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And now, the chapter...
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Chapter 4: Sayonnara G.O.A.! Or maybe not...
"I can't believe we only have to wait three more days!" Saki exclaimed, clapping her hands
"Me neither." Wrecka agreed, "I've already bought all the presents."
"Me too." Tsukasa said "And I've done my bag, yesterday."
"Nani?" Yamagi asked surprised "You did your bag, yesterday?"
"Hai." Tsusaka replied confused "Why?"
"Hum...because it's too soon?" the purple haired boy asked, and Wrecka hit him on the arm:
"Well, for your information, I've done mine on the same day Azuma told us about the trip."
"Really?" Roose asked, his eyes opened wide "Why so soon?"
Wrecka turned to him:
"Well, because I like to do things with time."
"Oh." the green haired girl said, looking down
"Interesting..." Clay commented suddenly, and Saki looked at him:
"What?" she asked
"That." the brown haired boy replied, pointing to something away from them.
Slowly everyone looked towards a tree far away from them only to see Kizna sat against a tree, while Zero leaned his head against her lap: both seemed to be talking seriously since Kizna wasn't hitting on her partner like usual:
"What the hell...?" Yamagi started, but Wrecka interrupted him:
"Uhhh, maybe there's something going on between the two of them." the blue haired girl said, with a smile
"You think so?" Saki asked, raising her eyebrow "I mean...Kizna and Zero?"
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"Oh, c'mon Kizna, stop worrying!" Zero exclaimed frustrated
"I can't." Kizna admitted, "I'm really worry about Ikhny and her new way; she seemed like a female Hiead and that's a scary thing."
"Well, maybe it was just an experiment." Zero started "Besides, there's nothing wrong going on between those two."
"Besides the usual." Kizna murmured, and Zero raised his eyebrow:
"Nani?"
"Huh?" Kizna asked, before shaking her head "Betsuni, just thinking to myself."
"You know," Zero started seconds later "I actually missed these talks. Though, we're still talking about Ikhny and Hiead."
"Nani?" Kizna asked, raising her eyebrow, and Zero shrugged slightly:
"I like to talk with you." he said, and Kizna blushed "That, when you're not prepared to hit me, or something."
"Well if you weren't such a baka, I wouldn't hit you." the pink haired girl answered, hitting Zero on the forehead.
"But you still like me." Zero said, and Kizna smiled:
"Yeah, I still like you." she agreed softly, and Zero blinked his eyes in confusion:
"Are you serious?" he asked, after a few minutes, and Kizna gave him a confused look "About the 'I like you'?"
Kizna nodded:
"Yeah, you're...my best friend." she started, smiling "I mean, though you act like a child, I like you and I don't want you to change."
"You don't?" Zero inquired confused, and Kizna shook her head:
"Iie because, if you change, you wouldn't be you." she said softly "And, even being a pain, you're a great guy."
Zero stays looking at Kizna's eyes, in silence, before smiling:
"Arigatou, Kizna." he thanked
"Huh? About what?" the girl asked, and Zero winked at her:
"For what you said." he replied, and Kizna smiled:
"You're welcome." she said. However, it's then that something appears in her mind "Could it be?" she whispered, and Zero, who had closed his eyes, gazed up at her:
"Nani?"
"I mean...it could be possible." Kizna mumbled, without hearing Zero.
"What are you talking about?" Zero asked again, and it was then that the pink haired girl smiled:
"Yes, that's it!" she exclaimed, before looking at the head on her lap "Arigatou Zero!" she exclaimed, before grabbing the boy's shoulders, and kiss him right on his lips "Thank you, so much!" and before Zero could react, Kizna got up, and run towards the door.
"You're...welcome." Zero mumbled, touching his lips with his fingers.
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"Did you saw that?" Wrecka asked with her eyes opened wide "Did you saw that?"
"Hai Wrecka, we did." Roose replied with a very short nod.
"What did that mean?" Tsukasa asked, "Are they going out or something?"
"I don't know, but I really want to find out." Saki said, "I mean, that didn't look like a friendly kiss."
"Oh, lets go and find out." Wrecka said, getting up
"Nani?" Yamagi asked, rising his eyebrow "Oh c'mon, leave the guys alone!"
