Chapter 6
An Old Enemy's Fang (re-written)
Summary-What if Kira was a girl?
Disclaimer- Man do I ever hate these! Ok I don't won Gundam Seed or Destiny never have, never will. If I did trust me Mia and Meyrin would never have showed up and Flay would most likely have her head mounted on a wall somewhere in a tacky restaurant.
Kiras' P.O.V
Cagalli and I made our way through the streets of the small city, in our search for supplies. I was appointed as her body guard though it was never spoken that's what was expected of me.
"Come on Kira we need to get to the next shop." Cagalli called as she placed another item in the bag I was carrying.
I didn't respond, I was supposed to protect her, and she knows that! I guess she doesn't like the idea that someone was told to look out for her and another girl for that matter.
I some how got stuck with all the carrying of the supplies, not that I mind I am happy to help but still.
I watch as Cagalli takes a seat at a table in front of a nearby café.
"What are you waiting for? Come on sit. Carrying those bags can't be much fun." Cagalli says smirking.
I don't respond and took my seat across from her.
"Hey what's up? You have been very quiet the whole day!" Cagalli prods and gives me a suspicious glance.
I sighed I'm still feeling guilty for what I did to Flay. Not that she didn't deserve it but I wasn't acting much better than her by retaliating.
"It's nothing Cagalli." I said with a smile though it feels forced and unnatural.
"Are you upset about that Flay girl?" Cagalli asks as she finishes giving our order to a waiter.
"What?" I was shocked. Did she over hear?
"I couldn't help but coming across you to and overhearing you conversation." Cagalli says looking at me emotionless.
"I guess." I replied.
"Well you shouldn't! She had it coming!" Cagalli harshly replies and I am a little shocked at her boldness.
"Um…." I dumbly state.
"I mean you have been protecting them for how long? And all she has to say is a bunch of insults and racial statements. You don't deserve that!" Cagalli shouted. I can see fire burning in her eyes that surprises me. Why does she care so much?
Cagallis' P.O.V
I don't know what came over me. I mean yeah I think Kira as a friend maybe not even that? More of a close acquaintance. Sure was grateful for what she did to save me back at Helipolos. Perhaps that's why I feel the need to defend her?
I notice that Kira seems to be in deep thought. Her eyes appear to be looking at something in the distance while she stars at the table. I take the opportunity to take a closer look at her, sense I wasn't able to in our past meetings.
I noticed that she had very long chocolate colored hair. She seemed to put it up in either a messing bun or a pony tail mostly. She had large amethyst eyes that seemed to tell her life story but conceal personal and dark secrets of her past. I took a closer inspection and noticed that we look a bit similar. Well as close as we can get to similar. Our bone structure in the face was the same and our eye shape. We had a similar build but she was a bit more on the athletic side.
Other than that we were complete opposites. I have mid-length blonde hair, Kira has long brown hair. My eyes are amber hers are amethyst. She is taller but only by a few inches. I am paler than she is; Kira has a natural tan skin that most would only get with a summer in the sun.
I figure it is just a weird stroke of fate that our appearance is very similar in some aspects. I would like to befriend her though. She seems nice and I don't have very many friends. Despite my hot-headed attitude I do get lonely as anyone would.
I was about to speak when I notice our food arrive.
I smile and look at Kira who is staring at her food not in disgust but in wonder.
"Aren't you going to eat?" I ask.
"Well umm, what is it?" Kira asks a bit timid. I only laugh.
"It's called a kabob (a/n I don't know if I spelt that right)" I explain.
"Oh…" Kira says.
"Here it's great with chili sauce." I say picking up a bottle on the table.
Normal P.O.V
"Not so fast there!" a voice called. Kira and Cagalli looked up to see a strange man dressed in tacky tourist clothes looming over them.
"I suggest yogurt sauce." He said picking up the other bottle to empathize his point. "Yogurt sauce it the only proper thing to add to a deliciously such as a kabob." He claims.
"What's it to you!" Cagalli snapped.
"You can't just come over to strange people and till them how to eat their food!" Cagalli says while adding chili sauce to her kabob and taking a big bite.
The man flinches and says "It's a travesty!"
"Mmmm delicious!" Cagalli states while grinning.
Kira only looks on with complete confusion.
"Here!" Cagalli says thrusting the chili bottle towards Kira. "Kabobs and chili sauce were made for each other."
"What…." Kira didn't get a chance to finish.
"Hey don't push your filthy habits on this gal!" He says also thrusting his bottle of yogurt sauce towards Kira.
"BACK OFF!" Cagalli yells angrily.
"Oh forget it!" They both say at the same time and squeeze both contents onto Kiras kabob.
Kira can only look on with surprise and confusion as the sauces mix on her food.
Sighing Kira takes her kabob folds it and takes a bite.
"Sorry about that." The man says to Kira.
