Sry about the looong wait…working on a Wolf's Rain project, and our school trimester just ended so ive been busy with exams and emptying out binders. Well I'm finally bakk,

So enjoy the Story!

Axis

Empty Tears that fill the Soul

Kira once again found himself in a world of white. He checked the screen but there was no sign of the large white Gundam. All of a sudden, the blunt edge of a sword whipped out of the empty space and hit the Freedom behind the knees. The Gundam fell, partially crippled for the moment. Inside the cockpit, Kira had been slammed forward with the force of the blow, and had taken a knock to the head, he was bruised and a little jarred but was otherwise fine. The Door to the white Gundam's cockpit opened, and a boy in a black pilot suit stepped out. He removed his helmet and said, "Open your door, Freedom."

Kira heard this and opened the cockpit. He stepped out into the open and looked at the boy. He had red, spiky hair, and a teardrop scar down his cheek. The boy asked, "What is your name, pilot?"

Kira removed his Helmet. "My name is Kira Yamato. And You?"

"I am Krio. You may know my father, Yoshiko." Kiro spat the name as if it were poison.

"Yes, I do, he sent me in here to train." Answered Kira, being cautious about what he said, sensing the hate Kiro had for his father.

"Yea, right, train. My dad's a psychopath, he wants to destroy the world by bringing the perfect soldier to ours, along with whatever else will e created by his hatred mixing with the Rift."

"Ummm other things?" asked Kira, "What other things?"

"I am not the only mind trapped in here, there are others, they more powerful than I. The great scientist, the one who created the N-jammer canceller, his mind is here as well. There are others here, they're like gods, and would be if ever unleashed. I have encountered one of them, the Apocalypse mobile suit. I was lucky to escape with my life that day, but my mind was lost here forever"

"Apocalypse. Whose mind is that?" asked Kira.

"I think you might know him. His name, is Zala." Said Kiro.

"Zala? The Patrick Zala? He's here?" Kira asked, stunned.

"Yes. Him." His mind was put here before his death, and he lives on, waiting for the day that he will be released.

Suddenly the Teardrop scar on Kiro's face started to grow. "Run! When this scar finished developing, I wont be human. Go, Kira, and don't let the Wing enter the Rift." Kiro screamed in pain.

Kira jumped back into his cockpit, and taking a last look at the shuddering boy, took off and exited the rift.

"Your son? Was the pilot whose mind got trapped in the Rift?" asked Lacus.

"Yes." Said the boy, answering for his father. "My mind…is currently in extreme pain. I feel it, and it says it has met Kira. Your friend. Also," he said, looking directly at Athrun, "He has met your father."

"Impossible!" yelled Athrun, holding Kiro up by his shirt, "My father is dead."

"Kiro's eyes darkened. I wouldn't be so positive. Minds are put into the Rift all the time. Apparently your father put his mind in there before death, waiting for the day the prophecy is fulfilled."

"What prophecy? Is he coming back?" asked Athrun.

"Yes. When the First Angel breaks the gate to Freedom, the rift will open, and the angels of Apocalypse will emerge."

"Athrun let go of Kiro, and slumped to his knees. My father…. cannot be allowed to return."

"I agree." said Lacus. "But how can we stop this from happening?"

"You can't." said Yoshiko. "Your friend will be defeated and the Perfect Soldier will enter the Rift. Upon doing so, he will break it open and unleash the Angels of Apocalypse." Yoshi snapped his fingers, and the room filled with gunmen, surrounding Athrun, Yzak, Dearka, Cagalli, Milliaria, and Lacus. Kiro rose to his feet, all guns in the room aimed at his head. "So this is how it ends, is it father. You'll kill me, then let them watch their friend bring an end to the world. Or…" he smiled, "Ill escape, and with their friend, destroy the angels myself when they come." Yoshi's eyes widened, and the Teardrop scar began to spread across Kiro's face. "Ill be waiting…father." the black scar enveloped him, and he was gone.

"Take them away." Yoshi ordered, and the guards marched the six friends back to the control room at gunpoint to watch the Freedom finish its second battle.

Kira appeared on a pedestal behind the Wing, and fired and immense blast. The Wing, still missing an arm, moved out of the way, but the Freedom was too fast. Kira came up behind the Wing and kicked it downwards. The wing fell straight towards the ground, and Kira moved into the rift. He quickly moved out, and came up under the Wing, and impaled it on the Freedom's beam sword. "Gotcha!" yelled Kira, and the Wing exploded, ending the battle. Once he was back in the Blackness, he came to the selection screen again. "One to go." Said Kira, and selected the Wing Zero Custom as his opponent.