A Song For You

A few days after the fight with Bartfeldt, Archangel was now crossing the sea. On the balcony of it, Kira was sitting there enjoying the breeze with Tori. Cagalli happens to walk by, she walk in and sits down beside him.

Cagalli: I was finding you everywhere in the ship, and I thought that you might be here.

Kira: And you're correct. Why are you looking for me?

Cagallli: I was just trying to tell that I'll be piloting the Sky Gasper unit 2 in the battles.

Kira: What?! But Cagalli, that's very dangerous!!

Cagalli: What? You think that I can't fight too? Or you think because I'm a girl?

Kira: ......

Cagalli: I should have known it. Everyone in the ship said that, that I'm a girl, I can't do this, I can't do that!! It's making me crazy!! Don't think that women can't do what men can do!

Kira: Alright...if that's what you think. But just promised me to be careful when you are in a battle.

Cagalli: I know, I know!! Why do you nag like a woman so much?!

Song 8: The Princess Meets The Prince

During the battle, Flaga and Cagalli was launched out with their Sky Gaspers. Kira can't go for battle as this time the enemies attack under the sea, STRIKE can't battle in water. One of the MS fired from the water and almost hit Cagalli.

Kira: Cagalli!! Ramius-san, please let me fight.

Ramius: But STRIKE can't battle in water, you can't use your beam blade too.

Kira: Don't worry, I know what to do.

Ramius: Alright then...

STRIKE jump into the water with a blade in its hand, not a laser but a normal blade. Kira reconstruct the program to make it move fast under water. After a few minutes of struggling, he managed to destroy all the enemies. Cagalli was about to pilot her Sky Gasper back to Archangel, it was then she saw some ZAFT military transporting ships and planes. She aim at the wing of one of the planes, the plane lost it's balance and drop to a small island.

Cagalli: Yes! I got one!

But she didn't know that a ship was aiming at her, her unit's wing was destroy and she too, fell to the small island. On the other side, Kira was about to go back too, when Ramius appears on his monitor screen.

Ramius: Kira-kun, Cagalli she..!

Kira: What happened to her?

Ramius: We have lost her signal, we can't find her anywhere!

Kira: "Cagalli..." I'll go and search for her! I'll will report to you if I found her.

Ramius: Alright...

Kira: "Cagalli, please be alright..."

On the hand, Cagalli managed to survive the crash. She came out from her unit and explore the island. Suddenly, she saw a ZAFT pilot near the sea shore packing his or her stuffs. The pilot take off the helmet and blue hair fell to his shoulder. It was Athrun, he was just about to be transport to this island to take his MS when Cagalli shot his plane down.

Athrun: "I wonder who was that who shoot down my plane? Huh? It seems like someone is on this island."

Cagalli pull out her gun as she jump out and aim at Athrun. But when she comes out, no one was there. She was still holding up her gun, she look around to see her enemy. Suddenly, Athrun came out behind her, Cagalli managed to hit his arm but her gun was been kick away. Cagalli turn around and try to land a punch on him but miss. Athrun grabs her collar and pin her down on the sand shore, he was placing a dagger near her neck when she go...

Cagalli: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Athrun paused his action, and look at the person he was pinning down. Tears was forming at the corner of Cagalli's eyes.

Athrun: You...you're a girl?

Cagalli: HAVE YOU HAD IT ENOUGH?!

Athrun realized that he was resting his on her chest. He quickly gets off while Cagalli sit up, clearing away her tears.

On the other side, Kira was still searching for Cagalli.

Ramius: Kira-kun, did you find anything?

Kira: Not yet...

Ramius: I hope she's alright. I will tell you if we found her signal.

Kira: Alright...

Back to Cagalli and Athrun, Athrun was putting his bag pack behind his pilot sit.

Cagalli: Hey!!

Athrun come out and saw Cagalli crawling towards him as she was tied at her wrist behind her back and her legs. Athrun smiles as he find the scene of Cagalli crawling like a worm is very funny.

Cagalli: What are you laughing at?!

Athrun: Then why do you crawl like that?

Cagalli: Pardon me, you are the one who tied me up, mister! If it wasn't for you, I won't be in this state!!

Athrun sigh and he went back inside Ageis and pilot it. Cagalli quickly try to stand up and she hop near the MS.

Cagalli: HEY!!! Don't tell me you are leaving me here?!

Suddenly, it starts to rain. Cagalli lost her balance and fell onto the shore while the sea water splash at her. She felt that she was so useless, while she was about cry, she felt that the rain had stopped. Cagalli look up and found out that the rain did not stop, it was because Ageis was sheltering her with its hand. Athrun came beside her and cut the rope, he handed his hand to Cagalli and she took it.

Cagalli: A..Arigatou...

Athrun: You're welcome.

