This is an AU Drama/Romance/Mystery/Suspense Fic with some humor here and there.
Rated T: for Violence,
I don't own Gundam SEED or Destiny. (If I did I wouldn't be on this website)
Pairings: AthrunxCagalli, there are more but I don't want to spoil any surprises.
UPDATED APRIL 13: 2 New Scenes added to Chapter One
A small guide to my writing style
"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
/ Flashback/
/ Dream /
Something one of the characters is reading, or writing.
Scene Change
Save Me
Chapter One
Life Goes On
Kira quietly snuck into the shadows. He kept running from shadow to shadow. Off in the distance he saw his destination. An old abandoned warehouse. He ran up to the big metal door and slowly opened it. He then walked inside and slammed the door behind him. He then walked further into the warehouse.
"Daddy" a small four year boy with brown hair and blue eyes ran up to Kira and hugged him.
Kira bent down and held the boy tight. He patted the boy's head to calm the boy down.
"Daddy, I was so scared I heard scary noises last night" the boy cried.
"Everything will be fine I'm here, Elek. Nothing is going-" Kira calmly said.
A loud harsh beeping sound went off interrupting Kira. A small black device attached to Kira's belt started blinking a bright red color.
"Come on" Kira quickly said as he grabbed Elek's hand. Kira ran to the metal door, and quietly opened it. He then burst out at full speed, darting from the shadows. Kira hoped that whoever was out there
would not spot them. They made it to Kira's car; Kira opened the door, and put Elek inside. Then he got in and drove off.
From the shadows nearby a person watched Kira drive away in his car. "Kira!" the person whispered.
5 weeks later
Athrun walked through the office building; he opened a glass door marked president. He walked through the door, and into the room. Around the room was a large door that went into the president's office. Next to the door was a large dark oak desk. Behind it was a large filing cabinet. Next to the metal cabinet was a large gray photocopier.
Athrun walked behind the desk without making a sound. He stood behind a girl with short blonde hair.
"What do you want now Athrun!" the girl snarled.
"So, you are still upset" Athrun stated.
"Give me a reason why I shouldn't be" the girl snapped.
"I would have came" Athrun defended.
"What! You knew about it, and you didn't come. And now you are saying you would have came" the girl screamed, without turning around.
"I don't like crowds" Athrun lied.
"I stayed there all day long and you never came" the girl snapped. "You are the most insensitive person I have ever met. I called you up and told you about it, and you told me you would come, but you didn't!" The girl screamed, tears were running down her face. "Lacus told me to believe that you would come, but you never did! She even gave up hope on you, after the sixth hour of waiting, and she left crying!"
"I'm sorry" Athrun whispered.
"Good, I'm glad! Now what do you want" she curtly replied while wiping the tears from her face.
"You are coming to live with me" Athrun ordered.
The blonde girl he was talking with got up from her chair and turned around, then she gave Athrun a glare. "Why should I" she snapped.
"It will be my way of making things up to you Cagalli" Athrun replied.
"I will not" Cagalli curtly replied.
"Please I feel really bad, let me do this to make things up to you" Athrun begged.
"You should feel bad" Cagalli snapped. She brushed past Athrun and continued her secretarial duties. She grabbed some files from her desk, and then she walked over to a large photocopier. She opened the top, and set one of the papers inside. She then closed the top, and pressed a big green button. The machine took the blank sheet of paper and pushed it inside of itself.
"Cagalli-" Athrun started.
"-Athrun" Cagalli rudely cut in. "I have work to do, leave!" she ordered in a harsh tone.
"Come on Cagalli think logically, you can not pay for that house. So come live with me" Athrun told her.
Cagalli pressed the green button again and the machine started up again. "What I can't hear you over this copier" Cagalli lied. Athrun repeated what he said, and Cagalli replied. "What speak louder I can't hear you" Athrun sighed and yelled his speech at Cagalli, but still she replied. "I still can't hear you!"
Annoyed Athrun bent down and unplugged the copier.
"Hey!" Cagalli complained.
"Listen to me!" Athrun yelled.
"Fine, but you don't have to shout" Cagalli scolded.
