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A/N: thanks go to those who reviewed - you know wwho you are. This chapter has POVs of Yzak, Cagalli and Kira
3. a day of normalcy... not
Yzak
Just what idiot invented this horror called shopping spree, may I ask you?
Umm... Well... Our Commander recommended that we get some real foos while we're on the ground, so Rusty and Elmsman pulled us into the first food store they saw.
Damn. I officially hate shopping... Especially when I'm in the company of a jerk, an idiot, a crybaby and a sentimentalist.
'H...hey, Dearka, we can't take milk,' I heard a careful voice of Amarfi a few isles ahead. 'You do remember what happens with water in space?'
'What's that got to do with a pack of milk?' the blonde asked as he stared at the younger kid in astonishment.
I sighed for the nth time during the day and ducked almost immediately in order to avoid a flying chunk of batter. Elmsman reached a hand out and thankfully, stopped the 'missile'.
'Thanks, Rusty,' he shouted.
I turned around and ducked again - this time it's a flying box of eggs. Rusty and Zala were standing next to the rack with eggs, and Zala looked faintly amused, which was very rare.
'Chill, Rusty,' he said quietly. 'Let's go shop for something safer.'
'Safer in what sense?'
Man, I think I mistook the identities... Our Rusty is more of an idiot than a jerk...
I had to duck again, as something red flew over my head, landing with a splatter on Elmsman's green shirt.
'Hey!' He complained, looking up. 'Rusty, that's not funny!'
'Oh, I don't know,' I heard him. 'I, for one, find it very hilarious...'
'No, Nicol, we can't take ice-cream with us,' came from the freezers' section. Apparently Zala had ditched Rusty and was with Amarfi in the frozen sweets section. 'Did you forget, we doin't have a freezer.'
'Well, we could always buy one,' the kid answered sullenly. Zala sighed and gave a rueful smile.
'And put it where? The Command Bridge?'
'Ummm...'
Apparently, Amarfi did NOT think of that little bit. Which is very surprising - he's usually the most organized out of our group.
I had to duck another missile from Rusty in the general direction of the quiet members of our group.
'Hey, will you quit that,' I complained, as one really heavy onion finally managed to hit me in the head.
'Nah.' Turning, I saw with alarm that Rusty was weighting up something green and spiky in his hand. 'It's too much fun.' He lobbed the missile towards Elmsman, who ducked. The green thing landed right onto the saleslady's head.
'Whoops.' Rusty grinned and clasped his hands behind his back, whistling.
Meanwhile, Zala and Amarfi, who completely ignored Rusty and Elmsman's antics,disappeared in direction unknown. I couldn't even hear the two, for which I was immensely grateful. Unfortunately, that left me to deal with the two insane members of our squad.
'Hey, you! Yes, you two. What do you think you're doing!'
I turned around, just in time to notice a frying pan that flew out of the dollar section right at me. I managed to duck it, and it landed - with a bang - right into one of the freezers containing packages of frozen food.
How the hell did I get there in the first place!
Elmsman's blonde head popped out of the said section a second before the alarmws went off.
'Uh-oh,' he said with a start, and disappeared in there again.
The next few minutes saw Elmsman and Rusty being chazed all over the store, while Amarfi anf Zala calmly paid for their things and left it.
I shook my head ruefully, as the salespeople finally managed to corner Elmsman and Rusty in between the milk products rack and the freezers before following Zala and Amarfi outside.
'Think we should come in and help the guys?' Amarfi asked carefully, while Zala checked through the purhases.
'Nah, leave them be,' I said smugly. 'I'm sure the Commander will enjoy giving them a nice dressing-down...'
'Uh-huh...' Zala finally left the shopping list alone and gazed curiously inside the store where pandemonium reigned. 'How long do you think they'll last before calling for help?'
'H...HELP!' Elmsman squeaked, very audibly.
I smirked, and Zala chuckled weakly.
'No guess,' Amarfi laughed.
My smirk widened unintentionally. Oh, yeah, the shopping spree suddenly didn't look too bad.
Instead, it made for a very interesting day.
Very interesting day, indeed.
Cagalli
'Princess, you really should not be going anywhere that dangerous...'
