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Chapter Twenty Seven

Declaration of War

Aprilious One

Inside the main hall

Ryu was guided inside by his military personal as he saw Kira, with a quick nod Ryu knew it was done.

Ryu turned to his personal, "Leave me," Ryu said as they remained behind him as he joined Kira.

"It's done?" Ryu asked.

"Eliminated," was all Kira replied.

Ryu now smiled, "Everything went according to plan in space, I will wait a little while before going public with this, the teams are examining the carrier on the ship as we speak."

"What about the council member's sir? Should we claim this as an act by their natural friends they were meeting?" Kira asked.

Ryu shook his head, "That won't be necessary; we will go with the original path, have the room cleaned and dispose of the bodies."

"Right away sir," Kira replied.

"One last thing, prepare the forces to head to earth, start their transfer of all our earth based mobile suits and ships, return here tomorrow where I will give you further orders," Ryu said.

Kira saluted and left, quickly taking a few of his pills, his headaches were becoming a lot less with this new stuff he was taking but they were still breaking through every now and then.

Ryu waited inside while the report on the carrier was analyzed by his team in space, of course he knew what the report would be but he had to wait until it was officially submitted by the captain of the ship.

The media personal waited patiently as people all over Plants were waiting to see what was going on.

About twenty minutes later Ryu came back out with a quick statement, he said the Plants were not in any immediate danger and he would not go into the details yet, he said he would have more information as it came in. In fact Ryu was going to wait until he could declare war to give all the information, he assured people to go about their daily lives and prepare for an important statement tomorrow. When he was finished reporters quickly questioned him but he denied any questions.

As he left he knew this was going his way.

Inside the Headquarters

While Ryu was giving his statement Kira was about to carry his orders when he ran into Sarah and his children, she was trying to reach her father but the area was sealed off and they wouldn't give her any information.

"What is going on commander?" She asked as something wasn't right…

Kira looked at their servant and she was taking the kids back to the house.

"There has been an accident," Kira said trying to walk away.

She quickly turned to him, "What do you mean accident? First their seemed like a nuclear missile was detonated just outside and now no one on the council can be reached."

"Let it go," Kira said sternly.

"Not until you tell me what is going on?" she replied, this was one of the first times she stood up to him.

Kira slowly turned, "Never take that tone with me again, your father and the council are dead."

She heard those words and froze, "No…your lying, how could that be?" she was getting hysterical.

"They were being foolish and trusted those naturals they were meeting, do I need to say more," Kira told her.

Sarah looked into his eyes as it dawned on her, "The chairman never approved that meeting did he? In fact why isn't this being announced?"

Kira knew she was getting to close for her own sake, "We have enough to worry about then announcing something that would break morale in what we are about to do," Kira lied.

She slowly shook her head, "Something isn't right Kira," she said lowering her head, she was very upset, but as she did she saw the bottom of his uniform, the coat part had blood stains on it.

She quickly looked up at him, "You…you left during the speech, I know the chairman wouldn't have apprroved what they were doing, it...," she said putting her hand to her mouth, "You didn't…" she said quickly and historically.

Kira quickly grabbed her shoulders, "I had to walk in the chamber to investigate, of course it was a mess."

She saw in his eyes they were showing no remorse at all, she knew him better then that.

She was emotionally drained, "You…you did it didn't you?" she asked again.

Kira's eyes were growing dark, "Don't get involved with my work."

She lowered her head as Kira raised his voice.

Kira backed away then looked at her, "If you desire I will tell you the truth."

She slowly looked up at him, she didn't want to believe it, but she knew how he was lately and she knew of people just disappearing if they had a disagreement of the chairman, she knew what Kira was capable of but she didn't want to believe he would finish her own father.

"I know your upset and don't mean what you say," Kira said taking cupping her face making her look at him, "I know your hurting, but no I didn't do this," Kira said in the most convincing tone he has ever used.

She let her tears leak as she rested her head on his chest, for once she detected the emotion she had not heard in awhile, she believed him.

