Kira's A Girl
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.
CHAPTER 10: The Desert Tiger
Kira set to work reprogramming the Strikes OS. She was in a very similar position as she was on Heliopolise having to reprogram the OS in the middle of battle. Only this time there was one major difference. After that one night she spent with Athrun two weeks ago she started to feel sick every so often and when she went to see the doctor she found out some shocking news, she was pregnant with Athrun's child.
She couldn't help but think of this child right now knowing that if she failed she may never get to hold her baby. With that she started to type even faster then before and with in a matter of seconds she had adjusted the Strikes OS so that it could move around easily in the atmosphere.
With this new mobility she had know problem taking out the two BuCUEs that were attacking from two sides. When they were gone Kira breathed a sigh of relief and waited in the Strikes cockpit for orders. Down below she could here the conversation and played close attention to what the Desert Dawn was saying.
'We are the rebel group Desert Dawn and I'm the leader Sahib Ashman, thank you for meeting with us.'
'We should be the ones thanking you, I mean you helped us out a great deal back there now I would like to know why.' Kira smile she knew that everyone knew that the Desert Dawn had its own agenda she just didn't know who would ask about it but she guessed it was a good thing that Murrue was the one who did.
'Yes well you see this desert is our home and it may not be much to you but it means a lot to all of us. We are fighting in order to get the Tiger off our land and to us the EA are just as bad as he is but were willing to make a deal with you.' This made Kira frown knowing what the African man was talking about and apparently so did everyone else but it was Mu who spoke on it.
'So basically you plan on using us to defeat the Desert Tiger.'
'Yes, but if you don't help we'll treat you just like the Tiger, an enemy.'
'Well Murrue what do you think, I say we go for it.'
'I agree.'
'Well if we have come to an agreement then perhaps you'll have him come down from there.' Sahib said this pointing to the Strike.
'Of course, Kira could you come down hear.' As Kira started to open the hatch she saw how shocked the Desert Dawn was that Murrue had used her first name instead of rank and had requested she come down not order.
As she descended to the ground she felt all eyes on her. When she reached the ground she slowly walked toward the group and removed her helmet ignoring the gasps she received from the rebels. That is until she heard a familiar voice yell at her.
"YOU."
Kira turned around to see a girl about her age with shoulder length blonde hair and golden eyes glaring at her. It took her a moment but soon she recognized the girl.
"Your that girl I met on Heliopolise during the raid."
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING PILOTING THAT THING?" The girl continued to scream at her but Kira could really blame her after what happened last time they saw each other.
"I really didn't have much of a choice."
"WHAT KIND OF AN EXCUSE IS THAT?" When the girl said this she went to punch Kira but Kira grabbed her hand.
"What do you think your doing?"
"LET GO OF ME." The girl struggled out of Kira's grasp and wound up backhanding her. The argument had left many people puzzled but they had stayed out of it until this point.
"Cagalli, what's going on?" Sahib held Cagalli back trying to keep her from doing any more damage while Murrue and Mu checked out Kira who had fallen over and looked like she was in great pain.
"Kira what's wrong you look like you're hurting and not just from that slap." Murrue was worried about Kira and this again surprised the Desert Dawn for they didn't think that a captain would be so worried about one of her subordinates.
"I'm… fine" Kira panted this out worrying Mu and Murrue more and Mu placed his had to the head of the girl he thought of as a little sister.
"God Kid your burning up." This caused everyone from the Archangel crew to gasp, Cagalli to stop struggling, and for the rest of the Desert Dawn to stair at Kira.
"I'm ok really I went to the Doctor the other day and he said it was very minor." Kira lied and she hated to do so but she couldn't tell them the truth, if she did she would be unable to pilot the Strike and that would put the Archangel in danger.
"Ok but I want you to go inside and get some rest. After that I want you to start getting weekly check-ups like Mu does."
"Ok Murrue. Thank you for your concern." With that Kira went to her room to get a little rest with her mind feeling a little more at ease. At least the doctor can give me a check-up and tell me how the babies doing without raising suspicion now.
Two Days Later
"Are you sure it's ok for me to leave the Ship like this?" Kira asked Natarle as she exited the jeep wearing a black tank top, blue jeans, blue and white shoes, and a black chocker.
"The captain gave her approval and protecting her is an important job." Natarle said this meaning Cagalli.
"Ok." Kira then followed Cagalli around the town of Banadiya for two hours being the pack mule as Cagalli shopped. When they were finished they stopped at a restaurant to grab a bite to eat. "Um, Cagalli what are these?"
"There kebabs, you mean you've never heard of them… well that's what you get for spending so much time in space."
"Excuse me but I couldn't help but notice what you were ordering and thought I should give you some advice on how to eat them." A man wearing cloths that made him look like a tourist walked up behind them.
Cagalli apparently felt offended by the man and yelled at him. "Who do you think you are coming up hear to tell us how to eat our food? I already know how to eat them and I say they taste best with chili sauce." After saying this Cagalli picked up her preferred sauce and poured it on her kebab ignoring the look of outrage the man was giving her.
"Are you crazy the only way to eat a kebab is with yogurt sauce, hear you lady try this." As he said this he picked up a bottle of sauce and tried to hand it to Kira.
"No Kira try this." The two glared at each other and then poured the two sauces on Kira's kebab and as they did Kira just sat there looking confused. Kira tasted the kebab and looked at the two waiting faces and smiled sheepishly.
"Um… I think the combination of the two tastes quite good." In her head she was thinking, The only reason it tastes good is because I'm pregnant and those weird eating habits people get when they are.
