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Gundam Seed Purpose
Chapter 35: To orb
Akushi leant back in his chair with his arms crossed as the Genocide docked with one of the Plants. He floated out of the machine, giving the mechanics the simple order to recharge the Gundam's battery and reload the Gatling guns. Akushi removed his flight suit and walked through the corridors of the ZAFT base, wearing a simple black shirt and business jacket. The young man looked at ZAFT's central command centre, almost amused by how the officers were scurrying around in panic after the fiasco at Alaska. A smile crossed Akushi's mouth as Athrun walked out of his father's office. He could tell that the young man, whom had recently received the order of the Nebula was conflicted. Akushi and Athrun walked towards one another, the latter had the intention of ignoring him, but Akushi on the other hand had other ideas.
"Looks like your former fiancé's been declared a villain…the same might be said for my old friend, with Lacus gone there wont be anyone left to defend Gekido's actions" Akushi said.
"And what makes you think that Lacus is going anywhere?" Athrun asked.
"I know of the mission you were given by your father"
"That is classified information"
"I've already looked over the security footage, safe to say I'm not surprised that you failed after all he was your best friend"
"What are you talking about?" Athrun asked with a frown.
Akushi smirked before grabbing Athrun's broken arm. Athrun cringed under the mans grip, grinding his teeth together to fight the pain.
"I know your type Zala, you can't kill a good friend, and I mean really kill them, up close with the gun to their head…you could try proving me wrong and killing Lacus and Kira Yamato, or…" Akushi tightened his grip and bought his mouth to Athrun's ear.
Athrun widened his eyes, shocked and angered by what Akushi whispered into his ear. He pushed the man off of him and walked out of the base. Akushi merely smirked before he walked away. The former Black Storm and Creuscet team pilot had things to do, all of them involving Lacus Clyne.
Outside the Plants, war continued to wage between the Earth forces and ZAFT. The mobile armour pilots had significantly increased their efforts, ganging up on a squad of GINN's. ZAFT reinforcements flew to aid their allies, but each one was shot by a blast from a beam rifle. Gekido looked down the sight of his beam sniper rifle, firing multiple shots into the chests of the incoming GINN's. A Mobius Zero detached its gun barrels, shooting apart a great number of ZAFT mobile suits.
It feels like I'm back with the Archangel, though ten times better without Kira here. Still it just doesn't feel right, damn I wish the Archangel was here, sometimes I even wish Kira was here. Whatever happens, whether you guys are declared my enemy, the next time we meet I'll tell all of you how proud I was to be a crew member of the Archangel!
Mere seconds after the Alaska incident, the Archangel landed on one of the surrounding islands alongside the Freedom. Kira exited the Freedom, walking towards the gathered crew of the Archangel. He removed his helmet, and the expressions of all the crew members lit up.
Kai smiled as the Heliopolis crew had their reunion. And gasped when he heard that the Freedom was equipped with an N-Jammer canceller.
"The Earth is in an energy crisis, but I think everyone knows what the Alliance will do once they have an N-Jammer Canceller" Kai said, before walking back inside the ship.
The course of the next few hours was spent explaining to Kira everything that had happened till this point. And Kira himself explained his interesting reunion at the Plants.
"Yamato is still alive, man Gekido's going to be pissed" Mu said with a chuckle.
"But why exactly would he lie to Gekido?" Pal asked.
"I think now we need to concentrate on what happened at Alaska" Kai said.
"The council didn't know anything about the attack" Kira said, remembering Siegel Clyne's shock when he was told that the true target of Spitbreak was Alaska.
"And we can only assume that Alaska had some kind of warning before hand, there's no way they could have prepared a Cyclops system in this small amount of time" Kai said.
"So what do we do, repair the ship then head for Panama?" Chandra asked.
"Do you think they'd welcome us back with open arms, we already know too much, that and Gekido's influence has already spread through the military, at this point the higher ups would put all their legal efforts into getting rid of us" Mu explained.