Athrun let out a frustrated sigh, "You can't pay for that house and take care of Elek" Athrun repeated. 'Why did I just say that' Athrun scolded as he realized his mistake.
"How do you know about Elek?" Cagalli suspiciously questioned.
Athrun took a step back and rattled his brain for an excuse, 'What can I say?' Athrun thought. "Lacus told me" Athrun lied.
A smirk passed Cagalli's face, "That is a lie Athrun Zala, Lacus only found out about Elek two weeks ago" Cagalli smirked.
"When then Kira must have told me" Athrun quickly replied.
"Athrun stop with the lies! Kira only told me!" Cagalli snapped. 'How dare he bring him up!' Cagalli screamed in her head.
"Well then you must have been misinformed" Athrun replied.
"How dare you say such a thing! Get out!" Cagalli screamed. Cagalli pointed her finger at the door to show that she meant business. Athrun sighed and walked out of the room.
'I will have to try again later' Athrun thought.
'How dare Zala say such a thing, he doesn't have the right to say such a thing' Cagalli yelled in her head. She then resumed her work.
Cagalli got done late that night. It was past 6:45 when Cagalli pulled up to a yellow two story house. She got out of her red convertible and walked up to the front door. She put her key in the lock and opened the door, then she walked in. The minute she walked in she was bombarded by a little four year old boy. The little boy had about the same hair color as Kira's. And He had bright blue eyes. The little boy was wearing a blue t-shirt, and black pants.
"Auntie Cagalli!" the little boy shouted in delight.
"Where is Lacus, you didn't harm her did you?" Cagalli teased.
The little boy shook his head and grabbed Cagalli's hand, and led her into the living room. Sitting on a cream colored sofa, was an eighteen year old young lady with bright pink hair.
Cagalli looked at her friend. 'She is still wearing black I see' Cagalli thought when she noticed the black dress Lacus was wearing. "Lacus thanks for taking care Elek" Cagalli told her friend.
"It is no trouble Cagalli, I know you have to work a lot" Lacus replied.
"Lacus, would you like to stay for dinner?" Cagalli asked.
"Sure, I will" Lacus replied.
"Can Miss Lacus cook?" Elek piped in.
"Why?" Cagalli asked.
"Because her cooking tastes good" Elek replied.
"What about mine" Cagalli said in pretend shock.
"Daddy told me that your cooking tastes like you are eating rocks" Elek replied.
Cagalli looked over at the couch. She noticed that Lacus was having a hard time not bursting into tears. "What else did Kira say about my cooking?" Cagalli questioned.
"Daddy said 'A dog won't even eat your cooking.' Which reminds me daddy promised me that I could have a dog, when can I get one?" Elek asked.
'Kira, how dare you say that about my cooking' Cagalli fumed.
Elek noticed Cagalli getting angry. "Do you not like dogs auntie?" he asked.
"No, I like dogs" Cagalli replied in a calm voice.
"But why were you angry?" Elek questioned.
"It is not nice to say that about someone's cooking" Lacus explained.
"Oh," Elek said, "Is daddy in trouble then?" he asked.
"Yes he is" Lacus replied.
"You aren't going to spank daddy are you, auntie?" Elek questioned.
"What? No why would you think that?" Cagalli replied.
"Well, that is what happened when I got in trouble" Elek replied.
"Kira didn't spank you did he?" Cagalli asked with concern.
The little boy shook his head. "Daddy never did" he replied. "Can we eat, I'm hungry?" the little boy whined.
"Yes, we can" Cagalli told the little boy.
The little boy jumped around with glee, while Cagalli and Lacus made dinner.
"Lacus how have you been?" Cagalli asked.
"Some days I feel like I have nothing to live for, but I get over it" Lacus replied.
"So you have gotten over it then?" Cagalli questioned.
"Cagalli, I will never 100 percent get over it" Lacus replied.
The two eighteen year olds stopped talking, so they could focus on making the rice. After the rice was done Lacus took it out and set it on the table. While Cagalli put three plates on the table. Then they all sat down. Cagalli helped Elek put some rice on his plate. When the meal was almost over Elek asked a questioned that he had wanted to ask for a while now.
"When is daddy getting back?"
