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Episode 40

Level 3, Match 3

Written By
Mark Moore

Italy has proven to be a formidable opponent.

"Fight!" a simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

Bashar moved his Gundam forward and punched Italy's Gundam with its right fist. Italy's Gundam was knocked back a bit.

Giorgio made his Gundam jump into the air, then he fired at Syria's Gundam with the beam rifle in its left hand. The shots hit Syria's Gundam repeatedly.

Bashar fired at Italy's Gundam repeatedly with the beam rifle in his Gundam's left hand. The shots hit Italy's Gundam repeatedly.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Italy's Gundam declared.

Giorgio fired his Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly, hitting Syria's Gundam over and over again.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Syria's Gundam declared.

Bashar kicked Italy's Gundam ten times with his Gundam's right leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Italy's Gundam declared.

Giorgio kicked Syria's Gundam repeatedly with his Gundam's left leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Syria's Gundam declared.

Bashar fired his Gundam's beam rifle. Giorgio activated his Gundam's thrusters and flew his Gundam into the sky, dodging the blast.

Giorgio fired his Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly at Syria's Gundam, hitting it repeatedly.

"Checkmate!" the simulated male voice of Syria's Gundam declared.

Bashar's Gundam fell backwards.

"Well done! Glory to the winner!" the simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

"Fight!" a simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

Juan moved his Gundam forward and punched Italy's Gundam with its right fist. Italy's Gundam was knocked back a bit.

Giorgio made his Gundam jump into the air, then he fired at Spain's Gundam with the beam rifle in its left hand. The shots hit Spain's Gundam repeatedly.

Juan fired at Italy's Gundam repeatedly with the beam rifle in his Gundam's left hand. The shots hit Italy's Gundam repeatedly.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Italy's Gundam declared.

Giorgio fired his Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly, hitting Spain's Gundam over and over again.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Spain's Gundam declared.

Juan kicked Italy's Gundam ten times with his Gundam's right leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Italy's Gundam declared.

Giorgio kicked Spain's Gundam repeatedly with his Gundam's left leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Spain's Gundam declared.

Juan fired his Gundam's beam rifle. Giorgio activated his Gundam's thrusters and flew his Gundam into the sky, dodging the blast.

Giorgio fired his Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly at Spain's Gundam, hitting it repeatedly.

"Checkmate!" the simulated male voice of Spain's Gundam declared.

Juan's Gundam fell backwards.

"Well done! Glory to the winner!" the simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

Japan's match against Italy is later today. Fa Yuiry and Mirai Yashima have just arrived in Italy and been given a ride to the location of the match, the Colosseum in Rome.

Thursday, December 13, 2007, 9:52 AM, Italian Standard Time

Fa and Mirai got out of the car and walked over to Lucrezia.

Standing at consoles on the ground was Rain.

Fa and Mirai saluted Lucrezia. "Sir."

"At ease."

Fa and Mirai relaxed.

"How's the Gundam coming along?" Fa asked.

"Good. It's ready as it'll ever be. How about you?"

"I'm...nervous."

"Wanna try it out before the match?" Lucrezia asked.

Fa smiled. "Yes. Thank you."

"You ready?" Rain asked Fa.

"Ready as I'll ever be, I suppose."

Fa walked into the elevator that had been set up in front of the Gundam and rode up to the chest level.

Fa got into the cockpit and fastened her seatbelt.

"Ready!" Fa called.

"Okay, raise the right arm."

At Rain's request, Fa pulled the lever on her console that controlled the right arm. The arm slowly rose up until it was pointing straight up.

Rain smiled. "Good. Now, make a fist."

Fa pressed the right fist button. The Gundam's right hand closed into a fist.

Rain nodded. "Good! How does it feel?"

"Fine."

Lucrezia smiled. "Move the elevator. Let her walk around."

Some engineers used heavy machinery to pull the elevator and its shaft away from the Gundam.

"Go on, Fa!" Lucrezia yelled. "Take it for a walk!"

Fa opened the Gundam's hand and lowered its arm. She pressed another button to close the cockpit. Then she pressed the Forward button, and the Gundam started walking.

"May I activate the thrusters and fly her?" Fa asked.

Rain frowned. "No. Not until the match. Now bring it back. I need to do a final systems check."

"All right."

Fa brought the Gundam back to its original location.

"Power down, Fa."

At Rain's request, Fa shut off the Gundam. The blue glow in the Gundam's eyes disappeared.

Fa opened the cockpit and got out of it and into the elevator.

Fa rode the elevator down to the ground.