As Kira held her close that was the biggest acting job he had ever done, surly if she would have kept up the pressure then he would have been left with no choice and she still had her uses to him so he didn't want to do that if not necessary so he used a tone he knew would convince her he wasn't lying. That was a first however, she never got so angry with him, she blamed him but he expected that. It wasn't hard to put the pieces together, but he knew this should keep her silent for awhile.

"I don't blame you for what you did, but there are things I cannot discuss, you will have to stay silent about this," Kira said making her look at him again.

She loved her father a lot and if she wasn't so distraught she could have seen the malice he still had in his eyes but for now she believed him.

"I will have you brought home, I will join you shortly, now go," Kira said motioning for a soldier.

She agreed and left with the soldier, and once again that was a close call, he would have had to eliminate the mother of his children if she would have kept that up, but as long as she stayed silent he was allowing this to pass.

Kira finished with his orders as he had bigger things to do, and since Sarah did what she did Kira had to do something else. Normally he wasn't going to take her to earth but now he changed that, she would have to come where he could keep a close eye on her.

Earth

Logos

Despite the anger they were feeling over what was just announced about the new coordinator, the organization was now thrown into confusion. They saw the blast that detonated near the Plants and Jibril wanted to know exactly who did it. He made calls to all his sources but it was clear now one in his organization fired that shot. He and his council went through the earth alliance as well, but it was more of the same they were just as puzzled. Jibril was wanted two things out of this, he wanted to see just who had more power then him to get this off without his knowledge. Second he wanted their heads, no one was going to out gun him.

A couple days later however they found the deceased team at the Victoria mass driver. Immediately the alliance contacted Jibril.

Jibril then conferred with his council.

"There were signs of a fire fight, it is confirmed they were eliminated by some sort of force," one said.

"I don't see how this makes sense, we control all the major resources, no one on earth could have made this attack without my knowledge," Jibril said angrily.

"We have to double our efforts to find the group responsible," another said.

Jibril however had other suspicions, "I have heard some rather strange rumors up in Plants lately," Jibril said as he still had a few sources.

"What are you getting at?" another asked.

"I believe it is possible Zaft it self made this attack," Jibril finally said.

"Before you speak on the matter I suggest you think about this, from the sources I this just may be possible," Jibril said again.

"I am not really sure what you mean, but if that is the case what do we do about it?" another asked.

"We must finish our campaign and get to back to space before they come down here after us," Jibril said.

The entire meeting was completely pointless, still they were not taking the threat seriously, and they believed they still had the upper hand however this was all about to change.

Orb

That entire speech was bad but like with the rest of earth they didn't expect that.

Athrun and Cagalli watched what had happened as they saw the flash.

Athrun knew immediately, "Kira will come now."

Cagalli shook her head, "No earth weapon is in space and I know nothing exists to fire a warhead that distance from earth…they set this all up."

"We knew this was coming, I take it Kira and that chairman got tired of waiting and caused this themselves, with the breaking of the terms Zaft will launch a full out assault on earth," Athrun said as their year of peace now looked over.

"Good thing we were preparing for it, I will put the military on the highest alert, I have a feeling this will be Kira's first target," Cagalli said.

It took a day to accomplish this task as all were notified of an immediate threat. All their ships and mobile suits would finally be put to use. They just had to hope being on their territory and with increased military power would be enough to stop Kira's madness.

Lacus' House

Lacus saw the events as she knew better then anyone what this meant. Kira's thirst for blood seemed to run out of patience as she knew he would come, and he would come straight for her and the rest of his former allies. Lacus now had to make a decision, she would have to return to the battlefield or risk losing everything. The thought of firing that massive cannon on Orb scared her half to death for her children and still made her in disbelief of Kira doing this. She only feared now a decision she may have to make in the future, would she fire on Kira, which was what she had to decide.

Two days later she contacted Athrun and Cagalli, she was heading to the headquarters to discuss an important matter. She had her head maid gather prepare her children as well as she made a very important call. When the time came both Lacus and her children headed for Onogoro.

