Hello, I am reluctant to write this and post it, because most people don't like to read things that Kira is paired with an OC. But I would really appreciate it if you would read. I worked really hard on writing this so please, please, please, please, PLEASE, read this. I don't exactly know all the names. Like the captain's name, so yeah, I'm really sorry. Please don't call this a Mary-Sue. I have gotten enough of those reviews from other stories I have done.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing (entered in later), or the manga, Gundam Seed Astray.
Chapter 1
The evil within
Kira Yamato, pilot of the Gundam, Strike, had just come back from a mission to intercept an attacking fleet of gundams.
"KIRA!" Fllay shouted running towards the brown, spiky haired pilot. She jumped on the unsuspecting pilot, nearly knocking him down.
"Uh, hey Fllay." Kira hugged the red haired girl back.
Just then Commander La Flaga shouted something out of a screen.
"Captain! I have found a survivor from the attack. Permission to board."
"Permission granted. Welcome aboard Commander." A small ship called the Skygrassper, boarded the main ship, the magnificent Arc Angel.
"Commander! How is he?" Came the main mechanic.
Kira looked over Fllay's shoulder. He could see a person, it was a girl. She had long sandy-brown hair, and her clothes were ripped and torn from the attack and she seemed to be unconscious.
"It's a she, and she's unconscious." The Commander said, handing her nearly weightless body over to one of the men.
Kira leaped over to Fllay and over to the three men and Commander La Flaga.
"Ah, Kira! Would you accompany her to her quarters? I would like an update when she wakes." The Commander said.
"Uh, yes sir." He floated next to the man carrying the girl.
"But Kira?" Fllay said floating towards him. A look of pure hurt in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Fllay, but not know. I'll see you later." He said rounding the corner.
He followed the man to a room, where he laid the girl gently on the bed.
"I'll be back with a uniform. Would you mind watching her for a second?" The man asked. Kira nodded and sat next to the bed. He looked at her closely and noticed she looked a little like Fllay.
Just then Fllay walked in and glanced at the girl. Her eyes flashed with a horrified emotion.
"Kira, come on, let's go."
"I'm sorry Fllay, I can't."
Just then she started to stir…
The girl's POV…
"Hey, she's coming too." I heard a voice. It sounded a little fuzzy and my vision was blurred when I finally opened my eyes. I squinted, trying to focus.
"Wh-where am I? Who are you?" I asked.
"My name is Kira, Kira Yamato, and you are safely aboard the Arc Angel. Can I ask what your name is?"
"It's…Faith, Faith Katotaru." I said slowly. My eyes came into focus and I looked around.
Fllay started out the door. My eyes caught her and I scowled at the ceiling.
"Where, do you think you are going, dear sister?" Kira's surprise came as no shock to me, but I felt I had to explain.
"Oh! Faith, I'm so happy to see you alive." Fllay said reluctantly walking towards me.
"I don't think so. You may be able to fool the people on this ship, but you will find me harder to convince. For you see, I know the real you. A selfish little brat who will do or say anything if it is in the best interest to you, shall we tell this young man about how you left me for dead!" I yelled. Fllay's face contorted into a look of anger and horror.
"I think we shall…let's see, you were the one who left me for dead. You left me in my bed, sleeping peacefully while those Zaft dogs came and kidnapped me! Thankfully Cagalli's father was nice enough to take me in after they were through training me and I ran away!" I yelled. I sat bolt upright and tried to get out of bed but Kira pushed me back down.
"What is going on?"
"Fllay is my sister. But when we were little, she left me in my bed when an attack on our home took place. They took me for a training program, trying to turn me into a Zaft pilot! See, I was sort of the…oddball of the family. I'm a coordinator. She left me for dead!" I yelled some more.
Kira looked at me like he couldn't and didn't want to believe a word I said.
"Kira, haha, you don't believe her do you?" Fllay said nervously.
"Look, I really don't care if he believes me or not, but it's the truth, and you know it." I said dangerously.
