water is getting everywhere. Jack laughs
Jack: HAHAHAH, nice butterfingers Shadow!
Everyone laughs except Cagalli; they begin to lift their food up so that it doesn't get wet. Shadow uses a napkin to clean up the mess. Shadow sitting next to Cagalli is using his other hand to clean the table and not the hand that dropped the glass. Shadow grumbles
Shadow: The stupid glass got too slippery from the moisture.
Nick, Kenny, Jack and Roxas laugh at him some more buying his excuse but Cagalli notices that the hand Shadow was using to hold his glass is to his side underneath the table and is shaking pretty bad. Cagalli is surprise by this
Cagalli (Shadow's hand is shaking just as bad as my hand, and yet he's not saying anything.)
Cagalli smiles
Cagalli (If that stubborn idiot can keep going without saying anything then so can I!)
Nick noticing Cagalli's smile and asks
Nick: So have your thoughts turn out ok mate?
Cagalli blinks surprise
Cagalli: Huh?
Nick shrugs
Nick: It's just that I notice you seem to be in deep thought mate, so I was kind of worried.
Roxas jumps across the table and hugs Cagalli
Roxas: If anything is troubling you or your lonely bosoms Cagalli then feel free to tell me about it!
Cagalli annoyed pushes Roxas off herself
Cagalli: How about your lack of personal space!
Everyone laughs. Shadow after calming down says
Shadow: Don't worry about her; the poor little princess is probably just tired.
Cagalli starts glaring at Shadow
Cagalli: Looks who's talking; you look like you're going to fall over from exhaustion any second!
Shadow starts glaring back
Shadow: HA for your information I could keep going like this all day!
The episode ends with Drake walking up to the table unnoticed and saying with a smile
Drake: Well that's good because mid-day break is over and we still got another half-a-day's training left.
The episode opens up with an overhead view of the city, it's still dark out. The camera is slowly going over all the buildings, it looks just like any other major city. The camera stops at the building Shadow and the others are staying at; in the right hand corner we see the words 6am Day 1 on the screen.
We cut inside each of their bedrooms to see that everyone is fast asleep, suddenly all the lights get turn on and some kind of loud horn starts blaring, everyone jumps up very startle.
Shadow: Oh what the hell!
Cagalli: Damn it!
The camera cuts to the living room to show Drake in the kitchen area finishing a bowl of cereal, everyone is slowly coming down the staircase. The only ones who don't look extremely irritated are Nick and Jack.
Drake: Good morning.
Shadow glaring at Drake
Shadow: I didn't become a Gundam Fighter to have to wake up at 6 in the morning!
Drake shrugs uncaringly
Drake: Sorry, alright Jack and Kenny you got 5 minutes to get dress and come with me; the rest of you take a shower you've got full day of training ahead of you.
Jack and Kenny go back upstairs to get dress. Shadow, Nick, Roxas, and Cagalli climb down and head over to the door that leads to the bathrooms. The camera cuts outside to show Drake leading Kenny and Jack to a car. Drake points to it
Drake: Get in.
All three of them get in and the car takes off. We cut inside the car
Drake: Every morning you'll get up at 6am, you'll have 30 minutes to take a shower, brush your teeth, and get dress. At 6:30am you'll come down to the car and Tim will drive you down to the dock.
The camera turns to show an annoyed Tim driving
Tim: How again did you get me to agree to be the driver?
Drake snaps
Drake: Because you owe me a thousand favors and I threaten to beat you to death if you didn't help.
Tim grunts still annoyed. Kenny awake now asks
Kenny: I was under the impression that since you were going to train the Gundam Pilots for the next month Jack and I had the month off?
Drake does a short laugh
Drake: HA yea right, you guys got some hard work ahead of you.
Jack is looking at Drake annoyed about being kept in the dark
Jack: And what exactly are we doing?
Drake looks bored again
Drake: I thought that was obvious, your Gundam Team currently has 4 Gundam Pilots but only one Gundam; you're going to fix that.
Jack eyes open wide as she realizes what he's asking
Jack: Wait, you want me to build 3 Gundams from scratch!
Drake adds
Drake: And in 30 days, also you're not allow to hire anyone to help.
Jack eyes open even wider
Jack: Are you nuts! To build one Gundam from scratch in 30 days would take at least a team of 50 mechanics and even then it would be close, but you're asking me to build 3 Gundams by myself in that amount of time; it's impossible!
Drake: You'll have Kenny.
Jack snaps
Jack: He doesn't count he's not a mechanic!
Kenny looks slightly offended. Drake sighs
Drake: Look I'm not asking you to build some big fancy state of the art Gundam; all I'm asking for is three Basic Original Gundams, and if you're half a decent mechanic you should have no problems building a Basic Original.
Jack is very offended
Jack: I could build a Basic Original blind folded you
Kenny cuts her off before she says something she might regret later
Kenny: I think what Jack means is wouldn't it be more helpful if we hired a team of mechanics to help us build a more powerful Gundam then just settling for a Basic Original?
