Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny. Nor do I own Kira.
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Tomorrow is the commemoration day for the end of the Second Bloody Valentine War 10 years ago. Our school plans to hold an assembly and the class reps from the senior years are all required to make a speech on the war, the heroes and our dreams. So here I am, regretting ever being class rep because really, what can I say?
Kira Yamato.
He killed my father who was a soldier in the last war.
The destruction left by his Freedom Gundam had seriously injured my mother who even now, lies in a coma.
He orphaned my brother and I.
But he saved Orb. Our homeland. Our friends.
To say I hate him would be an understatement. I loath him from the very bottom of my heart and soul but reason and education has long taught me that his actions which doomed my family, has brought humankind a free future. A voice in my mind keeps telling me people die in war and I can't blame him for doing what he had to do but that doesn't bring my father back, nor will it wake my mother.
I see him on television occasionally, which is strange, considering new military status and marriage to Lacus. I guess he must be a very private person. But those times that I do see him on television, I can't bring myself to hate him. Strange right? Normally I can close my eyes and imagine myself wringing his neck but when I actually see him, I simply can't bring myself to hate him. On his face I can only see honesty and determination. When he expresses his sympathies to those who have died, unlike most other politicians, he means it. He doesn't like to talk about his accomplishments during the two wars either. He's humble.
However, what makes me unable to hate him is the fact that I can see he already hates himself. Hates the fact that he's killed people like my father. Hates that he's caused grief for families like mine.
I don't think my teacher will approve of my speech but who gives.
Kira Yamato is a soldier and a lesson.
As a soldier he has killed
And as a lesson, we will learn from his actions.
Those who hate him should learn to see the hope he has brought us.
Those he love him should learn to see the cost of that hope.
Like you and I, he is only human.
A/N: I wrote this while on pre-exam stress so it's kinda rushed and messy. Was originally going to be a series told through the eyes of a civilian post-GSD, but now... meh. Should I continue it?