Just then the Commander came in with a Magenta uniform. I looked over the uniform. It was absolutely adorable.
"Oh, well, glad to see that you are wake." He said smiling.
"Yes. Oh, and thank you…for rescuing me, Commander La Flaga." I said sweetly.
He ushered out Kira and Fllay so I could change. I stripped off my torn and battered clothes, exposing the Angel wings tattoo that spread from the middle of my shoulder blades to the tips of my shoulders, and I put on the uniform.
"I'll clean my cuts later. Right now, I want to look around." I said buttoning the last button. I kept one unbuttoned, the one around the neck. I can't stand it. It makes me feel like I'm choking. I walked out and into the hallway.
I started wondering through the halls, not really looking where I was going when all the sudden…boom.
"Oh, sorry. Oh! You must be the girl we rescued. I'm Sai." He held out his hand to me. I rubbed my back and took it.
"Thanks. My name is Faith, Faith Katotaru. Um… maybe you could…help me. I'm looking for…"
"Oh, I see you've met Sai. Hello, I'm Meriella, you can call me Mer for short." A girl with short light brown hair said walking up to me.
"Um, hi. Yes, I was wondering if someone could tell me where to find Kira and Fllay. Do you know where they are?"
"Kira's at the Hanger working on the Gundam. But I don't know where Fllay is. Sorry."
"How do I get to the hanger?"
"Oh, follow me, I'll take you there." Mer said waving for me to follow her. I nodded.
"Nice meeting you Sai. Maybe I'll see you around." I said before rounding the corner.
I followed her to the docking bay. There stood the Gundam, and just barely visible, was Kira.
"Oh Kira! You have a visitor!" Mer called up. Kira poked his head out and smiled.
"Oh, hey, come on up." Kira called to me.
"Thanks Mer." I waved to her as she retreated back to the hall.
"It's alright, come on up!" Kira called.
"Well, okay…" I jumped up and floated onto the landing stand. I didn't turn around to look at how high I was but I knew it was pretty tall.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah…yeah I'm fine. Listen, I wanted to thank you, for watching after me. I know that my sister hates me. And that she blames me for father's death. But it isn't my fault, I ran away before the attack. And what he did to those poor people on the shuttle. I…I couldn't have stopped it. I…I couldn't. Well, after I ran away, Cagalli found me. I was 8 when I ran away from that horrible place they call a camp. I couldn't stand being told where to go. I was sent to another camp near orb. And that's when I ran away. But her father took me in and so I became a princess just like Cagalli. But I'm a coordinator. I'm supposed to be fighting against you. I don't want to fight. I hate it!" I said. I looked at him and smiled.
"But, I guess that I am just boring you. I just thought I should tell you. Anyway, so Kira, do you live in this?" I asked looking around in it. There was a blanket and a pillow in the seat.
"Well, sort of. Faith, you do know you have a choice. If you don't want to fight then don't fight. Just like I did, I'm a coordinator. But I decided to protect my friends on the earth forces. I tried to protect that shuttle, but when I couldn't it broke me. When I got back. I felt horrible. I just wanted to shrivel up and die. But Fllay was there for me. She comforted me when no one else would talk to me. But anyway, I…"
"Kira! The Captain wants you and Faith to come to the bridge." Commander La Flaga said.
We looked at eachother in bewilderment. I closed my eyes tight as we jumped down. Once we landed we walked to the bridge, with the commander.
"Welcome aboard Ms. Katotaru. I am the captain of the Arc Angel." The captain said to me kindly.
" Thank you for the kind welcome. I was wondering if you knew where Fllay was? I need to speak with her."
"About what?"
"Just…where is she?"
"She has requested that we not tell you."
"Damn that witch." Kira reached around and slapped me across the cheek. I stared at him in bewilderment.
"You, you slapped me?"
"Don't ever talk about Fllay like that. You don't know her!"
