All it had been was to deliver his oldest friends Fiancé back to him. After Fray's father had been killed Kira Yamato felt responsible and that him being a Coordinator was causing too much pain. Lacus Clyne had been supportive towards him so Kira agreed to use Strike Gundam to take her back to Athrun. When they met up both their ships were on high alert, after Lacus was safe Kira was ready to leave but Athrun said something to him.
"Come with us Kira, you're a Coordinator, you belong with us". Kira knew he had to return, he could not just leave his comrades behind…but this was Athrun Zala, his oldest and best friend. Would Sai, Mu and the others be angry if he did go, Kira knew he had to something, then he remembered he was a civilian not a soldier, he had his own rights. Opening a channel to Archangel and Vesalius he spoke.
"This is Kira Yamato, pilot of Strike Gundam and civilian of Heliopolis…I plan to go with the Aegis Gundam to the ZAFT shuttle but only to talk and negotiate safe passage to Earth, I request both shuttles do not attack or leave the area until then. I ask this be a cease fire treaty for the maximum of six hours".
"What? Has he gone insane?" shouted Mu, no one on the bridge at that moment onboard Archangel could believe what they were hearing.
"Kira is going to the enemy ship?" said Sai in amazement.
"Is he betraying us?" asked Natarle as she rose from her seat. Murrue didn't know what to say or do, she knew that Strike Gundam was meant to be her responsibility and that if ZAFT had all five of the Gundams they would be impossible to beat. Both the Mobile Suit and its pilot had been a vital asset to the Archangel's continuing survival since leaving Heliopolis. However Kira was a civilian and a volunteer soldier. Plus he was the only one who could pilot Strike since he had set its systems for his use only.
"Open a channel to Kira" she ordered.
"Opening channel to Strike Gundam" said Romero as Kira came up on the screen.
"Kira you're hereby granted six hours, afterwards we expect a form of reply from you personally, but be careful" she said.
"I'll be fine, I'll make sure they can't use Strike, I'll send a message five minutes before time is up. If after another five I don't reply escape at once," said Kira,
"Understood" said Murrue,
"Kira, watch your step" Milly shouted.
"Tell everyone else not to panic would you guys?" asked Kira.
"Sure thing" said Sai and Kira cut communications. Rau smiled with surprise.
"I see he wishes to talk. An interesting one indeed. Kira…I wonder?" he said to himself as Athrun opened communications.
"Sir, I trust him but its up to you" he said.
"I'll have Vesalius agree to this, this may prove to be quite an experience" said Rau. As promised both ships agreed to hold position and case fire while Aegis and Strike landed onboard Vesalius alongside Blitz, Buster and Duel. Just before they had parted for the ship Tori had left Archangel and perched on Strike's shoulder.
Watching everything happen from the pilots waiting lounge were the pilots of the three other Gundams.
"You think he'll cause any trouble?" asked Dearka.
"I don't trust him pure and simple, anyone who can go 4 on 1 against us and survive is dangerous" said Yzak who kept staring at Strike waiting to catch a glance at the pilot who had beaten him a number of times.
"He's a friend of Athrun's and Lady Lacus seems to trust him, maybe he might become a valuable ally if decides to join us" said Nicol. Dearka smiled and nodded but Yzak snorted and decided just to leave for his quarters.
Out on the MS deck the hangar doors were closed and technicians were already appearing. Rau had left for his quarters but had ordered for Kira not to be harmed since Athrun was taking responsibility. Kira activated the lock so he could only access the Strike's Systems, he tried to leave the cockpit but he was shaking, he was kind of nervous and scared. Scared he may not be coming back from all of this, as he sat there shivering the door opened and he looked up to see Athrun floating in front of him.
"It's okay Kira, Captain Rau already ordered you to be left alone and be unharmed" he said.
