Disclaimer: yet again I don't own Gundam Seed or anyone in it
Author's Notes: thnx for all the reviews, for a minute there I thought I might have to shut down the fic caus no one liked it
Flippy: I was just worried that I might be overstepping the lines of T rating, and I don't want this fic shut down, well thanks for the support anyway,
Cagalli Yula Attha Fangirl: thnx again for the compliments and all, also thnx for letting me know what those machines are, well I'm not sure that info. Will be of much use later, but still, thnx anyway
I'm glad everyone likes this fic so I'm continuing
So starts a new chapter
Phase 3: Meet Thy Enemy
'where the hell am I!' yelled Cagalli inside her mind, apparently her navigation system short-circuited prior to the explosion
"Dam!" shouted Cagalli at the top of her lungs, pounding the consol in front of her
"Stupid piece of junk!" she yelled again, venting all of her frustration, she continued forward not sure of her destination
At the ArchAngel
"What do you mean not here!" yelled Kira at the top of his lungs, in front of him stood
Mwu La Flagga and Murrue Ramius
"Calm down kid, I understand you're concerned about her but there's no reason to ruin our hearing" Mwu stated
"How can I calm down? Cagalli could be dead right now, how can you act so calm!"
"Because we don't let our feeling interfere with our work Ensign Yamato, you can begin searching for her after the crew is done repairing the Strike, Lieutenant La Flagga will join you on a sky grasper" Murrue butted in
It was obvious that Kira was upset by the results of this little talk, but there was nothing he could do
"Fine" Kira simply stated, walking off towards the hanger
With Cagalli
Cagalli was now flying aimlessly over the sea, nothing to do but search for land or for the ArchAngel, when suddenly she spotted a transport ship out in the distance
'what's a transport ship doing out here in the middle of the ocean?' Cagalli asked to herself
Deciding her current task was making no progress she went to move closer to the transport to get a closer look at it
Athrun's plane
"Hey what's that on the radar?" pilot 1 asked
"It's not ZAFT, so who does it belong to?" pilot 2 asked
Cagalli's plane
"Hey it's a ZAFT transport!" shouted Cagalli to no one in particular
'I can't let it get away, there's no telling what that plane is carrying' finding her logic reasonable Cagalli took aim with her turret and opened fir, immediately hitting the engines
Athrun's plane
"Dam! its EA!" pilot 2 yelled
"It just took out our starboard engine!" pilot 1 yelled,
Suddenly the door slid open behind them, and Athrun stepped in
"What going on!" he yelled
"We're under attack by the EA, get in your mobile suit the plane wont last!" pilot 1 yelled
"But what about you guys?" Athrun asked worriedly
"We'll be fine, but if we lose our cargo our mission is lost!" pilot 2 shouted
"Now go!" the other pilot responded
the door slid shut as Athrun made his way to the cargo bay, he stepped inside his mobile suit, and opened the bay doors, the large mobile suit began sliding out of the plane until it and the plane were not connecting, Athrun knew that his mobile suit would not have enough power to make it to land,
However that was when he spotted a small island a little north-west of his position, and made a dive for it 'guess it's my only way out'
Cagalli's plane
I was still shooting at the plane when its own turrets hit me, destroying my engines,
"Oh dam!" Cagalli Shouted as she pulled off, knowing both planes were doomed,
but that was when she not only noticed that a mobile suit jumped out of the plane, but it was heading to a small island aw well, 'well it's either land or sea, I chose land' after a quick decision Cagalli moved towards the island
With Kira
'was Murrue right? Do I have feelings for Cagalli? Is that why I'm so concerned about her? How do I tell?' Kira's mind was whirling with questions, all concerning Cagalli, he had a strange feeling in his stomach, but he wasn't sure what it was
"Strike your ready for launch" Miri stated over the intercom, snapping Kira out of his thoughts,
"WA-oh right, Kira Yamato, Strike, Launch!" Kira said, suddenly pulled back into his seat by the G-forces of the catapult, he quickly took off in one direction, looking desperately for Cagalli
"Sky grasper 1, you're ready for launch" Mira stated again
"Mwu La Flagga, sky
grasper, Launch!" Mwu yelled, as he launched out, also looking for
Cagalli
With Cagalli
"Ahhhhhhh!" Cagalli yelled out as her sky grasper made contact with the water, making a very choppy landing
Cagalli jumped out as the craft began to sink, but not before she grabbed a gun, she then proceeded to wade to shore, unsure of what was to await her
With Kira
'where are you Cagalli? I just can't loose you' Kira thought,
With Cagalli
'hey that must be the pilot of the mobile suit I saw' Cagalli thought to herself as she spotted what looked like a man, maybe not even a year older than she, standing in the open, however when she stepped forward to get a better look at him, a few rocks fell down and made some noise as they clased with more rocks
'shit!'