Aprilious One

Headquarters

Kira gave the orders Ryu ordered but since they were planning for this the entire fleet was already to go. All that had to happen was Ryu's final order. Ryu waited two days before doing what he was about to do. Normally if you were about to attack you would never announce this to the public until it happened, but Ryu wanted to give them time to prepare. This would be no fun if they just rolled over the alliance. Ryu had the reports on the carrier already but he waited for them to be given by military engineers and now he could announce his declaration.

In two days already nothing was said too much about the council in the media, the Plants were to busy with this fact they were facing now. As far as people knew they were just being like the chairman silent for the moment. Their wasn't that much attention as throughout the past year Ryu kept the council out of the media mostly, so this wasn't really anything new to them, or the people as it was apparent their hero's were the chairman and the commander.

Ryu was going over his declaration when Kira arrived right on schedule.

Kira stopped in front of him.

"Is the force ready?" Ryu asked.

"All can move out immediately sir," Kira replied.

"Your official time will be tomorrow, you will take the fleet and head to our satellites around the earth, then wait for my order to drop to earth," Ryu said looking over a folder.

"Have you made a decision on the first target sir?" Kira asked as it had not been announced yet.

Ryu looked at him, "I have, and I need your input on the matter."

Kira nodded.

"You are eager to head to Orb but you will have to wait on the matter," Ryu said.

Kira didn't like hearing that however he knew why.

"Our resources sir?" Kira asked.

"Correct, since we cut off all contact to earth, our supplies are low, I have several locations of the minerals we need," Ryu said showing him a map of earth.

Kira looked at the spots, the important thing they needed was the minerals in the mines, all of those resources they were in critical at.

Kira then smiled, "Right here," Kira said pointing to the area.

"That's the African desert," Ryu replied.

"I have been here before, when the archangel landed on earth, that fool Waltfeld controlled the area, but the mines were full of what we need," Kira said as he remembered that area well. That was where he saw Cagalli for the second time, and it was an area she fought to protect so this could work to his advantage if they came to support it.

Ryu knew what Kira was thinking, "That area was hit hard when the alliance attacked, however the towns and mines were pretty much undamaged from what we have from satellite, you may run into alliance resistance as well as guerilla fighters, that is nothing you can't handle though, I grant that location to you."

Kira nodded, "I believe there are more mining areas around there that were unknown in the last war, with this one attack that should be enough to get what we need, and perhaps draw them out to me."

Ryu smiled, "While you gather our resources I will send the rest of the force to our former Carpentaria base, we will reclaim that area with the rest of our resources, don't worry though commander I will grant you Orb though."

Kira looked at him, "I will not waste the Doomsday's power on a worthless desert so Orb will be its first target when I am finished."

"That I leave to you, take whatever you want with you to the desert and the rest will reclaim Carpentaria, now I must prepare for my deceleration," Ryu said.

Kira nodded as they walked out of his office and right back to the outside podium, this was the final speech Ryu had to make as it was a full declaration of war.

Near the Outside

Just before Ryu was about to head out Kira waited as he was approached by Shiho with a report on the fleet Kira had assembled.

Ryu looked back and then forward.

After she was finished Kira dismissed her as Ryu approached him.

"What is on your mind Kira?" Ryu asked.

Kira looked back, "I know what you're concerned about sir, I have felt deception in her."

Ryu slightly smiled, Kira's abilities were heightened to his satisfaction.

Kira watched her retreating form, "During the last war she served under Yzak Joule, and since I felt what I did in her I did some investigating from the last battle and saw she disappeared for a short time and engaged the Joule mobile suit, I don't need to say more."

Ryu looked at him, "Yet you are allowing a traitor to live," Ryu said.

Kira nodded, "She will have a use once we get to earth, I can feed her any information I want and she will bring it straight to Joule, if I need to set up a trap or to lure them out I can do it through her."

Ryu smiled, "I leave it in your capable hands," Ryu said as he was announced and walked out to the podium.

Ever since Kira's abilities were raised by Ryu that was when he detected deception in her, so he looked into the matter, at first he was going to eliminate her but then decided this was a far better course of action, after all she had other uses as well. She may be trying to use him but he would have the upper hand. For one thing Kira never did return to his home like he told Sarah he would, he went to her.

