A wish... If I could turn back the hands of time... If I could prevent the tears of pain I would... the world is a delicate string of yarn not to be rewound or taken back. A fragile strand could break as to lead to destruction ahead. Pain and tears are all that keep us human.. I know now that... People are fragile... if shifted they will shatter... a terrible obstacle in a world of death and conception... but to be with you would mend the wounds... Just to be with you... then maybe I could find... the silver lining...
Kira sat in the Strikes cockpit his fingers dancing across the keyboard. His glazed over eyes reflected the icons jumping before him on the screen. Kira could not ignore the constant hurt that teared at him inside (eeew...I'm sorry...) but he learned to ignore it. Being part of this war had changed him. His once happy life was turned into a living hell! He no longer cried for the dead and more to come. He no longer attempted to weep away the pain. He did what he was told, no questions asked. More like a robot than a coordinator or natural. Type ... type type... typetypetypetypetype.. ... ... . .
"HEY KIRA!" A voice echoed from the bottom of the strike. Sigh was standing at the base of the Mobile Suit calling his name. "C'mon Kira we're gonna be late for dinner!" He called waving his arms up and down vigorously.
"uh y-yeah" replied Kira softly. "Ok ya I'm coming..."
Kira shut down the Strike and floated down to his friend, a usual blank expression on his face.
"So where are we going again?" He inquired flatly.
Sigh shook his head "Dinner Kira Dinner"
"Ah... Right sorry..." Kira shook his head slightly and followed him to get some food.
They floated down the halls of the Archangel and tried to remember before the war. Even though it was only a few months ago it felt like years. Though I suppose it had been years since Kira was truly happy. 3 years ago back on the lunar base. It wasn't that he was happier living there than in Orb. No, it was his friend Athrun who had stayed with him through thick and thin. He sighed deeply and followed behind his friends in silence.
Athrun Lazily floated down the hall towards the area that held the Aegis. He stopped and looked up at the giant machine. I hadn't been that long ago that him, Nicol, Dearka, Yzak, Rusty and Miguel had snuck into Heliopolis to take the earth forces mobile suites and yet, so much had happened in that short period time. It was there that he had heard his friends voice for the first time in three years. It was there that the betrayal began. Athrun let out a sigh and stood there, engulfed in thought.
"I'm quite sorry to interrupt", coaxed a velvety voice from behind Athrun,
"But I'm afraid that we are in pursue of the Archangel and I will have you and the others launch soon so you'd best prepare." Le Crueset stood erect and relaxed near the doorway.
Athrun spun around "Co- commander" he stuttered saluting him stiffly. "Yessir" he said immediately heading to the change rooms.
" Took ya long enough to get the message" jeered Yzak who (for the sake of everyone's sanity) was already changed and was pulling on his gloves.
"We thought you got stuck in your room or something."
Athrun ignored Yzak and quickly changed
"Lezzgo!" He said once he was changed and hurried out of the room
"Wow what got him in such a bad mood???" Dearka asked walking lazily into the room
"Beats me", replies Yzak. "I praise whatever caused him grief." then he exited the room.
Dearka shook his head wearily. "That's my Yzak" he chortled and got changed.
Yzak climbed into the duel and turned it on. "Yzak Joule. Duel Launching!" His mobile suite was shot into the zero gravity battlefield. "Alright so how do we hit this thing?"
"No idea" said the Buster pilot floating up beside him
"Stop floating around and let's go!" Athrun said. The Aegis flew off.
Yzak's brow creased and he snorted in annoyance. "What's with you Zala?!" He retorted. "We weren't even given orders you idiot!"
"If you weren't listening, we are supposed to attack the EA" Athrun huffed, beginning to lose his temper.
Yzak, in response, merely rolled his eyes in aggravation. "Ya think ya know everything don't ya? Well Mr. Big-shot, Ever heard of a battle plan?" He sneered.
"Have we ever had one before??" Dearka asked looking from Athrun to Yzak.
"WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" fumed Yzak.
