Title: Hero

Theme: #13 Rhythm Emotion

Rating: PG

Word Count: 769

Other Characters/Pairings: None

Author's Note: I love using song lyrics in my stories. Music just expresses so much more than words ever can, and lyrics are the perfect cross between words and music. The song is "Holding Out for a Hero" by Frou Frou. No, I didn't write it, though I would have liked to. But anyways.


"Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night toss and turn and dream of what I need…"

Cagalli sighed, staring moodily out of her window at the gloomy, dark sky. It would rain anytime now, but she didn't care. She wanted to get out of this stupid office!

A crack of thunder signaled the beginning of the downpour, the rain pelting down to splatter in the stone courtyard two stories below. A fine mist sprayed inwards on her, a drop of cool relief on this extremely hot and humid day. To go or not to go?

Finally she jumped to her feet, leaving her uniform on the chair and changing into the sundress Athrun had insisted she keep here. Her heart gave a little pang of sorrow at the thought of him as she hurried down the hall and out into the rain.

"I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life…"

The music drifted ever so faintly into the open courtyard as Cagalli stood in the rain, feeling its dampness on her upturned face. Her ears perked, catching the strain of noise barely over the drumming of the falling water droplets.

"Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet…"

She smiled faintly at the words. She hoped there was someone out there who loved her as much as she loved him. Though this song could never refer to him. The man had abandoned her to go to the PLANTs! There was no way he could be a superman.

"I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life"

She knew Athrun had had to go to the PLANTs, that he really hadn't had much of a choice in the matter. She was being pressured to marry Yuna now, that idiot. But she refused to yield for now. Athrun would come back. She knew he would.

"Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood…"

She smiled slightly, her spirits rising as the rain fell and the music continued. He wouldn't abandon her. There was too much between them for that now. Peace, understanding, trust, and love, among other things.

"I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life"

She gently twirled to the music, eyes closed, arms out to keep her balance. Out here she was just another teenage girl with a love, and the freedom to dance in the rain if she so wished.

She had heard once that dancing in the rain could bring good luck. She wasn't sure how true that was, but she could still wish.

"I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life"

A soft chuckle halted her performance as the music faded away. She turned, blinking at the figure that stood beneath an awning, out of the rain. "Athrun?"


wow. one more. -eek!- hehehe eek but nice. and this is like 7 in a day. might post the last today, might post later. we'll see...

xxravenwingxx