"And we did retreat from battle, despite the circumstances we'd be court martialed" Neumann said, to which Murrue nodded her head in agreement with.
Kira lowered his head, thinking about whom they really needed to fight. He also thought of Gekido's ideals, ideals that not everyone in the Earth Alliance shared. Could Gekido really change the military he wondered. True he had passion, and his prowess on the battlefield was undeniable. But who really controlled the Earth Alliance, and could Gekido overrule their authority. Gekido believed that the world could only change by fighting, by creating a future with your own strength. But Kira believed that fighting wasn't the answer, that there were better ways.
"Miss Murrue, what do you believe we should be fighting against?" Kira asked, surprising everyone with the question. "Whatever it is I think we should be fighting against it now"
Murrue thought for a moment, the Earth Alliance had thrown them aside; they had killed countless ZAFT soldiers whose comrades would seek revenge. The Alliance had just proven to the Plants that they were out for blood and ZAFT would no doubt be doubling their efforts. Gekido's task of changing the military was about to become more difficult. Gekido's change through force policy was no longer adequate. There was only one place they could go.
"I honestly don't know who we should be fighting Kira, the line between loyalty and subservience has just been drawn…set course for Orb, I am sure they are willing to help us" Murrue ordered.
None questioned her, for they knew that now was the time to leave the Earth forces. Once Kira, Sai, Miriallia and Kai were back in the corridors of the ship, Birdy flew onto Kira's shoulder.
"All right, its still here!" Kira said, rubbing the machines beak with his finger.
"Yeah, the thing pretty much followed me around" Sai said.
"Well thanks for taking care of it, oh and where's Flay?" Kira asked.
"Once we got back to Alaska she and Natarle were transferred, they intend to use Flay as a propaganda tool so I wouldn't worry about her" Kai explained.
"I really wanted to see her" Kira said, lowering his head.
"Don't worry Kira, you'll meet her again, now what do you say we get some good old fashioned army food in ya, hope you didn't get too used to the food in the Plants"
"Nothing beats your cooking Kai" Kira said with a smile.
Akushi stood in Patrick Zala's office; his stance was relaxed, reflecting the little respect he had for the new Chairman.
"Your methods though controversial have gained unquestionably positive results, which is why I'm giving you a special mission as well as a special license giving you access to all our resources, including the option of an N-Jammer canceller" Patrick explained.
"No thank you chairman Zala, tell me, this license also gets me access to the Plant archives doesn't it?" Akushi asked.
"You already have access"
"I'm talking about the classified kind, I'm rather interested in the Clyne's chip and pin, they wont have much need for money now you know" Akushi smirked, trying to contain a giggle at the situation the pop star and her father were in.
"You do have access, but you wont find anything of value, you're to focus on upgrades to your machine so you can destroy Gekido Jaeger, that is your main mission…but first I want you to kill this man" Patrick said, giving Akushi a photo.
"Wow…you don't even have the balls to call him by his name now"
"What was that?"
"Nothing sir, don't worry, he will no longer be of concern" Akushi said, pocketing the photo and giving Zala one final salute.
Days before they were separated, two lovers would take their relationship to another stage. In another world, they may have left their feelings for one another alone if not for the push of a man with a fierce spirit. Kira and Flay were dressed in their regular civilian clothing and walked towards the Yamato residence. Caridad, Kira's mother answered the door and gasped as she saw her son. Tears ran down the woman's eyes as she hugged Kira, holding him tightly.
"Haruma…Haruma Kira's home" Caridad called.
The man ran out of the kitchen and had to hide his tears as he saw his son standing at the doorway. Despite what had happened, Kira looked no different.
"Mom, Dad, I'd like you to meet Flay Alster…I suppose you could call her my girlfriend" Kira said, blushing creeping across his face.
Flay sighed before stepping forward.
"It's nice to finally meet you, it's good to see where Kira has gotten his kindness from" Flay said, bowing her head slightly.
