The Heart Doesn't Lie

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Notes:

XiAoZRayZZ- This chapter tells who it was.

Furin-a- Yes it was the man who died, sorry I didn't make that clearer.

Kc-animegal- Thank you. No, I wouldn't damage the faces, lol. The man identity is in this chapter.

Darkmoon Fleur- Thanks, I'm glad you liked the chapters. Yes you were right about the Cagalli thing.

Hope you all enjoy this chapter too. Especially the end!

Chapter 22

"There is nothing wrong with me, I wasn't hit." Miguel said to a paramedic that kept trying to pull him to an ambulance. "Just take care of my friends."

Athrun and Jet had been placed in two ambulances to be rushed to the hospital. Both men were unconscious. The rest of them were being questioned by the police. They quickly told what they knew wanting to follow their injured friends.

"Officer, I know more about this than any of them, besides Miguel, who has already been questioned. You have already taken their names, phone numbers, and addresses, so can't you let them leave now? They are really worried about their friends who were taken to the hospital. I will stay and answer your questions." Ari said.

The officer thought about it a moment, "Alright they may leave, but we may be contacting them with more questions."

"We understand, and we thank you." Heine said, then turned to leave following his other friends out of the building.

Yzak turned back, "Ari when you get done here come to the hospital okay. I have questions to ask you."

Ari nodded and turned back to the officer.

X x x

"So that's were my phone was." Cagalli said, finding her phone in the seat of her car.

"Were you looking for it?" Kira asked.

"Yes, I wanted to make a phone call. I'll be right back." Cagalli walked away from the car. She dialed Athrun's number. The phone rang several times. "No answer. That jerk is probably avoiding me because he knows I will be mad."

"Did he not answer?" Lacus asked her. She had known who Cagalli was going to call.

"No, he is too afraid to. After lying to me like that."

Lacus sighed. There was no convincing Cagalli when she made up her mind about something. And right now she had decided Athrun was a lying jerk who had hurt her brother.

"Heine called?" Cagalli said checking her missed calls.

"Why would Heine call you?" Lacus said.

"Don't know. I'll try calling him back" Cagalli dialed Heine's number. The phone rang twice.

"Hello."

"Heine, Cagalli here. I saw you called."

"I'm glad you've called me back."

"Sorry, I was at dinner with Kira, Lacus, and Milly and left my phone in the car."

"Are they still with you?"

"Yes, we were about to go home. Athrun was suppose to meet us, but that jerk never showed." she said. Heine could hear the anger in her voice.

"You're mad at him?"

"Yes, he lied to me and ditched us. I thought he wanted to fix things, then he does this crap, he is in so much trouble when I see him again. He'll be wishing he was dead."

"He might die, Cagalli."

"I know, I'm going to kill him."

"No, I'm serious. He might die. He was shot. Jet too. We are heading to the hospital now. You should get there as well." Heine told her.

Cagalli's was stunned, "What happened? How bad are they?"

"I don't know the whole story, Miguel can probably tell us more. They both lost a lot of blood and were unconscious when they were taken out of there. Just meet us at the hospital."

"Okay, we're on our way." Cagalli hung up the phone. She looked over to Lacus a look of fear in her eyes. Kira and Milly had gotten out of the car, sensing something was wrong.

"Cagalli what is it? Why do you look so scared?" Lacus asked.

"Cagalli, what's going on?" Kira asked. Cagalli looked over at her brother, tears forming in her eyes. This concerned the other three even more. Cagalli was having trouble getting the words out.

"Cagalli?" Milly said. "Please tell us."

Cagalli nodded slowly, "Athrun... Jet... shot."

"What did you say?" Kira asked, full of fear, hoping he misunderstand his sister.

"Athrun has been shot. Jet too. We have to go to the hospital." Cagalli said coming back to her senses. She ran to the car. Everyone else followed.

X x x

'The two gunshot victims that were brought in a little while ago, where?" Miguel asked the woman at the desk.

"They were rushed to surgery. You can wait in the waiting room down the hall and to the left." the woman told them.

"Thank you."Miguel said.

As soon as they entered the waiting room Yzak started in on Miguel.

"Miguel, what the hell was going on there? Who was that guy?"

"Calm down Yzak." Dearka said pulling his boyfriend away and over to a chair.

"We all want to know the answers to those questions and more, but let's wait until Cagalli arrives with everyone else. Miguel can tell all of us what he knows at that time. Plus, he was a victim in this too, so let's let him have a little time." Heine said.

"Ari seems to know a lot about this as well. I want to hear what she has to say too." Yzak said.

"She can tell us when she gets here." Sting said. He went over and made a cup of coffee. After grabbing some packets of sugar and cream he walked over and handed the coffee to Miguel. Miguel took the items and thanked him.

"I'm going to the front to wait for Cagalli." Heine said and walked out of the waiting room.

