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"…" talking
"…" thinking/ talking in flashbacks
Please forgive me if any of the Gundam Wing facts are wrong… I haven't watched it for 7 years, so I remember nearly nothing from it.
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Quatre lifted Kira into his arms. "He's asleep, thank goodness."
"What usually happens?" Cagalli asked, worried.
"He goes unconscious and wakes up 2 days later, screaming," Duo answered. "Who are you people?"
Cagalli looked as if she didn't trust them. "I don't really trust you guys," she muttered. "But you seem to care for Kira so much…"
"We do," Quatre said. "I'm Quatre."
"I'm Duo."
"Trowa."
Cagalli stared at them suspiciously before saying, "I'm Cagalli Yula Attha." She waited for the wide eyes and surprise. Everybody knew she was the head representative for Orb. No surprise came from the trio. She raised an eyebrow. "You don't know who I am?"
"Uh?" Duo smiled cheekily. "Should we?"
"I'm the Representative of Orb," Cagalli explained, confused. She looked at Quatre. "You should put him down."
Quatre nodded and set Kira down on the ground and turned to Cagalli. "Orb? That's the place we're in right now right?"
"Yeah, no duh," Cagalli retorted. "Where else would we be? The PLANTs?"
Quatre looked around carefully. "You know Kira right? We can trust you?"
"You can," Lacus said reassuringly. "I'm Lacus Clyne."
"Pleasure," Duo said quickly. "We shouldn't talk here…" At that moment, Dearka, Sai and Miriallia came barreling towards them.
"Kira…" Sai looked at his friend, surprised. Then his gaze narrowed dangerously. "Who are you? What the hell did you do to him?" He lunged at Quatre, who just blinked confused at the other boy.
"Sai! Stop!" Miriallia took hold of Sai's shirt and pulled him back.
"He's just sleeping," Lacus said softly. "Don't disturb him."
"Wow, he really is alive eh?" Dearka took a good look at Kira. "Gave Athrun a mad panic attack when he disappeared. I thought he would never calm down."
"Maybe we should go back to the orphanage… to sort things through," Lacus suggested. "I don't think you guys have anyplace to go right? You didn't seem to know you were in Orb anyways."
Quatre shook his head. "No. If you guys really knew Kira before then… we might need to tell you some stuff."
"Quatre?" Trowa spoke up, freaking Dearka out, who was standing right in front of him.
"Sheesh, that guy is like a shadow or something," he muttered. "Didn't even know he was there; he scared the heck out of me."
"Are you thinking of actually telling them?" Trowa continued and ignored the scared Dearka.
"They seem trustworthy enough, as long as they don't tell anybody," Quatre replied.
"I don't know," Duo said. "I mean, they're all pretty much famous eh? With that Caitlin girl being the Representative of Orb. I don't know what that is, but sounds pretty important."
"It's CAGALLI! CAGALLI!" Cagalli screamed at Duo.
"Right! Cagalli! I knew it sounded wrong!" Duo grinned.
"What's wrong with you people?" Miriallia spoke up. "You don't know what the Representative of Orb is?"
"That's what we need to tell you," Quatre said.
"If you guys don't know, Kira should," Cagalli pointed out.
"Kira… lost his memories a year ago, that's when I found him badly injured in an alley," Duo said carefully.
"So it's true then…" a voice muttered from behind Dearka. Once again, Dearka freaked out and scowled at the owner of the voice… Athrun.
Heero appeared behind him, still holding out his gun. "How is he Duo?"
"Just dandy! You know nothing could happen to him when I'm around!" Duo grinned.
Heero rolled his eyes. "Sure Maxwell."
Yzak and Wufei came after a while, still muttering insults at each other. They looked at the silent group in front of them. "WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT!" They bellowed at the same time.
"Come on, let's get to the orphanage. We'll have a talk there," Lacus said. The group nodded silently, although Heero seemed really hesitant and unsure.
"We don't have a ride…" Quatre muttered. Lacus smiled gently.
"Cagalli and Athrun can fit you guys in their limo, right?"
Cagalli looked up surprised. "Yeah."
Heero growled at Athrun, who looked away guilty. "Whatever."
"Alright…" Quatre looked unsure, but went anyways, carrying Kira along.
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(At the Orphanage)
Quatre placed Kira gently on a bed and sat down in his seat around the table. "Maybe we should start with introductions."
"I'm Lacus. Nice to meet you."
"I'm Cagalli."
"Athrun." Athrun's eyes stayed on Kira.
"Uh, my turn?" Dearka grinned. "Well I'm Dearka." Wufei grinned.
"Boyfriend of this white-haired homosexual?"
"SHUT UP!" Yzak steamed. Athrun quickly glanced at Yzak before turning back to Kira.
Dearka choked on his spit. "What!" Miriallia fell out of her chair.
"Dearka, you're GAY!" Miriallia cried, horrified.
"NO!" Dearka choked out. "HE'S MY FRIEND! DON'T LISTEN TO THAT DUDE! I AM NOT GAY!"
Miriallia looked calmer. "Fine. But if I ever catch you two…"
"EW! Miriallia!" Dearka's eyes widened. "How could you ever think of me and HIM in that way?"
"I didn't even finish my sentence!" Miriallia said. "Fine whatever." She climbed back onto her chair.
Wufei was busy rolling on the ground, laughing. Duo grinned, amused at the scene. "Oy, Wu-man. I wouldn't do that; it would get your clothes dirty. Then you wouldn't have any clothes to wear because your mommy isn't here to buy them for you."
