For You
Kira is the older brother, it's his duty to protect his little sister; he even has scars to prove it. But Cagalli can't help but cry for him every night. But though he's hurt, he still smiles for her. She can't help but feel weak around him, and when he starts hurting himself, how can she bear the painful love?
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.
Okay, I must clear up some things. First off, War-Reporter, do you seriously think I didn't know that twins are born minutes, only sometimes but hours even, apart? Well, I clearly stated Kira had been eight at the accident, and Cagalli was six. Anyone with common sense knows that no woman will sit in a hospital for two years to push out the other twin. i Mel-chan i, 1) Older brothers aren't all they're cracked up to be (More like on crack) and 2) Yes Azrael is their guardian, I will explain this later. Also, there are selfless reasons that Kira hasn't run away with Cagalli, I will explain this further as well. And also, Riley-Mayori oh how observant you are, but maybe, maybe not. In conclusion, this is an original story. Thank you and enjoy.
Chapter 2 School's Just Another Hell
Kira felt pain jolt through his body at every step he took. He winced slightly when a hot pain flashed through his side, but he wouldn't let his sister see. She'd just get worried, and he didn't want her to worry and fuss about him.
Cagalli looked over to her brother with a sad expression. She couldn't believe he went through all of this. The only thing that kept her from going to the authorities was what Kira had told her one night, only a week after living with Muruta.
Sitting on the side of his bed with tears stinging her eyes, an eleven year old Cagalli stared horrified at the bruises and cuts on her brother's back. They were sure to leave scars. Kira's breathing was what kept her from making a noise. She pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. The touch of a hand brought her back to her senses. "Kira?" she asked, barely above a whisper. The boy looked at her sad face and sighed. "Cagalli, you should get back to bed, we have school tomorrow…" he gasped slightly as his skin sent a wave of pain through his back. Cagalli placed a hand on his un bruised shoulder. "Kira, why don't you go to the police? Or we could just run away together. We're all we need," she mumbled softly as he looked away from her.
He finally spoke, but in a serious tone that meant everything he said. "Cagalli, you do realize Muruta is very wealthy don't you?" he asked. She nodded, "Yea, but what's that have to do with-" He interrupted her. "Cagalli, we just have to stay here till I'm twenty (A/N See on ending note). During that time though, we can use Muruta's money for your education. Other families wouldn't be able to pay for their own children, then alone a foster or adoptive child. Then, we can live on our own and you'll get the life you deserve-" It was her turn to interrupt. "What about what you deserve?" she nearly cried. Kira shook his head. "I promised to take care of you Cagalli, and that's exactly what I'll do." Cagalli knew there was no more room for discussion.
She sighed silently to herself and walked closer to her brother as they neared the school. 'Anyway, if we did go to the police, Muruta would just pay them off,' she thought bitterly; recalling the time when Muruta had hurt Kira so badly, they had to take him to the hospital. Muruta had easily paid off the doctors and nurses who had seen Kira. Cagalli mentally sneered at those pathetic fools who took the bribes. 'Those bastards, they're letting a man continue to hurt a boy.' And not just any boy, her brother.
Kira broke her from her thoughts when he nudged her shoulder. "Cagalli, you're friends are waiting for you. You better hurry," he informed her before hugging her quickly like he usually did before making sure she hurried to her friends. Cagalli smiled weakly and hurried to the small group of people waiting for her.
Cagalli put on her happy façade so her friend's wouldn't become suspicious, and waved as she ran over to them. "Hey!" she called as they began to walk without her. She hurried up to them and fell into step beside her blonde haired, magenta eyed friend Stellar Loussier. "Hey Cagalli, what took you so long?" Joked the black haired, red eyed Shinn Asuka. Cagalli narrowed her eyes and growled. "I'm on time you crack-head, if anything I'm earlier than usual." Shinn laughed nervously at the blonde's temper, but Cagalli brightened when her eyes rested on Ahmed. "Hey Ahmed, back from your terrible case of the flu so soon?" The group of friends laughed, but the tan skinned brunette with brown eyes smirked. "Actually no, I love my friends so much I faked being well so my dearest pals could possibly become infected."