X x x

"Cagalli, what happened? How did Athrun get shot?" Kira was going crazy with worry.

"I don't know. Heine said he didn't know the whole story, that Miguel could probably tell us more. And I don't know why he can either. All I know is that they were shot, they lost a lot of blood, are unconscious, and were taken to the hospital. Which is where we are going now."

Kira leaned down and grabbed his hair with both hands. This lack of information was killing him. He had no idea how bad Athrun was, if he was going to make it, or anything. There was nothing to ease his mind. He wanted to know who did this. Who hurt his Athrun. That person would have to pay.

They soon pulled into the hospital. Kira had just barely waited for her to park the car before jumping out. He ran to the door, the girls following. Kira saw Heine waiting for them outside the door.

"Heine. Tell me" Kira started. Heine raised a hand to cut him off.

"I know you have a lot of questions, we all do. All I can tell you now is that they are both in surgery. We are going to the waiting room where Miguel will tell us all what he knows. Ari should be here later and knows some things too."

"Ari?" Kira said.

Heine nodded, "It's because of her that we found out they were in trouble. She called Yzak and told him."

Heine headed back inside the hospital. The five of them made their way to the waiting room. Yzak and Dearka looked up when they entered, Sting was sitting next to Miguel, who continued to stare at the floor. The new arrivals filed onto the room and found a seat.

"Miguel are you ready to talk to us yet?" Heine asked.

Miguel didn't answer. Yzak started to get impatient and was about to say something when Heine shook his head. Cagalli watched the scene not understanding. Dearka leaned over and whispered to her and Kira, "Miguel was there too. He saw everything happen."

Kira and Cagalli nodded in understanding.

"I got a message saying Cagalli wanted me to meet her there. I thought it was a little weird that she wanted to meet there, but thought maybe she had something planed. So I went." Miguel started.

"Who gave you that message?" Cagalli asked.

"Jet. That is another reason I didn't really question it, it was from a friend. I got there and looked around for Cagalli, when I couldn't find her I headed back towards the door. I was about half way there when I came across Athrun."

"Why was he there? And where are you talking about?" Kira asked.

"The old warehouse on 3rd . Athrun said he got a message to meet you there, Kira. Probably from Jet too, I'm not sure, he didn't say."

Cagalli started feeling really bad, Athrun had went to meet Kira. He had just went to the wrong place.

"We tried to leave but the door was locked. And then someone we could not see started talking to us. Told us to stop where we were and then fired beside us when I asked what if we didn't want to. He shot again and grazed Athrun's arm saying he wanted to see us afraid."

"So Athrun was only grazed by a bullet?" Cagalli asked.

"No, he was shot. I'll get to that. The man started talking about how we had tried to steal what was his, and couldn't allow that. That is why we were there."

"What was his?" Yzak asked.

Miguel looked up, "Cagalli. He said she was his and we were getting to close to her."

"Me. I don't belong to anyone. Who was this guy?" Cagalli asked.

"I don't know. He never said his name. He said he was your future husband."

Cagalli was confused. Her future husband? She was not engaged.

"He said he was the one that had done all that stuff to us, or actually he had someone else do it. He seemed so proud of himself. He had someone who was so close to us the whole time, and we never suspected him. That's what he said."

"Jet?" Yzak said.

"Yeah, Jet. When we asked Jet why he said he had no choice."

"If Jet was working with him, or for him, then why was he shot too?" Dearka asked.

"Because that man told Jet to kill us and he wouldn't. Jet told him we hadn't done anything wrong, and that Cagalli wasn't his. I guess that made him mad and he sot him. Athrun was shot when he tried to go to Jet."

"Where was he shot at? How bad is he?" Kira asked.

Heine pointed to where Athrun had been shot. "I'm not sure how bad it is. He didn't go down immediately. He waited until after they were there." Miguel said, pointing at the guys.

"That guy kicked him in the stomach. Athrun managed to piss him off, this after telling me not to make that man angry. He told that man that he was kidding himself to think Cagalli would be his. Athrun gets a little lippy when he is hurt. When the guy tried to kick him again, Athrun grabbed his foot and then Sting rushed over and hit him."

"I want to know who this guy is, he is going to pay for hurting and trying to kill Athrun." Kira said, his voice full of anger. Everyone looked over at him surprised.

"Too late for that, he's dead." Yzak said, drawing Kira and Cagalli's eyes to him.

"He was shot by the police after he tried to shot Miguel. That guy was trying to play off that he was the victim there. That we were all trying to rob him. Miguel said he was lying, so he tried to shoot him." Yzak explained.

"Did you get hit?" Cagalli asked.

"No, Dearka saw what was happening and managed to kick his arm in time, throwing off his shot. Thanks Dearka. No, thank you all. I hated to even think what might have happened had you all not show up there. Although, I am still not clear on why you did show up there."

