Chapter 2
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Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny in anyway.
What gave me inspiration for this Chapter were the songs called, 'Yeah! Meccha HOLIDAY!' and 'River (Remix)'. I want to dedicate this chapter to all the people in my school. They gave me more inspiration than ever. I based this chapter on them if you get what I mean.
"Where the hell is Mizu! Did you find her yet!" a man demanded. He was Captain of the ship that Mizu was a signed to. This man had quite the temper and when he was angry it was best to stay out of his way. He had demanded a search on the girl only because it would take weeks to get another one like her. It would also take time to pick up the person and they would have to switch the data over to the new person. It was either find Mizu or be a sitting ducks for a few weeks. And the Captain hated to lose.
"Captain Tashika we are trying our best to find Mizu, but there are so many small islands. She could be on anyone of them!" a man crew replied. He knew it wasn't the smartest thing say to the Captain at this moment, but it was the truth. Even though he didn't care about Mizu at all, they all need her to protect them.
"I want this ship to stay in hiding till we find her! And send out some of our aircrafts to look for her! Now!" he ordered. Tashika didn't care much about her, but he tried to show it toward her. He could tell she hated his gut, but said nothing to her about it. He remembered once he had tried to kill him, but her attempt to kill failed. He had used her 'Block Word' to stop the attack against him. Only he and a few others knew it. He began to wonder if she was just hiding or she really had crashed on one of these small islands. Don't worry Mizu we'll bring you back here and you'll fight till you die.
- Stranded on the Island -
Eyes slowly opened, as the person who owned them sat up. He looked around to see if that girl was still there and she was... In the exact same position she was in last night. Glancing over the fire that once lit the cave was now gone and was replaced by the light of the sun, he sighed. Today was going to be a long day. He was hoping that ZAFT was going find him and take him off this stupid island. He gaze turned to the sleeping girl. What would happen if he had left her here? Would she be picked up? Or would she just be left to die?
It was too early to be thinking about that right now. By the way what time was it? He looked to a watch he had on his wrist. 9 am it was. Standing up he looked to the girl called Mizu. How could she still be sleeping? She had been sleeping for a good 12 hours now. Maybe she was just really tired like she was before where she was panting and her face had exhaustion written all over it. Maybe she had come down with some sickness? He found himself ask more and more questions about this girl. Who was she really? Why was she so fast? Is she Coordinator or Natural? If she was a Natural how she trained to be that fast? Maybe he would ask more about her later when she woke up.
Now he began to walk outside of the cave to see what there was to do. Probably nothing much, but he had to do something or he would die of boredom. It was nice and sunny out not a cloud in sight. What did he care he just wanted off this damn island. Maybe the Duel might have something for him to do. A growl was heard from his stomach. That was right he hadn't eaten in a while not since yesterday. "I guess I'll get breakfast," he groaned. He walked around to see what there was to eat around the island. From what he could see it was either he could catch some fish or eat fruit. Catching the fish would take long due to the fact that he had no fishing pole at the moment. He decided that it would be fruit for breakfast.
Walking over to a tree that bared some bananas on it, Yzak smirked. It wouldn't be to hard to get a few down for himself. Pulling out a pocket knife that was hidden he looked up at the bananas. It would be stupid if shot at the bananas it would just be a waste of ammo, that and maybe there were others on this island. Nah there couldn't be! Could there? Probably not. If there were people on this island they would have been rushing over toward the sound of the gun shots he had fired yesterday. He pushed the matter aside and then began the small task of getting the bananas. Even though there were bananas that the girl Mizu had picked. He still didn't trust her.
With a swift move he jumped at the bananas hanging and cut a bunch from the tree. Now he had food that he knew was good. Though the taste of bananas when you woke up wasn't the best. Some said it was to sweet, but he didn't mind one bit. Peeling one of the bananas he had just gotten, he sat down to eat. He took a bite of the peeled banana and began to chew it. After chewing it he swallowed. He repeated the process till the banana was gone. After that banana was gone he began on another. He was quite hungry at the time.
Thirst so washed over his hunger. He only knew one place to get water and it was from that girl. Slowly standing up he began to walked towards the entrance of the cave. On his way there he saw Mizu's mobile suit. He was still amazed that the few times that they had fought against each other. Why was she in that mobile suit? Why was a girl let into a war like this? It confused him after a while.