As Shiho walked away she knew she had the upper hand, sure this was a job but it was also a little fun for her, and as she reached into her pocket she got what she wanted last night, as she swiped a few of his pills. She noticed he took these a lot before and now was starting to increase only slightly in taking them, from what she heard about this man from Yzak he wasn't like this in the past, so she would have to have this analyzed as soon as possible, it seemed he would get massive headaches and these would halt the effects she had never seen pills like these before and this was the only thing she could really do until she got more information so she swiped a few of them, however she would have to wait until they got to earth as they were leaving in the morning, she at the first chance would turn this over to Yzak and the others.

Podium

As Ryu went out he addressed the nation again, he gave all details in what the carrier was and that it was an alliance surface attack. Many people and military leaders were shocked they developed that sort of technology. The people nerves were once again turned to fear as the alliance could now launch attacks from the surface. This was what Ryu wanted, fear leads to anger and anger will bring about his war.

Ryu gave a powerful speech, he stated clearly they were not taking this any more and the alliance blew their last chance when they broke his terms. Ryu made sure to state there were going to be consequences and that he was placing Commander Hibiki in charge of the operation.

"We coordinators have been pushed far enough, I hear by am declaring a full justified war upon the Atlantic Federation and the earth alliance, we will prevail," Ryu finished as he took no questions.

Cameras flashed as citizens behind the media that were listening agreed with their chairman, they were tired of this and now it was time to finish the federation.

Ryu soon left and walked back inside as he looked at Kira, "I leave the rest in your capable hands, contact me before you start the decent to earth," Ryu said leaving.

Kira agreed as he started walking heading down to where the Doomsday was stationed.

Doomsday's Hanger

As Kira was on his way to the hanger he saw Sarah and she didn't look too pleased.

"I got your order, why did we have to come here," she said gesturing to her children and herself.

Kira looked at her, "Because we are heading to earth, all of us."

She froze, "You want to take the kids on a warship in the middle of a war?"

Kira was growing annoyed, "This is the safest place for them and for you, besides they will adapt and learn from this."

"Their three months old Kira, a warship is no place for them," she said again.

Kira looked straight at her, "First you address me formally, and second three months is enough time for him to start absorbing information, and third this is my decision, you have a job to do and they will be looked at on the private floor, it's the safest place on the ship."

"I understand if you want me to go, but they can remain here, we have…" she said as Kira cut her off.

"Enough! You are willing to allow the alliance to fire their missiles at the Plants while we are on earth, the ship is the safest place in the world for them to be, the private floor as several unoccupied rooms they will have plenty of room and be comfortable without disturbing anyone, I will hear no more about it, now have them ready we leave in the morning," Kira said walking towards the ship.

She watched him leave, this was getting way to out of hand, no he wanted their children to witness what he is doing in war, he was placing all of them in danger for something she didn't even know about anymore. She didn't know what was going on anymore. One thing was sure however she couldn't disobey his orders, but that doesn't mean she couldn't look for other options, she was just about tired of all of this.

As soon as Kira got on the ship he briefed all personal and his pilots.

In the Morning

In the morning all ships and carrier ships were launched, they were escorted by their space bearing warships but they were no good on the surface so the others would have to be used. The Doomsday and Minerva led the way towards the satellites.

Kira didn't release his objectives to the crew yet as he was waiting until they arrived at the Satellites.

On the doomsday Sarah was at the com but worrying about her children Kira made accompany on this trip. They were on that private floor being watched by two nannies, and she still couldn't help but think this was wrong. Both kids were in a room that was right across from Kira's. The only other person that used this floor was Willard and Ryu but Ryu wasn't with them. So they had a lot of room.

Kira was on his seat as they all launched, this might be a challenge as they had no support on the surface but for Kira it wouldn't be to hard, for the force they were sending to recapture Carpentaria was something else.

Earth

After the declaration of war it was strange that it wasn't a surprise attack, but for them at least they had time to prepare. Alliance military bases and stations were alerted everywhere as they had no clue where the attacks would come from.

Jibril was starting to get the sense he had to take this more seriously as he and his council immediately went into hiding, they had several locations around the world and they knew they were a primary target so they quickly went into hiding.

