Gate: Common Foe

"So, we've come to the conclusion that we'll need to investigate the people, industries, religions and politics of this region" A man in full camouflage JSDF Clothing told Itami, a stoic look on his face.

"An investigation, huh? That sounds good" Itami joked, a light smirk tugging at his lips

The man was not having any of it "I'm not messing around! You're the one going!" He scowled

"No way" Itami sulked

"What?" The man said in sheer disbelief

"Don't tell me I'm going alone…" Itami said, lightening the look on the man's face ever-so slightly

"Why would I say that? First, we're going to form six deep-recon teams. YOU will be commanding one of them" The man said, regaining his stoic expression

The man leant forward on his chair "Make contact with the townspeople in your area and determine their nature. If possible, establish a friendly relationship with them"

The man, with a light smirk, leant back on his chair "Right, I guess" Itami sighed

"Good" The man said, oblivious to Itami's plight

"Second Lieutenant Itami Youji, I hereby grant you command of Recon Team Three!" To which Itami sighed deeply and began walking to the exit of the tent after a brief salute

"Second Lieutenant?" The man said as Itami stopped in his tracks and turned around

"Yes Sir?" Itami asked, a bored look on his face

"Watch yourself out there. Rumour has it that if you stop and listen, you can hear explosions to the west from time to time, which is where you're going." The man told him with a frown

Itami sighed once more "Yes sir…"

Italics = Japanese

Normal = English

Bold = Falmartese (I don't actually know the name of their language)

"ADA, How many targets do you see?" Artyom asked quietly to the bot

"Roughly 67 Targets sir. This appears to be a very small village" The bot responded

Artyom, clad in his X-01, dematerialised his weapon and hopped out of the armour "Let's go greet the locals, shall we?"

"Yes sir" She robotically sighed

They both walked out of the shrubbery they were inhabiting and into the village, one of the locals (a young boy) running up and asking something which Artyom couldn't understand. ADA understood though

ADA Turned to Artyom "He asked if we were with 'The men in green'"

"Ask him what he means by that" Artyom frowned

The boy attempted pronouncing the word 'Japanese', but it ended up sounding like 'Yapese'

"The Japanese, sir. 'men in green' appears to be a nickname for them" ADA stated the obvious

"Well done, Captain obvious, might as well promote you to the next rank in the roster of 'Obvious" Artyom scowled lightly

"Do they know where these 'Men in green' are at the moment?"

ADA Asked the question in their language and parroted the response to Artyom in English "Heading towards a forest, North of this position"

Other locals had since gathered around and were now conversing with ADA, asking a host of questions to which, from what Artyom could tell, ADA Was having trouble answering

"Ask them if it's ok if I come back in my armour" Artyom drawled, admiring the scenery

ADA Parroted the question as-per-usual "They don't mind, it seems"

"Give me a minute" Artyom said, walking out of the village and back into the bush where the X-01 laid dormant

Inserting a fusion core and hopping in with the turn of a valve, Artyom did a system diagnostics on the Suit for a moment, as the familiar sound of engines roared to life

This wasn't the typical fusion engine he was accustomed to, no. It was a older, combustion engine, the likes that was rarely in use even in his 'time' so to say, before the bombs dropped and fucked everyone over.

Artyom jogged into town as the sound of engines got louder. If they wanted to be stealthy they would have stopped way out. It had to be the Japanese.

Artyom walked up to ADA as the villagers backed off warily "ADA, Tell them it's just me. We've got vehicles coming from the north. Probably the Japanese"

After fulfilling Artyom's orders, ADA Replied "We should attempt to converse with them"

"I don't know Japanese, and I doubt you or anyone else knows Japanese either! So unless you want to take a shot in the dark and converse with them in English then we need to leave! If these Japanese people are anything like the Old-World Governments, We'll be taken in for interrogation at least" Artyom scowled, his voice amplified by the suit

ADA Turned her head to the north side of the village as Three vehicles drove in, one armed with a .50 Turret "Too late" She said in a sing-song voice

"Fuck you too. Remind me to EMP you later"

"No can do, sir"

The vehicles, upon noticing the duo, made a wall using the vehicles, the Mounted .50 aimed directly at Artyom while Japanese soldiers piled out of the vehicles, a single soldier walking forward, gun still not drawn

"Itami! What are you doing?" One of the soldiers hissed

"Relax. If the villagers are fine with them, they cant be all bad, right?" He sighed, a bored look still present on his face.

Itami walked directly up to Artyom "Do you speak Japanese? Do… speak Falmart?" He asked, clearly confused

ADA Took the opportunity to respond "I am semi-fluent in Falmartese. We also speak English" ADA told him

"The hell did you say?" Artyom asked, a frown present on his face, covered by the hulking suit of power armour

"You speak English? How?" Itami asked, a shocked expression straining his face

"Well, I'm from the other side of Our gate" Artyom stated proudly

"Impossible, There's only one gate and the JSDF Is in control of it!" Itami boasted

"Well then, it appears that there's two gates. General Artyom of the Minutemen, Pleasure to meet you…?" Artyom questioned

"Second Lieutenant Itami Youji of Third Recon" He held out his hand for a handshake, to which Artyom held up a sole finger and hopped out of the power-armour with expert speed, revealing his minutemen regalia

Artyom took his hand and shook it "On behalf of the CPG It's a pleasure to meet you"

"CPG? I thought you said you were the General of the Minutemen?" Itami questioned as his 'recon team' appeared to be getting more and more nervous, what with none of them speaking English but Itami

"The minutemen is one of the factions that makes up the CPG – The Commonwealth Provisional Government. The factions and larger cities of the commonwealth make up the CPG" Artyom responded, to which Itami nodded

Itami held his radio in his hand "They're fine, although they speak English, the robot being able to speak a bit of Falmartese"

"I find that WAY hard to believe. How would an American or a British Guy get over here?" One of the soldiers responded angrily

Itami sighed, once more, deeply "Apparently there's a second gate"

The villagers, having been notified of a 'Fire Dragon' by the JSDF Troops, were in the middle of Evacuating, and after some debate between the JSDF Troops, Artyom and ADA Could come along.