Drake looks annoyed
Drake: No, for two reasons. Reason one is that Shadow and the others wouldn't be able to handle some big and complex Gundam, so it's better for them if you make it small and simple to start off with, as they get better at piloting you can upgrade the Gundam with more complex parts and weapons. Like the saying goes to build a good house you need to make the base simple and strong.
Jack nods her head in understanding
Jack: Ok, I guess that makes sense but what's the second reason?
Drake smiles at her
Drake: You are, I saw the upgrades you put in Nightwing and I notice that you hadn't property tune the new parts and systems together.
Jack's eyes open wide in surprise and she looks to the floor ashamed.
Drake: Don't worry about it I didn't expect you to know how to do it, however it's time you learn. The only way you can tune new systems together is by knowing where every bolt, circuit, screw and nut is in the Gundam, and the only way you're going to know that is if you put them there yourself.
Jack looks at him surprise then she smiles
Jack: So this month isn't just training for the pilots it's also training for me.
Drake smiles back at her
Drake: Just because you're not a fighter doesn't mean you don't have your own skills you have to work on. In life you should constantly be training the skills you need to reach your goals.
The car has come to a stop at the indoor dock
Drake: You'll be building the Gundams on your ship so I've gotten all the materials you'll need and put them on your ship. Tim will come by at different times to give you food and water, and he'll pick you up and take you home when you're done working for the day.
Jack still looks hesitant
Drake: Oh course you are a woman so
Jack goes off the deep end
Jack: Oh so because I'm a WOMAN I can't be a good mechanic, I’LL SHOW YOU!
Jack jumps out of the car and snaps
Jack: Come on Kenny!
Kenny quickly jumps out of the car, and they go inside the dock. After they leave the car turns around and starts driving back to the house. We cut back inside to show Tim fake crying.
Tim: To think little Drake has grown into such a fine Master being able to give great speeches and able to motivate his disciples into action.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: Tim shut up before I decide to kill you.
The camera cuts back to the apartment we see the time in the lower left hand corner 6:30am. We see Cagalli, Shadow, Nick and Roxas sitting around the counter dressed and showered. Shadow is awake and looks excited
Shadow: So what kind of training do you think we're going to do?
Cagalli looks bored, she shrugs
Cagalli: We'll probably have to spend hours on some kind of simulator and then when we get good at that we'll practice using real Gundams.
Drake: Wrong on all counts.
Drake seems to have come out of nowhere carrying a big box. Everyone jumps in surprise
Shadow: How you do that!
Nick: Holy crap mate!
Cagalli: And I thought Roxas was scary.
Drake puts the box on the table
Drake: Yea I'm awesome, now back to businesses. Put these on.
Drake begins to take out vests, gloves, and boots from the box only these clothes look metal and that the gloves go all the way up to the elbow and the boots go all the way up to the knee. He begins to hand them out to everyone
Cagalli: What are these?
Nick's breath gets knock out of him when he catches a vest
Nick: Whoa how much do these things weigh?
Drake answers while still passing them out
Drake: They're weight suits. The Gloves are 20 pounds, the boots are 40 pounds, and the vests are 60 pounds.
Everyone has begun to put them on. Cagalli looks annoyed
Cagalli: And how is this supposed to help our piloting skills.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: It's to help with your muscle training and from this point on don't question your master's instructions.
Nick looks up surprise
Nick: Master?
Drake shrugs
Drake: Master, sensei, teacher, instructor; the point is I'm in charge of teaching you so just do what I say!
Everyone has put on the weights. They have their hands to their side. Drake claps his hands.
Drake: Good, from this point on till your first fight you're only allowed to take those weights off when you take a shower.
Looks of outrage cross everyone's face
Shadow: Oh come on!
Cagalli: What!
Nick: How come!
Roxas: Why!
Drake lifts up a hand and cuts them off
Drake: Whine all you want but you'll find that those weights suits need a 5 digit pass code to be taken off.
Shocked everyone goes to take off their suits but find they can't. Cagalli is trying to take off her vest, Nick is trying to take off a boot, and Roxas is biting and clawing at her glove.
Cagalli: I can't take it off!
Drake rolls his eyes
Drake: I just said that, don't worry I'll give you the pass code when you go to take a shower. This is to help build up your muscles so get over it already and come down stairs to start your training.
Drake turns around without waiting for a reply and heads downstairs. Shadow doesn't seem to care, Nick and Roxas look annoyed but gradually accepting it, Cagalli is the only one still outrage. Nick sigh
Nick: Well we've better get going mate.
Cagalli looks at him like he's nuts
Cagalli: Wait you're not going to do what that lunatic says, are you! How is muscle training going to help us Pilot Gundams!
Roxas does a cat stretch then answers
Roxas: Drake maybe an asshole lunatic but he's a smart asshole lunatic, I doubt that he make us do something that wouldn't help us in the long haul.
Cagalli and Nick are surprise again by Roxas thoughtful comment. Shadow is surprise for a different reason.
Shadow: Asshole? You're still mad at him for yesterday?
