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The Friends Alliance

6

'Earned an enemy'

The cold mountain air was moving blonde locks while the owner was focus on her skiing. Happy to visit the mountains with her friends.

"See your improving very fast Cagalli" said the green-eyed boy as she stopped right in front of him.

"Thanks, Heine-san" answered Cagalli very proud of herself. Being teach by Heine make skiing so much easier for her.

"Heine, call me just Heine". He decided to be less formal around the full-spirited girl beside him.

She gave a tiny 'oh', before repeating her last phrase thanking him, but this time saying just his name. It felt good, she really didn't like being so formal anyway. She smiled.

"Wanna race me, princess?" said the orange haired boy with a mischievously voice.

"That would not be fare, you are an expert! And don't call me princess" grumbled Cagalli, being called princess was so weird and unusual, maybe Lacus but her, she is nothing princess alike.

"Ok, ok don't get mad at me, you are prettier when you smile" said the orange-haired boy matter-of-factly. The blonde one could not help to blush a little hearing this comment.

She made to say a very quiet "thank you"

"Heine-san, professor Thalia is looking for you, she says she needs your help in something" say a green-haired boy appearing behind Haine.

"Does she needs me right now? I'm helping a friend here" answered the green-eyed boy, putting his right hand on Cagalli's shoulder.

"Yeah, sorry that I interrupted you two" apologized Nicol, " but she really needs you"

"What! No, what are you saying, Nicol?" said Cagalli very fast, " You didn't interrupted us, not at all"

She was smiling nervously. Nicol noticed this.

What was he thinking? We were just talking. Why he apologized? Mmm Nicol must just trying to be polite, yeah it must be that. She smiled at the green-haired boy sweetly. He is always so nice.

"Ok I'll go right away" gave up Heine looking from Nicol to Cagalli, "wanna come, Cagalli?"

"No, I'm ok, I just want to practice a little more"

Then she left Nicol and Heine behind but she before she was too far she could hear that Nicol said something to her previous 'teacher'. When she was a about to hear what they were talking she heard cried. Kira's cried.

"I told you! I'm looking for Lacus! Not for you Meer!"

"But Kira!" said the pinked-dyed-haired girl behind the young coordinator with brown hair.

She turned around searching for her beloved 'little' brother, yes little brother according to her, and found him being chased by the wanna-be Lacus. I should help him, poor Kira, how can he be so helpless?

She went to chased him too, but with a different reason.

"Hey Kira!" she yelled. Kira heard the voice his sister, her melodious voice for once. He stopped. Meer stopped too.

Cagalli appeared in front of Kira, blocking Meer from him. Obviously ignoring her.

"Hi Cagalli" said Kira, beaming happy to see her. Apparently he was saved. He wanted to hug her but retrain himself.

"Have you seen Milly? I haven't seen her for a while" said Cagalli small talking to her brother.

"No, I think Dearka is missing too" responded Kira giggling lightly.

"HEY!" shrieked Meer behind the blonde girl, making her to turn and see, actually taking notice of her presence. "Didn't you know that is rude to turn your back at someone!."

Both Kira and Cagalli stood looking at her like she just came from the ground.

"Oh sorry Meer I didn't know that you were there," spoke Cagalli guilty-like, "And didn't you know that is rude to interruptedsomeone like that?"

Meer stare angrily at Cagalli, finding no answered to that. The blonde princess didn't stay behind, she gave Meer a cold don't-mess-with-me look. Kira was trying his best to not laugh. Then Cagalli focused on her boy next to her, grabbed his left arm and pulled him to follow her.

"Let's go Kira" spoke Cagalli as a command.

They started to ski away, them someone took Kira's right wrist.

"Who the hell you think you are to tell Kira what to do!" said very loudly the pink-haired girl, as she pulled Kira to her side. Cagalli grab his left arm and pulled again.

"Well I am his sister," confronted the girl with golden orbs pulling his arm even harder, "and you are?" asked Cagalli smirking at her. He just stood there, enjoying how his 'little' sister took care of the situation. When he just stood there.

"I'm his girlfriend!" said Meer very confident. Kira's eyes went wide when he heard that.

"No! You are not my girlfriend" denied loudly Kira taking away his arm from her grasp. "I barely know you!"

"See?" asked Cagalli looking triumphal at Meer's shocked face . She managed to say a small "but" to Kira.