Fa walked out of the elevator.

Lucrezia smiled. "Not bad. We still have some time until the match. Relax."

Fa and Mirai each got a can of regular cola out of a cooler and sat on the Colosseum. Mirai sat to Fa's right.

Fa opened her can and took a swig of cola. "Why did I ever agree to fight this guy here?"

"He wouldn't budge. You had no choice but to agree."

"I ought to kick him a few extra times just for that - assuming I even land a hit."

"Oh, stop it. You'll beat him."

A man with short, curly, black hair entered the Colosseum and walked over to a console that was set up on a higher level than Fa and Mirai were sitting on.

Fa looked. "Bright Noa, the announcer, is here."

Mirai looked. "Cool. That must mean the match will start soon."

Lucrezia walked over to them. "We just received word that the German team is on its way. Let's get you prepped."

Fa walked into the elevator and pressed a button.

She rode up to the chest level of the Gundam.

Fa got into the cockpit and fastened her seatbelt.

"Power on!" Rain called.

Fa pressed the Power button, turning the Gundam on. The Gundam's eyes glowed blue.

"Can you hear me?" Rain asked.

Fa now heard Rain's voice through the cockpit's speaker.

"Yes."

"Okay. Close the cockpit."

Fa pressed a button. The cockpit closed.

Fa looked at her screens. The cover was being removed, and she got her first in-person look at Italy's Gundam. It was brown. There was a beam rifle in its left hand.

The Italian Gundam's cockpit door opened. The Italian pilot got into the elevator, rode up to the chest level, and got into the cockpit. He then closed his cockpit.

A message appeared on one of Fa's screens: "ITALY REQUESTING VISUAL".

"The Italian pilot is requesting visual contact."

"Allowed."

At Lucrezia's permission, Fa pressed a button.

The Italian pilot's image appeared on one of Fa's screens. He was Caucasian; appeared to be in his 20s; had short, black hair; and was clean-shaven except for a moustache.

The Italian pilot smiled. "Greetings. I am Giorgio Prodi."

Fa smiled. "I'm Fa Yuiry. It's nice to finally meet you in person."

"Likewise."

"I'm curious. Why did you insist on fighting here?"

"It is my home. I want to defeat you here. You could say that it is national pride."

"Oh."

"Why do you ask?"

"I was just curious."

Giorgio grinned. "Prepare to lose."

Fa grinned. "Bring it."

"May we keep the audio channel between our cockpits open during the match?"

"Sure."

"Thank you. Good luck."

"Good luck to you, too."

Giorgio's image disappeared from Fa's screen and was replaced by an exterior view.

"Fa, the introductions are about to be made. Receive the audio."

At Lucrezia's order, Fa pressed a button.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Level 3, Match 3, of the First Gundam Tournament. We're here live in Rome, Italy. Allow me to introduce myself to those of you watching at home. My name is Bright Noa. I am the commentator for this tournament. Today's match is Italy versus Japan. The Italian pilot is Giorgio Prodi. The Japanese pilot is Fa Yuiry. Italy's Gundam - the brown one - is 24 meters tall, 0.5 meters of which is taken up by the head. It is armed with a beam rifle. Japan's Gundam - the white and dark blue one - is 19.85 meters tall, 1.15 meters of which is taken up by the head. It is armed with a beam rifle. The match is about to begin."

"Fight!" a simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

Giorgio moved his Gundam forward and punched Fa's Gundam with its right fist. Fa's Gundam was knocked back a bit.

Fa made her Gundam jump into the air, then she fired at Giorgio's Gundam with the beam rifle in its right hand. The shots hit Giorgio's Gundam repeatedly.

Giorgio made his Gundam jump into the air, then he fired at Fa's Gundam with the beam rifle in its left hand. The shots hit Fa's Gundam repeatedly.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Fa's Gundam declared.

Giorgio's Gundam landed back on the floor.

"Take that!" Giorgio yelled.

"Take this!" Fa yelled.

Fa fired her Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly, hitting Giorgio's Gundam over and over again.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Giorgio's Gundam declared.

"You won't do that again!" Giorgio exclaimed.

Giorgio kicked Fa's Gundam ten times with his Gundam's left leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Fa's Gundam declared.

Fa kicked Giorgio's Gundam repeatedly with her Gundam's right leg.

"Overheating!" the simulated male voice of Giorgio's Gundam declared.

Giorgio fired his Gundam's beam rifle. Fa activated her Gundam's thrusters and flew her Gundam into the sky, dodging the blast.

"Not enough power!" the simulated male voice of Fa's Gundam declared.