"It's alright, actually the both of them together isn't bad." Kira smiles.
"Yeah well you should butt into others people business like that!" Cagalli snarled at the man.
Somewhere close by
"Is that him?" A man dressed in casual cloths asked to the other man with a pair of binoculars.
"Yeah that's him alright, the desert tiger." The other replied removing his binoculars.
"What about those two?" The first man asked pointing towards the people below.
"Just teenagers hanging out. We wont need to worry about them" The second answered,
"Should I tell the others to get ready?" The first asked again
"Yes." Came the simple replied.
Nodding the other ran off to give the signal.
The man with the binoculars smiled. "For the preservation of our blue and pure world." He whispered.
Meanwhile
The man in the tourist clothing was about to say something else to the blonde who hadn't stopped snapping at him for the past 3 minutes when all of a sudden a dozen men came out of the ally ways and began firing at them.
"DIE COORDINATOR SCUM!"
"FOR THE PERSERVATION OF OUR BLUE AND PURE WORLD!"
"DOWN WITH ZAFT!"
Came the battle cries of the attackers.
The man quickly kicked the table over and shouted for the two girls to get down. Cagalli was frozen with shock and ended up getting a lot of sauce in her hair and face as the table tipped over. Kira dashed into action and quickly got Cagalli to the ground covering with her own body as a shield.
"Those guys are "blue cosmos"." Cagalli said.
Kira froze for a moment and looked at the man that was with them. He had a gun out and was firing back at the attackers. Kira knew of the group well, hell what coordinator didn't? Kira didn't know what to do she had no gun so her jumping out unarmed would be just stupid. As luck would have it she noticed a gun that had been dropped a few feet away.
"Stay here" Kira commanded to Cagalli. Before Cagalli could protest Kira was up and dashed for the gun. A man took noticed and prepared to fire.
Fortunate Kira was faster and managed to grab the gun. Kira grabbed the gun and through it knocking the others gun form his hand. Before he could retaliate, Kira ran forward and delivered a swift kick to the man below his chin. Successfully knocking him out.
The fighting stopped and the man and Cagalli turned to Kira. The man said nothing, but Cagalli didn't remain silent.
Running up to Kira Cagalli shouted "What's wrong with you? Don't you even know what a gun is for?" She asked indicating to when Kira through the gun.
Kira just blinked.
"Well um thanks again." Cagalli said looking at the ground sense she was saved again.
"Very impressive." The man said removing his hat and sunglasses showing his face, Cagalli immediately recognized him.
"You're…your commander Andrew Bartfieldt." Cagalli said with wide eyes.
"The one and only." He said smiling.
A car suddenly came up to them and a man in a ZAFT uniform asked if the commander was alright.
"I am fine." Andrew said. He soon caste his gaze to the two girls in front of him.
"Come on know, I'll take you back to me place." Andrew said smiling.
Kira objected almost immediately. "No that's alright; we have to get going anyways."
"Come now, she's covered in sauce and needs to be cleaned up." The desert tiger commented pointing a finger at Cagalli. Cagalli only scowled.
"But we." Before any more objections could be made they were forced into a car.
Andrews House (a/n I don't know what it is really.)
As soon as they enter the huge home that seemed to double as a headquarters, they were greeted by a girl with black hair and wore a blue full body outfit. She soon took Cagalli to a different part of the house leaving Kira alone with the tiger.
"We really need to get going." Kira said sternly trying not to show how uncomfortable she was with the whole situation.
"Here." Andrew said handing Kira a mug full of coffee.
"Thank you." Kira replied.
"I made it myself and I think I have developed an excellent batch." The commander said taking a deep sip of coffee obviously proud of the taste.
Kira only stared.
Andrew smiled "Perhaps you haven't developed such an adult taste as of yet?"
Kira looked away at that statement. It some how offended her that he considered her to young to appreciate coffee but the people of the Archangel felt her adult enough to take the lives of enemy soldiers.
"What's that?" Kira asked indicating a particular carving of a whale with wings over the fireplace mantel.
"I have no idea. Some say that this is a fossil of a whale. But I don't think so; I mean have you ever seen a whale with wings?" The commander asked.
"Well what would you call it?" Kira asked taking a sip of her coffee.
"I don't know. But some people believe that this was what started the war. When they brought this from space." The commander explained.
"Huh?" Kira asked turning to look at her senior.
"This fossil gave hope for people to become better than what we are. Sense coordinators were born, causing tension and eventually the war." Andrew said finishing his coffee.
"I don't think that at all." Kira said.
"Oh? Well what do you think started this war?" The tiger asked curious.
"Fear." Kira said honestly.
"Fear? What makes you say that?" Bartfieldt asked.