Kira smiled as he watched his sister walk into the Junior High half of the school. He himself began the agonizing walk towards the High School. He couldn't see any sign of them, so he thought he'd be safe till homeroom at least. He sighed as he walked up the stone steps to the thick metal doors of Kurenai Sakura High: His hell away from hell. Only difference was he had a few teachers that provided shelter from all the taunts, jeers, insults, and beatings he was so used to. In fact, he was slightly relieved they hadn't shown up yet. He just had to get to his locker, and then homeroom and he'd be fine till lunch period.
But of course fate, as it had been for nearly nine years, was cruel and merciless. The brunette heard the change in volume of the student's voices around him before he felt someone grab his shoulder from behind and spin him around to face the student behind him.
Amethyst met emerald as Kira felt his hopes shatter for that morning. "So, are you trying to avoid us now Azrael?" The bluenette jeered as two other boys walked up to him. Kira said nothing as the emerald eyed boy glared at him, but Kira was roaring on the inside that the boy had dared call him by that name. "What? Not man enough to stand up for yourself?" Kira just stared at him weakly, wishing they would just get it over with. "Can you just get it over with? I'm really not in the mood," The brunette's eyes widened slightly when he realized he'd spoken.
The bluenette had surprised eyes, which then turned into glinting orbs as a dark smirk crossed his face. "Well Dearka, Yzak, you heard Azrael. Let's get it over with…" Kira tensed when the silver haired, blue eyed boy grabbed him and held him from behind, only to wince terribly as the green eyed boy's fist connected with his stomach right on a tender spot Muruta had created last night. "What's wrong? It couldn't possibly have hurt that bad," the boy chuckled to himself as Kira struggled to keep his legs steady. His stomach was feeling extra sore this morning, due to the harsh thrashing he'd had to endure last night; therefore making it look as though he was too weak to even take a punch.
He felt pain in his face as the boy's fist collided with his right cheek. He staggered a bit in Yzak's grip, but then the silver haired boy pushed him to the ground. Kira winced from the kicks he received, and felt relived when they stopped, only to hear the sounds of a teacher's shoes clicking on the hallway tiles. "Hey! No Fighting! Break it up, now!" a man's voice sounded. Kira looked up to see the boys slightly step back. He struggled to get up as the teacher came closer, but smiled once on his feet. "Sorry, we were just messing around. Won't happen in the halls again," Kira explained with enough enthusiasm of that being the truth, the teacher seemed dazed, "Boy's will be boy's I guess. But young man, make sure you and your friends don't continue to horse around in the halls." the teacher warned, a bit suspiciously.
As the teacher walked off, Kira bent down to grab his back pack which had been thrown to the ground during the fight. Standing with everyone still staring at him in amusement, disgust, and shock, he surprised them more by bowing to the three boys and saying in a quiet voice, "I'm sorry for getting in your way," before walking towards his locker. The three boys stared after him in shock. Kira could have ratted them out easily, he'd have all the proof he needed, and they could even be expelled for such behavior, but he ignored it.
"Athrun, we should get to class," The tan skinned, blonde haired boy with violet eyes told the bluenette. Athrun just nodded, slightly interested why Kira Azrael had never stood up to him, and never even said a word about it to teachers. 'There's definitely something strange about him. I've been bullying him for three years! Ever since eighth grade, he's been my favorite outlet to pick on, he was always so weak.' Athrun just brushed it off in unconcern and walked with his friends to class.
Ms. Murrue Ramius walked through the rows of desks, collecting the papers from her students. "So class, most of you have turned in your fairly easy assignment, but some of you failed to even remember what it was about," Her voice sounded in mock disappointment. She smiled though at her favorite student when she reached his desk. "Good morning Kira, I trust you have your assignment?" she asked with a warm smile. Kira just stared at his desk top sullenly. "Actually Ms. Ramius, I couldn't finish it last night…" he replied quietly. The woman had a surprised look on her face, but showed a smile after a moment of thought. "Well, I wish to speak with you after class then," Kira nodded, thinking he would receive his punishment and chastisement then.
