Strike Samurai
Summary: When a group of Samurai attempt to burn a village to the ground, Kira Yamato, know as the Strike Samurai, saves one girl from the flames. Now, they both set out to get revenge after joining up with the Rouge and Justice Samurai. KxL AxC SxS
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed, or Gundam Seed Destiny.
NOTE: I will not type about Cagalli and Athrun in every chapter, sorry.
Chapter 2 A Samurai, and a Girl
Nightmares of flame and Samurai slaughtering a village plagued her mind. She saw her brother die, the man killing him with a single strike. And also a man with a deep voice tell her to not go any further. Her eyes opened slowly to a moonlit room. It looked like it had been deserted for years, things over turned, furniture broken. But there was also a figure sitting in a corner, Is he asleep? Lacus asked herself as she sat up straighter.
He seemed to be asleep, his eyes were closed, but he could be fooling her. Where was her father, or Jean? Wouldn't they come to rescue her? But then the cold reality hit her, they were dead.
Kira was in a light sleep. But at the sounds of the girl waking, he opened his eyes slightly, and stared through his lashes. It didn't look like she was going to run, but looks can be deceiving.
She crept away slowly and quietly, and onto the grass outside, unknowing of the figure behind her. Lacus then looked at her surroundings. The villager didn't recognize any of the scenery. Where am I? she asked herself, but she fell to her knees, clutching her head in strained fingers.
When she felt she couldn't bear it anymore, she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright. You won't be harmed with me," a familiar deep voice said.
She loosened her fingers grip, and something in her mind shaped like a blue seed vanished into her memories.
"It's all going to be okay, trust me," Kira said gently to the girl. She was crying.
Thoughts of her brother were circulating in her mind, but she did feel safe with the stranger, the same sense of security her brother gave her.
He brought her back inside and laid her down again, but retreated to his corner slowly. They both sat there in silence, Lacus wishing for some kind of sound. She wanted to hear his voice again mostly. When she was about to fall asleep, he broke the silence.
"I come from Lily Village."
Lacus turned to look at him. "It burned down several years ago, right?" she asked, remembering the news of their sister village burning when she was four years old. It was fifteen years ago.
"Yes, I was only six. My sister, and friend, we both escaped together, and we've been with each other ever since."
Lacus smiled warmly. "My brother and I were inseparable..."
Lacus widened her eyes a bit as she figured his age to be one year older than her.
"I lost everything in that fire, except for Cagalli and Athrun. We all decided at an early point in our lives, we would be there for each other. Athrun was the oldest, so we would follow him most of the time."
"Then we learned how to use swords, we became mercenaries for a large group called the Red Samurai. The same ones who burned your village...but defected a few years ago."
Lacus grew a pained expression, and he stepped off the subject quickly.
"Where are your friends now?" the girl asked.
Kira smiled. "On their way to Junius City. That's where we're headed, if you're curious."
Lacus looked at the ceiling again. "Junius city?" she had never been there, but had heard it was large, and many people lived there.
"We're visiting some friends there. They wanted to join up with us. Their parents were killed on a Red Samurai raid ten years ago."
The last bit of news piqued her interest.
"How old are they?" she asked.
"Eighteen." he answered.
Lacus thought about something. "What is it you plan to do with me?"
Kira froze, he hadn't really thought about it. His silence seemed to answer her. She turned around onto her side slowly and fell back into an exhausted slumber.
"I really don't know,."
"How should I know?" Cagalli answered Athrun's question angrily.
"Well, you should. I mean, you can't remember the last time you took a bath?"
Cagalli looked at him with an annoyed expression.
"Well, it's the same amount of time as you." she stated mockingly.
Athrun thought a moment. "If I kill more bandits than you, you have to kiss me."
Cagalli thought this might shut him up, so she agreed.
They drew their swords, the Justice and the Strike Rouge, and stood in a fighting stance as twelve men came their way. They stopped walking when they completely surrounded them.
"Hey, let's strike a deal, huh? Your lives for those nice swords." the leader said.
Athrun scoffed. "Prepare to taste my blade!" and he ran forward towards the first half.
His blade quickly silenced them.
Cagalli ran forward with great agility and took out three men with one blow. Then she jumped to the side as one came forward with some kind of claw device. She cut him down and turned behind her to get the one sneaking up on her, and sliced him down. But the one she left alone earlier came up to her with two claw devices, and reached for her. They first shredded through her shoulder and made it bleed from five deep lines cut into her skin. The other one cut through her stomach area on her shirt and created five lines already leaking blood. But before she could try and strike him, he slashed down her right arm, creating five red lines of blood to trail down her arm.
"Athrun," she whispered as she fell to the ground.
Athrun took down the last two men, and flicked his sword to remove the blood. But widened his eyes when he heard Cagalli call him. As he turned around, a small seed in his mind shook, and light tried to break through cracks. He ran to her and turned her over, and he gasped. He had never seen Cagalli so vulnerable before, she always cut down her opponent. The seed in his mind opened, but instead of exploding, it…bloomed. It bloomed into a small, emerald flower, much like a lily. He turned behind him just as the bandit was about to finish Cagalli off.
"How dare you!" he shouted at the man as he brought down the Justice. No noise was heard except for a thud as the wasted body fell to the ground. Athrun knelt by Cagalli and lifted her into his arms; she stirred slowly, Athrun's eyes returned to normal, the lily in his mind closing slowly.
She woke to a room filled with light. Her blue eyes shone in the light. As she sat up from the floor, she noticed the swordsman was not in the room with her. As she stood up, she noticed the cracked door stood ajar. She walked towards it slowly, and opened it further; revealing the samurai standing a few feet away with a bird perched on his arm. It had green and yellow feathers, and long black legs. Its beak was orange, and its tiny eyes were a bright shade of red.
It cocked its head and seemed to be staring at her. The samurai turned around and greeted her with soft lavender eyes. Lacus stepped farther out and walked towards him. He held out his arm and the bird hopped down it to the girl. It cocked its head and looked at her as if she were a rarely seen species of animal. It gave out a bunch of chirps and flew over to her shoulder and started playing with her long hair which was cascading messily down her back.
"She must like you," said the man who could still be called a boy.
Lacus shifted her eyes from the bird preening her hair to the boy.
"What is her name?" she asked.
"Tori. She usually follows Athrun and Cagalli around, but she was with Shinn and Stellar in Junius City." he replied as Tori nestled onto Lacus's shoulder.
Lacus looked at him more thoughtfully. "What is your name? Mine is Lacus."
Kira looked at her for a moment and replied softly. "Kira, Kira Yamato."
"How do you know Tori was with your friends?" she asked.
"Well, uh, she told me." he replied a bit embarrassingly.
"Huh?" she looked at Kira strangely.
He sighed. "It's nothing, uh," but he stopped as Lacus looked beyond him and Tori. A sound was heard and he turned. His eyes narrowed and he stepped farther in front of Lacus. He unsheathed the Strike, and prepared in a fighting stance. "Lacus, head back," Lacus looked at Kira, his eyes were different. Instead of the kind, soft lavender eyes, they were now narrow and his pupils were small. In his mind's eye, he had seen the tiny seed break open and bloom into a lotus.
"But, what if you get hurt?" she asked.
"Now!"
Lacus took a few steps back, but then began running. His voice and his eyes, they were both hard and cold. How does that happen? she asked herself as she ran aimlessly, just following the bird flying ahead of her.