Disclaimer: I don't anything within this story except Hiroku, the story plot, Rayne and Hisoka (there at the end). I will say that this story follows the Gundam Seed storyline and has direct quotes, but I added to them by bringing in an OC, so many of the episodes are word for word but then my character Hiroku comes in. So enjoy…and read and review please!
Chapter 9
Five in the morning came way too soon for most of the Zala team. Nicol had gone around and knocked on everyone's door to make sure they were awake. Afterwards they all met in the locker room to change into their wet suits. When they got in the water it was surprisingly warm. Like Athrun had told them yesterday they swam for about an hour until they reached the shore. Athrun was the first to get out greeting their guide. Nicol came next, then Yzak who helped Hiro and last was Dearka.
"Athrun Zala and the Le Creuset team." Athrun announced.
"Welcome to the land…of peace." The man said. Athrun shook his hand.
The man went on to give them their identification cards that could get them into the area one factory district but that they couldn't get inside the factories because they needed personal data that he couldn't get on such short notice. Once the Zala team had taken off their wet suits they walked up to the mountain ridge that over looked the city.
"Alright we split up here. In four hours meet at the harbor square." Athrun ordered. He didn't receive an answer from anyone. Him and Nicol went off to the right while Hiroku, Yzak and Dearka went to the left.
They were about an hours time walk from the city. So they reached it at about eight. At eight in the morning the streets were bustling with activity. The three of them walked down the street wearing blue factory outfits and hats. Hiro was walking in between Dearka and Yzak.
"This place is so lively for it being eight o'clock in the morning." Hiroku stated.
"Yea its almost as if nothing happened the other day in their waters." Dearka added.
"They must not know what goes with their government and not get informed that ZAFT was just near their territory yesterday." Yzak said with a frown.
"Either they don't know or they just don't care." Hiro commented
They continued walking around looking for any sign of the legged ships presence in the city. After about two hours of looking they turned into a park area near the harbor. As they were walking Hiroku felt something bump into her from behind.
"Uuf." Said the little girl as she landed on her bum.
Hiroku whipped around to see what had bumped into her. When she looked down she saw the little girl and kneeled down to her level. Yzak and Dearka stopped and turned as well.
"Are you ok little one?" Hiro asked softly while placing her hands on the girls shoulders.
"I …ummm…my friends and I were playing with the ball and it got away. Then I ran into you…I'm sorry." The little girl said with downcast eyes.
"Oh…no harm done at all. Here is this yours?" Hiro picked up the ball by her feet and handed it to the girl.
"Yes!" the little one exclaimed happily.
"Well you run along now…and be careful ok." Hiro tapped the little girl on the nose and then she was off to go back and join her friends. Once the little girl was with her friends she turned back around and waved to Hiroku. Hiroku waved back and then stood back up to resume her spot with the two boys.
"That was interesting." Yzak stated.
"Yea…I never would have guessed that you were good with kids." Dearka said with a smirk.
"Well I had a little brother who seemed to always want to be with me instead of my mom." She dismissed, for once, Dearka's double meaning of his sentence. Yzak didn't though.
"Dearka…you…" Yzak growled threateningly.
"Don't worry about it Yzak." Hiroku spoke softly in his ear. Like every time he instantly calmed down.
They searched around some other locations before finally meeting up with Athrun and Nicol in the harbor square. Nicol was sitting on a bench looking at his communicator that displayed a map of area one. Athrun was standing next to him, Dearka was also sitting on a bench with his arms draped over the back, Hiroku was sitting on the ground with her legs crossed and her hands propped back behind her, and Yzak was standing in front of her with a hand on his hip. Dearka was the first to speak.
"I didn't except them to leave it in the harbor for everyone to see."
"Well, a ship of that class can't be too easy to hide." Yzak scowled.
"But remember that they were ones that developed it in the first place. So I'm sure they're taking good care of it." Hiroku reasoned, ending mockingly.
"So what if the ship really did leave like they told us? Then what?" Dearka asked looking out into the harbor.
"We need conformation. If its here its here, if its not, its not. Because of the base and morganrete, the area by the water has a higher level of security, we've gotta find a way in there so we can do a real search." Athrun pondered.
"This country is starting to get on my nerves, that's for sure! Yzak seethed. Athrun just sighed at Yzak.
"It's being to difficult for it's own good! Dammit!" Hiroku voiced her opinion as well.
The Zala team got up from their spots and proceeded together to drive to the outside of the morganraete facility to see how, if possible, there was a way in. They were standing outside a huge metal fence near the other side of the harbor around the car they had rented.
