Kira x Murrue fanfic - Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else!

Author's note (1): The Chosen Path by MapleRose is highly similar to how my fic starts off, however, my fic is in no way a copy, nor is it meant to be one.

Author's note (2): Also, I suppose that this fic can be considered an A/U continuation of Destiny, since, I changed the story so that Neo Roanoke's DNA does not match that of Mu La Flaga.

Three days had passed since Lunamaria Hawke had brought the Legend Gundam to the Archangel, and when she had discovered that her sister, Meyrin was onboard she decided to join the Archangel. Luna was also very quick to convince Shinn to join the Archangel as well.

Athrun had regained consciousness about an hour after Shinn, and to Athrun's surprise, when he explained that Kira was the pilot of the Freedom, Shinn willingly accepted the fact, knowing that no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't change the past.

The pilots watched out of one of the windows as the clouds started to disappear and the void of space began and after a moment of silence, Kira turned to face Shinn and asked. "Shinn, do you know why I fight like I do?"

Shinn thought about the question for a moment, then shook his head. Kira frowned slightly as he replied. "Well, think about all of the people you've killed, many have families who now hate you as well. That's why I no longer kill."

Shinn thought for a moment before he replied. "True enough, but at the same time, if you only disable your opponents, they will be more likely to simply rebuild their machines and continue to attack you."

Luna slowly floated towards the now deactivated Legend Gundam ten minutes later. The model number of that machine had always caused shivers of fear to race down her spine, and as she looked at the machine she thought. 'ZGMF-X666S Legend...Why in the world did ZAFT give this machine a model number like that anyway?'

Meanwhile, on the Minerva everyone watched in shock as they suddenly received word that, not only did they have to worry about the Requiem cannon, but that there was also a nuclear strike force which had been launched from the Moon and was heading towards the PLANTs.

At the same time, everyone the Archangel watched the news in shock. The Archangel, Kunsanagi and Eternal quickly altered their course in order to intercept the nuclear strike force since they had received word that Yzak Joule and his fleet had destroyed most of the mobile suits, which had been guarding Requiem's first relay point and were now making their way to the relay point itself in order to destroy it.

An hour later, the Archangel, Kunsanagi and Eternal approached the Earth Alliance's nuclear strike force. The two forces were getting dangerously close to the PLANTs, and immediately the three sides opened fire on each other.

Taking advantage of the confusion, the Earth Alliance ships quickly launched their Moebius units armed with nuclear missiles.

The Archangel quickly opened its hanger doors, and once they were open the Destiny, Infinite Justice, Legend, Strike Freedom, and Freedom's Destiny shot out of the ship.

The Infinite Justice and Freedom's Destiny immediately boosted towards the Eternal.

Both METEOR units were drifting nearby, open and ready. Kira carefully backed his Gundam into the METEOR unit. A few seconds later, the Freedom's Destiny Gundam shuddered slightly as it connected with the METEOR, and Kira clenched his teeth as he armed the METEOR's weapons.

Kira then glanced over to the Eternal's port side and watched as Athrun backed the Infinite Justice Gundam into the other METEOR unit.

As the Infinite Justice and Freedom's Destiny linked with the METEORs, the Moebius units approached the PLANTs and launched their nuclear missiles. Lunamaria boosted forward, quickly launching her DRAGOONs and opening fire, destroying nearly half of the missiles.

Kira and Athrun then unleashed a massive barrage of firepower from their METEORs, destroying the remaining nuclear missiles before they reached the PLANTs, while Shinn and Murrue disabled any remaining enemy mobile suits.

"When will this insanity end?" Luna asked as she floated out of the pilots' locker room onboard the Eternal. Shinn sighed as he followed Luna, floating only a few feet behind her. Shinn gently wrapped his arms around Luna, hugging her as he answered. "I don't know, but I hope it ends soon."

As Gilbert Durandal's shuttle approached, he could not help but admire the great massive structure of Messiah, looming in the distance.

It was an almost alien structure, massive and elegant, a dark, gray asteroid with three towers at the top and a single long spire stretching down off the bottom. It was studded with artificial constructs, and surrounded by three massive rings that housed the mobile fortress's intricate beam shield system.

But the main weapon, the construct that drew even Gilbert's attention, was the massive metallic dish built into the asteroid's surface, the NEO-GENESIS system. The secret weapon that the Alliance would never see coming when they inevitably tried to land the deathblow.