OK here is chapter 7, I will be aiming to update as often as possible to make up for the 2 weeks when my laptop was busted :). I hope you enjoy the coming battle.

Chapter 7: The Eye of the Storm

Kira's POV:

Everything was just becoming a blur of fast moving shapes and explosions, I was fighting on instinct alone now, simply shooting at all who shot at me and aiming to take them down. One thing I failed to notice until it was to late was the fact that I was slowly being separated from Athrun, slowly being pushed back.

"Damn" I muttered, I began trying to make my way back. This proved harder than I would have thought, the Blue Cosmos pilots were working hard to keep us separated.

"Kira! Your getting to far, come back!" Athrun's voice cut through the com, his breathing was hard and labored.

"Yeah, I know... Its harder that it looks." I replied, dodging more shots then returning fire. A part of me now regretted coming out to fight; I didn't want to kill -even if they were Blue Cosmos- but I had to, for Athrun.

"Hold on. I'll come back you up." Athrun said after a pause.

"No. Its fine, I can handle these." I said quickly, the last thing I wanted to do was end up causing Athrun more trouble.

"Are you sure Kira?" Athrun asked.

"Yes. Just watch your back." I said as I managed to take down two more enemies and pulled away from the rest, tacking this as confirmation of the fact that I could handle it Athrun turned back to his own enemies.

After finally finding a break in the battle I surveyed the destruction around me; Athrun and Nicol were working together to punch though the enemies defenses. The other 2 pilots from Athrun's team were working to protect their flag ship along with a few GINNs. I wasn't sure where Le Creuset was, but I could only guess that he was working as hard as the rest. But the battle was going on too long, with each passing moment we were losing more and more ground.

"Damn!" I yelled after taking yet another hit "Looks like my break is over."

The battle had started over 30 minutes ago, and at first we had been able to hold them at bay. But slowly they had managed to regain the ground they had lost. Now they were working on separating our forces; grouping into groups of 8 to 10 and working to put distance between us so that we couldn't get help.

"Athrun, watch your side!" I yelled noticing one coming up on him from below. At my warning he promptly dodged the attack and dismantled the enemy.

"Thanks." He replied shortly. I returned to watching my own fight and took down another 3, but for each one we take down another two would take their place...

This doesn't look good I thought. Once again I found myself being pushed further and further away the others, so I began to make my way slowly back once again, but was shocked when a static transmission reached me;

"K-Kira? Please come in Kira?" Even though the message was hard to decipher I was positive that it was Mir, I began searching for the Archangel but couldn't find it.

"Mir?" I asked.

"Kira! Finally we have been trying to reach you for ages." The message was a lot more clear now, and I guessed that they had zoned in on my position.

"Its good to hear your OK." I said, I had constantly been worried about my friends since I was taken on board the Gamow.

"Yeah you too... Whats going on though? What are you fighting with them?" Even over the com I was sure I could hear the hurt in her voice and I realized how bad this would look.

I had been fighting the whole time I spoke and just got lucky; I managed to take out all but 1 of the ships I was facing.

"Its a long story, but don't worry I haven't joined ZAFT." I said trying to keep my voice light. This last enemy was proving harder to beat than the others, so I was now locked in a fierce duel. After a quick break in the fight I made sure none of the other communications were open before I continued; "Anyway, I'm kinda hoping to escape after the battle. So I'm really glad you contacted me because other wise I would have had no idea where to go."

"That's good to hear Kid." Another voice said.

"Commander La Flaga!" I said overjoyed, I had had no idea if he had made it safely back to the Archangel in the last battle, so I took it as a good sign that he was fine. But my happiness proved to be a mistake, it distracted me momentarily from the battle and I now took a bad hit to the arm of my Gundam and lost my shield.

Crap! I thought, mentally scolding myself. I would now have to rely on my phase shift armor and dodging and they would only last so long.

"Who the hell is this guy?" I muttered. After a while I realized that communications with the Archangel had been lost. "Damn." I muttered again.

I now focused all my attention on the enemy, it was painfully obvious that this guy knew how to fly a mobile suit and I vaguely wondered if I would be able to beat him...

Athrun's POV:

Finally we were getting somewhere; we had now taken down the majority of their forces, and we were starting to push them back again. With well practiced aim I took down 2 more suits and went after a third.

"Wait Athrun! They're retreating!" Nicol said, the happiness of victory coming through loud and clear in his voice. I stopped my pursuit and watched as the return flares shone brightly from their command ship.

"Yeah, you better run!" Yzak snared.

"Yup!" Dearka put in happily. Always gotta have a say I thought proudly. It was a big victory for our small force to have held off and defeated the Blue Cosmos scum. I also couldn't help but realize that with Kira on our team we had been almost unstoppable.

With that thought I began looking for Kira, and saw with surprise that he was still engaged further out.

"Kira, you OK?" I asked. I panicked a bit when I got no response, zooming in on one of my monitors I saw that he had sustained some damage and came to the conclusion that his transmission had been knocked out. I began heading over to help but was stopped when Lt Le Creuset's voice came over my com;

"No Athrun, wait. We will see what your friend can do." As always his voice was monotone, and I got the feeling he wouldn't mind if Kira was destroyed.

"But, Sir?" I said.

"No buts Athrun, he wanted to fight, so let him fight." I hated it how he was twisting Kira's words, making it seem like Kira enjoyed fighting. He is not meant for the battlefield! I shouted mentally. But I stayed put, watching with fear as Kira and the unknown pilot circled, exchanging shots and dodging.

Once again I was shocked by Kira's skill; it was obvious that the Blue Cosmos pilot was very skilled, yet Kira was holding his own very well.