"I know her enough to know that she doesn't care about you! She is just playing you until another strong guy comes her way. She seeks comfort in any guy who can beat someone up! That is why she got rid of me! She couldn't stand that I was a little stronger than she was. She couldn't stand that I was the better person. I know her well enough that she dumped Sai for you because you were stronger than he is. So don't you ever tell me I don't know her and if you don't believe me, I'll prove it!" I yelled and ran out of the room.
'Fllay, I know you're here somewhere. Now where are you?'
Just then I heard a whimper. I stopped running and turned towards the door.
Slamming it open I looked inside and saw Fllay sitting in the corner of the bed.
"Fllay! Why? Why do you insist on hurting people. Why do you insist on destroying Kira! He has done nothing to you!" I yelled. I was praying that Kira had followed me and was standing outside the door listening.
Fllay looked deathly at me.
"Because. He promised! He promised that he would save father! He promised me he would protect him and protect me! But he failed! He failed and father was killed! He let him die! I am going to make him suffer! Suffer until everyone is dead! All you coordinators are the same! You shall all get what you deserve!" Fllay shouted. She jumped on me and wrapped her hands around my neck, squeezing with all her might.
"Fllay-get-off-of-me!" I choked out, gasping for air.
The next thing I know, Fllay is being thrown off of me and not a minute too soon. I caught a glimpse of my savior before I blacked out.
"Kira?" I said barely. And then black.
I awoke an hour later. I didn't dare open my eyes, so I felt around. I was in a bed, and then, I felt something wet connecting with my forehead.
I opened my eyes to see Kira putting a cold, wet cloth on my head.
"I told you she was evil. I told you she didn't care." I said weakly.
Kira looked away from me.
"I'm sorry Kira. I…I guess I just didn't want you to get hurt, like I did." I said not looking at him either.
"No, I should have noticed it."
"Don't sell yourself short. You couldn't have known. Anyway, what did they do with Fllay?" I asked sitting up right.
Kira gently pushed me back down.
"You recover nearly as fast as I do." He said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah so?"
"Kira smiled at me. I glanced over at him and blushed furiously. He started to laugh at me and that's when I got mad.
"Why you, why are you laughing at me?" I asked annoyed.
"Because." I jumped up and tackled him to the ground. He rolled over on top of me, pinning me to the ground.
"You should really calm down." He said still laughing.
I struggled a little but to no avail. I was still a little tired. You would think that after passing out two times I wouldn't be as tired, but no.
I blushed madly just realizing how close together we were and he did too. He quickly got off of me.
S-s-s-sorry, I…um...uh…yeah…" I stuttered, getting up off the floor and backing out of the room. I ran and ran. I didn't know what to think of what just happened. I ran to a door and jumped into it without even thinking. It was just a place to go to.
"Faith?" I heard a cool male voice from behind me. I turned around and jumped.
"Sai! You scared me." I looked around. "Is this your room?"
"Yes. Is something wrong?"
"No. I'm-I'm fine. I'm sorry. I didn't intrude on anything did I?"
"No, no, of course not. I was just taking a quick nap."
"Oh, I'm sorry." I made to go out the door when he grabbed my wrist to stop me.
"Wait! Um, I heard what happened to you and Fllay. I hope she didn't hurt you too bad."
"No, no, I'm fine. Thank you though."
"I was…wondering, maybe, since your new and all, we could, go get something to eat when we arrive on earth." I blushed and yanked my hand away from his.
"I'm sorry, I have to go." I ran out of the room and blindly raced through the halls. BAM!
I hit something and fell backwards. But before I could hit the ground someone caught me. I looked up to see myself safely secured in Kira's arms.
"Are you alright?" I flushed and quickly looked away.
"Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Uh, it's alright."
Kira's POV…
I caught her before she fell. When she looked up at me I stared straight back into her beautiful blue eyes.
'She's gorgeous.' I thought, but mentally slapped myself.
Faith POV…
I had just realized our faces were about an inch apart. I didn't dare move.
"You can let go of me now. I think I can stand on my own now." I said nervously.