The Evacuation was going smoothly – Everyone had their wagons set up and in a neat and orderly line with JSDF Vehicles at front and back. Unfortunately for the middle vehicle, Itami got word over the radio that one of the front carts Axels had broken from the weight of the cart.

Itami, despite his laidback lazy attitude, immediately jumped into action "Come on, let's go help with evacuation" Itami told the duo before hopping out of the vehicle, Artyom and ADA in tow

Upon arrival, the sound of idle radio chatter from the JSDF Troops filled Artyom's ears as a horses' pitiful whinnies made background noise. An unknown girl with Blue hair ran up to a child on the floor near the overturned cart and horse and knelt next to her, a JSDF Soldier, presumably a medic, following en-suite

"This girl has a concussion. It's possible she has a fractured skull as well" She reported over the radio

ADA Approached the blue haired girl "It's not safe here. Please stand back while the JSDF troops deal with the situation"

"Doctors?" The girl whispered as the Horse kicked itself up from the floor and whinnied loudly, its hooves in the air. It was about to trample the girl with blue hair before a loud buzzing noise filled the air

*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

The sound of ADA's head laser hurt everyone but Artyom's ears, making them clutch them in pain as the laser tore directly through the horse, decapitating it swiftly

Artyom sighed deeply "Of all the things you chose to use ADA, you had to use the Head Laser of doom?"

"I needed to let go of the charge at some point, sir" she retorted

The JSDF Medic was the first one to recover from their shock "Are you all right?" She asked the girl

"Those people… They saved me…" She whispered, still staring forward at the now-dead horse

"What in the name of all that is holy was that?" A different JSDF Soldier asked, still holding his right ear in pain

Itami, having overcome his shock, relayed the question in English to ADA "That was my Long-range head-mounted laser. I had a charge ready and needed to get rid of it at some point, so I decided to get rid of it now"

"Commander, don't tell me we're going to be taking care of these people forever, not to mention those other two." A soldier complained as both him and Itami leaned against a wall idly, drinking water

"Aren't there any lords or royalty around here?" He questioned further

"About that… I talked to the chief about it. None of the lords in this region ever came back after they were sent to fight at Arnus hill and another hill called 'Trinita'"

"Oh…"

The convoy was on the move once more. The medical 'Jeep' was in the front, with the Armed one following and the normal one at the back, Carts with horses in-between. Due to the slow speed of the carts and horses, Artyom could simply walk with them and not obliterate one of the vehicles with the X-01's weight alone

Artyom had been given a radio to stay in touch with Itami so they could co-ordinate incase anything happened. ADA was currently chatting idly with two 'magicians', Head-Laser fully charged once-more.

So far, they had only had to leave behind, or in their case burn, for some odd reason, a single cart. Any cart that got stuck was pushed by the soldiers inhabiting the rear or frontal.

Suddenly the convoy, much to everyone's dismay, stopped, with the Radio Chatter from the JSDF Troops going slightly wild

"Itami, what's going on?" Artyom asked down the radio as he walked to the front of the convoy, the Power Armour making imprints in the dirt

"Gothic Lolita Girl!" He replied quickly, clearly in a hurry

Naturally, Artyom had no clue what a Lolita was. "What's a Lolita?" He asked

"HOW DO YOU NOT-"Itami sighed, calming himself down slightly "Just come to the front of the convoy and see for yourself

Artyom, still walking to the front, spotted multiple children hop off their carts and run to the front… Joyfully? That was a first for him.

They yelled something he couldn't understand " Oracle! Oracle!"

Artyom, having finally reached the front, spotted a… Child? In a black and red dress with a large Black and purple halberd speaking to the children in Falmartese, a few adults also there

"Where did you come from?" The 'Gothic Lolita Girl' asked

"From Coda Village!" A child responded as Artyom listened in quietly

"We fled from the village. We had to run, there was a fire dragon!" One of the adults spoke, on the ground praying to the Lolita

At this point, the Lolita finally took notice of me standing not too far off from her and to the JSDF Units sitting inside their jeep

A/N: Get rick rolled with a cliff hanger. Sorry if this seemed rushed, or just too random and if you see any mistakes, please spot them out for me through PM and I'll fix them as quickly as possible. Also, to that one guy that keeps advertising a youtube channel anonymously in each of his reviews? Stop it. I wont put up your reviews if you do that, Other than that, reviews are welcome and appreciated.

REVIEW RESPONSES:

Perseus12: No Spoilers ;3

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Guest: THOU HAST BEEN NOTICED BY THE PANZER. YOU MAY NOW BE KAMPFWAGENED INTO NON-EXISTENCE *kek*

nopeite nopeite nope: 'what else would I use?' – A stealth boy, of course. Either that or a Chinese stealth suit, depending on if you have the mod or the Bethesda Money grab one. And the main problem with a Power Armour build is the lack of fusion cores, especially when sniping. Still, your opinion.

thedark2: I'll be sure to read it, but please try to avoid advertising other fics in the future, ok?

Preston Garvey: *inhales for intense S.T.A.L.K.E.R Reference* GET OUT OF HERE, MINUTEMAN!

Goku SSJ 3 Blue: While I know what I want to do for the BF1xGate crossover I have, and I know the main events, I still don't know how I'm going to do all the minor interactions in-between, and its taking me a long time to find and write the best interactions in-between.