Chapter 8
"Athrun!" Kira yelled grabbing his fist in mid-air. "Look at who you are about to punch."
"Yeah," Athrun said. "I'm about to punch this… bitch to shreds!"
"No you won't!" Kira said getting into SEED mode. He punched Athrun in the stomach making him fall to the ground. Then he grabbed Athrun and pushed him against the wall. Giving him the don't-you-dare-hit-or-make-my-sister-cry look. He started to strangle Athrun. Athrun couldn't breath so he begged for forgiveness and tears were coming out of his eyes while he gasped for air.
"Kira!" Lacus and Cagalli screamed, "Don't hurt him!"
These words didn't reach Kira completely but he loosened his grip a little. Athrun was running out of air too fast and blacked out. "ATHRUN!" Cagalli yelled.
Cagalli held back Kira while Lacus went to the neighbors house to get help. "That bastard is going to get what he deserves!"
Cagalli was loosing her grip on Kira. 'Where is Lacus with backup?' she thought.
Lacus finally arrived and with three boys who were all eyeing her. The boys were Shin, Rey, and Sai. They held back Kira who was still struggling. Cagalli let go of Kira and walked over to Athrun's side. He was beginning to gain consciousness.
Athrun looked around his lungs killing him. He put one hand up to his throat where Kira's hand and pressure had been. It still hurt there, but he put his hand over it. Then he felt a light and gentle hand on his.
He looked over and saw Cagalli. She was crying and smiling at him. "Oh Athrun," Cagalli whispered. "Thank goodness you are alright. I'm sorry that I caused you so much trouble."
"It's (gasp) fine," Athrun wheezed.
"Do you need more air?" Cagalli asked.
Without letting him answer she pressed her lips to his and gave him more air. His eyes opened with surprise, but eventually he closed his eyes and excepted her kiss.
"Athrun?" Cagalli whispered to him after lifting up from the kiss/CPR.
Athrun opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. His throat hurt so badly. He opened his eyes and felt as if they were going to burst. The light hurt his eyes.
Cagalli lifted his head up and placed it on her lap. "There, now get comfortable You will have to rest here for a while since Shin and the others are holding back, well more like trying, to hold back Kira. Lacus went to make tea to try and calm down the situation.
"Just close your eyes and rest! Sheesh, from what I hear from Kira is sad. You're such a busybody over school. See! Your eyes are dropping, go to sleep."
Athrun closed his eyes and fell asleep. He had a dream. There was an angel in the sky. She was very beautiful and had long and graceful wings. She was the perfect type of girl for him. He walked closer to see her face. He called out to her but to no avail. He was walking and walking that he didn't notice the gap in the ground and fell. He yelled out for help but no one heard him.
Athrun woke up to feel something stroking his forehead. "Cagalli?" he whispered.
Nobody answered. He opened an eye and saw something black and hairy stroking his eyes. "AHHHH!" he screamed jumping up and tripping over the coffee table landing face first on the floor.
Lacus walked into the room and stared at him. "Athrun! Shush! Kira and Cagalli are finally sleeping!"
"Oh sorry! I saw this big black hairy thing touch me!"
"Oh that. Hee Hee," Lacus laughed.
"What was that thing?"
"That was our cat, Momo. You really should come over more often you haven't some here for a while. Momo is a full year old already."
"Oh…"
"Hey guys…" Cagalli said walking into the room.
Athrun was so surprised with what she was wearing. She was wearing a sleeveless blouse with mini shorts. "Hey Cagalli," Athrun whispered getting up.
He walked over to her and had a sudden urge to touch her. "Athrun self-control, you are still in Kira and my house remember," Lacus reminded him.
"Oh yeah," Athrun said stroking Cagalli's hair. "That reminds me. Cagalli, you and I both have to start packing I bought those tickets for the train tomorrow. The only time for riding the train is at five in the morning to get to our destination."
"Oh… Okay," Cagalli said.
She got up and started to walk to her room. Athrun went into his and got his suitcase out. He started to pack.
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3 AM the next day…
"C'mon Cagalli, we're going to miss the train!" Athrun yelled up the stairs.
Cagalli came down the stairs in a pair of jeans, leather boots, and a tank top. She ran down the stairs and tripped on the last three. Athrun stepped forward and caught her bridal style. He propped her down on to his left side.
"Alright let's go!" she said excitement sparkling in her eyes,
"Not so fast," Kira and Lacus said.
Lacus was smiling uncomfortably. "Here I made you a basket of treats for the ride. It's cookies and some chocolates."
Kira was glaring at Athrun. "Athrun! You better not hurt Cagalli. You understand me?"
"Yes, Kira I understand you. Don't you trust me?"
"Not now I don't. After you made my sister cry like that."
"Look I apologized and I am ready to be punished again." Athrun said glaring.
"Now, guys please don't fight," Lacus said getting in-between them.
"C'mon Athrun, we wouldn't want to miss our train," Cagalli said grabbing his arm in an effort to pull him away,
Athrun wouldn't budge. She decided to push him even further. "C'mon!" she yelled angrily.
