Love Conquers All

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Chapter Four:

Everything was a blur. One minute Kira and Athrun were a few feet apart from each other and the next you see Kira grab Athrun by the collar and slam him onto the wall. He successfully knocked the wind out of Athrun. Once he was able to regain his breath, Athrun looked up and saw Kira and noticed he had gone into Seed Mode, 'Oh shit! This isn't good.'

"K…Kira…you…need to…listen," he did not get to finish his sentence 'cause he was punched in his gut. 'Damn that hurt. I can't fight him like this.' Athrun saw another fist come towards him and he went into Seed Mode knowing it was his only chance to keep up with the ultimate coordinator. Before the fist could collide with him, he was able to free himself from Kira ready to block and if necessary, counteract anything Kira threw at him.

"I don't want to fight you Kira!"

"Please Kira! Listen to Athrun," Lacus pleaded with him, hoping to be able to calm him down.

"Why should I? It's because of him that Cagalli left!"

"What!?" Athrun stopped. He was shocked to hear not only that Cagalli left, but that he was at fault.

Unfortunately, Kira did not stop and took the opportunity to punch Athrun in the face making him fall back from the impact.

"Athrun! Kira! That's enough. Please just listen to us, don't you trust me?" That got Kira's attention and started to calm down. He looked down at Athrun and saw he was breathing just as hard as he.

With his head bent down and his bangs covering his eyes, he finally answered, "Of course I trust you. I just…," he sighed, "I'm sorry Athrun." Kira reached down to help Athrun stand.

"Don't worry Kira, I understand."

Lacus looked at both men in front of her. "Good, now we can sit down, have some dinner and calmly discuss this matter."

All three walked to the dining room and took a seat. The servers brought out the food and soon they found themselves alone to speak in private.

"Kira, before you came home, Athrun and I had a chance to talk. It appears, with the help of Dearka and Yzak, he was able to discover an interference between our communications; successfully blocking us from receiving any messages or direct contact with each other."

"Interference?" Kira looked at Athrun for an explanation.

"We've been trying to reach you by any means and all electronic devices that we have used are blocked by something or someone. Dearka is investigating the matter and working on eliminating the blockage as we speak. From what I understand, all written communication some how were also deterred."

"What do you mean 'deterred'?! Cagalli did receive some of your letters," Kira started to get upset. He just could not believe what he was hearing, "moreover, she definitely received the last one from you, telling her you wanted nothing to do with her.!"

"What?!" I would never do such a thing like that to her. Why would I?"

"That's what we want to know, Athrun. We could not understand, for the life of us, why you would write such cold words, but shortly after receiving the letter we got our answer. We saw the article stating if there was a future Mrs. Zala!"

"Kira, Athrun. Please, we need to stay calm in order to understand what exactly is going on," Lacus pleaded with them, playing the mediator between an overly protective brother and a not only protective, but also possessive boyfriend, "not to mention, arguing with each other will not help Cagalli."

Both men had the decency to look ashamed for their actions. Athrun looked at Kira, he hoped to show his concern and determination, "and do you have the letter? I need to see if I can recognize the writing. I know I didn't write that letter, but I would like to find out who did."

"I do," Kira turned and looked at Lacus, "could you please go get the letters for me," he stopped and looked at Athrun as if trying to decide on something, but Athrun had no clue whatsoever as to what, "as well has her last letter to me."

Lacus' face paled, "Are…you sure Kira?" She was not sure if it was the right thing to do, at least for now.

"Yes. Please go. We'll be fine, I promise." Kira gave her a reassuring smile.

Lacus left to retrieve the letters while the men continued with their talk.

"Kira, I did try to get a hold of Cagalli and you. I got worried after awhile. I completely stopped receiving letters and phone calls."

"For the longest time, Cagalli kept calling and writing to you. She never gave up hope that she would get through to you," Kira looked out the window. It was dark outside. He wasn't specifically looking at something, his eyes held a distant look to them.

He started to recall the events, "she started getting depressed and we tried but no matter what we did, nothing kept her from falling deeper into her state of depression. As the weeks went by, it got worst and if it wasn't one thing that broke her heart, it was another."

"What happened, Kira? Please, I need to know what you meant by it was my fault she left," pleaded Athrun.

"Alright, I'll explain, but please let me do so without interruptions. Lacus and I will explain and answer your questions as best we can afterwards, okay?"

Athrun nodded in agreement and Lacus arrived with the letters and handed them over to Kira. "These are all the letters from you that I found in her room," he gave all of them to Athrun except for one, "you can go through them as we explain."

Kira looked over to Lacus and she held his hand in hers. She lightly squeezed it to silently let him know to go on and that she was there with him. "Cagalli was sad that you left, but she understood and supported you. Especially since you were there for her, she wanted to do the same and be there for you."

He sipped some tea, but continued afterwards, "she was okay the first couple of weeks; she continued to work and got to talk to you several times. When she hardly received any response from you by phone or mail, she started to get depressed."

"We were able to keep her busy to help keep your mind off the fact that it was weeks since she heard from you and it worked. She continued with some of the daily routines,"

"However," Lacus jumped in, "after two months from when you left, she read the article on the celebration in your honor, which included a picture of you and Ms. Hawke."