"Security is tighter here than at the naval base. Any luck hacking into their system Athrun? Yzak questioned standing next to Hiroku and Dearka with a hand on his hip.
"The system is multilayered, so it's probably going to take us quite a while to beat it. It might be easier to capture someone and use them to infiltrate the place." Athrun answered.
"No wonder it's multilayered. This is a research facility. And do you know how twentieth century it is to kidnap someone and use them as bait. We'd be better off just storming the place with our mobile suits." Hiro argued.
"I agree." Dearka voiced.
"Anyways…" Athrun said to get off the subject.
"Oh I get it, like a wolf in sheep's clothing." Nicol suggested going back to Athrun's suggestion.
"It would never work." Hiroku declared.
"No definitely not." Yzak agreed. Just then they all turned their heads to the sound of a bird coming towards them with the most unusual coloring. Athrun's eyes widened when he saw the bird and moved forward some.
"Athrun?" Nicol questioned. The bird landed on Athrun's out stretched wrist and brought it close to his face. Everyone leaned in over his shoulder to get a good look at it.
"What is that thing?" Yzak asked.
"It's cool looking." Hiroku giggled.
Just then a boy in an orange factory suit came out calling 'birdee'. When Athrun saw this person his eyes went wide again and he started to walk towards the fence line.
"Hey, maybe it's his bird." Nicol stated with a slight smile.
"Oh so now our commander is being a good samaritan?" Hiroku mocked with crossed arms. Sitting on the railing behind them.
"Guess so…" Dearka said leaning back against the railing next to Hiroku, looking on as well.
"Whatever…" Yzak seethed with a hand on his hip.
They watched as Athrun gave the bird over to the other boy. Yzak was getting impatient.
"Come on! Let's go!" Yzak called getting in the car along with the others.
"Eager to get going are we?" Hiro smirked.
"I just want to get out of this stinkin country." He answered.
"Couldn't agree with ya more buddy." Dearka voiced from the back seat.
They finally left area one and headed back to the submarine. Once they arrived back Athrun went out on top of the submarine to be by himself for a little bit. Hiroku, Yzak and Dearka went into Dearka's room to complain about their commander some. They were all getting tired of how he was so sure they the legged ship was still in Orb when they had found no trace of it actually being there, Yzak was especially upset about this.
"Come on! What is he thinking?" Yzak whined. He was lying down on the bed on his back with his arms behind his head. Hiroku was sitting next to him against the wall with her legs crossed at the ankle. Dearka was sitting in his chair reading another magazine, this was the swimsuit issue.
"You've gotta point there. At least he's making sure were re-supplied." Said Dearka trying to lighten up the situation. Yzak growled at his response and flipped over on his side to face Hiro with his arms still clasped behind his head.
Flashback:
"The legged ship is still in Orb, I'm sure of it. It'll head northward when it departs, will spread our net there." Athrun commanded.
"Say what! Hold on just a minute. How can you even be sure that it's still there?" Yzak questioned in disgust.
"If it's not there then we should probably head back to Carpentaria and reassess the situation. We didn't find any evidence." Nicol reasoned.
"No, it's there alright." Athrun said with confidence.
End Flashback:
Yzak growls some more to himself as he remembers back to there meeting that they had right before heading to their rooms. He was clearly upset with Athrun and didn't trust him one bit. Hiroku is quietly giggling at him and his antics. Suddenly Yzak sits up.
"We've been here for two whole days! The legged ship will be out of reach if he's guessed wrong." Yzak seethed. Hiroku during this time has positioned herself behind Yzak so she was perpendicular to him on the bed.
"If you wanna do something about it I'll help." Dearka suggested. Yzak looked at him very a surprised expression on his face. "Well, how 'bout we try a coup de tat." Dearka finished with a laugh.
"Ha, no I'm not stupid enough to wanna take over this disaster at the moment." Yzak fell back on the bed landing his head in Hiroku's lap. He looked up at her in surprise since he didn't know that she was behind him now.
"So your saying that your stupid enough to do it any other time?" Hiroku questioned with a laugh, Dearka laughed as well. She had been playing with Yzak's silky silver hair when suddenly he pinched her hard on the arm. "Ouch! Hey, what the hell was that for?" she yelled.
"For making fun of me." Yzak stated bluntly. Hiroku huffed in response and crossed her arms. "Well would you rather me do this?" Yzak pulled back her jacket that was unzipped and lifted up the tank top she had on underneath and started to tickle her around her navel. She started to laugh controllably and twisting around.
