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The ship was making remarkable progress, the base seemed closer but something made Kira wake up extra early one day. His life and specially his love life had become so much better than he ever remembered. Murrue was a warm, caring, loving, and tender lover. He could hardly believe than in 2 days since their first time together as lovers, he could not imagine his life without her by his side. He loved her deeply, and was mentally prepared to have all that happiness end when she heard the fact that he had kept a few secrets from her. His name, his family and his mission. He knew he needed to tell her that, but first he needed to earn the trust of the rest of the crew. If they knew who he really was, he did not believe for a second that Natarle would not use him as a mere disposable pawn. Mu seemed decent enough, and Chief Murdock had even been friendly. But in war a friend one day could become an ardent enemy the next, and he knew that if something brought out the worst in people, it was war.
Murrue saw her lover awake, and looked almost worried, if not a little frighten. "Kira, what is the matter?" She asked as she kissed him on his lips at the start of a new day. "I have a few secrets that you might need to know, but I don't trust others knowing them. Please, my love. Promise me that no matter what anyone does or asks you will not reveal it to anyone else. If you see fear in my eyes it's the fear of you not wanting anything to do with me after you hear what these secrets are." Murrue was concerned, what could be so terrible that he feared revealing it to her? No matter, she knew that her love of him was not at risk, she would always try and understand him. "Do not worry, my darling. I am yours, and you are mine. No secret could have a chance at breaking us up." Kira kissed her with as much passion as he could so early in the morning. "My name is not Kira Yamato. I am Kira Zala, son of Patrick Zala. I used an alias for my work as a mercenary to never negatively influence my family. The pilot that stole the Aegis is my brother, Athrun. Finding the G weapons was a contract that I had with ZAFT. The moment they stole them my contract was concluded." Much to Kira's surprise Murrue did not mind hearing about it. Mercenaries were not typically loyal to one side or the other. Sometimes they worked for the PLANTS and sometimes for the Earth Alliance Forces. What made her hold him close was the need to offer some sort of reassurance to Kira. This would not affect their relationship. But she had to ask. "Patrick Zala, the Defense Chairman of the supreme council?" Kira looked at her as he was held by Murrue. "The very same. I arrived on that Orb Colony aboard the ship under the command of Captain Rau La Cruze. During the time I might have been considered a part of ZAFT, but the contract is over so I am free or at least I was. Now I have a contract with you, my love. But you must know my loyalty is to you, not the Earth Alliance." Murrue started to laugh, and smiled a very seductive smile. "I would expect nothing else from my lover. So how about we get some early morning exercise and then we can take a nice shower together?"
Kira kissed her on her neck, and caressed her shoulder to her heaving bosom. "I would always welcome a chance to be one with you." The couple made love several times, and it was at some parts particularly loud. Natarle had the misfortune of having the next room next to the happy couple. She quickly made a note to ask Chief Murdock if they could have their room sound proofed. As she went to have her breakfast she could not help it, she too wanted someone to treat her with such passion. She wanted someone to inspire such feelings and charged such wonderful moments. But so far the only single male, was Mu La Flaga and he was too much of a wannabe playboy for her liking. She needed someone as serious as she was.
But as all things in war sometimes things happen to interrupt happy moments, such as a ZAFT ship appearing to blockade their course to the Artemis base. Now it made perfect sense, they had not followed then they had gone a different route and blocked their path. Kira was not very happy, no he was down right pissed. He was enjoying a very nice shower with his lover, when out of nowhere an alarm sounded making the cut their shower and their little playtime short. Murrue looked at Kira and she actually felt pity for the poor ZAFT pilots. He had a look of pure murder on his eyes. Natarle found it quite amusing to see though, she had one more thing to interrupt the happy couple. She could sound an alarm and call it a mistake. If she was not having a good love life, why should anyone else or so Natarle was thinking with a rather wicked smile on her face. "Captain would you be terribly angry with me if me and Kira went over there and killed a few dozen ZAFT pilots?" Mu asked almost joking. "Why are you even asking? Kira is already walking towards the elevator." Mu could not believe it, there he was standing in the elevator with a look of, quit wasting time and get over here!.
The Zero was first to launch and first to signal the enemy to send their mobile suits. Rau was indeed following them, a classic pincer strategy. He pretty much figured that Kira was busy fixing the Strike to even go out in it, boy was he wrong. When the Strike appeared with the launcher pack it was clear what Kira's intentions were to the enemy. He did not plan to defeat them, he planned to slaughter them. For once in his life the ZAFT captain actually considered the option of surrendering. Rau saw a video feed from the ship that blocked the Archangel and he could not believe what he was looking at. The Strike looked sort of different, he could not place his hand on what but it looked different. When Mu launched his attack at one of the ZAFT mobile suits it was clear what the strategy was going to be. Mu would corral and gather the enemy together, and Kira with his launcher would eliminate them. Sure enough Kira saw the enemy gathered close together and he fired the massive weapon. He took out 4 enemy mobile suits with a single shot, but they felt like they could relax. That weapon had a massive cool down time or so they read from the intel from the other captured mobile suits. The never actually considered that the data was outdated. The second time the Zero had lined up some more enemy, they were foolish into thinking that they had nothing to worry about, then it happened a second shot from the launcher and 4 more enemy dead. "What the hell is going on here! That launcher should have a 10 minute delay between shots, not 10 seconds. We can't fight with that firepower if he can fire so quickly. Helm set a course away from that monster. Mobile suits to ship we are retreating." The ZAFT Captain told his crew and everyone who could listen. It did not matter however, Kira was very much still angry, and he did not care as the enemy ran away from the battle. He simply waited for the mobile suits to board the ZAFT ship, and as the last mobile suit entered he aimed a direct shot to where their reactor would be. In a single shot the ZAFT ship was shot right through it's reactor, the reactor exploded and the ship was nothing more that floating junk. "Remind me never to get on your bad side, Kira." Mu told him in a joking tone, but his golden eyes made him stop joking all together. He simply went towards the Archangel while saying just one word. "Noted."
Murrue could hardly believe it 2 pilots took out a ZAFT ship with a full compliment of mobile suits. She was worried about how the Artemis officers would react from their view of the battle. He sure knew how to make an impact, and an impression. Natarle was practically signing when he saw that ship explode. Rau on the other hand was both worried and sad. Sad to see the boy he considered his baby brother kill people without any remorse, and worried that if the members of his former team found out about it, they would be driven to label him a traitor and seek revenge for their fallen comrades. The commanding officer of the Artemis base was quite happy to see that someone was able to beat the ZAFT ship, this pilot could be a very welcomed addition to the base security detail. He was sure that he could persuade him to transfer with a substantial bribe. His Executive officer a rather attractive, blond haired lady had even mentioned that if the bribe did not work she could use her charms. She had a G cup bra size, there was no surprise that she would suggest it. The pair of officers had been nicknamed Greed and Lust by the other officers under their command.
The Archangel's trouble simply did not seem to even end, if anything they keep getting worse. Murrue of course trusted in her lover, and Kira was an a very skilled pilot. Mu's fame would also help make entrance into the base a rather easy thing. He had many fans in the Earth Alliance Forces after all. But Natarle often wondered if Mu had such a large fan base, why was he still single?