Ms. Ramius then walked to her desk before placing the papers down and beginning the lesson. Kira meanwhile, tried to focus on the teacher, but his head was pounding. He winced when the woman asked students to take out their books, but the students groaned and slammed the heavy textbooks onto their desks, creating an unpleasant banging sound. But none the less he took out his own book and flipped to the specified page on the board and began the class work.
Cagalli sighed as her math teacher droned on about triangles and surface area. Looking over to her left, she saw Shinn fumbling with a piece of paper, folding it into a small triangle and then unfolding it before writing something in it, and then folding it up again. He looked over at her and smirked before flicking the paper over to her. She sighed silently and opened the note to read: 'Unless we're wrapping a wedge of cheese for a Christmas present, why do we need to know surface area of triangles?'
Shaking her head, Cagalli responded with: 'Because it keeps us bored and preoccupied so teachers can have a break from screaming kids…like a certain Asuka I know…' Cagalli folded it and took aim before flicking it to her friend. The small folded note hit Shinn in the forehead causing him to curse quietly. He glared at her as she smirked, and then he pouted as he read her response. Quickly scribbling down something on the back, he flicked it back to her.
Opening the note, Cagalli twitched an eye. Inside, it read: But you looooooove me! .' The blonde took a moment to think, but then wrote with a wicked smirk: 'Only in your dreams lover boy.' Passing the note back to him, Shinn grinned with an idea. He grabbed a new piece of paper and folded it before scribbling his own message, and sending it back to her.
As the amber eyed girl opened the note, she felt herself gag in disgust. The black haired pervert had written: 'Then I'll continue to dream about caressing your silky calves and rubbing my hands all over your glistening body,' Cagalli grimaced at the graphic suggestion of her friend's note, but found an easy way to get revenge. Something that would really grind his gears.
Shinn received the note and opened it quickly, to feel his heart stop dead in mid beat. In Cagalli's neat handwriting, she'd written: 'Are you sure you're dreaming about me and not STELLAR? Hm?' "WHAT?" he shrieked as he sat bolt upright in his chair. Everyone turned in their seats to look back at him as the teacher glared. "Mister Asuka, is their something you'd like to share with the class?" Shinn blushed a deep red, as red as his eyes, and sank in his seat while shaking his head 'No'. "Then I suggest you start paying attention and stop screwing around back there," the man ordered.
As the class resumed the math lesson, Shinn glanced a glare in Cagalli's direction to see her smirking like the Cheshire cat. He slowly moved his hand out of sight so that only his blonde friend could see it, and gave her the finger. Cagalli stuck out her tongue quickly before writing on another piece of paper: 'Don't sweat it, I won't tell her. Honestly, I think you two'd make a cute couple.' As Shinn read the note she sent him, he seemed to relax, but he blushed again at reading the last part of her note.
As the class continued, the two kept flicking note towards each other, Cagalli torturing the boy with fluffy messages concerning him and Stellar. Some of which included their first kiss, him proposing, them getting married, their honeymoon, and having evil kids that took after their father and angelic kids that took after their mother. Shinn's responses usually contained curses, swears of vengeance, death wishes, and the occasional, I HATE YOU…But when class was over, they walked out of the room to meet up with Stellar and Ahmed to go to science.
Kira sighed as the bell rang, signifying the end of class and he gathered up his things. When the other students had left the room, he walked up to Ms. Ramius's desk and waited for his chastisement and punishment. Surprisingly, the honey eyed woman smiled. "Kira, how about you come here during lunch and finish up your assignment?" Kira brightened, "That'd be very kind of you Ms. Ramius. Thank you very much," he said relieved. He was about to walk out the door when her words made him freeze. "Kira, you've seemed a bit out of it lately in class, is something bothering you?" Kira thought quickly and mentally thumbed through his agenda. "No, not at all. Just been nervous about the test next week," He then hurried out of the classroom and into the hallway. The woman sitting at her desk looked thoughtful, and then mumbled to herself, "I forgot about the test next week…I told my class about it nearly three weeks ago," she shrugged off the thought and stood, waiting for her next class.