Roxas snaps
Roxas: He called me ugly!
Nick laughs
Nick: HAHAHHAH, you know what they say mate, women have long memories.
Cagalli still hesitates. Shadow sensing her hesitation smiles
Shadow: Aww is the poor little princess not use to having to do real physical work?
Cagalli turns to Shadow offended
Cagalli: What!
Cagalli starts to glare at Shadow. Shadow still smiling continues
Shadow: Tell you what, how about we call Orb and have your servants sent here to do all the physical work your poor girly princess muscles can't do.
Cagalli highly insulted now gets in Shadow's face
Cagalli: You're one to talk about weak muscles; I bet I can go longer then you without taking a break!
Shadow starts glaring at Cagalli
Shadow: You're on!
Shadow and Cagalli turn around and run downstairs. Nick and Roxas chase after them
Nick: Hey wait for us mates!
The camera cuts outside to show Drake waiting for Shadow and co. outside the building. Shadow and Cagalli burst out the doors at full speed with Roxas and Nick right behind them. The additional weight though is making them already start to pant, Drake is slightly surprise by their rush entrance.
Shadow: These weights are throwing off my balance.
Cagalli also panting adds
Cagalli: They're also heavier than I thought they'd be.
Drake smiles at that comment
Drake: Don't worry by the time the day is up those weights are going to feel 5 times heavier than they are now.
Cagalli looks at him wide eyed
Cagalli: You're joking right?
Drake doesn't answer, he turns around and claps.
Drake: Alright we'll start the day with a light jog.
Drake starts jogging in place
Drake: Follow me and keep pace.
Drake turns around and takes off at a good pace. Shadow and the others follow him. Shadow and Cagalli are in the lead behind Drake, Nick and Roxas are right behind them. The screen goes black and the words "15 minutes later" come up. We cut back to a normal screen to see that the pace has slow considerably.
Shadow and Cagalli are in last place, they're both sweating and panting heavily, Nick is in the lead with Roxas close behind, both are also sweating but they seem to be in better physical condition then Cagalli and Shadow. Roxas is jogging on all fours, Drake is still leading them and he shows no signs of being tired at all in fact he looks annoyed.
Drake: Come on you slowpokes pick up the pace!
Cagalli panting heavily
Cagalli: I thought *pant* you said *pant* this was *pant* a light jog.
Drake really annoyed now slows his pace till he's behind Cagalli and Shadow. He comments to Nick as he slows down
Drake: Keep going straight!
He gets behind Cagalli and Shadow and says
Drake: This is a light jog. You two are just weak, now move faster!
Shadow turns to grin at Cagalli
Shadow: Need *pant* a break *pant* princess?
Cagalli starts glaring at Shadow
Cagalli: You're *pant* the one *pant* that looks like *pant* he's about to fall over!
Shadow: HA *pant* I could *pant* go on like *pant* this all day!
Shadow and Cagalli start glaring at each other. Drake shouts
Drake: If you have energy to glare at each other then you have the energy to run faster!
Drake takes out a gun and begins to shoot at Cagalli and Shadow's feet. He doesn't hit them but they're still surprise
Shadow: Holy Crap!
Cagalli: What the hell are you doing!
Nick and Roxas turn their heads in surprise
Nick: Whoa mate don't you think you're taking this too far?
Roxas: If you hit me with a bullet I'm going to kick your ass!
Roxas says threateningly. Drake turns to face them
Drake: If you don't want to get hit by a bullet then RUN FASTER!
Drake opens fire on them again; Nick, Roxas, Shadow and Cagalli pick up the pace
Drake: Come on move faster, I've got places to go people to see and you slowpokes are holding me up!
Drake keeps shooting at their feet making them run faster. The camera cuts forward in time to show them turn down a residential area in the city. Drake has taken the lead again and slowed the pace down. Nick and Roxas are starting to pant even harder, Shadow and Cagalli look like they might pass out.
Cagalli: *pant, pant* How much *pant, pant* longer is *pant, pant* he going *pant, pant* to make us run?
Nick shrugs
Nick: No idea mate *pant* but at least he's *pant* not shooting at us anymore.
Roxas adds
Roxas: And he's slow *pant* the pace down.
Shadow looks at Drake suspicious
Shadow: I don't *pant, pant* like *pant, pant* it; Drake wouldn't *pant, pant* just give *pant, pant* us a break ARAG
Shadow doesn't finish as a red rubber dodge ball nails him right in the face. He's thrown off balance by the weights and falls to the ground, everyone stops moving.
Cagalli: Shadow!
Nick and Roxas turn around to see where the attacker is. Shadow shakes his head and blinks his eyes and starts looking for the attacker as well, he looks pissed
Shadow: Who the hell did that!
Everyone's eyes open wide as they see that the streets are pack full of people of all ages holding dodge balls. The people on the streets take their dodge balls and unleash dodge ball furry on the Gundam Pilots.
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are trying to dodge the dodge balls but there are way too many of them. They're getting hit in the arms, legs, chest, even the head. Cagalli is holding her hands over her face trying to protect it.
