A/N: Well, chapter 6 is here. Please enjoy it and review for me. Thank you very much.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own GS/GSD.
…That just meant they were kidnapped!
"Oww… My head…" Dearka whined holding his bleeding head. He was regaining consciousness. "Wait! Where's Milly?" He gasped and wanted to stand up, but he fell down.
"She's kidnapped." Athrun answered with his usual calm tone. "And not only Miss Haww, the Pink Princess and Miss Hahnenfuss are now missing. We are in great trouble now."
"I have to find her…" Spoke a reviving Yzak, but he couldn't even stand up. Kira was slowly regaining his consciousness, too. He lifted his head up and looked around.
"What's happening here?" But then he recalled the event and grunted. "I swear I'll make them pay for what they've done to the Princess and me."
"We have to find them first. And you all need to have treatments." Cagalli cut him off and held him up.
"I agree. Let's bring them back to the palace first." Athrun said and carried Dearka and Yzak on his shoulder back to the carriage. They went back to the palace at maximum speed. At 10:30 pm, they arrived. When they came in, the Princess's nanny ran out and greeted them.
"Mister Zala and Miss Hibiki, why are you home so early? And where's the Princess?" But her smile vanished right away when she saw the three injured. "What has happen to the Princess?" She asked seriously.
"No time to explain. Just treat their wounds and call Mister Rivera for me." Athrun ordered in a hurry voice. The nanny only nodded and called the servants out to bring Kira, Yzak and Dearka in. Fifteen minutes later, they were all treated and lying in the policlinic.
"Tell me what has happen to the Princess in detail." The old man demanded worriedly and Cagalli told him the detail.
"Oh my God! This is not good. I'll have to report this to the King right now. You two will have to wait here for the next order. Do not do anything reckless, and your punishments will be executed later on." He said and hurried out, leaving the two alone in the room.
"Let us go and check the three." Athrun suggested and went out. Cagalli went after him and they rushed to the policlinic. They were sleeping because of the tiredness and losing blood.
"Hope they will be fine soon." Cagalli whispered not wanting to disturb the three, but Kira already opened his eyes and looked at the two.
"Have you found the Princess yet?" He asked quietly. Cagalli only shook her head sadly and comforted her brother:
"Don't worry Kira, she will be alright. We will go and look for her."
"I'm so useless not able to protect her." Kira said choking in tears and turned away. The two just stared at him sadly and then they went out. They spent the whole night in their rooms not able either to sleep or rest a bit. The next morning, they came out with black eyes and met the old man outside the rooms.
"Come on hurry up. The King wants to talk to you." He said and pushed the two to a carriage. They got in and the coachman urged the horses to go immediately. At 11:00 in the morning, they arrived at the King's great castle. It was much more luxurious than the Princess's palace. They stepped in and were led to the King's room by a well-dressed servant.
"Here's his room." The servant told the two and then he left.
"Come in." Demanded a calm and low voice. It had the magic that the two couldn't resist. They carefully opened the door and stepped in as gently as they could. There was a blonde haired man sitting at the table holding a letter. The two bowed at him respectfully.
"Come here." He said in the same voice. They immediately walked toward the man cautiously. He handed them the letter and told them to read it out loud.
"Your Majesty,
"I hope you are well. How is the work?
"I don't want to waste your precious time, so I'll go straight into the main problem. At the moment we are inviting your Princess with Lady Haww and Lady Hahnenfuss to visit our place. They will return to you soon if you please share some land with the Campbell high-ranking mandarin. You know Your Highness, the Magical Land is quite commodious, and so it's not a bad idea that he will help you to control the country.
"Please think about this suggestion carefully. If you agree, please announce this to the Highest Council tomorrow, or else we won't be able to guarantee the three Ladies' safety. My fellow men are not as polite as I am, so it depends on you and your decision.
"Thank you very much.
"Your sincerely."
They looked at each other puzzled.
"How dare they…" Cagalli growled in her throat.
"According to you two, what should I do?" Asked the King. Athrun and Cagalli eye-widened. They had never expected a question like that from the King.
"Your Highness, I suggest you discussing this with the Highest Council. We are just normal bodyguards, and we can't give our opinion in this serious problem." Athrun replied sweat dropping.
"I can't tell the whole Council about this problem. It will cause a scandal, and the situation will get worse. Because you are my daughter's bodyguards, I ask you about this problem. On the other hand, you are in charge of protecting her, but you couldn't, so you now are in charge of rescuing them, what do you think?" He said calmly, but inside, his mind was confused.
"Then, I think that we shouldn't make any concession. This will lead to and overthrow. Instead, we should rescue the three Ladies as soon as possible. I will think of a way, while you please will ask the army to surround the Campbell secretly without their notice." Athrun answered determinedly looking straight into the King's eyes.
"That's what I'm thinking about. But it's quite a dangerous plan isn't it? Yet I'm relying on you two. Please bring back to me. I'll give orders now. My army now is under your control." The King stated seriously. However, Athrun shook his head slightly:
"Your Highness, I never dare to think about that. I'm only a bodyguard, and all I can do is to bring the Ladies back." Then he bowed respectfully and went out. Cagalli was going to leave when the King called her back.
"Take care of him. He is a good man a he has the virtue of a leader. I believe someday he will become a great wizard and mandarin. He is brave, but he is also a daredevil, so don't let him do anything reckless. You seem to be a lucid one." He gave a warm smile and his words made Cagalli blushed slightly.
"Yes Sir." She answered and then bowed, then slowly went out.
