Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed.
Note. Sorry it took so long. I really, really can't type and being in school made it hard for me to update, but I'll try to make this chapter longer.
I decided to get up myself. I had to prove to him and myself that I wasn't chicken. I needed to redeem myself after screaming like a little girl back there. I dusted myself off and then looked at the boy who called himself Ahmed and then I looked at the wolf.
"He's only half wolf. He doesn't bite"
"I'm not taking any chances" I said. After a little thinking I decided to give him my name. "I'm Cagalli"
"Now that I know your name I want you to meet someone" He said while at the same time grabbing my arm and running.
"What are you doing!?!"
"I'm taking you to the Smokes"
"The Smokes?"
"Yeah, that's where all the runaways go"
"Who said I was a runaway?"
"Why else would you be out here?"
He brought me to clearing where I saw a group of hut like things with about 5 or 6 kids running around.
"Hey guys let me introduce you to some one" Ahmed shouted. "This is my little sister Aria"
"Only by 10 months"
"She's in denial. This is Denise she's 13 and she has a twin brother named Denephew." I frowned in confusion.
"It was a joke from our uncle" Denise explained.
"This is Kiki. She's 9 and this is her older sister Ciara. She's 16. This is Danni. He's 15 and then there's Michael who's 11.
"Is she our new sister" Aria asked.
"Maybe" Ahmed replied, "I'll have to see how she likes it here. This reminds me that you'll have to meet the most important people of the Smokes, Mu and Murrue.
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"In the theatre, we must become one with the character; we must become the character and be, well, dramatic. Keely, you can be Joan. Takashi, you can be the handsome cashier…"
Mrs. Peters went on and on until she notices me in my corner. Some one up there really hates me.
"Kira, you're so cute I could just pinch your cheeks. Why don't you be the cute little squirrel?"
"Are you kidding me!?!"
"Okay I'll give you something else. You're a bit tall for that role anyway. Hmmm. Ummmm…I know you can help out with the props. A lot of them need to be painted you know."
If there's one thing I can't do it is art. But now that I'm backstage I can just sit here.
"Hey Kira!"
Damn. When I looked up I saw Suki hovering over me. "Are you going to homecoming?"
"Homecoming?"
"Yeah. Are you going to the game and dance?"
"Umm Dance?"
"What rock have you been hiding under? Do you have a date because if you don't mind we can go together?"
"Well what about…"
"Hey Suki" It was Donahue, her boyfriend. "What you and Hibiki o'er here talkin' 'bout?
"Well if it's any of your business, I'm asking him to the dance"
"Oh really"
"Really" I tried to get up but Suki pulled me back down. "So Kira, can we go together? You haven't responded yet."
"Yeah Kira, tell me if ya goin' wit my girl"
"Ex-girlfriend"
"Um"
"I bet he doesn't wanna" Donahue whispered.
"Yes" I replied.
"You will!"
"No, that's not what I meant"
"You won't"
"No he won't. I told ya I was the only…"
"Okay"
"Okay!?!"
"Okay" What am I doing?
"What are you doing" Donahue shouted.
"I can't let her go with a guy like you"
"Really Kira! Thankyouthankyouthankyou soooo much. You'll have the time of your life I promise"
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Cagalli was taken to the largest hut in the middle of the Smokes. Inside was a man and a woman in there mid twenties.
"Hello" the woman said. "You must be the new girl. I'm Murrue and this is Mu. We're the ones that make sure everything here goes smooth"
"Usually we have the new Smoky tell us why they ran away but it's probably the same old story. You don't meet your parents' expectations and your sibling is always out shining you. So you runaway because you feel unloved and unwanted" Mu said. Cagalli was speechless. "Well it was either that or abuse" he explained. "You don't look like you've been beaten"
"You can share a home with Aria and Denise. They'll show you your room and tell you everything you need to know. One thing we need to tell you our selves is that you can't go around or across the lake. There's a rich typhoons mansion over there and if he finds out that we have taken refuge on his land he'll kick us off, or worse." Cagalli nodded. "One more thing. Every one has a chore to do so what are some things you're good at?"
"Sports. That's it"
"You can help the guys with their chores then. Denise and Aria can tell you the rest." Murrue concluded.
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Life can be so hard on a guy sometimes. After school I just wanted to kick back, relax and…
"Kira!" It was my dad. I walked to the living room. He was lying on the couch watching God knows what. "Can you hand me the remote" he said pointing to the opposite end of the couch. I just looked at him for a minute. He made me come down stairs for this!?!
"Sure" I said.
"Oh make me a glass of wine and umm what else do I want you to do? Oh yeah, mow the lawn before yore mom gets home, take out the trash and the dishes. Don't forget to wash the dishes"
"It's your turn to mow the lawn; I took the trash out last time; the kitchen is only 3ft. away and the dishes in the sink are yours"
"Well as soon as you start paying bills and have your own kids you won't have to do that kind of stuff anymore"
"I went to work today. Did you?"
"Boy, mind your business"
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"Here's my room, Aria's room and your room" Denise said. "Everyone eats dinner in the main hut at 6 o'clock.
Aria came in and bounced on Cagalli's bed while she settled in.
"Where are you from?"
"Chicago"
"Really! I've always wanted to go there. Do you know that I've never been anywhere near a city?"
Cagalli stopped what she was doing. "Seriously? Where were you born?"
"Somewhere in the Middle East. My parents moved to the U.S. to escape the corrupt government, but when we got here they moved into some kind of community, not much bigger than this where we had to live in a house about this size with two other families. We lived there for most of our life, until a group of people came and murdered everyone."
"Hate crime" Cagalli added.
"Yeah" Aria nodded. "My parents were murdered in the mass murder. The government wouldn't do anything so we ran" Aria looked at Cagalli. "I'm sorry. It's nice to talk to a reasonable girl my age"
"I take it that you don't get along with Ciara" Aria shook her head.
"You'll find out why soon enough, but now I need to go help Murrue cook dinner. There's a lot of us you know" Aria said as she skipped out of the room.
'I wonder how she can be so happy after all of that' Cagalli wondered.
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I finally got some time to myself and mom's here so dad won't be bothering me anytime soon. I wonder what's on the radio.
I'm on a lonely road the only one that I have ever known, don't know where it goes but it's only me…
Zzzzzz
I woke up in the middle of the night wondering why my girl wasn't by my side…
Zzzzzz
I gotta go, gotta leave so please don't make it hard for me, I've given up….
Zzzzz
…Forced to think that hell is a place called home, now there's nothing to do but get her clothes and pack she says she's about to runaway and never come back…
"Ahh" The radio is tormenting me. I bet the TV isn't any better.
"Hey Kira!" not him again "You'll never guess what movie is on TV, you know the one when the guy avenges his sisters death. This movie kicks ass!"