Time had passed as the sky had turned dark with the sun gone and the moon appears with the accompany of the stars. The invasion battle of Fanoss was over as the fight ended in the invading forces' utter defeat at the hands of Kira.
The one person who commanded a single airship; the Archangel which completely defeated the invading forces and came as the victor of the war.
Currently on its way to the Holfort Kingdom, the Archangel soars in the air as it is accompanied by the Rescue airship and several Fanoss Airships that are damaged yet operational which are taken as spoils of the battle. The action is done by Kira as he is an adventurer who has the rights to do so.
In the Rescue Airship, Angelica and Olivia are found in a room which has Hertrude inside. The Fanoss Princess sits on her bed while looking gloomy and defeated.
"You will stay inside this room and under complete surveillance." Angelica spoke out as she looked at Hertrude who didn't reply at all. she sighs softly with a sad expression on her face. "But I guess…. you won't do anything else considering what just happened."
Afterwards, Angelica and Olivia leave the room as they closed the door and locked it. the two girls handing the key to a sailor who volunteered to guard the Fanoss Princess inside.
Angelica and Olivia are now walking down the hallway as they had a conversation about Hertrude.
"Angie, what will happen to her now?" Olivia asks her friend who had a mixed emotional look on her face.
"I don't know." Angelica replied. "This matter involves the breach of the peace treaty between Holfort and Fanoss, therefore her fate is decided by the kingdom's royal court." She sighs a bit. "I can think of many judgements that they will take for her country's actions. One of them being execution…..."
Olivia made a small surprised gasp before she frowns very sadly.
"isn't there…a better way?" Olivia asks.
"No, there isn't." Angelica replied, knowing that it is in her friend's kind nature to not seek blood. "We just have to pray that this won't lead to anything severe in the end."
"Yes…" Olivia replied with a nod.
The two continued walking in the hallway before they encountered Chris who came to them.
"Everyone has been settled to their rooms, their injuries given medical attention with the equipment on board this ship." Chris reported to the two. "Everyone is safe and sound."
"That is good to hear." Angelica replies while nodding. "Thank you for protecting everyone, Chris."
"The one who you should be thanking is Bartfort." Chris stated as he adjusted his glasses. "He is the one who defeated the Black Knight after all."
"Is the Black Knight really that powerful?" Olivia asks. "I mean, Kira-san defeated him, right?"
"You fail to understand just how much of a feared person the Black Knight is, Livia." Angelica told her friend as she remembers the sight of the Black Knight's Armor. "It is the truth that Kira won against him, but the Black Knight perhaps only lost due to his old age. If the battle had taken during his prime…"
"The result would've been different." Chris stated with a nod. "Even my father, the Sword Saint couldn't possibly win in such a battle." He sighs and shakes his head before looking firm. "I hate to admit it, but I have to be honest on the fact that Bartfort is the strongest and the real hero of this battle." He closes his eyes and remembers the battle between the Strike and the Black Knight's Armor before the Gundam vs Gundam fight that was insane to watch. "Not only did he defeats the legendary Black Knight, but he also defeated a very powerful foe who wields a Lost Item similar to his own. He is to be respected as a great warrior."
"Indeed." Angelica nods.
"That battle was incredibly scary." Olivia stated as she looked a bit discomforted in remembering how the two Gundams battled while ripping each other apart. "So very scary."
"We know." Angelica nods before sighing a bit and then ponders in her mind for a moment. "If that foe had defeated Kira…." She shakes her head to get rid of the thought of the rescue ship being destroyed by the Hyperion that had rescued Hertrude. "I doubt any of us would be alive now."
"Indeed..." Chris nods while readjusting his glasses once again and then looks at the two girls. "By the way, has Bartfort come aboard yet? I need to ask him on our next course of action with some prisoners we have as we return to Holfort Kingdom. Did either of you meet him already?"
"No, we haven't." Angelica replies while shaking her head. "After the battle and our journey back home, Kira has been at the Archangel ever since."
"Do you think Kira-san is hurt after that battle?" Olivia asks, worried.
"That battle wrecked the Strike very roughly…" Angelica spoke as she begins to worry on the idea that Kira may have received an injury or two during the final clash. "I just hope that he didn't receive any fatal injury…"
"Kira is fine." Hachi's voice is heard from a speaker on the wall as this surprised Angelica and the others. "He is currently recovering his strength on board the Archangel."
"Whose voice is this?! Where is it coming from!?" Chris exclaimed in surprise while trying to find whoever had spoken.
"it's Hachi." Angelica stated as she and Olivia looked at the ceiling. "it's the voice of Kira's friend who brought the Archangel and the airship we're on."
"Hachi-san, is Kira-san alright?" Olivia asks in a worried voice. "Did he got injured badly?"
"He suffered some minor abrasion around his right arm, and shoulder, but nothing fatal." Hachi reported before making a beep. "But…"
"But? But what?" Angelica asks. "Is Kira really alright?"
"Perhaps it is best to explain by bringing the two of you on board the Archangel." Hachi stated before a little copter drone came flying by the group. "Please follow this drone to the hangar of the airship. It will lead you to a small airship boat to help you get on board the Archangel."
The little drone flies away as Angelica and Olivia look at it before each other and then instantly go after it. the two girls leaving Chris behind as the turquoise haired young man was sure that this doesn't need him to be involved at all.
a few minutes later, in the Archangel's Hangar.
There is a large number of decommissioned Fanoss Empire's Armor along with their weapons, the lifeless robots are getting their parts dismantled and salvage by worker robots as this is mostly done to the ones that cannot be repaired at all.
