Who would have thought that just by watching the remastered seed can give me such inspiration!
Hope you enjoy this chapter, everyone!
"Lacus…I…I need to talk to you…really…and I want to apologize to you too...can you come to Colony Mendel? You can bring Mu-san along if you feel unsafe…so if you can meet me can you reply to me? And please keep this a secret."
It was a message from Kira to Lacus. Encrypted with a high level security code, but Kira modified Lacus's haro to have the code to open it. So when he wanted to send her a message in secret, she could be the only one to view it.
It's been half an hour already since Lacus got that message and she was still thinking about it, alone.
"Father…what should I do…" Lacus could only glare at the message. "If I go…will I be able to bring Kira back?" Lacus reminiscence back about Kira's eyes when he slapped her, it was so scary. She had never seen that side of Kira before, Kira always had kind eyes. "But…if I stay here…will I be able to solve anything?"
Lacus kept asking herself this question for a several minutes later until she decided she's going to face him. She replied the message back to Kira. Before she opened the intercom in her room and connected it to Arch Angel's bridge.
"Captain Ramius…can I talk with you in private? If possible please bring Flaga-san with you…" Murrue nodded before she left the bridge to get Mu and headed to her the captain's quarter.
"So…what is it you want to talk? Lacus-san." Murrue connected the intercom over from her quarter in Archangel to Lacus's room in Eternal.
"Well…you see…Kira sent a message to me. He said that he wanted to talk with me." Lacus said with her sad and worry face.
"And so…you want to meet him?" Lacus nodded at the Archangel's captain question. "But…it's dangerous for you to go alone. I mean Kira-kun is not himself lately and maybe it's a trap that Cruset set up."
"Well, about that…he said that if I'm scare to go alone then I should bring Flaga-san along."
"That's definitely Cruset idea…we should be extra careful." Mu said. "Maybe we should bring someone else along…just in case something happen."
"You're right…thank you. So maybe we can meet up here in 15 minutes later?"
"Sure. Then see you there, Lacus-san." With that said Murrue stop the intercom.
Lacus was alone in her room again…thinking. She just kept thinking back about the times she had spent with Kira. It was so peaceful…and happy. She had never asked for something else…but now this happened?
No…rather than blaming and just crying why. She had to act to achieve what she wanted. This will be the first time that she had so strong will after her father's death. Lacus prepared a small bag that she wanted to bring with.
A knocking sound was heard before someone spoke up. "Miss Lacus, can we go in?"
"Yes, please come in, Flaga-san." Mu came in with his pilot suit.
"Would it be okay if we're going for just the two of us? Don't worry, I won't let any harm befall you."
"Yes, that would be fine. Did you tell anyone else?" Lacus asked.
"Well…yes, just the Orb's princess and the Zala boy."
"Did they say anything?"
"They said that they're going to stay here, chances are that Zaft won't attack us again soon so that left only the Earth Alliance. And they also said…that if it's Kira. He wouldn't do anything…rash…"
"I hope so…then shall we be on our way?" Mu nodded and left the room first, Lacus looked back and grabbed her bag before leaving after Mu.
"So…what happened? Captain Ramius, I felt like it was a little intense back there. I mean Lacus's voice." Waldfeld asked Murrue since she came to Eternal with Mu. They were talking in Waldfeld office since they knew that something shouldn't talk in public.
"Kira-kun sent a message to Lacus-san."
"Really! What did he say?" Waldfeld was surprised, Kira just left Eternal not long ago and now he sent the message back to Lacus?
"He said he wanted to meet her." Murrue replied before Waldfeld began to brew the coffee.
"And she wants to go right?" Waldfeld asked.
"Yeah…maybe right now, she is leaving…I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier."
"Hey, hey, are you joking me? She's going there alone?"
"No, Mu will go with her."
"Even so…I would say that it's not safe around…Kira. I'm sorry to say it. But I don't want to be optimistic…he isn't himself lately…I wonder what happened to him before he came here." Waldfeld handed over the coffee to Murrue before they continued the conversation.
