Yay! I finally got it finished!
I got to kick this story in the butt and get it moving.
Thanks for all the review. I love reading them all. At first I was really unsure what kind of reviews I would get, but I really have fun reading everyone's thoughts. Thanks you again!
Okay, back to watching Beck, and downloading world music and Prince of Tennis comics. (yay Fuji Shuusuke)
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny
Dearka slide down the steep hill into the emcampment. There were a few make-shift tents set up, and people were scurrying around trying to get things done. It had somewhat calmed down, and he was ready to crash himself, but there was still a matter of security.
After finding someone to take over his job, he gave them the rifle and reported to the main tent. Eli was busy going over plans with the other soliders, that Dearka had drawn up earlier. He lowered himself slowly into the chair as the others were dismissed. Eli made a face at him,
"When was the last time you had a break?"
"Break. That's funny." Dearka chuckled.
"You should go get some rest. I can take care of everything."
Dearka let out a loud sigh, "I still need to go over the topo maps for the area."
"Don't worry about it." Eli patted him on the shoulder, "You earned the rest, kid."
Dearka nodded, he was right.
"Say, Eli-san, is there a radio somewhere around here?"
Eli thought a moment, "There's an old one in one of the jeeps. If you want to try to fix it, your perfectly welcome to."
"Wonderful, thanks."
Miriallia walked down the dirt road, carrying a cup of coffee in her hands and a blanket. Dearka was still sitting on the floor of the tent, a screwdriver sticking out of the radio he was working on.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
"Sure."
When she walked in, she lay the blanket on his shoulders and handed him a cup of coffee.
"Thanks." Dearka smiled as she sat next to him.
"What are you doing?"
"Yzak still has his mobile suit with him, I should be able to tap into it's frequency with this if the dumb radio works right."
"Good luck with that." she yawned.
"Tired?"
"Not as tired as you are." Mir sighed, "You've been working your ass off."
"ZAFT is on our tail." he said, "We'll have to leave first thing tommorrow. But maybe if I can alert someone to our problems, we won't have to fight as hard. We've got at least a dozen wounded, about ten old people, even more children...and I don't know if we can last the whole way."
"We will." Miriallia laid a hand on his shoulder, "You're here."
Dearka smiled at her.
Miriallia opened her eyes.
She was not exactlly sure when she had fallen asleep, but she was laying on the floor of Dearka's tent, with the blanket on her instead. The pieces of the radio were assembled back together. There was no doubt in her mind that he would make it a pet project of his, and that he would work on it through the entire trip.
Rubbing her eyes, she could not help but think to herself.
Dearka was wonderful.
There was something about him that she just could not get out of her mind. He was strong, smart, cunning, and there was still so much about him that she wanted to learn. Back in school, if she had known him then she probably would have felt like a geeky girl having a crush on the high-school sports jock. Dearka was completely out of her league, she thought, and the fact that he stuck with her still amazed her. Comparing him to Tolle, both men were completely opposite.
Miriallia got up, hearing the sounds outside. It was night, and sleeping outside always gave her the creeps. Deciding that she would go find Dearka to see what he was up to and why he was not sleeping like a normal human being, she opened the flap to the tent, and wandered into the forest.
Something told her he was this way. She really could not explain it. There was a strange sound comming from the distance, and she went to see what it was.
Miriallia stopped, ducking behind a row of bushes.
He was in the clearing up ahead, and there was a downed log laying across a ravine that a creek was running through. Moonlight shown through the canopy in the trees, and reflected light off the water. Dearka stood on the log that stretched over the creek, listening to the water run past him. He stood completely still, looking like a complete statue. His shoes were off, and he had rolled up the sleeves on his white shirt as well as the ends of his black pants.
He was holding something in his hands, each of his hands, to be particular. Miriallia watched him, curious at to what he was going to do. It was obvious that he was deep in thought about something.
His arms jerked out, parallel with the ground. He held a fan in each hand, that unfolded with a snap. They were both black with red kanji painted on them.
