Captain Zala

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WARNING: This story may contain strong language. Rated T for language, violence, and mature content.

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"Cause all you do is cause problems... I'm glad you'll be gone, I won't have to see you again." Shinn said. He was angry right now... he didn't want to see her marry some rich Prince. Shinn thought of making her, his... than what prince would want a used woman. However, if he did that she would hate him forever.

Shinn needed time to think. He needed to be away from her. He turned towards her one last time and said, "I don't care what happens to you," with that he left the princess alone.

Chapter 21

Cagalli couldn't believe it! She'd been struggling with Athrun to let her go! She wanted him to let her go… she didn't like Athrun in this stage. She was afraid he would hurt her again.

Looking up at him she demanded him to let her go one last time. However, he just stared at her with that evil smile on his face.

"Athrun, I said let me-"Cagalli started, only to be cut off by Athrun's mouth on hers.

Cagalli couldn't believe this! What was Athrun doing?! And in front of all these people?! Cagalli couldn't believe Athrun was kissing her!

Apart of her wanted to push him away. She was embarrassed he was doing something like this in front of all these people. However, another part wanted to continue the kiss and forget everything around them! Forget that they were in a life or death situation.

Yunna wasn't happy with what Athrun and Cagalli were doing. How dare that dirty pirate touch his woman? Yunna needed to stop this. He needed to stop Athrun from kissing Cagalli. No he couldn't watch this! And what the hell was wrong with her?! Cagalli was his, she knew she belonged to him then why wasn't she doing anything to stop Athrun?! That pissed Yunna off more! How dare Athrun kiss his woman! No one was allowed to touch Cagalli but him! Cagalli was Yunna's, he was the only man that could and would ever kiss or touch her.

He watched in angrier as they kissed. Cagalli was going to pay for this. She was going to regret this moment! Yunna quietly walked over towards Kira. He was going to hurt Kira, to teach Cagalli a lesson. If she ever did something to him like this again he would do worst then what he was going to do to Kira right now!

Pulling out his sword, Yunna stabbed the brown hair boy on the ground in the stomach. Kira let out a piercing scream that got everyone's attention, and broke the two apart.

Smiling Yunna looked from Kira to Cagalli. He could see attacking Kira was a great way to get Cagalli to do what he wanted.

Cagalli broke out of Athrun's hold and turned to Kira. WHY? What the hell was Yunna thinking! She couldn't believe him! Cagalli had been lost in the moment with Athrun. As he kissed her all she could think about was him, all she could see, hear, feel was him. However, that died when she hear the piecing scream from Kira.

Cagalli felt like she was going to be sick! As she watched Yunna slowly pulling his sword out of Kira's bruised body. Kira was already in so much pain… why did Yunna have to cause more?! Cagalli didn't like this! Kira was bleeding badly and no one was doing anything to help him!

Cagalli needed to go to him. She needed to see if he was okay. She wanted to make sure no one hurt him again. Breaking out of Athrun's hold she ran over towards her brother.

"Kira! Are you okay? Oh my god... you're bleeding… its…" Cagalli said, as she bent down beside him and grabbed onto his hand. Cagalli didn't like seeing Kira like this. She didn't like seeing him with so much blood, and in so much pain. Cagalli was panicking. What if no one helped Kira? What if Kira d-, NO! Nothing bad was going to happen to Kira. Cagalli looked around trying to find help from someone, anyone that could help Kira, someone to save him. She couldn't lose him. No, not after she finally found him.

"Someone do something!" Cagalli screamed as she looked around for help.

Athrun watched Yunna in hate. How dare the man attack Kira?! Kira was helpless and in pain... why the hell would Yunna attack a man that couldn't fight back? It pissed Athrun off.

"You bastard! Why don't you fight a real man," Athrun yelled as he got his sword up and was ready to attack.

"You kissed my woman! The only fair thing was to attack your man," Yunna said, sending Kira a small smile.

Once he said those words, Athrun didn't take any time in running towards Yunna sword ready to kill.

Shinn came running up after hearing all the noise. What the hell was going on?

As Shinn came to the scene in front he froze. Kira... Kira was badly hurt and bleeding, and no one was doing anything to help him.

Athrun and Yunna were in the middle of a battle and Gilbert and Rau just watched.

Even though Shinn didn't like the way Athrun ran the ship, there was no way Shinn would just stand here and watch Kira die. Kira and the others were like brothers to him. Brothers he betrayed…

Running over toward Kira and Cagalli, Shinn pushed tightly over Kira's wound. Kira let out a hiss of pain. However, Shinn ignored it. He needed to stop the bleeding.