Dearka just shook his head in reply and followed Athrun out onto the battlefield. Yzak upon cooling down followed behind Dearka.
"ALL HANDS TO LEVEL TWO, BATTLE STATIONS" Said a voice coming over the intercom of the Archangel.
"Perfect." cursed Kira dropping his fork on to the plate in front of him. "Just perfect..." He ran to the Strike and hopped into the cockpit. "Kira Yamato, Strike. LET'S DO IT!" Kira was then launched into the dark endless void of space. "ZAFT again" He muttered to himself. "Fine then just show me where to shoot..."
Just then the Buster swooped up behind him and thrust his sword towards the Strike's cockpit.
"AAAAAH!" Cried Kira in shock and fear. How was he to know they were already in such close range?
The blade came closing in when it was suddenly knocked away by the Zero
"Ah...Thanks..." muttered Kira
"No problem kid, now get back to work" LaFlaga said over the intercom. Kira nodded and started to attack the Aegis. The Aegis managed to evade every attack thrown at it. is it that Kira isn't concentrating? He began to feel an awful churning sensation in the pit of his stomach. "Ooh..." Kira moaned softly. What's wrong with me? Then he felt an awful heaving feeling, like someone is pushing on his stomach repeatedly. "Ugh!" He groaned out loud.
"Something wrong kid?" Commander LaFalga's voice came over the intercom.
"Nnnnh... I.. uh feel kind of sick..."
"This is really not the time!" LaFlaga complained "We kind of need you out here kid"
"Uh... Uh y-yeah..." stammered Kira.
Then Kira felt a huge thud behind himself, as if something was thrown at him rather forcefully. He had been hit from behind by the Aegis' sword. "KYAH!" He yelped caught off guard by the attack then spun around to meet the challenge. The Aegis was right behind him, ready for another attack. The strike raised its shield in defense.
"Aren't you gonna fight back Kira" A voice said coldly coming over the speaker. Kira immediately recognized the voice as his old friend Athrun's. Kira would have said something in response but he couldn't seem to find his voice.
Athrun hated the whole idea of having to fight his best friend and possibly kill him. But what could he do? He was a mere ZAFT Solider, nothing else. All he could do was fight and hope that by some miraculous fluke the war would end and they would both still be alive. But like that was ever going to happen. He had sworn to himself that he would kill Kira before the war ended it Kira didn't kill him first. Just the thought of attempting to kill his best friend made his stomach do a small flip. He didn't want to but it was the only way he'd ever be able to avenge Nicol's death. A soft moan drifted through the speakers to Athruns ears. "Hm?" Athrun looked at the speaker quizzically and then up at the monitor. Someone had moaned, that was for sure. But who?
On the other side of the speaker Kira was feeling sick to his stomach. Damn! What's with this? Coordinators rarely get sick! He thought bitterly. The Strike raised its sword and thrust it at the Aegis. Surprising considering his current state his aim was true and he took out a lot of the Aegis' systems. He sliced into the cockpit but pulled away before he seriously cut Athrun. "WOA!" exclaimed Kira in surprise.
"Huh?" Athrun said in alarm as the strikes blade came cutting through the cockpit towards him. But just as suddenly was pulled away from him, leaving a bloody gash in his arm. "oh ow" He moaned. Then quickly looked out at the battlefield. "Looks like Kira couldn't bring himself to kill me. Which is really a shame because that means I'm gonna have to kill him first." He said to himself, a rush of adrenalin pulsing through his body. The Aegis then quickly got behind the Strike and sliced at its armor.
"AH!" yelled Kira and the Strike spun around to face the Aegis ... Dammit Athrun...
The Aegis then pulled back and thrust the sword violently towards the Strikes cockpit. The strike raised its shield in defense. Inside the Aegis all the sensors were beeping red. WARNING read the screen in front of him.
"Huh?" Athrun quickly ran a system check on the mobile suite. The Strike's sword had cut a lot of circuits. "Great" He mumbled "this doesn't look too promising." Without warning the Strike's sword was back upon him but this time it chopped off the Aegis' head! "Oh, just great" Athrun huffed, trying to fix some of the system.