Kira smiled and slowly got out of the seat and began floating out. As he left the cockpit Tori landed on his shoulder and looked at Athrun as if to say 'long time no see, how have you been?' Everyone was looking as Kira removed his helmet and were amazed at how young he was. Kira felt out of place and wanted to leave, but he was with his best friend after all this time.
"Come on, I'll introduce you to some of my team-mates" said Athrun who had seen Nicol and Dearka watching from the waiting lounge. Kira nodded and followed him but was going slowly when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"It's all right, I'll come visit you later," said Lacus as she floated past with Haro and two guards. Kira watched her go and hid the small blushing of his face.
Soon Athrun led Kira to the lounge where Dearka and Nicol waited with serious looks.
"Kira this is Nicol Amalfi, pilot of Blitz and Dearka Elsman the pilot of Buster. Where's Yzak?" asked Athrun.
"Took off when you guys entered the ship, guess he's still sour on everything" said Dearka.
"The pilot of Duel?" asked Kira.
"Yeah, he hates losing," said Athrun, Nicole stepped forward and smiled as he outstretched his hand to Kira who shook it.
"We met before at Artemis," he said.
"You were quite skilled in Blitz," said Kira.
"Hey, whose that?" asked Dearka noticing Tori who had flown off and landed on the couch. His serious face gone the second he caught eye of the small bird.
"That's Tori," said Kira,
"I made him it years ago, he's kind of a symbol of our friendship. I'm amazed you've kept him for this long" said Athrun.
"He's great to have around" said Kira, his legs were a little shaky still so Nicol offered him a seat and called for something for Kira to drink.
"Well I knew Athrun was good but not that good" laughed Dearka and looked at Kira who was staring at the five Gundams.
"All that just for those suits" he said to himself.
"You know…we didn't want to destroy the colony," said Dearka after a pause. Kira looked at Dearka.
"He's meant to be a enemy yet he cares for the safety of those in enemy territory" he thought to himself and managed to crack a tiny smile.
"Athrun, Dearka, Yzak and Nicol, report to Captain Rau at once" came the announcement.
"Sorry to have to leave, Kira wait here, I'll come back and show you around" said Athrun.
"Thanks" said Kira.
"Cya" said Dearka taking the quick moment to shake Kira's hand. Nicol gave a wave and took a second to look at Tori before closing the door.
"Hey Athrun, any good at making a squirrel?" he asked, Athrun just laughed.
"We'll see. So what to do you think?" he asked.
"Thought he's be like Yzak but he's quite different," said Dearka.
"He's not a soldier but he's strong, yet so innocent acting, to think we have had trouble with him," said Nicol.
"He does what he can, after all he is human and has his own beliefs," said Athrun, they stopped talking outside Rau's office when they saw Yzak waiting for them.
Kira could not think much, he was in enemy territory after saying he'd talk to them, but he could not think of what to do or say next. Tori had been grooming his hair for him, which helped him relax when the door opened.
"Yes?" said Kira then stopped and went a little red again, Lacus was standing with a plate, which had a sandwich with chicken and salad in it.
"I thought you might be hungry, when I heard Athrun and had been called I thought you might like some company as well" she said and gave him the plate.
"Thank you" said Kira then broke it in half and offered Lacus some, little surprised by his kind gesture she smiled and took it and had a bite. Kira at first just stared at it but managed to regain his appetite and began eating.
"So when did you two get engaged?" he asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Our fathers decided on it, their members of Plants Committee," said Lacus.
"Are you okay with that?" asked Kira seeing she seemed a little down.
"Well it was weird at first but he's very kind and understanding" said Lacus.
"I personally don't believe in arranged marriage," said Kira, he then felt stupid thinking she'd now see him as weird.
"Why?" asked Lacus, Kira got up and looked at the Gundams.
"It's like how those Gundams are meant to designated to a certain pilot. It does not matter whom pilots it, all that matters if you feel connected. Like Aegis and Athrun seem like a good team. The Gundams chose the pilot, like Strike and me. It's the same with marriage, you should marry the one you truly love". He then heard a giggle and turned to see Lacus laughing.