"Yeah." Roose agreed, and everyone looked at Clay, who simply put his spectacles on the right place:
"Interesting." he said, and everyone sweatdropped:
"Clay!" Saki exclaimed, and the boy looked at her:
"What?" he asked confused
"Aren't you going to say anything?" Yamagi asked, crossing his arms "Besides 'interesting' I mean."
"Yeah, look at Zero." Clay said, and everyone looked at the direction of their brown haired friend: Zero was still sitting on the floor, with a dreamy voice and a smile that could only mean one thing; love "That guy is in love." Clay continued, and Wrecka smiled:
"Do you know what that means?" she asked, and everyone shook their heads "That it's time to join those two!"
"But we're going on vacations, Wrecka." Roose remarked, and the blue haired girl looked at him:
"So? We'll join them when we come back." she replied "Who's with me?"
Everyone shared a look:
"Yeah!" everyone exclaimed except for Clay who said:
"Interesting..."
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'That has to be it, I meant, why else would she try and change? She needs a good excuse to turn into that, and the reason is so obvious. Hiead is the perfect reason, but...Ikhny doesn't deserve to change, Hiead is the one who needs to change, not her.' Kizna thought, while walking down the hall 'Now, if I was Ikhny where I would be?'
"Hum...maybe in the computers' room." Kizna murmurs, before turning a corner "Or maybe, she's in the Observatory. Yeah, that's it, she's in the Observatory." with that Kizna, starts running.
She wanted to find out what was the real reason for Ikhny to change, and she was also determined to find out, even if it had to be on the hard way. However, when she's about to reach the Observatory's door, Kizna surprised herself when she saw Hiead Gner close to the door, leaned against the wall, with his eyes closed.
'What the hell is he doing?' she asked to herself while approaching the boy.
"Hiead?" she called-out, and the silver haired boy looked at her:
"What is it, cat-girl?" he asked coldly, and Kizna put her hands on her hips:
"Have you see Ikhny?" she asked, and the boy smirked:
"As if I care." he replied before start walking away.
"Argh, that boy can really get into my nerves!" Kizna exclaimed, hitting with her foot on the ground. However, it's then that her ears caught something, and very slowly Kizna approached the Observatory's door:
"(...)Is this the end are you sure
How should you know when you've never been here before
It's so hard to just let go
When this is the one and only love
I've ever known
So how do you find the words to say
To say goodbye
If your heart don't have the heart to say
To say goodbye..."
'Ikhny?' Kizna asked to herself, before looking inside the Observatory. There she was, her best friend, sitting on a bench, looking at the stars. Kizna had never seen Ikhny look so lost, as she looked now and her voice...her voice was full of sadness:
"Ikhny?" the pink haired girl asked, and the brunette looked up:
"Oh, goodnight Kizna." Ikhny complimented "What are you doing here?"
Kizna couldn't help but notice that on the same second Ikhny understood her friend was there, her eyes changed from sad to emotionless:
"Hum...I was looking for you." the pink haired girl explained, walking towards her friend "And you? What are you doing here?"
"Looking to the stars." Ikhny replied, looking straight ahead, and Kizna licked her lips.
"Ikhny, can I make you a question?" when the brunette shrugged she cleared her throat "Well...did you...err...started wearing black, because you wanted to change?"
"What?" Ikhny asked, raising her eyebrow, and Kizna cleared her throat again:
"I mean, did you decide to change because you wanted to prove something to us, especially Hiead, or because you felt like you had to change?"
Ikhny opened her mouth to reply, but no words come out; she just couldn't tell the truth:
"I changed because..." she started, looking down "Why do you want know?" she asked suddenly and Kizna bite her lip:
"Hum...because I care for you, and I wanna know why you changed." she replied, and Ikhny shook her head before getting up:
"Make me a favour Kizna, and don't worry about me." she said without looking at her friend "I don't need you to worry about me." and before Kizna could reply, the brunette run towards the door before disappearing.
"But I care about you." Kizna whispered to the darkness.
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On the other side of G.O.A. a blond haired boy was eating with the rest of the Pilots, when a pain made him wince:
"Erts, are you ok?" Tune asked worried. She knew the Pilot did not like to be touch, but he seemed to be in pain...