"She locked herself in her room for days, neither Lacus or Kisaka, nor I could convince her to come out, not even to eat," Kira looked down into his tea with a forlorn expression, "when she finally did open up, we were horrified by her physical condition. She had not eaten and hardly slept as well. We thought we would have to hospitalize her, but she fought with us to be left alone,"

Athrun could not believe what he was hearing. His heart constricted as if someone was squeezing it with all of his or her might and an unbearable pain grew within. He knew if it got worst, he would not be able to hold back and eventually break down crying for not only Cagalli, but for himself. Feeling frustrated and helpless at this moment by only listening about the events and could only imagine what his friends went through while they watched.

"Kisaka and Kira had to take over most of her duties while Myrna and I stayed near her. Unfortunately, our fears were realized about a month and a half later and we had no choice but to hospitalize her…," Lacus had to close her eyes and hold in the urge to let her tears fall. She still remembered everything clearly as if it had just happened yesterday.

Kira saw and understood her hesitation, so he continued for her while he held onto her hand to give her strength, "she was there for days and after she was released, she asked to be left alone for a while. We understood and gave her, her space and about two weeks later, she came out more often to join us for some of the meals, but we still continued to cover for her. She said she was not ready and we understood and did not push her. Shortly afterwards, she started trying to get a hold of you…," Kira was about to continue when Lacus jumped in.

"She asked us to help her get in touch with you. Including, I had personally traveled to the PLANTs to meet with you in person, but was unsuccessful. I was either told I had just missed you or you were in a conference and could not be disturbed,"

"This went on for a few weeks until she received your final letter her state of depression got worse. A week later we all read the article in reference to the future Mrs. Zala. We tried to hide it from her, but she was persistent and we finally showed it to her. Things changed after that."

"Kira, Kisaka and I noticed her acting very odd. We didn't understand, but we figured it was her way to cope, to try to continue with her life. We all decided to keep an eye on her. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. Nothing seemed to have changed and we did not want to pressure her to tell us anything. If and when we did inquire, she would say she was fine and not to worry about her."

"It wasn't until the morning of her disappearance that we finally understood why she acted the way she did," Kira hesitated, felt unsure of how to continue, how to reveal the truth. He sighed and locked his eyes onto Athrun's, showing his resolve and the seriousness of what he needed to reveal. He pushed the letter he had kept to Athrun, "this…letter was found on her bed when Lacus went to get Cagalli for breakfast, but before you read it, let me finish."

Athrun grabbed the letter and nodded in agreement to let him continue.

"After reading the letter, I ordered Kisaka to start searching for her, to put a stop on all public transportation and to keep the truth from being known. What was most important was to find her safe and sound right away, while Kisaka and I searched her room for any clues to her whereabouts. However, we were not expecting to find a few bottles of alcohol,"

Athrun's eyes widened in disbelief, 'how could this be possible? Why would ….' He did not want to finish that thought, nevertheless, believe in what he had just heard.

Kira noticed the shocked look on Athrun, but knew he had to continue. "Apparently, she managed to sneak them in, but we have no idea how long she had been drinking or how much, least of all how many times she consumed the alcohol. All we know now is that she is unstable and capable of anything."

Lacus could not hold it any longer and started to cry knowing what her dear friend was planning on doing if she was not stopped. Kira took her into his arms to comfort her and reassure her that they will all see her again.

Of course, this did not go unnoticed by Athrun and got a bad feeling about it. He started reading the letter and could not believe what he was seeing. He could not understand what it was she was thinking. And then….he read the last part.

"What! What is the meaning of this?" He stood up from his chair so fast that it fell to the floor, "explain to me what she means by 'my baby'!"

Lacus sobbed harder onto Kira's shoulder and he started rubbing her back in a soothing motion as he tried to explain to his best friend the loss of his child, "when Cagalli was hospitalized it was not entirely because of her depression or her malnutrition…,"

"Then what was it for!" Athrun was furious, he wanted answers and he wanted them now.

Kira closed his eyes and dreaded to say the words that he knew needed to be said. "She had a miscarriage; she was three and a half months pregnant when she lost yours and her unborn child."

Athrun could not believe what he was hearing. 'How could this be? How could this have happened? Why would she…,' his thought abruptly stopped there and his eyes widened, "Oh God! She thinks I abandoned her."

"But Athrun, you didn't…you didn't know…," Lacus was immediately cut off by Athrun.

He started to yell, "We know that, but she doesn't! All because someone decided to interfere, decided to get between us!"

"What do you mean Athrun?" asked Kira, not understanding what his best friend was implying.

"These letters here are mine, but these others aren't," he motioned with his hands the two different piles in front of him, "the handwriting is close, but not exactly mine and the stationary is different from mine. Whoever the bastard is that has done this to us will pay dearly. His or her life will be mine if I lose Cagalli." Athrun was enraged and anyone who looked into his eyes not only can see the bloodlust, but the promise of pain and death as well.

Well I'm certainly getting excited about this story. Athrun is out for blood, but who can blame him. Only time will reveal who is behind everything and if they find Cagalli on time. If so, will she believe him? Will they go back as they were?

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