"Ari called Yzak and told us you two were in trouble. We don't know why she was there though." Dearka said.

"I was there because I followed Jet out there." Ari said walking into the room. "I have been here for a little while, I just didn't want to interrupt. I know you want to know what I know. But I will tell you now some of it I am not to sure of, I can only guess."

"The day that Athrun's car was messed up I had an appointment and had to leave school early. I saw Jet do it. At the beach I saw Jet walk off by himself. Everyone seemed to forget that he had, but he would have had the opportunity to mess up Miguel's car. I wondered why he would be doing these things, what did he have against them. I have been keeping an eye on him. When he didn't go to the game today, I wondered what he was up to, so I followed him. It was an empty warehouse, your friends where there, and I was concerned so I called Yzak." Ari said.

"I guess we will have to wait for Jet for the rest, I doubt Athrun knows anymore than Miguel did." Heine said.

The group broke up, no one leaving the hospital. Some found their way to the cafeteria, others left to walk around, or go to the wash room. Kira stayed in the waiting room, moving away from everyone else. He put is head in his hands, trying to let everything soak in. Cagalli walked over to him and sat down. She reached over rubbing his back.

"Kira, I'm sure he'll be okay."

"We don't know that, Cagalli. We don't know anything about his condition right now."

"I know, but he is a fighter. He is not going to give up so easily."

"I keep think, what if he doesn't make it. The last conversation we had I would not listen to him, I even yelled at him. And I have been avoiding him."

"Kira."

"It was because of me that he was at that place in the first place. He went there to meet me."

"Kira, stop being so hard on yourself. You make it sound like you think it is your fault."

"It is my fault."

"No, it isn't. And he would tell you the same thing. So just stop."

"He might not ever be able to tell me anything ever again. Why did I have to avoid him? Why did he think he had to go to a place like that just to talk to me? If he dies I don't know what I am going to do, Cagalli. I don't know if I could handle that. It would kill me inside. That's how much I love him."

"I know, and he loves you too." Cagalli wrapped her arms around Kira, pulling him into a hug.

"He loves someone, but it's not me."

"You're wrong Kira. I talked to Athrun after you told us what happened. He said it was a misunderstanding, that his mother had been talking about you. But you failed to consider that possibility. He was suppose to meet us for dinner tonight. That's why I was mad I thought he stood us up because he had lied to me. But he thought you would be some where else and he was going there. He loves you Kira. I know I should not be telling you this, but I thought you should know just in case."

Kira sat there in silence. He could not believe what he had just heard. Athrun loves him, and he had been trying to tell him that. But Kira had not wanted to talk about it. He had not wanted to hear someone else's name come out of Athrun's mouth. Not a name that was tied to his heart.

Tears rolled down his face. Kira could not stop them and he did not even try. He had been so stupid, so stubborn. And Athrun was the one paying for his mistakes. No, he was paying for them too. Just in a different way.

A doctor in scrubs entered the waiting room and looked around. "Are you here for Athrun Zala."

"Yes." Cagalli said, her and Kira stood up. "How is he?"

"He will be all right. He will be in pain, and will not be able to use his left arm for a while. He is in a recovery room right now. He will be moved to another room in about 30 minutes. You can see him after that. I can't guarantee he will be awake thought."

"That's fine, we just want to see him. What about our other friend, Jet? He was shot in the back." Cagalli asked.

"I am not his doctor, so I don't know his condition. Ask the nurse at the desk, she maybe able to tell you something."

"Thank you doctor."Cagalli said.

"Kira, you heard the doctor, he is going to be fine."

Before Kira had a chance to respond a group of people rushed onto the room.

"Jet?" Kira asked.

"Ah, no I'm his twin brother Jude. Are you friends of his?" Jude said.

"Yes. We haven't heard how he is though. Did the hospital call you?" Cagalli asked.

Jude nodded. Introductions were made and Cagalli filled the family in on what had went on. As they were talking the rest of the group had made their way back to the waiting room.

"So that's what was going on." Jet's father, Tad said. "I should have known that man was no good."

"Do you know who Jet was working for." Heine asked.

"He wasn't working for that man, he wouldn't do that." Jude said. Yzak glared slightly.

"Jude calm down. Please let me explain, then maybe you will at least understand why he did the things he did." Tad said.

"Alright, I would like to hear what you have to say. I was there and I saw Jet's face when he was told to kill us. He did not want to do that, I am sure of that. And he did say he didn't have a choice when we asked him why." Miguel said.

"I own, or did own, Midwest Enterprise. It was recently bought out by a family here, the Seylan's. I did not want to sell, but had to for financial reasons. It was the son that I dealt with mostly, Yuuna. After the sell was finalized he told us the company was going to be shut down. That company is the primary source of employment in the area. Almost every family would be affected if it was to close."