Shaking the moment off he looked inside the cave. From the a distance he could still see the girl still sleeping. How could she sleep! They were stranded on a island with god knows what out there! Though... he couldn't blame her for wanting sleep in. It was the first time in a while that he had gotten a break. Maybe being on this island would give him sometime think things through now. His walking continued into the cave where he saw the bag that the girl had with her. Quietly trying not to make a sound he reach over to the bag. Once finding what he was looking for he leaned against the wall and began to drink the water.
"Oka-san... Oto-san... Oni-san..." murmured the girl who was still asleep.
The 'Silver Duellist' was almost scarred half to death when she had murmured those words. He had thought she had woken up or something, but none the less he remain calm about. The girl was probably just sleep talking. What did he care about her, but the thought of what she was dreaming about lingered inside him. He glanced over his to her with his blue orbs and saw a bit of her face. This view was no good.
Moving so he could see her face better, Yzak sighed. Why was she crying? Why was this damn girl in the war if she was always crying? There was no time in war for people who cried. He looked back to the girl who looked to be in pain now. The worry that he had forgotten began to get back to him. She was holding her one hand almost as if it was bleeding or something. And soon began to shake as almost she scared or maybe she was.
Now was probably the best time to wake her up from what he could seem to tell a nightmare, but still he wanted to see her one hand. Why was she clutching it like it was bleeding or in pain? He bent down and began to shake her awake. "Wake up!" he said sternly. It didn't work. "Wake up!" he said louder this time. And it had worked. The girl was sitting up and looked at him with fear in her eyes. Why was she so scared? This girl was getting weirder and weirder by the hours. He then took her one hand which she still had clutching and looked at it. It looked like to be a scar on the palm of her hand. Flipping over her hand to see the back of it he was shocked. Someone had stabbed it!
Now letting go of the hand, he went over to the other side of the cave and sat down. "What happened to your hand. You were clutching it like it was bleeding or in pain?" he questioned. He was going to have to learn more about her, she wasn't normal. Though listening to her, might not be boring. He also want to question her about those three family members she had mentioned her Oka-san, oto-san, and oni-san. What happened to them? Yzak assumed the worst happened to them, but he still want to question her about them. He snapped out of his thoughts when she had spoke up.
"They stabbed my hand... As a warning.. I didn't do anything wrong... But they did... They killed them all... October 23rd... They said they would take them away.. All of them... They never did, but they used it as a threat... They made me kill others..." she explained. She didn't burst out into tears, but held them back. Her eyes were to the ground as tears came. She had promised herself to try and stop crying, but it was hard to hold back the fact that your parents were murdered in front of you.
Yzak was confused by the information she was giving to him. He wondered who 'they' were? Was it her parents? The Earth Alliance? It was the only two that came to her mind. ZAFT was out of the picture. It just made common sense that they weren't part of this. If it was her parents why would they do such a thing to her? His mind mostly pointed at the Earth Alliance. After a few minutes of taking the information she had given him he decide to ask her another question. "When you mean 'they' you mean the Earth Alliance... Right?" he asked softly, not really wanting to make her cry.
Mizu nodded her head as her blue eyes looked up from the ground and to the top of the cave. She just stared at it almost like in a trance, but really she just replayed the memory of the day her family was murder. October 23rd...
- Mizu's memory -
"Oni-san! Slow down!" yelled a little girl, who was running after her older brother.
"Iie, Mizu-chan you gotta learn to run like me!"
The laughter of the two was always a good thing to hear. It was nice Saturday morning nothing could wrong. Older brother Itaru and younger sister Mizu were playing a game of tag in the backyard of there mother and father's house. It was hard to see those two never be sad. Since Mizu was younger she would cry sometimes, but not when Itaru was around. He was almost her protector in a way.
Their laughter didn't continue out for the rest of the day. Darkness spread quickly over the spot they lived on. Everyone in the family went to go see why w it was suddenly so dark. They soon found out. A ship was blocking the sun's rays.
"Oka-san.. Why is that big thing blocking the sun?" asked Mizu who was scared. Her parents did talk about the war, but she was to young to understand in detail while her brother understood it all. Everyone was confused, why was a ship like that here? What did they want? Well whatever they wanted it wasn't good.
"Itaru-kun get your imoto to a safe place," their father told them.