"Think about it. Many naturals fear coordinators because their different. They fear extinction. That their place in the world will be over taken. And coordinators are the same. They fear that naturals will bring them down. That they will become so jealous that they will do anything to get rid of them, long story short neither side trust one another. And when you don't trust someone you become paranoid. You begin to become suspicious and eventually you start to hate." Kira explained.
"I agree with you there. Neither side is to willing to live in peace with the other."
Kira just looked over to the fossil again. Her eyes distant.
Andrew was going to say something else when they heard a knock at the door.
Both Kira and the commander looked to see the same woman from before at the door shove Cagalli in the room.
Cagalli was dressed in a lovely green dress and had her hair done up in clips.
"You look like a girl!" Kira beamed.
Cagalli fumed. "What's that suppose to mean?"
"I just mean that you look more like a girl" Kira defended.
"So what! You don't look anymore girl like than me! In case you have forgotten your wardrobe." Cagalli shouted angrily pointing at Kiras blue jeans, blue top and light blue shirt (A/N it's the same thing the normal Kira wore)
Kira just cave a dumbfounded look.
Cagalli was going to start throwing insults at the brunette girl when she suddenly heard laughing.
Cagalli turned to the woman behind her and Kira turned to the commander.
"Well then tank you Aisha you did a wonderful job. Please leave us alone for a moment."
As the woman left Cagalli took her seat next to Kira on the couch across form Andrews's seat.
"You seem accustom to wearing such fine clothing." Andrew commented only getting a harsh grunt for the blonde.
"So what's your deal? I mean you don't just bring people into your home and dress them up just for kicks!" Cagalli asked and glared accusingly.
"You have a lovely pair of eyes. Something about them is demanding yet uncertain. Very lovely eyes." Andrew commented out of no where.
"DON'T TOY WITH ME!" Cagalli raged as she pounded her fist against the table.
Andrew simply got up and walked over to a desk in the corner of the room.
"War is a funny thing. But eventually the fighting must stop. Do you really think we can fight forever? And when do we stop the fighting? When all of your enemies are destroyed." He asked and pulled a gun out and pointed at them.
Kira quickly moved further back and pulled Cagalli behind her.
"Even though you are a coordinator you won't be able to fight your way through a mansion filled with trained coordinator soldiers." Bartfieldt said to Kira.
"What? You're a…" Cagalli said shocked to Kira.
"There is no way a natural would be able to fight the way you do! Even some of the most highly trained soldiers in ZAFT wouldn't be able to pull moves like that in a mobile suit." Andrew said.
Kira only frowned she could feel sweat starting to pour down her neck. She needed to get Cagalli out of here.
Andrew smiled. "But I suppose that these matters should be saved for the battle field. I don't know why you went against your own but it is not my place to question your motives." Andrew said putting the gun back in the desk.
Kira looked shocked for a moment but left quickly with Cagalli back to the Archangel.
Later in the Cafeteria
"Um….haven't you had enough to eat commander La Fllaga?" Kira asked amazed and a bit disturbed of how much food the blonde commander could eat.
"Hey we are going into battle soon and without our strength we are no good." Mu said placing a kabob into Kira tray.
"You're a but to skinny anyways, here take it. It tastes great with yogurt sauce." Mu said causing Kira to flinch slightly as she remembered the tiger.
"Hey you ok?" Mu asked.
"Oh um yeah….it's just that the tiger said the same thing." Kira said looking slightly apologetic about bring up an enemies name.
"I see….listen words of advice don't get to close to your enemies. It's a lot harder to gun someone down when you know them personally." Mu said
Kira immediately though of Athrun at this.
'I don't want to kill anyone' Kira thought and soon frowned.
'But I wont let you hurt my friends either' Kira thought.
Later on the Battle field
"IT DIDN'T HAVE TO END LIKE THIS!" Kira shouted as tears poured down her face.
She had just defeated the desert tiger. Any other Earth Alliance soldier would have been proud but Kira wasn't. She felt pain in her chest. She had done what Mu told her not to do. She got close to an enemy. Though she did not know him well she was still guilty for taking someone she knew life.
What hurt her the most though was that she couldn't stop thinking about Athrun
'Will I be able to gun you down?' Kira thought. She hurt so much from this and she didn't even know him that well.
'Athrun….' Kira thought before she broke down again.
To be continued……..
A/N hoped you liked it! I enjoyed it! This is the longest chapter so far and I am trying to start wring longer chapters because like many readers out there I hate reading short chapters so I am trying making all the others out there who are like me happy. Not working out as well as I want but hey it's a start! I won't be able to start writing the plot I want until I get the basic events out of the way. Trust me though I'm not just randomly picking chapters and re-writing them. The story will start becoming more original over time, I'm thinking once I get past Nicols' death,
Please leave a comment! The next one should be up sometime next week, most likely Monday or Tuesday.
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P.S: I am sooooooooo sort for ANY grammar or spelling mistakes!