(I'm just gonna skip to lunch, cuz I really don't want to explain every single class, and you don't want me to either.)
Cagalli and her friends brightened when the lunch bell rang. Standing from their computers, they waited for their teacher to dismiss them from their keyboarding class and hurried into the hall. Cagalli and Stellar went towards their lockers as the boys went to theirs after agreeing to meet in the cafeteria. As Cagalli forced her locker open after mumbling a few curses while Stellar easily opened hers, they both took out their lunches and placed their books back in their lockers. Cagalli slammed her locker door shut and Stellar closed hers with a soft clink as the lock was put in place.
The two girls turned when they heard, "Hey Stellar!" Stellar searched the crowd before sighing in annoyance and turning to Cagalli, "C'mon, let's hurry up and meet with the boys," Cagalli stared at her friend curiously. "Who called your name?" the amber eyed teen asked as the two girls took the long way to the cafeteria. Stellar sighed after checking over her shoulder. "It was Auel Neider and Sting Oakley. I swear, they won't leave me alone! And now Orga Sabnak and his weird friends give me cat calls whenever I walk by! God I wish they'd stop!" she cried exasperatedly. Cagalli laughed, "They think you're cute then," Stellar blushed. "Yea, well I don't care! I want them all off my back," she grumbled as the loud noises of a cafeteria met their ears.
"Besides, I don't care what they think. There's only one person I want to look at me the way they do," the magenta eyed girl mumbled to herself. Cagalli perked up with interest. "Go on, who does our little Stellar have a crush on?" Stellar seemed to turn the shade of red like Shinn had after reading Cagalli's first response to his perverted note. "You have to promise not to tell," Cagalli nodded while holding up her hand. "I swear on Kira's cooking skills I won't tell a soul." Stellar smiled, "I'm glad Kira's such a good cook then," Cagalli saw where this was going, "Oh no, no changing the subject, now out with it!" Stellar sighed, "It's Shinn…"
Instead of laughing like she'd expected, Stellar saw Cagalli had a glazed over look in her eyes. "Cagalli?" the girl asked cautiously. Cagalli smiled. "You two would make such a cute couple, I can picture it now, kissing in the halls, him proposing, you two having fun on your honeymoon, having a bunch of kids to show how much you love each other-" Stellar cut her off as she blushed madly. "Ca-gal-li!" she cried in emphasis on her name. The blonde smirked, "You should start showing your feelings, you know, like being shy around him, and giggle when he does something stupid, even if no one else does, support his crazily idiotic ideas," Stellar sighed, " One, I already do that around him, and two, I knew you'd take this out of hand," Cagalli smirked. "Don't worry; if it's the last thing I do, I'll make sure Shinn proposes, I mean asks you out before the end of the year!" "Har-har," she mumbled at the Cagalli's joke, but brightened. "You'd seriously help?" Cagalli shrugged, "Yea, you're my best friend after all."
The two girls stopped their little discussion as they saw Shinn standing on his chair waving to them. Cagalli slightly nudged Stellar, "Time to start your flirty acting," Stellar blushed a bit, but smiled when Cagalli came closer to their table where the boys were and shouted at Shinn, "Get the hell of that chair you crack-head!" Cagalli ordered. Stellar giggled as Shinn pretended to tip an invisible hat to them and stepped off the chair, "Whatever Milady requests, I shall do! Or do the complete opposite…" One glare from Cagalli got Shinn sitting in his chair quickly.
Kira walked into Ms. Ramius's classroom, carrying his books with him. The teacher was at her desk grading some papers and smiled. "Hello Kira, you can just sit down and start working." Kira nodded with a small smile and quickly set to work. It only took him a few moments to flip through the pages of his text book and finish up his assignment, and Ms. Ramius was clearly surprised he'd finished it so quickly. "Thank you Kira, I'm sure you'll do great on the test." Kira nodded before heading out of the classroom.