"Oh sorry." He let go, reluctantly it seemed. I put my hand against my chest, in a fist.
"Um, Kira, I've...I've been gone for so long. I…I'm not exactly up on current events here. Why, why is Fllay with you? She…she is supposed to be engaged to Sai. Can…Can I ask why?"
He started explaining everything, all up until the part where Sai took over the Gundam and tried to pilot it.
"So Sai went crazy and tried to pilot the Strike?" I asked.
"Pretty much."
"Thank you Kira. I…really appreciate it." I walked up to him and hugged him.
"No…problem" He said. I walked past him, towards the hanger.
'What is going on here. Has the world suddenly flipped upside down?'
BWEO BWEO BWEO!
An alarm sounded off as I neared the hanger.
'Huh?' I ran inside and looked around.
"Hey, Commander La Flaga! What's going on!" I yelled over the alarm.
" It's another Zaft attack! Get to the bridge now!" He said waving me away from the plane.
Just then Kira ran past me.
"Kira!"
"Go to the Bridge. It's not safe here!" Kira yelled over the alarm.
"NO! I want to come with you!"
"What? You can't!" He said running towards the Strike, I came up right behind him and jumped into the cockpit before the doors shut. I landed softly on his lap.
" Wanna bet?"
"Kira Yamato, ready to launch when you are." Came a voice from the speakers.
Kira looked at me for a second.
"(Grr) Fine, put this on now." He handed me a helmet and strapped me in.
"You might want to hang on." I wrapped my arms around his neck since it was the only thing that I could hang on to.
"Kira Yamato, LAUNCHING!" He thrust the Gundam forward and it zoomed out of the hanger.
I screamed slightly in surprise as the Gundam dropped a little as it left the support of the hanger.
I opened one eye and looked out of the window.
It was like a fireworks festival out there. There were explosions all over the place.
"This…is horrible."
"Yeah, well I tried to tell you."
"I know, I know. But…Cagalli told me, that if I ever see a boy, with blue hair that I should tell him, she's waiting for him. She said his name was…something like…Athrun." Faith said uncertainly.
"Athrun?"
"Uh huh. She wanted me to tell him that if I see him. So the best way is to be in a Gundam." I said happily.
"Kira what's taking you so…Faith! What the hell are you doing in there!" Commander La Flaga yelled at me.
"Well, I was…wanting to go for a ride? I'm sorry, seriously I don't know what I was thinking. But I wont be a nascence, I promise."
"(Sigh) Well, it's to late to take you back now. Be careful." He said.
"Yes sir!" I saluted and Kira jerked the Gundam to the left, narrowly dodging a shot made by a red Gundam. (I am sorry but I do not know what the name of Athrun's Gundam is).
"KIRA!" I heard the pilot yell. He zoomed towards us and Kira pulled out his sword just in time to cross blades with him.
"Athrun." Kira said.
"Hey, Kira, can you talk to him through this?" I asked pointing to the speakers.
"No, there is a microphone in your helmet that projects your voice outside to all frequencies."
"Great so I can talk to him?"
"Well, yeah."
"Great, that's all I needed to hear. Athrun!" I yelled.
He didn't answer at first.
"Athrun, I know you can hear me." I said a little more softly.
"(Sigh) I'm Faith Katotaru, Cagalli's little sister." I emphasized.
"Ca-Cagalli's, little…sister?" Athrun asked.
"Yes."
Athrun jumped back and charged again. Kira blocked again by crossing blades with him again.
"Athrun, Cagalli wanted me to give a message to you!" I yelled shutting my eyes tight as Kira jerked the Gundam away from Athrun and charged again.
"She said, "I'm waiting for you." She said you'd know what that means." I said. Athrun sighed and jumped away from Kira.
"Tell her, I'll see her soon. MEN FALL BACK!" Athrun and the other Gundams zoomed away.
"That was weird." La Flaga said.
"Kira, return to the ship!" He said.
