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Chapter 8 - Sister, Dear Sister
A blonde readjusted their sunglasses and hefted a shoulder bag further onto their shoulder before continuing on into the bowels of the city.
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"Kira! Move!" Cagalli did a slingshot to throw her brother away, letting go to let him fly. He landed on the ground 10 feet away and she reveled in her strength at a young age before the flaming wood hit her along with her brother's screams.
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BAM!
Two people fell to the ground. One blonde, one pink haired. The blonde gasped.
"Sorry." she stood up and helped the other girl up.
"No, it was my fault. I shouldn't stand still that long." Lacus laughed. The blonde frowned.
"Nice smile." she muttered bitterly. "Reminds me of my brother."
"Oh really? Thank you!...I think." Lacus seemed to think about that.
"Speaking of which, you wouldn't happen to know where he is, would you?" Lacus blinked at her. "He should be about my height, brown hair, purple eyes, smiles like you, cries a lot." she had a hand motion for each bit of the description and Lacus laughed.
"Well, I'm not sure about smiles or crying. But there's a boy your height with brown hair and purple eyes at Letlights circus." she pointed to the tent you COULD NOT miss.
"Thanks." and she took off before Lacus could get her name.
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Athrun paused in his walking. Letlights's entrance was just in front of him, and a blonde chick was arguing with a black haired dude that seemed very pissed.
"Just let me in! I know he's in there!" she screamed.
"I don't know who you're talking about!" Scott yelled back at her.
They yelled a bit more before Athrun suddenly popped up next to her.
"There you are!" he said as if relieved. "Thank you sir, for finding my sister." he bowed at Scott, who seemed baffled. "She's a bit-" he whistled and made the sign for 'crazy.' "Her doctor's appointment was today, but she got away from me."
Athrun gave her a slight noggie before smiling at Scott.
"Thanks again, bye!" and he began to drag a stuttering Cagalli away. Scott shook his head before going inside.
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"What the hell?" the blonde girl yelled. "How dare you interfere?"
Athrun leaned against an alley wall, just out of sight of the circus tent, and let her scream.
"I have important business there! I can't believe you! I don't even know you!"
Athrun uncrossed his arms and shook her right hand.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Athrun." he said calmly.
"Cagalli." she replied before blinking and glaring. "Hey! Cut it out!" she slapped his hand away.
"You wouldn't have gotten in there that way anyway." Athrun told her. She blinked.
"I suppose you could get me in then?" she gave him a skeptical look and he smiled.
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5 minutes later found Athrun and Cagalli sneaking around in the back tents of Letlights Circus and Stage. Cagalli was amazed at how easily you could just walk around the main tent to the back ones without being caught.
A yell caught their attentions. Both froze before realizing how far away it was and calming. Athrun began walking towards it, Cagalli followed. Soon, they came upon a tent far smaller than the others. A man was exiting the tent, a whip in his hand, rolled.
Before they could hide, he spotted them and quickly closed the flap that was set as the tent's door...As if afraid they would see something.
"Do you need something?" the bald man asked.
Athrun recognized him as the owner, the one Lacus had spoken too. But he seemed to not remember Athrun. Cagalli glared.
"I want to see my brother! Someone told me he was here! Now bring him to me!" she shouted angrily. Marmen focused entirely onto her.
"I don't know who told you that, but I don't think he's here." he said calmly and coldly.
"Excuse me-" Athrun was cut off by Cagalli.
"He's here! Until you show me every one here, I won't leave!" she order/threatened. Marmen glared.
Athrun took this as an advantage to sneak away and around the other side of the small tent.
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Kira, wearing underwear and an overlarge, shredded shirt, lay on the cold ground of a curtained cage. His back was to his bed and his front was to the other essentials that were in here. But it was mostly just a large cage...Fresh blood was dripping from fresh cuts on to the steel floor below him.
The yells from in front of the cage caught his attention. Dead eyes came back to life and his fingers twitched. He heard Athrun's familiar voice and began to cry.