Looking towards Gilbert, Shinn started, "Gil what is going on here? Kira needs help. Do something!"

Gilbert looked at Shinn then Kira. Smiling Gilbert walked towards the two. "I'm sorry Kira, Yunna kind of has a temper when someone touches what is his," he smiled up at Cagalli who looked away. Gilbert continued, "Don't worry I'm not going to let you die... well not yet."

"You bloody bastard!" Yunna screamed, as he landed to the floor, his sword getting lost on the way.

All eyes turned towards the battle... Kira cursed. If Athrun killed Yunna right now, Athrun won't be able to live with himself. As much as Kira wanted to kill Yunna himself, he knew it wouldn't be right... it just wouldn't solve anything.

"Cagalli... stop Athrun. If Athrun kills Yunna… right now he won't ever forgive himself! You have to stop him... you need to bring him back… to his normal self," Kira said watching Cagalli.

Cagalli shook her head yes and ran to stand in front of Yunna just as Athrun brought his sword up.

Athrun gave Cagalli a disappointing look. "Get out of my way," hissed Athrun.

"Athrun you need to stop! Please don't do this!" Cagalli said watching him.

Athrun couldn't understand what she was doing? Why she was protecting Yunna! Why was she standing up for Yunna when she showed him so much hate!

"Why are you saving him? Is it that you really want to be with the disgusting man? You-"

"Shut up!" Cagalli yelled. She couldn't believe he would say that! "I like you, stupid! I don't know why... because I should hate you for everything you've done. For everything you've put me though... but I don't! I...I...I like you!" Cagalli yelled. She knew everyone was watching her but she didn't care. She wasn't going to just watch as Athrun ruined his life. She needed to tell him how she felt for him... she needed him to know.

"Then why protect him," Athrun questioned.

"Because I don't want you to do something you won't forgive yourself for!" yelled Cagalli. Why wouldn't he just listen to her? Cagalli stared at his soulless eyes and knew he didn't believe her.

So she needed to show him that she was doing this because she cared about Athrun not Yuuna. Without thinking Cagalli went closer to Athrun, until she brought her lips to his.

Cagalli closed her eyes as Athrun relaxed into the kiss. She really liked kissing Athrun. Cagalli liked feeling his lips on her... she had never felt like this before. She knew she wouldn't feel like this for anyone else by him!

Finally pulling back Cagalli opened her eyes to see bright emerald eyes staring back at her. She liked this Athrun... she liked his bright eyes looking at her like that. Cagalli wished she could always have those eyes looking at her.

She hated when his eyes became cold and he was heartless. Since the day he had tried to kill her, she wasn't comfortable around him when he looked at her with those eyes.

Cagalli smiled, as she noticed him watching her. She saw him lean closer to her and right now she wanted to feel his lips on hers again. She didn't care where they were or who was watching. Cagalli wanted to feel his month on hers. Cagalli closed her eyes waiting to feel his lips on her, however the moment never came. What came instead was a heavy weight falling on her and knocking her to the ground.

Opening her eyes Cagalli looked into Athrun's closed ones. Looking behind him she noticed Yunna holding his sword looking proud. The bastard knocked Athrun out with the back of his sword. That bastard!

"This will teach him to stay away from my woman," Yunna said, smiling. He didn't like how comfortable Cagalli was getting, and he couldn't believe his eyes when Cagalli accepted Athrun's kisses. How dare she kiss another man when she was going to be his?

"I'm not your bloody woman!" Cagalli yelled from under Athrun. If Athrun wasn't on her she would have gone over to Yunna and made him sorry for what he just said! Why wouldn't he understand that there was no way she was ever going to be his?!

Yunna sent Cagalli a frown and started his way over to her, however Yunna stopped as Gilbert blocking his path. Gilbert gave one look towards Yunna and Yunna stepped back.

Cagalli frowned in confusion; the two were acting like they knew each other... but that wasn't possible... was it?

"Shinn, Rau take these two annoying siblings and lock them up," Gilbert said pointing to Cagalli and Kira. An afterthought he added, "and make sure they don't get out."

Rau walked over towards Cagalli, taking Athrun off her he grabbed her by the arms pulling up her. Rau looked at Gilbert one last time before he started to move.