Just back out already! Fumed Kira. He didn't want to hurt Athrun if it could be helped.
"No way I'm backing out of this" Athrun mumbled to himself. "I can still fight back."
"Y'no Athrun" said Kira coldly "You're in no shape to fight so why don't you just give up?"
"No way I'm giving up" Athrun shouted in response.
Kira frowned "Then I'll have to kill you..." The Strike lunged at the Aegis it's sword aimed strait at the cockpit.
"AH!" Athrun exclaimed as he managed to move the Aegis to the left, just avoiding the Strikes sword.
"DAMN!" cursed Kira loudly.
"That was too close" Athrun muttered as he prepared the Aegis for an attack. BEEP BEEP BEEP! The inside of the Aegis flashed red. WARNING WARNING. Suddenly there was a huge tremor and everything went black.
"Unnh," Athrun opened his eyes and stared into the pitch black of space "Wah- what happened??" He moaned lifting his head and looking around. There was a lot of wreckage about him. It was strange and didn't make much sense at first but then it occurred to him. This was the debris belt! "Oh.." Athrun pushed off of a small platform and began to explore. "Great I'm trapped here." Athrun's eyes spotted something else floating nearby. "Hm? What's that?" He mumbled to himself and floated over to it. Once he came closer it was easy to recognize as another person. In-fact, not just some other person but his rival and former best friend Kira. He was floating unconscious in the vacuum of space, his helmet cracked. "K-Kira!!!!" Athrun said, slightly shocked by the appearance of his old friend. Kira's body was floating lifelessly in space. I-is he alive? Athrun thought as he grabbed Kira's hand and dragged him into a nearby wreckage that was once probably a cozy home. The crack in Kira's helmet had allowed most of the oxygen to escape. "Greeat!" Athrun remarked sarcastically. The began checking for an oxygen supply that may have been abandoned or managed to survive the explosion on Junius Seven. He found a container with maybe enough to fill the room for about 50 hours. Athrun sighed in relief and opened the container. The room began to fill with oxygen and Athrun, reluctantly removed his helmet. Kira groaned softly. Athrun glanced over at Kira then he quickly put on his helmet and left the room. Kira opened his eyes slowly then took a deep breath.
I... can breath? In space? Kira floated into an upright position and glanced around the room. Where am I? He walked over and opened the door not expecting to be greeted by the vacuum of space. His mouth opened in a silent cry and he quickly pulled the door shut. Great... There goes about an hours worth of air... he thought bitterly.
Athrun began to explore the wreckage that was once Junius Seven. He sighed and began to explore small rooms and homes that were brought here after the Bloody Valentine Tragedy. While browsing the remains of the forever-lost PLANT he discovered many bodies. Woman small children and people his own age. Some with their mouths open in silent screams and others with looks of terror plastered forever on their faces. Athrun shivered at the sight of all these people and quickly headed back to where the remains of his Aegis was scattered. He looked glumly at the destroyed machine parts and glanced around the area. Where is the distress signal? He thought frantically searching the pieces of his mobile suite. Damn it's not here! He thought and hesitantly headed back to the small room where he had left Kira.
Kira floated inside the room light headed. Who brought me here? He pondered. Just then the door handle smoothly turned and the blue haired Aegis pilot stumbled into the room.
"K-kira!!!" Athrun exclaimed, surprised he had already awakened.
"Wha-...?" Kira gasped in and then grabbed his gun and aimed it at Athrun's head, his hands quivering.
"Uh..." the blue haired soldier managed to say before falling silent. Kira was breathing heavily.
"Wh- what's going on here...?" Kira stammered in response his gun still pointed shakily at Athrun.
"I don't know!" Athrun replied "I woke up and I was floating in the middle of space!" There was no way he was going to reveal that he was the one who save Kira's life!
"... Okay easier question..." Kira paused and took a deep breath before continuing. " How did I get here?"
"No idea" Athrun responded looking briefly around the room. He slowly began to reach for his own gun.
