Kira's A Girl

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.

CHAPTER 9: Christmas for a soldier

"Kira you come with us to." Athrun shouted this to his childhood friend Kira Yamato as they both hovered in space in their respective mobile suits.

"Athrun I…" Kira considered doing just that but stopped as she remembered all of the people on the Archangel and her promise to protect them. "Athrun I'm sorry, but there are people on that ship that I feel obligated to protect. MY FRIENDS ARE ON THAT SHIP." Kira shouted the last part and raised her beam rifle at the Aegis.

"In that case, Kira, the next time we meat I won't hold anything back."

"The same goes for me." With that the both of them returned to their respective ships.

Ten Months later

Kira thought about that incident that happened ten months ago when she and Athrun declared that neither would hold back anymore. She thought of this as Athrun and the other stolen G-weapons attacked them on Christmas Eve.

She knew that a soldier had to be ready to fight at any time but she thought of this as just plain wrong. It was CHRISTMAS Eve for crying out loud and Zaft thought that now was a good time to attack. She was angry and it wasn't too hard for the Zaft boys to figure that out.

Kira fought hard and long against the four and tried and failed to save what was left of the eighth fleet. The Archangel had been blown off course as they entered the atmosphere with the four stolen G-weapons write behind them.

They wound up crashing in the middle of the Antarctic and the Aegis, the Duel, the Blitz, and the Buster all landed twenty feet away from the ship, all out of power. Even though this was the case no one from the Archangel dared to go anywhere near the G-weapons to capture the units and their pilots for fear of freezing to death as soon as they stepped of the ship.

Inside of the Aegis's cockpit Athrun rubbed his hands together in a vain attempt to warm them up a little. He heard his communicator beep and turned it on and saw Nicol's face pop up on the screen.

'Hey Athrun how you doing over their?'

"Cold." Athrun replied dryly.

'I thought you would be considering I got the same one word answer from the other guys and I told them the same thing when they asked me.'

Athrun smiled at his friend and then heard his communicator beep again signaling that someone else was trying to contact him. When he opened up the channel his eyes widened when he saw a bunch of EA soldiers that included Kira on the other side of the video link.

"And what exactly do you want? I hope you don't expect us to surrender to you." Athrun looked at them suspiciously then saw Kira smile and shake her head as if saying, "That's not it, but good guess."

'No we weren't. You see the pilot of the Strike, Kira Yamato, has convinced us to allow you and your comrades to come aboard the Archangel, at least until a Zaft ship comes into the area, in the spirit of Christmas.'

"Are you serious?" Athrun asked a little suspiciously then remembered what they said about Kira suggesting this and smiled a little.

'Yes we are and we'll give you five minutes to discuss this with your comrades then give us your answer.'

"Alright. Hey guys did you hear that?"

'Yeah, we did but how can we trust them? And they said the Strikes pilot invited us, this seems a little weird.' Dearka said this looking a little suspicious of Kira's motives.

'I think that… this offer is genuine. I mean it's too obvious to be a trap.' Nicol said this after he heard what Dearka said. He knew the offer was genuine for he knew who Kira Yamato was and he was pretty sure Athrun did to.

'How can you trust them Nicol? I'll admit that it probably isn't a trap but we should still be cautious about this one.' Yzak was unsure as what to do but was willing to except the offer as long as he and his teammates stayed on guard.

"Then I guess I'll except the offer." Athrun switched frequencies so he was on the line with the Archangel again. "My comrades and I have decided to except your offer but be aware that if this is a trick we are fully capable and willing to defend ourselves."

'That's understandable. Ms. Yamato will meat you in the hanger and direct you to her room where you will be staying and if you need anything and she'll get it for you.'

Athrun nodded and had a very small smile on his lips thinking about getting to see Kira in person again.

When the four boys entered the ships hanger as Athrun had expected a young girl in blue with chocolate brown hair and beautiful violet eyes greeted them. "Hello my name is Kira Yamato and I'm the pilot of the Gundam Strike." With that simple statement Yzak and Dearka's mouths dropped.