Kizaka trailed off as I stomped my foot, feeling fury building up.
'Kizaka! I'm not a little girl anymore!'
'I did not say that.' Colonel Kizaka, I should really say, frowned at me. 'But you most certainly behave like a small brat you were milady,' he added, tugging at one of my blonde pigtails.
Uggh! I-hate-it-when-I-have-to-be-a-bloody-princess! Didn't I say it clear enough the first time! NO-O. They just had to tear me away from my twin brother, whom I hardly remember now. And they have to force me into this mostorosity of a goddamned dress! Stars, do I hate it here...
'Leave my hair alone!' I yelled. 'We''re not discussing my behaviour habits, we're discussing the possibility of Heliopolis hiding Orb's newest Mobile Suits!'
Kizaka's eyebrows nearly disappeared in his hairline.
'We are, Highness?'
'And I'll be departing for Heliopolis as soon as I'm able to,' I announced, stomping my foot.
'Absolutely not!'
'After all,' I continued, masterfully ignoring my bodyguard's astonishment and protests, 'nobody will suspect a Princess of Orb snooping around Heliopolis, now, would they?'
'Of course, they would. Princess, please reconsider...'
'I will not! How else am I to learn about the outside world if I do not travel around it?'
I shook ,my head and decided to play a goody-two-shoes for the time being.
Oh, yeah, how could I forget! There was a perfect opportunity for me to get to Heliopolis - I'm goig to sneak away during the ball in honor of Orb's independence from the rest of the Earth, that's in three days' time... They might notice the Princess of Orb sneaking off, but nobody will notice a servant boy walking out of the palace...
Hmmm... The idea sure has some merit...
I smiled at Kizaka as sweetly as I could fter taking a breather from my temper tantrum.
'Of course, Kizaka, you're right as usual... I'll most certainly have a hard time sneaking away... Now, we were talking about?...'
Thankfully, the Colonel started to talk about the plans for the ball, and I allowed myself a small smile. I decided to play a perfect princess for the time being, and I most certainly had a perfect plan for escaping...
Then I'll have not only the chance of discovering the ishy dealings between Orb and Heliopois everyone seems to ignore, but also the chance of possibly finding my missing twin brother.
Or so I hoped.
Kira
I tried not to flinch as Tolle lobbed the ball across the net, but apparently, failed.
'Kira, you all right?'
We were in teams of two. Myself and Sai against Tolle and Miriallia.
'Yeah, I'm fine...'
I just had a weiridest feeling that my twin tried to reach for me...
What was her name again? Damned if I remember.
We were hiding on Heliopolis ever since the Bloody Valentine. They say there was nly threee survivors from that day - a girl and two boys. The boys were both still alive, and the girl listed as MIA - missing in action.
I snort softly. Killed by her own lot more like.
I lobbed the ball back and sudenly remembered that day when I first heard an argument.
I was only five, and my best friends' parents were arguing about something... Allia and Athrun, as well as my twin Cagalli, were with me, and I can't rememeber even a word of the argument.
(Wait a sec...)
I ignored the fact that Sai cursed and Tolle and Miri cheered as they won a match. I just remembered my twin's name.
(Cagalli...)
I rolled the name silently, building up an image of a fiery girl with blonde pigtails sticking in all directions possible, bright brown eyes sparkilg with different emotions and overalls.
'Earth to Kira. Over.'
'Huh?' I snapped up from my dreamworld, sttaring stupidly at the grinning trio.
'You got lost somewhere up there, and we decidd to check it,' Tolle said cheerfuly. 'Everything all right in there?'
Hmmm, let me see... I've got two best friends missing, a twin sister whom I can barely remember, and I was hiding here because I am a first-generation Coordinator and don't want to be involved into that bloody war. Oh, and there's that small fact that that said war can erupt right here the moment somebody said something politically wrong...
'Yeah, Tolle, I'm fine,' I replied.
Except for the above mentined problems. But I did not say that out loud.
I really don't want to scare them. Not now.
I have a feeling that they'll have enough problems to worry about.
Soon...
A/N: he-he, this is the chapter I enjoyed writing. hope you liked it...