Chapter 4: A Devil's Death

"How could you!? You're our father! Do we mean that little to you?" Kira's outraged voice carried through the halls of the ArchAngel. He glared with murder in his eyes at his father in the screen.

"I did it for my country. Show knows things that cannot get out to the public. And there's..." his father trailed off, realizing he had almost said what he had sworn he would not. He looked tired as he tried to explain himself to his son, "It's not that I don't love either of you. It's my duty to protect my country and if that requires a few sacrifices, then I am more than willing to make them." His voice was strong, and he tried to make his son see it from his point of view.

"Sacrifices? You're not my father." He spat bitterly at the man on the screen. "You are a joke." With that, Kira stood slamming the chair he had been sitting in to the floor. "And with that note, I officially resign from the service of the Alliance." Kira said glaring at his father. "You are no longer my father, you are an enemy." Kira grabbed his coat and a few things, and he left his room. Fuming, he made his way to the hangar.

"Kira?" Mwu asked as the boy passed him. He turned and followed him to the hangar, and watched as he got into the cockpit. "What are you doing?" He asked watching him with the rest of the repair crew.

"I just resigned from the Alliance." He said putting his things inside the cockpit. "Open the hangar please." He said, sitting down in his seat while the door closed. The crew stood there dumbfounded, and then a communication to the bridge was made.

"Kira Yamato! I demand to know what you are doing!" shrieked Murrue as she watched the video coming from the hangar.

"Let me out or I will break down the door." He replied calmly.

Murrue's eye seemed to twitch as she glared at him. He would break through, and there was no one to stop him. Muttering un lady like things under her breath, she gave the command to let him go.

Kira sighed as he soared into the air and disappeared in the way in which he had last seen the Dark Angel.

Elsewhere...

"Your son has just deserted the ArchAngel." Said a tall dark grey haired old man as he came to stand behind a man much younger, with black-brown hair, and golden eyes.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry that I could do nothing to stop him. I won't make the mistake again." He replied rubbing his eyes wearily.

"No," said the older man pulling a metal object from his waist, "You won't."

There was a loud gunshot, followed by the sound of a door opening and closing, as Cagalli and Kira's father fell from his chair to the cold ground.

Outside the room, the older man looked at the three men who stood nearby. "Tell the public that it was an assassination by Orb." The men nodded, and waited till their boss had left before they entered the room and took care of the body.

Dark Angel...

Cagalli was cleaning one of her mobile suits weapons from a lift when there was a loud beeping sound and the hangar opening. Athrun came to stand beneath the lift and he too watched with interest.

Guards swarmed where the Strike landed quietly. One of them told the pilot to come out with his hands in the air. Athrun looked up at Cagalli, but she had turned back to the weapon, a look of determination as she struggled uselessly against a spot that did not want to be removed.

Kira stepped from the cockpit, and was immediately surrounded by guards and searched for weapons. La Cruse came to stand by where Athrun was, and looked up at the toiling Cagalli.

"What's your name boy?" asked La Cruse as a group of soldiers escorted him to where they were standing.

"Kira Yamato." He replied as he looked at Athrun, a relieved look at his friend's safety clearly written on his face.

"Cagalli." La Cruse said looking up.

Cagalli turned to face them, her face cold and distant. This shocked not only Kira, but the commander, Athrun, and her friends who had come to stand nearby. "What?" she spat angrily.

"This is your brother if I'm not mistaken." He said recovering from the shock.

"What of it?" she glared bitterly for a moment at the commander, then jumped back into the lift from where she had been kneeling on the weapon. She pressed a button and the lift lowered to ground level where she exited and faced Kira.

"You think you can just show up here and ask forgiveness?" she asked in a disbelieving voice.

"Cagalli..." he said sadly, trying to find the words to say. "I have officially resigned from the Alliance." He said finally.

"Took you long enough. What, did daddy dearest finally tell you the truth? See here's the thing though. I don't care anymore, because I am more valuable here then I ever was in the Alliance. They think girl's should just stay home and knit. Here, I actually hold a high position, that not even La Cruse here would dare stand against, so why don't you go ask forgiveness from someone who really gives a shit, because bro, I ain't that person." With that, she turned abruptly on her heel and left.

La Cruse just stared with the rest as she walked off. He finally regained his composure and turned to Kira. "I wish to speak with you and Mr. Zala in my office immediately." He also turned and left, leaving a Kira to be escorted by several guards and Athrun who had decided to join the crew after this little incident.

La Cruse's office...

"Kira Yamato." Sighed the commander looking at a file that he had gotten from Australia. "Age 16, height 5'6", and brother of our little princess Cagalli." The commander was visibly tired as he rubbed his hands through his hair. "And Athrun Zala, age 16, height 5'7", son of Zaft Co. leader." He groaned, looking at the two files. "Aren't I the lucky guy to get you both here." He quickly pressed a button that seemed to be an intercom and said into it, "Let Leila in." he muttered putting the files to the side.

Cagalli and a younger girl entered. The child had shoulder length brown hair and crystal blue eyes. Cagalli took a spot on the wall, and leaned against it, crossing her arms in the process. The girl went and took a seat in the back though.

"Leila stop that." He muttered angrily, his nerves reaching their limit. "Now then, we need to discuss the future of your brother and the young Zala here who has been ordered to Australia." He said getting into a death match of glares with the firey blonde.

"I will do only what I have been told by Sir, and that is all. I will take Athrun to Australia without hinderance, and Sir, the council and I will decide what to do about Kira." She said coldly, her eyes a defiant and cold look, but inside she was a raging storm of emotions.

"Do you have any input in this Nikki?" he asked the child in the back. The girl simply shook her head, and wouldn't stop staring at Kira.

