To the Battleground Antarctica
After having visited the last relative of Noventa who didn't want to kill Heero, Trowa criticizes him for placing his life in the hands of a pacifist family. As they enter a town, Trowa discovers that they're being followed, and easily shakes the followers after a motorbike chase. Heero escapes in a truck full of apples.
As Heero and Trowa discuss means of escape from the town later on, they are discovered by Lucrezia Noin, who invites Heero to finish the duel with Zechs they started before. Trowa is suspicious - does Zechs think he can press information out of them, but Heero trusts Zechs' chivalry and accepts the invitation. Since Gundam 01 is destroyed, Trowa offers his for the duel.
Relena's butler Pargan discuss Heero and Zechs with Relena, and tells her people think that the Gundam Zechs had to blow up was only a dummy, Zechs is rebuilding the real thing with the Gundam alloy he's been transporting from space. Pargan tells Relena about Zechs, and how they were fencing 13 years ago. Pargan also discovers that there's someone else looking for Heero, Mrs. Noventa, and Relena orders Pargan to find her.
Zechs and Noin talk about the impending battle, and Zechs tells her she must be careful or the investigative group with Acht will find them as they journey to the South Pole.
Treize talks to himself about the rumours that the Gundam Zechs blew up was only a dummy. He comments that Zechs isn't the only one who's a nuisance to him, the investigative group is annoying him as well.
Heero tries to learn the new Gundam, and Noin's subordinate comments to her that if they kill the both Gundam pilots now, Zechs won't have to go into a dangerous battle. Noin comments that Zechs would hate her if she did such a thing.
Relena gets a letter from Mrs. Noventa, adddressed to Heero, and she reads it to find out that Heero has visited her. Relena is overjoyed to find that Heero is still alive, and decides to travel to Mrs. Noventa to find out more about the meeting.
Noin travles with the Gundam pilots to the South Pole for the battle, as Zechs continues his task to finish reparing the 01 Gundam before its pilot arrives. Zechs orders that spare parts are taken from Tallgeese to repair the Gundam. Meanwhile, Noin and her group has eventually been discovered by the investigative group and engage in a battle to prevent them from finding the real Gundam. Just as they thought they have won the battle, a great number of reinforcements arrive, and they're horribly outnumbered again. Noin thinks that they should surrender, but then Trowa returns with his Gundam, and makes matters short with the Aries and the inspector in a rather brutal attack. He later asks himself why he has to fight like this, and asks Noin if she can teach Heero to pilot his Gundam instead of him.