"We asked for them not to shut it down. He said they had no reason to keep it going, that the land itself had more value than the company and something about an amusement park. He later told us that he had a job for Jet, and that he would find a way to keep the company open if Jet did the job. But Jet would have to come here and stay for a while. We knew they had other businesses in this area, so we thought Jet was to work at one of them."

"You're saying Jet was pretty much blackmailed into doing this?" Yzak asked.

"Yes."

"Why Jet? Why not Jude?" Cagalli asked.

"From what you told us, Jet was using a gun. He has taken several firearms classes, had training in shooting. His marksmanship is top of his class. He was hoping to join the police academy after graduation, but with this on his record he probably won't be able to now." Jude said.

"Yuuna must have look into our family's background and found out about Jet." Tad said.

"I didn't tell the police about Jet." Miguel said.

"What?" Tad asked.

"I never told the police Jet was involved in this."

The others shook their heads.

"As far as they were told, this Yuuna guy did everything. The bullets that came from his gun will be scatter around the warehouse. Athrun and Jet were both hit by the other gun. It doesn't have to go on his record." Miguel said.

"What about the bullet that grazed Athrun? If there is blood on it they could tie it back to Athrun and Jet's gun." Cagalli asked.

"Jet accidentally fired when he was shot. Jet shouldn't have to have his dream ruined because he was trying to help the familis that rely on that company." Yzak said.

"We can't ask you to lie about it." Tad said.

"You didn't. Jet got shot because he didn't want to shoot our friends. He tried to protect them by saying they didn't do anything wrong. Now we want to help him." Heine said.

"Cagalli do you know this man, Yuuna?" Miguel asked.

"His family use to be friends with our family. But we haven't seen them in forever." Cagalli said.

"That guy would run around our house calling Cagalli his bride, and we were only about 6 or 7 at the time. I guess he never got over her." Kira told them.

"Guess not." Miguel said.

Another doctor in scrubs enter the room and walked over to Jet's family. He informed them that they had removed the bullet and it had manage to miss any major organs. He would need to remain in the hospital a few days and then they could take him home.

"Good he is fine, now we need to hear about Athrun." Miguel said.

"He's going to be okay. The doctor came in earlier and told us." Kira said. "We just didn't get a chance to tell you. We should be able to see him in a few minutes."

"I'm happy to hear your friend will be alright. We thank all of you for everything." Tad said.

"We're happy they are both going to be fine." Dearka said, and the rest agreed.

Kira walked out of the room. He wanted to see Athrun. After getting his location from the nurse at the desk he took off down the hall. When he walked into Athrun's room he sighed with relief. Athrun was laying on the bed sleeping. Kira walked over and sat next to the bed. He watched as Athrun's chest rose and fell as he breathed. He reached over and took Athrun's hand in his, pulling it up to his lips and kissing it.

"Thank goodness you are all right." Kira said, softly.

Athrun stirred and slowly opened his eyes, looking over to who held his hand.

"Ki..ra?"

Kira smiled and leaned over placing his arm around the top of Athrun's head. His forehead resting on Athrun's.

"I'm here. And I'm not going anywhere." Kira told him.

X x x

"Was that true, what she said? Do you lo... have feelings for me?" Kira said, quietly.

Athrun had been allowed to leave the hospital the next day. He had returned to Kira's house where he was currently laying in Kira's bed. Kira had insisted that he rest, doctor's orders, and that he would take care of him.

"Yeah, what she said was true." Athrun said.

"So that other person you said you liked was me?" Kira asked and looked at Athrun. Athrun nodded, looking away.

Kira smiled. He had been worried for nothing. Athrun loves him. Not someone else, but him. And he loves Athrun.

"How is it our mothers could see this and we couldn't?" Kira said and pulled Athrun over to him, careful not to hurt him. Kira wrapped his arms around Athrun so that he was hugging him loosely. He smiled when he felt Athrun lean into the hug.

TBC

Okay, I know, you should not lie to the police. It is not a good thing to do. Now about what I did with angry eyes. When I started this story I had a list of char. I wanted to use, Yuuna was listed as a maybe. I cut back back on the involvement of some of those, so they were maybe only mention (like Tolle, Mayu..). I'm not even really sure why I did angry eyes in the first place, it just sort of came out. So I was going to use Yuuna. Then I decided that was a little disappointing. So it was going to be someone who hated Athrun, or something like that, but then it would have had to be an OC, because I didn't want any of the char. I was using to do that stuff. And I felt that to find out it was an OC would be even more disappointing. Back to Yuuna, but I had Jet helping him to spice it up. At first he was going to be doing it for the money, the get shot and killed protecting the guys, redeeming himself. But, I decided I didn't want to kill him or send him to jail. So I decided on blackmail. I tried to make him a likable good char. Anyway, now you know my reasons. Please review. Only a couple of more chapters left.