Of Blue and Silver Hair
Tsuyosa, a girl Athrun met in the PLANTs, joined him in ZAFT and met a boy with silver hair. But what about Athrun? These are their stories. AxOCxY
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The show doesn't come in until chapter 4 actually. But I needed some filler stuff first, to introduce Tsuyosa and such. -nod nod-
Also, sorry about this being a day late. I was ready yesterday, but...well...-doesn't remember why she didn't post it-
Chapter 1 - Bloody Valentine
Tsuyosa was walking in the park. Her mother was sitting on a bench about 20 meters away and she had run to catch her cat. It had orange fur and white stripes. She ran around a bush and out of Tsuyosa's view.
"Miki! Miki come back!" she called. Tsuyosa turned the corner and nearly plowed head on into a boy her age with blue-black hair and green eyes. "Oh, sorry." She apologized.
"No problem. Were you...looking for her?" He asked, holding out an orange and white cat he had in his hands. It meowed.
"Miki!" she took the cat from the boy. "Thank you. My name is Tsuyosa Matsuro. What's your name?" she asked.
"Athrun Zala. You kinda remind me of a friend I left back on the moon." he trailed off. Tsuyosa stared at him questioningly. "Oh. His name was Kira, he's nice...His hair is the same color as yours, so are your eyes, and you two kinda act the same..." he smiled.
"Oh! Well, can we be friends then?" She asked. Athrun nodded as a man put a hand on his shoulder and pushed him off. "Bye Athrun!" she waved. "Maybe I'll see you soon?"
Athrun nodded as best he could without wrenching free from his father's grasp. Tsuyosa smiled and ran back to her mom.
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1 years later.
"Athrun! Hey Athrun!...HEY!" a girl yelled in Athrun's ear. He jerked and fell out of his seat.
"Wha?" he hit the ground. "Ow...Sorry Tsuyosa...were you talking to me?" he asked, getting up. She glared at him.
"As a matter of fact...yes! I was." she sat down on the bench next to him. "Listen..." her voice became softer. "I know you're sad because your mom died in the Bloody Valentine incident..." Athrun flinched. "But please don't do anything to reckless okay? You're my best friend." she smiled sadly.
"I'm your only friend." Athrun corrected, smiling. She playfully hit him on the shoulder. "Come on, let's go." he took her hand and led her off.
To Athrun, Tsuyosa was his comfort zone. If he needed comforting, where did he go? To Tsuyosa! Ever since he caught her cat last year ago, he and Tsuyosa had always been friends. At one point, Athrun had run away from home before realizing he had no where to go. He looked in the phone book from a phone booth and found the Matsuro's, so that's where he went. Though they had fought once or twice, they were the best of friends...of course, Kira was Athrun's best best friend.
Tsuyosa knew Athrun was right about him being her only friend. She practiced martial arts daily and would rather enter a fighting competition than a beauty pageant. So all the girls thought she was weird and all the guys didn't hang out with her because she was a girl period. So Tsuyosa hung out with the only person she ever felt she could talk to...Athrun. He practiced with her and they would spar occasionally. But after the Bloody Valentine...he'd been very quiet. And Tsuyosa would be the last person to make it worse by telling him someone else died...
"Hey, Tsuyosa..." Athrun started. She blinked out of her daze.
"Yea?" she asked. He shook his head.
"Nothing." he brushed it off. Tsuyosa hated being brushed off, he knew this. Athrun also knew that Tsuyosa would find out sooner or later...later he hoped.
Athrun planned on joining ZAFT, as a way to get back at the naturals who killed his mother. How was he supposed to know that he was lucky to lose only that? Tsuyosa was planning to keep on living, so that those who died could be proud of those they left behind.
"Ta da!" he stopped walking and let go of Tsuyosa's hand.
"The fair?" Tsuyosa asked.
"Yea. A lot of people are coming here. I guess it's to relieve some stress over losing loved ones or something." he added as if he didn't care. Tsuyosa frowned. Athrun was trying to ease the pain.
"Well then, let's go!" she smiled and led the way in.
They rode each ride twice, or three times, and ate anything they could get their hands on. Tsuyosa tried a game based on strength and won hands down. She gave Athrun her prize saying she didn't want it. It was a large stuffed animal tiger. Athrun decided it was time to go after that, but Tsuyosa knew it was only because he didn't want to carry the toy around too long.
Tsuyosa and Athrun split up and headed for their respective houses. Tsuyosa stopped smiling as soon as she and Athrun spilt. She headed home to a house she knew would be empty. Her mother wouldn't be home till late. And no one else would be coming home...
