sakuraneoneo: ...woot, random fanfic? Ejiki: WOOT! sakuraneoneo: -rubs back of head- Well, this was one I was working on recently and I was so bored, so I decided to put it up. I mean, the people who have read it said it was good... Kimi/Ejiki: THAT'S US! sakuraneoneo: Yeah... well that's the main purpose! I'll see how it does on the site before I put up another chappie!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed... but the Gundams are SO COOL!
Character, Gundam and Organization names are copyright of their creators... (..I know Mitsuo Fukuda produced it, but ... did he make it all up too?)
Day 65
Another day up here, another time well wasted to the ZAFT Organization. ZAFT's main goal was to try and stop this war, dismiss it, while defeating the Earth Forces.
But to my beliefs, they have not done this.
Not yet accomplished their mission of ending this war and defeating our enemies.
They've only made this worse.
I know that I work for ZAFT, that I am a Commander in their ranks, directing their recruits in battle, guiding them in and out of combat, I believe that Chairman Zala and the rest of our Organization is pushing too hard.
This war will soon get out of hand, and each day, our lives grow in greater risk; deeper danger.
But I cannot show weakness.
For weakness will cause my demise on the battlefield; our Universe, between the planets, amongst moons, satilights, space debris.
Not only this.
Destroyed Gundams, shuttles... whole ships. Death and destruction just surrounds us each day, but we go along as if this is what we were born to do.
Which it wasn't.
To think, that this whole thing, began with the destruction of Heliopolis, and grew. Just continued to grow.
The Earth Forces gained strength by their GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, an opponent that was difficult in the beginning. Especially with their Co-ordinator pilot.
Of course at this time, I was not a Commander.
Yet just a young soldier, sitting at a control panel, sending directions, co-ordinates, and orders to the Gundam pilots.
I've grown though.
But I have a slight tug in the pit of my stomach. What if I have to step onto the field as a Gundam pilot?
My wishes are to that.
I do not wish to be a pilot. I did not even wish for life to be this way. I never wanted to be involved in this war.
Yet I felt it my duty. As Heliopolis was destroyed, as my family and friends were killed... as I found myself face to face with a gun barrel, wielded by the son of Chairman Zala: Athrun Zala; my life changed then and there.
I think that maybe, if I hadn't dodged his gunfire so effectively, though at the end, he shattering my ankle and this is how I found myself with life flashing before my eyes,
that maybe, just maybe; I wouldn't find myself in the hospital ward of ZAFT's ship, their Lieutenant, Rau Le Creuset, asking me to become one of them.
I just couldn't back out.
If these people were enough to destroy Heliopolis, they could surely kill me easier. I accepted. ZAFT, or the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, was my new home.
My new home... in the centre of this war.
This is my story.
The story of how my life changed in the drastic measures that came with war.
Starting back in Heliopolis, my hometown.
" Throw it this way!"
" You got it!"
" Too far! Hey! Watch it!"
Distracted, of in a world of my own, I walked the sidewalk, pink hair falling to my crimson eyes. My friends said it was a bit of a curse. My eyes, and all.
The color.
But they learned to accept them. In their-- creepily beautiful way. My friend, Ejiki, alongside me, off in her own little world, humming random tunes to herself, skipped ahead, oblivious to the fact of any human life around her.
" WATCH OUT!"
Ejiki broke of her world, turning her head around. I was still deep in thought. " Hey! Hey, hey, l---!" Before Ejiki could finish, a frisbee flew by her, hitting her square in the forehead. Luckily, there was soft grass behind her to break the fall.
She looked at the strange plastic disk in a way that studied it closely. Then her eyes curved and she raised it aloft.
" It's a cerkie!" Ejiki cried, and then gnawed on it with her sharp little teeth. Did I mention Ejiki was a cat girl? Hm. Oh well.
" Ejiki--" I interjected, gently pulling the disk from her fangs. " people are playing with that."
" H-eey! Sakura! Ejiki!"
I turned around to the voice I had know since near grade school. Tolle Koenig. He approached us, a smile lining his face.
" Sorry about that! Sai's aim needs to get better."
