Count to Ten
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed... Only the characters I add and the plot.
Summary: Kira is haunted by the dead. He doesn't know why they are but he has learned to live with it. How will meeting a new girl help his little problem? And why are all his friends still looking for him three years after he disappeared? Kira OOC.
(A/N)- Author's Notes
(Lalala)- Ghost Speaking
Last Time:
Athrun, Cagalli and Mir all rushed forward as Jasmine held Kira in her arms. She whispered soothing things into his ear as he slept.
"Follow me... I'll show you to your rooms." Athrun said as he helped lift Kira.
"Alright... but I'm sharing a room with Kira." Jasmine said firmly.
Athrun nodded as they walked. The fire had been put out and all was quiet in the manor. Athrun helped Jasmine get Kira comfortable before he made to leave.
"Who else has died because of Flay's ghost? Or even Tolle?" Jasmine asked.
"I'll tell you and Kira later. Right now his soul needs rest." Athrun whispered before leaving the room.
"Oh Kira what are we going to do? Others seemed to have died... Friends of yours maybe... How are we going to get through this?" Jasmine whispered as she crawled onto Kira's bed where she wrapped his arms around her thin body.
"I don't know." Was Kira's hoarse reply.
"Get some sleep..." Jasmine smiled slightly.
"You too." Kira mumbled before falling back to sleep.
"I will..." With that the two love birds fell into a deep dreamless sleep...
Chapter Ten: Tragedy Strikes Again
Kira woke up on a very comfortable bed. For a moment he wondered where he was until he remembered what had happened and why he felt so drained. He opened his eyes to see Jasmines face smiling up at his own. Her chin and cheek rested on his chest. Her eyes still closed as she snuggled closer to Kira.
Kira's face turned a light pink as he faced his angel. He noticed that she was on top of the blankets while he was under them leading him to believe that she hadn't meant to fall asleep like this. Her arms wrapped around him tightly and he found his arms wrapped around her small waist.
Kira gently pulled himself away from her and stood up. He walked over to the window and just stared at New York Cities beautiful horizon. An hour later he heard something stirring behind him. He turned to find a sleepy Jasmine looking for him. He chuckled lightly as she looked towards the window to find him looking out the window.
"Why do you carry a gun Kira?" She asked sleepily.
This surprised Kira because he didn't expect that to be the first thing from her lips. He turned back to the window and judged what time it was by where the sun is. He guessed almost noon to which his stomach agreed.
"I've been carrying it since I left Athrun and the others. I took lessons and got a license." Kira answered at last.
"You didn't answer the question." She replied as she stood up and walked over to him.
"To protect myself. The world out there is a scary one... Most of all for a traveler such as myself." Kira muttered.
"How did you know it was going to work?" Was her next question as they both moved away from the window to sit on the bed.
"Well... I managed to rescue some of the doc's notes from the fire. From what I read I came to the conclusion that the longer a ghost stays on this plane the more solid they become. Flay for example had been on this plane for almost three years. Her spirit had come to the point of almost being completely solid but she couldn't because she didn't have a body. So with that in mind... When I pushed her into the flames her spirit was destroyed and her soul was released to go to wherever souls go to after they die.
Tolle hadn't been here long but as each ghost appears the stronger they are and the more solid they already are. Or maybe he had been floating around the world for three years. Whatever the case I knew that when I faced him again I would have to slow him down before I could set him aflame. It's the only way to kill them in there spirit form." Kira explained carefully.
"Amazing..." Jasmine whispered while wide eyed.
"In my gun at the time I bought it had ten bullets. Now I have eight. I plan to use only one per ghost. I'm hoping there wont be anymore but you never know." Kira went on.
"Why can only certain people see, hear, and touch them?" Jasmine asked next.
"Well I talked with the doctor and that day we had our physical tests we tried a little experiment. He took me to a well known haunted house. There I felt chills and heard voices but never saw the actual ghosts. We hypothesized that it has to do with spiritual energy each person has. Some are weaker then others and others are totally different then the common.
Like me for example. I have a high dose of spiritual energy that may have been caused by how I was born. I can hear things most can't and I can feel things. Sometimes the ghost doesn't want to be known but I can still feel it and hear it. Like Flay... I always knew when she would strike." Kira continued.
"And me?" Jasmine asked in awe.
"You have a unique spiritual energy like I do. You can feel them all the time. When a person is injured sometimes it's the spirit that has the most damage. When I was hurt because of Flay I felt it as a spiritual thing. You were able to heal my body with your spiritual energy. My spirit wasn't ready for the quick recovery and that's why I was in a coma for that week." Kira continued to explain her different properties of her spiritual energy.
"So why did you collapse this time?" She finally asked.
"When I fired two bullets at Tolle I sent with it some of my spiritual energy to make it more effective. I think I put to much in or something because I grew very tired after it. I also put some of the energy into the fire from my lighter that I bought just for this." Kira answered patiently.