"Yes, I'm fine." the boy replied only to wince again
"You felt them too." Teela commented suddenly, and Erts looked at her:
"Yes." he replied, putting a hand over his chest "We need to warn professor Azuma."
"Why? What's happening?" Rio asked, and Erts gazed at him:
"They're coming." he said, and everyone raised their eyebrows in confusion:
"Who?" Gareas inquired, and Teela looked at him:
"Victims." she answered "They're preparing the last attack."
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"WHAT!" Azuma yelled, letting his cigarette fall on the ground "How the world do you know that?"
"Erts said it, and so did Teela." Dr Rill replied calmly "But now it's not time for that, we need to prepare the Ingrids."
"But, how many are they?"
"More than we can take." Dr. Rill replied "Or so the Pilots said, though Rioroute seemed sure they could win."
"But they're our only hope." Azuma said before sighing, "Do they think it's better for us, to evacuate G.O.A.? Wait, what am I saying? Why do I want to know other opinions?"
"Maybe because Erts and Teela can feel them?" Dr. Rill asked, raising her eyebrow "C'mon Azuma, it's not time to act like the macho-man, we have to do something! We need to protect everyone, here!"
"And what do you want me to do?" Azuma asked, and Rill rolled her eyes.
"Maybe prepare G.O.A.'s evacuation?" she asked in a bossy tone of voice, "C'mon Azuma, we need to protect the candidates!"
Closing his fists Azuma looked at the screen beside him:
"Do Erts or Teela know where they are?"
Rill shook her head:
"No, and though they don't know the right number, they made the favour of telling us there are hundreds of Victims."
"Damn." Azuma whispered before taking a deep breath "Very well, turn the orange light on, we need to warn everyone."
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"So, anxious to go home?" Zero asked, and Kizna nodded:
"More than anxious." she corrected, "What about you guys?"
"You even ask?" Wrecka asked, clapping her hands "I can't wait to eat my mum's food. Hum...I miss it so much!"
"Here here." everyone said at same time
"Who doesn't miss real food?" Zero asked suddenly, and everyone started laughing.
"Hey, has anyone seen Ikhny?" Yamagi asked, looking around "Or Hiead for that matter?"
"I saw Ikhny in the Observatory, but she ran away when I asked her about her change."
"She did?" Tsukasa asked, and Kizna nodded:
"Well, lets talk about Christmas." Saki said suddenly "What do you want to do?"
"Many things." Roose replied with a shrug.
"I want to be with my family." Clay said, and everyone looked at him "What?" he asked confused
"You said something more than interesting." Saki commented amazed "Incredible."
"Hey!" Clay exclaimed indignantly, and everyone started laughing.
"Well, lets go." Kizna said, getting up "I think it's better for us to go because the lights are almost out, and we need to rest."
However, when everyone was about to walk away from the Rec. Room, they heard Azuma's voice, through the loudspeaker:
"This is a warning, and everyone has to do as you're being told: go to the safety areas. Due to a possible attack from Victims, we're going to launch all the safety zones, towards the colonies, which are closer to our position. Leave everything behind. You have fifteen minutes to find a safety zone and remain there, until you reach a colony."
Everyone shared a scared look.
"Victims?" Saki asked, palling "Does that mean we're not going to go home?"
"Who cares about that now?" Yamagi asked, "You heard the man, we have find a safety area."
"I'm going to look for Ikhny." Kizna said suddenly, and everyone looked at her:
"What?" Tsukasa asked confused "Kizna, Ikhny knows how to take care of herself."
The pink haired girl nodded:
"I know that, but I'm worry about her. Besides what if we go to a safety area, and Ikhny is not there? What if we go to a different colony and Ikhny stays all alone, or worse, with Hiead?" Kizna shook her head "Sorry, but I'm going to look for her."
Everyone shared a look until Zero smiled and chuckled:
"Then, I'll go with you." he said, and everyone looked at him "I've never seen a real fight, and I want to see the Ingrids again. Besides, you're my repairer, what I would do with you?"
"Good question." Kizna commented, tapping a finger against her chin.
"Oh, stop chatting!" Yamagi exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air "If we're going to look for those two we better do it now, or we won't be able to find them or a safety zone."
