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I present you...Chapter 4, with Athrun Zala in it!
CHAPTER 4
Cagalli was now officially annoyed. For the past ten minutes, she had been walking around the school ground in the quest to search for the principal's office, but her quest failed miserably. She tried to ask the students around, but they all dismissed her without even looking at her.
She sat on a wooden bench, trying to regain her breath. She had been walking non-stop and her legs were killing her. She glared at the pair of black high-heels shoe which she was wearing.
'This was all your fault,' blaming the innocent pair of shoe responsible for her aching feet. She looked down to her blue plaid miniskirt. How she made up her mind to wear this abominable creation this morning, she would never know. The miniskirt was even barely covering her, showing off most of her long legs, which made her despised it more.
Cagalli glanced around the regal hallway, there was barely anyone in this part of the school, only a few students, those who dismissed her earlier and not till now did she noticed that they were all female students. Cagalli studied them for a few second, she could have sworn she saw one of the girls look scarily identical to the famous singer, Lacus Clyne, although the aforementioned student act nothing alike the pink-haired goddess.
They seem to be looking for something, someone.
Cagalli shrugged, 'I better get going or I'll be late.'
Cagalli then walked away in the opposite direction of the weird crowd of girls, wanting to get away as far as she could from them.
'Where could the principal's office be?'
She walked along the never ending hallway, realizing that she was lost. Cagalli started to felt a bit nervous. She never knew this school could be such a labyrinth, and here she was, not knowing where her feet were taking her. She looked around and there was not even a single soul in presence.
Cagalli's legs felt weak and she decided to take a rest for a while. She glanced at her wristwatch, it was already 8, and she was now officially late for her first day at school. And to top that, she was lost and still hasn't reported to the principal yet.
'Why do I have to be so stubborn? If only I admitted to Kira that I was nervous, I won't be here in the middle of nowhere,' Cagalli thought.
'Kira….'
Kira Yamato, who was in the other side of the school, in the crowd of his friends, was totally clueless of his dear sister's condition.
Cagalli's head suddenly jerked up when she heard a strange sound. She looked around, was she hearing things? Cagalli walked to the source of the sound, and she found herself in yet another never-ending hallway. The sound was louder than ever, and she knew she was about to hit jackpot.
She would ask the person who was making the sound to lead the way to the principal's office and all her problems would be solved. Cagalli can't help but grinning, 'I'm such a genius!'.
As Cagalli walked cautiously to the source of the sound, she began to realize something. The empty classrooms along the hallway were actually laboratories. Scary looking, laboratories to be exact. Suddenly, thoughts came storming in the back of her head. What if the sound was not from someone, but something? What if she encountered human-sized roaches that enjoyed devouring female Homo sapiens? What if the school was only a cover, and the real purpose of the school was to produce human zombies?
Cagalli' thoughts went wild due to the overdose of watching horror movies. She was now frozen and glued to the floor, thinking of plans to beat the crap of the out of this world creatures that she would encounter.
The strange sounds suddenly stopped, and she could hear the sound of the doorknob being turned. Cagalli immediately turned around, her fist clenched, ready to beat whatever that will appear in front of her eyes.
A male student exited from one of the laboratory, his eyes fixed on Cagalli.
Cagalli was dumbfounded. She expected to face a scary looking monster, an ogre, a zombie even, not a handsome young man.
Wait, did she just said handsome?
"What are you doing here Miss?" the stranger asked kindly, his voice echoed in the empty hallway.
Before she had the opportunity to answer him, she heard a loud noise, which sounded like someone squeling, from afar. Cagalli was unable to react, when in an instant, the man took her arms and dragged her into one of the labobatory.
"What the-" Cagalli tried to protest, but she was caught off when the mystery guy placed his hands gently on her mouth.
"I'm sorry to drag you into this, but could you please remain silence from a few moments?" the blue-haired student politely asked.
Cagalli, knowing that it would not hurt her if she obliged, remain quiet. They were both standing at the corner of the laboratory, completely hidden from the naked eye as they were covered in the shadows.
Cagalli was aware of her closeness with the young man beside her, and she was a bit uneasy. She was never this close to a man before. She had thought to push the man away, but judging from his appearance, Cagalli doubted that he was a bad man.
'He must have his reasons,' Cagalli thought.
After a few moments, the squeling noise from before became more audible. Cagalli tried to concentrate on the sound; she thought she had heard those voices before. Suddenly it struck her; it was the voice of the Lacus wannabe that rudely dismissed her earlier. What was she doing here?
The Lacus wannabe than opened the door of the laboratory which Cagalli and the mysterious guy was hiding. Cagalli felt herself stiffen.
Shethen peered into the darkness of the laboratory, searching for something, or rather, someone.
'What is she searching for?' Cagalli thought.
After a few seconds which to Cagalli lasted for an eternity, the girl closed the door and walked away. The annoying squeling sound also drifted away after that.
After the coast was clear, both of them escaped from their hiding. The blue-haired stranger let out a sigh.
"Won't they ever leave me alone?" he muttered under his breath.
Cagalli's arched her eyebrow, questioning. The young man saw this and smiled.
"I'm sorry I dragged you into this mess Miss." He said politely.
"No, it's alright. I think I understand your situation." Cagalli replied.