"Hai," replied Itaru hand grabbed Mizu's hand and began to run to get them to a safe place. He wasn't sure where they would run to, but when he looked back he saw soldiers leaving the ship. He knew they weren't going to make it. It frightened him to leave them like that, but he was doing what he was told.
"Iie! Itaru-san! They need our help! We can't leave them!" she said tugging on his hand and looking back to there parents who were shot down. Mizu looked wide eyed at the site. Her parents lay there with blood soon making a pool. The thing that brought her back to reality was her brother tugging on her hand to go. Looking to her brother with tears in her eyes she nodded her head. And with that they both ran into the woods that lay behind the house.
They both ran until they could not run anymore. Figuring that they had ran deep into the woods they stopped to rest. Itaru had it much easier than Mizu. Mizu was still small and a Natural, while Itaru was a Coordinator and much older than Mizu. Right now there minds were both spinning as too why there parents were killed. It was hard to see your parents die in front of you and not cry, but when you life was on the line, it had to be done. Were they going both going to be killed? Or were they going to be saved by someone? Or maybe taken away from the place they called home... It didn't make sense even for a Coordinator like Itaru.
Everything was quiet and both Itaru and Mizu were resting and hiding by the base of a tree trunk. It had been over 4 hours now that they had been running and hiding from these people. Whoever they were they still looking for them. It was nightfall and Mizu was tired and tried to stay awake as best she could. Itaru knew that they couldn't both keep running for ever, especially Mizu. She was only a child. Picking up her up getting her on to his back he gave her a piggy back ride. They had to keep moving if they didn't want to be found by those people. Though Itaru tried his best keep he and Mizu hidden it pointless now they were found.
An explosion close by caused Itaru to become off balanced and fall to the damp, cold floor of the woods. Mizu was now wide awake. She looked to her brother who was curled up in a ball. Oh no.. Was he dead to? Mizu quickly rushed over to her brother to see if he was okay and to her surprise all he ended up was a wound on the leg. "Mizu-chan I want you to run and find help. I will be alright," said Itaru copping with the pain in his leg. He knew Mizu was stubborn and wouldn't listen, but if she didn't her life would be at risk.
Voices from the distance began to rush quickly to their position. Mizu wasn't going to leave her big brother here to die. If he was going to die then she was going to die with him. "Iie... I'm not going.. I'll want to be with you Itaru-san..." she murmured to him as she looked at him with tears in her eyes. It wasn't long before the voices were soon just a few meters away. Mizu you looked at them and prepared for the worst along with her brother.
A male of the group of voices smirked slightly. How cute brother and sister love.. Not. That little girl didn't know what this war was about, and yet her brother a Coordinator, how disgusting. He motioned to a few of his men to take the girl and kill the boy.
Mizu screamed as she was being pulled away from her brother she had even bit one of the soldiers to let her go, but it didn't do much. "ONI-SAN!" she screamed over and over. What were they going to do to her? Why were they taking her away from her brother? Mizu began to trash in the arms of the soldier she wasn't going to give up. "ONI-SAN!" she continued to scream. Itaru looked to Mizu and a tear rolled down his cheek.
"Mizu-chan..." he whispered softly. Two males towered over him and blocked the view to his trashing sister, he knew his time was up. The two males brought two guns up and shot at Itaru. When the gun shots were over Mizu stopped trashing and was let go on the command of the male that lead the other males. Itaru was only living long to enough to say a couple of words to his younger sister. He knew that they weren't going to kill her, but make her life a living hell. "Mizu-chan..."
"Oni-san... Don't go... I don't want to be alone..." Mizu said, taking the hand of her brother. Blood was on those hands that never killed.
"Live strong and don't listen to others that are rude to you... Bye..." he said softly. His body became limp and he was dead.
Mizu had seen her whole family murdered by this group of people. She was filled with so many different feelings, none of which were good.. Right now she was in angry and scared, but she wasn't going to listen to these people nor she was going with these people. Turning around quickly she ran, she ran as fast as she could out of hell hole. There was her brothers blood still on her hands and some blood on her shirt. Liked she worried about a few stains right now. Right she cared about getting out of there.
"Sir, should go after the child?" one of the men asked there captain.
The Captain thought for a second. He knew where she would go once they found and decide yes it would be the best place for her to go now that her family was murdered. "Yes... I want you to bring her to me after," he said, with a small smirk as he pulled out a small pocket knife.