"Did I say something funny?" he asked.
"No, its just you're a skilled pilot yet your so sweet and young" she said, Tori seemed to laugh while Kira turned back to the window to hide that he was blushing like mad.
Meanwhile in Rau's quarters the four pilots stood to attention to discuss the situation.
"I say we take this chance to destroy Archangel and keep Strike," said Yzak who was all for battle.
"It has civilians onboard, we do not attack civilians" pointed out Athrun.
"That's true, but can we use Strike?" asked Rau,
"I asked the technicians to try and gain access to the Cockpit, its security locks are unbreakable" said Yzak.
"Kira is smarter then we thought" said Dearka.
"Even so we cannot push him into thinking he should join ZAFT" said Nicol.
"He's right, Captain we have to be careful, he's here to talk. Not enrol," said Athrun.
"He's working for a Federation," argued Yzak.
"He's a civilian volunteer" Athrun snapped back getting slightly ticked off. Yzak went silent and just looked away with a quick snort, Rau just seemed to smile before he rose.
"Athrun, I want you to bring Mister Yamato here, I wish to speak with him" he asked Athrun.
"Sir" said Athrun, saluting then left.
"So what, you gonna let him say his piece?" asked Yzak.
"Yes but I want to show him how there is more he can do then expected" said Rau.
Meanwhile Kira had begun to loosen up as he told Lacus about his childhood days with Athrun when he entered.
"Speak of the devil, what's going on?" asked Kira
"The captain wants to meet you in person" said Athrun kinda surprised to see the two getting along so well. Kira nodded but before leaving had Tori hop onto Lacus' shoulder.
"Please take care of him for a while" he said.
"Sure, I'll wait here," said Lacus. Athrun was a little worried, while they floated to Rau's quarters he felt as though something was not right. He felt happy his friend and fiancée got along but why did he feel out of place? They had to wait for a few minutes, Athrun was silent and watched as Kira floated to the roof and stood on it upside down to past the time.
"Kira, can I ask you something?" said Athrun.
"What's on your mind?" asked Kira.
"Do you enjoy being on the side of the Alliance?" asked Athrun, Kira floated down with a confused look on his face.
"Is it all that good? Your talents would be needed here, you took on all four of our Gundams and succeeded" said Athrun.
"I didn't do it alone Athrun" explained Kira "The weapon parts for Strike helped out a lot. Also the Techs on Archangel are really helpful. You'd be surprised, when I first came on the ship they were edgy but they respected me not as a Coordinator but a human, like you guys. Plus I'm a volunteer soldier, I can leave if I wish. I never agreed to join the EA, I only became a pilot to protect the civilians on the ship"
"You have friends on Archangel then?" asked Athrun, Kira nodded.
"But you get along well with Dearka, Nicol and Lacus" said Athrun.
"They all are very nice, Lacus is a very kind as well," said Kira, Athrun smiled but then frowned.
"Sometimes I…" he began as the door opened, meaning Kira could enter.
"I'll wait here," said Athrun, Kira nodded and floated in with the door closing behind him.
Rau sat silently in his chair as Kira entered, Yzak stood on the left side of him giving a small growl at the sight of Kira.
"Ah, Mister Kira Yamato a pleasure to meet you. I am Rau Le Creuset captain of this vessel. Take a seat, this is Yzak, part of Athrun Zala's squad" he said politely.
"Must be Duel's pilot," thought Kira, he felt uneasy near both of them. Neither he felt he could trust as he took a seat so he was facing Rau.
"So what have you come to talk about?" asked Rau.
"Its about something Athrun said, he said I belonged here but I do not know what ZAFT or the Alliance is truly fighting for except what happened with the Bloody Valentine." said Kira. At those words he swore he heard Yzak snigger but chose to ignore it.