The young man smiled, amused at this young woman standing in front of him.
"Really? What do you understand then?"
She shrugged, "I know it's hard for you to have girls stalking and following you around. You have my pity."
The young man chuckled silently.
"You got that right," he said, smiling.
Cagalli couldn't help but blush as he smiled at her.
Cagalli took a quick glance at her watch. '8.30! I'm already late for class!'
The emerald eyed stranger, as if he could read her mind said nonchalantly, "Thirty minutes late to be more precise."
Cagalli stared him in disbelief, "What are you? Some kind of psychic or something?"
The stranger chuckled again.
'Which part of this did he find funny? I'm late for class for god's sake!' Cagalli thought angrily.
"May I ask what's so funny?" she demanded.
"You," was his simple reply.
"I am not funny! I wasn't even trying to be funny!" Cagalli protested.
This made the blue-haired stranger chuckled more.
Cagalli sighed. She didn't have time for this. She must find her way to the principal's office, fast.
"I'm guessing you're new here. I've never seen you here before," the stranger said, breaking the silence between them.
Cagalli nodded.
"Shouldn't you be in class or something?"
"……."
"I take it as you haven't reported yet to Mr. Bartfeld." He stated.
"Who?"
"Mr. Andrew Bartfeld, the school's principal."
"I was going to! But then, I got-" Cagalli stopped abruptly She was not going to admit that she was lost, especially not to this I-have-psychic-powers-stranger.
"-distracted," she continued.
"You got lost," he corrected. It was more a statement than a question.
"I am not lost!" Cagalli protested.
The blue-haired stranger raised an eyebrow, his eyes twinkled in amusement, "You're not?"
"Of course not! Like I said before, I was just distracted!"
The handsome stranger was now sitting at the edge of a table, his hands crossed and he was studying her with a smirk plastered on his face.
Cagalli stood in front of him, her left foot tapping the floor impatiently.
"Aren't we supposed to go now?" she asked, her patience was slipping away.
The stranger looked at her quizzically, "What do you mean?" he asked innocently.
"Unless you're going to spend your day in this shabby lab, aren't you supposed to be in class or something? Or are you the Almighty Prince of Earth and PLANT that you could do anything as you please?"
'That's it! Payback time,' Cagalli thought.
The stranger smiled a bit upon hearing Cagalli rude remarks, and Cagalli was taken aback., she expected him to glare at her, not smile at her.
"I'm completely comfortable spending my day in this shabby lab, thank you very much. I think it is you who should be on your way, unless…."
"Unless?" Cagalli asked curiousity took the best of her.
"Unless you don't know your way around," he finished.
In normal condition, the great Cagalli Yula Attha would never consider asking for help, especially not from strangers. But in this unfortunate situation, she made an exception. Besides, she somehow felt at ease with this stranger, not that she would ever admit it out loud.
The blonde princess sighed.
"Alright, alright. I need your help okay," she admitted.
'Finally.' The blue-haired stranger thought.
"Come on, I'll escort you to the principal's office." He finally said.
"Really!'
The stranger chuckled again.
"Sure, come on."
Athrun was walking beside the mysterious blonde girl he met earlier, leading the way to the principal's office. He glanced momentarily at the girl beside her. He was surprised to see her pouting, and couldn't help it but think how cute she was looking like that.
Both of them walked in an awkward silence, however at times, thanks to his enhanced sense of hearing, Athrun could hear the girl besides her muttering something about stupid skirts and high-heels.
"Hey you, is it still far? The principal's office I mean," the blonde girl asked.
"Don't worry, we're almost there,"
She sighed in relief.
Athrun turn his head, facing her.
"Why are you so anxious? Are you worried that I might kidnap you or something?"
That made the girl gave him a deathly glare, "Don't you dare!" she warned.
Athrun laughed silently, he didn't know why but he enjoyed teasing this mysterious girl. He knew he was acting totally unlike his usual calm and mature demeanor; in fact he never acted like this before. However this girl's presence somehow managed to bring out a part of him which he never knew existed before.
They continued their way to the principal's office. During walking, Athrun indulged in something he usually did in his past time, thinking. Normally, Athrun would think about current issues, world peace and the war. He is the future chairman of PLANT, so it was not something out of this world for him to ponder on those heavy stuff, although some may consider it too much for a sixteen year old. However today, Athrun Zala was thinking about something he never even knew possible for him to think-a girl. To be more specific, the blonde girl beside him.
Athrun couldn't help but felt as if the girl beside him was familiar, and suddenly the thought struck him, this girl looked exactly like Cagalli Yula Attha! Well…almost, her features were exactly the same but her dressing were nothing alike the Princess of ORB. The Cagalli Yula Attha would never tolerate a skirt.
'Maybe she's one of the wannabes, there seem to be more of them lately,' Athrun thought, his memory brought him to the Lacus Clyne wannabe.
'However, she certainly did not look like some kind of wannabe,' Athrun pondered more.
After a few minutes of walking, they finally reached their destination.
"This is it," Athrun said, referring to the enormous mahogany door in front of them.
The girl nodded, "Thanks."
"No problem, welcome to ORB International Highschool." Athrun said before leaving, making his way to his own classroom.
After a few minutes….
'Wait, I forgot to ask for her name!'
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