Mizu continued to run, as she kept remembering the last words of her brother. Her slightly long silver hair blew in the wind behind her as she ran. Every so often she would turn her head so she would be able to look behind her and check if she was being followed. The problem was now that it was dark and she had no idea where she was going. She was cold, hungry, and tired... Mizu didn't dare go back to the house even if she knew her way. They soldiers were probably still there. Tears still leaked down her cheeks. What was she going to do once she got away from these people? Who was she going to turn to? Now Mizu lay on the floor crying. She had tripped over a root of a tree and was now sick and tired of this. Why didn't they just kill her to get her suffering over with.
A male looked on the crying girl. "Get up now," he said sternly. He was the soldier sent to retrieve the girl and to looks of him the girl had given up all hope, but she still refused to get up. Grabbing her by her waist he began to carry her back to the captain who awaited her. The male who carried her smirked she still had fire in her, but that wasn't going to help for long. He had been on quite a chase after her and it showed she hardly ever gave up.
Minutes passed and Mizu was tired she didn't struggle she was to weak at the time and soon she felt herself being thrown in front. Mizu looked up with distant blue eyes to the male who stood in front of her. He had a smirked on his face and held something behind his back. Whatever it was Mizu was scared of. Here she was a little girl in front of the person who lead the murder of her family. Mizu knew she couldn't get away now, she was too weak. And whatever this man in store for her she was ready for.
He put out his hand and took hers. Poor girl, this was going to hurt her a lot more it was going to hurt him. He quickly took the pocket knife from behind his back and stabbed her hand and the took the knife out of her hand. He saw the girls eyes widen in pain. "Remember if you are to disobey the people who will look after you... They will take away something that means much more to you... They'll take away your memories," he said, looking to the girl who clutched her hand. He could tell that she was holding back from screaming in pain so he order a few of his men to take her to the ship and to get the girl's hand stitched up. This girl was going to be living in a hell hole until she died.
- End of Mizu's Memory -
Mizu's blue eyes looked into Yzak's. That day was so long ago, as much as she wanted to do as she was told by her brother it was hard. Mizu turned her head to and looked to the ground. She knew she had said to much to him since they were enemies in a way. Mizu saw him like every other person they didn't give a care in a world about her. Probably when this was over he was going to kill her. It would be good for her. She wouldn't have to suffer the way she does. She had suffered enough and she was tired of it... She couldn't do anything about it. It was their fault that they were murdered... It was their fault for turning her into a person that everyone looks differently at. A stray tear rolled down the side of her cheek.
Yzak continued to look at her. What was she crying about now? Hadn't she done enough of that lately... Though he couldn't really blame her... The people that loved her were murdered in front of her. It must have been hard, then stabbed in the hand. The Earth Alliance was so sick. Then where was she taken next? And where did she obtain those abilities that of a Coordinator? He decided not to linger on these questions... He began to think maybe he should learn more about her. "Mizu... How many people were in your family?" he asked her calmly.
Mizu looked from the ground and to Yzak. She kind of surprised that he asked that. Everyone she knew wanted nothing to do with her. "There were four us... Oka-san and oto-san were both Naturals... Itaru oni-san was a Coordinator and I was a Natural. While really I don't know what I am... I think what they called me was a Extended," replied Mizu, who seemed happy for once.
Yzak was shocked that she had a Coordinator for a brother. He was about to reply when she had asked her own question about him. "Do you have any family?" She figured if they were going to stay on the island she might as well know him, there would at least one person in the world that cared for her. But the one thing she wanted was her weakness. That one word she longed to here by someone that cared for her, she knew it would never happen if she was trapped in that ship.
The two of them talk and the both found out more about each other. The both had a feeling for each other, but Mizu always thought that her feeling was false that she could never be loved. Mizu just wanted to be loved and accepted in this world for who she was and who she wasn't and finally someone was opening their heart for her. She knew he must have had a hard to time accept her, but learning her story he had to. Here was a girl who had her family murdered, she was stabbed, and probably from what he could tell experimented on what not. With Mizu she had no problem accepting him for who he was. They both knew more about each other now.
I am really sorry for the long wait. I have been busy and worried. Some people in my family are sick right now so it delayed me in writing, but finally I got a chance to just write. Also I kept getting stuck on a few parts. I never intend this chapter to be so long. Well I hope to get the next chapter up sooner than this one. If there are any mistakes in this chapter I will try and catch them. R&R!
