Okay, here's the next chapter.
In case anyone is wondering, this fic is probably going to turn into a triology. After another 2-3 chapters I will probably move onto part 2. In part two, I'm going to continue on with Dearka, Yzak, Athrun, and all the others. Shinn and Luna will also make an appearence really soon. Meyrin will show up, I have a lot of plans for her and someone else -
The rating of this story is going to be raised to M soon. If anyone objects, tell me.
Thanks again for all the reviews I really appriciate it.
Alright, now back to class.
Dislcaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny.
Rey was busy looking over charts.
"So, how exactly did you learn to fight like that anyway?" a voice rang out from the inside of the mobile armor cockpit. Ralph was talking to him. Truthfully, Rey still did not understand how Ralph could work himself to the bone and still keep working.
"What do you mean?"
"During that battle." Ralph said, not looking at him, "The techniques you use...those are advanced ZAFT elite. I haven't seen those since the last war when I got the oppurtunity of seeing General Yamato and Lord Zala fighting it out."
"I used to be in ZAFT." Rey said, marking off all the notes on the report. The mobile armor they had been working on was almost complete, thanks to Rey's additional help.
"What made you leave?"
"I died."
Ralph gave him a weird look.
"You must understand-" Rey said, "-I'm nothing like I used to be. In some ways...my personality has changed since back then."
"Really?"
Rey sighed, he really did not want to think about the past. There were one to many memories he did not want to remember. Most of which were not his own memories.
Screaming, crying...nightmares filled his head at night. Ever since he began to pilot mobile suits again, he suddenly remembered why he had started taking the medication in the first place. Not only did it control his genetic manipulations, but on another note, it sorted threw the memories that he inherited.
"Hey kid?"
"Yeah?" Rey looked at him.
"You look a little out of it." he said, "Tired?"
Rey shrugged, "I haven't slept well lately."
"Why?" he smirked, "A certain red-haired captain in your mind?"
Rey blushed, "It's not like that."
"Oh come on, its obvious you gotta a little thing for the Captain." Ralph reached for his coffee on the counter.
Rey frowned, he had more the a thing for her. She was part of the reason why he was not sleeping well, on top of all the nightmares from battles were he was shooting down shuttles with hundreds of innocent civilians, and other autrocities he had not actually committted before.
"She's been kind to me, nothing more then that." Rey replied.
Ralph sighed, shaking his head. When Athrun-san put him in charge of the engineering on the Kamaitachi he knew that there was a certain amount of babysitting he was going to end up doing with all these young officers. Ralph had just turned 30 two months ago, and he was one of the older crew members on the ship. Out of all four of the lead battleships in the Eternity fleet, the Kamaitachi had the youngest crew.
"So, what are you going to do when you ge to Orb? We're supposed to dock tommorrow."
Rey suddenly remembered.
Honestly, he had not really thought about it, there were to many other things on his mind. Working on the Voltaire, Commander Bjorkland had actually given him some high-ranking duties in the mobile suit division. Suzuka had warned Rey to take things slowly, and not to take on too many duties that he had to do in his past. Although Rey could still do everything flawlessly, she warned him that was his memories returning gradually, it was better to avoid being psychologically overwhelmed.
"I don't know." Rey looked at the windows. It was late in the evening, "Maybe find my old team mates. I think they would like to know that I'm alright...or alive at least."
"You're a tough bastard, Rey." Ralph smacked him in the back, "You'll probably out live all of us."
Rey smiled at him, it was ironic since he had already died once.
Laughter filled her ears.
"Cagali, you're overworking yourself again." Athrun walked over to her.
It was a strange memory, one that she did not really remember till now. Athrun walked over and sat on the edge of her desk.
"I'm not overworking myself." she pouted.
"Ten hours straight is OVERWORKING yourself." he said, "Now get up."
"Athrun-"
"Uh-uh." he shook his head, leaning over, he saved the files on her computer, and shut the screen. Taking her hands, he led her out of the office.
They walked down the hallway, heading towards the kitchen. One thing that Cagali was learning, was despite the fact that Athrun usually grew up having people cook for him, he was a good cook. Sitting at the big metal table in the industrial-size kitchen, she watched Athrun walk around the stove, throwing some dinner together for her.