Cagalli struggled to get free as Rau dragged her down to where she had been locked up previously. She couldn't believe all this was happening! She couldn't believe there was nothing she could do to stop all this! Was she really going to let Yunna kill Athrun, kill her brother; Kira, and kill the whole Archangel crew? She couldn't believe there was nothing she could do to stop this! She felt completely helpless right now and it was pissing her off.

"Let me go!" Cagalli screamed again hoping it would help, however it did nothing.

Before she knew it they were at the room. As Rau opened the door he pushed Cagalli in. Cagalli would have fallen had Stella not caught her in time.

Cagalli looked up at Rau. She hated this man as much as she hated Yunna. "You bastard!" Cagalli yelled. She wanted to attack him. However she knew he was stronger than her and if she tried something that wouldn't do anyone any good.

Rau smiled, as he looked her and Stella over. "You should be careful how you talk to people. No one on this ship gives a shit about you... so I don't think anyone would care if something bad happened to you," Rau said looking at Cagalli.

Cagalli sent him a death glare. She turned away from him as he started talking again, "However, that would cause a problem once we get back to Heliopolis. Now if something bad happened to you what would Murrue say...?"

Cagalli turned back around to look at him. She knew he was after Murrue and she didn't like it. Well now there was nothing he could do, she was safe and away from him. She was with Mwu.

"Don't you worry about Murrue. She doesn't need someone like you to worry about her!"

"Why, because she has that man back in Heliopolis? He's not going to be alive for long, once we get to Heliopolis I'll make sure she becomes mines and if that man gets in my way, I'll have to kill him. And I would so gladly do so."

"Don't you dare touch them!" Cagalli yelled.

Rau laughed as he shut the door, locking it. Cagalli couldn't believe he would say that! No he wouldn't hurt Mwu. Mwu would attack him first!

"Cagalli," Stella called. Stella wanted to make sure Cagalli was okay. However, Cagalli didn't answer her. Taking a deep breath Stella let Cagalli go and sat down, as she watched Cagalli looking around the room for a way out.

"Shit I feel helpless!" Dearka yelled. He couldn't take this. They were all still locked up, and there were two officers watching them.

Dearka couldn't remember getting here, all he knew was one minute he was fighting some scary looking officer and the next he was waking up on a cold floor of a cell.

Looking around he noticed most of the Archangel crew locked up with him. However, Athrun and Kira were missing.

Dearka didn't like this. He didn't like being kept in the dark and he didn't like that the two guards that were watching them were too busy staring at Lacus.

He couldn't understand why they had to lock her up in a separate cell... a few feet away from them.

Dearka looked over at Yzak, noticing that Yzak had been quiet since they'd been locked up. Yzak's attention was on Lacus as well.

Dearka walked over to Yzak and sat beside him. Dearka turned his attention to watch Nicole helping some of the crewmembers that were in a bad condition.

Dearka started, "You don't think they would do something do you?"

Yzak's frown got worse, "I don't trust them," Yzak hissed.

"But she's a girl... they wouldn't," started Dearka, only to be stopped by Yzak.

"These men hate pirates. Do you think they care what we are," Yzak hissed.

Looking at the two men, Dearka frowned as he noticed the two guards smiling and saying something. Dearka agreed... something bad was going to happen.

"I can't believe you would do this to us. I treated you like a brother... why would you do this Shinn," Kira asked, as Shinn walked him towards the dungeon, to the rest of the crew.

"I'm sorry Kira! I didn't want you to get hurt! I did this because… because it's the right thing to do! Athrun… he… Athrun's becoming weak and..." Shinn stopped. He couldn't say more… he didn't know what to say. As both men got closer to the cell they stopped as they heard the noises coming from the dungeon.

As they neared the dungeon, Shinn wondered what all the noises were. Once they were in he froze to see what was happening. What the hell was going on?

Then he saw it and without thinking Shinn let go of Kira and ran into the open cell and grabbed the guard off Lacus.

What the hell was this man thinking? And why did the other guard not try to stop him!? This was not right!

"What the hell are you doing?!" Shinn yelled grabbing the guard and leading him out of the cell and throwing him to the ground.

"Why do you care? Beside she's a crappy pirate. She's probably done filthier things than what I was going to do to her," the man answered, giving Shinn a hateful look.

Shinn wanted to punch this man! How dare he think he could treat anyone like that? Was it really because they were pirates, that he thought it would be okay?

"Get the hell out of here," Shinn hissed. He didn't like this man and if this man didn't leave soon Shinn would do something that Gilbert wouldn't be proud of.