"Ok…ok…I give up…hehe…Yzak…s-s-stop please!" she squealed. Yzak stopped and gave her a victory smirk. Hiro leaned down and whispered in Yzak's ear so as Dearka couldn't hear her. "Come by my room tonight and I'll make sure you pay." She used that soft voice again and made a slight blush come to Yzak's cheeks. He was thankfully that Dearka was too involved with a certain picture in his magazine to see him blush. Throughout the day they just sat in Dearka's room and talked about how bad their commander was and that they really hoped he wasn't wrong or else he was in for a world of trouble from them.
Later that night Yzak walked out of his room around midnight and walked down the hall towards Hiroku's room. When he was in front of her door he knocked softly. He didn't receive an answer at first so he looked around to see if anyone would see him and he knocked harder. But before he knocked, while he was looking around actually, the door opened and he was pulled in by the collar.
"Wha…" he shrieked as he was pulled into the room. All the lights were on and it was kind of steamy in there. Yzak was facing the bathroom door which was open with the mirror all fogged up. She must have been in the shower.
"Well are you going to acknowledge me or are you just going to keep staring at my bathroom door?" Hiroku voiced from behind Yzak. She was leaning back against her door with her arms crossed.
"Oh…sor…" he stopped short. Yzak stared at Hiro with wide eyes. He scanned her from head to toe. Her hair was wet but tied back in a braid, she was wearing her favorite blue silk robe, and that's it.
"Is something wrong Yzak?" she asked sweetly approaching him. Yzak gulped.
"Is…is this part of my punishment?" he asked slightly nervous. She had circled around him and was now facing his back.
"Oh don't you know it." She voiced seductively then bit the back of his ear. This is prefect…he will be totally surprised…hehe I'm so evil to him, oh well!
Yzak stood as stiff as a board in reaction to her actions. He was slightly nervous and enjoying this. What is she doing? Its her way of punishing you for earlier. Yea but…No buts…now enjoy it, I know I am! That's because you are a sick minded fool! Whatever…
Hiroku circled back around Yzak keeping a hand on his shoulder. Once she was in front of him again she spoke.
"Now we have no use for this." She stated as she unbuttoned and took off his shirt. Her eyes glinted with excitement as she looked at his well toned stomach. She started to run her finger tip of her index finger up and down his abs with the lightest touch. Yzak had to refrain himself from squirming under her feather like touches. He was ticklish but he always denied that he was.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm getting back at you." She stated with a playful wink. "I thought this strategy would be rather clever."
"Oh it was."
"Oh correction my dear Yzak, it still is." She smirked.
"Still is…?" he raised an eyebrow at her.
"Yea…I'm not done yet."
She ran her hand up his stomach to his chest over his shoulder and then to the back of his neck. She leaned up closer towards him and kissed him lightly. Yzak though had other plans, so before she pulled away he quickly wrapped an arm around her waist and placed his right hand at the side of her neck. Hiro inwardly smirked and deepened the kiss. She brought her other hand up to his chest and started to push him backwards. Before he hit the bed she pulled away quickly and then full force push him onto the bed. He landed on her bed with a light thud, before he could sit up; Hiroku jumped onto his stomach and straddled him. Yzak blushed slightly. She leaned forward and started to place little butterfly kisses on his jaw line and neck.
"Are you ready Yzak?" she whispered into his ear softly.
"Ready for what?" he smirked gaining some confidence. He thought he was sure of her intentions.
"This!" she exclaimed as she quickly sat up and started to tickle him around his stomach and waist. Yzak started trying to hold his laughter in but soon that was impossible. He let it all out. Hiroku kept up her assault until she saw small tears at the corners of his eyes. She stopped tickling him and slide down his body to straddled his legs and then leaned forward propping herself up by the elbows on his stomach. She felt him flex his muscles to relieve some of the pressure of her weight.
"Now how was that for payback?" she asked giddily.
"That was it? But I thought…" he was clearly wrong about what she had in mind.
"No you idiot!" she exclaimed hitting his chest. "God stupid…"
"Well you can't blame me. I mean with how you were acting before you started tickling me, any one would have thought that." Yzak stated propping himself up by the elbows.
"Haha…I know Yzak. I intended you to think that and then trick by not going any farther. I considered that great payback." She giggled.
"You certainly are a clever one little missy."
"Yea I thought so too."
She leaned toward him again and they shared another passionate kiss. After some more kissing and tickling each other till they could fill up buckets with their tears from laughing so hard, Yzak went back to his room to get some sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day.
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