"Did you…see something on his collar? I mean it's not that noticeable but I think it's different from the one he wore before." Murrue sipped the coffee that Waldfeld just gave her.
"Sorry…I didn't see it. He just got back here and just in a blink of an eye, he's gone…"
"Yeah…I understand…" They drank the coffee again before they continued. "Still…I'm feeling pretty bad for them – Lacus-san and Kira-kun. They're just still in their teens. And now all this happen to them."
"Do you think they will ever be able to live a peaceful, normal life?" Waldfeld said with a saddened face
"I don't know…but I sure hope they will."
"Thank you, Flaga-san." Lacus said as she took the man hand down from the Strike's cockpit.
"We should be careful, I've never been here. Not even once." Mu said before he took out his gun and unlocked the safety. Every lights were turned on, giving them anxiety that someone must
They walked inside the center building that served as the lab back when it was still in use. Everything was in a total mess. Something must happened back then but there was just a few records about what happened here. They reached what looked to be like the center of the building. It had a cylinder shape, and they saw many floors above them.
"Someone's here…" Mu said then raised his gun. A bullet hit wall, separating Mu and Lacus. Then someone continued to fire a gun towards Lacus, forcing her into another room. "Are you all right, Lacus-Ojou chan!"
"Yes, I am!"
"Wait, right there! I'll go an-"
"You're not going anywhere, Mu La Flaga." A cold man voice that filled with cunning was heard before a shadow figure was seen on the higher floor.
"Cruset?" Mu pointed his gun towards the shadow figure.
"You and that Lacus-Ojou chan, have a different role here." Cruset shown himself and fired his gun at Mu.
"Flaga-" A hand covered Lacus's lip before pulling her further into the room.
"Ojou-chan!"
"Don't worry, no harm will come to her, provide that she cooperates with him."
"Him…you don't mean…"
"Lacus…" Lacus heard a kind voice then she quickly turned her face, wanting to see the voice's owner face. "Kira…I was so worry…"
Kira turned Lacus around in his arms and kissed her cheek. "I'm sorry…for what happened earlier…did it hurt?" Lacus shook her head.
"You…are alright now right?" Lacus cuddled her face into Kira's chest.
"Yeah…I am…" Kira's voice was gentle; it had changed when he was unstable.
"Then let's go back…everyone is waiting."
"No, it's the other way around Lacus. I called you out here not to go back but to take you back with me." Lacus quickly pushed herself away from Kira when she heard those words.
"What…what are you saying?"
"I want to protect you…so it would be safer if you stay with me."
"That's not what I meant! Why won't you…"
"Returning to meet everyone? If I meet them now I'll have to kill them you know?" Kira grinned. Lacus had always liked when Kira grinned because it usually shows that Kira is happy. "I don't want to kill them…I'll leave them to Cruset-san's judgment."
"What's that supposed to mean? Leave them to Major Cruset's judgment. You're not going to protect them?"
"That's easy. Cruset-san will judge whether they're suitable to keep alive or not. They're the only one that get exception. Don't you think it's great? Everyone else doesn't deserve to be judged."
"What has those people done to you, Kira! Didn't you say you hate war and like people!"
"Did you know what they had done…? If Human hadn't mess with the genetic engineering in the first place…then this war, this chain of sadness wouldn't happen."
"You don't have the right to judge people!"
"I have…because…I'm not that of normal human! I'm a monster born from artificial womb! Now…do you see what I mean? My father…Dr. Ulen Hibiki modify my genetic…to be the ultimate coordinator." Kira was filled with rage as he told Lacus his story.
"He wanted me to stand on top of everyone else and so I shall. I will stand on top of everyone else and cleanse this world of this corrupted, wicked people!"
Lacus slapped Kira's left side with her hand. "Snap out of it Kira! You father wouldn't want you to do that. He just wanted you to be happy when you can do anything you want!"