'What should I say?' Cagalli thought. "Kira is on a long business trip. And he won't be back for a long time" Cagalli lied.
"Why doesn't he ever call?" Elek questioned.
"They don't have phones where he is" Lacus told the little boy.
"They don't have phones, but they have other technology?" Elek questioned.
'Kira why did you have to tell him what you do at work' Cagalli groaned. "Yes that is right" Cagalli replied.
"Okay, but why doesn't he use his cell phone then" Elek questioned.
"He doesn't get a signal there" Lacus told the little boy.
"Elek it is your bed time" Cagalli quickly told the little boy.
"Okay" Elek replied. The little boy got off of the wooden chair and ran upstairs.
"Do you need help?" Cagalli asked.
"No, daddy taught me how to get ready for bed" Elek yelled back.
"Okay" Cagalli yelled back to the little kid.
She then turned back toward Lacus. Lacus handed Cagalli a stack of letters.
"What are these?" Cagalli asked.
"Bills" Lacus answered.
Cagalli opened each one and looked at them. "I can't pay all of these" Cagalli groaned. "What am I going to do?"
"I wish I could help" Lacus told Cagalli
"It is okay Lacus, I will find some way to pay these bills" Cagalli replied.
"I better get going; do you want me to come back tomorrow?" Lacus asked.
"Lacus don't you have your own stuff to do?" Cagalli wondered.
"Cagalli I can always start my career later" Lacus answered.
"I can get someone else Lacus" Cagalli repeated.
"Okay, but really Cagalli I have nothing to do" Lacus replied.
"Well if you are sure" Cagalli inquired.
"Yes" Lacus replied.
"Okay, see tomorrow Lacus" Cagalli said goodbye to her friend.
'I think I will have to take Athrun's idea' Cagalli thought.
Cagalli walked into her area. She was the president's secretary. She sat down in her chair right as the door opened.
She looked up to see Athrun Zala.
"I know what you are going to say, and we will go with you" Cagalli told him.
"Okay, I will pick you up, with a moving truck tomorrow morning" Athrun said her, then he walked out.
Cagalli sighed, she found it hard to focus on work that day. She kept thinking back to that day, the day that changed everything.
/ Flashback /
Cagalli was driving her red car over to the building where Kira worked. She had finished her work for the day, and she had wanted to talk with Kira about what he told her to do this morning.
"Take Elek to this address, that person is a friend of mine." she remembered what Kira had sharply told her. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, crumpled piece of paper. Written on it was an address. 'Why do you want me to take Elek to this person's house' Cagalli wondered. She stuffed the note back into her pocket. "No matter, I will just ask you when I talk to you today" Cagalli told said to herself. She pulled into the parking lot and parked her car. After she got out she noticed that the building was on fire.
A huge fire was covering the building. Cagalli panicked and ran toward the group of workers standing outside the burning building. Hastily she looked around for Kira, but she didn't see him anywhere.
"Cagalli" she heard a voice call out.
Cagalli turned around to see a woman with long blonde hair, and glasses making her way toward her. Cagalli recognized the lady. She was one of the people who worked under Kira.
Kira was the head of one of the departments. He even had his own big private office, with his own personal secretary. Kira would sometimes joke and say that if she didn't like her boss, she could always work as his secretary.
Cagalli noticed that the woman was crying.
"I'm so sorry Cagalli" she cried.
"What happened? Where is Kira?" Cagalli asked.
"I'm so sorry Cagalli" she cried out.
Cagalli turned to look at the burning building, and the truth sunk in. "No!" Cagalli screamed. She ran toward the building only to be stopped by some firefighters.
"I'm sorry Miss, but you can't go in there" they told her.
"Out of my way! My brother is in there!" Cagalli screamed.
"I'm sorry, but we can't do that" one of the firefighters replied.
"Well, then get your butts in there, and help him!" Cagalli angrily screamed.
"I'm sorry Miss, but there is no chance that your brother is still alive" the firefighter replied. "But we will douse the fire with water from here. Afterward we will go in and pick up the pieces" the firefighter emphasized the word pieces, meaning that he meant Kira's body.