" Oh. Hi Tolle," I replied, a light blush on my face, holding out the frisbee. Our hands touched. Just that moment. Then he grasped it and took it from me.
" Thanks! See ya!"
He ran off. I leant to a tree and slipped to the grass, in which Ejiki was running around in, pouncing at unsuspecting butterflies.
I smiled and then looked upward.
Heliopolis.
My home.
We were so fortunate to have such a home like this, peaceful and calm. I wouldn't change it for anything. Ejiki wouldn't either.
We had our friends that we were so close to: Tolle, Sai, Mir, Flay, and Kira. We were a team.
I guess that's what people could call us.
Teams do split up though, teams can fail you. Like it did this day.
The day... the peace shattered.
There were explosions all over Heliopolis. Atleast from what I could tell and heard. Ejiki's ears were sensitive, so we had to run somewhere safe, where we couldn't hear the explosions.
We found out way into a hangar. From what I remember, that was what it was. But inside, we were split apart.
" Ejiki?" I muttered quietly, walking around corners stealthily. Whomever had attacked here surely could be wandering a place like this. " Ejiki, where did you go?"
I stopped as I heard footsteps. I ran behind a wall, peering out over an edge. There was a person, in a red suit, helmet over his head.
I could only assume it was a man. After I heard his voice.
" This area clear. I don't see any signs of..."
I didn't hear the last part, but I believe I got what he was saying. Was their goal to clear Heliopolis of all life? I growled under my breath, unsure of what to do next.
He heard me.
Lifting the gun in his hand he shot at the corner, making me jump back with a scream. No doubt, that set him on my tail.
I ran as fast as I could down the hall, praying he hadn't gotten to Ejiki first. Each time he shot a bullet, I managed to jump aside and dodge it.
Crates marked the next exit.
One was low enough for me to jump.
As I took a deep breath of what air was left in my lungs, I pushed off the floor and jumped. I heard one more shot fired.
It took a mere second.
The bullet met my ankle and shattered it, my blood spattering on the wood, rails, walls and low stairs of the room. I kept my painful cry in.
I fell over the crate I jumped on, falling to the floor... no, not floor. It was just more crates. But less than the wall of them I had to jump.
Like any predator to his prey, the boy followed me. He jumped up on the crates, gun lifted, pointing straight at me.
" P .. Please ..."
I looked up to him, blood running from the corner of my mouth, a broken rib or two from the fall. My ankle was bleeding horribly. My eyes were in a pleading motion.
Please.
Please don't kill me.
I was doubtful he noticed the gaze. But he dropped his gun, pulling off his helmet. My eyes widened as he shook his blue hair, opening his green eyes. As my heart began to relax, it tightened, as he raised the gun again.
" Stay where you are."
My eyes shook as I gasped, pushing back further. That voice. I knew his voice. Was it...? It couldn't be, could it...?
" A.. Athrun..." I whispered barely to a hearing range, almost like I was mouthing it. I don't know if he heard me or not.
But a click of the gun shot my senses deep through me. I moved just in time as a bullet flew, barely grazing my cheek.
" I told you to stay where you are," he stressed again, holding the gun out further.
I fell silent again, the only sound of the explosions and gunfire in the backround around us. " Athrun..." I whispered again.
Athrun. Was it really you?
" Athrun, what are you doing! Come on! You've got a job to do!"
He grimaced, pulling his helmet back on, lowering the gun. " I heard you, Yzak. I'm heading that way now." Athrun turned, but stopped to glare back at me.
" I shouldn't say to keep you there. You can't move anywhere in the first place, after what I did." He smirked. " I'll deal with you after."
My voice died in my throat as I swear, my heart stopped for that moment. Just for one little moment.
The boy myself and Kira had grown up with.
He was threatening my life. Warm tears slipped down my cheeks as I watched Athrun disappear down the hallway.
I couldn't let him. I wouldn't give my life to him.
' Athrun... y-you will not take my life this day.'
I pulled myself up, being careful to not touch my ankle off anything, having to move on just one foot. I was losing so much blood.
How could he have done this to me? We used to be.. such good friends.
I heard another gunshot, different from Athrun's. I cried out as the bullet shot through me.