"And did I ask for that? I never ask for that! Did you know? If my mother, didn't send me away…I would have been used as a weapon for either the coordinator, for Patrick Zala, or the Blue Cosmos by now. Everyone was searching for me high and low, wanting to use me. Not as a coordinator but as a weapon."
"So that's why you want to kill them."
"What do you they think that if everyone learns of my existence? They will all want to be like me…to be better than other people and to be able to look down on others." Kira said, his eyes filled with anger.
"Everyone isn't like that! You can't just – "
"They are like that, Lacus! If they weren't, then this war wouldn't start in the first place. I'll kill every last one of them like how they killed my parents!" Kira finally shouted out his resolved, his determination.
Lacus took the gun out of her bag and pointed at Kira. "I won't let you do that. I won't let you kill people…I will stop you…even if that's mean I have to stop you by force."
"Do you have what it takes to pull the trigger?" Kira grabbed the gun and pointed at his heart. "Then fire the gun, Lacus!"
Lacus hands were shaking, her fingers trembling at the trigger. Soon tears were rolling down on her cheeks. "Kira…" Lacus fell to her knee. "Please…go back to what you used to be…"
"This is the path I have chosen…you too…have chosen a path. Goodbye…Lacus…I hope that you stay alive until the war end…if you guys don't interfere then the chance that you will survive is very high…" Kira turned his back on Lacus and walked away in the shadow of that room…leaving Lacus alone. "Cruset-san, I already finish my business…we meet outside."
"Hahaha…no one can stop this now…this world of endless desire…I will open the final door that leads Humanity to its end!" Cruset threw a smoke grenade before he disappeared under the gray smoke.
"Shit!" Mu coughed from the smoke. "Lacus Ojou-chan!" Mu ran over to the room that Lacus vanished into. Mu ran into found Lacus crying on the floor with the gun on the floor, besides her. "Is…everything alright?"
"Kira…Kira, he…completely changed…" Lacus said.
"Come…let's get you back to the ship and rest…it looks like you've been through a lot with him." Lacus nodded and before she looked up she realized something was in her bag. It was a disc and a picture. The same one that Cagali had it. "Can you walk?" Lacus nodded. She had never felt this sad and bitter.
"Are you okay, Lacus?" Cagali had waited for Lacus to return on Eternal.
"I'm all right…can you please let me be alone for a while…" Lacus returned to her room alone.
"What happened on Mendel?" Cagali asked Mu.
"I don't know…she kept quiet for the rest of the returning trip…She will cheer up soon…I guess."
Lacus switched on the light and sat on the bed. She didn't want to be alone but she couldn't bring herself to smile either. She would be making everyone sad…
"Lacus…can I come in?" Cagali asked over the intercom.
"Yes…" Cagali sat besides Lacus, hoping to help Lacus relieved her sadness and stress.
"Hey…you can told me what happened back there…it's okay to share with other people…if you carry the burden alone. Someday you will break down." Cagali said.
"It's just…it's just that I feel like somehow, it's my fault so I want to deal things alone." Lacus leaned her head to Cagali's shoulder.
"Did Kira…say something to you?" Lacus shook her head.
"Kira…Kira has completely changed…he is engulfed in bitter hatred and I don't know how to comfort him…back there, his were totally filled with determination too. He said that he's going to kill everyone."
"What drove Kira to go this far, I wonder?"
"Many things…I heard many things from him…what his reasons are. I don't know where to start…especially for you."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask you about this topic. Get some rest first, Lacus. We can talk afterward."
"Um…Cagali-san…here, please take this." Lacus handed over Cagali the picture and the disc. "I don't know what's in the disc either but I think Kira wanted me to know something that's why he gave this to me so if you could please…"
"Yeah, just leave everything to me Lacus." Cagali left Lacus to have some rest, Athrun was waiting for her outside.
"How is Lacus?"
"Not good, let's talk thing over at Kusanagi. I want Lacus to rest her mind to ease. It seems like she's been through a lot." Athrun nodded as a replied.