But the woman stared after him in wonderment, she knew he had barely finished half the assignment when he'd walked in, and he was completely done with it in eight to ten minutes. "Even though he is a Coordinator, he still seems to progress much faster than his fellow Coordinator classmates," she wondered aloud.
When she'd first had Kira in her classroom in ninth grade, she knew he couldn't be a Natural; his learning capabilities were more progressive than the other students. But after taking a look at his profile in the school, she saw he was in fact a coordinator. She'd even heard from the nurse Talia Gladys that he was if anything a perfect coordinator specimen. But what confused many of the school workers was that his little sister was a Natural. Murrue sighed before getting back to her papers. Kira was a mater she'd need to think about later.
Kira walked out onto the campus and towards the large cherry blossom tree with red, not pink, flowers which the school was named after, Kurenai Sakura Middle & High School. He looked up into its gnarled branches as he stood under it, admiring the light filtering through the flowers and leaves. He sat down and took out his lunch before pulling a book from his bag and leaning against the large trunk of the tree. As he read, he quickly finished off his lunch and spent the last few minutes of his lunch period reading.
What he didn't notice was the girl walking towards him.
A shadow fell over him and he looked up with uncertain eyes into the kind looking face of a girl with short auburn hair. She was smiling at him. He seemed a bit taken aback from her behavior, but didn't want to be impolite. "Can I help you?" he asked quietly. The girl nodded, "Yes, can you tell me your name? I'm Miriallia Haww." Kira smiled weakly. "Kira Azrael," he replied as she took a seat next to him. "Why are you sitting all by yourself?" she asked curiously, eyeing all the other groups of people eating together. Kira sighed, "I always do. When I was in Junior High, I used to eat with my little sister," Miriallia smiled. "You have a little sister?" she asked. Kira nodded, "Yea, her name's Cagalli," Miriallia smiled widely. "I have a little sister in eighth grade, her name's Katie. What grade is Cagalli in?" Kira replied, "Eighth," The auburn haired girl grinned, "Then we should let them hang out sometime! We just moved here, and I'm shy about meeting new people. I saw you and thought it'd be easier to talk to you since you looked lonely. Kira looked away a bit sadly. "So that explains it,"
Miriallia gave the brunette a worried look with her aqua eyes. "Explains what?" Kira turned to her with a solemn look on his face. "I'm not exactly on everyone's good side. You'd probably be better avoiding me if you want to have friends. Just thought it'd be fair to warn you," He stated as he stood up. Maybe if she'd known what she was getting into trying to be his friend, he wouldn't have minded. But a part of him, his selfish, darker side wanted to be friends with her. He grabbed his bag and swung it over his shoulder. "I better get going, I guess I'll see you around," he stated as a goodbye before walking back towards the school. He winced a bit when he heard her begin to follow him.
"But, you seem so nice! Why would anybody not like you?" Kira turned grimly towards her. "You'll find out sooner or later, but I really can't give you a reason." He left the aqua eyed girl standing there and walked up the steps of the school. He stopped when he heard someone coming up behind him. "Wait Kira!" Miriallia called, a bit of annoyance in her voice. He turned and sighed. "You're really persistent, aren't you?" he asked. She smiled. "I want to be your friend. And if you find me annoying, too bad. From what you say, I'd like to get a look, and a piece, of the people who don't like you," Kira smirked. "Look around then," Miriallia looked around, but only saw students eating lunch, talking, and walking into the school. "Kira, all I see are students," Kira shook his head. "Everyone around here has a problem with me. And they'll have a problem with you if you keep hanging around me," Miriallia smiled. "Well I like you, you seem like a nice person, so they can all shove it up their money slots if they've got problems with me being your friend." Sighing, Kira walked into the school with Miriallia by his side.