"You missed dinner." he said.
"I had a meeting to prepare for." she said.
He made a face, "Did you eat anything at all?"
She looked away shyly, "I had a cup of coffee."
He sighed, slightly irritated. His wife was not one to take care of herself, but then again, that was his job.
"So, how was your day?" she asked, trying to get away from the topic of her not eating.
"It was alright." he said, "I spent most of it overseeing work at Kaguya. We updated the OS Systems, and finally finished production on some of the new ships for the Eternity force."
"That's right, I read the report." she said, "I just finished selecting the captains as well."
"Oh? Anyone good?"
She shrugged, "The four new ships...the Kamaitachi, the Trinity, Strathmore, and Boluxei are the most advanced ships in the fleet. With Kira's systems, and the new crews, they will be a force to reckon with. I picked two Natural captains, and two Coordiantor captians."
"Anyone we know?"
"Not really." she said, "Ralpheal Burbanks for the Boluxei from England, Hans Grienrich from Scandanavia for the Strathmore, Frigg Meyers from Feburary City for the Trinity, and Suzuka Kiriyuhi from Copernicus for the Kamaitachi."
"Huh." Athrun served her dinner, and then some for himself, "I'll have to meet them tommorrow."
Cagali smiled, "This is REALLY good."
"Of course it is. I made it." Athrun smiled at her. Before he could take a bite, she leaned over the table and kissed him.
"Thanks, love."
He chuckled, "No, thank you, Cagali..."
She did not really realize she had been asleep till she opened her eyes. Sometimes she slept with her eyes open, with made them sore and bloodshot but at least she was alert. Most of the time, she was just sit on the bottom of the cell, and watch the gaurds past by. It did not really feel like a year had past, but somehow it had, and she was still alive.
The drugs they had used on her had wore off long ago, and her head was throbbing. In a way, she really did not retalliate too much to the drugs because they would get rid of her headaches that she would get from the lack of air ventillation in the underground prison. She was never worried about telling them information, right now, she did not really know anything current about Orb. Athrun was a genius, and honestly, she never expected him to be this apt at running a country.
No offense to him, but Athrun was a little stubborn when it came to trying to be outspoken.
The gaurds stopped in front of her cell.
"Hime!" they snapped, "The Chairman requests your presence."
"I'm sure he does."
Earlier that week he had come to visit her, and at the time, she had been barely alert. After one of the 'sessions' of them trying to get tactical information out of her and yeilding no progess, she spent another hour listening to Chairman Trent's rants. Was that how he planned to finally kill her? Bore her to death?
No matter how they hurt her, no matter what they did...there was something that hurt more then any torture they could inflict on her.
A few weeks ago, while in transport, she managed to catch a glimpse of Athrun on the news. It was accidental, since she had always been kept under lock and key, but she managed to see it threw the barred window on the van she was in.
His eyes looked blank and sad.
Cagali remembered that look on his face. The look that he had when she first met him in that cave, trying to shoulder the burdens of his mother's death, and trying to fight his best friend. His eyes were tired and sad, and frustrated. She also remembered crying herself to sleep that night, thinking that nothing they could do would hurt her as much as the pain she got from seeing Athrun on the tv that day.
Walking down the hallway, bound, and escorted by four gaurds. Back when she was first brought to the complex, she was always trouble for the gaurds, and so by this time they had learned not to take her lightly. As she past the windows, the sunlight spilled through and warmed her skin as she walked by.
Sunlight. That was something she missed.
He ran his fingers threw her hair, kissing her lips. They felt soft to the touch, as did the rest of her skin. Taking her hair down, he took off her glasses and set them on the side table.
"What are you doing?" she whispered as he trialed his lips down her neck to her collarbone.
"I want to see you." he whispered.
"See me?" she smiled.
"You're beautiful, I want to enjoy it." he said, feeling her arms wrap around his neck. She could feel his warm breath on her bare skin. Running her hands through his hair, the blonde hair mixed with the red spread around them.
"Rey..." she whispered into his ear.
