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Chapter One
Kira was alone in the Strike’s cockpit in an unfamiliar territory. He was captured by the Aegis and was now surrounded by the enemy. In the battle before, Mwu’s mobile armor was damaged severely. Kira watched helplessly as the Archangel rushed to retrieve it. His Phase Shift went down, and the Aegis came up from behind the Strike, locking on to it. The last thing he remembered from that was Mwu telling him to bear whatever is to come; he will be rescued in no time at all. ‘Sure’ he thought, ‘If the Archangel had come to rescue me, then Mwu wouldn’t be alive…but how are they going to rescue me here?’ A tear rolls down his smooth cheek. ‘I wonder…if everyone will be alright…’ Slowly curling up into a ball, Kira’s sobs are the only thing he can hear.
“What was the point in capturing him!?” Yzak’s eyes pierced through Athrun giving him an uncomfortable feeling. Despite that, his face was still holding a steady gaze as if he was unaffected. “Because we can use him, he’s a coordinator too!” Athrun retorted. Nicol and Dearka were both staring at their comrades in the most interest. “What makes you think he will help us!? He’s a traitor who’s been fighting for the Earth Alliance!” Yzak was clearly getting more and more angry as each moment passed by. Of course he was furious at Athrun for defying orders and going to capture the Strike. They already had four of the mobile suits; there was no need for the fifth with a pilot who had fought along side with their enemy. “He will join up with us. I’m going to make sure of that.” Athrun’s brilliant jade eyes held a distinct determination as he stood his ground. “And if he doesn’t!?” Yzak took a step closer to the Aegis pilot. “What are you going to do him if he refuses? Take him back to where you found him!?” Athrun took a slight step back, still holding up his determination to convince the silver-haired pilot without giving him any hints about his relationship with Kira. As far as he knew, neither Yzak, Nicol, or Dearka knew about the fact he grew up with the boy. He wanted to keep it that way for the time being. “It won’t come to that, he will join up with Zaft. No matter what you think.” Athrun slowly walked past the silver haired boy and out the door towards the garage.
As Athrun walked down the corridor, he could hear shouts coming from where the Strike was being held. From what he could tell, they were directed at Kira, ordering him out of the Strike. Athrun quickened his pace to see what was going on. There were several men getting ready to force the cockpit open, and others standing by to retrieve the pilot. ‘They are acting like he’s a wild animal or something!’ Athrun thought to himself as he went up to the first man that was closest to him. “Have everyone leave here immediately, leave the pilot where he is.” Athrun’s voice was firm in order to show his authority. The man gave him a slight glare before he replied. “We have orders to retrieve the pilot and take him to the bridge as soon as possible. For what reason must we leave?” Athrun’s eyes had a cold glimmer as he spoke. “I will retrieve the pilot, but I want no one to be in here for when I do it. Now have everyone leave immediately.” Athrun stood tall to make himself seem a bit more intimidating. From what he could tell, it worked. The man nodded in an agreeable manner as he turned to the other men. After giving a sharp whistle, which made Athrun shudder, all the men in the garage left in a civilized order.
As soon as everyone was gone, he made his way up to the door to the cockpit on the Strike. “Kira…? Are you in there?” Athrun’s voice became much softer in order to soothe his friend from getting frightened. ‘Knowing him, he’s probably crying…but this was the only way I could get him to come here.’ After waiting for a few moments, Athrun got no answer from the boy inside the mobile suit. Thinking that he spoke too softly, Athrun gave a slight bang and called Kira’s name again. “What do you want!?” Kira’s voice was muffled from pressing his face too close to his body. There was a clear tone of anger in voice as well as the evidence of him crying. Athrun took a deep breath as he spoke again. “Kira…why don’t you come out here? Nothing will happen to you.” His voice had a ring of softness. Kira perked up a bit, but when he thought about his situation, he gave him a sharp “No.”
Athrun moved in front of the door, and sat down about a foot away from it. ‘Most likely, this might take a while.’ He put his right hand on the door and felt the coolness of the metal seeping through his gloved hand. His green eyes closed slowly as he began to think about how he would be able to convince his childhood friend to come out. “Why won’t you come out, Kira…? Don’t you remember that I’m your friend?” Kira never thought he wasn’t his friend. He raised his head a little from his knees. “I never said anything like that. I know you’re my friend. I never thought you weren’t. It’s just…how am I supposed to believe there is no one out there ready to kill me or something?” Kira’s shoulders began to shake with fright. Athrun had a slight look of shock on his face from what his friend had just said. ‘Does he…not trust me?’ Then again, he is in enemy territory, its only natural to think that.