"See you all later!" Cagalli shouted to her friends as they left school. Shinn's mother was picking him and Ahmed up since they lived next door to each other, and Stellar was walking home with her brother, Neo. "By Cags! See you tomorrow!" The blonde called to her friend. Cagalli waved and sat down on the stone steps of the High School and waited for her brother. Looking over, she saw an auburn haired girl with aqua eyes and long hair pulled into a low ponytail. She recognized her as the new student in her homeroom, but she couldn't remember her name.
A shadow fell over her and she looked up curiously into her brother's face. "Hey Cagalli, how was school he asked as he helped her up. Cagalli replied with a simple, 'Okay' before hugging him quickly. Kira smiled at his sister as Miriallia brought the auburn haired girl over. "Kira, I want you to meet my sister. Katie, this is my friend Kira," The older girl told the younger girl. Kira turned and smiled before holding out his hand. "Hi Katie," he greeted her politely. Katie smiled with a large grin. "Oh, Cagalli, I'd like you to meet Miriallia," Kira told his sister. Cagalli grinned and held out her hand. Miriallia shook it and smiled at her.
"She is so cute," Miriallia cooed, making Cagalli blush. Kira laughed, and Cagalli elbowed him lightly. Katie held out her hand to Cagalli, "Hi, didn't I see you in homeroom? You were with that crazy black haired kid, right? The one who spilled Mrs. Gregors coffee all over her pants?" Cagalli laughed, "Yep that was Shinn." Kira shook his head, "His mother still lets him eat sugar, doesn't she?" he asked. Cagalli chuckled. Miriallia looked at her watch, and smiled. "Well, we have to get going. See you tomorrow Kira, Cagalli!" Katie waved to Cagalli, "See you tomorrow!"
The brother and sister watched the sisters hurry off. Cagalli then looked up at her brother and smiled warmly. "You finally made a real friend?" she asked warmly. Kira looked down at her and ruffled her hair, "Yea, she wouldn't listen to me when I told her about the other students," Cagalli saddened a bit, but then hugged her brother warmly, "Well, make sure you don't do something to scare her off," the blonde joked as the two slowly stepped down the stone stairs. Kira chuckled at his sister's words and placed a protective arm around her shoulders.
Athrun watched as the blonde girl had hugged Kira, and smirked to himself seeing how happy the boy seemed with the girl around him. "Who do you think she is?" Dearka asked curiously. Athrun shook his head, "I don't know, but whoever she is, I still have some unfinished business with Azrael," Athrun finished before walking towards the two, Yzak and Dearka following behind him.
Kira felt someone watching them, and turned around just in time for a fist to land itself on his right cheek which had been hit this morning. "KIRA!" Cagalli cried as he staggered to stay on his feet. Kira wiped his face and looked to see Athrun and the other two boys behind him. 'Not now, not in front of Cagalli,' he thought desperately to himself. Athrun smirked darkly and cast a glance over to the girl. "Now what's a pretty girl like you doing with a loser like him?" he asked, pointing his thumb at Kira. Kira just reached for Cagalli's shoulder and she looked over at him. "C'mon, let's just go," Athrun dropped the smirk. "I don't think so; we have some unfinished business to tend to!"
Dearka came up to Kira and grabbed his arms, pulling them behind his back. Yzak stood next to Athrun as he raised his fist to strike Kira again, and punched the boy in the ribs. Cagalli gasped in worry as Kira gasped in pain. She knew he had a bruise the size of a grapefruit in the middle of his ribs, and the blue haired boy had just punched him there. She narrowed her eyes and rushed forward and stood in front of Kira as the boy tried to land another punch on her brother.
The boy's fist hit her square in the stomach and she shuddered at the force of the blow. "Cagalli!" Kira shouted in bewilderment as his sister staggered in front of him. "You BASTARDS!" she screamed in anger as she stood straight. Athrun was stunned for a moment because he had just landed a hard punch on a girl, but also that she hadn't cried out in pain either. "So, your name's Cagalli?" He asked with a smirk as he stepped closer to the girl. She growled and replied, "What's it to you asshole?" she demanded. Athrun smirked as his hand went to touch her cheek seductively.