"Sorry Meer, but you are not even my friend" stated Kira. This was it. Meer felt like her heart broke, no, not her heart. Her goal to win the real Lacus went off, with that phrase she realized that Kira was out of her reach. She started to meditate. This could not stay like this. The next thing she heard was Cagalli's voice. The voice she now hates.

"So if you excuse us, we should keep going, right Kira?" said Cagalli smiling at her brother.

"Yeah," agreed Kira, "bye Meer". They two left Meer behind, letting her alone with her thoughts. 'She going to pay for this' she said to herself. Meer was watching the twins ski through the snow of the mountain. Glaring at the blonde twin. You could see hate growing within her orbs.

Once they got far from Meer, Kira started to laugh out loud.

"What is so funny?" said Cagalli staring at her brother.

Kira tried to calm himself. "It's just that, haha, how you handled Meer"

"Well I didn't really do anything." Looking at him innocently. "She really freaks me out" added the girl to her sentence.

"I think we sent the things pretty clear to her"

Kira agreed nodding his head, smiling. Lacus and Athrun came skiing towards them. Seems that someone finally found the real Lacus. But it was not him, Athrun did.

"Hi Kira, Athrun told me that you were looking for me." Lacus was smiling at him, as she usually does, he felt like blushing, his cheeks were warm.

"Lacus, you could not believe what just happened before you guys came" greeted Cagalli.

"What happened?" asked the blue-haired boy. Kira hit his elbow to Cagalli. She gasp feeling this and before she could hit Kira back, he walked to Lacus, winking at Athrun. He got his hint and spoke.

"Cagalli do you want to join me, I want to ski some more" he offered moving his lips to make a smile, this made Cagalli cheeks went slightly red.

"Sure" she said under her breath just enough so Athrun could hear her.

Everything was normal, they were enjoying themselves, enjoying each other's company. Skiing to the downhill, the goal of their race. The blonde girl challenge the blue-haired boy, following her game he accepted.

'This feels so good' Cagalli thought. The wind rushing against her face, making her hair fight. 'I won't lose to him!' she told to herself, smiling at that thought.

The owner of emerald eyes was watching her from behind. 'She has improved, very much,' admitted quietly, ' but not enough to beat me.' he was about to go faster but then he saw a pink flash behind Cagalli. The figure was going on high speed, shortly reaching Cagalli. Then it happened. He saw that the figure was Meer, turning almost striking his friend.

Cagalli's only react was to turn before bumping into Meer, though she didn't know who was the one passing just in front of her, her mind only told her to avoid the future hit. After she accomplish her little mission she turned to see who was it. Meer. She glared at her.

"Look OUT!." She heard his voice. And obeying she looked.

The merely could cried before she fell. Athrun was watching from behind how Meer passed by Cagalli, making her turned her attention to her, making the blonde to lose her track. Going straight to downhill unable to help herself from falling.

"Aaahhh!"

This was all he could heard before losing her from his sight. He automatically screamed her name, shocked by the recent incident.

She had her arms pushed into her chest, previously letting go her ski equipment. With all the other stuff she could barely move. The water was freezing. She was not capable to free her feet. Struggling in the cold water, her wet clothes making her moves slower and sillier. She cursed the situation, wanting to go up, swim and be able to breath again. Automatically her eyes closed slowly, losing the last air she had inhale before, she thought of someone, seeing him in her mind, his eyes looking her in a tender way that make her want to melt at his sight, he was smiling at her.

'A-athrun' she mentally said his name not even knowing why she saw him but right now it didn't care . Finally closing her eyes. She lost consciousness.

The boy stopped as soon as he reach the peak. Quickly removing his jacket and skis so he could swim better.

Meer stood there, seeing how her enemy was falling to her path of no returning herself. An evil grin was visible in her face which quickly disappeared when she saw Athrun taking of his cloth and else.

She tried to hold him back, tell him to stop, to not to try to save her. But all of her warnings weren't to reach his ears. He was deaf to her voice. He just had to do something, he won't let her there, Kira would not forgive him, he himself would not forgive himself if he left her there, defenceless in the freezing cold water.

Not thinking it twice he throw himself to the water, not caring how cold it was, not caring of anything else, he jumped to look for her, to save her.

'Her.'

His best friend's sister, his blonde princess. His dear Cagalli.

Ok here the ch 6, sorry it took this longso review me and tell me to continue this nn lets see if Ahturn can save Cagalli. THANKS TO THE LAST CHAPPIE REVIEWERS! AC RULES! Hope you like it!