"Wha-"
She watched as he danced. The graceful movements as his hands slide through the air. It looked like some form of martial art, and it was only after a few more moments of thought did she recongize the tranditional form of japanese dance.
How the hell does he know something like that?
His arms flowed through the air like he was in water, turning around briskly he repeated the movements over. Dearka was practicing and from the looks of it, he knew exactly what he was doing.She recognized most of it as acombination of tai chi and japanese dance.
Miriallia watched, completely hypnotized. She could have sat there all night watching him and then died happy.
However, life does not always go as we plan.
It all started with the damn spider.
Dearka jumped, hearing the high pitched streak. A form shot out of the bushes, and slid down the four foot drop right into the creek. He stared in wonder as someone's head came out of the water.
"Miriallia?" he stared at her.
"Dearka!" she gapped at him, "Sorry...didn't mean to scare you. Spider..."
"It's okay." he smiled at her, closing both fans with a swift snap, he slipped them into his belt and plucked her out of the water with his strong arms. Sitting her neatly on the log, he laughed, "So what are you doing out here? Not to jump in the creek, I hope."
I was spying on you.
"J-Just taking a walk. I was heading in this direction and I s-saw-"
Dearka stopped at moment, had she seen?
His cheeks turned bright red. She had never seen them so red before. For a moment, she thought his whole head would bust.
"How...H-How much d-did you-"
Pause.
She nodded shyly.
Dearka made a noise, and then promptly sat cross-legged across from her. She really did not keep track of how long they were sitting on the log.
He never felt so embaressed in his life.
Yzak was the only one that ever knew about his talent for dance, and that was only because he went to the competitions Dearka was in when they were still in middle school. Not Athrun, or Kira, or any other soul knew about it. It was not a very masculine hobby, he thought, and the fact that she knew about it did not help hisself-esteem all that much.
"S-Say, Miriallia-"
"It was the coolest thing I have ever seen."
Dearka stared at her, wide-eyed.
"What?"
"I've never seen anything like it. You're amazing." she said, smiling softly, "From the looks of it, you've been taking it for a while, yes?"
"I guess-"
"Did you do competitions?"
"Yeah-"
"Can you show me again?"
"No."
Miriallia made a face.
"No!" he shouted, "No! It's already embaressing enough! Listen, Mir, you can't tell anyone-"
He fell backward as she threw herself into his arms, pressing her lips to his. His arms slowly slid around her, pulling her tighter in his grip.
"Please?" she whispered.
"...okay..."
Damn him. He was never able to say no to her.
Rey walked onto the bridge of the Kamaitachi.
"Yo, Rey." Virgil waved, "Ready for launch?"
"All mobile suits are loaded. We're just waiting for Captain Kiriyuhi." he said, "She's having a talk with one of the pilots."
"Oh?"
Truth be told, Rey was worried.
After Miss Romenhein had approached them, Suzuka had promptly brushed him off and the two girls had disappeared. June was in tears over something, and Suzuka was desperatly trying to calm her. Rey had just met this new pilot, and already his mind was uneasy.
Histhoughtsstrayed a bit.
Suzuka was looking pale lately.
"Hey, earth to Rey!"
"Huh...what?" Rey looked at him.
Virgil made a face at him, "You're spacing out a lot more then normal, dude. Anything bothering you?"
"No." Rey sighed, "Nothing that I have any control over."
"Ah. A certain red-hair captain, no?"
Rey blushed slightly, "Its...more complicated then that."
Virgil nodded, somehow understanding and not pressing the matter.
"So, did HQ send you a machine?"
"Yes." Rey smirked. This was good news.
Sitting the Kamaitachi's hanger was a white-yellow GINN, a commander type. Being in command of his own squad again made him feel at ease. After spending a good number of hours re-configuring the GINN to his own settings, and contemplating his standpoint with Suzuka, he finally reported to the bridge.
The launch was in 20 minutes.
He stood on the balcony with Athrun, who had remained silent for a quiet a while.
"I finally know how she felt."
"Eh?"