Cagalli: What OW is OW going OW on!
Cagalli gets nail in the back of the head. The camera turns to show Drake easily dodging the dodge balls with very little movement, and he has an evil smile on his face.
Drake: Oh did I forget to mention I paid this neighborhood to throw dodge balls at us?
Cagalli still getting hit from all sides looks at him shocked.
Cagalli: You did what!
Roxas pissed screams
Roxas: That's it I’m kicking your ass!
Roxas charges at Drake on all fours but when she jumps she gets hit by at least a dozen dodge balls causing her to crash to the ground. Drake looks bored
Drake: Yea I would worry about dodging the dodge balls first before coming at me; now come on slowpokes stop standing still and start moving, they're just a couple of dodge balls!
Cagalli still guarding her face looks at him like's nuts, Nick has got his hands over his face and is trying to make himself as small as possible, Roxas is on all fours trying to dodge the dodge balls.
Shadow is the only one who isn't guarding his face instead he keeps his eyes on the crowd that's throwing the dodge balls. Regardless of their efforts the Gundam Pilots are still getting hit everywhere, in Shadow's case in the face by the dodge balls. Shadow says sarcastically
Shadow: Right only a couple ARGAG
Shadow just got nail in the face again by a dodge ball. Drake is watching them closely
Drake (Shadow's got good instincts; most people would try to protect their face in this type of situation by placing their hands in front of their face. That's a mistake, by putting your hands in front of your face you limit your field of vision dramatically, and make it harder to react to incoming attacks. Nick and Roxas have greater reflexes then Shadow but since Shadow isn't covering his face he's able to react faster to incoming attacks; it's a shame that his reflexes suck; that's why he's doing about the same as Nick and Roxas.)
Drake shouts
Drake: Come on stop standing still, once you guys do 8 laps around this block you can leave!
Cagalli is even more shocked
Cagalli: You want us to do 8 laps in this ARAGAH!
Cagalli has been hit in both legs at the same time causing her to collapses to the ground. The crowd shows no mercy and continues to hit her even while she's still on the ground, Drake claps his hands.
Drake: Alright follow me!
We have a quick slideshow; we basically see pictures of Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas getting hit with dodge balls in multiple places including arms, legs, chest, back, and the face.
The scene goes back to normal to show Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas collapse in front of a building, they're breathing heavily and drowning in sweat. Drake looks perfectly fine, in the lower corner of the screen we see the time 7am
Nick: *pant, pant, pant, pant* we're *pant, pant, pant, pant* going *pant, pant, pant, pant* to be *pant, pant, pant, pant* purple *pant, pant, pant, pant* in the morning.
Cagalli takes a big gulp of air then says
Cagalli: What kind of people *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* agree to throw a dodge ball *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* at complete strangers for money?
Shadow and Roxas answer at the same time
Shadow and Roxas: I would!
Cagalli looks annoyed, Shadow is beginning to recover
Shadow: What I want *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* to know is how *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant* they got so many dodge balls?
Drake looks at his watch and answers. Shadow and the others are beginning to catch their breath.
Drake: Oh I bought the dodge balls for them; there was a sale at a sports mall so I got them pretty cheap. I also bribed a couple of construction workers to close down the street until we finished.
Shadow and the others are surprise. Drake goes on
Drake: And besides it's cheaper and easier to pay someone to throw a dodge ball at you then making a machine to do it.
Drake claps his hands
Drake: Alright get up break time is over!
Cagalli is looking at him shocked
Cagalli: Wait there's more!
Drake gives a short laugh
Drake: hahahhah that was only the warm up, the real workout starts now!
Cagalli looks terrified, Roxas moans, Nick groans
Nick: You've got to be kidding mate!
Shadow smiling gets up and says in a grand voice
Shadow: HA you guys aren't tired are you? I could do this all day!
Nick and Roxas are slightly annoyed
Nick: I'm not that tired I was just worried about you mates.
Nick and Roxas get off the ground
Roxas: The Uthe Kangaroo can hop at full speeds without stopping for over 3 hours!
(Should be noted that the Uthe Kangaroo is an animal on Sora not Earth), Cagalli sees everyone getting up sighs then gets up too. Drake looks up slightly impressed
Drake: Good, alright our first workout exercise is going to be to jog again.
Everyone groans; Drake gets annoyed
Drake: Yea, yea groan all you want but you're still doing it; now I'm going to show you how I want you to run so watch closely.
Shadow is confused
Shadow: There're different ways of running?
Drake snaps
Drake: Yes now pay attention. You're going to take one step then punch with your right hand, take another step then punch with your left hand, step kick with your right leg, step kick with your left leg then repeat from the top.
Drake demonstrates. Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are looking at him like he's nuts.
Shadow: And what's the point of this?
Drake highly irritated snaps
Drake: Don't worry about that just do it!