Haruma and Caridad let the two children in and began cooking dinner. Flay was walking through the house, it was rather simple, but then again she expected it to be. She came to Kira's room and smiled at the computer and notebooks on his desk.
"Hope you don't think I'm a nerd" Kira said from the doorway.
"Sure you're a nerd, but that's what I love about you, among a list of other things" Flay said with a smile.
"Can I know what the list is?" Kira asked with a blush.
"Maybe later, your mothers calling us"
The Four sat at the dinner table, talking about everything they had been through at Heliopolis and a reader's digest of their adventures in space. Flay smiled and laughed at stories of Kira's childhood.
"Oh my god, Athrun gave you a little Scottish outfit too" Flay laughed, looking at a picture of Kira and Athrun in similar outfits to what Athrun worn when he gave Kira Birdy.
"That's nothing, I've got some pictures of him as the pied piper in his 1st grade school play" Caridad said.
Kira blushed while his mother and Flay hysterically laughed at countless other cute moments in his life. He smiled slightly as his father patted him on the back.
"By the end of the day they'll be talking about housekeeping techniques" Haruma said.
"Yeah"
"I'm proud of you son…soldier or scientist your mother and I will always be proud, and you've certainly done well with Flay, you'll have to tell your mother and I how your relationship started, tell me was it like some dramatic anime plot"
Kira chuckled slightly before giving his answer "No, it was more like a dream, one that's so good because it never ends"
Kira opened his eyes, finding himself in his room in the Archangel. He smiled, picturing Flay lying next to him. Suddenly the alarm began to ring and the Archangel went to level one battle stage. Kira ran out of his room, not even bothering to put his jacket on as he ran towards the hanger. He climbed into the Freedom and bought the systems on line.
"We're just sixty more miles from Orb territory Kira, it's that mercenary again" Mir explained.
"Kira Yamato, Freedom launching!" The Freedom flew out of the hanger and landed on one of the ships "legs".
He looked at the approaching jet, surrounded by some kind of aura. Kira felt a small pressure in his head, one that the pilot of the Wild Arms shared. Zack changed his Gundam to its mobile suits mode and aimed his Photon beam rifle at the Freedom.
"This is it Kira Yamato, I swear, this day I will shoot you and the Archangel down, no matter what I will fulfil my mission" Zack Tempest said before he charged into battle with the Archangel for the last time.
In space, Siegel Clyne relaxed on his chair as the shuttle flew towards another space colony. His daughter was safe and he was slowly gaining supporters for a diplomatic movement against Patrick. But Siegel regretted that his old friend had regressed to using nuclear technology, something that was meant to help the Plants for his own quest for revenge. Still, he had no need to worry; instead he turned his thoughts to his daughter and her unusual crush.
'My little girl's finally grown up, Athrun's a nice boy, but I suppose I cant stop Lacus's heart, she follows it just like that boy, the boy with a fire that can not be extinguished' Siegel thought and closed his eyes, smiling as he remembered the son his daughter made for the man who could not be broken.
The pilots also showed no concern, until they saw something appear in the blackness of space.
"Is that a mobile suit?" the co-pilot asked.
It was a mobile suit, a Gundam to be exact. Akushi remained emotionless as he lifted the rebuilt Massacre's beam rifle.
He didn't laugh, yell or even cry, he remained hollow as he pulled the trigger. The pilots knew what hit them, but Clyne didn't. Siegel Clyne died quickly, his last thoughts of his daughter.
Next Chapter 36: What they fight for?
Yamato: Athrun Zala, Zack Tempest, what is it that these men fight for? Do they even know themselves? Someday, they will find something worth fighting for!
Next is Zack versus Kira, both a physical and idealistic battle while in the Plants Athrun has his encounter with Lacus. Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, Lacus's reaction to her fathers death will be seen later, right now she doesnt know about it yet. As for the Massacre, Akushi will be combining parts of the Massacre and parts of the Genocide to fight Gekido.