Cagalli slowly walked away shaking her head. 'No, no, no, Kira!' she screamed. And tears flowed down her face as she walked back to her car. She got into her car and slowly drove back home. She got out of her car and looked at the yellow two story house she shared with Kira. Since Cagalli didn't make enough to have her own place, Kira agreed to let them share this house.
She went inside and gave a passing smile to Elek, as she headed to her room. She slammed the door behind her, then walked over to her bed. She dropped down on her bed, and cried into her pillows. She cried for almost an hour, then she left her room and went into Kira's office. Bookshelves lined the top of the walls. And on the bottom half were dark wood paneling. She walked over to Kira's desk, and she saw that he left his dark blue cell phone behind today. She picked it up, and turned it on.
"Time to call everyone in his contacts list, and tell them" Cagalli sighed. She opened the contacts list and cycled through it. What surprised Cagalli was that a lot of the people on this list Cagalli had never even met, or heard about. Cagalli decided that she would call Lacus last. She then sat down in the black desk chair, which was behind the desk, and called everyone on the contact list. Everybody was shocked and upset to hear that Kira had died. She now only had two people left to call.
"Athrun Zala, and Lacus Clyne" Cagalli said the names out loud. Kira had mentioned Athrun a few times, and Lacus did also. But Cagalli had never actually spoken with, or met Athrun before. But she did know that Kira and Athrun were best friends. Cagalli slowly dialed Athrun's number.
"Hello" a voice replied.
"Hello can I speak with Athrun Zala?" Cagalli asked.
"What for?" the voice replied.
"I'm Cagalli, Kira's twin sister. I have something very important to tell him" Cagalli explained.
"Okay, you are speaking with me" Athrun replied.
'His voice, I can't put my finger on it, but I know I have heard it before' Cagalli thought.
"Hello, Cagalli are you still there" Athrun joked.
"Yes, but this is no time for jokes. Kira has died in a fire, which was in his building" Cagalli solemnly said.
"I'm sorry" Athrun replied. And to Cagalli's surprise Athrun didn't sound sad, upset, or surprised at all. In fact he almost sounded a little happier then before.
"We plan on having a funeral for him in ten days, will you come?" Cagalli cried.
"Yes I will, Kira was my best friend, I will be there" Athrun replied.
"Great, bye" Cagalli told Athrun, then she hung up the phone.
Cagalli then called up Lacus and told her what happened, and Lacus cried into the phone.
Cagalli woke up early the next day. She went downstairs and into the kitchen. She then heard the doorbell ring. Slowly she got up and walked over to the front door. She opened it, and Lacus walked in. Her eyes were all red and puffy.
"Lacus, why don't you come and sit down" Cagalli said pulling Lacus into the living room.
After they had sat down on a cream colored couch, Cagalli was about to say something when a little voice interrupted her.
"Auntie where is daddy?" Elek asked.
"Who is this Cagalli" Lacus said in an almost horse voice. She then went over what the little boy said, and her mouth fell open in shock. "Kira had a son, the two months we have been dating he never mentioned that."
"Elek, is Kira's adopted son, not by blood" Cagalli explained.
"But, still he could have told me" Lacus said hurt.
"I don't know why but he didn't want anyone to know about Elek. He even hid Elek from me for over three weeks" Cagalli replied.
"Does Elek know?" Lacus asked.
Cagalli shook her head, "What don't I know" Elek questioned.
"That Kira is on a trip and won't be back for a while" Cagalli quickly lied.
"Oh," Elek replied.
"Elek this is Lacus" Cagalli said pointing to Lacus.
"Hello Elek" Lacus sweetly greeted, she extended her hand toward the little boy.
"Daddy told me lots about you" Elek replied, as he took a few steps back.
"He doesn't really like new people" Cagalli explained.
"I'm not going to hurt you" Lacus sweetly said to the young boy.
Elek frantically shook his head, then he ran out of the room.
"It is okay, he was like that with me too" Cagalli replied.
"Who all knows about Elek?" Lacus asked.
"I believe only you and me" Cagalli replied.
"I wonder why Kira didn't want anyone to know about the little boy" Lacus said out loud.
"So do I, but we will never know since he took that secret with him to his grave" Cagalli replied.