the blue haired man turned around and immediately spotted her, reacting fast she pulled up her gun and fired a random shot, hitting near him, he quickly jumped behind a rock, pulling out his own firearm,
Cagalli slid down the rest of the slope she was on, her gun fixed on his position, suddenly, he jumped out, taking pot shots at, all of them missed, Cagalli returned fire, one of her bullets hitting his gun, knocking it out of his hand, he took off somewhere
Quickly running to the gun, Cagalli picked it up and looked at it, letting her guard down, but long enough for Athrun to leap over a small rocky outcrop, taking her by complete surprise, he knocked her over, quickly straddling her to prevent her from escaping, he raised the knife he had in his hand, ready to strike
But to his surprise something else happened
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed Cagalli at the top of her lungs
He took notice that the ear splitting scream he just heard came from her
"WA-a girl?" questioned Athrun, positively confused at the situation
"YA! Whad ya think I was!" yelled Cagalli
"……." Athrun was at a loss of words, he had just tackled a girl, and he was now…….
That's when he relieved their positions, a bright blush appeared on his face, looking at the helpless girl in front of him, 'no, I'm not thinking that way, I'm already in love!' quickly shaking off any perverted thoughts that remained in his head, he turned her over and tied up her hands
"ow! That hurt!" Cagalli yelled
"Well I suppose it would" Athrun replied, letting her go, which prompting her to turn over on her side
He stood up and made his way to his mobile suit, one in he launched a radio device to try and make communications with any ZAFT forces anywhere, while preoccupied with his task at hand he had completely forgotten his little prisoner
As soon as he got a line up he radioed his team, Nicol had happened to be in the radio room at the time,
"Hello? Can anyone here me" Athrun questioned, Nicol looked up from what he was doing and noticed the call, and he picked up the radio headset
"Yes hello this is Nicol Afarmi, who is using this frequency?"
"Nicol? Is that you? It's me Athrun! I need a pick up, my transport got shot down" Athrun responded
"Athrun! it's great to hear you! I was getting worried, don't worry we'll get someone to pick you up soon, but there's an incoming storm, so we'll have to wait"
"Ok, wait I can see it now it sort of raining, when do you think you can pick me up?"
"bzzzz….thrun…..eaking up……mourning…..bzzzzz" then the line when dead, static filled the receiver
Athrun sighed, looking at his radio, 'hmm, he said something about the mourning, that must be when he'll be around', suddenly a voice interrupted his thoughts
"HEY! ARE YOU FORGETING ABOUT ME!" came a , loud noise, he looked outside of his cockpit to see the blonde haired girl worming her way to his mobile suit
He started down on hit grapple, when she fell over into a pool of water gradually rising,
"Hey! aren't you going to rescue me or something!", Cagalli yelled, struggling to get out of the water, with no success,
"great now I'm soaked" Cagalli stated, but less calmly, apparently more relaxed
He walked over and picked her up walking her to a near by cave,
"Stay here" he ordered and walked off
With Kira
"Hey kid, it's getting late, lets return to the ArchAngel" Mwu stated
"but-"Kira was about to protest when Mwu cut in
"We can resume our search tomorrow, there's no point in looking anymore it getting to dark to see"
"Fine" was Kira's reply
Both started back to the ArchAngel, but before Kira got there, he mad a vow to himself
' I will find you Cagalli, or die trying'
Back with Cagalli
Athrun had returned with some wood, and had made a small little fire inside the cave, he had taken off her binds, and some off her clothes, and giver her a blanket to cover up in
Athrun sat down
"So what are you doing out here anyway?" Athrun asked
"hm? oh, I'm with the ArchAngel" Cagalli responed
"ArchAngel, never heard off it"
"I believe your chasing it"
"What you mean your with the 'legged' ship!" asked Athrun surprised
"Yes, I was piloting the plane that shot down your transport ship"
"You did that?"
