OUR HEARTS JOURNEY
OUR HEARTS JOURNEY
By: saihei
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Full metal panic'
A/N: Hello guys! God I miss writing this! Anyway I know you've waited too long for this update! ENJOY!
08/19/08
CHAPTER 25: "One Step Forward"
The night was cold…the three soldiers of SRT could barely feel the heat of their skin. Kurz silently cursed that northern America could be deadly cold especially at the place where they are.
"Sousuke…is this right place?" Mao asked.
Sousuke nodded. "This is the place where Kaname said where Shizuru is…" He examined the horizon, but all he could see was a panorama of dark edges beaming only with the shimmering waves coming from the ocean.
"Geez men…where the hell--" Kurz stopped the moment he felt Mao's glare at him. "Fine." He sighed. 'Damn! It's not like I'm not concern! Of course I am concerned for the kid too, it's just…'
"Beneath the ground…" Sousuke said.
Mao smirked. "Of course, it's not like Amalgam will built their base to be easily seen by their enemies, they're not as moron as Weber anyway!"
Kurz frowned, "Yeah, and blame me for being such a moron that all I can see is water and sand!"
"But Sousuke, this place is…where we can find the entrance, to a place as big as this." Mao stated.
Sousuke smiled. "Shizuru was saying that there is a tower," He began walking forward. "We must find that tower."
"Huh? A tower is big! That's why it's called a tower, and at this horizon even a small farm house 50 feet away could be seen!" Kurz said.
Mao hit Kurz's head. "Just shut up and walk forward! You don't have to use your brain at this kind of moment Weber!"
--o0-0o--
Back at the Danaan;
"Ms Kaname?"
Kaname looked behind her to see Tessa standing with her two hands tangled together. Tessa's eyes were shivering, as if she was afraid to what Kaname would say. The blue haired woman smiled at the young captain. "Hi there Tessa."
Tessa smiled but looked away. "H-Hi…so you're up, you look much better now, I'm glad Ms Kaname."
"Well…my daughter will be home soon! I should be as cheerful as ever or else she'll be bored and might choose to stay closer to her dad than to me!" Kaname said raising her hand.
"Oh…yeah, Shizuru is Sagara's daughter." Tessa repeated unconsciously.
Kaname stiffened. "I didn't mean to say it that way, it's not like I'm mocking you or what so ever…" She frowned. "Well…the fact that Sousuke decided to stay at your side should have been enough to make you happy ri--" Kaname stopped at her words when she noticed the familiar tears that was beginning to form beneath Tessa's eyes. "…s-sorry, shit! Me and my big mouth!"
Tessa snapped out of her emotion and hardly shook her head. "No! No Kaname! I'm supposed to be the one who's saying sorry!" The captain smiled shyly and walked closer to Kaname. "I'm the one who took him away from you, especially at the moment where you need him the most. It must have been hard for you, conceiving and raising Shizuru-chan alone, ne?"
Kaname was the one to look away now. "Not really…he didn't know, I hid it from him…" Kaname smiled as the memories of her hiding scenarios once again flooded her mind. "Sousuke is a bright man, but still he can't beat what a pregnant whispered woman could do! Four years of hiding was not easy, especially from the like of Sousuke!"
Tessa smiled back. "That thing I am aware of, everyone on this ship knew how painful it was for our young lieutenant to survive those years, without you at his side…I know how hard it was for him to believe that someday, you will come back to him, with the same emotion you had before."
Kaname could feel that truthfulness behind Tessa's words.
Tessa continued, once again, she could feel her heart twitching from the pain brought by her first unsolicited love. "You're so lucky to have him Kaname, you are the reason he is breathing…even though I have forced him to stay with us, I know he did that because of you…he was your insurance Kaname, a spy that will secure that no one in Mithrill will use you as bait or as an experiment. Without saying those things, I know that is the reason why he chose to come back in Mithrill."
"Tessa, don't talk like I did not sacrifice anything for him." Kaname said. "He was my life too…but then, sometimes it hurts me to think that he was sacrificing so much of the things he had lived to do just to stay with me…I thought that separation will be much better for both of us, it was not that bad for me…I have learned to live with my child and ignore the pain of our separation…that experience made me stronger, it made me believed that somehow I could live without him again, that I could stay strong to raise my child and make her a good person, who's innocent from war and violence…that was my dream."
"Was?" Tessa asked.
Kaname smiled and scratched her head. "Yeah, was my dream…because, I think there's no way out of it now, Sousuke was born out of war, it's in his blood, and though I want it or not, Shizuru is a part of him as Sousuke is part of Shizuru, I want Shizuru to grow up completely. I want her to know how wonderful her father is."
Tessa smiled widely. "Ms Kaname! I'm so happy to hear that! Now I'm lax to know that you won't be running away again to live Sagara-san! I will support you all the way Kaname-san!"
Kaname smiled and hugged Tessa which surprised that young superior. "Kaname-san…"
"Thank you Tessa, for being so giving." Kaname whispered. "I thanked you so much for taking care of me, for worrying for my child and especially…for protecting the soul of the man I love when I was away playing stupid!"
"I don't understand Ms Kaname…" Tessa said.
Kaname let go of Tessa and let out her well-liked laugh. "Forget it Tessa! Just thank you okay!" With that, the blue haired girl left Tessa.
Tessa quizzically watched Kaname walked away and smile when the young mother was gone out of sight. "I'm so happy that Kaname-san is in a good state now."
--o0-0o--
Meanwhile at the strange island
"Sousuke look, there's a cave here!" Kurz said and point to small cave between two big rocks embedded on the sand.
Sousuke and Mao hastily run to where Kurz is pointing.
Mao smiled when she noticed that the cave does not seem deserted, as a matter of fact it was still left and messy with the previous visitor that went through it. And there are some droplets of blood that still seemed warm and new on the surface of the cave. "Sousuke…"
"I understand Major…the area is covered with traps." Sousuke said. "…seems like we can't get through without getting wounded."
Kurz smirked and pulled out his favorite rifle. "Well, guess like it's time to work."
--o0-0o--
Inside the Amalgam laboratory;
"Mr Silver, the project is not responding to any of the whispered test that we have placed her to." One of the scientists reported after 14 hours of doing different examinations to Shizuru.
Leonard frowned and threw a glare to the scientist. "How could you be so certain that the kid is not responding? Are you in some way questioning my calculation?"
The scientist gulped and became pale. "No Mr Silver, it's just I'm simply reading my diagnostics."
"Then read it again! Maybe you and your colleague are missing some procedure!" Leaonard said angrily.
"Yes-yes!" The scientist nodded hastily. "We will do that, I'll definitely return with a more consistent report! I apologize for the disturbance!" The scientist immediately left and went back to where the Shizuru is.
Leonard threw the glass of wine on his table the moment the scientist closed the door to his office. "Stupid doctors! They don't know anything about whispered!" The young man took a deep breathe and poured wine to another glass. "I can't be wrong…Chidori Shizuru is a whispered." Leonard drunk the glass empty and stared at his door with determine eyes. "A very special whispered."
--o0-0o--
AUTHOR's NOTE:
Hello there guys and gals! This is Saihei writing! Hehe! It's been a while! Well I kinda lost my touch for the time that I was not able to update this story! But anyway just to INFORM you all, I will be posting the new chapter for this story on Saturday!
You're right! (^_^) to those who notice it, I edited this chapter, I removed some complicated things because of some changes that I will add on the new chapter!)
Well that's it! Read you soon! JA!