Thanks for those of you who reviewed! Not much else to say, here's chapter 2!
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While the faces of about 20 teenage guys, Coach La Fllaga, and the cheerleading team (with the exception of Lacus, who just watched quietly) gaped at them, this player apparently named Cagalli ran to Kira and enveloped him in a huge hug. The other players could just continue their staring.
"I didn't know you went to this school!" Cagalli exclaimed.
"Well, I do," said Kira happily. "Why are you here? I thought you went to…um-"
"Orb High School," Cagalli finished for him. "Dad had to be transferred because of work, so I go here now starting this year."
"You look great, Cagalli. You've hardly changed in three years!"
Just as Cagalli was about to reply to him, the boy named Dearka finally snapped out of his staring and stepped out of the crowd. "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" He looked at Kira. "Just how exactly do you know her?"
Everyone looked at the two standing next to each other and waited in suspense for Kira's answer. Then, to their surprise, Kira put his arm around her shoulder and said, "Guys, meet my twin sister Cagalli."
The people who knew Kira were dumbfounded while the younger players, who didn't really know him, had no particular expressions on their faces. "Kira," a voice from the crowd said, "we've been best friends for years, and now you choose to tell me that you have a sister? And a twin one at that?" It was Athrun who had spoken up.
"Heh, heh. Oops?" Kira rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged.
Athrun sighed and said, "Kira. Oops is what you say if you forget your homework, or spill a glass of water. Not when you forget to tell your best friend about some long-lost sibling or something! Did she just drop down from the sky into your life or something?" Athrun was too busy with his rant to remember that the person in question was standing only a few feet away.
By now, Cagalli had just been watching them talk about her, and she was getting a little tired of it. She had never been the most patient person. "Excuse me, I'm right here! Hi, my name's Cagalli, Kira is my twin brother, AND, all of YOU," she glared with her hands on her hips at the football players around her who looked down at the ground in response, "yes I am a girl. Got a problem with it?" They furiously shook their heads, while Mwu said, "I don't care if you're a girl, boy, or something else. If you've got talent, I'll play you. I don't discriminate." He turned to the rest of the players and said, "This little episode has been fun and all, but can we get back to try-outs, if you don't mind?"
"Yes, coach," they all said together.
The cheerleaders, who had also been watching the events on the field, were suddenly called to attention by the coach, Ms. Murrue Ramius. "Okay, girls, I know how much you all love watching the boys, but let's get back to work, shall we?" The girls laughed and went back to what they were doing. While she was stretching, Miriallia, a brown-haired girl who had been on the squad last year, said to Lacus, "So what do you think about that little scene we witnessed? And considering it had to do with your dear Kira, I'm pretty sure you were paying close attention." Miriallia loved to joke around with her pink-haired friend about her little crush on the team's wide receiver.
Lacus' face turned red and she said, "His sister seems very…interesting. But nice. I hope she makes the team so we can get to know her better."
"If she plays all the time like how she just did, I don't think that there will be any question of her making the team," Miriallia told her.
"You're right, Mir," Lacus agreed. Cagalli, huh? I hope we can become friends, especially if she's Kira's sister, Lacus thought.
As the tryouts continued, Athrun found his eye wandering over towards the player numbered 29, A.K.A. Cagalli. While she had been standing in front of the crowd of boys, talking as if she had known them for ages, Athrun couldn't help but notice that, despite the fact that she was sweaty and breathing kind of hard, she was very attractive. Amber eyes, shiny blonde hair, he couldn't tell how he had mistaken her for a boy! Well, those helmets do pretty much block your face, and the pads hide any, erm, chest that she might have, he thought. Athrun blushed a little at his thought and at the fact that he had even been looking at that area. If anything, at least she doesn't seem like she'll be another hopeless fan girl, and I can finally have a friend who's a girl and isn't obsessed with me, besides Lacus of course. The stupid girls are getting so tiring, and I hope Lacus can keep any new lovesick cheerleaders in check.
As Athrun watched Cagalli out of the corner of his eye, he saw her excelling at whatever drill she was participating in. She seemed like an incredibly well rounded player. As he watched her forcefully tackle a poor green-haired boy who just seemed to be trying out for kicker, he thought, Man, she's so aggressive! He blushed again at the innuendo his mind had thought of. No, Zala, not like that! What's with me anyway? I never act like this! I should get my mind back on tryouts. And with a whistle from Coach La Fllaga to snap him out of his thoughts, he returned to the game.
It turned out that the whistle was just to call a water break, and as Athrun trotted over to Kira, he saw him over by Cagalli, who was in the process of pouring water over her blonde head. "Hey Kira, what's going on?" he said.
"Hi Athrun," Kira said. Cagalli looked away and crossed her arms. "Oh, yeah. Since you and Athrun weren't formally introduced, and according to you, he was a 'major jerk', Athrun Zala, meet…," He was interrupted by his sister.