"Nikki, this is Kira." Cagalli finally said smiling at the girl's wide eyes.

"I figured that out Leila." She said watching him with interest still.

Athrun and Kira looked at eachother with complexed looks on their faces. Both of them had the same question though. Leila?

"Leila, you might as well explain to these two what the hell is going on, or believe me I will but it's too tiring to do."

"Why the god damn hell should I?!" she nearly shrieked.

"Sister, please calm down." Nikki said quietly from her seat. Kira and Athrun stared at Nikki, then at Cagalli.

"What the hell is going on here?" Kira demanded standing, his eyes focused on Cagalli.

"Oh shut the hell up Kira. I'll explain." Cagalli said, her voice a mixture between that of being annoyed, and regretful.

Kira sat back down grunting in anger but keeping his mouth shut, only because he was on an un-friendly ship.

"It all started almost ten months ago..." Cagalli started her voice very calm and quiet. The commander merely sat back and pulled out a book titled: Something Wicked this Way Comes. Athrun and Kira stared for a moment, then turned back to Cagalli and Nikki who had gone to give her sister a hug.

"I was visiting father when I over heard a meeting with some very important business friends of his. They...they...talked about the cause of the war and how it started. I wasn't even noticed until they reviewed the security cameras. Apparently what I heard was...well...not for the public's knowledge." She paused for a moment, steadying her shaking voice as she continued. "Several days later, after not hearing anything from father I knew something was wrong, and that's when I went to go camping with friends and you attacked. I fled, and was found by Orb. I was taken to meet...Sir...he listened and understood my situation. He trained me personally to become a pilot and sharpen my skills. I met Lacus and Dearka on my first mission, and then Flay later on. We became good friends, then one day, Sir introduced me to Nikki." She stopped for a moment smiling down at the girl.

"This was about a month and a half after I...fled. Well, as Athrun knows, me and Lacus became the singers Lacus Clyne and Daina Russe. Anyways when he introduced me to Nikki he told me who I really was." She looked at La Cruse for a moment, but when he didn't look up, she mumbled something then went back to her story.

"Sir told me that when Kira and I were born, that our mother was actually a citizen of Orb, but then after she disappeared when we were about seven, our father took us to the Alliance's territory where he established himself. The reason why mother 'disappeared' was because she had to flee our father because she had learned what I now know, and she was pregnant with Nikki. I was also told that even though mother died giving birth to our sister, she was also the daughter of Sir." She paused for a breath, her emotions threatening to break loose.

"Cagalli..."Kira said standing, and in one swift movement hugged his sister. She immediately burst into tears, and the family hug was joined by Nikki too. La Cruse glanced up, and looking at Athrun who was quite confused on what to do, went back to reading.

Athrun didn't know what to do so he sat there, seeing the girl he had come to see as emotionally distant and rather courageous and who he also considered a friend, break down into tears.

Kira sighed hugging his little sister and his other little sister tightly. Kira finally released the two, and Cagalli regained her composure. "Is there more?" he asked comfortingly.

"Yes." Cagalli said sitting down finally and placed the girl on her lap. "I am known as Cagalli to you, Daina to my fans and Lacus, and lastly Leila, which was my birth name. The only people who call me Leila are Nikki, and the people who know. Sir only call's me Cagalli when people might be listening. I've been a...uh...how do I put this...um...leader, yeah that's right, a leader in the Orb military since about my fourth month at Orb." She sounded more relieved now, but there were still things she seemed to be hiding.

"But what is it that your father would kill for?" asked Athrun as he stared thoughtfully from Cagalli to Kira.

"I...I..." she stuttered not knowing what to say. La Cruse looked up, nodding at her. "I know what started the war."

Athrun and Kira stared at her. No definite reason had ever been given, and they were shocked that there really was one, and that people would kill to keep it a secret.

"What is it?" Kira and Athrun both said at once.

"I...I can't say." She said looking down at her shoes. "I'm sorry, I just can't tell you. If you'll excuse me, I am going to go have dinner. La Cruse..." she said stopping as she walked to the door. "I take personal responsibility for these two, so feel free to let them wander mindlessly through the corridors." She said grinning, her happy mood slowly returning. Nikki stood, and saying goodbye left quickly behind her sister.

Kira and Athrun stared for a moment at the closed door, then both turned simultaneously back to the commander.

"You're free to move about as you please, but know this. Leila can be a watch dog, and she has eyes everywhere so behave. Dismissed." He said before going back to reading his book."

Kira and Athrun left to talk over this information, having been warned just before they left that they'd be chopped liver if they breathed a word of it to anyone. Kira would be staying with Athrun until a room was provided, so the two headed there to discuss these new details in full.

Later that day...

"Attention all crew members." Came Commander La Cruse's voice over the com. "A report just in from the Alliance, and confirmed by Orb. President Yamato has been assassinated, and blame goes to Orb."

Everyone throughout the shipped stopped at this announcement, then became angry at being charged with assassination. Cagalli had been walking towards Kira with Nikki by her side, and Athrun by his. The two sibling's gaze met instantly, a look of shock on Kira's, a look of anger on Cagalli's.

-Pre-Story Line-

Cagalli, Kira, and Nikki's mother Jessica had been rumored dead when she had not come home one night, and so was assumed dead when she was never found. Their father, unknowing about Nikki at the time, moved Cagalli and Kira to Alliance territory when they were seven. The war had started only a month prior to their mother's disappearance, and their father eventually made himself a leader in the Alliance, going against his father-in-law, known only as Sir.

Hey everyone, I hoped you liked it. It's getting more interesting. I don't know how many chapters it will be yet, but I also don't know how exactly I'm going to carry it on. Surprisingly this chapter came quite easily, and I hope the next one will be as good as this one if you liked it.