Freedom Samurai
New and old characters, new cities, new sorrow, and a new Hukari. But all have one goal; to kill Rau. SEQUEL TO STRIKE SAMURAI you must read Strike Samurai before reading this story. KiraxLacus AthrunxCagalli ShinnxStellar MwuxMurrue DearkaxMiriallia YzakxRaine NicolxSparrowxMeyrin AndyxAisha
Note: Super sorry for the late update, I've been real busy, and I'm hitting writer's block, hehe…
Disclaimer:
Tiffany: Hey Sam!
Me: Crap…Hey Tiffany, why are you here?
Olivia: (worried smile) Yea? And not in Russia…
Tiffany: Alex gave me your new address! Too bad she couldn't make it, I brought a gift…
Chelsea: New address? But we've always been in Sam's room, (Olivia jumps on Chelsea and covers her mouth with her hand)
Olivia: Yea, new address, (chuckles nervously)
Me: Wait, ALEX CAN'T MAKE IT? WHY?
Tiffany: Said something about going to Hawaii? Somewhere far away…But I brought fruit cake!
Me, Olivia & Chelsea: NOOOOOOOOO!
Somewhere in Hawaii
Alex: (Taking a sip of fruit punch from a coconut shaped cup) Ahh, this is the life…paid for by Sam's piggy bank, hehehe… (Reclines on a beach towel and puts on sun tan lotion)
Chapter 8 Saving the Princess (Finally XD)
Opening his ice blue eyes, Yzak looked down at his chest and his eyes bugged. The little scamp, what was her name? Kitsu, was lying on his chest, her hands were clutching the fabric of his shirt. His eyes widened and he looked around desperately for something or someone to get her off of him. He saw nothing, and sighed. "Why the heck does she want to be around me? I'm a cold hearted jerk who could really care less," he mumbled to himself.
Lacus still kneeled before the fire; she had added more wood and sprinkled a small powder over it all night to keep it going. The basin bubbled every few minutes, and her eyes looked tired from watching it and the flames all night. Not to mention she had cuts in three different places on her wrist. After Kira had fallen asleep, she had cut herself more for the potion, nearly half the potion was made from blood, and she didn't want to make just one. Chances that they'd drop or lose the first were too high. Kira began to stir, so she quickly pulled down her sleeve, and poured the contents of the basin into two flasks. Kira sat up and looked towards her kneeling form. "Lacus, did you stay up all night?" he asked a bit sadly. The girl nodded, but smiled. "It's all right Kira, I feel fine." she added and put out the fire and stood. "We better get going back to the Martius Region, before it's too late," she added and went to wake Mizu, Shinn, and Stellar.
Kira stared after her; he had seen her raw wrists, why hadn't she healed them? Lacus, you're not telling me something, he thought with concern.
Lacus nudged Mizu's shoulder and smiled as he started to wake up. "Mizu, wake up already you lazy kid," she mumbled as she poked his side. The brown haired boy rose from his sleeping position from the ground and yawning, stretched his arms. "Wow, I never thought sleeping on the bare ground could be so comfortable," he mumbled as he stood. Lacus smiled and looked over to his side, but saw Kitsu wasn't there. "Mizu, where's Kitsu?" she asked with a worried frown. The boy looked around, and panicked. "Where'd she go! She was with me last night, where could she have gone? What if she slept walked into the valley? Or ran right into the lava stream? Or-" but he stopped his worries when he looked over and saw that the silver haired assassin was desperately trying to get his sister's sleeping form off of him. "Oh, okay. Thanks for taking care of Kitsu Yzak!" he thanked the man and walked with Lacus back to Kira and where Dearka now stood.
Yzak's face fell in crushed hopes, how was he gonna get the leech off of him? But his prayers were answered when the small girl began to stir and her big white eyes opened. Looking over to Yzak, she smiled a big toothy grin, "Good morning!" and she sat up on his chest. The Joule's eyes widened in disbelieve as she just sat there. "Aren't you gonna get off?" he asked roughly, still not wanting to shove the child off now. He could hurt her or something and then Kira would be all over him like salt on a peanut. Kitsu continued to stare at him, and then his hair, and then back to him. "…I like your hair…" she concluded, and stepped off of him. The man sat up and stood, still confused with the girl's actions. Okay, that was weird…he mumbled silently and walked over to Dearka and the others.
As he closed in on them, he heard what they were saying. "So we'll leave now and head towards the Martius region. Once we get there, Dearka, I want you to come with me and Kira, Yzak, cover for us with Athrun and Cagalli. Then we'll sneak into the palace and you'll meet up with us. Then we get the cure to the Princess, and we'll be on our way," Lacus recited as though she'd been planning it all night. Dearka nodded, but surprised even Yzak when he said, "Well, after we finish this mission, I want to travel with you guys. You're helping me, so I plan on returning the favor." Lacus's eyes were wide, but she smiled, "It's fine with me if Kira thinks it'll be okay," she added; Kira was pretty much the leader of the Hukari caravan, so it'd only be right to consult with him first. Dearka smiled, but Yzak butted in, "Well if he's going to go with you, I have to come along as well!" he shouted, his ice blue eyes hard and demanding. Kira smiled, "It's fine, the larger number we have, the easier it will be to destroy Rau. Alone we fall, but united we stand." he stated in his friendly tone of voice that Lacus felt so calmed when hearing it. "So it's settled, let's go save the Princess!" Stellar shouted enthusiastically, scaring the jeepers out of everybody.
