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"Talking"

'Flashback Thinking'

'Thinking'

Title: Trickery
Genres: Angst/Romance/General
Pairings- Kira/Cagalli, Athrun/Kira (if you want to see it that way), Lacus/Cagalli (once more, if you must see it that way)
Additional Characters: Lacus, Athrun, Yzak, an unnamed medic
Rating: K+ Words: 704
Summary: A promise is made and a heart broken. 'Will you come back to me Kira?'

Sometimes you have to wonder if people really mean what they say.

'I'll come back alive. I promise.'

Tears welled up in Cagalli's eyes as she bit her lip to keep them from falling. She looked out at the ongoing battle, the lights and sounds that she digested scared her more then anything she had ever known before.

'Do you mean it? Can you really promise?' She had asked him.

He had smiled briefly before his face grew serious once more.

'This is necessary, and I won't leave you alone, not again.' He had answered, raising a hand to brush away a strand of hair from her face.

She reached up and took his hand, holding it in her smaller hand. She ran her finger over his knuckles as she studied his gloved hand. She finally looked up, her eyes locking with his as she spoke.

'If you promise that you'll come back then I promise that I will be waiting.'

She looked out at the battlefield.

'I'll wait no matter how long it takes.'

"Kira!"

She suddenly heard Lacus call out and her head snapped to the front of the ship… where Kira's mobile suit was positioned. As Cagalli watched in horror the head of the Freedom was cut off.

"Kira!" she joined in Lacus' frenzied screams to her brother.

"Kira! Kira! Kira!" Lacus' and Cagalli's terrified voices drifted over the wave length and Athrun looked toward the Archangel, a few yards away from where he fought. And he saw what they had, first Freedom's head, then one of it's arms, then…

Athrun slammed into Kira's mobile suit as hard as he could, pushing them both out of the way of the sword. But the enemy pilot was skilled and he quickly drew a laser gun and fired. Athrun unhooked his shield and brought it up to block the attack. He could still hear the girl's voices over the transmission.

"Kira…" he found himself calling, in an almost tear choked voice himself, for his best friend had not yet spoken, and from his vantage point he could just barely make out the blood soaked uniform of the Freedom's pilot.

He felt himself lose control and suddenly he called out.

"YOU WILL PAY!"

He knew the exact moment when his seed broke and he gave control of his pained body over to the mindless killer that was kept locked inside of him.

He got in close and unsnapped his wings, allowing himself to freefall toward his target, once there he opened the compartment that he kept his gun in and fired three well-aimed shots into the other pilot's machine. His wings unfolded once more and he boosted off as the enemy mobile suit exploded.

He hauled his best friend's machine back into the Archangel, once again back to normal and overcome with grief. His fear was realized as the pilot checked Kira's pulse and shook her head in defeat, lifting his limp body and taking it to the hospital room.

Cagalli stood for a long time, looking at the broken machine that had once held her brother, until Lacus went to get her and they fell asleep beside each other.

A week passed and they had yet to send Kira's body out into space. Yzak, who had joined the Archangel, explained that he would be sent off later that day and that they all should come down to the deck.

They did as they were told and Athrun, Cagalli, and Lacus arrived side-by-side holding hands to help them cope with what was about to happen.

A voice rang out through the crowd as they stood staring at the closed coffin.

"Who are you sending off?" Was his innocent question that made everyone in the room, save for a few who knew, whirl around. They found a boy with brown hair and purple eyes, Cagalli threw her arms around him and sobbed into his jacket.

He closed his eyes and rested his head against hers, holding her closer.

"I'm sorry Cagalli," he whispered.

"It's okay…"

She looked up to see Kira's smiling face. The rest of her comments were lost as she frowned and said.

"Do it again and I'll kill you myself,"

Hope that you liked it.

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