The pain overtook my body as I collapsed into an innocent unconscious mind. ' Athrun...'
I heard footsteps echo the room, getting closer and closer.
' Athrun... why?'
My world... fell dark. I don't remember anything that happened between when I was shot, and when I woke up. It was all a blur.
All I heard was a gentle white noise, ringing through my ears. All I saw was darkness. All I felt... was my weakened pulse.
Something drifted through my ears.
A beeping noise. At a steady rate. Feeling rushed back to my fingers, my hands, spreading through the rest of my body.
Was I dead?
Or alive?
" Welcome back from the dead, Miss Hayase."
Miss Hayase?
" Is she awake yet?"
" Not yet, Sir. We'll alert you when she is."
I didn't recoginize these voices. How did they know my last name...? Where was I?
I stirred a bit, struggling to open my eyes. Once I managed, the steady rate of beeping got faster.
" Miss Hayase?"
My deep eyes opened to slits, feeling the warmth of light cover me. Was I.. in a hospital?
" Good. She's awake. Sit her up."
" B-But Sir--! She's too weak yet--!"
" I said. sit. her. up."
" Y.. Yessir..."
I felt myself pulled up into a sitting position. My head was pounding and I was hurting all over. Especially ankle and stomach.
Where I'd been shot.
" Miss Hayase."
My eyes lifted and met those (atleast I think) of a blond-headed man. First things first.
" H... How do you... know my name...?" I choked out, despite the burning pain.
He smiled. " Forgive me." He bowed. " My name is Commander Rau Le Creuset, of the ZAFT Forces."
My eyes widened. ' ZAFT!'
" And I found out your name from your friend."
That just cut it.
" Ejiki! What did you do to her!" I demanded, my voice weak, but lit with fires of true friendship.
" No, no, you have us wrong, Miss. We did nothing. She oblidged herself."
I looked across the room to see Ejiki jumping up and down by the door, waving her arms.
" Heeeeeeey Saaakurra!" I looked lightly unimpressed, but atleast Ejiki was okay. A silver-headed teen grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out into the hall.
I heard a moment later she didn't take a liking to him.
She bit his arm too hard.
" Doctor, may I have a word with the girl alone?" Le Creuset spoke up, his gaze from behind the mask he wore on the man that has just helped me sit up.
" Just for a few moments Commander. She needs her rest."
I was left alone. With a Commander. A Commander of none other than the ZAFT Forces.
I'd heard much about them, thought little to actually find myself face to face with one.
" Miss Hayase, Chairman Zala examined your case on Heliopolis, on how well you had handled yourself while you were being shot at," he began, hands behind his back.
I narrowed my eyes. What was he going at?
Of his mouth, became a smirk. " You would be a great ally to ZAFT, my dear girl. Would you give us the honour of joining our side?" he asked, outreaching his hand toward me.
I blinked my eyes, pulling my hand to my chest. Me? Among the ranks of ZAFT?
Did I deserve this?
The side of me that hated fighting spoke first.
" NO!"
I slapped Commander Le Creuset's hand away. How dare he ask me to join such a war-bent organization! That wanted to destroy all Naturals, that thought they were lower than vermin!
He was asking a Natural to join ZAFT!
He didn't show any emotion towards me. " I would suggest you change your mind, Miss Hayase."
Again, my life flashed before my eyes as he drew a gun to me.
' Stay where you are!'
" Now, I may ask again. Will you give us the honour of joining our side?"
His hand pushed back out towards me.
Knowing that my life hung in the balance here, doctor's orders or not.
If I said no, I would be killed right on the spot. I had to agree with him.
" ... " With a hard swallow, I placed my shaking hand in his. " ...sir... yessir..." My head lowered. " Commander Le Creuset."
sakuraneoneo: ...for myself, I actually must say that this is actually a good piece of writing... Oo Weird comin' out of me, saying that my own work is good.
Kimi: It is though!
sakuraneoneo: Nobody asked you.
Kimi: -lowers ears- Sawree.
Ejiki: Muffins!
sakuraneoneo: Well... I'll see you guys all on the next chapter! (If there is one!)