Fa's Gundam landed back on the floor. The Gundam didn't have enough power for long flights and had to recharge.

Giorgio made his Gundam run towards Fa's Gundam.

Fa fired her Gundam's beam rifle repeatedly at Giorgio's Gundam, hitting it repeatedly.

"Checkmate!" the simulated male voice of Giorgio's Gundam declared.

Giorgio's Gundam fell backwards.

"Well done! Glory to the winner!" the simulated male voice declared over a speaker.

"Damn it!" Giorgio exclaimed. "How could this happen?!"

"And there you have it. Japan has beaten Italy. It certainly was a close match, and Japan's win could be considered only luck. Italy is out of the competition, but it is allowed to assist another nation of its choice. Japan moves on to Level 4. There will be more coverage on your evening news. Thank you for joining us."

Fa sat in her cockpit, stunned.

"Fa, you did it! You won!" Rain exclaimed.

Fa smiled weakly. "I don't believe it."

"Come on out!"

At Rain's request, Fa shut off the Gundam. The blue glow in the Gundam's eyes disappeared.

Fa opened the cockpit and got out of it and into the elevator.

Fa rode the elevator down to the ground.

Fa walked out of the elevator.

The cockpit of Giorgio's Gundam opened. Giorgio got out of his cockpit and into his elevator.

He rode his elevator down to the ground.

Giorgio walked out of his elevator and over to Fa.

Fa smiled and offered her right hand to Giorgio. "Good match."

Giorgio shook her hand. "Thank you. I am humbled."

Fa turned and walked over to Lucrezia.

Lucrezia smiled. "You won. You gave us days of repair work, but you won."

Fa smiled. "I'm glad - that I won, I mean."

"You may return to Tokyo. We'll handle the Gundam transport."

"Thank you, sir."

Fa and Mirai walked over to the car that they had arrived in.

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"How bad is it?" Lucrezia asked.

Rain was looking over some preliminary statistics. "She really banged it up. We need to get it home soon, so I can start fixing it."

Lucrezia frowned. "Shit."

"Don't be so hard on her. I think she did all right."

"Yeah, she was okay."

"I think your expectations of her were a little too high."

"It was her third match, though. She should have done better."

"Maybe."

Fa and Mirai were sitting in the airplane. Fa was sitting by the window.

They were currently flying back to Japan.

"Lieutenant Yuiry, the American evening news will be on shortly. Channel 11."

"Thank you!" Fa called to the pilot.

Fa pressed a button and turned the television in front of them on. She typed 1 1 on the keypad.

The evening news came on.

Peter Jenkins, the lead anchor, was sitting at his desk in New York City.

"Good evening, everyone. The third match of the third level of the First Gundam Tournament was held at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, this afternoon. The participants were Italy and Japan. Japan won. It will move on to Level 4. Italy, meanwhile, having been eliminated from the tournament, has announced today that it will back the United States in the tournament. We turn to our White House correspondent, Donald Samuelson. Donald, how is the White House reacting to Japan's victory and Italy's defeat?"

"Peter, the White House is happy that Italy will be supporting us."

"Do the resources of Japan match those of the United States?"

"It's possible, Peter. It's a pretty good Gundam. However, we won't know for sure until we face it."

"All right. Donald Samuelson, many thanks. Now for the day's other news."

Fa turned off the television.

Mirai smiled. "I'm so proud of you."

Fa smiled. "Thanks, sweetie. I still can't believe it. How the fuck did I win?"

"Only you can answer that, sweetie, but don't worry about that for now. You made it. That's all that matters at the moment. Relax and enjoy your victory."

"You're right. I'm sorry for all of my depressing talk recently. I was nervous."

"No problem. Would you like some music?"

"Yes, please."

Mirai pressed a button to turn on the stereo.

She selected a song and pressed Play.

"Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" ("From the Aqueous Star With Love") by Hiroko Moriguchi started playing.

Fa closed her eyes and relaxed.

Fa knocked on Lucrezia's office door.

"Come in."

Fa opened the door and walked into the office. Mirai followed and closed the door behind her.

Lucrezia was sitting behind her desk. Rain and Saeko were sitting in chairs.

Fa saluted Lucrezia. "Lieutenant Fa Yuiry reporting as ordered, sir."

Mirai saluted Lucrezia. "Lieutenant Mirai Yashima reporting as ordered, sir."

"At ease, Lieutenants."

Fa and Mirai relaxed.

Lucrezia smiled. "We recently got back. I thought it would be nice to have a little celebration."

Fa smiled. "Cool."

