Disclaimer: I don't anything within this story except Hiroku, the story plot, Rayne and Hisoka (there at the end). I will say that this story follows the Gundam Seed storyline and has direct quotes, but I added to them by bringing in an OC, so many of the episodes are word for word but then my character Hiroku comes in. So enjoy…and read and review please!

Chapter 3

"Why can't I go with them commander! You know I am more than ready!" Hiroku yelled at her commander, commander Creuset.

"You are ready. There is no doubt about that, but I don't want you to go out for this particular mission."

"What the hell! Why?"

"Because I'm doing this on Athrun's behalf because he is friends with the one that is piloting the Strike and he wants to talk to him, and I'm just sending the others out to take care of the Legged ship. You will go out on the next sortie ok?"

"Fine!" Hiroku hastily saluted her commander and grumpily turned off the communicator and then headed back to her machine.

Who the hell does that guy think he is! So what if my machine is used for more of a sniper situation! I could take the legged ship down with one shot!

Hiroku grumpily entered her cockpit and started typing on her keyboard. She knew that the real reason why she couldn't go out is because some things were still wrong with her machine's performance. She had taken Yzak's advice and disabled the self detonation sequence but that hadn't fixed the problem completely. She had gone out yesterday and done another simulation with the fake GINNS and her accuracy with the sniper rifle was still off.

I wonder when they will be back…they went out yesterday and they couldn't even capture or destroy that one machine with four machines. I thought these guys were supposed to be Elite's? Oh well.

Hiroku had gone back to completely isolating herself with all the technology in front of her that she didn't see the boys come back until she heard painful screams coming from Yzak's mobile suit and Dearka's voice calling for him to open up his cockpit. Hiroku jumped out of her machine and floated over to Dearka.

"What's going on Dearka?"

"Yzak is hurt."

"What? How?"

"He went after the Strike and he got up real close to him and his machine was struck near the cockpit with an Armor Schneider, that's all I know."

"Oh no…alright Dearka you go get some rest. I'll take care of this."

"Are you sure little missy?"

"Positive."

"Ok…good luck."

"Yea…"

Hiroku went up to the cockpit and started to talk to Yzak inside the machine.

"Yzak…open up! Come on…open up your damn machine!"

Inside the cockpit Yzak was holding the side of his helmet. There were spots of blood on his visor and the screen was cracked.

"It burns….it burns…it…"

He stopped short when he heard someone calling him. He recognized it to be a girl's voice. He only knew that it had to be Hiroku.

Why does she care anyways? She has been nothing but cold towards me. Hell why do I even care?

He tried to move his hand away but it was too painful. It even hurt to talk over a whisper. He was secretly hoping that she would come in and help him, but of course he would never openly admit that.

Back outside his machine Hiroku was getting impatient.

"Ok then, if your not coming out then I'm coming in!"

She went over to the side of the cockpit and pressed the button to open it up. She came back around to the front and looked inside. The site that greeted her was one that she would never except to find the cold, hot tempered Yzak in. He was slouched over at the waist with his hands covering the right side of his helmet. She saw the blood spots on the visor and that it was cracked. She thought she heard him whimpering, but very slightly.

Oh my god…oh no Yzak! Wait a minute…why do I care all of the sudden? Maybe because he has been the only one getting close to you, and you like that…muhaha. Plus you can't deny the fact that he is super hot…look at the those muscles in that flight suit…nice! Well…yea but. Just help him out, be nice to him. Show him your compassionate side when its just the two of you, you can be cold and distant when your around everyone, but with him be different, you both deserve it. How do you know? Just trust me, when has your conscience ever betrayed you? Well…never. Well then, let's keep it up…go on now…he is in pain! He probably will be both physically and mentally hurt…he needs you even if he doesn't show it. Alright…if you say so.

Hiroku floated forward and put her hands on Yzak's hands to get him to pull them away from his helmet. As soon as she did that he pulled away. She wasn't sure if it was just reflex or if he was ashamed or something.

"Yzak…" she called softly. She surprised herself with her tone and knew it had to surprise Yzak as well.

Yzak had heard her call his name in that soft angelic tone. It immediately comforted him. How he didn't know, but his conscience told him that he liked it, which he admitted to himself that he did.

Hiroku tried again. This time she put her hands on either side of his helmet and turned him to face her. He did so willingly which told her that she must be doing something right. Once he was facing her she grabbed his hands again and pried them off of his face. When she saw the horrible gash that was going down his finely featured face she involuntarily felt tears come to the corner of her eyes. It pained her to see him in that much pain.

That damn Strike! I'm going to make sure that he pays for this!

"Oh Yzak…" the tears were coming back.

"What!" his voice was harsh and barely above a whisper.

"I came to help you."

"I don't need your help! Why do you care anyways?"

"Because I want to." She kept her voice soft because she knew that he seemed to like that, but was getting frustrated.

"Well I don't want your help! Now get out of my way!" he shot out of his seat and forcibly shoved her out of his machine and floated to the infirmary himself. This infuriated her to no end.

The nerve of him. Well if he wants to play that game, then consider this your lucky day Yzak Jule. You just scored yourself…now now…give him some time…remember what I told you. This is a huge blow to his pride, and remember that he is a guy so it will be damaging to his already large ego and pride. Hold out just a bit longer. Try again! Fine! Oh I know what I can do!