"What?! You really think you can get rid of me. Boy you should be careful how you talk to us... you do remember you're on our ship now?" said the guard. He stood up and looked at Shinn with hate.

He was about to come towards Shinn, however his friend stopped him. "Don't. Let's go Ren," said the other guard. With that they both started their way out.

Shinn took a deep breath before he walked over to Kira, who was on the ground. Helping Kira stand, Shinn took him to Lacus' cell. Going inside, he placed Kira beside Lacus and looked at her.

"I...I'm sorry," Shinn said. For some reason he felt that he needed to say sorry, that for some reason this was his fault.

"It's not your fault," she smiled at him then turned her attention to Kira, "is Kira okay?" Lacus asked.

Shinn shook his head that Kira would be okay. But he couldn't understand how she could say that this wasn't his fault? For some reason Shinn felt that everything that was happening was his entire fault! It was his fault that his old crew was locked up, his fault that Kira was badly hurt and his fault that Lacus was attacked. How could she say it wasn't his fault when all of this was happening because of him!

Shinn couldn't stay here. He couldn't just stand here and watch the angrily faces of his friends. He needed to leave… he needed to make sure he was doing the right things. With that thought in mind Shinn started his way out only to be stopped by Dearka's words.

"Shinn why would you betray us like this?!" Dearka yelled. He and the rest of the crew wanted to know why in God's name Shinn would turn his back on all of them! After all that Athrun, Kira and the crew did for Shinn they couldn't understand why he would do this to them?

"I…I'm sorry," Shinn whispered.

"No you're not! You were never really one of us. Were you?" Dearka spat. He couldn't believe he had treated Shinn like a little brother all these years.

Shinn couldn't hear more. He…. no he was doing the right thing! Gilbert had said what he was doing was right… but Shinn was starting to question the things they were doing. Shinn needed to talk to Gilbert; he needed to make sure everything he was doing was right… with that he ran to find Gilbert.

Lacus couldn't believe she was seeing Kira like this! Kira was badly injured. He was bleeding and he kept closing his eyes. Lacus hoped Kira would be okay.

"Kira... you okay," Lacus whispered putting Kira's head in her lap. She needed to make sure he was going to be okay.

"L...La...Lacus you okay?," Kira question. He wasn't sure what had just happened but he knew something bad happened to Lacus.

Lacus smiled and shook her head yes, before letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Thank goodness he was okay! Smiling Lacus brought her face closer to him. "Kira!"

Kira smiled at her. "Lacus can you help me sit up," Kira whispered into her ear.

Kira's voice sent a shiver though Lacus' body. Shaking her head mentally, she focused on helping Kira sit up and putting some space between them. However, she kept her hands around him to help him stay balanced.

Once Kira was sitting he looked up at the opposite cell to see his crewmates.

"Thank God you're okay," Dearka said, as he watched Kira looking towards them. "Kira what is going on?"

"Why is Shinn doing this?" Yzak asked. He still couldn't believe Shinn had betrayed them! He was angry and confused.

"It's Gilbert... he wants to trade Athrun and us to save his own life. He planned all this from the start... he wanted us to get caught. The bastard!" Kira hissed, trying to sit up straight. He was thankful of Lacus' support.

Yzak looked at Kira, not believing what he was hearing. Why would Gilbert do this? What had Gilbert done that he needed to trade their lives to save his own?!

"Kira you need to relax and try not to move. Your wounds are pretty bad and if you keep moving you're going to bleed out," came Nicole's voice from beside Yzak. All eyes turned to the boy.

"I…I can't! We need to get out of here. We need to help Athrun and Cagalli. I can't just lay here and do nothing," Kira answered trying to sit up straight.

Lacus frowned down at Kira. Why wouldn't he listen to Nicole? Kira was in bad shape; he really needed to stop moving around.

"Nicole is right. Kira you need to relax… there's not much we can do. Right now we need to make sure you are okay. Nothing is going to happen to Athrun and Cagalli. If Gilbert wanted to kill anyone of us he would already have done so. So you stop moving around and lay down," Dearka said. He didn't want to see Kira bleed out.

Kira was about to say something, however he felt Lacus push him towards the ground. Looking up at her he was about to say something however she shook her head no. He looked at her and could see the tears in her eyes. Maybe he should worry about himself for now.

"Lacus I need you to find a cloth to push into the open sword wound on his stomach," Nicole's voice said.

Lacus looked around for something but she couldn't find anything. She needed to find something… she needed to help stop the bleeding…. She needed- Her dress!

