Oh boy...wasn't that last chapter great fun? I'll admit...it was actually okay writing that lemon... Not bad for a first time, in my opinion. This next chapter, as follows, won't be so extreme. Take a look.
CHAPTER 3In the weeks that followed, Kira learned everything about what had happened. Lacus explained everything in truth. It turns out that after the battle, Kira fell into unconsciousness, and was picked up by Lacus' ship. Lacus, Athrun, and Cagalli all waited by Kira's side while he was in his coma. ZAFT and the Earth Alliance ordered a cease-fire, which were still in effect until Kira recovered, then it was lifted and the battles continued elsewhere. The Freedom Gundam had been completely destroyed, along with Athrun's Justice Gundam, but Kira could have actually cared less.
Athrun and Cagalli waited for Kira to wake, but they had to leave together when Athrun announced that to Lacus that he no longer had any intentions to marry her, but she understood! Athrun then left to go explain to ZAFT that he was defecting to Orb Territories with Cagalli.
When Kira finally recovered, he was aboard Lacus' ship; and they were drifting through space. Kira finally realized that he cared very deeply for Lacus, and that he was in love with her. He did think about Fley after she appeared in a vision to him in space in his final battle, but then he knew that really wasn't in love with her after what she did. He wanted to see Lacus again...
-Lacus' Ship-
The lamp light of Lacus Clyne's master bedroom flickered on and off. Clothes were strung everywhere, including her dress and an Earth Alliance flight suit. The door was electronically sealed, and candles were still lit along the walls.
Lacus was not occupying the bed. (AT LEAST SINCE LAST NIGHT)
Soothingly relaxed, Kira Yamato was lying in the bed fast asleep, gripping a pillow. He was actually sleeping. Kira hadn't slept in such a long time, he wasn't used to it. He had a smile on his face, and then it was emotionless again. He was extremely tired and out of energy; but how it felt good! His inner thoughts dwelled on what he went through with Lacus, and how unimaginably wonderful it was to sleep with her last night. It had been the best night of his life so far, and he soon wouldn't forget. Kira, however, didn't feel so well in his dream...
He was standing in a white void. All around him was nothing but white, he couldn't see anything else. He was in his military Earth Alliance uniform.
"Where am I?" he gasped to himself. He walked in circles a couple of times, looking around. All of the sudden, he seen Lacus, a little ways distant of him. "L-Lacus?" he asked. She looked up, tears in her eyes. Without thinking, Kira ran towards her. But the figure of her just gained distance further away from him. He ran faster. She moved away faster. Kira gasped and began to cry quietly as he sprinted towards her, but she floated away until he couldn't see her anymore. She was gone. He stopped, and looked at his feet; chills up his spine. He clenched his fists, his tears dotting the white 'ground.'
"Did you enjoy it, Kira? You and Lacus?" Flay Allster whispered behind him. He gasped and looked up, eyeing Fley's spirit. The same spirit he seen in the battle before in space. She was naked again, her hair down. She looked very pretty; just like how when she was when she was alive. She had a bizarre look in her eyes. They stared at each other for a moment.
"Flay..." Kira began, "why do still meet me like this? Tell me why, Flay." The tears from his eyes had vanished; he had the true look of a man in his eyes. She sighed. Kira spoke up again. "You told me that you no longer wanted me to cry when you apologized. But every time I see your face...I cry. You've gone now... you died! You...can't keep coming back to me!" he cried.
Flay's spirit looked like she had been hurt. She put her hands in her face and cried. Kira looked like he took it perhaps a bit to far, but he had to say what he did. She can't interfere like this, between Lacus and him. He'd gone too far to abandon Lacus. She...she gave herself to him, after all. Flay's spirit began to cry.
"I...thought that me apologizing my heart and soul would...it would..." she began, sobbing through tears. She couldn't say it.
"No, Flay...it doesn't change anything." Kira finished. "It can't change now, I'm in love with Lacus."
This...hit Flay like a bullet. Like she died again. She took her hands from her mouth and looked at Kira. She choked. Letting out a sob, her face red from her tear-stricken face.