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas reluctantly do as Drake says. They first step and punch with their right hand, then step and punch with their left hand, then step and kick with their right leg, but they take two step before their next kick. Only Drake and Roxas were able to lift their leg above their shoulder, Nick, Cagalli and Shadow weren't even able to lift their legs above their waist. Drake shakes his head
Drake: No, no, no you only take one step in-between your kicks.
Cagalli annoyed asks
Cagalli: And how are we supposed to keep our balance after the first kick?
Drake irritated by Cagalli's attitude snaps
Drake: Figure it out, I did it didn't I!
Cagalli still looks annoyed by this but she realizes he's right. Drake sighs and says
Drake: Look just do it again slower; right now technique is more important than speed.
They start from the top again and do it slower, when they get to the second kick they manage to take only one step but they still have to slightly hop to keep their balance. Drake nods his head.
Drake: Better, just make sure you watch for it as we go.
Nick looks at him curious
Nick: Go where mate?
Drake just smiles
Drake: You'll see, now come on I'll lead and set pace according to how well I think you can perform.
Drake begins to lead as Shadow and the others continue doing the step punch step punch step kick step kick jog. They're going at a slow walking pace, the camera goes back to the slideshow thing only this time there's audio. The audio matches the slides and is basically Drake just correcting them on their technique.
Drake: Shadow watch the step on your second kick, you're only supposed to take one!
Drake: Cagalli its step punch, step punch not punch punch punch step step step.
Drake: Nick you're taking too many steps, its one step per move.
Drake: Roxas get up and walk like a normal human!
The slideshow end. We see Drake still doing the weird jog leading Shadow and the others who are sweating heavily again and they look like they're going to pass out any second. On the bright side it looks like they have master the technique. Drake still hasn't broken a sweat. On the corner of the screen we see the time 9am, Drake takes a look at his watch then stops in front of a 50 story building.
Drake: Ok take another ten minute break.
The way he says this seems to implied they've taken a lot of breaks along the way. Shadow, Cagalli, Nick and Roxas collapse on the stairs that lead up to the building.
Shadow: Oh thank god!
Cagalli: I *pant, pant, pant* I'm *pant, pant, pant* going *pant, pant, pant* to die!
They lay over on their backs breathing heavily. Drake looks annoyed
Drake: God you guys are weak, counting this you've taken over 4, 4, ten minute breaks, and that's only going at about walking speed!
He says the second 4 loudly. Shadow and the others are still too tired to answer. Drake sighs
Drake: Well at least you seem to have gotten a hang of the technique, so tomorrow we'll pick up the pace.
Roxas looks up shocked
Roxas: Tomorrow?
Drake once again looks annoyed
Drake: Yes tomorrow, what'd you think; this was the only day you had to do this kind of training. The only way any of you are going to be ready for the Gundam Fight in a month is if you do this kind of training over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until you're doing it in your sleep! That's why I'm going to make you do this same regiment every day until your fight!
Everyone is looking at Drake shock except Shadow
Shadow: Yea whatever, when do we eat?
Cagalli turns to Shadow very annoyed
Cagalli: Is that all you care about!
Roxas adds
Roxas: I'm also hungry.
Nick: Me to mate.
Cagalli looks at them shock then her stomach growls. She blushes as Shadow grins
Shadow: Cagalli is hungry too.
Cagalli snaps
Cagalli: I can speak for myself!
Drake looks at them for a moment then grins
Drake: Actually you guys can have breakfast right now.
Everyone looks happy by this news. Drake nods towards the building with his evil smile on.
Drake: And since you seem to have recovered follow me.
Drake walks inside the building. The others haven’t notice his evil smile and eagerly follow him inside. The camera cuts inside the building to the staircase; the staircase is a spiral staircase with the spirals close together. It looks like it's about 60 flights; the camera zooms all the way down to show Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas looking around confused.
Shadow: Ok I'll humor you where's the food?
Drake is standing close to the beginning of the staircase. He still has his evil smile on, he points up.
Drake: On the roof.
All: The roof?
Drake nods
Drake: Yup
Cagalli annoyed asks
Cagalli: Why?
Drake looks at her like she's an idiot
Drake: Since when do I have to have a reason and if I did since when do I have to tell you?
Cagalli gets pissed off by this comment. Nick shrugs
Nick: I don't really care about that mates, I'm just hungry so tell me where the elevator is?
Drake gives a short laugh
Drake: HA, you guys don't get to use the elevator; you're going to climb the stairs.
Everyone looks at him shocked
Cagalli: What the stairs!
Roxas: Are you kidding me!
Nick: Oh come on!
Shadow: I'm hungry!
Drake shouts
Drake: All of you shut up, you guys can rest and eat when you get to the top, and if I catch you taking the elevator you don't get to eat till dinner!
Still seeing their looks of outrage. Drake sighs
Drake: Come on it shouldn't take you that long it's only about 60 flights.
Cagalli even more shock asks
Cagalli: 60 flights!
Drake shrugs
Drake: Maybe more.
Roxas still shocked
Roxas: More!
Drake annoyed snaps
Drake: Would you stop repeating everything I say, it's annoying!
