Author Note:
Oh hello, welcome to chapter thirteen. Teacher's have decided to go on strike giving me time to continue writing for you guys, I give them a big cheer :D
I hope you enjoy this chapter and have fun reading it :3
Chapter Thirteen: Situations Change
Yuzuki POV
"Ah finally it's lunch. I was so close to banging my head on the table out of boredom." I smirk at Castiel who laughs at me.
"Yeah I know how you feel. Geography does get pretty boring but at least you know where everything is." He teases, walking out of the classroom.
"It's because I know where things are that it's boring. I don't get the thrill of finding some random country on a map that I never knew was there like everyone else does." I groan, putting my books away and shutting my locker door.
"Hey no complaints here. Ever since you came I've been passing every class with you with records marks." He chuckles, placing an arm around my shoulders.
"It's so nice to know I'm your personal textbook Castiel." I reply sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him. Castiel laughed and suggested we eat up on the roof, it surprised me a little since it was the first time he had invited me up there. Quickly heading towards the roof we check to make sure no one saw us and open the door. He goes around the side and pulls out a blanket and sets it on the ground.
"Because you know everyone casually keeps a blanket on the roof." I mock before he quickly pulls me down with him.
"Hey it's better than sitting on the hard ground." He retorts, pulling me into a hug. Wriggling my way out of his grip, telling him I can't eat when he has me in a bear hug. He shrugs and starts to eat his lunch, laughing at my pout.
"So... how do you think Robbie's going?" He snickers. I sigh and shake my head.
"Personally I have no idea. I more worried about him getting into trouble, the guy can be a bit of an idiot sometimes." I reply, remembering back at GALAHAD. The first time I'd met him he was so bouncy and hyperactive, like a kid on a sugar rush. I'd seen him during training, he's not a complete idiot, in fact he could be quite intelligent when he decided to use his head.
"That bad?" Castiel asks.
"Yeah, he can be smart sometimes but generally he acts first and think afterwards. It's gotten him into trouble in the past." Castiel watches me for a second then quickly drops his gaze.
"I know you don't want to tell me things but... how did you and Robbie meet?" He murmurs, bringing his focus back to me.
'I knew he was going to ask, it's only natural for him to ask. I did come out of nowhere and say he was an old friend... Maybe I should use this chance to come clean.'
Taking a deep breath, I face Castiel. Determination set in my eyes, willing myself not to back down.
"Castiel... I have to confess something to you." I begin.
"What do you mean?" He asks, a flicker of confusion in his eyes.
"I haven't been completely honest with you... I know you want to know more about me and after thinking a few things over last night, I've decided I need to tell you. You see the truth is..."
"YUZUKI!" A voice screeches out, cutting me off before I could say anymore. Smacking a palm to my forehead I curse.
'For the love of all things holy I'm gonna kill that brat.'
Castiel looks at me quizzically as I stand and head over to the fence and look down.
"What did you do this time Robbie?!" I shout to him. He looks up and waves, running into the building. Moving over to the door I unlock it and open it, Robbie appearing moments afterwards. He jumps through the door and slams it shut, panting a little. Tapping my foot to show my annoyance, he looks up and gives me a cheeky grin.
"I'm serious Robbie, what did you do this time?" I growl. He stretches a little and leans against the nearby wall.
"Uh well, how do I begin. When I was in class the other students were asking me questions. A blonde chick called Amber got up and asked if I had a girlfriend, I said no and she suggested that we go on a date... I may have insulted her by rejecting her. I sat down and started talking to another girl called Violette and blondie sent her a 'death threat'. Now she's being creepy as all hell and stalking me." He says with a shrug.
I stood there and just stared. First day of school and he already has Amber of all people as a stalker? How he manages these kinds of things was something I would never understand. Rubbing my temple, muttering how much of an idiot he was, I walked back and sat down next to Castiel. This was one thing I didn't need to get involved in.
"Oh I'm not that bad am I?" Robbie whines, looking like a kicked puppy.
"Would you mind going somewhere else to hide, Yuzuki was just about to tell me something really important." Castiel snarls.