Most girls melted at just that, but Cagalli surprised him greatly by first snapping away from him, and then stomping on his foot. He grumbled, but then gasped as the girl kicked him in his family jewels. "Oh shit," he gasped, surprised at the pain. Dearka had a shocked look on his face, and Yzak had stepped forward and pulled the blondes arms from behind her and retrained her. Cagalli struggled in the boy's grip, and glared at the emerald eyed boy. "What the hell was that for?" Athrun shouted angrily, his eyes burning with anger and hate. Cagalli held his gaze. "For being a cowardly bastard!" Athrun growled and punched her again in the stomach.
Kira growled and kicked Dearka in the knee to get out of his grip, and then jumping at Athrun. "How dare you touch her!" he yelled before tackling the boy to the ground and trying to keep him still long enough to punch him in his pretty face. Kira successfully landed a punch in Athrun's face, but then Dearka grabbed him again and held him back. Athrun stood and glared at the two people in front of him. The girl was breathing heavily, trying to calm herself from the boiling anger in her gut, but had now success. "You know what Azrael, I was just going to pound the crap out of you, but now I think I'll do something a bit more drastic," Kira widened his eyes, but felt terrible anger in the shape of a small lavender seed shatter inside him when Athrun walked towards his sister and smirked before placing a hand on her cheek and crushing his lips on hers.
Cagalli growled into his mouth and opened her mouth to bite him. Athrun pulled away when she tried to bite his lower lip, and smirked at her. Looking over to Kira, he felt a bit surprised, and almost felt fear when he saw the deadly look in his eyes. No light seemed to be in his eyes. Kira growled and broke forcefully out of Dearka's grip and tackled Athrun. Athrun tried to get the boy off him and block his punches, one such punch missing his face and crashing into the sidewalk. He could hear a small crack of bone, and felt fear in his eyes when Kira lifted his hand to reveal bloody knuckles.
Athrun managed to get Kira onto his side and stood, but Kira stood quicker than he thought he would and slammed his fist into Athrun's face. Cagalli broke away from Yzak and rushed to her brother. "Kira! Kira, stop it!" she called desperately, remembering the crazed look in her brother's eyes from eight years ago. She laced her arms around his waist and tried to pull him away from Athrun. "Kira, stop it!" Kira broke out of the anger induced trance, and saw Athrun holding his cheek, a thin line of blood running from the corner of his mouth and another trickle of blood from one of his nostrils.
Kira felt his breath catch in his throat and looked to see Cagalli holding him. "Cagalli," he whispered softly. She looked up at him with fearful eyes. "Kira, I saw that look again." Kira knew what she meant, and felt a wave of guilt wash over him. Cagalli let go of him and didn't care that the boys were standing there. She let the tears fall, and felt Kira's arms pull her towards him and he led her away from the scene.
Sending a glance over his shoulder as if to warn the boys not to dare try anything, he kept walking and turned down to Cagalli. A guilty look in his eyes seemed to be causing him pain. Dearka and Yzak were freaked out. Kira had always been weak and quiet, never fought back. But Athrun, he seemed almost pleased. 'That Cagalli, she sure is something new,' he thought to himself. 'I think I need to find a way to get Kira out of the picture,' Athrun chuckled to himself. "C'mon guys, we should be getting home." Athrun began walking towards the direction of the school parking lot with Yzak and Dearka following.
Kira opened the front doors to Muruta's mansion quietly and helped Cagalli inside. Closing the doors, he took off his shoes and took her bag with his own and walked her to the living room. She sat on the couch and he dropped their bags in front of the low rise table a few feet away from the couch and told her to lay down. He then went to the kitchen and returned with a bag of ice and a jar of ointment. Sitting next to her, Kira smiled, "Can you lift your shirt, or do you need help?" Cagalli smiled weakly, and unbuttoned the dark red blazer and pulled off the black collared shirt she wore, revealing her chest and stomach. Kira winced seeing the large bruise already forming on her soft, pale skin.