Shadow is the first to get over his shock
Shadow: What about you, are you going to climb the stairs too?
Drake's evil smile widens
Drake: I guess you can say that, but I'm hungry and I don't feel like waiting for you guys so I’m going to go on ahead and wait for you guys on the roof.
Nick looks at him curious
Nick: You think you can climb those stairs that much faster than us mate?
Drake still smiling says
Drake: Just watch.
Drake walks over to the stairs and begins to climb. He stops after 20 steps and then easily hops up on top of the rail which is made from solid cement. He turns to face the spiral cement rail across from him, and then he jumps.
Time slows down for a second as we see Drake land on side of the rail we zoom in on his feet to see him turn before he applies all of his weight on the rail. We see him bend his legs and then he jumps again.
Time goes back to normal to show Drake hopping form rail to rail back and forth, in under a minute he's climb 20 flights of stairs and he's still climbing all while keeping his hands in his pocket. Shadow and the others watch in shock as Drake climbs out of their range of sight.
Nick: Holy cow!
Roxas: WOW!
Cagalli: He's got to be a coordinator!
Shadow doesn't say anything; instead he goes over to the stairs and climbs to the spot Drake hop on top of the rail. Cagalli looks at him curious
Cagalli: Shadow what are you
Cagalli doesn't finish as Shadow hops on top of the rail and attempts to jump to the rail across from him. He doesn't even get half way to the first spiral before he falls to the ground like a bag of rocks. Cagalli, Nick and Roxas are surprise by his sudden action
Cagalli: Shadow!
Shadow groans and slowly gets up
Shadow: Owwwwwwwwwwww
Nick and Roxas burst out laughing
Nick: HAHAHHHHAHAHAH, at least you know not to try that again mate.
Roxas: HAHAHAHAHHAHA, what an idiot.
Cagalli sighs in relief when she sees him sit up, then she yells at him.
Cagalli: Are you out of your mind what the hell were you thinking?
Shadow gets up
Shadow: Well Drake did it, so I figure I could do it!
Cagalli looks at him like he's an idiot
Cagalli: Drake is obvious a Coordinator and you're a natural; you can't possibly compete with him in physical abilities.
That comment pisses Shadow off and he starts glaring at Cagalli
Shadow: Says who!
Cagalli doesn't like being yelled at and starts glaring at him
Cagalli: Everyone!
Nick steps in the middle of the two
Nick: Now that's enough mates, now come on the sooner we start climbing the stairs the sooner we get to eat.
Shadow turns away from Cagalli and nods his head and begins to climb the stairs. Cagalli follows, they both look pissed. Roxas and Nick look at each other than shrug, they turn and follow Shadow and Cagalli.
The camera cuts to the roof. Drake is sitting at a small table drinking a glass of coffee when the door to the roof burst open with Shadow and the others collapsing on the roof. Once again they're drowning in their own sweat
Shadow: Made it!
Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas are on the floor desperately trying to get their breath back. Drake looks at his watch
Drake: It took you guys 45 minutes to get up here, man you guys are weak and out of shape.
Cagalli manages to spit out
Cagalli: Can *pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant,* it.
Drake looks at them for a moment then decides to show some mercy.
Drake: Your food is over by the door in the bags.
Drake gestures towards the door, the camera focuses on some paper bags. Shadow and Roxas pounce on the bags and begin to savagely take out the food and eat; Nick and Cagalli are right behind them. Drake watches them for a moment and laughs.
Drake: Hahahahah, I guess you guys were hungry.
Roxas talks with her mouth full
Roxas: After that training regiment you put us through can you blame us?
Cagalli finish chewing before she talks.
Cagalli: Isn't it unfair for you to put us through a coordinator training regiment when we're naturals?
Drake looks at Cagalli confused.
Drake: Coordinator training, wait do you think I'm coordinator?
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: Well yea, I mean I've suspected it since our fight but that jump you did confirmed it. No natural could have done something like that.
Drake blinks
Drake: I'm both flatter and insulted at the same time.
Now Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Huh
Drake goes on
Drake: I'm a natural.
Cagalli is shocked
Cagalli: What!
Drake nods his head
Drake: Yup you'll find that I have had no genetic modifications whatsoever. You see I view coordinators like people born with natural talent, sure they start out at a level higher than yours but that doesn't mean you can't catch up to them. I got this power through blood sweat and hard work and as long as you guys continue this training you'll eventually get there as well.
While he's been talking Shadow and the others have finished their food. Roxas licking her lips says.
Roxas: So what you're saying is by doing this insane training we'll have the physical strength to take on coordinators?
Drake laughs
Drake: Hahahahahahah, no not only after a month but maybe after you start getting into Gundam Fights.
Drake hops up from his chair and claps his hands
Drake: But that's enough that, so get up your breaks over!
Everyone groans
Nick: Come on mate that break was a little short!
Drake: You have no one to blame but yourselves, I was going to give you guys an hour break but it took you 45 minutes to climb the stairs, so get up you lazy bums before I get you up.