Kira growled menacingly. "Don't even think about it!" He snapped his voice far from steady. "Try it and I'll shoot!" Though Athrun got this feeling he probably wouldn't or at least maybe hesitate.
Athrun quickly grabbed his gun and pointed it at Kira. "Now you shoot, and I'll shoot" He remarked, noting the surprised expression that momentarily flashed across the other boys face. Kira backed up slowly until his back pressed against the wall. Athrun took another step forwards "looks like I've got you cornered" He smirked. Kira merely grimaced in response.
"Fine then shoot!" He snapped.
Athrun examined the boys face. He sighed and lowered his gun "I can't and I won't" He mumbled, dropping his head and looking at the ground. He then turned and headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?!" He said a slight note of fear in his voice.
"Out of here." The other boy said glumly, twisting the knob on the door and beginning to pull it open. Kira started to say something but then stopped. He turned his head away from Athrun and sunk back against the wall. Athrun quickly left the room and slammed the door shut behind him. He sighed and leaned back against the outside of the room. Why can't we just be friends again? Like before this whole war started. Athrun thought to himself, staring out into the dark void of space.
The door beside him opened slowly and Kira poked his head out wearing his cracked helmet. "You... You're not going to find another place with an oxygen supply..." He muttered closing the door behind him.
"I realized that" Athrun said coldly, eyes fixed on a far away star.
"I won't shoot you... I couldn't..." He sobbed softly "... even if I wanted to..."
Athrun turned his green eyes towards him. "Kira" He said softly, gently putting his hand on Kira's shoulder. " I couldn't shoot you either. Why else did I pass up the perfect opportunity to kill you?" He said quietly gazing into Kira's amethyst eyes. Kira stared back innocently his eyes filling with tears. He turned his head away hopping that Athrun hadn't seen. Athrun looked at Kira and sighed. He slowly slid his arm around Kira's shoulders and pulled him towards himself. He wrapped his arms around Kira and held him gently in his arms. "War can be tough on a person" He muttered. Kira sobbed softly his whole body quivering. Athrun let out another sigh and looked down at Kira. "It's okay Kira, calm down" He whispered "There's no one else here right now, we don't have to be enemies." Kira sniffed, hugged Athrun tightly, released him and took his hand.
"We'd better go inside..." He said shakily "My helmets starting to fog up." Athrun nodded and let Kira go.
"Okay let's go" He said opening the door and quickly pulling himself in. Kira followed still sobbing silently. He took a shaky breath and floated to a far corner. He pulled his knees against his chest and quivered slightly. Athrun looked over at Kira and quickly turned away.
"Sure is cold in space..." mused Kira lightly.
"Hm. Guess it would be." Athrun replied, head still turned. Kira shivered again and took a long shaky breath. He gazed at Athrun through slightly closed, watery, amethyst eyes. Athrun looked around the room. "Well not much to do here" He remarked, eyes falling on a stuffed kitty in the corner. He floated over to it and picked it up. It was pink and had a sewn on button for a nose. it's eyes were small black stitches on it's head and it had a green bow tied around its neck. So many innocent people died on Junius Seven He thought, memories of his mother returning to him. He sighed and let go of the plush kitten.
"Athrun?" Kira floated up behind him silently. "... Things sure have changed in three years..."
Athrun solemnly nodded. "More than I ever would have expected." Kira had removed his helmet and was now staring at Athrun. He sighed shakily and wrapped his arms around Athrun's waist. Then buried his face into his shoulder. "Uh! Kira!" Athrun said, surprised and caught off guard by Kira's sudden embrace. Kira sobbed freely into Athrun's shoulder letting loose all the pain that was piling up inside since the start of the war. Athrun smiled faintly to himself and hugged Kira tightly. They stayed like that for a while until Kira's sobs subsided and gave way to sleep...
-END CHAPTER ONE-
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OK so that was the first long chappie yay! Lol um sorry about the spelling errors. I haven't had time (and am frankly too lazy) to edit sorry!