Connections
Chapter 7: The web's we weave
Ah! I post my longest chapter yet and what does the first review ask?
Lana: um.. Update soon?
Yes! -falls over-
Lana: well.. Who said you had to try and write the next chapter right after posting the 6th chapter? Go to bed!
already asleep-
Lana: ugh.. We'll be back after a short break..
Ow.. I went to Magic Kingdom and I think I sprained my ankle..
Lana: but not a sprained wrist. Let's keep going..
Right!
BlackEmpathy: Yay for soda! What happens next? Athrun - part 2! LOL. Enjoy!
Just Call Me Blue: hey.. Ivey! I took a long time cause I wanted to get the meeting just right! I must have rewritten it three times!
Lana: ya. Thats about as many times as they rewrote chapter 9 of their Trigun fic. -snicker-
Anyway. Thank you Blue. -hands you an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- read next review.
Rath lover: hey. Here. -hands you an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- I'll explain after the other responses.
Joyrok: I didn't know Lacus would be missed so much. But I had to explain Athrun and Cagalli. And that part about Kira and Cagalli and the photo was something that popped into my head while writing last chapter and I wrote it all down.
Cyberdemon: let me explain... well.. After the other responses. Other people might be wondering about that too...
Kodoku: thanks bunches. -gives you an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- read after the responses.
KiraxLacus: cool. I'll look you up. Ya. I spent two days trying to figure out what his job was. That's why it was delayed at first... :-p -gives u an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- read reason after the other review responses.
GATX-105B: -swirly eyed- more KxL? I spent all the first 5 chapters on them and then I put one chapter about Athrun and half the reviewers go nuts.. Man.. I didn't know they liked the KxL fluff so much.. -ping- wait.. I love the KxL fluff that much too. Lol.
ninofchoas: yay! All I can think of. Lol. Here. -hands u an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- I'll explain after the other review responses.
asga: cd! -gives you an autographed Lacus Clyne cd- I'll explain in the IMPORTANT section. Anyway. Thank You! And Kira noticed.. But.. He's confused and not sure. Um.. Read the chapter..
Everworld-gal: Will he will he. That is the question now isn't it? Who knows? Lol
Lana: you do..
Oh right! I do! Anyway, Last chapter, believe it or not was 10 pages.. Read 2 under IMPORTANT. And I will try to update faster.. Ok? btw, this fast enough?
bee bee: don't worry. I can't cartwheel either.. Jess can. Are you always hyper? -dumb question- Thanks. I spent a lot of time on the chapter so I'm glad to hear it payed off. -smile- .. You did wait an eternity for the chapter. I had writers block on Athrun's job and I kept switching around how Cagalli and him ran into each other. And half the reviews go nuts cause I had an AxC chp in there.. But everyone wants more KxL.. COOL! That Rocks My Socks! -wide eyed- ...
IMPORTANT!
1: I gave autographed Lacus Clyne cds to the few people who did not mention anything about their not being any KxL in the last chapter or how I needed more of it or anything about KxL or Lacus for that matter. Have fun with those..
Lana: -snort-
2: cyberdemon asked me about the concert. Last chapter I said Athrun met Cagalli and then months passed and it confused them. Ok. Letting you know.. Last chapter and this chapter are memories. Sorry if I didn't clear that up earlier. Lacus hasn't met Kira, or vice versa, yet. The end of this chapter starts back at the present time in our story.. My story.. Whatever...
3: you may not believe this, but in my WordPerfect, last chapter was 10 pages not including review responses. I always type at size 12. Fanfiction .net always makes the spaces between your paragraphs smaller, and I looked over last chapter and couldn't believe it seemed so short.. Now I really do seem like a wuss..
Lana: you ARE a wuss.
Shut up.
The black limousine pulled up to the biggest movie theater around. The driver opened the door and Athrun stepped out. Girls and people cheered, cameras were going berserk, and reporters struggled at the boundaries.
Legs appeared from inside of the car and Athrun helped Cagalli out. Suddenly it was quiet, but only for a second and then the noise was louder than ever with questions about Athrun's female companion.
Kira slid over and got himself out of the car. Athrun and Cagalli had already started walking and he was glad. He stared at Cagalli's back until three microphones had been shoved in his face.
"Sir! Are you a friend of Athrun Zala?" "What can you tell us about the young woman he's escorting?" "How long have they been going out?" "How long have you known Athrun?"
Questions kept coming. Kira had been taught by Athrun personally for what to do in this situation. He held up his hand and the questions stopped. Now was when you answer.
"Yes. I'm a friend of Athrun. You will not get anything about the girl until Athrun and her tell you themselves. And if I don't keep walking, I might be late for the show. Goodbye." as he walked, the reporters followed and asked questions. Kira was getting annoyed as another limousine pulled up. Instantly, the reporters were gone and he sighed in relief.
Once inside, Kira couldn't see Athrun or Cagalli. They had left him with the reporters but no matter how bad he thought that was, or how rude, he couldn't seem to get mad at his best friend and... and..
"Kira!" Athrun called. Kira looked up. They were on the second floor of the theater. He hurried and met up with them. "I'm sorry Kira. I forgot about you. Sorry." Athrun kept saying sorry. He thought Kira was angry or upset that Athrun had forgotten about him. He also knew that no matter how many excuses he made, Kira knew he'd forgotten about him and nothing else.
Kira found the movie interesting, but his mind kept wandering to the girl sitting beside him and the photo in the inside of his wallet. Athrun kept looking at Cagalli to see the expression on her face and Cagalli was too interested in the movie to care about either of them.