"……yes" replied Cagalli nervously
"sigh…oh well" Athrun looked off into the distance, while Cagalli's eyes wandered to his gun, Athrun saw this
"I'm going to sleep, if you take my gun, I'll have too kill you" he stated coldly
Cagalli looked shocked, and looked down, her hair hiding her face
Athrun lied down, closing his eyes, Cagalli waited a few minutes, she heard his breath slow down a bit, and decided to do it, she unwrapped the blanked from herself, shivering at the cold, but ignoring it for now, slowly she crept over to him, and reached for his gun ever so slowly
Suddenly his eyes flickered open glancing at her, she quickly upholstered the gun from his waist, jumping back in the processes, pointing it at him, he grabbed his knife
"I told you if you took my gun….I would have to kill you"
"No! I can't just let you take that mobile suit and kill more people, I can't let you!" Cagalli yelled, on the verge of tears
Athrun's eyes widened slightly, but quickly became slits again, they both sat there for awhile, staring at each other, until finally Cagalli flinched and began to raise her arm, Athrun made his move, quickly jumping at her, a shot echoed through the room, Athrun lay atop Cagalli, the gun smoking on the other side of the room
"Are you crazy, who throws a gun!" Athrun exclaimed
Ignoring his last statement Cagalli looked at his side, which had been nicked by the bullet
"You're hurt!"
"So? it's just a scratch"
"No it's not! It's bleeding"
"I'll just patch it up"
"No! Let me do it, it's my fault"
"No I can do it"
"Please, I…want to make up, it was my fault"
Surprised at her actions Athrun no less agreed, bandaged up minutes later
"You know, you're the weirdest girl I've ever met" Athrun stated
"I don't like acting girly, it makes me look weak" Cagalli mumbled
Athrun chuckled at this, but noticed the sun in the horizon,
"Hey the sun is up" he said matter of factly
He stood up and made his way towards his mobile suit, and Cagalli made her way to the crash, but turned around really quick
"Hey! I didn't get your name, mines Cagalli!"
He turned around
"Mines Athrun!"
"Bye!" she waved at him
"Bye!" he waved back
He got in his mobile suit and flew over to where Nicol was piloting another transport plane
"Thanks Nicol!" Athrun shouted over the intercome
"No problem Athrun!"
Back with Cagalli
She just arrived where half of her sky grasper was to find the Strike flying up to it; she waved her arms back and forth
"Hey! Hey Kira! Kira!" Cagalli yelled at the top of her lungs
The Strike landed in front off her, Kira jumped out,(not really jumped), and ran over to her embracing her in a gigantic hug, surprising Cagalli
"Cagalli I missed you so much!" Kira yelled
Cagalli, slowly returned the hug, her eye's closing, enjoying the warmth that was Kira
"Me too…me too" whispering the last part just above her breath
Both feeling butterflies in their stomachs
End Phase 3
Author's Notes:
Dam that took forever too write!
And spell check took forever as well
Well you know the drill Read & Review
I was thinking of ending it at the vow part, but the next chapter would've been harder that way
Also, since I'm feeling so generous, I'm giving Phase 4's title
Phase 4: Midnight Rendezvous
Nartarle: Rise Gundam
Me: Shut up! you do that enough in the show!