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:
Me: Hey people, I come with bad news. See, I had a math quiz on Friday, and I can't do Pre-Algebra for broccoli, and my mom said if I didn't get an A on it, I'd lose my beautiful computer for a month! So, sorry, tomorrows Monday, so I'll find out…
Chelsea: HI! Since Sam is too depressed to finish the disclaimer, I will, She don't own SQUAT!
Me: Thanks… (Not)
Olivia: Haha! I like this kid.
Alex: Yeah, she makes Sam feel inferior to us! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Chapter 8 Reunion (You can guess)
Two figures strode through the cool forest, standing side by side. Over the past few days, Athrun had his hormones racing at top speeds, so that meant a lot of pain lately. Just now, he had a red hand print across his face and Cagalli was walking behind him as a precaution. "Hey Cagalli, did you enjoy last night?" the blue haired samurai asked pervertedly. Cagalli's face burned red. "Shut up Athrun! You were hurt, that was all!" He shrugged his shoulders. "Well you were pretty gentle with those bandages, are you sure you hate me as much as you say?"
He was smiling and didn't notice Cagalli creep up behind him, and pull him into a headlock. "Ahh, Cagalli! What're you doing?" he half shouted, half gagged. She just smiled and held him like that till his face was a dark red, then let him go. He stood up against a tree, holding his neck and taking big breathes while the blonde laughed her heart out. "Cagalli, that wasn't funny." he stated a bit angrily. She looked up at him with her golden eyes and said, "Ya, well staring at me while I'm bathing or changing isn't funny either." Athrun rolled his eyes. "Of course not, it's a beautiful sight-" but he was cut off as Cagalli whacked him on the head with her sword hilt. "OWWWW!" he yelled.
Cagalli 'Humph'ed and began walking again. She missed her younger brother and wanted to see him again. Athrun caught up to her with a serious expression. "Don't worry; I'm sure he's alright." Cagalli nodded, "Yeah, I know, but I just hope he's taking good care of himself," (If only she knew, SORRY!) Athrun placed a brotherly arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry about it. Once we get to Junius City, we just have to wait for him there. Then it will be just the three of us again." Cagalli smiled at the thought. It would be good to have him around again. Athrun wouldn't be so bad since he wouldn't want Kira to kick his butt to get back in line.
As they walked, the heard a rustling in the tree branches above them, and they let go of each other, grasping their swords tightly. A small green and yellow feathered bird fell from the upper branches, and landed on Cagalli's shoulder. It had a small teal bow around its neck, and its black feet were long like its legs were tall. "Tori! What're you doing here? Is Kira hurt? Is he close by? Show us!" the blonde woman shouted, eager to see her brother. Tori tried explaining in chirps, but stopped when she realized neither of the Samurai could understand her like Kira. So she hopped up and flew off in the direction of the burned Sakura Village with Athrun and Cagalli following close behind. Her little red eyes shining in the sunlight.
Lacus opened her eyes first, welcoming the warm sunlight, though she had been warm from Kira and his embraces and kisses last night. She slid off of the bed slowly as to not wake her love. As the woman walked into the hallway, she saw Mizu and Kitsu. They must have not wanted to be alone last night…Did they see anything? Lacus asked herself. "I hope not." She smiled and decided to go outside to see if there were any herbs she could find fresh for one of Kira's wounds that wouldn't heal last night. It was really a nasty scar she had found on his arm, so she had opened it to try and heal it from the inside out, but she would need a herbal remedy to fix the damaged muscle inside of the wound.
Out side in the sunlight, it was quite warm and she was thankful she hadn't put on her kimono. She found a patch of Elm's Brook (made it up) and kneeled down. They would soothe the pain while the cells in the dead wound healed. It wouldn't be a pain free process. The little blossoms with the tiny dark green leaves were picked easily, and Lacus placed more than enough in a pouch at her side next to her belt. What she didn't notice was the ruckus coming from the forest behind her.
Tori saw Lacus ahead and flew past her towards the village and looked for Kira in the house. Cagalli and Athrun slowed when they detected an aura of someone ahead, and let Tori get ahead of them. They separated, Cagalli to the right, Athrun to the left; and made their way forward. Their eyes always looking forward, and their ears tuned to any sounds they may encounter. They soon found the clearing where Lacus was, and Cagalli watched as she picked the herbs. Who is she? she thought. Athrun sent her a message through his mind. By both sharing a lily, they were able to communicate. Think she did something to Kira? She has a faint scent of blood, and a large scent of Kira. Athrun sent back. Cagalli narrowed her eyes and drew out her sword. Don't know, but I'll find out, she said back to him and rushed forward.
Lacus didn't know what happened till she felt a blade at her neck and someone gripping her from behind. "You," said a cold, female voice from behind her, "Do you know where the Strike Samurai is?" Lacus, thinking her captor was someone who wanted to kill Kira, defended him. "I don't know what you're talking about." she said quickly. Cagalli knew she was lying. "You're lying." she said flatly, tightening her grip on Lacus. Athrun approached them with his sword drawn, but held it loosely. "We know you know where he is, now where is he?" Athrun asked fiercely. Lacus knew this wouldn't end well. Kira was too weak to fight still, so if these people found him, he would surely die. "I won't tell you anything!" she shouted. The two samurai narrowed their eyes, she wasn't gonna tell them anything, but they needed to find out what she knew about Kira.
Tori found Kira, and hopped on his head till he woke up. "Uh, Tori let me sleep." He moved his hand to shoo away the bird, but noticed Lacus wasn't asleep next to him. "Hum? Lacus?" he asked. He got out of the bed, and realized he wasn't at full strength. He stumbled over to the wall. Mizu opened his eyes at the sound of someone hitting the wall. He fully opened his eyes and stood, looking over the edge of the doorway to see Kira leaning against the wall.