"Flay...I'm so sorry. But when I lost you, I realized that I was blind...and Lacus means so much to me." Kira explained, beginning to feel sorry for her. Flay just stared at him for a minute. Then croaked:
"You don't like what you see? Don't you like seeing me...waiting for you? Wanting you?" she said seductively. Kira wasn't having it.
"Flay, it's over!" he screamed. This made her jump. After a few minutes, she finally said something.
"Is it because she's a Coordinator? I'm just a natural that can't stay with you, is that it?"
Flay cried, sopping tears. Kira really couldn't explain.
"Flay...I'm sorry." Was all he could manage. He really didn't have an explanation for his actions towards Lacus. Maybe he had rushed through things too fast. But a little 'action' is just what's needed for a newly out-of-war soldier. Could he have been with Lacus last night all because of what he wanted to feel with her? Or did he really care?
All the sudden, Flay called at Kira.
"You! Kira Yamato, wake up!"
"Flay? You don't have to call my last name." Kira replied, perplexed.
"Wake up, Sweetheart." She said again.
"Flay? What the hell-"Kira stammered, but that's all he got, when his dream vanished, and he struggled out of his sleep.
Kira woke up with a start. He looked around; he was still in Lacus' room, he looked to his right side, Lacus was gone. Her place in the bed was not occupied. Kira ran his hands through his hair, sighing. He was exhausted from last night, but at the same time, he felt more alive. Lacus really pulled through! He looked around more, to see candles lit among the walls. He didn't remember them. Had they been lit this morning? He got out of bed and put his soaked t-shirt on, and his pants. He sat up in the bed.
"Kira! Are you awake yet?" called Lacus voice through the hallway.
Kira gasped. "It was her voice in the end of my dream," he said, aloud to himself. Lacus Clyne appeared at the doorway, she was wearing a robe. Her hair was very tangled and not well done. She wasn't wearing any make-up, which stunned Kira.
"Tee-hee. How are you feeling?" she asked, sweetly. Kira smiled.
"I'm fine. Eh...good morning." He whispered.
"Yes. It is a good morning," said Lacus.
"Eh...listen, Lacus, about the night before...-"Kira started,
"...-No, it was worth it." She replied quickly. She giggled and strutted to the bed, taking a seat next to Kira. He fell on his back, staring at the ceiling.
"Good. That's good. Eh, thank you." Kira stuttered.
"Could I maybe interest you in some breakfast?" Lacus asked, trying to be a good host. Kira nodded. Breakfast sounded great to him. He hadn't eaten in what seemed like forever, and he really felt tired from the battle. He'd been through enough, just like how Athrun, Mu, and everyone else had been through enough.
What had ever happened to Mu? Kira remembered going in to space to deal with Rau and the GENESIS cannon, but besides that, Kira hadn't heard much from Mu. Mu had given Kira some words to live by and words of wisdom as well. Mu...was a little bit like the brother that Kira had never had exactly. Mu was also an exceptional soldier. But for now, some breakfast. Then, perhaps contacting Athrun and then finding out exactly what happened after the battle. It was safe to assume that the Earth Alliance and ZAFT were still at war, but the cease-fire had changed things a bit. Everything was at a stalemate for the time being, which caused Kira's nerves.
And with all else: what happened to Kira's Gundam? As he thought about it more, the more it came clear to him. After The Genesis fired, and Rau's Providence was destroyed, Athrun's Justice Gundam blew up, and then Karat escaped his ruined Freedom Gundam. It seemed clearer now: Kira had no more Gundams. He had no more mobile suits; he had no weapons, no currency, no ambitions; no more uses in the war! Was Kira Yamato finally free?
"Hello, Kira? Are you alright?" Lacus voice echoed in Kira's thinking. Kira felt so rude, he hadn't been paying attention for minutes!
He pried himself free of thinking. "Oh, yes. Sorry, Lacus." He laughed. He got out of bed, put on the rest of his clothing, and walked out of the bedroom, into the hallway.
-Elsewhere-
An evacuation shuttle looms into the depths of space; A smaller craft, used for evacuating people from dire situations. Right now there was no danger, and hadn't been for a good 3 weeks now. 3 weeks ago, the cease-fire was called between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT; A standing peace. Right now, even, talks between the Feds and the ZAFT were taking place, but still no luck. The ambassadors from both legions were meeting together and discussing talks among each other.
