First Gundam Seed/AsuCaga fic. AU and OC (minor but important character)
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A young, blonde female sat on a large stone at the edge of a pond. The weather was rather warm. A little too warm in her opinion. So, she sat with her bare feet dangling in the water. From time to time she would kick them back and forth creating splashes and ripples in the water. No one was around and she was enjoying the peace.
She looked up and closed her eyes. A small smile formed on her face. She had let out a sigh of relief. Oh how she enjoyed the feel of the cool water and the peace. Such a nice day. Such a nice-
"Cagalli!" Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a familiar voice calling her name.
She snapped her head in the direction of the voice all the while frowning. The person was running her way. A young, brunette male. Once he reached her he fell to the ground. He was panting. Cagalli stared at him, waiting for him to catch his breath.
"Is there a reason for you bothering me, Kira?" She asked.
He waited a while before answering. Once gaining his breath he stood up. "Yea…I came to summon you."
She raised an eyebrow. "Why is that," she said standing up as well.
"You need to be at headquarters. We have a mission and this one is requested by both the commanders and Chief Atha."
Her eyes widened. "It must be important then." Kira nodded.
They were on the outskirts of town. They began to head to headquarters. Headquarters was located in the town of Heliopolis, the capital town of the Land of Orb. It didn't take long to get back to Heliopolis. The streets were busy as usual, with men, women and children running about doing daily errands.
"Kira!" They heard a female's voice call out.
"Oh, hey, Flay," Kira said as the young woman approached them.
She wrapped her arm around Kira's and gave it a squeeze. She let out a giggle. "I was wondering if you wanted to spend the day with me. It is lovely out."
"Aw man. I wish I could but I am to head to headquarters at this very moment."
Flay pouted. "That's too bad." She let go of his arm, but not before she gave his cheek a peck.
Kira lightly blushed and said his farewells. They reached headquarters five minutes later. The two walked inside of the large stone building. Once inside all heads turned to them.
"I see you retrieved our little lady." A tall, tan man said.
"Kisaka." Cagalli said as she slow and quietly shut the twin, wooden doors. "I hear that there's an urgent mission that Chief Atha has for us."
"Yes. I suppose it is urgent." The man said.
"Well I retrieved her. Can we know what it is now?" Kira urged.
"Very well then." Said a brunette woman. "Kira, Cagalli, Commander Kisaka, Sai and Miriallia follow me into the dining area."
"Aw man! Can't I know anything about this mission!?" Said a young man disappointedly.
"It's alright Tolle. Who knows anyway? You might get to go." The girl Miriallia said. She smiled at him and gave him a light kiss on the lips before proceeding to the dining area.
The group walked into the dining area. The dining area consisted of two long tables. A few oil lamps were placed on the stone walls and at the end of the room there were two rainbow, stained glass windows.
Yet again Cagalli was left to shut the door. As she was turning around she bumped into someone's back.
"Ow," she said rubbing her nose. "Who the hell just stands in the way!?"
The person turned around and she looked up into a pair of green eyes. "I'm sorry you weren't watching where you were going." The young man said.
Cagalli furrowed her eyebrows. "And who are you?" She retorted.
"Oh Cagalli this is, Alex Dino." Kira said approaching the two.
"And who is, 'Alex Dino'?" She said while rolling her eyes.
"He's new." Kira said.
"Well obviously, Kira. I've never seen him before. Where did you come from?" She said focusing back on the young man. "I've never seen you around here before. Are you from the villages? Onogoro? Morgenroete?" Cagalli said leaning closer and closer with each sentence.
The young man took a step back. "Um, no…"
"Sorry, Alex." Kira said grabbing Cagalli by the shoulder, pulling her back. "Well dear sister, he's been a lone warrior since he was thirteen. Isn't that right, Alex?"
Alex nodded. "So…where did you come from?" Cagalli asked.
Alex looked down. "I am unsure."
"How!?" Cagalli said.
"Look, Cagalli, Alex loss his memory when he was younger." Kira said.
"Attention!" Kisaka demanded. All heads turned to him. "Gather 'round." The small group gathered around the end of one of the long tables. "Care to explain, Murrue."
Murrue nodded. "The six of you are to guide a young woman back to her land."
"Sounds simple." Sai said.
Murrue averted her gaze to him. "Normally it wouldn't be. Normally all one would have to do is make sure she gets home safely. That still is your job, but it is crucial that she gets home safe."
"Why? I mean of course she has to get home safe, but what makes this assignment any different, or what makes the girl different for that matter? Don't you think six of us is a too many for this mission?" Miriallia said.
"This girl needs a full team to guide her back home." Kisaka stated.
Cagalli slammed her hand on the table. "We get that! Just tell us why this is crucial!" She said.
Kisaka let out a sigh, "Lower your voice."
"She's is very important to Mount Tarea." Kisaka said.
"Why is she here then if she's so important?" Cagalli asked.