Shadow and the others get up. Drake turns around and walks to the edge of the roof. Shadow and the others expecting for Drake to lead them to the door are confuse, but nonetheless they follow him.
When they get to the edge of the roof their eyes open wide in surprise, on the side of the building there is a row of squares connected by a chain connecting to the building across the street.
Each square seems to be 5 feet apart from the other. Over top of the row of squares is a pole. Drake is standing at the edge of the roof hooking up a harness to the pole, as he's doing that he begins to talk
Drake: Your next task is rather simple; all you have to do is hop from square to square to the next building without falling.
Cagalli looks at him like he's nuts
Cagalli: Are you nuts, what if we fall!
Drake looks bored
Drake: Oh relax, that's why I got the harnesses hooked up, so who's first?
Shadow jumps forward, he and Roxas look excited
Shadow: Oh me first!
Cagalli looks at Shadow annoyed. Drake quickly puts the harness on Shadow.
Drake: All set.
Drake takes a step back giving Shadow room. Shadow turns to face the rows of squares takes a step back then does a running jump off the roof. Shadow manages to land on the corner of the first square but the square flips over and sends Shadow falling.
Cagalli and Roxas: Shadow!
Nick: Mate!
The rope attach to the harness tightens and stops Shadow's fall. Shadow is now upside down hanging by the harness.
Shadow: OW!
Drake looks at Cagalli and the others annoyed
Drake: What are you guys so worried about, I told you about the harnesses.
Drake turns to face Shadow and yells
Drake: These platforms are only connected and held together by a single chain, so they're going to sway and flip like crazy. You not only have to worry about making the jump to each square you also have to watch your balance when you land on the square.
Drake now turns to the others
Drake: However Shadow falling does bring up a rule I forgot to mention; every time you fall you will do 100 sit-ups.
Drake seeing the protest forming on their face adds
Drake: And if you refuse I'll leave you hanging here all day.
Drake smiling holds up what looks like a remote as a symbol of his power
Drake: So Shadow get started and who's next!
The camera cuts ahead in time. Shadow and the others have made it to the other building and once again are breathing heavily although not as heavily as before. In fact they're already starting to recover; Drake is shaking his head
Drake: I suppose that was a good first attempt after all you guys have probably never done anything like this before, but still not a single one of you made it all the way across the squares without falling; that's kind of pathetic.
Shadow has recover
Shadow: Yea, yea, yea so we suck right now but isn't that why you're training us?
Drake walks over to bamboo poles that have been set up on the roof. The bamboo poles are about a foot long with the tops cut off.
Drake: Good point, which brings me to the next part of this exercise.
Cagalli groans
Cagalli: There's more!
Drake snaps
Drake: Yes there's more so shut up and stop interrupting; each time you make it to a roof top you're to do 50 push-ups on the bamboo poles.
Shadow curious asks
Shadow: Why on bamboo poles?
Drake once again irritated
Drake: Because I said so now get to it!
Drake takes his gun out and shoots around them. Shadow, Cagalli and the others hop up and rush over to the poles. The camera cuts forward in time again, Shadow and the others are on the poles sweating and struggling to do there push-ups. Drake is yelling at them
Drake: Come on you wimps you can't be tired already! Shadow and Cagalli you still got 25 more push-ups to go; Nick you've got 15 more and Roxas you have 7 more!
Shadow going down on his push-up
Shadow: That's impressive that you can keep track of our different push-up counts.
Drake walks over and grabs an ice box, as he puts thick gloves on he says
Drake: Stalling isn't going to work, so it's about time I show you why I'm making you do push-ups on bamboo poles.
Drake begins to take out of the ice box large blocks of ice and puts them under Cagalli, Shadow, Roxas and Nick.
Cagalli: What are you OW!
The moment the ice touches Cagalli's skin she gasps in surprise and pushes up, the others reaction are the same. Drake wipes his hand and takes off his gloves, smiling he says
Drake: There that should help move things along, now get push-upping!
Once again we do the slideshow thing, we see pictures of Shadow, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas, hopping on squares, falling off squares, doing sit-ups upside down in midair, and doing push-ups on bamboo poles while ice is under them.
Drake is also yelling at them to go faster, and giving them advice, the slideshow ends and once again Shadow and the others are on the ground breathing heavily. This time though their arms are hanging limply to their side, on the corner of the screen the time is shown 12pm.
Shadow: *pant, pant, pant* can't *pant, pant, pant* feel *pant, pant, pant* my arms!
Drake walks over to them, he looks annoyed
Drake: Are you wimps going to collapse after every simple exercise I give you?
They're too tired for a comeback. Drake sighs
Drake: Fine come on it's time for your lunch break.
Drake turns and begins to walk towards the edge of the roof. At the words of lunch break we hear the growls of angry stomachs. Shadow and the others struggle to get up and follow Drake.
Roxas: *pant, pant* where are we *pant, pant* going?
Drake smiles at her
Drake: Don't you guys know where you are?