It was sunset by the time the Hukari caravan reached the outskirts of the Martius Palace. Cagalli, Athrun were going to help Yzak with distracting the guards so Dearka, Lacus and Kira could get into the palace. The archers were watching after the kids in the forest at a safe distance. Stellar grabbed her bow, an arrow hung limply in her fingers. Shinn too was positioned like this as he stood beside her. "They'll be fine, they're the Hukari after all." he reassured the girl. She turned to him and nodded hopefully.
Yzak stood behind a large rock formation with Athrun and Cagalli right beside him. He was getting ready to run out and start the distraction, when Cagalli planted her hand on his shoulder. "Hey Yzak, remember: It's a distraction. Don't kill anybody," she warned, her golden eyes blazing. The silver haired freak, I mean man, grunted. "Yea, whatever."
Kira, Lacus and Dearka were already atop the stone wall, but Kira was worried about Lacus. "Lacus, you don't have to do this," the brunette tried to reason. The girl frowned sternly at Kira. "Kira, I can do this. I'm not some weak little girl! And if you want to be difficult, that's just fine by me!" she shouted at him, starting to get sick of his over protective behavior. The lavender eyed boy widened his eyes in surprise. The girl had never shouted at him, well…except that one time back in Aprilus City…But he snapped out of his perverted thoughts to see Dearka was smirking at him. "What?" he asked as his eyes wandered back to the blue eyed girl sitting a few feet away. The blonde stretched his arms and cracked his knuckles. "Women trouble?" he asked mockingly as Kira glared at him.
The shouts and orders of guards and smoke screen bombs exploding broke the three out of their thoughts and Kira and Dearka stood quickly. Kira heard a ripping sound and turned to see Lacus ripping her pink kimono off, and securely tying the purple sash around her waist of her black dress; the Eternal tucked in close to her waist. She looked over to see Kira was staring wide eyed at her. She raised an eye brow, but said nothing as Dearka signaled to them to follow him. Kira and Lacus jumped with him down the tall stone wall, and landed easily and quietly. Kira was a bit surprised when Lacus landed as he and Dearka, better even. She tucked her legs under her body before she hit the ground and shifted her weight to her feet just right before she braced against the fall. She got up quickly and followed Dearka as he ran towards the palace.
They slipped into the palace easily and Dearka led them down the familiar halls, closer and closer the Princess's chambers. They stepped onto the small bridge like passage surrounded by the outside gardens, but the Hukari and Assassin gasped at what they saw. At least twenty armed samurai with the Jeweled Phoenix emblem on the chest plates of their armor. Lacus's hand reached to her side where she had the Eternal, unsure of how to use the weapon. Kira noticed this, and looked over the guards. "Dearka, cover Lacus and keep going. I'll take these guys." Dearka nodded and grabbed Lacus as Kira lunged at the soldiers. He pulled the girl with him past the guards and closer to the doors to the Princess's quarters. A few guards got in their way, but Kira ran up to them and held them back, "Go! And hurry," he added as he pushed to guards away and blocked them from entering the room behind him.
Dearka's eye's adjusted to the darkness in the room, and he could see two figures standing in the middle of the room. One he knew was a guard, and the other figure was the princess. This time though, she wore a blue and white kimono. He also noticed a small glint of a dagger in the guard's hand. He narrowed his eyes and pulled out his sword, then rushed towards the two people. Lacus didn't know what was going on exactly, but knew something was wrong.
The tan skinned man sent a ninja star at the guard's hand, causing him to drop the dagger as blood fell from his hand. "What?" he asked and looked up to see Dearka glaring at him. He quickly pulled out another dagger in his other hand. The girl with the long auburn hair and aqua eyes looked over to Dearka and she cried out softly, "Please, help me," she begged as Tolle held the girl in his grip, the dagger at her throat drawing a thin line of her blood. Dearka, outraged, ran at the guard, his sword unsheathed. He lunged, and flipped over him. Then spinning around, he shoved his sword into the other man's back just far enough that it didn't touch the princess. She fell from the dead man's grip, and looked up at the assassin, her eyes filled with fright, sickness, and gratitude, and then she passed out.
Lacus rushed to her side, and took out one of the vials she was keeping the cure in, and poured the liquid into the princess's mouth. Color almost immediately flowed to her cheeks and Lacus could feel the death like aura around her disappear. That's so strange, that aura felt like…a curse. But who would curse her, and why? The blue eyed girl asked herself as Kira ran into the room. "Is everything all right in here?" he asked quickly and made his way to Lacus's side. She smiled. "Yes, everything's fine," she answered with a smile.
Okay, super sorry for the super late update…hehe. But I'd like to let you know, I've typed the final chapter, so I know exactly what's gonna happen…and guess what? You're gonna have to keep reading to find out! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and also, to any certain someones, who sent some certain reviews…What if I do kill Lacus? Whatcha gonna do about it? Hmmmmm? You're powerless against me! Mwuhuhuhahahahahahaha!
And also, not many more people are coming in from the show. And whoever thinks the Eighth Hukari is gonna be Lunamaria Hawke…you are sourly mistaken. I hate that bitch for taking Shinn away from Stellar! So there, how do you like me now? (Lol)
Sam
P.S. Dou ya'll want tiny previews of upcoming chapters at the ends of chapters, or previews of the nest chapter? Just wondering because I'm bored and wanna know what you all like.
Sayonara!