Hiroku decided to go back to her room and change out of her uniform into her everyday outfit which was like what she wore that one night. The white jeans and jacket and the blue tank top that showed her pierced navel. Before she left she decided to take her pistol with her, since Yzak seemed to listen to her more when she had a gun in hand. She checked in his room first but only found Dearka in there reading a magazine.

"Hey little missy! Do ya need something?" Dearka asked.

"I was just looking for Yzak. Do you mind!" she finished annoyed.

"Mind what?" he asked innocently.

"Eyeing me like that…its annoying!"

"Aww I'm sorry little missy. By the way, nice piercing." He finished with a smirk.

"UGH!" she slammed the door shut and tried the next place that he could be. The infirmary.

In the infirmary Yzak was impatiently waiting for the doctor to arrive to bandage up his head and give him something for the pain. He got up off the bed and started looking around for some bandages and pain killers in the cabinets. As he was looking through some drawers someone entered the room, but he didn't hear them because he was so engrossed in finding the things he wanted. He was stopped though by someone talking, someone he loved to hear talking.

"You really should leave that to the doctors."

"I thought I told you to leave me alone!"

"Yes you did, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to you."

"Why you…" Yzak stopped short when he turned around and saw her.

She's wearing what she wore that one night when she was fixing her OS. Dammit! Why does she have to look so good?

HAHA…I knew this would get him.

"The doctor told me that he is very busy with a lot of the others that are injured and for me to take care of you."

"Did he now…"

"Yes, now please sit down and I will bandage up that head of yours." She said floating towards the cabinets while Yzak took a seat on the bed.

"Are you the same Hiroku that came here not just a couple weeks ago and were short tempered and cold to everyone?"

"I am, believe me."

"Whatever you say…"

As Hiroku was looking down in some of the bottom cabinets Yzak was getting so impatient that he was thinking of just leaving. He got up to leave but soon he was stopped.

"Yzak, where do you think you are going?" Hiroku said sweetly while pointing her gun towards him.

"Damn you!" Yzak said harshly with a glare.

"Oh please, you know that you don't scare me. Good try though. Now sit down."

Hiroku floated over to the bed and pulled Yzak down by the wrist to sit on the bed. She stood in front of him and proceeded to put some salve cream on his gash with her fingers to lessen the pain. Yzak winced slightly when it first touched his skin but soon relaxed and closed his eyes.

"Its cold now." He voiced.

"I know I'm sorry. But it helps lessen the pain. It should feel good."

"Yea…it kinda does."

"Ok now while that sits and sinks into the wound I will wash the blood off the rest of your face."

She got a hot wash cloth and went back over to Yzak. She placed her left hand under his chin to tilt his face towards her and used her right to wash off the blood. She could tell that he was relaxing and enjoying the feel.

"Feel good?"

"Mmhmm."

"Ok then, all clean. Now let's put this bandage on."

Hiroku took the bandage role and started to wrap it around his head. While she was doing this Yzak took his hand and touched her navel ring. Hiroku shuddered slightly from the touch but didn't say or do anything of it.

"Does it hurt?" Yzak asked.

"When I first got it, yes it did. But that was three years ago, so no not anymore. Why do you ask?"

"I don't know…"

"It didn't hurt as much as my tattoo."

"Yea…what does that mean?"

"I don't really want to talk about it right now." She whispered with the gold in her eyes flashing.

"Ok…"

Yzak got the sudden impulse to hear her laugh so he started to twirl the ring around his fingers and tickling her at the same time.

"Hehe…Yzak…hehe…stop it…hehe"

"What is someone ticklish?" he said playfully.

"N…hehe…O…hehe"

"Oh real…ly?" he started to tickle her more.

"Hehe…stop it please…I need to finish this."

"Ok fine…"

"Thank you…and don't think that your off the hook for doing that, I'm so going to get you back!"

"Yea ok sure…"

"Oh just you wait Yzak Jule."

"I will be!"

"Well there you go…all done!" she said stepping back to inspect her work.

Hiroku gathered up all the supplies and put them back on their shelves. She turned around to look back at Yzak still sitting on the bed. He had a distant look on his face, but she figured that he wouldn't tell her anything anyway if she asked him about it. She decided to go ahead and leave.

When Yzak was going to say something to her he heard the sliding door open and close, he looked up and noticed that she was gone. He put his hand on the bandage and winced a tiny bit from the pain. He closed his eye and thought back to their time alone. His thoughts were interrupted when the doctor came in and started to tell him how often he should change the bandage and that he shouldn't pilot a mobile suite for a little while.

Not pilot a mobile suit? As if! I'll do whatever I damn well please! Hey you can get her to change your bandage for you! Yea I can. Her hands were so soft, you would never think that those hands constantly handle a gun. I wonder if the rest of her body… ok! Not going to think about that now! Your no fun! Anyways… It was cute how she started to giggle when I twirled her belly button ring around my finger. God I am getting worse and worse every time I am alone with her. Yea you are! Your getting bolder every time your with her too! Oh shut up! You can't deny the facts. What do you know anyways? Lots. Whatever! God I need to stop having conversation with myself inside my head, I must need sleep…sounds like a good idea…

Please review now! Hehe look for chapters 4 and 5 up by next Friday!