"Aw that's not cool man. I'm sure Yuzuki can tell you another time if it's so damn important." Robbie snaps back.
"You little shit." Castiel growls back. Rolling my eyes, the two bicker for a while before I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Smacking the two of them in the head, I drag them to the side to hide.
"Yuzuki what why are you dragging us over here?" Robbie grumbles, rubbing his head since I had hit him harder.
"Just shut up, someone's coming." I hiss at him. No sooner did I say it, loud banging came from the door.
"Robbie? Robbie are you up here?!" A female voice calls out.
"Oh God no, please no not her. This chick is unbelievable, how does she always find me?" Robbie complains, Castiel snickering in the background.
"Hopes she gets you." Castiel teases, causing Robbie to glare at him.
"Oh my God Castiel's up there too?" Amber squeaks in delight.
"This shit just ain't cool." He mumbles. The sound of muffled voices and shuffling was heard.
"Charlotte, go get the key from my locker, there's no way in hell I'm letting Robbie or Castiel get away." Amber growls, both boys panicking a bit.
"She has a key? I thought I was the only one with a key." Castiel hisses. This was not something I wanted to deal with. Looking around, I found that there wasn't any place to hide where she wouldn't find us as the roof was too open.
'Damn we're cornered up here. As much as I want Robbie to suffer for interrupting me I'd rather do it myself.'
Turning around, I notice the gym roof behind us. The bell signalling the end of lunch rang, students slowly shuffling into the building leaving the school yard empty.
"Damn there's no where to go without her finding me." Robbie grumbles.
"We could always go home, she doesn't know where we live." I suggest. He looks up and sends me a questioning look.
"How are we going to do that? There's no way down." Castiel cuts in.
"We jump." I state, his eyes widen.
"Oh so you did tell him?" Robbie blurts out. I turn around and smack him in the head again, earning complaints of annoyance at my tendency to hit him when he's an idiot.
"No smartass since you decided show up." I snap at him. He mumbles an apology and moves over to the fence.
"Yuzuki I don't understand. What do you mean we jump, have you seen how high this building is?" Castiel asks, his face in utter disbelief. I grab his hand and lead him over to the fence, giving him a reassuring smile.
"You said you trust me right? I promise nothing bad will happen and when we get back to my apartment I'll explain everything to you. About what I am, what I've done and why Robbie is here." He stands there for a moment, nodding his head to show he trusts me.
Wrapping an arm around his waist, I tell him to hold on tight. He does so reluctantly, eventually calming himself.
"Let's go." I say, Robbie punching the air in excitement. Bending my knees a little, I spring up onto the fence and jump towards the gym roof. Castiel's grip became significantly tighter as we headed towards the gym. Landing, I lift Castiel up bridal style, he curses at me for holding him in such an embarrassing way. Dashing across the roof, we head towards the other side of town. Jumping from roof to roof, Robbie laughing at Castiel's petrified expression from not only the fact we were jumping across the roofs but at an inhuman speed. We stopped as we reached the edge of town, dropping down into an alleyway. I put Castiel and giggle a little as he sunk to his knees, panting hard.
"Now this is an interesting sight. I thought he could handle it." Robbie smirks, a rock is thrown at him but he quickly slaps it away with ease.
"What the fuck just happened?" Castiel gasps and I shake my head.
"Not here." Waving him off before he could say anything. Leading him out of the alley and down the street, we eventually make it back to my apartment. Unlocking the door, I open it and walk inside with Castiel and Robbie in tow. I tell Castiel to sit and get him a glass of water, handing it to him he carefully takes it, still shaken up a bit from our earlier method of travel.
"So... I'm guessing you're going to explain how you two were able to jump off a building without breaking anything and moving at the speed of a race car. Does this also have something to do with what you were going to tell me earlier?" Castiel asks apprehensively. Nodding, I move ant sit on the coffee table, looking him directly in the eye. This time I was going to tell him everything.
"I'm just going to put this bluntly Castiel. I'm a genetically enhanced soldier, created by an organisation known as GALAHAD. LEYTE and SABER were also apart of it."
"Who's LEYTE?" Castiel cuts in. I motion a hand towards Robbie and continue explaining.