Opening the jar, Kira stuck two fingers into the cream colored ointment and then began rubbing his fingers over the bruise on her stomach, gently at first, then harder to get the skin to absorb the healing balm. Cagalli shuddered at his gentle touch. "That stuff's cold!" she complained. Kira chuckled, "It'll be warm in a minute,"
True to his word, Cagalli felt the ointment get warmer as Kira rubbed it into her stomach. It was probably from his warm hands, but she didn't care. It was a relief that the bruise didn't hurt as much as she thought it would. Kira wiped his fingers on a cloth, and then placed the bagged ice on her stomach. "Holy shit, that's freezing!" Cagalli exclaimed, her hands twitching with want to take it off her stomach. "Don't Cagalli, this and the ointment and rest will keep the bruise from being painful and from growing too dark." Cagalli trusted her brother and looked away from the ice pack. "Fine, but what am I supposed to do now?" she asked in a bored tone.
Kira reached in her bag and pulled out her book from English class. "Read chapters one through ten tonight," he ordered. Cagalli opened her mouth to protest. "But I only have to read one through four!" Kira smirked, "Too bad! I said one to eleven!" Cagalli gasped lightly, "You said ten!" Kira wagged his finger, "Must I make it twelve?" Cagalli mumbled and took the book. She cracked open the book and began reading. Kira sat down and took out her schoolwork and saw she only had a math sheet and a science sheet. Grabbing a pencil, he began to do her homework for her, copying her handwriting down to the last way she'd begin a sentence with a lowercase letter and then erase it to make it capitalized.
After six minutes, he began the math sheet. He smiled at the easy problems. He showed his work and made the same scratch marks Cagalli usually did from boredom. The problems were done within minutes, and he turned around to see Cagalli reading diligently. He then began his own homework.
Kira finished his work around ten thirty, after having to take an hour brake to make dinner for him and his sister. Muruta had yet to come home, so he left the man's dinner in the fridge so he could warm it up when he finally got home. He looked to see his blonde sister sleeping peacefully on the couch with the book in her hand. He smiled before walking towards her and lifting her into his arms. Kira carried Cagalli to her room and laid her down on her bed. He slid her skirt off so she wouldn't wrinkle it overnight, and pulled the covers over her body. He walked quietly out of her room before closing the door and making his way to the laundry room.
After putting both their school uniforms in the wash, he walked into the living room to read the book he was reading earlier. The only times he stopped reading was when he had to put their clothes in the dryer, and when he ironed them for tomorrow. When he returned to his reading, his eyes were weary and he glanced at the clock and saw it read two past midnight. "Great, and still no sign of Muruta," he mumbled. He stood and went into the kitchen. Taking the man's dinner out of the fridge, he placed it in the microwave and set the timer. Before he went to his room, he quickly scrawled a note that said if Muruta was hungry, all he had to do was press the start button on the microwave.
Yawning, Kira walked towards Cagalli's room to hang up her uniform, and then carried his own to his room to hang it up in the small closet. The boy then fell onto his bed in exhaustion and fell asleep.
(Yawn!) Man, what a long chapter…8 pages? Holy crap! Ah well. Now, how do you all feel about Kira's little fight with the school bullies? Do you hate me for making Athrun evil? Well if I didn't think that blue haired boy was so handsome, but not nearly as sexy as Kira (Gets head whacked with a baseball bat by Lacus), he would stay evil. (Get whacked in the head with an anvil by Cagalli) But what will Miriallia go through now that she's Kira's friend? (Note: THIS IS NOT A MIRIALLIA KIRA FIC!) What will Kira face tomorrow at school? What will Cagalli face tomorrow? Will Stellar be in danger from the boys? What will Kira's punishment for not waiting up on Muruta be? I'm not telling you till chapter 3! HA!
P.s. In my story, you must be twenty to be able to live on your own and take care of a child (In short, be an adult), not eighteen.
Sam