"What is it?" he murmured back, brushing his lips to hers, barely giving her a chance to speak. He just wanted to stare at her forever, just memorize how she looked in his mind so that he would never forget.
"Rey, I love you-"
Rey shot up with a start.
His eyes were wide, and he was breathing as if he had been running a race. Letting his head hang foreward slightly, he closed his eyes. Not again.
It was still dark out.
He pulled back the sheets, and sat at the edge of the bed. Truth be told, he was still sleeping in the formor-storage-room that had been coverted into his own personal quarters. He liked his own room, and at this point, was glad for it. Glancing at the clock, it said 1 am. He had only been sleeping for an hour.
Slipping on his uniform slacks, he decided to head over to the shower.
Walking down the hallway, his hands shoved in his pockets, he began to completely take in his surroundings. The ship was quiet at night, most people were asleep. Walking past the open door to the OS workroom, Ezekiel had fallen asleep, his back against the tank with the laptop in his lap, auser manual was drapped across his chest. Vana had sunk to the end of the tank, her back resting against his on the other side of the glass. It was clear that she was fast asleep as well. Rey could not help but smile.
Ralph was asleep, and the docking bay was empty, the lights turned off. Tommorrow they were docking at Orb, so everything was cleaned up and organized.
Turning down one more corner towards the showers, he stopped as a red-haired girl stepped out of the girl's showers. Wearing a robe over her clothes, drying her hair.
Suzuka stepped out of the showers, staring at herself in the mirror.
What is wrong with you, girl?
The other day in her office, she could still remember how it felt when he grabbed ahold of her. At the time she had been so shocked she had simply pushed him, trying to get away. In the last few years, she had never allowed herself anything, she could not afford it.
But now, her situation was different. No more running, no more pretending.
Rey had turned out completely different then she had originally pictured. He was kind, polite, and intelligent. Not to mention strong and powerful. She was attached to him. Although, maybe she was already attached to him before she had officially met him that day in the lab.
She put a robe over her clothes, and put on her glasses, drying her hair.
She was interested in him.
Opening the door to the girl's locker room, she stopped. Rey was standing there, his hands shoved in his pockets. His hair was still braided from when he was sleeping.
"Captain." he nodded.
Oh god...there she is...
"Rey." she smiled, "What are you doing up this late?"
"Taking a shower." he replied absently, and then shook his head, "...I mean, I couldn't sleep. So I decided to take a shower."
"It's something to do, I guess." she said, "Well, don't stay up too late. Lord Zala is still trying to figure out what to do with you."
Rey sighed, "I figured."
They stood there a moment, staring at each other.
"Well, good night." Suzuka nodded and headed towards her room.
"Um...Suzuka-san?"
She stopped, and looked at him. He had an alarmed look on his face a moment, and then walked up to her.
"What...is it? Is something wrong?"
Rey stared at her a moment, and then she watched as he lifted a hand, running his figures through her long hair. He pulled a piece of red locks, and touched it between his fingers. She had such soft hair, and he could still smell the shampoo.
"Rey?" she was staring at him. There was a faint blush in her cheeks. What was he doing?
"I..." he frowned, "I like your hair."
"Rey, are you sure there isn't something-" her eyes grew wide, "Wait...what?"
She froze.
He reached foreward, his hand sliding over her face, and she felt his lips calmy brush over hers. Finally touching his hands to her face, he kissed her lips. Feeling her melt in his arms, her eyes closing, he suddenly came back to his senses.
What the hell are you doing?
Rey stepped away from her, his eyes wide in alarm.
"Rey?" she stared at him, "Rey, what-"
He turned around and promptly headed towards the locker room.
"I'm sorry..." he muttered to her as he shut the door.
He leaned against the door, sinking to the floor.
He has just kissed her. What the hell was he thinking?
I really wanted to do a ReyxSuzuka scene. Looking at the chapter, I realized this is 13 and then I thought that maybe this is the right time to start developing the story a little more. Shinn and Luna will be in the next one, and plans to rescue Cagali will finally start in motion, and Dearka will make another appearenceso that is something to look foreward.
Review of you can!
Arigato
Lilith