"So he's a clone of your father?" Murrue asked Mu. They were talking in the Archangel's quarter.
"Yeah…I didn't want to believe it but…the face under that mask. It's totally the same. And on top of that…he said he was a failed product…" Mu said clasping his fist. "He cursed this world…I kind of understand his reasons. He has no past…no future…perhaps not even an identity…"
"That's so sad…" Mu nodded at Murrue's words. "Then why is Kira-kun cooperates with him?"
"I don't know…the only thing I know right now is that he is dangerous…" Murrue let out a heavy breath. To Murrue, she was the one who pulled Kira into the world of war, pulled an innocent boy into a cycle of war, cycle of hatred.
"Stop it! That's not just a thing! It's a life!" A woman grabbed the shoulder of a man in a gown suit, tears rolling down her eyes
"Because it's a life! I will complete it! So he will have a wonderful life awaiting him!" The man replied
"How could this child have a wonderful life! Life isn't supposed to be manufacture, it's should be born naturally!"
"Because he can do everything! He will be the Ultimate Coordinator, standing on top of everyone else! How isn't that wonderful!"
"Is it really for his sake? Not for your sake?"
"It's for his sake!"
"Liar! Give him back, give my other child back to me!"
"His life is mine, half of my blood flows through his veins! And I will use the ultimate technology man had ever have to make him the Ultimate Coordinator!" The man looked into the woman eyes before he said. "Please, Via! We are already at the point of no return."
"I don't understand…I don't want to understand, Ulen!" Via ran away from the scene, leaving Ulen behind, alone.
"So…that's why Kira gave this disc to Lacus…" Cagali said.
"But this doesn't clarify anything such as why Kira is going crazy like that…" Athrun said.
"Wait…there's more…"
"I'm sorry…Via…that we have to send Kira and Cagali away." Ulen said before hugging her.
"It's okay…I understand…for the sake of the kids…" Via said while smiling.
"I never thought that…both the Blue Cosmos and the Zaft Council would going after us…after Kira…"
The files ended after that.
"What…what does it mean?" Cagali was confused, she didn't understand.
"I know…just like what my father did. They're searching for Kira because they think of Kira as a valuable weapon. Whether as a warrior or a weapon developer. Kira would be a great asset to whatever field he's going to work." Athrun said, his eyes felt with resentment
"But…Kira got angry because someone just wanted to use him?" Cagali said, saddened by the events that happened.
"Maybe Kira knows something we don't. Now that you mention it, what happened to Mr. Ulen and Mrs. Via?" Athrun said
"I don't know…but maybe Captain Ramius or Captain Waldfeld can find us a clue in the military database."
"Can you go alone? I'm worry about Lacus…maybe I'll let her on about what the disc contains." Cagali nodded.
"Okay…then take this picture with you too. Lacus also gave it to me earlier. Maybe it can hold her together until she meets Kira again." Athrun took the frame from Cagali's hand before kissing her on the cheek and walking away."
"Are you all right, Cruset-san? I saw you in a pain back there." Kira asked, standing in front of Cruset desk"
"Yeah…I never thought that Mu was that good. But don't worry, everything is going as planned. What about you? I thought that you want to bring Lacus-Ojou sama back here." Cruset asked, taking the pills and water into his mouth afterward.
"We chose different path…different beliefs. So this is the path we've chosen. None of us will back down either."
"Ho…so I hope that when the time comes, you'll be able to cut down the ties you have…"
"Don't worry about me, I know what to do."
"By the way, I've already proceed to the next step of the plans while we went to Mendel. I gave Neutron Jammer Canceller to the Earth Alliance force along with a girl. They should have received it by now."
"Things are starting to get interesting...so what's our next step?"
"We will attack Eternal as the Chairman Zala order us to destroy it."
"Umm…Cruset-san…I know it's late to ask but why did you want to go with me to talk with Mu-san?"
"I told you before right? I'm a clone of Al Da Flaga. His personality is quite…arrogant and yet he cares for his son. So I guess it was just this feeling that I can't get rid of."