"I see, so you're wondering why we fight the Alliance?" asked Rau.
"More or less" said Kira, Rau smiled and rose from his seat and floated for the door.
"Follow me Kira" he said, Kira was surprised that he was sat for such a short time and followed giving Yzak and quick glance. Yzak watched Kira leave.
"Time to take matters into my own hands" he said.
Back onboard the Archangel Murrue had called most of the crew and Kira's friends to her office to discuss matters.
"This isn't like him at all, he's not the type to do something like this" said Sai.
"Well that pilot he met is his best friend, he told me about him" said Milly.
"Will he betray us and join those people?" asked Frey who had sneaked in and was all clear to say she hated Coordinators.
"He is one of those people, but either way he's still Kira," said Tolle.
"But he is under our command, he's part of the Alliance" said Natarle.
"He volunteered for a short service like we did. He's not a proper member," said Millie.
"But he's under our safety and protection" Mu pointed out.
"We are to stay put as we agreed, he still has a few hours" said Murrue. Both Natarle and Frey looked frustrated and wanted to act at once.
Meanwhile Rau led Kira through the ship to the bridge, Dearka, Nicol, Athrun and Lacus were waiting for him. Rau sat in his seat and signalled to Fredrik who nodded and pressed buttons to bring on the main computer screen a picture. Dearka and Nicol stood near to Rau while Athrun and Lacus stood by Kira's side with Tori still perched on Lacus before jumping to Kira. The picture was of a man who Kira recognised at once.
"George Glenn" he said.
"The first and greatest Coordinator known by both his own kind and Naturals" began Rau.
"He helped begin the birth of Coordinators until he was assassinated" said Kira.
"Indeed, but you see he wanted a world where Coordinators and Naturals lived in peace," said Rau.
"However Naturals disagreed with it believing humans should be born properly, not created," said Athrun.
"Originally the idea of Coordinators was that parents could choose how their child should look and what their best traits should be," said Nicol.
"However many of the children were not born with the blue eyes the mother wanted or the blonde shiny hair the father wanted" said Dearka. More pictures appeared showing many bloody bodies.
"What the…" began Kira.
"Coordinators, these were the first ones who were given the better skills then normal people," said Rau.
"You mean like MS pilots?" asked Kira.
"Musicians, sports people, politics, scientists. Naturals feared that they would become extinct, they wanted a pure and perfect world" said Athrun.
"And thus the war began" said Lacus with a quiet sigh.
"But not all Naturals are like that" said Kira, everyone looked at him.
"Even if we were born different people like my friends on Archangel respect we are all humans". Everyone went silent and looked at him until Lacus turned and smiled at him.
"That's what many on PLANT want as well, a way in which we all can live in harmony," she said.
"But its not easy, many Naturals like the higher ups of the Alliance want us dead and will do anything to wipe us out" said Athrun.
"We did not desire to fight all our lives, but we want to end the war quickly so a form of unification can begin," said Nicol.
"And that's why you stole the Gundams?" asked Kira.
"If the Alliance built Mobile Suits like the ones we have and you have we'd be finished in a instant" said Rau. Kira went silent again.
"So ZAFT is not like what many say, they don't mean to fight. They just want peace between the two races," he thought.
Rau had risen and walked over to Kira.
"That's why I ask, not as a command or order but ask you to think. Do you belong with the Alliance or do you wish to be with ZAFT and fight for our desire of peace?" he asked. Kira looked at him shaking a little as he stared at the masked face.
"Join us Kira, and with the five Gundams with us we can bring peace to humanity" Kira was shaking more and at that point darted out the room with everyone looking.
"Kira wait," shouted Athrun as he gave chase.
He found Kira throwing up in one of the bathrooms on the ship and waited for another minute till Kira had finished and washed his hands and face.
"You know you're the not the first to do that when staring at him, all four of us did" said Athrun with a chuckle. Kira smiled but then went silent again, as he seemed to float like a puppet, Athrun caught him and led him out where Nicol, Dearka and Lacus were waiting.