"Oh, Kira. Where's Miss Lacus?" he asked. Kira shrugged, and Mizu remembered hearing something this morning of Lacus leaving the house for, Herbs? "I think she's in the field looking for some herbs or something. Want me to help you find her?" Mizu asked, slipping one of Kira's arms over his shoulders. "Yeah, we should hurry though." Kira was afraid a samurai may still be out there, waiting for one of them to come out off guard.
As they made their way out across the village, Kira thought he sensed familiar presences. They both reached the field, and froze. Two Samurai stood, one holding Lacus with a blade at her throat, and the other was standing across from her. "Lacus!" shouted the Strike Samurai.
Lacus was preparing for the blue haired Samurai to strike her, when she heard Kira's voice from across the field. Her blue eyes darted over to him. "Kira? Get out of here!" she shouted. Cagalli looked up and nearly dropped her sword. Kira was across the field with an angry expression on his face, while being supported by a young boy with brown hair and eyes. Athrun turned too and saw them. Kira widened his eyes, and nearly fell. "Cagalli, Athrun?" he asked, but lost that expression when he saw Lacus still in Cagalli's hold. "Cagalli, let go of her." he shouted. The woman obeyed, still dazed, and Lacus fell to her knees rubbing her neck. Mizu helped Kira across the grass to the three figures, as clueless as Lacus. Kira knelt down beside Lacus and helped her up. She seemed to cling to Kira, and Cagalli looked curious. "Kira…KIRA!" she shouted as she grabbed him and pulled him into a very tight embrace. Kira gasped out from the pain the wounds were giving him. Cagalli pulled away and finally noticed Kira wasn't wearing a shirt. "Kira, where did you get these wounds?" she questioned, giving Lacus a sideways glance. Athrun looked over at Kira strangely. Who are these people? he asked himself. Kira rubbed the bruises on his right hand and answered, "Just ran into a couple battles, that's all," but he was cut off when he touched one of the tender areas on his upper arm. "Kira! Don't go touching them, they were on neutralized last night, not fully taken care of." Lacus said as she pulled him into what looked like an embrace.
Cagalli had had enough of this.
"Okay, that's it! Who are you two?" she shouted angrily at Lacus and Mizu. "And how do you know Kira? And what happened last night?" she asked narrowly. Kira answered for them. "Cagalli, this is Mizu," he said indicating to the boy, "And Lacus," indicating the woman with long pink hair. "The night I went into Orchid Village, the Red Samurai killed all of the villagers, except Lacus. And Mizu lives in Sakura village beyond the trees." he stated as if it didn't matter. Athrun looked puzzled. "Kira, how did you get those wounds?" his friend asked. Kira frowned. "I'll tell you about it at the village; we left Kitsu at the house." The two Samurai were greatly puzzled. They thought when they finally found Kira, he would rejoice, but he seemed to be giving them the cold shoulder. Especially when Cagalli offered to help Kira, Lacus held him instead; her arm around his waist holding his side and his right arm around her shoulders, though he was taller by a few inches. Cagalli didn't like it.
As they approached the house, a little girl ran to them and attached herself to Mizu's leg. "I hate you all! You left me all alone!" she shouted. She didn't even notice that Cagalli and Athrun were next to her. Kira sighed, and sat down next to the wall of the house while Lacus practically attached her self to his side, making sure his hands left his wounds and bruises alone. "Kira, there is a lot of explaining to do." said Athrun as he and Cagalli sat next to Kira, Mizu next to Lacus with his sister on his lap. Kira explained how he met Lacus, and the battles, and his and Rau's encounters. Then got to the point where they met Mizu and Kitsu. And then he explained the encounter with Darien. Cagalli was angry that someone had tried to hurt her brother, and would have killed him. But then what Kira said next changed her mind about the girl named, Lacus.
"Then Lacus saved me.And helped me back to the house and healed my wounds." Cagalli looked at the woman, how could a woman so pale and fragile heal wounds of a Samurai battle? Then she saw it. The tattoo splayed across her upper chest, her dress didn't even cover it. The orchid, blue and soft in her skin. Athrun noticed it too. "She's, you're a?" they both asked. Lacus nodded. "Yes, I am a Hukari." Kira looked at them, and saw that in their minds, they forgot their grudges against her, and thought about the things she had done for Kira. Cagalli didn't want to drop the grudge, but she was the one who assaulted her in the first place. Lacus was busy healing the large bruise that had grown in the night on Kira's right shoulder.
The group was silent after a while, but a little girl broke the silence. Kitsu had wandered away while Kira introduced his sister and friend to him and Lacus. The little girl was in the forest where they had fought against the man who tried to kill Mizu. But his body wasn't there, just a small pool of blood. As the others found her, Lacus paled, and gripped Kira's shoulder. "W, we need to go. Now." was all she said. Kira didn't know why, but he didn't question her.
The others followed them as they walked away form the spot, Lacus's face was filled with fear, and seemed to start at the slightest sound. I knew he wasn't dead, and now he's going to come back. It's my entire fault. Cagalli could tell Lacus was unsettled, and would talk to her later, when they were alone, whether she wanted to or not. Kira was equally unsettled, and knew Lacus must be thinking about Darien. If he came back, Kira wouldn't be able to fight him. And if Athrun or Cagalli did, he might hurt them much worse than he hurt Kira. This was going to be dangerous until they reached Junius City.
Sorry for the bad chapter, really. But I've got writer's block, and couldn't come up with anything, so sorry if it seems a little mixed up, I'm kinda tired. Babysat my little brother last night watching Johnny English and Napoleon Dynamite. Funny movies…Oh well. I'll try to update as soon as possible, cross your fingers that I get an A. REVIEW!
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