Cagalli blush and look away, it was then she saw a small red chubby crab crawling on the rocks. She squat down and look at it, playing like a small child. Athrun look at her and blush as Cagalli act so different suddenly, he smiles at the thought.

Athrun: "She does look cute when she smiled."

Both of them did not notice that another small crab was crawling into Cagalli's shirt. After a while, Cagalli felt that something was in her shirt, she try to grab it, but it was useless. She starts to scream a little, she pull up her shirt which almost revealed her breast and the little crab dropped out. She sigh and she notice that Athrun turns around suddenly and wonder why, she then pull the shirt back down. The thing she did not know was that Athrun was actually blushing which he doesn't want her to see it, or she might kill him. As Cagalli try to catch the crab, her foot slips off the rock. Athrun quickly dashed forward and managed to catch her.

Cagalli(blushed): Hey!! Let go of me!!

Athrun: Don't move about!! AAHH!!!

Athrun fell while Cagalli land on top of him. Both of them blushed hard when they noticed that their face was just a few centimeter away.

Athrun: "H..Her eyes are beautiful, a very rich orange colour..."

Cagalli: "Why does my heart pump so quickly? And why am I blushing so madly? But taking a closer look of this guy, he does look quite handsome, with those emerald eyes of his..."

Cagalli finally realized that she was still lying on top of Athrun, she quickly stood up. Athrun stood up too and clear off the sand off him. Cagalli sneeze and try to rub her arm to keep herself warm. Athrun look around and saw a cave.

Athrun: Why don't we go to that cave? You are catching a cold.

In the cave, Athrun set up a fire, and Cagalli's clothes were put up for drying, she was covering herself with a big blanket.

Athrun: I can't get the radio interference. Looks like we have camp here tonight.

Cagalli: We can't have radio interference was all because of the ZAFTs...

Athrun: The Alliance were the one who started the war with their nuclear attacks.

He throw a food ration to Cagalli, she catch it with a frown on her face.

Athrun: The foods are still the same for the people from ZAFT.

Cagalli frown harder, she open the rations and starts to eat. After a while, she paused and look up at Athrun.

Cagalli: Don't you need to tie me up? I might snatch your hand gun and make look like a fool.

Athrun(smirked): You don't give up easily, isn't it? But if you insist to take the gun away from me, I'll have to kill you, I don't want you to try anything. No one expected that the Heliopolis situation to turn out as it did, we only want the Gundams and nothing more.

Cagalli: ZAFT destroyed the colony!

Athrun: The Orb built mobile suits for the Alliance despite their supposed neutrality. ZAFT is fighting to protect the PLANTs and can't allow those things to get away.

Cagalli: I fight because ZAFT invaded Earth.

Athrun: My mother was on Junius Seven. It was an innocent farming colony that was destroyed in a blink of an eye.

Cagalli: ......

Athrun slowly closes his eyes and falls into sleep while Cagalli watch over.

On the Archangel, Flaga try to keep Kira away from the Strike Gundam.

Kira: Mwu-san! Let me go and find her!

Flaga: We can search for her till tomorrow morning! Now, all you need is a rest, Kira. She will be fine.

Kira: Hm.

Back at the cave, Cagalli stands over Athrun and thinks about taking his gun, and he wakes up. She tosses her blanket over him and steals his gun. Athrun hold his blade in front of him in a defend position.

Cagalli: I don't wish to kill you, but I also don't you to use your MS to kill the innocent people on Earth!

Athrun: You only have a choice, either shoot me or get kill by me. Either way, I won't let you take away my MS.

Cagalli remembers what Bartfeldt told her and Kira, and she raises the gun. Athrun rushes in with his knife, and Cagalli tosses the gun aside and accidentally fires it. Athrun is grazed in the arm again, he look back at Cagalli who was shocked off what had just happened.

Athrun: Baka! Who will throw a gun when you fired it?! Ah!

He hold his arm, which was bleeding hard and he walks back to his place. When he want to get his bag pack for some bandages, Cagalli rushed forward and snatch it away from him.

Athrun: Hey, I need to...

Cagalli: Let me do it!! I...I don't wish to be in your debt...

Athrun: Sigh...Alright...

The next morning, Nicol takes off in a helicopter to search for Athrun. On the Archangel, Flaga launches in the Sky Grasper, followed by Kira in the Strike Gundam. On the island, Athrun and Cagalli came out from the island. As the both of them were going the separate way, Cagalli turns around and shout out to Athrun.

Cagalli: HEY!! I'm Cagalli! What's yours?!

Athrun: ATHRUN!!

Cagalli(smile): Syaonara, Athrun!!

Athrun smiles as Cagalli runs away, he too walk back to his Ageis. Cagalli returns to her downed Skygrasper and watches as the Strike Gundam surfaces from the water. She smile as she runs down the rocks.

Cagalli: KIRA!!

Wish that you all enjoyed it.