Athrun scooted a little closer. He was not going to just leave his friend in there. Kira wouldn’t want several men to force that door open and rip him out of there. ‘No…he’s too fragile for that, I wouldn’t be able to bear it if that happened to him.’ He placed his hand in his lap as he opened his mouth to speak again. “I promise, Kira. I will protect you, no one is going to hurt you. Besides, it’s safer with me than in there all alone. You can’t possibly survive in there for very long.” Athrun’s voice held a sharp tone of determination. He wanted Kira to know that no one would even touch him, and he would make sure of that. “You forget, Athrun…I’m also a coordinator. I can survive in here a lot longer than a natural without food.” Though his voice also sounded determined, it was obvious that Kira was scared of being left alone. ‘What should I do…I want to go out there with Athrun, but what if he can’t protect me? What will happen?’
After several moments of silence, A sharp sound was heard from outside, Kira could’ve probably jumped straight through all of the metal plating from shock. “ATHRUN! What’s going on!?” Fear was overwhelming the young boy’s body and mind. Slight bangs could also be heard as if someone was trying to force the door open. “I’m sorry, Kira. But from the way I see it, I won’t be able to convince you to come out of there.” Athrun sounded a little strained from his activities. From what he could hear, Kira knew Athrun was probably doing this by himself. After giving it a quick thought, Kira opened the door. Athrun fell right on top of Kira with the crowbar he was using falling at their sides. Shocked green eyes met teary amethyst ones, their noses almost touching. A small blush appeared on both boys’ faces, as Athrun quickly got up from Kira and out of the cockpit. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the Aegis pilot stretched out a hand for the Strike’s. Kira looked long fully at the hand that was offered to him, then managed to grab it carefully. The blue haired boy pulled the other boy out and close to him. Again, their faces got extremely close to touching the other. Both scooted away from the other slightly with a small pink blush on both of their faces.
“Well, I’m glad you decided come out finally.” Athrun said with a light-hearted chuckle. Kira smiled at his friend as he looked around the entire garage. It seemed so awkward for him to be standing where he was. “What are you going to do with me? I would think that I’m your prisoner.” Kira asked full of concern. The azure haired boy gave the brown haired one a warm smile before putting a hand on his shoulder. “You may be my prisoner, but I will make sure you aren’t treated like one. C’mon, let’s get out of here.” Athrun turned and started walking down the steel stairs and towards the door. Kira quickly walked to catch up with him and walked side by side. Athrun looked at Kira with a concerned look as he pulled a gun and put it to his back. “Wha…what!?” Amethyst eyes whirled to stare at the other’s face in fear. Looking down at him with sharp eyes, Athrun leaned in close. “Don’t worry, we’ll just walk like this until I get you to my room. It will be suspicious otherwise.” The two continued to walk down the corridor, passing a few crewmembers. When Athrun stopped abruptly, he looked at Kira with kind eyes as he opened the door in front of him. Slowly they both walked in, it was a plain room with two beds, two dressers, and a desk in the corner. The desk had various parts and unfinished Haros. The two dressers were on either side of the beds for clothes or whatever. Athrun led Kira over to one of the beds and sat him down.
“I will go to the bridge and request that you stay here instead of the prison block. It shouldn’t be a problem, even though I share this room with Nicol. Make yourself at home for now.” Athrun gave him a slight smile before leaving. Amethyst eyes wandered around the room, and then to the floor. ‘I wonder how everyone is doing right now…I hope the Archangel is safe…’ The boy got up and walked over to the desk, looking down at the pieces and half-finished Haros, and smiled. ‘It seems Athrun hasn’t changed much at all. He still likes building these micro units…I never understood those things…’ His eyes wandered the desk a bit more and then stopped when he spotted a picture. “Wha…? This is…Athrun and me…” The picture had a young Athrun and Kira playing together. They looked around eleven or twelve or maybe even thirteen. Both of them had their arms slinked over the other’s shoulder. Kira smiled at the photo as he thought about that time. From behind him, the door opened and Kira quickly turned around.
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