A/N: Hello! Here's the 3rd chapter of 'Hämnd'! Do you still remember what the title means? I can also write something for this story from your suggestions so if you have some, I'd love to hear them... (Mostly because I get a writer's block otherwise...)
Please read on with Hämnd!
When Kanon and Yukikaze had gotten into the Houburg fort and found Kal Ien, they experienced a very big shock. Kal told them that for some reason they had been placed into the Black Hawks. Yukikaze had turned white as soon as he had heard the shocking news. Kanon had gone speechless for some time but then she had started yelling at Kal with all her might. She was so angry about everything and she just couldn't control her emotions like she usually did.
"How in the world did you let that happen?" Kanon yelled. Yukikaze still hadn't recovered from his shock and it looked like he was hyperventilating.
"I didn't do anything", Kal said calmly. "Maybe Ayanami saw you and decided to interrogate you?"
"Then I'll be dead", Kanon mumbled. "I'll be killed by Ayanami and there will be no traces."
"What if we just went there and find out?" Yukikaze finally asked after some time. "It won't be so bad or will it?"
"I'm not at fault if you get killed by Kuroyuri", Kanon mumbled.
Yukikaze's eye twitched and Kal chuckled. Suddenly a soldier walked towards them and instructed them to follow him. The duo followed the soldier while wondering what they should do next. Yukikaze was actually a bit afraid of meeting Ayanami after ten years. He didn't know what to say or to do. Of course he could act indifferently but when he thought about all the things Ayanami and Hyuuga had done for him, he just couldn't even consider acting indifferently. Kanon in other hand decided to interrogate Ayanami as soon as she could. She just wanted answers and she would get them even though she'd have to use force.
When they finally arrived to their destination, Kanon immediately recognized the place. They were standing in front of Ayanami's office. Kanon suddenly felt pain in her stomach and she grabbed her uniform from the area around her stomach. She knew that anyone would be scared to meet Ayanami but this was about her personal trauma and fear. She still had nightmares of Ayanami giving Kuroyuri the order to kill her. When the young soldier opened the door to Ayanami's office, Kanon suddenly inhaled deeply and held her breath.
"Here are the new recruits, sir", the soldier announced. Ayanami looked up from his documents and smirked. He dismissed the soldier and walked to Kanon and Yukikaze.
"What should I do with you two, then?" he mumbled to himself. Kanon's eyes widened and she started shaking. She knew that Ayanami could be cruel but she had hoped to stay alive even a bit longer. Suddenly she heard a soft chuckle and looked at Ayanami. She saw Ayanami almost smiling at her priceless expression.
"Am I really that scary?" he asked.
"You are, if you happen to be talking to someone whom you've successfully ordered to kill once", Kanon mumbled in Raggs language. That made Ayanami's smirk even wider.
"You two appeared right on time", Ayanami said. "We need two officers who understand Raggs language. I take it you both do understand it?"
"Yes", Kanon and Yukikaze said in unison.
"Then it's settled", Ayanami said. "You two will become new officers and the twins will be your begleiters. They speak only Raggs."
Whoa… That was fast even for your normal speed, Kanon thought with awe.
Kanon and Yukikaze had settled in quite fast. They both had been tackled into a group hug by Hyuuga who had been so glad to see them alive. Konatsu greeted the duo a bit more politely by shaking their hands. Shuuri had gotten very angry but no one really paid attention to him. The twins had immediately started liking Kanon and they even wanted to wrestle with her. (She refused politely.) Yukikaze felt that he was an outsider but Suzu suddenly started talking with him and soon they looked like they would have known each other for years. Kanon smiled at that scene and continued helping Konatsu to organize Hyuuga's paperwork.
"Do you know who the king is?" Suzu asked suddenly. Yukikaze's smile disappeared in one second. He looked down for a long time before answering.
"To me, the king has always been Ayanami-sama", Yukikaze whispered. "But I suppose that the real king is the king of Raggs."
What does he know? Kanon thought. It looks like he knows more than he should… I need to interrogate him later…
"Where are you two going to stay?" Hyuuga asked suddenly. "You don't probably have any place in the dormitory…"
"I still have the key to my old apartment", Yukikaze said and showed a key in his hand. "I've been paying the rent even though I've been living in the 7th district… We just need to clean up a bit…"
"A bit, Yukikaze?" Kanon asked. "You call the dust that had been forming there for ten years 'a bit'?"
"It's just dust, Kanon", Yukikaze laughed.
"There's also spider webs", Kanon mumbled. "And insects… And all kinds of rotten foods…"
"…You're making me feel nauseous", Yukikaze mumbled.
Hyuuga laughed at their discussion. Suddenly little Yuki tugged Hyuuga's sleeve and looked at him with a questioning expression.
"Yuki-tan!" Hyuuga said. "Can you explain to him what were you talking about?"
Yukikaze smiled and nodded. He explained everything to the little soldier without changing anything. After he had completed the explanation, Yuki and Suzu decided that they would help Kanon and Yukikaze to clean up the apartment. They also decided (one-sidedly) that they would stay at the apartment for that night. ("Well, it's not so big difference to cook for two or four people", Yukikaze mumbled.) Suddenly Hyuuga announced that he wanted to help out too which made Yukikaze's eye twitch a bit. Luckily Konatsu decided to force Hyuuga to do some actual work. Kanon waved at him when she left with Yukikaze and the twins.
The apartment was in very bad shape. No one had opened the doors or windows in ten years so they had swelled so much that it was very hard to open them. After the windows had been forced open, Yukikaze and Kanon turned to all the dust and they started a massive dusting operation. Yuki and Suzu started tossing all the rotten food and after three hours of active cleaning, Yukikaze's apartment looked like an apartment again. Yukikaze left to buy some food while Kanon started making the beds so that they could sleep.
"Why… is that guy faking his smile?" Suzu asked suddenly.
"What do you mean, Suzu?" Kanon asked with a sad smile.
"He's acting like he would be happy but I can tell just by looking at him that he has so much scars", Suzu said quietly.
"I'm not allowed to tell you much", Kanon whispered, "but he was killed once during the Raggs war and he really doesn't know how to act towards his superior…"
"I hope that he'll find a solution", Suzu smiled.
"Me too", Kanon whispered.
"Are you two a couple?" Yuki chirped happily.
"WHAT? NO!" Kanon yelled without realizing that Yukikaze had been eavesdropping for some time. "Or… Maybe we are… I'm not sure… I really like him but I don't know what he thinks about me after all this… He probably hates me…"
"We are a couple", said Yukikaze who had just appeared out of nowhere. "Aren't we, Kanon-chan?"
Kanon blushed deeply when she heard herself being called Kanon-chan by Yukikaze. She had been called Kanon-chan only once by him and at that time they had been alone and no one else could have heard them.
"Yes…" Kanon whispered.
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