Wufei instantly stopped laughing and got up. "SHUT UP MAXWELL!"
Duo ignored him and looked at Yzak. "Man, that silver hair of yours sure looks real, it doesn't look dyed at all!"
"That's because it isn't!" Yzak screamed. "IT'S NATURAL!"
"Yeah, and that's saying that Caitlin's eyes are natural yellow too," Duo said, enjoying himself.
"IT'S CAGALLI! AND MY EYES ARE NATURAL!" Cagalli steamed.
"Sure it is…" Duo grinned.
"Oh yeah!" Cagalli growled. "Your… your…"
"My what?" Duo leaned back in his chair.
"YOUR HAIR! IT'S UNNATURALLY LONG! AND IT'S IN A BRAID! WHAT'S WITH THAT!" Cagalli roared.
Duo looked insulted. "What's wrong with my hair? It's so pretty! It's my life! My pride and joy!" He took his braid in his hand and rubbed it gently. "Aren't you, Ronnie?"
Everybody sweatdropped. "You talk to your hair?" Dearka cracked and fell out of his chair laughing.
"You NAMED your braid?" Yzak growled.
"ARE YOU MENTAL? INSANE?" Cagalli threw her hands up in exasperation.
"Cagalli calm down," Athrun soothed, his attention back towards their conversation… or rather argument. However, his words only had an effect on Cagalli, because Yzak, Wufei and Duo were still arguing.
A gunshot rang out suddenly. That shut everybody up. They all turned towards Heero, who was holding up his gun. "Shut up Maxwell," he said in a cold voice. "Or prepare to die."
"Aw, Hee-man!" Duo whined. "You know you love me."
"Are you insane? You could've killed somebody!" Cagalli screamed. "The whole group is loony!"
"Die Maxwell!"
"Heero! Stop! You're going to wake up Kira… if he hasn't awoken yet!" Quatre restrained the lunging man.
As if on cue, a high-pitched scream silenced everybody. Heero released himself from Quatre. "Kira!"
"Dammit!" Duo actually looked serious. Everybody followed them, with Athrun practically shoving people away.
They arrived at his bedside, and saw Kira twisting around in bed, grasping his head. "No…. Stop it!"
A horrible gut feeling told Athrun that this nightmare of Kira was about him…
(Kira's dream)
Kira's POV
I was in that same place again, in the same orange seat, wearing the same blue and white outfit. There were the same controls in front of me. It was the same dream…
I looked at the corner of the screen, and saw the same teary green-eyed man with blue hair. He was screaming, again and again. "You MUDERED Nicol!" Those words vibrated through my head over and over again. It was silently torturing me.
"No!" I screamed back. The other boy slashed at me, but as if I was in robot mode, my hands automatically pulled back my machine. "Stop it!"
"Why should I? You didn't stop when you KILLED him!" Those green eyes… they were so familiar, except they should be soft and kind. Not murderous and cold.
"I didn't…" I whispered. I couldn't have killed anyone! I couldn't have! "I didn't kill him!" I felt my heart break… I knew this guy… but why was he trying to kill me?
"I was there!" He slashed at me again. My robotic hands pulled back again, but it managed to get my machine's arm. "I was there when you MURDERED him! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A MURDERER! YOU DESERVE TO DIE! AND I WILL BE THE ONE TO KILL YOU!"
"No…" I muttered. Was I really a murderer? I can't remember anything! And I know… it's killing me inside. Maybe I really was a murderer before… if that was the case… then I deserve to die.
"Kira! Wake up! Snap out of it!" A distant voice broke me out of my trance. Who was that? Is that Duo?
"DIE!" The boy was at it again. Everything seems so confusing. Every word he says echoes in my head. Again and again… it never stops. There was a tunnel of voices echoing… one after another.
I can't help it and grabbed my head… desperate to shake off the voices. "Go away…"
"Kira wake up!"
"DIE!"
"Come on! Snap out of it!"
"YOU KILLED HIM! YOU MURDERED NICOL!"
"Kira!"
"YOU'RE A TRAITOR TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE!"
"Calm down Kira! You're going to hurt yourself if you keep this up!"
"YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE!"
"Stop it!" I screamed. It hurts… so much… everything hurts so badly!"
End of Kira's POV
(End of dream)
"Stop it! Go away!" Kira suddenly screamed as his eyes popped open. Sweat beaded his forehead. He panted and his eyes flashed at everyone. When his eyes landed on Athrun, he pushed himself away from him. "Go away…"
"Kira…" Athrun's voice was pained.
Kira moved even farther away and bumped into Heero, who still held out his gun. "He obviously doesn't want to see you."
Athrun's eyes flashed with pain, but he walked out anyways. Kira noticeably relaxed.
"Kira…" a voice gently said. "Are you alright?" Kira turned his head and saw the same pink-haired girl smiling at him. He immediately felt at peace. He smiled a little.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he muttered. Lacus nodded and turned to the group.
"Let's go back; we haven't even finished our introductions. Kira can join us," she suggested.
Heero helped Kira up and walked to the table. Everybody sat down, and Kira took the seat between Heero and Duo. He avoided Athrun's gaze, remembering the murderous gaze he had given him in his dream.
He felt guilty. For avoiding him, for screaming and everything. It was obvious that Athrun was concerned for him; Kira knew that they had some sort of friendship before. He could tell. Maybe, this talk would explain everything.
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End of chapter 6
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