You are everything

Here's the next chapter, I hope you like it, I don't own any of the characters, now onto the fic

On the cold cement floor of the prison cell, Kira slowly came to. His dreams were filled with disturbing images of him, beating down on Ssigh with the pool cue. Unfortunately, he didn't stop beating him. He continued thrashing away at Ssigh until he wasn't just coughing up blood, but rather beaten, bruised and covered in his own blood. Looking over, he saw Ssigh just waking up from his bed and rubbing his eyes. Kira rose up and leaned up against the bars, his eyes closed and still thinking about last night's events. The dinner, the drinking, the fight, and the worst of it all, he had no idea what had happened to Milly after he left. Was she okay? Was she hurt? These thoughts were all through Kira's mind at the moment, and they were driving him crazy.

"Hey, Kira" Ssigh called out, causing Kira's head to slowly rise up from where it was. "About last night, I just want to say, I…" Ssigh was about to say, but was interrupted. "Forget it, I shouldn't have been there at the bar in the first place" Kira admitted. "What drove you to be there anyways?" Ssigh asked.

"I saw something, I didn't like. I saw Milly, with Elthman, the prisoner you guys took on board while I was MIA" Kira said. 'The same guy she tried to stab' Ssigh thought to himself. "He tried to kiss her, and I got angry and before I knew it, I found myself outside the bar" Kira admitted.

"So you still love her?" Ssigh asked, his back to Kira as it was from the start of their conversation. "I thought…I could convince myself that I could move on, but I wasn't convincing myself of anything, I do still love her and I just couldn't stand seeing her with that bastard" Kira said as he felt his hands tighten around the bars.

Turning around, Ssigh decided to speak. "It's good that you still love her, but you didn't have any right to go to the restaurant and stalk her and try to chase him away from her" he said, hopefully proving that Kira was acting immature.

"I didn't go there to follow them Ssigh, I went there with Lacus and they went there as well, I had no idea, and as for chasing him away, maybe I did subconsciously try to get him away from her, but what you have to realize, is that before I ever fell in love with Milly, we were friends, and I knew that he wasn't right for her, I knew that deep inside, he would only hurt her" Kira said. Ssigh looked over at Kira. His eyes were red from tears and his voice, while shaky was determined to protect Milly, no matter what.

Milly sat on where she was in Athrun and Cagalli's hotel room. She hadn't moved from her spot, unwilling to be touched by anyone but Cagalli. Athrun looked on and couldn't help but feel miserable, it was his fault that she was hurt the first time.

What really hurt was that he was unable to help her. He knew she hadn't forgiven him and the way she fled from him every time he was around. But he was responsible, and felt it necessary to help her as a sign of repent. He killed her boyfriend in that one fateful battle with Kira, and the more he thought back to it that was one of the many mistakes that continued to haunt him. If not for Cagalli, then he may not even be standing here today.

Looking over, his girlfriend walked in from the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel and then pausing to speak. "How's she doing?" Cagalli asked. "She hasn't moved from that spot for hours, just to put her head down" Athrun replied.

Tossing her towel aside, Cagalli walked over to Milly and put a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, at her, allowed Cagalli to see the girl's crimson laced eyes. "Milly, are you feeling any better?" Cagalli asked. "Why, why is everyone trying to hurt me? I'm a good person, so why is everyone trying to hurt me?" she asked, her eyes welling up with tears. Running her hands softly across the sad girl's shoulders, Cagalli kneeled down to Milly's eye level.

"Neither of them was trying to hurt you, they just weren't thinking, and while Elthman may have done something unforgivable, I can say that Kira always makes up for his mistakes" Cagalli said with a slight smile. Responding slightly to this with a smile, Milly spoke. "Well, looking back I'm glad that Kira did what he did in the restaurant, Dearka was an awful kisser" Milly said with a slight of humor to her voice.

"So what happened to him after he stormed out?" Cagalli asked, wondering just what kind of trouble Kira found himself in. "I don't know, I just remember that he broke his glass and walked out with an angry look on his face. 'Surprised he didn't go Berserk right there' Cagalli thought, remembering how Kira easily went into his SEED modes. Cagalli was prepared to speak again when a knock at the door interrupted her. It was Lacus. Her face was also twisted into a visage of sadness over what had happened.

"Lacus, where were you?" Athrun asked, concerned where his former fiancé was most of the night. "I went back to Kira's apartment, because I couldn't dare to come back here," she said, solemnly. "Well wasn't Kira with you?" Cagalli asked. "Kira didn't come home. He was arrested" Lacus said as she took a seat on the bed beside Cagalli. Once the words left her mouth however, silence spilled across the room and the occupants all took on shocked expressions. It wasn't until a couple minutes later when Athrun looked over and saw Cagalli lower her head and her voice. "I see," she said with unhidden anger. It appeared as though her infamous temper would start to show through again.