"The three of us, as well as others, were created with the purpose of war, the organisation renowned for its technology from the battlefield to medical centres. As you have seen, we can do much more than the average human, with greater strength, speed and endurance, we have been working behind the scenes taking out any potential threats before they became a problem." I pause for a moment to gauge his reaction. His face was blank, empty of any expression.
"Okay, if you're so special then why are you here?" He asks skeptically.
"SABER and I got our hands on information we shouldn't have had. GALAHAD viewed us as potential threats and discreetly tried to have us terminated. When we realised this we defected, abandoned our posts. On our way here SABER died from wounds he had sustained from other GE soldiers from project CAPRI." I take a breath, pushing back the memories of SABER.
"CAPRI? What is that?" Realising Castiel would have no idea what I was talking about I elaborated.
"There were two projects that were involved in creating GE soldiers. The first was EILBOTE, from this myself and SABER were created as the original GE soldiers. The second was CAPRI, the project Robbie came from and was supposed to be an improvement to EILBOTE." He stared at me for a moment before turning his gaze towards LEYTE.
"Does this mean you were also involved with trying to kill Yuzuki?" He asks, an underlay of anger in his tone. LEYTE nodded in response, Castiel looked as if he was going to try and kill him right there.
"It was my mission, one that I obviously failed. I had never wanted to fight them but my partner DULUTH did. She had always had an issue with her." He pauses for a moment. "After that failure the organisation went into a frenzy, things had changed. We were forced to fight amongst each other to 'kill off any failures'. I didn't like it, so I left and came here but not without company." Leaning closer to Castiel, I begin to talk.
"Which brings us to our current situation. Castiel, you said something had happened that scared you, care to tell?" I ask. He sits there baffled for a moment, mouth moving but no words coming out. We sat there patiently waiting for him to answer but he remained silent. Sighing I stand up and walk to my room and then come back.
"I take it you've seen these before." I say, tossing the gun and combat knife from the dead infantryman. He looks at them, confused for a moment before suddenly paling, confirming my suspicions.
'So he did find them.'
Castiel POV
My mind was at a loss. I could barely comprehend what I was being told. Yuzuki, was an experiment? A real soldier? It was finally coming together, all those questions and doubts I had. They all made sense now. But these weapons, they can't be. They look just like the weapons of those soldiers from the other day, the ones that were murdered. Staring at them, my body and senses numb, the blood draining from my face.
"Yuzuki, these weapons... where did you get them?" I ask timidly, but already guessing the answer to it. She sits back down on the table and crosses her legs.
"From a GALAHAD agent I killed the day we went to the park." She states plainly, voice devoid of any emotion. Yuzuki did kill them, she was the one they hunting? The one they called ARCADIA? How could she do that and say that to me so easily? I couldn't believe it, I refused to believe it. But even though I didn't want to, I had to know more, I had to understand her.
"So you're ARCADIA then?" I ask her, meeting her gaze. She flinches, just barely noticeable.
"How do you know that name?" She growls, sending me a piecing gaze.
"I heard it from one of the investigators, they said the soldiers were after someone called ARCADIA." The hostility in her eyes faded, returning to that soft, yet weary look she always had. She begins to laugh a little, sadness in it.
"Yeah it was me. Only they were looking for LEYTE over there and found me instead." She chuckles quietly.
"Yuzu- I mean ARCADIA." I corrected myself. She looks at me with tired eyes. "Why... did you kill them? Did you really have to?" She nods her head a bit in response.
"Of course I had to. I wasn't about to roll over and die for them. Even if I did let them go they'd just continue to snoop around to find me. It's better I killed them there and not in the middle if town or the school if they had found me." She replied, thinking it over she did have a point. From what I could remember she was on the top of that wanted list. There was no way they would let her go so easily. As much as I hated the idea of her killing, I couldn't see any other way. At least she gave them clean deaths from what forensics said. We sat there in silence, time ticking by. No one moved or said anything, even that idiot Robbie stayed quiet. I hated the silence, for some reason this would always happen talking with Yuzuki.
"So what now?" I didn't know what we were supposed to do, I knew her secret now. Did we just pretend nothing was said or will something change?
