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
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Chapter 9 Long Awaited Goal
The group of six made their way down the path; Kira still needed support, so Lacus and Cagalli took turns helping him while Mizu and Athrun took turns carrying Kitsu on their shoulders. It was Athrun's turn with the restless ankle biter, more like ear biter in this position, and trudged in an annoyed step. Kitsu was messing with his hair and sometimes covering his eyes. Right now, she was spiking his hair up in odd places and driving the Justice Samurai crazy. He then felt something wet and slippery slide into his ear. "WET WILLIE!" shouted the five year old as Athrun totally shivered from head to foot, his spine tingling from the strange feeling. Cagalli started laughing hysterically, and would have dropped Kira if the Orchid possessor hadn't reached over and steadied him. Mizu was holding his stomach and laughing till tears started collecting near his eyes.
Kitsu was enjoying Athrun's discomfort as he reached up and tried to grab her. She let the man grab her around the waist and lift her down after taking her finger out of his ear. As he set her on the ground, he turned to Cagalli. "Hey Cag, what's so funny?" (Sorry, but that's my nickname for her!) She laughed some more and replied back, "You sure are great with kids Athrun, they're just dyin' to stick their fingers in your ears!" Athrun frowned. "Yeah, well I'd like to see you carry a five year old on your shoulders for five hours!" Cagalli stood up straight, no sign of laughing on her face. "Oh yeah? Wanna say that to my face?" she said angrily, rolling up the sleeves on her boy style kimono. (You know, with pants? The only ones not wearing pants are Lacus and Kitsu, they get skirts.) Athrun scratched the back of his head, and laughed. "Uh, uh, hehe?" Cagalli started laughing when his hand brushed past a large spike near the middle of his head. Kitsu was now on Mizu's shoulders being perfectly behaved and laughed at the man. "Huuuh, why me?" he asked himself as he followed after them slowly, trying to find any other, 'alterations' Kitsu had done to his hair.
When the sun reached pretty high in the sky, around noon, they stopped near a wide stream to rest and have lunch. Mizu un slung his shoulder bag with their food in it, and took out the rest of it. "Hey Kira, Junius City better be close by. We're out of food, and the herbs need replenishing, and the medical supplies are low." the eleven year old stated in a business tone. Kira was sitting against a tree with Tori perched on his shoulder, and smiled at the boy's efforts to sound older. "Yeah, it should be another six hours till we get there, but only if we keep a good pace," he answered. The wind blew softly as the group sat and ate the remains of the bread and dried beef from the food shed back in Sakura Village.
Kitsu got up when she finished and tugged Lacus and Mizu with her towards the stream. "C'mon! I want to pick the flowers!" the little girl shouted as Lacus and her brother followed her. "I don't see why I have to come." the boy grumbled. Boys his age would want to crush flowers, not pick them. "Hey, why don't we make crowns to wear in our hair too?" he asked sarcastically. Lacus smirked and said, "That's a great idea Mizu, I didn't think a tough boy like you would want to make flower crowns." He turned red and grumbled under his breath as the little white eyed girl 'dove into the daisies'.
The other three samurai watched the 'children' play with the flowers; Mizu did look like he was having fun with the flowers. Cagalli frowned as she looked at Kira's chest. He had a different shirt on and it was a light blue like Lacus's eyes. But it was open in the front to let his skin get air after Lacus healed it. "Kira, you didn't tell us much about Darien or the other Samurai attacks." she said quietly. Her brother turned towards her and leaned back against the tree. "Well, there isn't much to tell, except they were brief. But we have to be more careful around Rau Creuset. He knows more than we do about the Hukari, and there's something about Lacus that he's after." Cagalli continued to stare at Kira, when Athrun spoke up. "Kira, those kids, I sense something about them, but I don't know what," his emerald eyes showed curiosity. Kira smiled. "That's because they both possess the mark of the Cherry Blossom, and chrysanthemum." Athrun's eyes widened a bit in shock. "So you're telling me that little, thing, has the power of Kitri?" Kira nodded. Athrun had a stupefied look on his face. Though Kitri was the youngest of the original Hukari, she was extremely powerful when it came to spiritual techniques.
"So, what about Lacus?" asked Cagalli, giving a hint of jealousy for the blue eyed girl. Kira smiled and a small, barely a tinge, of pink rose to his cheeks. "She's a very good friend. And she's helped me out a lot." More than you two will ever know… he said to himself silently, smirking in his mind. Athrun and Cagalli just looked at each other in confused expressions, when someone, or some people, threw some flower crowns around their heads. Kitsu had jumped onto Athrun's back, and stuck a wet finger in his ear once again; sending chills down the man's spine while her other hand dropped a crown of yellow buttercups on his blue hair.. Mizu draped a wreathe of pink daisies around Cagalli's forehead, smiling brightly. Lacus put a circlet of purple blooms that were about as large as a thumbnail around Kira's forehead. Athrun, now with two wet fingers in his ears, frowned. "Why is it that this feels very wrong?" Cagalli laughed, and Mizu tried to chuckle as Cagalli pulled him into a headlock, giving him a noogie while she was at it.
Kitsu was laughing her brains out, as she felt Athrun tense as she took her fingers out and licked them, wincing as the taste of ear wax sent her taste buds puking. Before the man could do anything, she had once again stuck them in his ears. "GAHH! What's with the sticking of your nasty fingers in my ears?" he shouted, trying to grab her giggling body, but failing as she pulled on his hair. The Tiger Lily Hukari laughed and released the young boy from her grasp. He stepped up to Athrun, and smiled from ear to ear. "Well Athrun, it looks like you're gonna be carrying Kitsu from now on until we reach Junius City." The boy walked over to Lacus and helped her get Kira up to his feet. Then, the six some left the area, and onto the road to Junius City.
The sun was near setting when they finally reached the edge of the forest where Junius City was located. It was around six, and Athrun still had Kitsu on his shoulders, one finger still sticking in his ear, and her little head on top of his, fast asleep. Mizu walked over and took the little girl from him, holding her like an infant in his adolescent arms. The trees were growing thinner around them, and Cagalli was supporting Kira while Lacus was walking ahead with Athrun and talking to him about this and that to pass the time. Kira was smiling; he finally felt that he could be at peace, with all of his friends around him.
The group quickly found themselves at the edge of the forest, where the trees no longer grew. And spread out vastly beneath them, was the city Junius City, with the houses, stables, taverns, magistrate office, and tea house, and pub, and the town square. A large building near the center of the town that seemed to be four floors high stood out from all the rest. Two figures who were working outside looked up and noticed the travelers even though they were quite a long distance away.
"We made it," Lacus said happily. The brother and sister samurai and survivors of Sakura village gathered with Athrun and Lacus to look out among the village. "It's great to be back," he said, emerald eyes shining, when a voice interrupted the tranquility. "Athrun Zala!"
Hope you liked this chapter, it's only the first half of your present, you'll get the other half tomorrow, or on Saturday. Thanks a lot Easy-Company 506101 for the idea of Mwu being a smarter Miroku, hehe…But he'll be in the next chapter along with Murrue, (that's not you people's gift!) So basically, I'm dedicating Chapter 10 The Children of the Bow to you! And KL, AC, DM Forever, yes I did write Assumed Identity, and I updated it not too long ago…But I gotta go to bed!
POMH! Sam