"Cagalli Yula Attha. Pleased, I'm sure." She extended her hand, which Athrun willingly took.
"Major jerk, and it's a pleasure," Athrun replied with a smile.
"At least you recognize it," Cagalli replied jokingly. She hadn't been really mad at him, but she had wanted an apology of some sort for him (in her mind) ignoring her before. She figured that she should get along with him, since he was her brother's best friend and all.
"So, Cagalli," Kira started. "Me and Athrun were going to go out for pizza after this. Wanna come? We could catch up and stuff."
"Sounds great! I always get starved after practice. Meet me outside the locker rooms? Kay?"
"Sure," said Kira. He looked around and saw all the guys putting their helmets back on. "Oh, break's over. Let's head back." And they ran back on to the field.
It was about an hour later, and practice had finally finished. Athrun and Kira were leaning up against the fence that bordered the athletic fields, waiting for Cagalli to finish getting changed. Of course, being boys, they had somehow entered the locker room, changed out of all their football gear, washed up a little, and changed into normal clothes in the time span of about five minutes. However, Cagalli was not as quick as them, so they had been waiting for a bit now. Athrun was wearing a green t-shirt with a black leather jacket over it and black jeans, and Kira had a blue sweatshirt on that had the word GUNDAM PILOT printed across it in black letters. The sweatshirt referred to Kira's favorite game, Mobile Suit Gundam, which he considered himself an expert at.
"Why does it take girls so long to get changed?" Kira asked. "She was wearing the same amount of gear as us! I just don't get it" he sighed.
"I don't think we ever will," remarked Athrun. He looked at the entrance to the girl's locker room and saw a blonde head appear. "Oh, wait. There she is."
Cagalli spotted the guys waiting for her and walked over to them. She had gotten the chance to brush her hair out and fix it so that it wasn't plastered to her head with sweat like before, and she was wearing a red t-shirt with a wide neckline and cargo pants (AN: You all know the outfit). As she approached them, Kira's eyes widened and he said, "Wow, you've changed more than I thought, Cags." All three of them blushed slightly, Athrun more than the other two, and Cagalli said, "I don't know if I should thank you or hit you, pervert. And not a word out of you!" The last part was directed at Athrun, who held his hands up in defense and shook his head, implying that he had no intention of making any comments.
Kira backed away while saying, "Hey, I was just noticing!"
"Ok, whatever. By the way, sorry for taking so long," she said. "I was actually finished a while ago, but some of the cheerleaders who were in there started talking to me, and I didn't really want to be rude to them, so I just had to wait."
The trio started walking away from the fields, towards the pizza place that Kira and Athrun knew, and Athrun whispered to Kira, "I guess that's the reason they take so long. They all flock together and prevent one of their own kind from leaving."
"What was that?" Cagalli asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Nothing important. So what did you think of them?" asked Kira, ready and willing to change the subject.
"What the locker rooms? Nice I guess. They kinda smelled though," Cagalli replied.
"No, the cheerleaders!" Kira said loudly. "I think I remember from way back that you always despised cheerleaders, calling cheerleading 'a fake sport for girls who can't play a real sport so just decide to cheer on others to make themselves feel like they can actually do something athletic', right?"
Cagalli stared at Kira. "Wow bro, you sure have a good memory!" she exclaimed. "But I don't feel that way anymore. Not after I started playing football. Then I saw that some stunts the cheerleaders do are way hard and I could never do them. It's like gymnastics with pompoms. And to answer your question, at least two of the girls are nice. Let me think…Lacus and Miriallia I think it was? They introduced themselves to me, and said that they hope we can get to know each other, since we'll be spending time together now."
When Kira heard Lacus' name, he gave a small start. This went unnoticed by Cagalli, but not by Athrun, who smirked. Kira asked, a little timidly, "Did Lacus say anything about me?"
Cagalli thought and said, "Besides saying 'You're Kira's sister, right?' to me, no, nothing."
Kira looked crestfallen. "Oh, I see. Nothing, huh."
Though Cagalli may have been a little dense, she could tell that her brother was upset about something. "Kira, what's the matter? You look like I just told you that I ran over your dog."
It was at this moment that Athrun decided to enter the conversation. "Well," he said, "it just so happens that your dear brother here is totally in love with Lacus."
Kira turned red and shouted, "Athrun! Why'd you tell her that?"
Athrun seemed unaffected by his friend's outburst, as he casually replied, "Calm down. She would've found out anyway. You're painfully obvious."
"Really, Kira? That's great! I totally didn't notice a thing!" Cagalli exclaimed.
Both boys sweatdropped and had the same thought. On the other hand, maybe she wouldn't have.
The reason the ending is kind of abrupt is that I split this chapter up into 2 and 3. It was getting way too long, and I still wasn't done, so I decided to end it here and continue the rest as chapter 3. And sorry, but the next update might take a bit longer, seeing how I don't have chapter 3 finished yet.
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