"A...Athrun..." his throat hurt. "Athrun...it's my...She's my..." his voice was barely a breath.
The curtains in the back opened and Kira knew it was Athrun. He realized his state of being and forced his body to listen to him. He curled into a tight ball, even though it hurt, and tried to cover himself. Athrun could see the wounds, he knew it...Tears fell from his eyes again.
"Go..." he choked. "Go away...p-please...Just..." he took in a deep breath. "Go."
He heard Athrun close the curtains quickly and quietly, and he retreated within himself to cry harder.
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A hand on Cagalli's upper right arm caused the arguers to suddenly notice Athrun. His eyes seemed devoid of emotion as he began to walk away.
"Hey! We can't leave yet!" Cagalli screamed as Manson watched with cold eyes.
Athrun didn't stop until they were many blocks away. Cagalli's arm was slightly red by that point, but Athrun didn't care. Cagalli would've yelled some more, but Athrun looked so...
...scared...
He wrapped his arms around himself and backed against the alley wall. Once he hit it, Athrun slid down it slowly to the floor. Cagalli could only watch in worry.
"Are...Are you okay?" she asked nervously. Athrun shook his head dully, eyes unseeing.
"Kira...why..." he muttered. Cagalli gasped.
"You...You know my brother?" she asked in surprise, shaking him.
His head turned to her and she stopped shaking him at the pitiful look in his eyes.
"Why Kira?" he asked forcefully before he began to cry into his knees.
Cagalli's breath hitched at the action and she didn't know what to do.
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Kira gasped. Manson was beating him harshly, and it hurt. It hurt so bad. Worse than any time before. He was beaten like some deranged animal. Slowly, painfully, Kira managed to looked up at his attacker...and froze.
'Why?' he asked.
It was Athrun. Athrun stood over him with that whip.
"You deserve this." Athrun said coldly. "You worthless liar!" he yelled before continuing to whip and beat Kira.
'Why?' it was soft, but getting stronger. 'Why...Why...Why...Why...Why?'
Kira saw Athrun's smiling eyes, remembered all of the sceneries they enjoyed together. He could hear Athrun as he had said Kira's name. He remembered when Athrun had assured him that it had all been a nightmare.
"Love is...when you care so much about one person that you would even give your life to make them happy. When you want to spend the rest of your life with them, be with them, stay with them forever. Love is...the most precious thing in the world."
Kira's eyes snapped open as his mother's voice echoed in his head. A bell was going off. The little bells Athrun had given him for Christmas...It all seemed so clear!
Tears pouring from his eyes, Kira looked at Athrun attacking him again. He found the strength, and launched at the older boy. His arms wrapped around Athrun in a hug. Athrun froze and Kira kept crying.
'Say something...Say something Dammit!' he cussed for the first time in his life. His voice came out as a whispered breath.
"I-I-I...I love...you...Athrun." he managed. "I'll love you...forever...So please...p-please stop...h-hit-ting...me...Please?"
And everything faded away into white nothingness. Kira sighed as the nightmare vanished, and he began to cry.
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Cagalli sighed and turned to Lacus. Athrun was on her couch and Cagalli and her in the kitchen.
"So...You two know each other, huh?" she asked dully.
Lacus had found them in the alley when she went looking for Athrun. They'd taken Athrun to Lacus's house, as Cagalli didn't have one and it was closer than Athrun's.
"Yes. We have since we were very small." she smiled sadly. "Still...I believe that boy is who upset him."
"Hm?" Cagalli blinked in confusion.
"Why else would he cry himself to sleep, unless he was emotionally wounded?" Lacus smiled sadly again.
"Why would some boy have that effect on him?" Cagalli scoffed, arms crossed.
Lacus shed a few tears through her smile.
"Because he loves him." she said softly. Cagalli's eyes widened.
Out : -ahem- Nightmare was bolded because O.C. #1 read this and went "Did he just hug Marmen and confess his love?" So we felt we should make sure everyone knows that it was a NIGHTMARE...