"What has happened to our Gundam prototypes?" one ZAFT chairman asked.
"What about our men? Did you think of them?" the Earth Feds fired back.
Emotionless talks rang about the loss of the Freedom and Justice Gundams' loss, but the Earth Alliance just wanted back their lost men. That was the fact of it all. ZAFT wanted mobile suit's safety; the Earth wanted their soldiers to be found. It was as plain as that.
Athrun Zala was both a soldier of ZAFT, and the respectable pilot of the Justice Gundam, one of the prototypes taken to destruction, and Kira Yamato's best friend.
Athrun Zala, a once important soldier in ZAFT's eyes, was one of the most influenced soldiers of the past months. Athrun grew up as a childhood friend of Kira's, before ZAFT retreated to the PLANTS, then Athrun had to leave Kira on Earth, right after he asked Kira if he would be joining up with him soon. Athrun then joined ZAFT, along with his father, a major head, after the Bloody Valentine killed his mother. Athrun swore to have revenge upon the Earth Alliance for their nuclear strike. When he was chosen by Rau Le Creuset to be in charge of the newest assignment, he was glad to take it. It involved heading to the Earth Federation PLANT, Heliopolis, to steal the Earth Alliance's rumored new Gundam mobile suits; there were 5 in all. He would be working with fellow ZAFT soldiers Nicol Amalfi, Yzak Joule, and Dearka Elsman to capture the suits. When they reached the colony, Athrun and his men gained access to the holding area for the mobile suits. Athrun, who downed Earth Alliance officer Murrue Ramius, he gained sight of Kira Yamato, as he jumped into a Gundam! Le Crueset's team captured 4 out of the 5, with Kira Yamato piloting the 5th suit, Gundam Strike. Even with the Gundams captured, they didn't want to risk their prizes, so they escaped with them. Athrun's friend, Miguel Aiman, fought against the Gundam Strike, but was killed. Athrun's hate for Kira continued, as he escaped with the Gundams, Le Crueset happy with his prizes.
A long way down the road of fighting against the Strike, with his teammates, and trying to convince Kira to join the ZAFT, Athrun encountered Cagalli Yula Athha, of Orb Unions, and also one of Kira's friends about the Archangel (who later turned out to be his natural sister). Athrun and Cagalli found themselves stranded about an island, and learned to cooperate with each other to live. Afterwards, they thought of each other very often, even on opposing sides. Athrun was also Lacus Clyne's fiancé, even though she is with Kira now; which has its story.
At the final battle, by now Athrun, Kira, and Lacus have joined forces against the out-of-control ZAFT and Earth Alliance, Athrun told Lacus that he wouldn't be with her anymore. He was with Cagalli Yula Athha, princess of Orb Unions, which is where we are now, after Athrun and Cagalli left Lacus' ship with each other. Which brings the story to its places now...
END
That's the stopping point for this chapter. It may not have revealed much, but I'm totally going to jump on Chapter 4, starting now. This is an on-air question: should I include another lemon?
So, basically, Kira and Lacus have fallen in love after the end of the series, while Athrun, Lacus' former fiancé, and have left for Orb with Athrun Zala. Chapter 1 was explaining Kira and Lacus' first encounter since the fighting stopped. Chapter 2 was the big "stone-stepper" for me: my first detailed lemon. This 3rd chapter, however, was just a basis on what has happened during the battles and Athrun's background. (Which you probably don't need, due to half of you follow the series!) The next chapter will have a bit more Kira and Lacus fluff, but should I add another lemon is questionable. Perhaps maybe an AthrunCagalli paired lemon? Who knows?
Many of you readers may also be asking about Flay's return. Well, her ghost's return. That is simple: Flay's spirit comes to Kira on the last episode of the series, after she's killed. I wanted to perhaps expand that idea so she could come to Kira in his sleep to get some answers on his thoughts with Lacus. So, I thought I'd have Flay come back to increase the tension between Kira and Lacus' newly formed relationship. It's stupid, though, thinking that she could ruin it because she's dead, right? Well: WRONG! Her coming to Kira in that way could perhaps change his mind mentally about Lacus. But you all know that love cannot be bounded then broken, right? EH...WRONG!
-Aries