"Are you okay?" asked Lacus helping Athrun hold him. Tori groomed Kira's hair into place since it was wet from the sink. They led him to Athrun's quarters and put him on the bed, Lacus ran a cold towel and placed it over Kira's forehead.
"He's right" groaned Kira as he opened his eyes slowly.
"What?" asked Nicol.
"He knew how I was thinking. I want Coordinators to live in peace with Naturals but I may have to fight. And maybe I do belong here, but the others…" he began rising, he had learnt there and then he had one hour left. However Lacus pressed her hands on his chest and pushed him back down while Dearka put a blanket over him.
"Let me handle it Kira, I have a idea" said Athrun and he left leaving Kira in the hands of his three newly made friends.
Back on Archangel all was quiet as they waited for the hour to end. When the radar started going off.
"Its Aegis Gundam" said Sai.
"Incoming transmission" said Natarle and Athrun appeared.
"This is Athrun Zala, member of the ZAFT military, I request to come aboard, I am unarmed" he said.
"This is Captain Murrue, before we allow you onboard please state your business," said Murrue not taking chances.
"It's about Kira, he wants to see his friends" said Athrun.
"Is he alright?" asked Kuzzey as he and the others gathered to listen even if Natarle was ordering them to staying put.
"He's fine, little nervous but fine. I wish to bring them to my captain's ship. You have been granted special permission to board and see him," said Athrun. Murrue was quiet and looked the crew, all of Kira's friends except Frey wanted to go. She looked again at Natarle who was shaking her head and looking quite eager to attack. Mu felt the same but chose to obey his orders and stand down.
"Okay, go prepare some space suits. Wait outside the ship, we'll have them brought over by you. But if they do not return within the final hour…" began Murrue.
"Wait, the Captain also requests your presence," said Athrun.
"Mine?" said Murrue confused.
"If that's the case I'm going too" said Mu ready to meet Rau. Athrun sighed.
"Alright, I'll take you all over".
Sure enough 20 minutes later Milly, Sai, Kuzzey and Tolle were led by Athrun to where Kira was, he was still in bed a little shook up but glad to see them.
"Mu is in the Moebius Zero just outside the ships ," said Milly.
"What about Archangel?" asked Kira now able to move but Lacus insisted giving it another ten minutes.
"Natarle is taking command for the time being, Captain Murrue is meeting with Rau" said Athrun. After another ten minutes Kira was back on his feet just as Murrue entered.
"I've spoken to the captain, and he says we will be granted free access to Earth without hassle" she said. Everyone sighed with relief.
"However, he did offer to take us to PLANT".
"You serious?" asked Sai.
"Yes, he said he would let us stay there if we wished, he knows many of you were volunteers so he's offering you homes for your families" she said.
"But we're Naturals" said Milly.
"Makes no difference if you ask me," said Kira.
"He's right, any friend of Kira's is a friend of mine," said Athrun.
"Me too" said Nicol.
"Three" laughed Dearka and they all chuckled. Murrue smiled when suddenly Rau came on the nearby screen.
"Captain Ramius, Lt La Flaga reports a large number of Federation MA and ships are heading our way" he shouted.
"What?" said Murrue, the alarm was blazing on the ship as the troops made for their posts. Athrun, Nicol and Dearka placed their Pilot Suits on as they joined the others on the ships bridge.
"How did they find us?" asked Dearka.
"I gave no order for radio transmissions," said Murrue.
"Seems we have trouble, Have my Cgue ready to launch" said Rau as he made contact with Mu.
"La Flaga, we must call a truce until this is all sorted"
"All right, but watch it" growled Mu.
"Sir, Duel has just launched," said Nicol.
"Launch, I'll follow," said Rau making for the hangar.
"This is bad," said Milly holding onto Tolle, Kira looked at his friends who were so scared and confused, then he turned to watch Athrun leave.
