A/N: This is the re-written version of my first chapter of Find the Way. Please read and review, have I improved it or made it worse?
Full Summery: 'Robbed of his freedom, tied down by his wounds, the nightmare of death ahead of him...his eyes cry for his fate, but in his words, his strength, and his will, he believes he will find the way' Kira has been captured by ZAFT and according to Rau Le Creuset, has to pay a death toll for betraying ZAFT. Can Athrun just stand by and let that happen? If he helps Kira he'll be branded a traitor and be a fugitive for the rest of his life. If he doesn't, he'll never see his best friend again. Heart over mind, or mind over heart?hints ofAsuKira, and DeaYza, and YzaxOcand a bit of DeaMiri.MwuxMurrue is gauranteed, but isn't a main focus.Also a little TollexMillie.Rated T for violence, Yzak's aggressive vocabulary, and hints (mild ones) of shounen-ai.
Kira's POV
The darkness surrounded me. It was so peaceful, a place free of war, of stuggles, of hatred, of tears. It was calming. It was dreamless. It was a sleep that was just-sleep, and nothing more. No tension, no pressure, no pain...it was a dream come true.
Beneath a veil so cold,
You deeply sleep, all alone
The melody of prayer; on the lonely fields,
A little light Shined
But the moment was sadly, not meant to last. You're lucky to get a minute of peace in a raging war. War is not kind enough. You can never forget about it. It'll kill your innocence, it'll give you pain. It will show you how to kill-it will teach you to kill or be killed.
I watched as you dreamed
You laughed like a child
So dear, and yet so far -
That is the promise of our future
Sure enough, the battle alarm echoed through the empty halls on the battleship Archangel of the 8th fleet.
"All hands to level one battle stations! All hands to level one battle stations! I repeat: all hands to level one battle stations!"
Then the darkness is gone. The peace of the moment never to be felt again. I'm up, struggling into my uniform, bolting through the chaotic hallways, into the hangers. Once again, I'm putting on my battle suit, and once again, I climb into the Strike's cockpit.
"Kira Yamato, Strike, preparing to launch…"
Once again, I'm about to launch.
"Approved, your targets are the Duel, the Blitz, and the Buster." Came Miriallia's voice.
Once again, it's the Le Crueset team.
"Kira Yamoto, Strike, let's do it!"
Once again, the Strike is thrown out of the battleship, into the awaiting nightmare.
That one day, on a green morning,
One day, we will make it there
Because in this wintered sky
We still believe
Fields of Hope
As soon as I was thrown out of the ship, I shot at the duel. SkyGrasper was amidst battle with the Buster.
Blitz was coming dangerously close to the ArchAngel. But as Miriallia had said, the crimson gundam was not there. My mind lingered on the matter for awhile, as the pilot was none other then my best friend Athrun Zala. Facing each other-trying to kill one another-but the friendship was still there, deep inside, hidden and forever locked away. I shook my head, as I had much more important issues at hand. I snapped out of my trance, and chased desperatly at the Blitz, who had gotten dangerously close to the Archangel while I had spaced out.
I managed to ward off the Blitz, the SkyGrasper had done the Buster some damage, which left the Duel which was speeding towards me. I got in position to strike back, but a sudden flow of dizziness flooded me as I suffered a blow straight to the cockpit. The cockpit shook vigerously, back and forth, side by side. I felt the glass of my helmet shatter.The Buster then attacked me by the side. By now, I could see the crimson stain of blood. After being assualted in the back by the Blitz, I felt the cockpit collapse ontop of me. My left arm was caught in the middle of the falling debris. I felt it snap, and was hit suddenly by excruciating pain. As the Duel attacked again,I was thrown into the front display screen, trying hard not to pass out.
"Kira!" I vaguely heard Miriallia say. Her voice was worried, and strangely quiet, yet panicked. "Kira! Kira, are you alright?"
I couldn't bring myself to respond, it was to painful to speak.
"Kira...?" came the voice, the voice I had been waiting to hear...even in war, even when that voice spoke to me with hatred and anger. Athrun was here. Whether he'd spare me or kill me, the thought brought comfort. The presence was close, that presence that I wanted to be near, and yet resented.
"What took you so long?" I heard the pilot of the Duel shout.
"The Aegis still had to under-go a few repairs, and they wouldn't let me out until it was finished..."
I opened my eyes. So that was why he hadn't been there. I smiled painfully. It hurt so much...
"Athrun...help me!" I managed to whisper, before once more, all I could see was darkness.
On the day we were born, we were embraced
And now we search for those gentle hands again
The melody of a prayer; one vanishes,
And all begins again; a powerless, painful continuation
Athruns POV
The Aegis had not been repaired when the attack was initiated. So I had waited patiently, all the more not to go out there again. All the more not to fight. All the more not to point a gun at my best friend.
When the mechanics had finished, I had reluctantly climbed into the cockpit, and took off to help my comrades, but to fight a friend.
One day, to that green morning,
We'll cross through all these nights
Because that is the place each one of us searches for
When I arrived, the Strike was in bad condition. It's legs were cut off, and it had been dealt a bad hit to the cockpit, the sides, and it's back. The cockpit seemed to have collapsed in on the pilot...the pilot!
"Kira…" I muttured.
"What took you so long?" Yzak demanded.
"The Aegis still had to under-go a few repairs, and they wouldn't let me out until it was finished..." I said, but I wasn't really paying much attention to the pilot of the Duel.
"Athrun...help me!" I could hear a faint voice, barely above a whisper come from the Strike. I panicked.
"Kira?" escaped from my throat, and my heart froze. I had been fighting against him...I had been pointing guns at him! But the sound of his voice..so weak, so hurt...
"Kira? Who's Kira? Is he the pilot of this damned thing?" asked Yzak menacingly. I knew he was smirking, and his eyes were glowering, I knew his vains were pumping with hatred for the one who had wronged him.
"I'll take your silence as a yes," continued Yzak. "But how you know his name...I don't know, but I will find out. You've not been yourself these past few weeks. It's all related, isn't it? In this case, I won't kill him yet. We'll capture him, and then I'll squeeze the truth out of both of you! And more over, I'll get to see his face, the face of the one who gave me this scar!"
"Yzak..." I was stunned. I had practically told Yzak that the one he hated most-couldn't stand the most-was my best friend. What was I to do? Leave him here, with those manipulative, cold hearted, treacherous naturals? I shivered...this was my chance. My chance to get Kira away from thier bloodstained hands! How I would explain things to my comrades...what lies I would tell, how I would hide the truth, I didn't know. I knew Yzak was up to something, but I was grateful. Without further hesitation, I grabbed ahold of Kira's mobile suit, and dashed towards the Versailles.
Now, within my own heart, I want to keep you warm
So dear, and yet so far -
In the name of peace
Fields of Hope
But I wasn't so confident in my choice, as I neared our battleship. My mind and heart battled each other aggressively, never reaching an agreement.
'You are going to regret this, Athrun. This will only bring tears to both of you.' came the voice from my mind, the voice of reason.
'I don't care…I want to be with Kira again..' said the other. The voice of my heart. The voice of love.
So dear, and yet so far -
The fields of a promise
Fields of Hope
Fields of Hope
There you have it, the re-written version. I re-wrote it again, by the way, and changed quite a few things. Please tell me if it is better or worse. I'd also like to thank Anne Lamott, author of 'Bird by Bird', a very helpful guide for writers, that gave me courage to continue this, and to keep on writing, and that with a little editing, plot changing, grammer improving, and a little tweaking here and there, this fanfiction could become a good one.