Lucrezia stood up. Rain and Saeko stood up as well.

Lucrezia opened her small refrigerator and passed out four cans of regular cola. She also took a can for herself.

The women opened their respective cans.

Lucrezia raised her can. The other four women raised their own cans.

Lucrezia smiled. "I propose a toast - to Fa Yuiry, a fucking good pilot!"

"To Fa Yuiry!" Rain, Saeko, and Mirai exclaimed.

Fa smiled. "Thanks, everyone."

All five women took a moment to sip their colas.

Lucrezia smiled. "Pardon me. I haven't introduced you yet. Fa, Mirai, this is Saeko Murasame, the CEO of Murasame Labs. Saeko, these are Fa Yuiry, our pilot, and Mirai Yashima, our test pilot."

Fa and Saeko bowed to each other, then Mirai and Saeko bowed to each other.

Fa smiled. "Your company builds the parts for our Gundam. It's so nice to finally meet you."

Saeko smiled. "Likewise. I'm here to discuss the new weapons system that Rain has come up with. It's called Zeta. It's an advanced missile system."

Lucrezia frowned. "We can discuss that later. Now that we've won our third match, we're in the final 4. We have to work even harder now, because the competition is at a whole new level. Our competitors, whoever they will be, will be the best eighth of the starting group. Also, there's a 1-in-3 chance that we're gonna fight Iran."

Each woman silently thought about that for a moment.

"Fa, I want you in the simulator as much as possible. Get in all of the training that you can between now and our next match."

"Yes, sir."

"Rain, get the Gundam repaired. Keep everyone that you need as long as you need them."

"Yes, sir."

"Mirai, until the major repairs are done, assist Fa in her sim training."

"Yes, sir."

"And keep cheering Fa on. She needs your support."

"Yes, sir."

The women finished their colas in silence.

They dropped their cans in the trash basket.

"Dismissed. Get to work, everyone."

Fa opened the door and walked out of the office. Rain and Mirai followed her. Mirai closed the door behind her.

Mirai smiled at Fa. "Come on, champ. Let's hit the simulator."

Fa smiled wickedly. "I'd love to hit the simulator."

Mirai and Fa laughed.

Lucrezia and Saeko walked into the hangar.

They walked into the elevator and rode up to the chest level. They walked out of the elevator.

Saeko smiled. "So this is the Gundam."

Lucrezia smiled. "Yes. You like it?"

"Yes. Um, may I go home now?"

"Why? I thought you wanted to look at the Gundam."

"Well,...I'm horny."

"Ah! Well, let's get in the cockpit and take care of that."

"The cockpit? Don't be silly. That's unprofessional."

"I've done it in there before. So have my subordinates."

Saeko laughed. "Okay, let's do it. Thank you."

Lucrezia smiled. "My pleasure."

Saeko and Lucrezia walked over to the chest area.

Saeko opened the cockpit.

Lucrezia climbed into the cockpit.

Saeko climbed into the cockpit and lied on top of Lucrezia, facing her.

Saeko closed the cockpit.

When their privacy was assured, Saeko kissed Lucrezia on the lips.

Saeko parted her own lips and shoved her tongue into Lucrezia's mouth.

After a while, Saeko finished the kiss.

"I've been wanting to do that all day."

Saeko licked Lucrezia's face repeatedly.

"How much time do we have?" Saeko asked.

"Rain went to assist Fa and Mirai with sim training. We have a while."

Saeko smiled. "Would you like me to lick lower?"

"Ooh, yes. Please."

"Then you'll have to take off your clothes."

Lucrezia took off her clothes.

Saeko likewise took off her own clothes.

Fa and Mirai sat at the picnic table in their backyard.

They were currently eating a warm dinner of rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, steamed vegetables, and green tea.

The wind was blowing, giving them a slight chill. The chimes on the back porch chimed.

Fa watched the tree branches swaying in the wind. "Winter's almost here."

Mirai took a bite of her chicken. "It certainly feels like it. There are less than 2 weeks to go in the tournament. Think you'll make it?"

Fa sipped her tea. "2 more matches. Anything can happen."

Mirai sipped her tea. "Try to think positively, Fa."

"I'll try."

"You have to train hard and remain focused on your goal."

Fa smiled. "Thanks, Mirai."

Mirai smiled. "Anytime, Fa."

As Canada's third Gundam match approaches, Christina MacKenzie is optimistic. Meanwhile, the Canadian Gundam team develops a new weapon.

Next on "Mobile Suit Gundam Tournament":

"Alex"

You will race with the tide.