"Well that's up to you Castiel. Both mine and LEYTE's fates are set. With GALAHAD knowing I'm here I can't guarantee they wont come after me, which could potentially put all of you in danger. I personally don't want to leave you, I have become... dependant on you. But if you don't want anything to do with me, I'm prepared to leave and you'll never have to see me again." I jumped up off the couch, anger boiling up inside off me.
"Are you fucking kidding me? What the hell makes you think I don't want anything to do with you? I said before I don't care what it was you've done in past and I sure as hell don't care about what you are!" I scream, both Yuzuki and Robbie jumping in surprise. "Sure I'm upset that you have blood on your hands but that isn't your fault. In the beginning you didn't know what else to do, GALAHAD was you home so you did whatever they told you to do. When you left you do everything you can to survive. I don't care if they decide to come after me because I don't want to lose you. I want to be with you, I always have... I don't want to lose the only thing that has ever truly made me happy." I felt so hurt, I couldn't believe that she had said she didn't want to leave me but was willing to if I had told her to. Grabbing her, I hugged her as tightly as I could.
"You're one thing I never want to let go of." I whisper to her. Slender arms wrap themselves around me, squeezing me, my shoulder becoming damp.
"Thank you, Castiel." Yuzuki whispers back, I smile and kiss her cheek, an awkward cough coming from Robbie. Smirking, I kiss Yuzuki on the lips and she grunts in surprise.
"Dude that just isn't cool nor is it fair." He whines. Yuzuki snaps away, quickly snatching the combat knife and throws it at him, just barely missing it's intended target.
"You ever think about me in that way and I'll make sure it doesn't miss next time brat." She hisses at him, Robbie edging away from the knife now stuck in the wall. I laugh at him and he whines even more about how I had Yuzuki and he didn't. Yuzuki becoming more pissed my the minute, starts to throw what ever she could find at him while giving him some colourful threats. As they continued, a thought popped into my head.
"Hey question here. Why do you keep calling him a brat? Isn't here roughly the same age as you?" I ask, puzzled as to why she was acting like his, well very violent elder.
"Hardly, this brat's only a year old." She huffs, smacking him in the head.
"Wait what? Bullshit. That's impossible." I snap back.
"No it's true." Robbie says, craning his head to meet my eyes from Yuzuki's headlock. "We were created in the lab but we never had childhoods or anything. Our bodies were grown to the state we're in now and memories and information was planted into our brain. I've only been in service for about a year. Yuzuki is pretty much grandma in GE soldier lifespan and- OW!" Rubbing his head where Yuzuki had punched him, Robbie sinks to the floor mumbling something unintelligible to Yuzuki.
"Wait why is she a grandma?" I ask baffled and confused. What did he mean? Cracking her neck, Yuzuki begins to explain.
"The average lifespan of a GE soldier is around six years. Unlike the others, I have lived for fourteen years, making me the oldest. Although we may look seventeen, we're far from it... well maybe not so much me but bonehead over there sure is." Blinking, I slowly processed what was just said. So Robbie is only one years of age and Yuzuki was fourteen.
"So that means I'm dating a kid?" I grind out, feeling extremely awkward saying it aloud.
"Well if you want to go by time then yes. Otherwise physically you're dating a seventeen year old." She says casually. How could she say that so damn casually? I was technically dating a kid and she was perfectly fine with it, not care in the world.
"You do realise how weird this is for me?" Folding my arms, I frown slightly.
"Oh so you have problem that I'm a genetic freak that kills people but you can't handle the fact I'm three years younger than you?" She taps her foot, frowning back at me.
"Okay so maybe three years isn't that bad... but I feel bad for whoever ends up with Robbie over there." I point to him and he throws a pillow at me.
"That's really mean Castiel." He pouts. I could see why Yuzuki called him a brat, he could be really childish. After Robbie pouted some more, we moved to tidy up the room again. Straightening the couches and putting pillows back to their rightful places. Just as we had finished, my phone began to ring. Checking the number, I saw Lysander's number flash on the screen. Shrugging, I answer the call.