"That's clear thing up…then I'll be checking Freedom's system." Kira left the room, leaving Cruset behind to rest. "Oh, and by the way. I'll be acting on my own in the battlefield." Kira went back to tell Cruset before he left for sure this time.
Cruset grinned and thought. "Hmm…I've to be careful…I don't know what he is thinking…"
"I-I'm a coordinator too." The brown haired boy said stammer.
"Is that so? But the reason you are kind is because you are you, right?" Lacus smiled. "Would you mind telling me your name?" Lacus asked, her eyes filled with joy of meeting someone kind.
"Ah, Ki-Kira desu…Kira Yamato!" Kira blushed, the girl surely knew that the boy in front of her was a kind boy the way he acted. It seemed as he was shy, reluctant but would be reliable sometimes.
"Thank you, Kira-sama!"
Lacus thought back to how she first met Kira. She began to like him since then, he was kind and shy. That's the more reason that she will changed Kira back to a kind person. The Kira now isn't him, even when she pointed her gun at him. He didn't show a bit of flinching or surprising but he just dared her to fire it.
"Lacus…" Waldfeld spoke over the intercom. "We're going to battle with the Dominion."
Lacus looked saddened and let out a heavy breath.
"Lacus…I know that you're not in the condition." Waldfeld said Lacus. "You don't have to come to the bridge…just rest assured."
"No…I'll be there in a few minutes." Lacus closed the intercom and prepared to leave for the bridge.
Lacus quickly her pace to the bridge, she wanted to know everything that's going around her life right now. She had to keep cool mind and think of something. Something to ensure that the war will end and Kira will come back to her.
Lacus rode the elevator to the bridge and quickly sat on her chair. "What about Zaft? Captain Waldfeld."
"They haven't made any movement, but we already take some pre-caution, don't worry." Waldfeld said before going back to command the Eternal.
"Commander! The Nazca ships…they're moving!" The red haired looked like in his late teen said.
"Speak of the devil…inform Captain Ramius and Kusanagi that we will go to deal with them." Waldfeld said.
The officer at CIC informed the Archangel and Kusanagi.
"We will go too. Archangel should be able to hold its own with the Dominion. Tell Lieutenant Flaga to stay with the Archangel." Kisaka said
Everyone nodded before something surprised them even more.
"Captain, it's the Freedom." Everyone bit their lips, when Kira was on their side, he was reliable. But when he turned into an enemy. He is a foe to be accounted with.
The fight soon began, with the Eternal and Kusanagi started the battle with Zaft. The Archangel and Dominion soon exchanged fires with the same type of weapon. It's up to the skill of the gunner to decide the outcome of the battle, and of course with the tactical strategy too.
"I can't destroy Dominion or anyone yet right?" Kira asked Cruset.
"Yeah, we need them to go back to the moon base safely and start the next factor that will lead to the final step of our plan." Cruset replied.
"Okay then, I'm going." Kira drove the Freedom into the battlefield, immobilizing every mobile suit in his view except the Zaft side. Should he attacked them now, it will create a problem later. Cruset watched as Kira began causing chaos in the battlefield in his Mobile Suit.
"Captain…the Freedom…it's immobilizing everyone…" Sai said.
"What's Kira-kun…thinking…" Murrue said as she watched the Freedom fired its weapons everywhere.
"Well at least…the kid still got his good side?" Mu asked.
"Maybe…but if he's going to act like that then we can leave him be. Now we have to focus our battle with the Dominion."
"Yes, sir!" Everyone said.
"Kira…" Lacus mumbling alone as she watched the Freedom destroying the M1 Astrays. "Everyone…I'm sorry…I was the one who gave him that sword…" Tears rolled down from Lacus eyes. She should have be able to stop this from happening and yet she let it happen.
Okay…I feel like I made some part of this chapter down hill. Since I spent my time in another Kira x Lacus too much. I'm sorry. I promise that the next chapter will be better.