"Wait!" Kizna exclaimed when all of them were preparing themselves to run "I think I know where Ikhny is, come with me."
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'I wonder if the guys have already found a safety area; I really don't want anything bad to happen to them. After all, I can be acting like a...how does Kizna say? Oh, a female Hiead, but I care for them...a lot.'
"Allecto?" a voice called-out, and Ikhny looked up to face Hiead "What are you doing here?"
"Why do you care, Gner?" Ikhny asked back, and Hiead narrowed his eyes.
"Watch you mouth, Allecto." he started "It's not because Azuma decided to evacuate G.O.A., that I'm going to stop hurting you."
"Oh, please," Ikhny started, rolling her eyes "if you really wanted to kill me, you would have done if ages ago." suddenly she stood up "Besides you know you need me to turn into a Pilot, and not only then; you'll still need me, because you need someone who can stand you."
After closing his fists, Hiead slammed Ikhny against the wall:
"Look out Allecto, I'm a very dangerous person."
"Oh yeah?" Ikhny asked, "Show me!"
Hiead was about to reply when Kizna, Zero, and the rest of the group entered inside the Observatory:
"Ikhny!" Kizna exclaimed, and the two teenagers turn to their right:
"What are you doing here?" Ikhny asked worried "You should be in a safety zone!"
"Yeah, and leave you behind?" Saki asked back while Clay looked at his watch:
"We have five minutes." he said
"C'mon, lets go!" Yamagi exclaimed
"I'm not going." Ikhny said suddenly, and everyone looked surprised at her. Even Hiead looked surprised.
"What?" Kizna asks, rising an eyebrow "C'mon Ikhny, we have to go!"
"No." the brunette refused again "I'm not going, and hope to everything to be all right. I can't leave, knowing there's a possibility for Victims to attack G.O.A."
"What are you talking about?" Zero asked, "We have the Ingrids!"
Ikhny nodded:
"Yes, we do, but they're just five against hundreds of Victims."
"How do you know?" Clay asked, raising his eyebrow.
"I was in the computers' room when Azuma warned us. I just had to access other main computer, and I saw what was coming right to G.O.A."
"I wouldn't let you go, either." Hiead said suddenly, and everyone looked at him.
"Excuse me?" Ikhny asked, crossing her arms.
"I have to help those fools if I want to turn into a Pilot." Hiead started, smirking "And, unfortunately, I need you to do it."
"Are you asking for my help?" Ikhny asked surprised 'No, the great Hiead Gner would never ask my help. He prefers to die.'
"Take it as you want, but you're not leaving."
"Then I won't either." Zero said suddenly
"What? Zero!" Kizna exclaimed, and the brown haired boy looked at her:
"Sorry Kizna, but someone has to help Hiead."
"But..."
"You can go if you want to, but I'm staying." Zero said, and both teenagers stood looking at each other's eyes. Then, Kizna nodded:
"Ok, I'll stay too. After all, you need me."
Zero smiled:
"Thanks Kiz." and before he could stop himself Zero kissed Kizna right on her lips.
"Two minutes." Clay said, looking at his watch
"Ah man!" Yamagi exclaimed.
"I'll stay too." Tsukasa said suddenly.
"What? You have to be kidding!" Yamagi exclaimed suddenly, but the girl shook her head:
"No, I'm not." she replied
"Oh, cut that crap already." Wrecka said, and everyone looked at her "We're going to stay." she added "Right, Saki?"
The orange haired girl nodded:
"Yes." she agreed.
"Nani?" Roose asked
"What about our opinions?" Yamagi asked, crossing his arms.
"We don't need them now." Clay sighed, and suddenly G.O.A shook violently "The safety zones have been launch."
"Damn." Yamagi hissed before sighing, "What choice do we have now?"
"I don't want to die!" Roose exclaimed, and Wrecka hit in on the back of his head.
"And you aren't." she replied annoyed.
"Well, I think it's better to go to Azuma, and tell him we're here." Kizna said, blushing terrible. She couldn't believe Zero had actually kissed her, and she wasn't even trying to kill him. What was wrong with her?
"Yeah." Zero agreed with a dreamy look
To Be Continued...
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