"She was her visiting her grandmother. Her grandmother is a healer and has been here since the break out of the illness brought from EA. She stayed here for several days, but now she is needed back home." Murrue said. "We were asked by the leaders of Mount Tarea to bring her home safely."
"Orb was asked personally because we are a neutral nation, as you already know, we have no affiliation with EA or the Nation PLANT." She continued.
"Do the leaders of Tarea have a problem with EA or PLANT?" Sai asked.
"They're trying to protect her from them. As I said before she is important to Tarea. That's why you six were assembled. We need you Sai for Navigation. The six of you may run into danger so you'll need Miriallia to treat wounds. Kira, Alex, and Cagalli will be guards of the girl." Murrue stated.
"But what makes her important-
"You may now be dismissed. We will assemble once more tomorrow morning and you will prepare to head out." Murrue stated as she made her way out of the dining area.
Cagalli and Kira sat at the end of one of the tables, each eating a bowl of stew. "Why won't they give us more information on the girl?" Cagalli said scoffing down spoonfuls of beef and vegetables. Kira handed her a napkin and shrugged.
She snatched the napkin, but continued to scoff down her food. "Why is he even on this mission anyway," she asked swinging her spoon in Alex's direction, who was seated at the other end of the table.
"He came upon Heliopolis accidently several days ago." Kira said in a hushed voice. "I've been asked to keep an eye on him for safety measures, but he seems like a good guy. I guess the commanders thought so too by letting him join this mission. Not to mention that he showed impeccable fighting skills in front of the commanders."
Cagalli turned her head to look at Alex. "Really?" She muttered. She quickly finished her stew and made her way over to Alex. "Hey."
Alex looked up from where he was seated. "Hey."
"What are you doing?" Cagalli said seating herself next to him.
"This," he said rolling out a cloth.
"Wow…These are all yours…" Cagalli said leaning over to look at the several daggers laid out on the cloth. Each had a distinct shape and size. She picked up one with a blue handle. Its blade was thin and curved at the tip. "You have some nice weapons." She said while observing the dagger.
He smirked. "What about you? Don't you have any?"
She placed the dagger on the table. "Oh, sure," She said standing up. She turned around revealing two, short handle battle axes hooked to her back.
"I see." He said as she sat back down. "You definitely could do some damage with those."
"So do you remember anything? Kira said you lost your memory."
"I don't remember exactly what happened to me to cause me to lose my memory." Alex said.
"You lost it at what? Thirteen? Surely you should've regained it by now."
"At first I would have these dreams…I guess memories. Slowly I started to remember something's, but they were horrible. Dead bodies, fires, blood. I remembered some facts about myself such as my name and age, but everything else seemed so horrible that, as time went by, I didn't want to remember."
He paused for a moment before continuing. "I felt emotional pain when I would dream. Whenever I would remember a snippet of my past it would hurt. So I decided to create a new life for myself. I would work wherever I was needed." He looked at Cagalli noticing how attentive and close she was. A light blush appeared on his face.
"You're pretty interesting, Alex." She said.
"Thank you." He said. "So what's your story? I'm surprised to see someone as young as you are as a warrior. Let alone you being a girl."
"Excuse me. You look like you're about my age and so what if I'm a girl. If you haven't noticed our commander is a female. Wherever you've come from must be a sexist place." She said folding her arms.
He let out a snicker. She glared at him. "I don't see what's funny."
He continued to snicker, "Your attitude."
"Whatever." She said looking away from him. There was a moment of silence. "Kira and I parents died a few years ago. They caught some illness while working in EA. They were medics. They brought the illness here but it was treated. Unfortunately they were unable to treat themselves and died because of it."
"Sorry to hear." Alex said.
"Yeah…Me too."
It was early in the morning when the missioners arrived back to headquarters. They took their seats, yawning, stretching and rubbing their eyes. Murrue stood on the small stage. Beside her sat a young girl with long black hair, wearing a simple long sleeved, red dress. On her lap was a sleeping, black and white kitten.
"I hope everyone is well rested and I hope you all are prepared for your journey." Murrue said. She walked over to the seated girl, placing a hand on her shoulder."This is the young girl you will be guiding back to Mt. Tarea."
"She's just a kid." Cagalli said. What could be special about this little girl?
"Finish up any preparations that you have for the journey. You will be expected to leave within an hour. The sooner the better. Mt Tarea is some distance away." Said Murrue.
Everyone stood up from their seats and began to finish preparations. Miriallia had finish packing everything needed in her medical bag the night before. She decided to go over to the young girl. "Hi there my name is Miriallia Haw," she said holding out her hand. "What's yours?"
The girl took Miriallia's hand in hers and lightly shook it. "I'm Misaki, but no one calls me that. You could just call me Misa."
Miriallia smiled. "How old are you, Misa?"
"I'm twelve."
Miriallia eyes averted to the girls lap. "That's a very cute kitten. Oh! It's waking." Miriallia reached to pet the yawning and stretching kitten.