Athrun turned the corner, hardly able to see past the tiger toy. He ran into a lady walking down the street and both fell on their butts.
"Sorry." he apologized, standing up and putting a hand out to help her up.
"It's alright, Athrun." The lady said, standing up on her own. "Where you headed home?"
"Ms. Matsuro." he realized, he hadn't been expecting to see her. "Uh...yea, yea, I'm on my way home right now...Are you coming home early tonight?" DUH!
"Huh? Oh, yes. I am. My boss gave me the day off due to the circumstances." she said, brushing herself off. "Were you with Tsuyosa today?"
"Yea I- what circumstances?" he asked. She blinked as if not expecting someone not to know.
"Didn't Tsuyosa tell you? No, I suppose not. Seeing as how your mother died too though, I would've thought she would tell you..." Athrun looked lost. "My husband and Miki were there when it happened." she said in a sad voice.
Athrun took a step back. "What? You mean...Mr. Matsuro and Miki are...dead?" he asked. Ms. Matsuro nodded. "But...why were they there?"
"My husband was there on business, he owned one of the farms there as you know...and Miki always went with him if he left home, as if to protect him...But I guess she couldn't protect him from missiles could she?" Ms. Matsuro nodded a good-bye and walked off. Athrun stood rooted to the spot.
He looked at the toy tiger. It was orange with light orange stripes. It looked kinda like Miki.
"You take this thing Athrun. I don't want it. It'd just be another item to collect dust in my room."
'Didn't want it, ha. It reminded you of Miki...Why didn't you tell me?'
He turned, picking up the tiger, and went home.
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"What?" Tsuyosa yelled. Her mom came running in.
"What is it Tsuyosa? What's wrong?" she asked, her hair wasn't brushed seeing as how it was 6 am.
"Athrun's gonna join ZAFT!" She explained in a yell.
"What? How do you know?" her mother asked, calming down.
"I hacked his recent mailing list. He emailed his entrance sheet to them...Mom, I'm going too." she said in a determined voice.
"What?" her mom dropped the toast she was holding.
"I'm gonna join ZAFT too! Athrun can't be alone in this! He's doing this because the naturals killed his mother, I know that's why. I told him not to do anything reckless, but he still is. If I go too, there's a chance I'll be able to help him." she declared.
Her mother sighed. "Of course honey..." Tsuyosa looked at her mother in shock. "Hey, I've tried to stop you before when you're like this, and I know it's no good. Once you're set on something, you do it. Of course, I'll be worried always and send mail whenever there's news of an attack to see if you're ok."
"Right!" Tsuyosa got on her computer and emailed them her entrance sheet. Now all that remained was the test.
Ding Dong!
"Huh? Who's here at this time?" Tsuyosa asked. Her mother was gone. She returned with her haired brushed and the toast devoured.
"It's Athrun honey." she explained. "Says he has a gift for you."
"A gift?" she walked into the entrance room and saw Athrun sitting on the couch with a bag next to him.
"Morning Athrun." she greeted, sitting next to him. "What brings you here?" she smiled. He wasn't smiling.
"Look. I ran into your mom the other day after the fair. I know you lost your dad and Miki, so please don't act like they'll be home any minute." he sounded a bit pleading. She stopped smiling immediately.
"What?" she asked as he headed for the bag. He unzipped it and took out a little package. "What's this?" she asked as he placed it in her hands.
"Open it. I know he won't replace Miki, but I'm good at this sorta thing and...I hope it makes you feel better." he explained as she opened it.
"Oh! He's adorable!" she exclaimed, seeing the mechanical orange and white striped cat. Athrun tapped his head and the cat came to life.
"Tsuyosa!" he meowed.
"He talks?" she asked. Athrun sweat-dropped.
"Yea, the bird I gave Kira didn't talk, but I've gotten better and now all the things I make talk."
Tsuyosa gave Athrun a big hug and he blushed. "Thank you Athrun...thank you so much. He's perfect." silent tears fell from her eyes. Tears she hadn't cried when she heard her father and cat were dead...
Ok, that's chapter 1! Hope you guys like it. I had said when I first thought this thing up, that I was writing it by memory until I got the dvds...well, I had a TON of it written, then got the dvds and found out...I was off on so much of it that the whole thing had to be rewritten almost! So...4 chapters is all I have so far. -shrug-
I'll try to update quicker than I am on my Murder Mysteries. -biiiiig sweatdrop-
-Jessica