Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm

Phase 13 I: Punishment

Indian Ocean, Barachiel, Corridors

February 1, 71 C.E., 7:57 P.M. Local, 4:57 A.M. Orb

"Glenn damn you Jack!" Yzak screeched, looking like a manslaughter victim, seeing as he was covered in red paint from head to toe. About a meter in front, cackling like Chimamare, Jack was sprinting fast enough for the Olympics. It was an old prank. Put powdered paint in the showerhead, and then sit back and wait till the victim turns the shower on. Then laugh when he/she runs out in a towel, murder in his/her eyes. Actually, most people waited until they were alone to start laughing, but Jack was never known for common sense out of combat.

So, Jack was running through the Barachiel's corridors, followed closely by Yzak, whose towel was flapping everywhere as the ZAFT red ran after his tormentor. Seeing as there wasn't a combat alert forcing everyone to stations and/or safety, there were plenty of people he flashed. Guys looked horrified, while girls blushed and giggled a bit. Yzak didn't seem to notice, causing Jack to, of course, cackle more.

The two dashed past Liene, who stopped for a second, stunned, before shaking off his disgust and moving on. The next unwitting victim was Dearka, who, upon flashing, squealed in horror and shielded his eyes. Even this didn't stop Yzak from continuing to chase Jack, until he ran into the one obstacle he could not pass.

The door of the quarters shared by Kira and Jack, with a biometric-upgraded triple-code electronic lock and reinforced with a two-centimeter plate of titanium plating. At first, Yzak stabbed at the lock, trying to guess the codes. But, every time he jabbed at the device, an excruciating jolt of high-voltage (yet nonfatal) electricity was delivered into his system by the supremely conductive keypad. After about fifty such shocks, he relented, and sat outside the door, waiting.

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9:46 P.M. Local, 6:46 A.M. Orb

Yzak found it hard to stay conscious during his self-imposed guard, actually falling asleep for a minute, muttering various threats and promises of general bodily and psychological harm.

"Shit Yzak, who did this to you?" With a start, Yzak woke up, seeing Kira, dressed in casual clothes (bland-looking black T-shirt and jeans) standing over him, a slight look of concern and maybe a bacterium's worth of worry. Yzak stood up, causing the Orb Prince to back off slightly.

"Who did this to me? WHO DID THIS TO ME??!!! JACK DID THIS TO ME YOU IDIOT!" Kira stood there, lips twitching, before he asked.

"Powdered paint in the showerhead?"

"Yep."

"Ultra-glued towel?"

"Uh-huh."

"Ambush using a nail clipper, a squeaky toy, and several kitchen knives?"

"Ye- what? No!" Kira stood there for a moment, mulling over whether to let Yzak in or not. The he nodded to himself and knocked on the door.

"Jack? Yzak's gone you know."

"Fuck you Kira! I see him right there, thanks to that micro-camera system I installed that allows me to see everything happening in these ten meters of hallway. Incidentally, Cagalli mouth-raped Athrun about a day ago." Kira stood stock-still for a moment, before filing that interesting tidbit away for later.....analysis.

"Jack, the only reason I haven't already let Yzak into the room is because you didn't do the squeaky toy ambush. If you persist in resisting your rightful punishment, I will be forced to open this door." Both Coordinators heard some laughter then, with a bit of an insane tinge that told Kira Chimamare had a slight hand in this event.

"Good luck! I changed the passwords so that even you can't get in unless I let you Kira!"

"Yzak, I keep a supply of extra knives in a box under my bunk."

"Thanks Kira." Without further ado, Kira rapidly typed in three passcodes, opening the door to reveal a stunned Jack sitting with his personal computer on his lap.

"How!?" The prankster asked.

"For the five years that I've known you Jack, you've used the same combination of six passcodes in all your locked possessions: Death, Pestilence, War, Droid, Terminator, and Kitty." The last caused a strange look from Yzak.

"Kitty?" Kira shrugged.

"Don't ask me, it's his passcode." Yzak shrugged too, before marching into the room and closing the door behind him.

As the screams started, Kira walked down the hallway, heading towards the cafeteria. He had to talk to Athrun now. If, as Jack said, Cagalli was making the advance, then there'd be no worries. However, if Athrun had started it....well, there would still be no worries, but Kira was still concerned. Older brother instincts and all that.

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A/N: I was really, really tempted to just ignore you guys, and move on with the action. But, I decided to just do the whole "interpersonal relations" thing. Not that Yzak and Jack needed any clarification in their relationship, but I think it's still funny. Although I've been told that I have a strange sense of humor.

I've pretty much split Phase 13 into three parts, to try and drag it out a bit. In this part, I was actually tempted to title it 'Pun'ishment, but there were no puns.

On the romances and stuff, I've already used the one 'get-together' event/thing/whatever that I'm good at writing, that being the 'love-at-first-sight' shtick, for Kira/Lacus. So, I'm pretty much just dropping the Athrun/Cagalli into the spotlight out of nowhere.

G. Wagers: Yeah yeah, I'm working on it.

Nxkris: And we haven't even gotten to the third one of the little trinity of insanity yet.

Velshard: I liked Hank too. I've already got his brothers Frank, Shank, Bank, and Dick planned out for their appearances. And they're all....(pauses to look up word) Quintuplets. They may survive. Most likely not.

On a separate note, is it done yet? I've been itching to hear more since before my computer went blue.

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