"I'm going out to get him, Athrun you stay here with them." Cagalli said as she grabbed her purse and checked to see if her credit cards were with it. "I should…" Athrun began but found himself cut off by Cagalli's finger on his lips. "Listen, this is personal, just stay here, I'll be back later with my idiot brother" she said as she turned on her heels and slammed the door. Looking back, Athrun saw that he was left alone with the two girls yet again; one of them hated him, while the other was his former fiancé, and talking to her in a normal conversation was just awkward. It as one thing to talk military strategies and options but this was different.

"I'm going to take a shower." Lacus said, excusing herself. Athrun looked on and thought to himself: 'that's one problem I don't have to worry about' looking back, he saw Milly, still sitting at the room's table, unchanged.

Hoping for the best, Athrun walked over, and ran his hand down her shoulder, in a hope to calm her. "Don't worry, we'll have all this straightened out" Athrun said reassuringly. Milly flinched at his touch slightly, causing Athrun to pull his hand back.

"Don't touch me." Milly said in a frightened tone of voice.

"I know, you may never forgive me for what I did and I can understand this. My teammates and I hunted you down like dogs and killed some of you. We never intended for any of this to happen, we just wanted to go in there and get the Gundams and leave, we never had any intention of dragging you and…" Athrun spoke but was soon interrupted by Milly.

"Then what would you have done with them? Who's to say you wouldn't have turned them on Heliopolis and killed us later?" She shouted, getting upset at his excuses.

"Heliopolis was a neutral colony, we never intended for the break-in to turn into an assault on people's lives. Things got out of control and people on both sides were killed, people that didn't…deserve to die" Athrun said as he lowered his head in shame.

Turning around in her chair to face him, Milly looked up and saw that Athrun meant those words. It was good to know that he wasn't truly a heartless bastard.

"One of the things I wanted to do, was to take Kira away from all of this, I told him he was fighting on the wrong side, I felt he was fighting his own people, but I guess I was wrong, I didn't know just who his people truly were" Athrun admitted.

"It's because of Kira that all of us are where we are now. We all saw what he was doing for us, and we all decided to join in and fight in the alliance, because we didn't want Kira to shoulder the burden on his own" Milly admitted.

"Most of us, didn't want to even go into the war, but we felt we had no choice and it was the quickest way to end all the hostilities. Nicol was ready to become a famous pianist before the war, Dearka had his choice of sports scholarships, and I was prepared for a life in politics. So you see, we never chose the war, the war chose us" Athrun said.

"It usually does, and sometimes its choices are cruel ones, sometimes its choices, get caught in a crossfire." Milly said somberly. "My father, my birth father was a military photographer. He was taking shots of a building that was supposedly the target for a bomb threat. It seemed like a dud when it didn't go off at the set time, but it surprised everyone when it did explode, killing nearly everyone around it" she said.

'That's one of the buildings the Blue Cosmos were suspected of attacking' Athrun thought to himself, remembering hearing about it in one of the reports back before the war started up.

"So why are you telling me this? Of all people" Athrun asked the girl in front of him. "I just felt like I had to tell someone this. I've kept this inside for so long but with all that's happened it's just come back to me"

"It came back, because you lost something, just like how you lost your father. Like how you've lost two other people who were close to you." Athrun said as he leaned against a wall, his arms folded across his chest, for once in their conversation, Milly was speechless, speechless not because she was seething with anger, but because he was right. These memories were coming back to her because of who she lost, just like her father.

"Will you tell this to Kira?" Athrun asked Milly. "I don't know if I can talk to him after what's happened. He was arrested and he cheated on me, I don't know if he's even the same person that I first met all those years ago" Milly spoke. At this, Athrun walked over to Milly and placed his hand on her shoulder and lightly squeezed it, and began to speak.

"I know Kira may have done wrong, he was always something of a crybaby and a whiner back at the academy, I even had to help him out of a few jams with the others who wanted to pick a fight with him. They always called him a runt and a wimp but he always stayed true to his friends, and even with this incident, I know he still loves you, the fact that seeing you with Dearka caused this proves it, so don't count him out just yet" Athrun said with a confident smile on his face, hoping to bring the girl out of her depression.

Milly looked on, unsure at first, but she slowly began to smile. This man in front of her, for all the sins he committed in the war, truly was a gentle soul. Its no wonder Kira's sister fell for him; maybe there was a possibility that she could forgive him, maybe.

"So Ssigh, what were you doing in the bar last night anyways?" Kira asked his friend from across his cell. "I wasn't in the bar, I just saw you there. I wanted to tell you and Milly that, I got engaged" Ssigh admitted, the ghost of a smile on his features. "Congratulations, she must be a great girl" Kira said as he slid down his cell door to a seated position.

"Yeah she is, I'd show you a picture of her but unfortunately the police have my wallet." Ssigh said. At this Kira chuckled, which Ssigh caught on and joined in, finding it slightly catchy as they both laughed at the situation.

"Hey, Kira, I'm sorry again for starting the fight" Ssigh said looking over at Kira from across his cell.

