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Chapter 4: A Dark Revelation
Kira and his family left the mall and made it home as soon as they could. They calmly rushed into the house and saw Yori standing in the entrance waiting to greet them.
"Good to see you home, Sir, Madame, little Master. Now, please Master Yamato, if we may make our way to the conference room?" The grey-haired butler very formally and politely asked.
"Right…" The young man answered as they proceeded down the hall. Lacus took Kazuki and headed towards the kitchen, likely to prepare lunch for both of them and Kira. "Now, Yori, did Mr. La Flaga happen to mention the nature of his call?" Kira asked as they came up to the room.
"No sir, he just said that he needed to speak with you as soon as possible. I will call him up for you sir." Yori replied as he gave a courteous bow and left the room.
"Thank you, Yori. I appreciate it." Kira thanked the man as he pulled up a chair…it was likely going to be a long conversation. Within a few seconds the screen in the front of the room reflected a blue light, signifying that a call was being made. Then an audible ring echoed through the room, the screen then went white then grained into an image of Mu La Flaga. "Mu?" Kira opened.
"Kira? Oh thank goodness. I was wondering when you'd call back!" Mu exclaimed with a distinct sense of irritation. This was likely because he was working on a tight clock, he meant no harm to Kira, and he knew that.
"What's wrong, Mu? Did you find something again?" The young pilot asked his friend, who nodded.
"We managed to speak with the surviving pilot. He was an Ensign from the Earth Alliance by the name of Joel Connors." The slightly older man replied.
"Is he alright?" Kira asked sincerely, information was to him secondary to a man's life, it always was, and always would be.
"Yeah, he'll live. He just passed out is all. He'll probably be out by tomorrow." Mu replied, he was relieved himself about that fact.
"Good, what did you find out from him?" Kira continued.
"Well…we found out that they were likely attacked by one mobile suit."
"What? Only one? But…"
"I know, I know, it shocked me as well, only you and Athrun are capable of taking out so many mobile suits."
"Then we can assume that whoever this person is, that they are good, if not great…" Kira mumbled to himself, Mu had heard him though.
"Yeah…we've sure got our work cut out for us…" Mu commented, he knew that fighting someone who fought with the same caliber as Kira or Athrun was hard, and they aimed to disable the enemy, this guy appeared to kill without thought.
"Do you need my help?" Kira asked as he stood up, he was serious.
"Well…we…will leave that up to you this time. We should be fine, but if you want to come, that will be fine too, I won't stop you. Athrun will be coming soon as well." His friend answered, he didn't really want Kira to come, but he knew his help would be needed.
"Alright, hopefully we'll be able to get to the bottom of this."
"Yeah…whoever is responsible must be stopped."
"Alright, see you in a few days, Mu." Kira said as he waved good bye.
"Okay, see you then." Mu waved back and the screen went black. Kira slowly turned to leave the room; this was likely going to be a long day. He entered the kitchen, where his wife was busy making lunch. She turned to face him and noticed that he was "off".
"Kira, are you alright? What did he want?" Lacus was concerned when she saw her husband walk into the room.
"Yeah, I'm fine…it's just I feel they need me up there. Those mobile suits were apparently attacked by only one person. So I intend on going to help them." Kira answered calmly, he looked down with hurt though…he'd prefer not to leave home, if it could be avoided.
Lacus lifted his head to face her, "Kira, if you feel that your friends need you, who am I to stop you from following your heart? Kira looked straight into her eyes, they were serious. There was also a deep calm and understanding within those crystal blue eyes he loved so much.
He pulled Lacus into a hug and kissed her passionately. When they pulled apart his violet eyes met hers again, "Lacus, no one has more sway over my decisions than you do. My heart's desire is to be with you always…never to leave your side. You are my wife, who I have vowed to love, cherish, and protect for as long as I live. To follow my heart would mean nothing to me if you were not in my life. I will stay if you want me too, just say the word."
Lacus' eyes began to well up with tears, she always knew Kira loved her, but she had never heard him speak to her with such kindness and passion for a while…not that he ever spoke mean to her, its just that this was a different side to her husband, one that only came out when lives were at stake.
She gave him a quick kiss and said, "Kira, my heart's desire is for you to follow your heart. After all, if you hadn't followed it in the first place…we might not be married right now; in fact, we might not have even met. If your heart says to help your friends, I will support your decision all the way as a wife should. Just promise you'll come back to me safely like you always have."
Kira pulled Lacus into a hug, resting her head on his chest, running his hand through her sakura-blossom colored hair. "I promise, Lacus, I promise. Thank you."
With the decision made, Kira called up the military facility and told them that he would like to momentarily go back on active duty do to "circumstances that have caught his attention" and also asked that his mobile suit be prepared for space flight and combat. The base quickly began the procedures by readying the paperwork and started maintenance check on the young captain's mobile suit, the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom as he had requested. Soon his new adventure, and possibly conflict, will begin.
A/N: Are Kira and his friends ready for what they might face? Find out...please RnR!