"Lys, what's up?" I ask cheerfully, hoping he wasn't angry with me.
"Castiel, where are you right now?" He asks breathlessly.
"Me? I'm at Yuzuki's at the moment. Why, is something wrong?" Yuzuki looks at me oddly.
"Well I heard an interesting story today. Apparently Amber heard you and some new kid on the roof. When she finally managed to get up there no one was there. How the hell did you manage to get off the roof? Amber never left the door and that was the only way off." I had forgot about that, Amber would most likely be having a breakdown from having lost me and Robbie. Looking at Yuzuki, I quietly ask what I should say. She shrugs and says to say the truth as she was planning on telling everyone about her anyway.
"Ah well we jumped." I said. There was a moment of silence before a murmur of voices could be heard from the other side. Recognising the voices, I realised he was with the rest of the group.
"Castiel if this is some kind of joke I suggest you stop right now." Annoyance thick in Lys's tone.
"Lys, for once I'm not lying. We really did jump." He mumbles something to the others, gasps of disbelief sounded.
"Look if you don't believe me I'll get Yuzuki and Robbie to prove it. Where are you right now?" Hesitating for a moment, he says that everyone's at his place. Quickly saying we'll be there in a few minutes, I end the call and look back at Yuzuki, startled by her appearance.
"What the hell are you wearing?" I gasp. She was wearing a black, skin tight outfit with metal armour over the top for protection. Strapped to her back were two black katana blades, a smaller one strapped to one thigh and a sub machine gun on the other. Looking to the side, I noticed Robbie wearing a similar outfit, only he had a massive sword at least six foot long strapped to his back and two handguns on each thigh.
"Just gear from our days at GALAHAD. I assume we're going to explain things to the others so this will make it a bit more believable... and I don't like the idea of walking around at night without some sort of weapon, old habits."
"Aren't you worried about other people seeing you?" The two were walking around with swords and loaded guns, what a great way to get the cops attention. Robbie snorts and shakes his head.
"Hey, we know how to keep ourselves hidden. Don't worry about it, we'll be alright." Robbie grins, mischief and confidence dancing in his eyes. Yuzuki calls out and we head outside to a near by alleyway.
"So Castiel, where to?" She asks. Giving her Lys's address, she picks up bridal style again and jumps up onto the roof.
"You enjoy doing that don't you?" I growl. She smirks at me, knowing I hated the idea of being carried like a princess. We arrived at Lys's house in record time, way faster than my driving and I generally didn't follow the speed limits.
"Hey, let's go through the balcony window. I want to scare the crap out of them." I whisper.
"You evil little bastard." Yuzuki chuckles as she moves over to the balcony. Dropping down quietly, she swiftly picks the lock on the door and slides it open.
"Let's go get your prank." She grins.
Lysander POV
"Do you really think they jumped?" Looking over to Violette, I give her a reassuring smile.
"Personally I don't think so. Knowing Castiel he's just playing around." As much as I trust Castiel, he has pulled a few far fetched stories before, this one had to be the most insane one yet. Jumping a five story building? I know Castiel cant do that, no matter how big his ego is.
"I know but... there wasn't any other way down. Amber said that she was in front of the door the whole time." She says quietly.
"Oh come on, get real Violette. Castiel's just trying to look cool." Nathaniel cuts in. "Everyone here knows he wouldn't make it from a fall that high and even if he did he'd be in hospital, not at Yuzuki's."
"That's enough Nathaniel. While I'm well aware you're not a fan of Castiel that doesn't mean you have to be so rude to Violette." I growl, stepping in front of him. "For student council president you sure can be grumpy."
"You know I agree completely there Lys." Whirling around, my eyes lock onto a familiar red head standing next to the staircase, a smirk plastered onto his face. The rest of the group gasped in surprise, Dakota even falling off his chair much to Castiel's amusement.
"Mother fucker do not sneak up on me like that." Dakota spits, Castiel laughing at him.
"Castiel? How did you get in here? And how did you get here so fast?" I had only just called him a few minutes ago, he's never gotten here so quickly unless Yuzuki lives nearby. He calms down a little, smirk growing wider.