They fell silent after her last question was answered. They then got up and got changed before they turned to one another. They smiled as Kira headed for the door. Just as he was going to open the door there was a loud knock. Startled Kira opened the door to find a soldier standing there saluting him. Surprised at this Kira immediately saluted back.
"At ease." Kira commanded.
"I have a message for you sir. It's from Mr. Zala." The soldier said.
"Kira and guest. Cagalli and I are having lunch with some old friends of ours at a restaurant in the city. There is a limo outside waiting to escort you here. I hope you slept well and don't worry about changing. Hope to see you soon. Athrun out." Athrun's voice called from the vid screen next to the door where the soldier had put a chip in.
The soldier handed Kira the chip before stepping out of the room with a salute. Kira and Jasmine looked at each other before grabbing there bags and followed after the hurried soldier.
"I will be escorting you to the restaurant. Mr. Zala has collected every ghost seeing soldier to guard the manor. We are to guard his guests whether they can see the ghosts or not." The soldier informed.
"Okay then." Jasmine looked bewildered.
"If you will step this way." The soldier instructed as he led them outside to the limo.
"Thank you very much sir." Kira smiled as he and Jasmine climbed in.
Ten minutes later they found themselves standing outside of a huge building. Kira recognized it as being a very famous restaurant called, Multipurpose. It has ten floors, with ten kitchens, with ten very different themes. Each floor has ten foot high ceilings. The first floor is more like a café or coffee shop then a restaurant. The second floor is an underwater theme with underwater food. Third floor is Mexican. Fourth floor Italian. So on so forth.
Kira and Jasmine walked over to the elevators. The soldier told them to go in the right one while he took the left. The left one being a regular elevator. The right one is a glass elevator. As they rose they saw each floor in all there splendor. They finally reached the top floor. The formal room. In the center had a large round table. Around it were all of Kira's friends and what not. All dressed in casual clothes. The other tables in the room were pushed aside.
Kira wore a black trench coat with black shoes and a black turtle neck on. He is also wearing dark blue jeans and the only jewelry he ever wore, besides the necklace under his shirt, is his earring in his right earlobe. The outfit he wore when he first met Tom. He also still has his hair dyed and contacts in.
Jasmine wore a black leather jacket with a dark blue tank top with a black knee length skirt and black high heeled boots that reach just bellow her knees. Hoop earrings in her ears and the diamond necklace nestled against her throat as a choker.
Kira takes a deep breath as he walks forward to greet Athrun. They hug in a brotherly way before they sit down. Athrun at its head with Cagalli at his right and Kira at his left with Jasmine next to Kira. Kira looks around the table and notices a few people missing. One stood out like a sore thumb.
"Where is Lacus Athrun?" Kira asked.
"Well Kira... You see about two years after you left Flay got to her... Kira... Lacus is dead." Shock filled Kira.
"Nooooooooooo!" Kira screamed and everyone looked on in sympathy.
"We've been waiting for you to come back to announce her death... We had her frozen so that we could have the funeral with you there..." Cagalli spoke up for the first time.
Kira jumped up and ran to where the bathrooms are. Jasmine raced after him. Everyone he had left behind heard an anguished scream. Each felt bad for the young man...
Kira smashed his fist into a wall. His eyes lost there light. His seed having broken. Athrun and Cagalli had come running when Kira had left. Athrun restrained Kira from hurting himself anymore by binding his arms behind his back. Kira calmed down and fell to his knees weeping.
He then managed to get out of Athrun's grip and ran into the girls bathroom. He sank to the floor in there and just stared off into space. He heard a giggle come from the door. He looked over and there stood Athrun with a little girl in his arms. She looked to be almost two years old.
"Her name is Lyra." Athrun whispered as Kira looked on.
The little girl has pink hair just like Lacus had and she has blue eyes like Yzak. Kira just looked at the little girl. Jasmine walked in next and looked sadly at Kira before she sat next to him.
"She is Lacus' daughter..." Athrun continued.
"Who is the father?" Kira asked finally.
"Yzak and her got together after you left. They married soon after."Athrun muttered.
"Why is she here?" Kira asked.
"Yzak was Flay's second victim... Though she didn't touch him. After Lacus was murdered he went insane and killed himself. Flay had driven him over the edge with her taunts." Athrun said as Lyra pulled closer to him at the mention of her parents.
"Why is she here?" Kira asked again.
"In Lacus' will she stated that you are her guardian but if you didn't come back and something happened to both of them then she asked me to look after her for you. Lacus wants you to adopt her daughter..."
(A/N Well I hope you all love the chapter. It's longer then usual. More fluff! But hey at least it's the bearable kind.
Thank you to those who reviewed.
This chapter explains a lot of stuff. It just came to me this afternoon. Thought it was genius because I was having trouble with how I was going to explain everything. Then this hit me like a ton of bricks. I hope you all can understand what I said up there. Have a question just let me know and I'll try and answer it either in the next chapter or maybe an email.
Next chapter a new ghost comes into the picture but not who you think.
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Karone