"You-you're the pilot of the Strike but your no older then us." Yzak was surprised and more then a little embarrassed that he had been beaten by a girl that was the same age as him many times over.

"Yes, and I know you're surprised by my appearance and to be honest I'm a little surprised to see how young you all are. Well how about we head to my quarters and you can introduce yourselves." With that she headed out of the hanger with the Zaft boys right behind her. When she had seen Nicol in the hanger she was very surprised but hid it as she talked to them.

When the got to her room she opened the door and they all took a seat on one of the two beds in the room; Nicol, Kira, and Athrun on one and Dearka and Yzak on the other.

"So what are all of your names?" When she asked Nicol and Athrun frowned thinking they would have to act like they didn't know Kira, but Nicol wouldn't do that.

"I'm Dearka Elthman."

"I'm Yzak Joule."

"I'm Athrun Zala."

"And you already know that my name is Nicol Amalfi." When Nicol said this everyone stared at him in shock and Kira looked a little nervous.

"What do you mean she already knows your name Nicol?" Athrun asked truly not knowing for he did not know of the connection between his best friend and the woman of his dreams.

"He… a… well…" Kira stumbled trying to come up with a way to keep the other boys from finding out the truth.

"You know Kira that they'll find out eventually, so why not tell them now."

(Sigh)"Ok."

"Well you see Kira and I are cousins and unlike her I knew who was piloting the opposing mobile suit because I had seen her being shoved into the cockpit of the Strike back on Heliopolise."

"Wait a minute, you knew that she was piloting the Strike and your related to her. WHY DID'T YOU TELL US BEFORE." Yzak was confused and when he was confused he got angry.

"I never told you because there was no need to and because I knew you would react like this. Oh and Athrun how do you and Kira know each other?"

"HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT" Kira and Athrun both shouted this simultaneously and when they did Dearka and Yzak's mouths dropped again.

"Well from the way you two act around each other and the fact that Athrun has a picture of you on his night stand it was easy to figure out." As they listened Yzak and Dearka were speechless. They had never suspected anything like this to happen, ever.

When Kira and Athrun saw the looks they were getting from the other three occupants in the room they sighed and told their story from when they met to the time they saw each other on Heliopolise. The others listened intently as the two pilots spoke and when they finished the three boys decided to go to sleep while Kira and Athrun talked.

"So how have you been doing, Kira?"

"Ok I guess but it has been a little lonely these passed three years without you."

"Really, so you've missed me just like I missed you."

"Yes. Oh and by the way how did you and Lacus get engaged anyway?" Kira felt a twinge of jealousy as she said this.

"Well you see Lacus and I aren't really in love, we're more like sibling, but our fathers set up this engagement. It wasn't until a couple days ago that we finally got them to cancel the engagement."

"So your single now?" Kira blushed as she say this and mentally slapped herself for asking such a stupid question.

"Yes." Athrun also got red thinking that maybe just maybe that Kira returned his feelings. "You see Kira another reason I could marry Lacus was because I fell in love with an even more beautiful woman a few years ago."

"And who would that be?" Kira looked at Athrun with hope in her eyes praying that he said that it was her.

"You." And with that one word said Athrun leaned foreword and kissed Kira passionately on the lips. The kiss seamed to last for hours but in reality it was really only a couple minutes. When they separated they were both panting heavily.

"I love you too Athrun." And with that the two of them left the room and headed to the bathroom where they wouldn't disturb anybody as they made love. When they finished they returned to the room and slept in each other's arms, neither cared at the moment that after Athrun returned to Zaft they would be enemies again.

To be continued…

(That's chapter nine. Number ten will be up soon. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up but I was in another state for a week and was a thousand miles away from my computer. I was planning on doing this chapter before I left but was unable to because I only had till New Years till we left and that would have been enough time if my family and I didn't have so much to do during that time. Well Athrun and Kira have had a little confrontation, shared a kiss, and had a little romantic moment in the bathroom. Nicol and Kira are revealed as cousins and the secret of Kira and Athrun knowing each other has gotten out, but good thing for them it was only revealed the Zaft boys. Next time the Archangel makes it to the desert and runs into some problems. I'll update soon, please review.)