"That day...when I left to fight with the Archangel after I recovered from all those wounds. She had to stay behind while I ran off to play space pilot." he said, "It was...insensitive."
Rey frowned.
"I know how it feels. When someone you love is in danger and all you can do is stand and watch." Athrun closed his eyes, "Rey, will you promise me one thing?"
"Of course."
Athrun leaned on the railing, "Will you bring my wife back to me?"
Athrun was young compared to everyone else that worked in the palace. He was the youngest leader in Orb. Even though he was married, a world leader, and a powerful solider he was still young. Someone as young as him and Athrun-san...should never have to experience the things that the both of them had.
"Of course, Athrun-san."
"If you see her for me, can you tell her something?" Athrun said, "Will you tell her I love her and that I'm sorry?"
Rey was silent a moment, turning towards the balcony doors, he stopped.
"When I am finished with Twilight, you'll be able to tell her yourself."
The door opened, and Suzuka stepped onto the bridge.
"Good afternoon, captain." Virgil raised his hand.
"Hello." she smiled, "How is everything going?"
"Well." Rey said, "We're just waiting for the last supplying to be completed, and a confirmation message from the Archangel."
"Good, good." she said, "Vana?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Begin the last checks. We will be the first to launch."
"Right away."
"Have everyone report to their stations." she said, sitting in her chair.
Rey stared at her, she was acting like nothing happend. He could tell her eyes were stern and grave.
"Is something wrong, Mr. Za Burrel?" she asked.
Rey frowned, "Nothing, mame."
She smiled sadly, I'll tell you about it later...
The door opened and Tess sat merrily into her seat.
"What are you all happy about?" Virgil smirked.
"Oh, nothing." she giggled.
"It's about Ryuo-san, isn't it?" Ezekiel flopped into his chair.
Virgil caulked an eyebrow, hissmirk fadding, "Ryuo?"
"Ryuo Yuji! One of the new pilots!" she squealed, "He's so handsome, and graceful, and articulate,and well-mannered! Oh...and all that silver hair and those grey eyes...I can't wait to go out with him tonight! We'll be in space too. It'll be nice to get back."
"Most definantly, I miss space." Cedric took the operator's seat in front of the bridge.
Ezekiel leaned back in his seat, he had already imput the coordinates into the system. It was a piece of cake for him. There was a blip, Tess poked the screen with her finger.
"Call from the Archangel, captain."
"On screen."
Captain Flaga smiled at Suzuka.
"Long time no see, Suzuka."
"Murrue-san." Suzuka smirked, "You won't be able to beat me this time."
"We'll see about that." the other woman laughed, "It may be an older ship, but it still is more powerful then yours."
"I'll make you eat your words, Murrue-san." Suzuka chuckled.
"Fly safe."
"You as well."
The screen blinked off.
"Launch clamps locked, captain." Ezekiel reported, "Launch sequence in 30 seconds."
"Good." Suzuka said, "Final check."
"Green." Cedric reported.
"All units are reporting clear." Rey smiled at her.
Tess gave them a thumbs up, "All clear here."
There was silence.
"Brooks?" Suzuka looked at up.
"Oh...all clear here." he nodded.
Tess stared at him, a worried look on her face, not hearing what orders Suzuka was shouting.
Virgil?
"Okay." Suzuka smiled at them, "Kamaitachi, launch..."
Rey frowned, he had a bad feeling about all of this. Twlight left a bad aura that seemed to leave nothing but suffering and death. He was not quite sure what was going to happen, but there was only one thing that he was sure of.
The mission to rescue Cagali had now begun.
I'll bet the scene with Dearka and the japanese dance interested you, yes? I encourage everyone to spend some time on the internet looking up some Dearka bio sites. You'll find that his hobby ACTUALLY is japanese dance. Cute, huh? After I learned this, I had a new respect for Dearka. If you still don't believe me, check it out for yourself. I'm still not even sure if I believe it.
Have fun everyone. Next chapter will probably go up after my Samurai 7 update. Maybe at the end of the week.
Arigato
Lilith