A/N- Alright! New story! This might be a bit better then Cagalli's Decision: Friend or Foe. I'm much more improved on writing stories! So, here it is! Hope! (Redone version, so reread people! Thanks!)
AsuCaga: Athrun was a creature…created by accident. He had great hate for all humans, because of the abuse he had from his creators. One day, he met a blonde. Will his view of humans change?
Disclaimer: Gundam Seed, no. The story plot, yes.
7-year-old Cagalli Yula Attha was traveling with her father, Uzumi Nara Attha. The blonde turned towards her father for the fourteenth time.
"Where are we going and why are we going?" The amber-eyed child asked, swinging her legs back and forth. She wanted to pry this piece of information form her father.
"Ok! Ok! Fine! We're going to the Zala Institute, a high security faculty." Uzumi answered with a sigh. He rubbed his temple, getting a migraine.
"Why?" Cagalli repeated.
"Because they have created Grade A super humans. They created a serum that can improve strength, speed and intelligence."
"Why?" She asked, staring at her father.
"This experiment could cause a breakthrough of wanting this serum. Humans could be able to live longer and survive harsher temperatures." He replied with another sigh.
"Oh. How is this experiment performed?" Cagalli was getting curious.
"There are several newborns that parents were willing to give up. The serum is injected in each infant when they're still in their mother's stomach. I think they should be around your age." He ended.
Cagalli nodded in understanding. The car slowed to a stop. The blonde looked out the window to see a 5-story metal building. It had the official ZAFT symbol, the name of the company, on the flag. She stared in awe at the shiny building. The pair entered the institute.
"ID?" The bulky security guard asked. He lumbered over the blonde and her father. Uzumi flashed his ID card at the guard and signaled Cagalli to do the same. The amber-eyed girl flashed her card. The guard let them through the glass doors. Uzumi pressed the elevator button and almost immediately, the metal door opened. They stepped in.
"Daddy, can I have something to eat?" She asked. Her father pulled out an apple from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Thank you!" She took a bite out of it and smiled… The elevator stopped and the door slid open. Cagalli and Uzumi stepped out from the elevator and in front of the door marked, "Enter with Caution." Uzumi slipped a card in a metal slot and the door slid open. They entered.
Suddenly, a blonde-haired man, behind a mask appeared. He had on a white lab coat.
"Attha?" The man asked.
"Yes. Nice to meet you…" Uzumi paused.
"Rau. Rau Le Cruset." The masked man finished. Uzumi nodded.
"Now, who is this?" He leaned down to peer at the 10-year old.
"My name is Cagalli!" She announced with a smile.
"Nice to meet you Cagalli," Rau chuckled, "Now as for the tour…"
The group walked down the hallway that seemed to continue on forever, until there was another set of doors made out of what seemed like steel. Cagalli clutched onto her father's hand, getting a bit nervous. Whatever that was in there, it might be dangerous. The masked man slid another key card into the slot. The metallic door slid open. Cagalli looked out from behind her father and stared at the test tubes and machines that were in there. To Cagalli, it seemed like one of those mad scientist movies.
"Okay, bring out the first kid for demonstration to our guests." Rau shouted to a scientist with glasses. The man nodded and talked into an earpiece.
"Experiment YJ 40, preparing for testing." The glasses man said. The 7-year old nicknamed him glasses man since she was unsure of his name. She looked into the Plexiglas made window. A huge man dragged in a silver-haired boy. The boy gave the man a glare and said something that Cagalli couldn't hear through the window.
"Begin the demonstration." The glasses man spoke into the microphone again.
"Daddy, what are they going to do to him?" Cagalli asked her father.
"Shh." Rau shushed her and pointed to the scene before her. Her father stared grimly at the scene.
The demonstration begun, when the huge man took out a pistol. Cagalli's eyes widened. She wanted to tear her eyes away, but curiosity got the better of her. The man started shooting at the boy, who barely dodged the bullets. The man shot another barrage of bullets, causing the boy to move and get tired. The icy-eyed boy seemed as though he was studying the man's every move, as if his life depended on it. When the bullets came, the silver-haired boy leaped forward and landed on the pistol. He back flipped and kicked it out of his hands, when the bullets stopped, because of the man's surprise.
"End of testing. The Experiment's system works properly." The glasses man concluded.
"That was only one of our experiments. We have many more, but I will show them to you later. There are many things needed for such things. We need to check on their behaviors and habits daily, because we have to make sure this is safe enough for this serum to be publicly known." The blonde-man explained. Uzumi nodded. Cagalli stared sadly at the tired-looking boy, but she followed her father through, yet another door. This time, it was a security number in order to go through this door. Rau punched in the numbers and then the door slid open.