"Yuzuki brought me over here with Robbie. She also lock picked the balcony door, I wanted to surprise you. Personally, I think it worked." He says casually, enjoying the moment.
"Right and I'm Santa Castiel." I reply dryly.
"Look I'm not kidding. Yuzuki told me everything today and after hearing it, it kind of made sense. Yuzuki isn't like us and neither is Robbie. I know it's hard to believe but we really did jump off the school building." The room fills with murmurs, questions and doubts echoing around the room.
"Okay so if she brought you over here then where is she?" I ask, not seeing her or Robbie with him. He turns around, face scrunching up in confusion.
"She was here a minute ago." He murmurs.
"We're over here Castiel." A voice from behind calls. Turning around, two figures step out from the dark hallway, dressed in some kind of battle armour, weapons strapped to their back and thighs. She moves to the front of the room, staring everyone down, face emotionless.
"I'm going to be one hundred percent honest with you. Whether or not you believe it or not is up to you." She says, watching us. "My real name is ARCADIA, Robbie behind me is LEYTE. We are genetically enhanced soldiers on the run. GALAHAD, the organisation who created us, is out for us. The soldiers you came across the other day were agents looking for LEYTE but instead found me."
"Wait a minute, didn't one of the investigators say something about someone called ARCADIA?" Nathaniel jumps in. "If you're ARCADIA, does that mean you killed them?" He pants, shaking a little from panic.
"Yes, I did kill them. As hard as it is for you to understand because of your morals, it was either me or them. It's as simple as that." His eyes widen and takes a step back. Capucine and Melody slowly edge away from her, fear in their eyes. I found myself wondering what possessed Castiel to continue standing next to her. She had admitted to killing all those people and being an ex soldier that's being hunted down. How the hell could he be so calm about this?
"What are your plans now then? Are you just going to hide here for the rest of your life?" I was skeptical of her story, as was everyone else for that matter but I wanted to know more. I wanted to know what she plans on doing.
"Just before in the hallway I discussed a few things with LEYTE. We both know GALAHAD wont stop until we're both dead, so we've decided to hit back. We're going to destroy GALAHAD." A snort comes from Nathaniel, eyes full of disbelief.
"What you're just going to walk in and massacre everyone? I'm sure you'd be good at that huh? We've seen your handy work. What gives you the right to go against them? Sure they're out to get you but you were the ones that left." He spits and Castiel glares at him.
'What the hell is wrong with Nathaniel? Why is he being so violent?'
It puzzled me, last time I checked he had a crush on Yuzuki. Did hearing all of this cause him to hate her? If so then Nathaniel has a few issues. We all surprised, scared even to hear this but he taking it really badly, at least the others stayed quiet.
"Watch it blondie. You don't know half the shit that goes on in GALAHAD. Some of the stuff that goes on in there would scar you for life." LEYTE growls, hatred and annoyance thick in his biting words.
"We're not going to massacre everyone Nathaniel." Came a bored reply from Yuzuki. "We're just going to take out the important figures and all of their research. While admittedly we most likely will have to kill a few others, we're not going to go out of our way to kill everyone. That's just too much effort and a waste of time." That was one way to put it but now she sounds kind of lazy instead of being nice. Not that it's a bad thing, it was good to know she wasn't planning on going that far.
"On top of that ARCADIA is a legend among the GALAHAD forces. We can easily get a few to switch over when they hear it's her. Not to mention none of them really want to ever her to face her in combat. A lot of the guys said I was insane when I told them I had to hunt her down." LEYTE grins stupidly.
'Wait a minute this guy was after her too at one stage?'
She must be crazy to trust someone who tried to kill her but then again, she wasn't exactly normal.
"In the meantime we'll continue going to school as normal. I'd prefer it you didn't spread this around. Am I understood?" Agreeing to keep this a secret, Yuzuki stands up and starts to walk away. "I'll see you guys tomorrow then. LEYTE, let's go."
"Where are we going?" She turns around and smirks at him.
"We're going to do some research."
Author Note:
Chapter complete! Yay! I'll try to get you the next chapter as fast as I can so bear with me guys :P
See ya later mates :D