Standing up Lacus grabbed the corner of her dress and ripped. She blushed as the dress ripped, making the dress shorter then she liked. Shaking her head she pressed the dress tightly onto Kira's wound and he screamed.

"I'm so sorry Kira," Lacus said. She was about to push off, however stopped as Nicole started talking.

"No don't! You need to push harder. Don't worry. Kira's strong, he's okay."

Lacus looked down and noticed Kira was okay. He looked up at her and smiled. "Sorry about that."

Lacus smiled back not saying anything. They stayed like that for a while, until thinks started to look better.

"Hey Lacus," both Kira and Lacus turned to face Dearka, Lacus with a questionable look on her face, wondering what he had to tell her.

"Nice legs- ow!" Dearka started, only to have Yzak attacking him.

Kira gave Dearka a death glare, and wished he were the one that punched Dearka just now. Turning his attention to Lacus he couldn't look away. She was looking away from him and blushing hard. Kira wished he wasn't weak… he badly wanted to throw her to the ground and claim her. He wanted to show Dearka and everyone else that was looking at Lacus' legs that they belonged to him, that she was his and no one else.

Stella watched Cagalli pacing the room. It had been three days since Rau locked Cagalli in here with her. Three days on a moving ship heading back home. Stella really wanted to get out of this room... she was starting to feel sick.

Stella quietly watched Cagalli pacing and it was starting to bother her.

"They can't keep us locked in her!" Cagalli finally screamed. "We need to get out... I need to make sure Kira is still alive!"

Stella looked up at her friend and gave her a small understanding smile. She also hoped the best for Kira. He was a nice guy... he had never done anything to hurt Cagalli or her.

"Cagalli don't worry everything's going to be okay. I'm sure Kira and the rest are okay," Stella said trying to be supportive.

"How do you know? Stella you didn't see how much they hurt Kira! You didn't see him," Cagalli yelled.

Stella jumped in surprise. Cagalli had never talked to her in that voice before. It surprised Stella.

"Cagalli I-" Stella started only to be cut off by Cagalli.

"No Stella you don't get it! You won't! I finally found my brother… the only family I have and he may be dead! So don't tell me you understand because you don't!" Cagalli yelled. She knew she shouldn't be yelling at Stella, this wasn't her fault but Cagalli was just so mad! She was mad at Yunna, Gilbert, Shinn and the only person she could take her angry off on was Stella!

Stella stayed quiet. She couldn't believe what Cagalli was saying! What did Cagalli mean that Stella didn't understand?! Stella did understand… Stella did! Stella had always seen Cagalli as her sister. Stella worried about Cagalli like she was her own blood! When they were kids and were out playing hiding and go seek and Stella could never find Cagalli, she remembered how much she cried and worried looking for Cagalli. How could Cagalli say something like this… was Stella not Cagalli's family?

Stella looked down she didn't want to say anything and she didn't want to cry in front of Cagalli so she stayed quiet. Fine, if Cagalli didn't see Stella like a sister then they would just keep their relationship like how everyone wanted them too, like a princess and villager.

-Heliopolis-

Mwu looked at his wife. He knew she was depressed, he knew Murrue wasn't happy that she was back here in Heliopolis without Cagalli and Stella. Mwu had told Murre that Yunna and Uzumi would bring Cagalli back. Even though Mwu hated the idea of Yunna leading this mission, he was glad when he heard news that they had captured the pirates, and that they would be returning shortly. When he heard the news he had to tell Murrue. He knew it would bring a smile to her face.

"Murrue, don't worry honey everything is going to be okay," Mwu said walking into the house. Murrue was sitting near the window, so she had seen him coming.

Murrue turned to him and gave him a sad smile. It killed Mwu to see Murrue like this.

"Murrue honey, I just heard… Cagalli and Stella will be here by tomorrow," Mwu said.

Murrue got up and walked towards Mwu. What did he mean? Was Cagalli finally coming home?! Wait… what about the others… did this mean the Archangel crew was caught?

"Mwu... what about the others...I mean the pirates?" Murrue questioned.

"They have been caught. Most likely they will have to face whatever punishment the King sees fit," Mwu said watching the smile on Murrue's face turn into a frown. "What's the matter Murrue?" Mwu asked, walking over to Murrue.

"Nothing," Murrue lied.

Mwu knew she was lying, but he wasn't going to question her. He knew she would tell him when she was ready.

"Welcome back!" the King greeting Yunna as Yunna and the others started their way off the ship. Azrael had been so excited at the good news. He was proud of Yunna, and his men. Azrael wasn't sure how Yunna had gotten these dirty pirates but he was just glad to have Stella safely back home.