"Go, you can protect them, I know it" said Lacus who was holding Kira's pilot suit. Kira took it and nodded.
"Thank you, please take care of the others" he asked.
"I promise" said Lacus and planted a kiss on his cheek. Kira went a little red but floated quickly. He was soon changed and leapt into Strike powering it up. Blitz had just launched with Rau's Mobile Suit.
"Your coming too?" asked Dearka on the screen.
"Something is up about this, I can feel it" said Kira.
"Well good luck pal, Dearka Elsman, Buster, LAUNCHING" shouted Dearka as Buster took off.
"Kira, remember fight if you feel like you have to, and you don't have to take sides" said Athrun, Kira smiled,
"Thanks Athrun. Lacus is lucky to have you as her fiancée" he said. Athrun chuckled.
"Maybe" he said as he stepped on the catapult.
"Athrun Zala, Aegis, LAUNCHING"
"Kira Yamato, Strike, LAUNCHING" shouted Kira as both suits followed the group.
Meeting up with Moebius Zero the group stayed close to the Vesalius as Archangel was surrounded by at least 30 ships and up to 100 Mobile Armours.
"Holy Shit" gasped Dearka.
"Incoming transmission" said Mu and Natarle appeared.
"This is Captain Natarle of the Archangel ship alongside Vice-Captain Frey Allstar," said Natarle with Frey in an officer's uniform standing by her side.
"Frey?" said Sai.
"What is Natarle doing?" asked Murrue.
"Those onboard your ship are now considered traitors of the Alliance, we demand their surrender and that the four Gundam suits are returned to us at once" Frey ordered.
"Make us," shouted Dearka aiming Buster's guns.
"Frey stop, do you really think ZAFT will hand over the four other Gundams this way?" asked Kira.
"Who said Strike was not the target?" asked Frey.
"What?" asked Athrun and a sinister laugh rang out as Duel appeared in front of Archangel.
"Yzak!" shouted Nicol.
"You sold us out" growled Rau.
"Wrong, I merely told Archangel that I would join their cause if I handed Vesalius and all onboard as a peace offering, and they alerted any nearby Federation forces that it was open season," said Yzak.
"Why?" asked Athrun.
"Because of HIM!" shouted Yzak and Duel pointed at Strike.
"This kid thinks he can just stroll in and think he can beat me? How wrong he is, I will not be allowed to be second best to some traitor of Coordinators. With Archangel on my side I'll finally posses the power to end the war. Even if it means killing the great Captain Rau Le Creuset " laughed Yzak.
"So you think by giving the Gundam data to the Federation you will beat me and claim power?" asked Kira. "Exactly" said Yzak. Kira quickly made contact with Archangel.
"Natarle don't, we don't have to fight. I don't want to have to do this" he pleaded, but Natarle just looked at him then signalled the order to attack. With that every MA and shuttle including Archangel advanced firing their weapons.
"SCATTER," yelled Rau as they split and began to fight back. Using the Mirage field Blitz began attacking the ships and destroying them one by one while Dearka stopped any enemies attacking the Vesalius. Mu, Rau and Athrun went head on into battle and attacked any MA or shuttle they could find and stop. The cannons on Moebius Zero blasted so many MA's Mu was actually starting to enjoy the battle.
"A traitor, YOU'RE THE TRAITORS FOR ATTACKING" he yelled.
"Now your getting in the spirit" laughed Rau.
"Where's Kira?" asked Athrun, in the middle of things Duel and Strike were firing wildly at each as they tried to take the other down.
"He's faster then he looks" smirked Yzak. Kira was too determined to help out the others but they were drifting away from the main fight.
"Stop it Yzak," shouted Kira as Strike dodged the missiles Duel had fired.