Misaki smiled at the kitten. "Her name is, Destiny."
Miriallia looked at the girl and smiled. "That's pretty. Oh and what a pretty collar and what's this..." Miriallia said reaching for the blue, diamond shaped crystal hanging from the black collar. Before she could touch it the kitten hissed at her. Miriallia snatched her hand away.
"Don't touch it!" Misaki yelled. "No one is allowed to touch it. Only me."
"S-sorry."
An hour had passed and everyone was ready to head out. They now stood outside of headquarters. Kira walked over to a white stallion and placed a saddle bag over its back. Everyone else placed a few bags inside of the small carriage attached to a brunette horse.
"Up you go." Kisaka said as he helped Misaki into the carriage. Once she was seated he pulled the hood up. He turned to the rest of the crowd. "I won't be going with you." He said handing the bridles to Sai.
"Wait, why?" Sai said.
"I'm not needed. There's a navigator. You have your medic, who also is a communicator and three exceptional fighters. Not to mention, Kira is also the strategist. Here's the map." He finished.
"Uh…Thanks well I guess we'll see you whenever we return."
"Kira, you're in command of this mission." Kisaka said. The young man nodded his head and saluted.
Miriallia got in the back of the carriage with Misaki. Cagalli and Alex sat in the front of the carriage facing the two girls. Kira made himself comfortable on his stallion. "I hope you're ready Freedom." He said caressing the horse's mane.
"See you commanders!" Cagalli said waving. Soon after the carriage began to move.
"Be careful!" Murrue shouted after the carriage.
"Well we're out of the Land of Orb now." Sai said looking back at his comrades.
"So which direction are we headed?" Cagalli asked.
"From the looks of this map we'll have to go east pass EA territory then we'll have to head north." He said.
"Remember what Commander Ramius said. The EA, for some reason, would like to get their hands on the girl." All eyes were focused on Kira. The nodded their heads as they recalled what their commander had told them. "Good. So we have to keep a low profile."
"I could navigate us around their territory." Sai said. "It may take a little longer, but not too much. You alright with that little lady?" Sai said to Misaki. She wasn't looking at him. Her gaze was upon the kitten as she pet it, but she nodded.
"Alright then. Time to make our way east." Sai said swinging the reins on the horse.
"It's getting late and we still have a ways to go before we reach EA territory. I suggest we make camp." Kira said looking up and the now orange red sky.
"Good idea, Kira. I'm sure the horses are tired too." Sai said stroking the brown horse's mane. "Isn't that right Angel." He said softly.
"Where are we going to make camp?" Cagalli asked looking at her brother.
"We're surrounded by nothing but ponds and open land." Miriallia observed.
Kira stopped, Freedom. He looked around trying to find a spot that would at least conceal them a little. Miriallia was right. There was nothing but grass, grass and more grass, and a few small ponds. "Over there looks good." He said pointing to a small pond surrounded by several huge boulders.
The group made their way over to the said area. Sai and Kira took the horses over to the pond for a drink and after tied them up to one of the rocks. Miriallia was attempting to wake the young girl, who had fallen asleep not too long ago. In the mean while Alex helped Cagalli set up the tent.
"Thanks." Cagalli said sitting herself down on the grassy ground.
"No problem." Alex said. He walked over to Kira, who was now feeding Freedom a carrot. "Is there going to be someone keeping watch?"
Kira nodded. "Yes. I guess we'll eat first and then we'll decide on that."
Cagalli stood up and made her way to the carriage. "Great 'cause I'm starving." She grabbed a bag full of rolls. She took one for herself and started to distribute the rest to the others.
After everyone was finished Kira thought about who should take guard. "Alex, how about you rest for now and I take guard. In a couple of hours I'll wake you. I'm not really tired, so I think it's appropriate."
"Fine by me." Alex said.
"Me too," Cagalli said yawning.
"We won't always have to keep such a tight guard, but since we're out in the open like this I found it necessary."
It was dawn. The sky was glowing yellow and red. Alex was seated on a boulder, still keeping watch as everyone else slept. A mixture of birds chirping and snoring could be heard. He carefully got up and made his way over to another pond ahead.
Once there he turned around to check on the group. Still sleep. Good. He thought. He turned back around and let out a three note whistle. Soon after a hawk came flying in his direction. It landed on his shoulder.
"Nice to see you, Aegis." Alex said to the bird. "I have something for you," he said as he pulled out a small, rolled up piece of paper from his armor. He tied it around the bird's feet with a thin, red thread.
Alex held out his arm and Aegis hopped on it. "I need you to bring this back to PLANT. I need you to get there quick and safely, Aegis. To let my father know that everything is going according to plan." With that the bird flew off.
Sorry if it bored you, it is only the first chapter. Only the beginning. Let me know what you think. Don' forget to review. I feed off of your feedback.
Til next time.
P.S. If you haven't figured it out...Alex=Athrun.