"Don't worry, if anything it opened my eyes, if not for you I would still be drinking and worrying about everything" Kira admitted. He was ready to talk again when a banging against his cell doors grabbed his attention. Looking over he saw a police officer banging his baton against the bars, trying to grab his attention.

"Kira Yamato, you've been set free on bail" the officer stated as he fished his keys out of his pocket, and opening Kira's cell door.

"Hey Ssigh, you take care of yourself all right" Kira said as he was lead out. "I will, and say hello to Milly for me if you see her" Ssigh shouted out as Kira disappeared through the doorway.

As Kira walked out to the front entrance to the police station, he looked around and his eyes settled on a blonde haired girl that he immediately recognized. "Cagalli, you posted my bail?" Kira asked. He received no response as she walked up to Kira, and threw a punch that connected with his jaw, and sending him flying into a desk.

"I guess I deserve that" Kira said rubbing the bump that had just formed on his head.

"You're damn right you do!" Cagalli said as she grabbed Kira up by his shirt and pulled him to his feet. "Come on, you've had us all worried sick, you should be grateful they're just letting you off with a warning since this is your first time" Cagalli said as she punched open the door, letting it hit Kira as he followed her along.

Kira walked back over to her ready to speak, when Cagalli buried her fist into his stomach, causing Kira to double over.

"What was that one for?" Kira said, struggling to get air in his chest.

"Do you have any idea how worried I was when I heard you were arrested? How worried all of us were? And don't you go saying it was because you had a rough night because your night was nothing compared to what happened to Milly!" Cagalli said in a fit of anger, her temper indeed showing itself.

"What happened to her? What did Elthman do?" Kira said quickly picking himself up off the ground. "If he's hurt her I'll…" he said, prepared to do bodily pain to the man who was with Milly the other night.

"You'll do nothing." Cagalli interjected. "Right now she needs someone, she needs you, and you can't help her if you're back behind bars, so please go to her, don't let her suffer alone anymore. Isn't that why you went to her the first time?" Cagalli asked Kira, hoping it would get through to him.

Hearing this caused Kira to stop and think back. When he returned to the Archangel, Milly was hurting inside, she had lost Tolle and it was killing her inside. He wanted so badly to take that pain away. He wanted her to smile freely again, to feel happy, just like things were before. "Milly…" he said with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Go to her Kira, go and help her" Cagalli said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "She needs you now, so go to her" she whispered one more time as she let her arms move away from his neck.

"I'm a mess, I need a shower" Kira said examining himself. "Go to your apartment and get cleaned up, I'll go get Milly" Cagalli said to him.

"Okay, I'll go, just tell her to knock first" Kira said as he hurried to the general direction of his apartment.

Cagalli watched as he ran off, and she walked back to the hotel, to get Milly, and hope that Athrun was okay with her.

"So, do you know any other old horror stories about Kira?" Milly asked Athrun, hoping to find out a little more about him than what she knew.

"Well, I remember a time when he was giving a speech and these guys in the back kept on turning on a laser pointer and made it go all over his face, kept on distracting him and making him make faces the entire time, just got the entire class laughing at him, he wouldn't speak to anyone for almost a week" Athrun said, a slight smile on his face. This got Milly laughing as well.

Their conversation was cut short when the door opened revealing Cagalli. "Milly, he's out, you can meet him back at his apartment" Cagalli said.

Getting up from where she was, Milly smoothed out her dress and took a couple steps before being stopped by Athrun. "Milly, just give him another chance" that was all Athrun said, before Milly walked out past Cagalli. Walking back into the room, Cagalli wrapped her arms around Athrun. "So I take it things are getting better between you two?" Cagalli asked. "They're getting there." Athrun said as he let go of her. The opening of the bathroom door caught their attention.

There stood Lacus, unchanged from her dinner date, her eyes still with a sad look in them. "I thought you were in the shower?" Cagalli asked. "I just wanted to get out for awhile, I've done some terrible things since I came here, and I can't help but feel responsible for Kira's pain." Lacus said.

Walking over to her, Cagalli embraced Lacus. "You didn't do anything wrong Lacus, you just needed to get an answer, and you need to accept that Kira only wants her, the pain they've gone through is what bonds them together" Cagalli explained, hoping that the pink haired girl in front of her would understand.

"I know that, now. I know I'll have to accept that he's gone forever, but that it was nice to be held by him one last time." Lacus explained with a slight smile on her face.

Kira had just finished his shower and had thrown on a pair of flannel pants and a white t-shirt. Nothing fancy or formal was needed, just as long as he was decent. Very shortly, she'd be here, and he'd have to face her, and that was sounding far more difficult than any encounter he ever had in a mobile suit battle. He suddenly remembered something that Mu had told him once. The battles of the heart are far more dangerous than the battles in a war" and it appeared as though that was holding true.

A knock at the door awoke Kira from his thoughts, he didn't have to guess, and he knew who was on the other side.

So what'd ya think? please R&R