Zakuro Yoshida aka Ichigo © Kurenai Yuhi-sensei

Gundam Seed © Mitsuo Fukuda & Chiaki Morosawa

Rusty finds himself alive, in a private home with another Z.A.F.T. red.

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"Mr. Mackenzie? Can you hear me?" a female voice asked quietly. Rusty's eyes were closed but he heard her. Hidden within his hand concealed hand was a small knife. He decided that the only way to get out of this place was to hold her hostage. Catching her off guard, he jumped on top of her placing the knife at her neck. She gasped at how quick he was but she stayed still.

"Who the hell are you?" he yelled.

"I…um…I am Zakuro Yoshida," she said trying to stay calm.

"Where the hell am I?"

"In a person's house,"

"Who is this person?"

"I…I…I don't know!"

"WHO IS THIS GOD DAMN PERSON!"

"HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW!!!!"

Rusty sighed angrily as he looked into the girl's red eyes. Almost everything about her is red, dark red hair, red eyes and the red Z.A.F.T. uniform, Rusty thought before stopping. He looked her up and down seeing that she was really wearing a Z.A.F.T. uniform.

"Where did you get this uniform?" he asked groggily.

"I was issued it by Z.A.F.T." she answered trying to get away.

"Stop that! Try anything fun and you'll die," He said grabbing her by the hair. "Now wear did you get this uniform!" he yelled.

"I already told you! I'm a Z.A.F.T. red! I probably graduated at the same time you did!" she yelled back. He sighed again as a male entered the room. He was kind of meaty in the arms and in the legs but buff in the other places. Rusty quickly released Zakuro causing her to cough.

"I see you meet your comrade," the man smirked. Zakuro glared at the man, as she sat up.

"Who are you?" Rusty asked concealing the knife within the sheets.

"Just your average Joe. You don't need to know my name," he said with an evil tone.

"You can't keep us here! We have families to go back to!" Zakuro yelled. The man slapped her across the face forcefully causing her to fall.

"I can do what ever I please with you. You belong to me," he said with a laugh.

"Didn't anyone teach you to never hit women!" Rusty yelled jumping on the man. Rusty pushed him to the floor placing the knife at his neck.

"If you try to kill me she'll die right now," the man smirked.

"What do you mean?" Rusty asked suspiciously.

"There's a sharp shooter that will take her," the man said happily. Rusty released the man going back to Zakuro.

"What do you want for us?!" He asked angrily.

"Serve me, and I'll let you live. I might let you go back to your families," the man laughed.

"Why?! Why can't we go home!?" Zakuro cried.

"Do you know how much money it took to bring you two back to life?!" the man yelled.

"What do you mean?" Zakuro and Rusty asked together.

"How do you think you're still alive?! I was the one who brought you back! It took me trillions of dollars to do this! All the naturals I tried to bring back I couldn't do it. I could only bring back you two. You coordinators," the man said angrily.

"You're part of Blue Cosmos aren't you?!" Rusty said standing in front of Zakuro defensively.

"Aren't you smart?" the man joked.

"Please let us go," Zakuro asked. The man laughed leaving the room. Tears streamed down her face.

"Hey, we'll get out of here," Rusty said calming her.

"But how Mr. Mackenzie?" she asked as he wiped her tears away.

"First off, Call me Rusty, Ms. Yoshida. We'll come up with a plan," he said with confidence.

"You don't need to call me that, Zakuro is fine," she responded still crying.

"Please don't cry. We'll get out of here. I know we will," he said wiping the tears away.

"What do you mean?! How can I not cry!" she yelled.

"It would be better if you didn't show any weakness," he said trying to pull her close to him. She refused to move trying to cry herself to sleep.

"Please Ms. Zakuro! Let me comfort you, you'll feel better," Rusty said. She threw herself on him crying loudly. He hugged her rubbing her back with comfort.

"There, there Ms. Zakuro, as long as we're together I'll protect you," Rusty said with comfort.

"Really?" she asked looking at his face.

"Really," Rusty answered wiping the tears away from her eyes again.

"How did you die?" she asked. Rusty looked at her surprised before giving a small smile.

"If you sit on my lap, I'll tell you the whole story," Rusty smiled.

"Why?" Zakuro asked.

"You're squeezing me to hard," he answered.

"Okay," she sighed sitting on him.

"When I infiltrated Heliopolis. We went into a groud skrimish and I was shot in the head killing me within 30seconds," Rusty said looking down.

"I'm so sorry," she said hugging him tightly.

"How did you die?" Rusty asked causing Zakuro to freeze.

"I was a spy for Z.A.F.T. and they sent me to a base in California. Late one night a soldier came back from a bar drunk as I walked to the quarters I was assigned to. I had completed my mission and it was time for me to head back to the PLANTs. The soldier thought I was some type of animal and shot me several times before leaving me to die. I bled to death from the wounds inflicted upon me," she whispered in his ear.

"You had a horrible death much worst than mine," Rusty told her. They looked each other in the eyes blushing shlightly.

"Since you want to protect me, I'm going to protect you," she whispered.

"WHAT?!" Rusty yelled in embarrassment.

"I want this to be 50/50. I'm going to protect you and you are going to protect me," she whispered.

"Are you trying to tell me that you want me?" Rusty asked.

"No, I don't want you. I NEED you," she blushed. Rusty blushed as well seeing the tears fall from her eyes again.

"Why are you crying again?" He asked wiping the tears away again.

"I know I shouldn't have said that. I shoudn't have tried to rush something that. It's just that, ever since 2 months ago I fell in love with you. I…I took care of you while you were out cold. And this whole time, I've been waiting for you," she cried.

"Don't cry, don't cry," He told her.

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said anything!" she yelled crying. She knew that the words she said could have never be taken back.

"Shush, It's okay," he said trying to calm her.

"It's not okay! I said something that I should have never said!" she cried loudly.

"It's OKAY! I'm going to stay with you and protect you. That's a promise," he said kissing her bare cheek. She blushed greatly backing away from him.

"You don't hate me?" she asked a small voice.

"No," Rusty answered.

"Why? I said I fell in love with you and you give me a kiss," she continued in her small voice.

"Why? Who shouldn't fall in love with a beautiful girl like you?" Rusty answered pressing his lips against hers.

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