Alliance Fleet

Near Panama was where Neo's fleet was currently stationed, after the leaders of the resistance in Scandinavia had disappeared, the rest of the country fell but they had no time to secure it with this new crisis.

Neo had his team on constant surveillance of the skies; he knew they had no time to mount an attack into space so they had to set up for a defensive all over earth. The only problem was he didn't know where the attack was coming from.

Neo had a belief it would be around Orb, so he wanted to make sure he could arrive in a moments notice if need be.

Orb

Unato and Yunna were likely running around like idiots trying to put a stop to the situation, they were waiting and waiting for orders from Jibril but they weren't coming in.

Cagalli however quickly ignored the idiots and went about preparing her forces.

On this day right after the declaration was when Lacus arrived at the headquarters with her own children.

Cagalli had her brought in as Murrue, Andrew and Athrun were all waiting in there for her.

Lacus arrived as she told her children to keep quiet and stay at the table while she discussed things with the others.

The two quickly obeyed as they made themselves busy at the table.

Lacus then joined with the others.

Murrue and Andrew saw them for the first time, but they had other matters to do.

"As all are now aware Kira is coming and I believe he will attack here first," Cagalli said.

"All our ships are now equipped for earth based combat so our best bet is to take them out quick and fast, we attack as they are coming in from the atmosphere," Andrew said quickly.

"What makes you think this will be his first target?" Murrue asked.

Athrun turned to them, "He has been waiting for over a year for this battle and I suspect his patience will no longer hold out, he will come and I agree with Andrew, as soon as they decent we have to attack that massive ship with everything we got."

"They will have to decent in the area," Andrew replied.

"He will come," Athrun once again replied.

The meeting went on in strategy as they planned if they failed at the decent, they prepared the best they could for this and it was now all up to fate.

As Andrew and Murrue left Lacus then spoke up.

"I will be returning to command the eternal," Lacus said.

Cagalli looked over at the two twins, "What about them?"

Lacus looked sadly at them, "I contacted Reverend Malchio; he agreed to take them into hiding, far from Orb or any other spot that will be affected in war."

Cagalli stood up, "…Don't get to angry Lacus, but have you ever considered telling Kira the truth?"

Lacus quickly looked at her and then to the floor.

"Kira only seems like he wants to attack naturals, they are coordinators after all, he might not harm them," Cagalli added.

Lacus shook her head, "I am aware of that situation, and believe me I have considered it slightly, but I will not give them up or risk him knowing unless I am out of options, the reverend will keep them safe until we see how the outcome will play," Lacus said seriously.

Cagalli nodded as they left the room to head to the ships, all three had a feeling this was going to be a very brutal war and whoever won it wasn't going to be a victory for either side.

Lacus left with one thought on her mind, the safety of her children, she took them out where the reverend was waiting for them. Lacus quickly hugged both children, neither understood why their mother was going to be gone for awhile, but Lacus knew it was for their sake. If she stayed with them Kira was going to hunt her down and that would put them at risk. If she told Kira that could go either way, turning them over was something she would never in a million years consider, but if things go bad she may be left with no choice to save their lives. However she wasn't prepared to think that far ahead, she believed they could stop this before that happened.

Atmosphere Satellites

The fleet arrived on schedule at the satellites as Kira called for a report on all of them.

As soon as all were a go to land, he immediately contacted Ryu.

"We are ready Excellency," Kira said.

"You are cleared to enter the earth, bring our goal to victory commander," Ryu said signing off.

Kira then contacted a few ships, he was taking the Minerva and a few other land based carriers with him to the desert as they distributed orders to the remaining ships, they were to head straight for Carpentaria and reclaim the area.

Doomsday

Kira gave the final orders to the fleet as the helmsman set the course for the African desert and the landing procedures began.

All ships entered the atmosphere as their war had finally begun.

Kira only slightly smiled as it has been far too long since he had been on earth, and now he was going to bring it to its knees.

All ships cleared the atmosphere as it truly began.

To be continued…

(A\N): The next chapter starts the assault in the desert as well as Kira's malice reaches new levels. I might do a chapter of the Greatest King before I return. See you later.