Her words didn't reach him. She decided to just try and lure him away from the house. She got in the car and waited for him. She waited 30 minutes but he still wouldn't come out. This was the end of her patience.
She walked into the house to her room where all her spare clothes were. She decided to find her secret weapon against boys. She hated it too but this was an emergency. She pulled them on and walked down the stairs,
"C'mon Athrun, sweetheart," she said walking past.
Athrun turned his head to stare at her. She was wearing a mini-mini-skirt. "A-alright," He stammered.
Cagalli walked into the passenger seat and sat down waiting. He came in and then started the engine. He took one more look at her and then started moving the car.
They finally reached the station at 4:30. "Hey there babe!" some boys said walking up to Cagalli. "You want to hang out sometime at my house?"
"No thank you and if you don't mind I have a train to catch."
"HEY! Tough girl are we? We usually get what we want so come with us!" a boy yelled grabbing her arm.
"LET GO OF ME!" Cagalli screamed.
"No you're coming with us," another said pushing her from behind.
Athrun was coming back with some food for Cagalli -since he already ate. He saw the boys pulling the resistant Cagalli toward a car. "Let go of her you jerks!" he yelled at them.
Cagalli was crying and begging for them to let go of her now. They still refused to let go of her. Then she heard Athrun's voice and turned her head. He was coming over with something. A weapon? No, it was a bag of fries.
"Why should we punk?" the leader said. "We saw her first so she's ours back off!"
"No! Because she's my girlfriend already! Isn't that right Hun?"
"Athrun, honey, boyfriend of mine please help me!" Cagalli yelled.
Athrun got very angry when he came closer and saw that Cagalli had been crying. He went into SEED mode and knocked out all the guys. He was smiling. He was so happy that Cagalli hadn't been hurt in any way. "Thank you so much Athrun!' Cagalli said giving him a peck on the cheek. "You saved me from those evil boys that were going to hurt me probably rape me!"
"Don't worry Cagalli I would never let that happen to you. Remember that."
"Thanks Athrun! You're the best guy in the world. Besides Kira of course."
She boarded the train with Athrun's arm draped around her waist. They sat down in a double seat. Cagalli was starting to get tired her head was leaning to one side. Then it fell onto Athrun's shoulder. He looked at her and smiled. He placed a kiss on her cheek and stared at the newspaper again. The train made a couple of stops. Then the announcer said, "Alright folks, next stop is to Oxford in England. We'll be there in about half an hour so get comfortable."
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Cagalli woke up to find an empty seat beside her. She looked around and saw that nobody was around. "Athrun?"
Nobody answered. She decided to walk around and look for him. She went into the station and saw a lot of students waiting. She spotted Athrun talking with a group of girls. She started to walk up to him to notify him that she was awake and ask why the hell he didn't wake her up, but something stopped her. She saw him stretch his arm out to drape it around a girl that looked like Lacus, the girl turned to him and they started to make out.
Cagalli walked away shocked by the seen. "Um hi," a guy with brown hair and light blue eyes said to her.
This guy looked a lot like Kira just with different eye color. "Hey," she said back.
"Um are you Cagalli?" the boy asked.
"Yup. Why? Who are you?"
"Oh, sorry I didn't introduce myself. I am Kai.
"And how do you know my name?"
"I'm supposed to be your guide for joining the new school."
"Oh okay. It's nice to meet you. Wait a second, is that Mirilla Haw over there?"
"Um yeah. How did you know?"
"She's an old friend of mine. HEY MIR!" Cagalli called to her.
Mirilla, "Mir", heard her and turned around. "Hey! Is that you Cagalli?" she asked giving her a big hug.
"Yeah, how have you been?"
"Great, and you?"
They started chatting and catching up. Kai just looked at them. "Who's he?" Mir asked Cagalli eyeing him with interest.
"He's my guide for now. His name is Kai. Since I'm new here. You know Athrun Zala? Does he have a girlfriend or something? 'cause I saw him making out with some girl that looked a lot like Lacus!"
"Oh no! He likes to go out with a lot of girls though. I heard that he slept with every girl in our grade except the new girls and me!"
"That's terrible!"
Cagalli turned around to look for her guide. She found him right next to her. She smiled at him. 'Wow! She is so hot! I like her smile too.'Kai thought.
"Hey! I got to go. Dearka is waiting for me outside the parking lot. Bye." Mir said.
"Oh okay. Bye!" Cagalli said.
Kaiand Cagalli walked in silence. They finally stopped in front of a black sports car.Kai opened the door for her and she got in. "Hey Cagalli!" someone said.
She got out of the car to see Athrun running towards her. She just stared at him before getting back in the car. Kai closed the door and got in the car. Athrun got to the car and called to her. She just ignored him. "Why is she mad at me?" Athrun thought.
The car started to move and it left him in the dust.
"Cagalli…" he whispered.
Hey guys! Here is the updated chapter. I edited it. Sorry before i couldn't make up whether to use Kai or Tomo. So at first I made up Tomo from Ultra Cute's guys combined. Then I used Kai since he was better known lol. So I'm sooooo sorry for confusing you all. If you would like to review again I would appreciate it. Thanks.