"Well the only reason you had to experiment is because of him," she said pointing a finger at the man." What makes you think you can just walk up to a couple of complete strangers and tell them how to eat their food." I was more of a statement then a question.
"Well I'm…" Before he finished a gunshot was heard and Kira kicked over the table getting food and sauce all over herself.
"Go back to hell were you belong coordinator, for the preservation of our blue and pure world." A crazy sounding voice was heard shouting this and both the man and Kira visibly flinched.
"It's Blue Cosmos, Dacosta help me out hear." The man shouted this and as soon as he did a young man with red hair in a Zaft uniform appeared and started to shoot any and all Blue Cosmos members that came into view.
Kira was using her body as a shield for Cagalli when she saw someone come up behind the strange man and shouted, "Watch out," and picked up a gun she had spotted and through it at the would be attacker and then jumped into the air and kicked him so hard in the face that his neck broke.
When everything calmed down Cagalli ran up to Kira and yelled at her. "What's wrong with you don't you know how to use a gun." Kira just looked confused then something else happened the shocked her.
The young man with red hair that had appeared earlier walked up to the strange man she and Cagalli had met earlier and started to talk to him.
"Sir are you alright."
"I'm fine, remember a couple of Blue Cosmos members are nothing when it comes to me." The red hair man smiled and replied.
"Of course how could I forget no one can match you the Desert Tiger."
"DESERT TIGER? As in Andrew Waltfeld of Zaft?" Cagalli yelled and seemed to be a little frightened at finding out that their new friend was the Desert Tiger while Kira just looked down with a strange emotion on her face.
"Oh I almost forgot about you two. Dacosta can you stay hear and take my place as I tend to these two."
"Yes sir."
"Ok you two follow me."
"And why would we do that? Besides we have to be going." Cagalli had a threatening look on her face but the Tiger just smiled.
"What makes you think you have a choice?" The Tiger had a predatory grin on his face and made a motion with his hand signaling for them to follow. "And besides your friend's covered in sauce from trying to help me so the least I can do is have her cloths cleaned."
"Fine." And with that they followed Andrew into the lion's den or more specifically the tiger's den.
When they got there Kira was led away by a woman named Aisha while Cagalli went with the Tiger to a sitting room where he set out three cups of coffee one for him, one for Cagalli, and one for Kira.
They sat in silence for about ten minutes before Aisha came in with an embarrassed Kira behind her. "Come on you look beautiful." Aisha pulled Kira out from behind her and gave her a little shove so Kira was visible to all in the room.
She was wearing a violet colored halter-top dress that brought out her eyes. The dress was tight at the top making her large breasts stand out (They were already big but their bigger now that she's pregnant) especially since it was a V-neck and it was loose at the bottom stopping at her knees showing off her well defined legs and her graceful curves. Her hair was in a high ponytail with the hair in it slightly curled. And to top it off she had violet colored open toed high heals that had ribbons that tied around her ankles.
"I guess I'll leave you to talk." With that Aisha left.
"Wow you look beautiful but there's something out of place. You height and apparent weight don't fit with how your torso is shaped. Your breasts are abnormally large and there is a very small almost impossible to notice bulge in your stomach. These two factors indicate that you're pregnant," Cagalli gasped and looked at Kira who had her head down just nodding, "but what's the EA thinking having a pregnant woman pilot their most advanced mobile weapon and why would they let a coordinator even touch it?"
"You're a…" Kira again just nodded and looked at the Tiger.
"How did you…?"
"How did I know? Well it was a simple deduction after all only a coordinator could have the reflexes you showed you possessed earlier. I also know everyone in town and when someone knew comes along it's pretty obvious and the only knew arrivals have been the EA's knew battle ship and as far as I can tell the only one who could reprogram an OS like that so fast is a coordinator right."
As the Tiger said this he move toward a desk and opened the top droor while Kira grabbed Cagalli's hand and put Cagalli behind her while backing up against a wall.
"Tell me how do you plan on putting an end to this war?" The Tiger asked them as he turned around with a gun in hand pointed directly at them. "By destroying all of your enemies? According to military creed you're supposed to kill you enemy when ever you see her, but sometimes I wonder if there isn't another way." Andy lowered the gun shocking the two girls. "Today I owe you my life so I'll let you go but on the battle field it'll be different." After they left Aisha walked back into the room looking at Andy worriedly.
"Are you sure you should let her go, Andy? I mean she is dangerous."
"That young woman had an honest look in her eye. She seemed so pure and untainted that I couldn't bring myself to harm her."
"Ok but I hope your not endangering yourself by letting her go."
"Ah these are cold times aren't they."
As they ran farther into the desert Cagalli yelled to Kira. "Run faster we have to get out of here."
"I can't help it if I'm a little slow right now, you try running in the sand in this thing. Besides why run he's letting us go isn't he?"
"We don't know if he'll change his mind so we have to get as far away as possible."
"Ok.' When she said that the Archangel came into view and a transport ship flew over it. The Archangel shot it down and just as the transport ship was hit the four stolen G-weapons fell out of it and landed no more then 20 feet from them.
When the cockpits opened and the four pilots saw them all they could say was, "Kira?"
To be continued…
(That's chapter ten. Number eleven will be up soon. I'm making this a combination of the books I have and the episodes I've seen so sorry if there's a few less people and one less battle scene then there should have been in this chapter but that's how it goes in the book I have. Next time Kira's faced with a choice: go with Athrun and become a traitor or remain with the Archangel and try to help Athrun and the others as much as she can while they become prisoners. I'll update soon, please review.)