/ End Flashback /
Cagalli was shaken from her thoughts by the ringing of the telephone. 'Can't think about those things now I have to get to work' Cagalli thought.
After work was over Cagalli drove back to the house to find a note on the door. It read
Cagalli I'm sorry I had to leave early. Signed Lacus
Cagalli opened the door and walked in. It then dawned on her that Athrun was coming tomorrow with a moving truck. 'How am I ever going to get all the packing done tonight' Cagalli screamed. 'I know only pack the essentials. We can always come back and pick some stuff up' Cagalli decided. Cagalli got out some boxes and began putting things in the boxes.
"Auntie, what are you doing?" Elek asked.
"I'm packing some things, because we are going to stay with a friend of Kira's for a while" Cagalli replied.
"Why?" Elek asked.
"Because we can't afford to stay here right now" Cagalli replied.
"But what about daddy?" Elek questioned.
"Kira already knows, in fact he suggested it" Cagalli lied.
"Okay" Elek replied.
"Now take these boxes and put all the stuff you think is important to you in them" Cagalli told him as she handed the boy two small boxes.
It took them past Elek's bedtime to get everything packed. So when they were finished they both fell asleep right away.
Athrun paced around his mansion he reached for the phone. Once he had it, he called up a friend of his.
"Hello," a gruff voice answered.
"Hello Yzak, I was wondering if you would help me with something," Athrun replied.
"What time Zala" Yzak groaned.
"Tomorrow morning" Athrun replied.
"Fine," Yzak grumbled, then he hung up the phone.
Athrun then called another friend of his.
"Hello, Nicol speaking" the voice replied.
"Hey Nicol, could you come tomorrow to help a friend of mine move?" Athrun asked.
"Sure Athrun" Nicol replied.
"Great thanks, bye" Athrun told his friend.
"Bye" Nicol replied.
Athrun then called up another friend of his.
"Hey Athrun" the voice on the other end replied.
"Oh, hold on Dearka someone is calling me" Athrun told his friend, he then pressed a button and he switched to the other line.
"Athrun" the voice replied.
"Shinn, just one of the people I wanted to talk to" Athrun replied.
"Not now, this is important" Shinn snapped.
"Okay, go on" Athrun replied.
"I tried to get the tape, but the guard wouldn't let me have it" Shinn replied. "He said 'those tapes are for authorized personal only.' What are we going to do?"
"Don't panic Shinn" Athrun told his friend.
"Don't panic, Athrun we don't know anyone who works there, anymore." Shinn replied.
"Relax, I think I know someone who can look at that tape" Athrun explained.
"I hope so, otherwise we are in some hot water" Shinn answered.
"Hey Shinn, you're not doing anything tomorrow morning are you?" Athrun asked.
"No why?" Shinn questioned.
"How would you like to help Cagalli move over to my place" Athrun asked.
"Yamato's sister, why would I want to help her move" Shinn snapped.
"Then you could keep an eye on Elek" Athrun replied.
"Good point" Shinn replied, "Okay, I will be at Yamato's house. What time?"
"Let's say nine, but come here at eight" Athrun explained.
"Okay" Shinn replied, then he hung up the phone.
Athrun pressed the flash button again, and he went on explaining to Dearka about tomorrow.
Athrun arrived early the next morning with four people. One had dark black hair and red eyes. Another had silver colored hair. The next had green hair, and the last had blonde hair. It took only a few trips for all five guys to carry the boxes into the moving van. Then the four disappeared into the van, and it drove off.
Cagalli and Elek got into Cagalli's car, and she drove off following Athrun's black car back to his house.
Athrun's house wasn't really a house, it was a mansion. It had big iron gates by the front, and a huge lush green yard. The house was huge, and had four stories. Cagalli nearly fainted when she saw the place.
'Well, here is where we are going to live now' Cagalli thought.
Author Note!
This story was inspired by pinkberry, thank you for inspiring me to write this, I hope you like it. I also suggest everyone to read her story "Billionaire's Debt" it is really good.
I hope I caught all the errors you saw Yuki. If not please email me.
Thank you for reading! Bye!
Also expect Chapter Two soon! Also thanks for the 10 reviews for chapter one.