"Hah, he really doesn't know what my real character is. Only if he knew how reckless I was…" She smiled mentally and walked out not to find Athrun anywhere. She didn't dare to walk around the castle, so she just stood there in confusion. Then a servant came near her and asked politely:
"May I help you sir?" My, he didn't know she was a girl because she was wearing her uniform.
"Err… Do you see a blue haired man near here?" She was angry because of his confusion, but looking for Athrun was more important, so didn't punish the stupid man.
"Ah yeah, he has just ran there." The man answered and pointed at the long corridor. "At the third T-junction, he turned and went into the King's advisor's room. If you want to go, I will lead you."
"Ah, thank you very much." She forced a smile and walked ahead. The servant was walking along with her and his eyes studied her carefully. She was annoyed of his curious eyes, so she turned to him and questioned:
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Her elegant eyebrows furrowed and a vein popped onto her forehead (anime style).
"Uhm, I apologize for staring at you so boldly like that, but I can't help thinking that you look really like a girl." He answered reluctantly.
"I am a girl!" She growled in her throat like at lion and the servant sweat-dropped, shutting his mouth immediately. The great wooden door appeared in front of them. The servant bowed at the furious bodyguard and took his leave as quickly as he could before she kicked his ass. Cagalli stood in front of the door and hesitated. Then she gulped and knocked on it gently.
"Please come in" Greeted a cold voice. Cagalli shuddered at the voice, but again, she gulped and slowly opened the door cautiously. Inside the room, there was luxurious furniture and great architecture. At the table sat an old woman, and standing across her was the blue haired bodyguard.
"What can I do for you?" She asked with the same cold voice.
"I'm terribly sorry for disturbing you Ma'am, but I want to ask you something about the rescuing plan. Did he tell you the story?" She lied pointing at Athrun. She didn't want a stranger to know her main purpose.
"Yes indeed. And he has just come up with an idea." The woman nodded and drummed her fingers on the table. "Mister Zala, please tell her about the plan."
So Athrun told the blonde the plan calmly:
"Cagalli, this will be risky, but we have no other choices. I know Miss Campbell, so maybe I will go and meet her right now. We will make a small deal and she will release the Princess with the two Lady. That was just my prediction, the chance of her releasing the three is very slight, but that's the only chance we have. I think you should go with me in case we need to attack and take the three back if Miss Campbell won't release them so easily."
"But that's so reckless. What if you got caught along with the three?" Cagalli asked worriedly.
"I know, but that's the only choice we have now. The advisor has also agreed with my plan and I shall take my leave now." He said hurriedly and looked at the old woman questioningly.
"So please hurry up now. You only have 11 more hours to rescue the three. The fate of the country is now depends on you." She told Athrun with her usual cold voice. "Will you go with him?" She asked and looked at Cagalli.
"Err… Then maybe I will go with you." Cagalli answered and walked out after bowing at the old woman. Athrun did the same and went out after Cagalli.
"Let's hurry up; there should be a carriage outside waiting for us now." He told the blonde and they rushed out of the castle. The two jumped into the carriage and they headed for the Campbell's mansion in no time. While they were in the carriage, no one told each other a word until Athrun broke the silence:
"Cagalli, there's one thing I want to tell you…"
"What is it?" She asked tilting her head up blushing slightly.
"The thing I'm going to do is not forgivable, so please just hate me from now on, because it will hurt me a lot when I see you again." He said miserably hiding his face with his hands. She was shocked at his words and stuttered:
"Why… Why would you say that?"
"Please don't ask me. You just have to know that I'm a traitor and I'm only a jerk." He said.
"But why? Why don't you at least tell me what are you going to do? You are not going to betray our country, our Princess, our King and our land, so why are you saying that you are a traitor and you are not forgivable? Please explain this properly to me." She said sincerely looking straight into his face.
"I can't Cagalli. But I will tell you someday… Now please don't ask me about this anymore." He demanded more like begged her not to dig into the topic. But Cagalli didn't give up that easily, she moved to his seat and sat down next to him.
"Athrun… Please look at me. I will forgive whatever you do or you shall do to me. Just tell me what the problem is." She told him with the softest voice she could say and hugged him while blushing at a deep shade of red. Athrun looked up and Cagalli could see tears were forming in his eyes.
"Please Cagalli, I beg you. I shall tell you someday, but not now. There's a thing I want to tell you so much, the thing that will never change in my heart, that I love you." He whispered into her ears and hugged her tightly. Cagalli's eyes widened. She couldn't believe in what she had just heard from him. Tears were falling down on her cheeks and on his cheeks, too.
"I'm sorry Cagalli…" He said miserably and then let go of her. Then the carriage suddenly stopped causing them to fell down on the floor. Athrun quickly stood up and wiped his tears away, then he opened the door and jumped out, disappeared in the darkness surrounding Campbell's mansion. Cagalli slowly stood up and went out, too. She followed him into the mansion, wiping her tears away. Something strange was rising in her heart, and she felt she was on the tenterhooks, but couldn't make it out what he was saying and her vague feeling. Tears were falling down on her cheeks again, while she broke into the mansion without making a single sound. The thick darkness was covering the quiet mansion…
To be continued.
A/N: So how was it? I don't think that this chapter is a good one, but I'm stuck. And the inspiration is leaving me. But the idea of the next chapter is in my head, clearer than ever, and I promise the next one will be thrilling and have some more action scene. So while waiting for it, please drop me a review and suggesting me how you want it to be. I appreciate all of you reviews, thank you very much.