"If you had not got in the way everything would have been perfect" said Yzak as he fired the beam rifle again, Kira copied and both beams hit the others rifle blowing it up. Strike and Duel removed them before they could cause damage and drew their blades. As they did several MA's and two damaged ships got in between them. Kira dodged their attack but both ships exploded and the MA's destroyed as Duel ploughed through at Kira. Kira then understood Yzak did not care at all about the Federation. Feeling a hot anger inside him he lunged at Duel, the two Gundams clashed sabres like two Gladiators in an arena. Their shields taking heavy damaged as they blocked and countered.
"Your pathetic" snarled Kira.
"Me? You're the one who sided with the Alliance and they betrayed you" said Yzak.
"All because of your greed!" shouted Kira.
"FIRE," yelled Natarle as Archangel fired its missiles at the Vesalius, which barely dodged them thanks to Dearka blowing them up with a missile barrage from Buster. Sai, Lacus and the others were on the bridge as Murrue was sent flying into Rau's chair.
"Their not giving in" said Fredrick.
"This ship has weapons yes?" asked Murrue.
"Yes, plenty" said Fredrick.
"Well fire them, aim for the engines and put them out of order. We have civilians onboard" ordered Murrue, Fredrick could not argue and ordered missiles to be fired while the cannons fired beams.
"CHANGE COURSE AND EVADE" yelled Frey, as Archangel moved to one side. The blasts burnt the side a little and Kira knew where it had hit.
"That's close to the civilians quarters," he said breaking free of Duel with a kick to its chest and flew towards Archangel.
"Everyone listen, Archangel has civilians, please be careful" he told everyone.
"Mind how you shoot if anyone can assist Kira then do so" said Murrue,
"Everyone is caught up in the battle, they won't give up" shouted Rau as he shot down another ship.
"They just keep coming, Buster is gonna run low" growled Dearka.
"KEEP FIRING," yelled Natarle as Archangel continued its attack on Vesalius when suddenly bullet fire shot down their missiles and Strike appeared.
"Natarle stop, what about the civilians?" Kira yelled.
"Sacrifices must be made Yamato," said Natarle as the machine guns fired at Strike which had seconds to dodge them.
"Your just like them, shame really, you would have been my perfect weapons" said Frey with a smirk.
"Weapon? You were gonna use me for revenge against your father" shouted Kira. However this caught him off guard as one of the Archangel's guns had a perfect shot.
"Die Coordinator" laughed Frey, suddenly the guns exploded as Blitz appeared and hacked them off.
"Even I would not kill innocent Naturals like those passengers," said Nicol.
"Look out," shouted Kira as Duel fired missiles at Blitz, Nicol countered with Blitz's Beam Gun however its leg was shot and one hit the Archangel. A huge hold filled the area and the air was being sucked out. Blitz quickly placed its body over the hole the save the scared Civilians who were all nearly sucked into the void of space.
"We gotta get them out of here" shouted Nicol.
"There should be spacesuits nearby, get them to the Vesalius" shouted Kira as he attacked Duel again to keep him distracted.
"Their trying to the take the civilians away from the damage area" reported Natarle.
"I want that pilot stopped, kill them if you must" yelled Frey.
"Half the fleet has been destroyed" reported Fredrick.
"The civilians!" shouted Milly watching as Blitz covered the hole.
Meanwhile Lacus watched the fight between Strike and Duel and saw a burning ship about to hit them.
"KIRA LOOK OUT" she yelled, Kira suddenly felt a strange feeling in his mind.
"Lacus?" he said then saw the ship and dodged quickly, Duel did the same and they continued fighting.
"Everyone please hurry, once you have your suits on grab onto something and I'll get you to the Vesalius" said Nicol as he helped the civilians into their suits. He had managed to get the children in Blitz's cockpit and helped the adults. Suddenly the door flung open and two soldiers holding guns fired. Everyone ducked and Nicol drew his handgun and fired back managing to wound them, everyone was changed and Nicol quickly jumped into his suit and pulled it back holding out Blitz's hands when suddenly a beam shot hit the hole, killing the adults.