Kira flew the Gundam straight towards the Arc Angel.
When we docked Kira opened the hatch and was about to jump out when he noticed I wouldn't go near the edge.
"Faith? What's wrong?" I sat in the chair and laughed sheepishly.
"Well, I'm sort of…afraid of hights." I explained. I bowed my head shamefully.
I got up and persisted for the exit.
"Why did you come if you were afraid of hights?" Kira asked.
"Well, I…wanted to…tell Athrun what Cagalli said. She said he was on the side of the coordinators so I…I don't know." I looked into his curious violet eyes.
He pulled me close to his chest and looked at me. I could feel myself start to blush and his actions took me by surprise. We jumped down and I shut my eyes tightly and clung to him like I was going to fall if I let go.
Fllay came out to greet Kira back and apologize for what she had said before, but when she saw Kira's arm around my waist and how close together we were, her anger boiled to the surface.
I didn't open my eyes until I knew my feet were planted safely on the ground. Fllay marched right up to me and pushed me aside.
"Oh Kira, you were great. Thank you for protecting us." Fllay said in delight as she wrapped her arms around his neck. I watched this scene in disappointment. I thought I had gotten through to Kira that Fllay was just using him. But I guess I was wrong.
"Faith!" I looked up and turned around to see Kira running towards me. I took a step back and placed my hand on my chest, which seemed to be becoming a habit.
"Kira? I thought…Fllay was…"
"No, I heard what she said, that day when you went to go prove it. I had followed you and overheard the conversation." Kira said. I smiled in relief.
"I'm glad."
Kira's POV…Her eyes softened as I looked at her.
"I'm glad." She seemed to be smiling in relief.
Just then, Sai walked around the corner.
"Faith? Hey, are you okay?" He asked her as he came nearer.
Faith's POV…"Yes, I'm just fine."
"Good, I'm glad. Because I wanted to ask you, the Captain has been issued an order that we must return to Alaska, we are making a pit stop in the deserts, I was…wondering…If you might want to grab a bite to eat, with me?" Sai asked cautiously.
I was taken by surprise by his question, but I soon regained my composure.
"Sai…listen, I'm really sorry, but I have a very important message to give to my sister. I can't have lunch with you. I truly am sorry." I said as graciously as I could.
"Oh, okay." Sai walked past Kira and me towards the cafeteria. Kira glanced at me.
"What? I wasn't lying. But…I just can't tell him that I don't like him like that. I just feel guilty."
"Well, you should get over that." I looked at him weirdly.
"Well, thanks." I took off at a run towards my room.
A little later Kira came in, carrying a tray of food.
I was curled up, hugging my knees in a sitting up position. I was wearing the clothes that they had found me in. Though I had torn off the severely ripped parts.
"Faith?" I jumped slightly at his voice and looked up.
"Faith, are you alright?"
"Yes, yes I am."
He set the tray down on the bedside table and walked over to me.
"Really, what's wrong?" Kira looked at me sincerely. I could not look at him. Truth was there really was something wrong. I didn't want to say it.
"I brought you something to eat, incase you were hungry. You haven't eaten anything all da…" He stopped short as I leaned my head on his shoulder.
"Kira, I'm so sorry."
"For what?"
"For everything. None of this was your fault, but some…some people want to blame it on you and the coordinators." Tears started to well in my eyes.
"Faith, why are you crying?" He asked softly.
"Because…because you go through hell every day, with the memories of the people you have lost, and the enemies you have gained. Don't get me wrong I have my fair share of enemies. But…I…" He got up and walked to the front of me and kneeled down to my face.
Hello-. I really enjoyed writing this. I hope I got Kira's personality right. I know that most people won't read this, because Kira is not paired with Lacus. But I put a lot of effort into this story. Everyone hates getting bad reviews saying that their writing sucks but if you think it stinks then don't read it. But anyway, I just saw the episode where Lacus gives Kira the Freedom Gundam. I know its pretty pathetic that I'm trying to