It was a fork in the road. There was one hallway that led to two metal doors. One said, "Experiments A-Z," while the other said, "Danger, employees only."
"Please do not go through that door," Rau pointed at the metal door, "In there is a failed and dangerous specimen. We accidentally mixed an animal gene in the serum. Luckily, we used up all the serum on him… Unfortunately, his mother died…"
Uzumi nodded and followed after Rau. However, Cagalli stared at the doorway marked, "AZ41." Curiosity got the best of her, so she walked through the dark hallway and stepped up to the door. She was surprised to discover that the door was unlocked. The blonde discovered a light switch, so she flicked it up. The bright lights filled the room.
Her eyes were directed to a blue-haired boy that was bound on to a white metal table.
"Oh my god.." Cagalli gasped. There were wires attached on his arms, legs, body and head. He was wearing a white t-shirt and white shorts. Data sheets were placed on a white table next to the boy. She picked up a profile sheet:
Name: Athrun Zala
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Relatives: Father- Patrick Zala. Mother- Lenore Zala (Deceased)
The blonde girl walked up to the boy. She wanted to touch his unusual, but unique hair. Her fingertips brushed against his unusually soft hair.
"What are you doing?" Cagalli looked towards the door, but no one was there. She looked down to see emerald eyes glaring at her.
"I repeat, what are you doing?" He asked again.
Cagalli backed away one step and stuttered, "I-I just wanted to t-touch y-your pretty hair."
"Pretty?" He struggled against his bonds, wanting to get rid of this annoying human.
"Do you need help?" The naive child offered.
Athrun stopped struggling and gave her a curious and suspicious look. "Don't you want to stick needles in my arm?"
"No, why would I do that?" She had on a questioning look.
"Hn. You're like other dumb humans. Ignorant." He cut the binds with his claws. He clawed at her, to just miss when she ducked down to pick up a data sheet she dropped. Cagalli looked up to see the sharp claws above her head. Animal genes? And why was that over her head?
"Alas she realizes that I am not what I seem. And FYI, you were lucky." The boy mocked. What Cagalli didn't notice, was that she said that out loud. The amber-eyed girl glared at him, slightly offended by his statement. She stared at him blankly at the last statement.
"Clueless." Athrun sighed. Suddenly, there was movement on his head. EARS? Blue, fluffy ears, perched on the top of his blue hair.
"Wolf genes." Athrun said, as though he had said it many times. Suddenly, a rumble was heard. Athrun's cheeks heated up.
"You're hungry." Cagalli stated.
"I should be. They only feed me once a week." Athrun muttered darkly.
"Here!" Cagalli shoved an apple in his hands, her amber eyes sparkling with sympathy.
"What?" Athrun was confused of this human hospitality. Usually, humans who visit, throw the apples at him.
"Don't you want to eat it?" Cagalli gazed at him.
"Hn." He snatched the apple from her hand and took a bite. He hid his gratefulness. The boy didn't want to show a human weakness.
Cagalli smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it!" She noticed a satisfied look in his eyes.
"Hn. Why do you care?" He scowled at her, which only resulted in a giggle from the girl.
"Even if you are faster, stronger and smarter then kids like me, we are all the same. We are humans! Well, you're part human, but no diffie." She announced.
"Hn. Tell those scientists that." He scoffed.
Cagalli asked, "What did you mean by that?"
Athrun stared at her, as if she was the half wolf. "I meant that they always stick needles in my skin and always beat me if I don't "co-operate." They always call me by my label, AZ41, not Athrun Zala."
Cagalli noticed the fading bruises, as he lifted his sleeve up, to show what her what he meant.
"Cagalli!" Came the faint voice of her father.
"I have to go," She gave him a look, ""Goodbye, and good luck." She hugged him. He took that chance to claw at her again, but she retreated to the door before that.
"Hey! What's your name?" He asked. The blue-haired boy wanted to know who she was and why she helped. He would find out more about her when he hacks into the computer that was located in the room.
"Oh yeah! Name's Cagalli Yula Attha!" She smiled and opened the door. Athrun was shocked to find it unlocked. He ran over to see her close the door before he reached it.
"Stupid human." He muttered.
A/N- Well, this is my new story. I'm going to upload a new chapter, when I'm finished with Cagalli's Decision: Friend or Foe.