Nicol was pushed back and looked horrified. Kira and the crew on Vesalius froze in terror as Yzak laughed at his great shot.
"Like she said, sacrifices" he bellowed, Kira was shaking in terror.
"I protected them, I helped them" he began to snarl, "and you took their lives away, Natarle, Frey, you, the whole Alliance" he began to yell as he flew right at Duel and kicked it in the face. "YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT YOURSELVES", Duel tried to counter with its sabre but Strike with one swipe destroyed it and the shoulder weapons.
"You moron" yelled Yzak and punched Strike's Sabre out of its hand. However Strike struck back with a hit to the chest, denting it. Duel flew back and kicked back, Strike blocked and Yzak found himself flying away. Strike grabbed its shield and Duel's and followed. Kira caught up and began punching Duel in the face over and over again.
"YZAK" yelled Kira.
"No, how can he be so strong" said Yzak in fear as his screen began going blank.
"FIRE ON STRIKE," yelled Natarle, the blast from Duel had damaged the whole ship and it was smoking.
"Blow him to smithereens, Blow him to smithereens, Blow him to smithereens, Blow him to smithereens" yelled Frey pressing every weapons button at Strike. However Strike kept dodging as it kept attacking Duel. The Aile Strike pack had been hit and exploded but Kira had removed it.
"DIE," yelled Yzak throwing a punch to Strike's face. Strike grabbed both Duel's hand and with the other pulled out a knife, stabbing it into Duel's neck which began short circuiting it.
"HEY ARCHANGEL, here's a PRESENT" yelled Kira throwing Duel with Yzak screaming in it right at the bridge.
"FREY" shouted Sai, onboard Archangel Natarle and Frey watched in frozen fear as Duel closed in and smashed right through the bridge, crushing everyone in it. The ship was still moving and by accident the Sword Strike pack ejected, Strike caught it and combined with it as Archangel and Duel exploded.
With Strike's help the Alliance was quickly beaten, everyone met on the bridge except Kira who came up a few minutes later. Amongst the survivors were the Archangel's tech crew who had stolen an evacuation shuttle to escape when they realised Natarle had gone nuts. Everyone ran to see if he was okay but he was nearly in tears. Then he felt Lacus grab his body and hold tightly.
"You scared us all," she said with a small laugh.
"So now what? We're traitors," said Tolle.
"The Federation will hunt you down if you leave," said Rau.
"We're so sorry this happened, Yzak was good man," said Athrun, to which the whole ZAFT on the ship saluted.
"Though a bit over the top, that bastard" snarled Dearka.
"We best head back to PLANT" said Nicol.
"Can we stay on the ship if we tag along?" asked Mu.
"Yes, I'll see to it, the children Nicol saved will be looked after" said Rau.
"Looks like you need another crew member", Kira spoke up as he walked up to Rau with Lacus still holding onto him and Athrun by his side.
"Kira?" asked Murrue, Kira sighed and with a serious face ripped the Federation symbol off his suits and let it float away.
"What say you Yamato?" asked Rau, everyone looked at him and Athrun knew what was coming. With a calm and strong voice Kira spoke his choice.
"I am Kira Yamato, Pilot of Strike Gundam, soldier of ZAFT".
TO BE CONTINUED
INCASE YOU'RE HERE AND YOUR WONDERING WHY THIS CHAPTER WAS RE-UPLOADED ITS BECAUSE KIRA'S CHOICE IS BACK. YES ITS BEEN A WHILE BUT I'VE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE STORY, SO UP FIRST I'LL BE RE-WORKING MY PAST CHAPTERS, EDITING, IMPROVING AND GIVING MORE EXCITEMENT THEN EVER. AFTERWARDS THE STORY CONTINUES WITH NEW SURPRISES AND NEW TWISTS AND TURNS. SO STAY TURNED FANS :)