"Come on Kira... You can beat this guy..." I muttered...

Kira's POV:
Dodge. Fire. Dodge again.

My whole body was tense as I fought, trying to gain the upper hand was very hard, it was hard enough to not let him get the upper hand.

Dodge. Return Fire. Dodge again. Try to get behind. Power thrusters to speed up.

Nothing worked, I felt like I was fighting the Duel again; getting no where. I was so wound up in the heat of the battle that I almost cried out when a voice came through my com;

"Give up Kira Yamato! You can not beat me!" The voice was deep and rang with authority. I had thought my com was down since I took damage to my Gundam, but that barely registered. What did register was the fact that he knew my name. I chose to ignore the threat and kept fighting.

Fire. Dodge. Fire again. I kept trying to gain the upper hand, and I kept failing.

"Give up boy!" The voice shouted again. "If you give up peacefully I will spare your friends."

"Who are you?" I demanded back, not trusting my voice past those three works.

"Who I am is unimportant." The voice replied. "You on the other hand are very valuable. If you give up your friends will live."

I didn't like how cocky the voice was; so sure of himself that he thought my friends would die. I quickly spared a glance at my monitor and was shocked to see that the fighting had stopped, I saw the other Gundams watching my duel.

"My friends are safe!" I yelled back.

Fire. Dodge. Fire.

"Ha! So they think, they have no idea of the weapon zoned in on them. Do you think my forces would give up the chance of ridding the world of a few more coordinators like you that easy?" He mocked. "It was planned this way; separate you from the rest and while we were locked in combat my forces would pull away to clear the area for the firing of my weapon should you not surrender."

My mind was racing now, if what he said was true than Athrun was in big trouble, I began trying to get a link through to him; I had to warn him. Laughter filled my cockpit from the man I was facing.

"Do you think I would have told you my plan just to have you warn your friend! I think not. There is a jamming device on your mobile suit, only I can get through to you."

Not good. Not good! I thought, frantically trying to think of a way to warn them. Then another thought struck me; How did they know I would be fighting? It was a last minute decision for me, so how would they have created a plan based around my involvement.

"How did you know I would be here?" I demanded. All I got an answer was more laughter, devoid of true happiness, just cruelty and the sound of victory.

"You have 60 seconds to surrender Yamato. Or the weapon is fired and your friends are dead." The voice informed me.

Another thought struck me; Friends... but Athrun was my only friend there, maybe Nicol... But I had only just met him so he could hardly count... unless someone had been listening to us all talk. Something is not right.

I knew what I had to do in that moment, and I knew it would be hard; I would have to kill this guy and stop him from giving any order.

Suddenly my mind felt clear; I could see the course of action I needed to take, and I knew how to take it. My body was reacting just as quick as my hands as I renewed my attack; only this time he was gaining no ground, but I was. I discarded my gun for my sword and began a frenzy of attacks; one straight after the other, leaving no room for this guy to counter me.

In what seemed like seconds I broke through my opponents defenses and took the chance for the attack that I knew would end it all; I cut the machine in half, right through the cockpit and held my breath as the seconds passed and no weapon fired.

But now I felt horrible; I had just killed a man... somehow I had taken him down in under 60 seconds... I had killed him without flinching, despite everything I couldn't help the tears that rolled down my cheeks.

Le Creuset's POV:

I watched as the boys moves came faster and more deadly. Soon the fight was over and the last enemy was dead. I opened a line to the Aegis then;

"Athrun, go and get Mr. Yamato. We do not want him escaping now." I said calmly, making sure to keep my voice monotone.

"Yes Sir." Athrun said, he seemed dazed and I could understand why.

After closing down communications I sat back to survey the wreckage around us. I was pleased that we had only lost minimal casualties for my plan.

"Well Kira Yamato, it seems you are indeed the one." I said to no one.

I watched as the Aegis reached the Strike and began bringing it in. I was sure that Yamato had been planning to escape in the aftermath of the battle and was glad that everything had run smoothly.

"It seems that you and I will need to have a little chat boy." I once again said to myself.

La Flaga's POV:

"Damn it!" I yelled as I saw Kira being taken back to that damned ZAFT ship. A small part of me wasn't surprised that Kira had missed his chance to flee; even after such a short time fighting with him I knew how hard it was for him to kill, and after that battle I was sure he was more that stunned.

I was, however, surprised at how he had fought; never before had I seen anyone fight like that, let alone someone with as little experience as the Kid.

"We were so close..." Mir muttered behind me, I turned and saw fresh tears running down her face. I had seen the hope shining in her eyes when she heard the Kid talk and say that he was trying to get back to us. All of them had it.

"Hey, don't be so glum." I said. "If he plays his cards right and can get back into the Strike again he may get back to us." I smiled. She looked up at me with wide eyes.

"Do you think?..." She began, unable to finish.

"I certainly do. He is a smart Kid, and I don't doubt that he will find a way to get back to us." I said cheerfully, I noticed that all of Kira's friends were looking at me with new hope in their eyes. With a small chuckle I decided I like that more than the glares I got when I told them that Kira was piloting the Strike.

"Tell everyone to stand down." Murrue said. "But do not lose that ZAFT ship, now that we know where it is, we may be able to find a way of helping to get Kira out of there."

With that I left, loosing my smile as soon as I was out of sight. Truth be told I was just as sad and angry that we had been so close to Kira as his friends were.

"I swear Kid, we will get you out of there." I swore silently...

Well, what did you think? I hope the battle scene wasn't too bad, and I hope you like the plot line so far. Well just to be evil I'll have you know that Kira is going to be in for a rough time soon, but for now I will leave you guessing.

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