In one scene, Athrun was fighting the bad guy and he was winning. Cagalli looked ecstatic. Soon Athrun's character had been shot and he stumbled back in pain, Cagalli winced. Near the end of the movie, Athrun's co-star had been killed and her dying scene with Athrun was so sad that every eye in the audience, except Kira and Athrun, was teary. Athrun's character begged the female co-star not to die and so on that usually happens in death scenes of important characters. When the girl finally faded from the earth, Athrun's character had an amazing crying scene and a very nice revenge scene.
Cagalli was teary and excited at the same time. Athrun's co-star had been the lover of Athrun's character but that was obvious. At the very end of the movie, Athrun's character walked back to his companion's lifeless body in the rain. He right arm almost useless and bleeding badly, he lifted her head off the ground. He gave her a kiss and then promised to meet in the after life. Then he too had a death scene. The movie finally closed to credits with a great yet sad song that expressed the movie and scene perfectly.
The theater emptied with Athrun trying to calm Cagalli down. She was still crying from the movie. Athrun's character had died too and the movie had been action packed yet extremely sad. All she could keep saying was how sad it was. Athrun got through to her when he came up with..
"If everyone sees you crying like this, what kind of person will they take you for?" he asked. Cagalli's tears stopped although she had to take deeps breaths and her head was still buried in Athrun's shoulder.
"You're right." she said, wiping her tears and standing up. She was the slightest bit tear stained but hardly noticeable. She looked determined, her normal look. Then she looked at Athrun and smiled. "You really are a great actor. It was so real, that I actually thought you had died for a minute.."
Athrun blushed. "Thanks Cagalli. Um.. How bout I escort you.. Outside now.." he offered, standing up and taking her hand. They started out the door and Kira followed.
Kira seemed out of it at school today. Sai walked over and sat beside him at lunch and Kira didn't even blink. Even in later months when he would meet someone amazing online, he wouldn't act like this. (Note: that means he's not acting the way he did when daydreaming about LittleSnowDancer, sry if I'm annoying.)
"Kira?" He poked his friend and broke him from his thoughts.
"Oh. Hi Sai. What's up?" Kira asked, smiling and pretending like nothing had happened.
"I don't know. You tell me. Why are you so out of it today?" Sai asked with a serious look in his eyes. Kira flinched a little.
"Um.. Ok. I'm gonna ask you a hypothetical question... hypothetical.." Kira stressed.
"Alright." Sai leaned back and prepared himself.
"Ifyousuddenlyfoundoutaboutasisteryouhadbutshedidn'tknowherlonglostbrotherwasyou,howwouldyoutellher?" Kira spoke quickly. Sai looked lost. Kira sighed but before he could repeat it slower, Sai spoke.
"You have proof?" he asked, amazed.
"Huh?"
"That you and this girl are related.."
"Hypothetically speaking, Sai!"
"Ok. Ok. Hypothetically speaking, you'd need proof. Then you'd need to find the opportune moment to bring it up and tell her." Sai instructed. Kira wondered how he became an expert but would probably take the advice anyway.
"Tell who what? Does Kira have a girlfriend?" it was Mir.
"No. He's found a long lost sister who doesn't know that he's her long lost brother.." Sai explained.
"Sai!" Kira groaned.
"Oh right.. Hypothetically speaking of course." he put on a serious face but it broke into a smirk.
Kira sighed and leaned back in defeat as Mir and Sai laughed.
Cagalli hummed as she got ready for another date with Athrun. She was just finishing her hair. She was kinda rich too so she could've had someone help her, but Cagalli was a very independent person. Her photo album was open and next to her.
The first picture on the page was the one of her mother holding them at birth. Cagalli stared at it and smiled. No matter what her mother had done to their family, she was still her mother. The rest of the page was other baby pictures. Cagalli turned the pages until she got to the one with the last picture of her and her brother on it. It had been taken right after their parents told them about the divorce...
Kira's eyes were deep pools of pain as he clung to his sisters arm in the picture. Cagalli's eyes were about the same except she tried putting on a proud face. But you didn't know Kira was sad by just looking at him. He had a way of smiling or talking that distracted you from his real feelings. But all you had to do was look in his eyes. His big, lavender eyes...
Cagalli blinked. A sudden picture of Kira from the limousine came to mind. When he'd been staring out the window in deep thought. Kira had lavender eyes too..
"No. I've already been over this. There's no way he's my brother." Cagalli sat up straight and closed the album. "What use is dwelling on the past anyway." She heard three honks from outside and looked at herself. She was ready so she ran out to meet Athrun.
"Hey!" Athrun said as she got in the car with him. "What's up?" he asked.
"I'm going on a date with Athrun Zala. Must be jealous." she smirked at him.
"Nah, he's not my type." Athrun joked. Cagalli laughed as the limo drove off.
Kira Yamato had just gotten off school. He walked to his home, where he got a snack and then went on the computer and began to chat in the same room he did everyday. 'Connection'. He still hadn't told Cagalli about the picture and he wasn't sure when he would. But a meeting in the chat room today would keep that out of his mind for a long long time..
Reb: Now. If the last paragraph sounds even slightly familiar it's because the first part came straight from the first paragraph of this story. Kira and Athrun hadn't spoken since Athrun's movie premier, that's why Kira's surprised when he spots Athrun in the chat room a while later..
Thanks and review please. I accept all reviews, even annoymous... anonumous.. A..
Lana: anonymous. See, even Reb can't spell perfectly. She has never been able to spell anonymous. P.s. this chapter is 4 ½ pages long without the two pages of blah at the beginning. Thank you.
Reb: See! People want chapters so much this one isn't even half the length of last chapter!
Lana: get over it..