Confuse they start looking around as Drake begins to climb down a fire escape ladder. The camera zooms out to show they're across the street of the dock Jack's ship is at. The camera cuts inside Jack's ship to the lunchroom. Jack and Kenny are inspecting the food Tim brought.
Jack: Why'd you bring us so much food?
Shadow walks fast in with Roxas right on his tail.
Shadow: Because some of that food is for us!
Shadow and Roxas charge the food bags and begin ripping it apart. Cagalli, Nick and Drake walk in behind them. Jack and Kenny are surprise
Jack: Hey what are you guys doing here?
Kenny: I thought Drake was training you guys all day?
Shadow shrugs as everyone begins to eat
Shadow: He is but he told us to come to Jack's ship to eat lunch.
Drake is annoyed
Drake: Would you guys stop talking as if I'm not in the room; and as for why I brought you to the ship to eat it's simple. You guys maybe doing different jobs but you're still one team so it's important you have some bounding time every day.
They're all quiet for a moment then Kenny smiles
Kenny: Now all we need is a name and we'll be a real team.
All eyes turn to Shadow, Shadow highly annoyed snaps
Shadow: I'm working on it!
Everyone laughs, and then Shadow and the others begin talking amongst themselves. Drake walks over to Tim
Tim: You know I've been hearing some strange reports about some crazy people punching and kicking as they run while some nut job chases them with a gun but you won't know anything about that would you?
Tim says smiling at Drake. Drake looks annoyed
Drake: I was training their breathing patterns; a weakness most first time fighters have is they get winded when they fight because they forget to breath. I counter this by making them punch and kick as they run; I figure after 30 days of that their breathing will be subconsciously fixed.
Tim nods his head
Tim: I guess that could work.
The camera goes over to the table Shadow and the others are sitting at. They seem to be talking about their day as they eat. The camera stops and focuses on Cagalli, her hands are shaking.
Cagalli (What am I doing here, I'm a diplomat not some kind of warrior.)
Cagalli has a flashback of when she said she be the third fighter against Drake.
Cagalli (At that time Shadow had been doing a lot for me; first he saved my life, then he told me I could travel with them until I figure out how to get back to Earth. So when Drake ask me what I was doing for the team and called me useless I got so mad, not because of the insult but because he was right; Shadow had been giving me as much help as he could so in his time of need I didn't want to be useless.)
Cagalli drops the food she was eating, her hands are shaking badly. She clenches them into fists.
Cagalli (Damn it, my hands won't stop shaking! And from what I know of Drake there's still a half a day of training left. I shouldn't be here I should be trying to figure out how to get back to Earth back to Orb not wasting my time trying to get better at some stupid sport! My people need me!)
Cagalli has another flashback, this time it's the Warden telling her the other politician think of her as an obstacle.
Cagalli (No he was wrong the Warden was just trying to get under my skin, there's no way they think I'm an obstacle.)
Cagalli's eyes take on a sad look
Cagalli (And even if I did stay there's no way I could hope of finishing this type training; my hands are shaking this bad from just half a day's training and there's still another 29 and a half days left. If Kira or Athrun were here they could do it; but I'm not Kira or Athrun, I'm nowhere near as strong as they are, I should just quit.)
Her eyes take on an even sadder look; suddenly we hear a crash sound. Shadow had drop the cup he was holding, the water is getting everywhere. Jack laughs
Jack: HAHAHAH, nice butterfingers Shadow!
Everyone laughs except Cagalli; they begin to lift their food up so that it doesn't get wet. Shadow uses a napkin to clean up the mess. Shadow sitting next to Cagalli is using his other hand to clean the table and not the hand that dropped the glass. Shadow grumbles
Shadow: The stupid glass got too slippery from the moisture.
Nick, Kenny, Jack and Roxas laugh at him some more buying his excuse but Cagalli notices that the hand Shadow was using to hold his glass is to his side underneath the table and is shaking pretty bad. Cagalli is surprise by this
Cagalli (Shadow's hand is shaking just as bad as my hand, and yet he's not saying anything.)
Cagalli smiles
Cagalli (If that stubborn idiot can keep going without saying anything then so can I!)
Nick noticing Cagalli's smile and asks
Nick: So have your thoughts turn out ok mate?
Cagalli blinks surprise
Cagalli: Huh?
Nick shrugs
Nick: It's just that I notice you seem to be in deep thought mate, so I was kind of worried.
Roxas jumps across the table and hugs Cagalli
Roxas: If anything is troubling you or your lonely bosoms Cagalli then feel free to tell me about it!
Cagalli annoyed pushes Roxas off herself
Cagalli: How about your lack of personal space!
Everyone laughs. Shadow after calming down says
Shadow: Don't worry about her; the poor little princess is probably just tired.
Cagalli starts glaring at Shadow
Cagalli: Looks who's talking; you look like you're going to fall over from exhaustion any second!
Shadow starts glaring back
Shadow: HA for your information I could keep going like this all day!
The episode ends with Drake walking up to the table unnoticed and saying with a smile
Drake: Well that's good because mid-day break is over and we still got another half-a-day's training left.