"Sir… we need to talk," Yunna said only to have the King put up his hands, silencing him.

"We will talk later… at the celebration!" the King smiled. Starting towards the ship.

Azrael froze as he noticed a free pirate walking off the ship… what was going on? The King was going to tell his men to grab the black haired boy, howeverm stopped as Yunna started talking.

"King Azrael, I wanted to tell you that we got help… without the help from Gilbert and his pirates we would have never gotten the Princess and Cagalli back," Yunna said walking over to the King.

The King frowned. He looked at Yunna then Shinn, and then took a deep breath. "We will talk about this later… you and this Gilbert meet me in my offices."

"Yes sir," Yunna answered.

Cagalli watched from the window. She didn't know if she could go back out there… not when she knew that they would hang Athrun, Kira, and the others. No she couldn't watch that!

Taking a deep breath she hadn't noticed the guard standing behind her until he spoke.

"It's time to go home," with that he led Cagalli and Stella out.

"Stella!" the King said, smiling. One look at her father and Stella was overcome by happiness! She was so glad he was okay. Sure he looked like a mess, but he had missed her. Running towards him, Stella wrapped her arms around her father, as tears fell her eyes. She was happy to be home… happy to forget all about Shinn, about Cagalli, and everyone else that hated her!

Stella was more then happy right now… she was safe in her father's arm and no one would try to hurt her now.

On the other hand, Cagalli couldn't take her eyes off of Yunna. What the hell was he planning? She knew whatever it was it couldn't be good. She watched Yunna and Gilbert talking, and only broke her attention when she heard someone calling her, "Cagalli!"

She turned around only to be pulled into a tight hug. Cagalli knew who it was. She knew that familiar scent. In happiness Cagalli wrapped her hands around the man and pulled him closer.

"Mwu I've missed you," Cagalli sobbed as Mwu held onto her. Cagalli didn't know why she was crying. She knew she had missed him but she shouldn't have broken down crying.

Apart of her was glad Mwu was here for her… that he would try his best to make her happy. He could try saving Kira and the others with her!

Pulling away from the embrace, Cagalli wiped her tears as she started speaking.

"MWU! You can't let the King kill them! You can't," Cagalli said.

Mwu gave Cagalli a funny look. What was she talking about? Was she talking about the pirates? These pirates had destroyed half the town and its people. They had kidnapped the princess, Cagalli and Murrue! Why was Cagalli asking him to save them? Anyways it didn't matter at the moment the King hadn't made a decision. "Cagalli…" Mwu started only to have Cagalli stop him.

"Mwu please! You can't let them died!" Cagalli sobbed. She was trying to stop crying, she didn't want to make things worse.

"Cagalli calm down. Right now nothing's going to happen. The King still hasn't decided what he wants-" Mwu started only to be cut off again.

"Mwu we all know he's going to hang them. Please you can't let that happen… I… I can't lose Kira," Cagalli said.

Mwu frowned. Kira? Who was Kira? Mwu hoped Cagalli hadn't fallen for a pirate… especially a pirate that had tried to kidnap the princess.

Just as Mwu was going to question Cagalli about this Kira fellow, the officers came out with the prisoners.

Everyone was quiet as the pirates exited the ship and were led down the village streets to the to the palace's dungeon.

Cagalli watched as the Archangel crew came off the ship. Thankfully they were okay. She smiled as she noticed Dearka and Nicole smiling at her. Even when they were in a situation like this they weren't worried. She smiled back, showing them she was okay as well.

Cagalli froze as Kira came off the ship. He was still in a bad condition, however he looked okay. He was walking with the help of Yzak and Lacus. Cagalli let out a deep breath as she watched him go.

She was going to help them… she wasn't going to let anything bad happen to them.

Just when Cagalli was going to look away, her eyes caught navy blue hair. Her heart skipped a beat, as she watched Athrun being led off the ship, with Gilbert. His eyes searched her and she smiled and blushed a bit when they landed on her.

Thank god he was okay. Cagalli could look away from him. She wanted to run into his arms. To save him, she wanted him to be free … but she couldn't… well not right now.

She broke out of her stare as she heard Mwu talking to her. She answered Mwu, but kept her eyes on Athrun. She kept her eyes on him until he disappeared from her eyes.

END!

Sorry if this was a short chapter. Well I'm started working on the next chapter so lets hope I can get that done faster then this one.

Take care and until next time!

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