The robots worked around the clock to work on their assignments that had been given and directed by Hachi. The computer AI surveying the works through a security camera that soon turns to an open catapult hangar where a small boat sized airship comes in and docked. The vessel carried both Angelica and Olivia on board.
"So, this is the inside of the Archangel?" Angelica asks in amazement as she and Olivia look around the large hangar.
"Welcome aboard the Archangel, Angelica-san and Olivia-san." Hachi spoke as the AI controls its little copter drone to come near the hangar with the girls following it. "Here is the hangar where all mobile suits or should I call them Armors are stored with their provided weaponry."
"t-to think that the Archangel is larger inside…" Olivia spoke as she gulped a bit because she sees how tall and large the entire hangar is.
"It truly is a Lost Item." Angelica spoke as she watches a pair of two robots drive a trailer that has the right hand of the Strike. The trailer moves straight for a base where there is the Strike Gundam that is currently undergoing full repairs of its entire frame. "The Strike…."
"it's injured badly…" Olivia said very sadly to see the state of the one robot that defeated the enemies and saved everyone on the Luxury Liner.
"It is damaged heavily, but we have spare parts to repair it." Hachi stated with its little drone coming near the two.
"I see" Angelica spoke before she looked at the little drone. "So, Hachi. Where is Kira?"
"He is currently in his room, recouping after the result of the battle." Hachi stated. "But he is in a state that would require your assistances."
"i-is Kira-san alright!?" Olivia asks in a very worried tone before she hears Tori's cry, she looks up and sees the mechanical bird flying around in the air before it comes down and perched to her right shoulder. "Tori-chan?"
"Tori~!" Tori cries out to her before it flaps its wings and flies away and starts to fly in a circle.
"Please follow Tori as he will lead the two of you to where Kira's room is located." Hachi stated as Tori flies in the circle before it flies to a nearby corridor door.
Olivia and Angelica look at the door before to each other as they were feeling worried and nervous for their friend who they haven't seen after the battle against Fanoss.
Following Tori, Angelica and Olivia walk in the corridors of the Archangel's interior.
"Tori~!" the mechanical bird cries out as it flaps its wings once before flying to a room.
"This must be Kira's room." Angelica said as she and Olivia enter and soon hears something.
"what's that noise?" Olivia asks, confused.
Angelica and Olivia enter as they find the room dimly lighted, and they hear the sound of someone just breathing very heavily.
"Kira? Kira, are you here?" Angelica spoke a bit quietly as she and Olivia steps inside the room and soon finds Kira on his bed, the young man wearing a plain blue shirt and black shorts, but he is looking very discomforted. "Kira? Kira?!"
"Kira-san! are you alright!?" Olivia cries out as she and Angelica sees Kira's face just flushing with cold sweat, his face scrunched up, his breathing very heavy, and his hands are grasping his chest like he is in pain.
"Kira! Kira!" Angelica called out Kira's name as she shook his shoulders a few times.
Within Kira's dreams, the young man sees himself floating in the midst of nothing.
"where?" Kira asks himself as he looks around before he sees Rau Le Creust appearing near him. "YOU!"
"Been a while, hasn't it?" Rau spoke with a sense of familiarity towards Kira. He chuckles with a smile "I'm glad to see that you are finally embracing what you really are, Kira Yamato-kun."
"What do you mean by that?" Kira stated in a stern tone towards the mad man responsible in nearly wiping out all of humanity with ZAFT's super weapon, the Genesis.
"Please don't play dumb." Rau replied with a chuckle. "I saw it, you know?" He tilts his head to the side while smirking. "The inhumanity of your personality to be the perfect weapon."
"What?" Kira spoke in confusion before he and Rau sees the scene of the young man speaking to Olivia and Chris after he set himself free from his prison.
'I will go and save Angie then I will take her and Livia away from this place. I'll leave you people to die as the scums you are."
Kira hears his own words from the scene as Rau laughs a bit in hearing his choice of words.
"You really become more fiercer when coming to this world, haven't you?" Rau chuckles. "Truly fitting for the Ultimate Coordinator."
"Just what are you trying to say!?" Kira exclaimed. "What purpose do you have to show me this!?"
"What other purpose than to remind you on what you really are." Rau stated with a smirk. "a murderer."
Kira gasps with his eyes widening as the scene changes to the moment of his failure to save the shuttle that was descending to earth.
"You were ready to sacrifice those nobles to save your friends. That is kind but very horrible even for you." Rau said with a smirk as Kira sees the destruction of the shuttle that exploded in flames. "Just like with that incident of the shuttle, the deaths of those people would be in your hands after all."
"No! those people! They're!" Kira exclaimed before he gasps when he is surrounded with the dead people of the shuttle who appeared like bloody zombies that frightened him. "you people are…"
"Why didn't you save us?!" "You had the power, didn't you?" "Why did I have to die?" "I didn't do anything wrong!" their voice echoes towards Kira who felt pain to hear them.
"why didn't you save us all, big brother?" the little girl from the shuttle asks Kira who looks incredibly mortified at the sight of her being like a half burned corpse who held a nearly burned paper flower. "Why didn't you save us?"
"it's because he didn't want to." A very familiar voice is heard in the midst as Kira's eyes widen even more while he slowly turns to see the appearance of Flay Allster, his former lover. "He only wanted to save those who he wanted to save, like those two girls who are his friends."
"F-Flay…." Kira muttered out. "no…i."
"You only wanted to save those who are worth your time, right?" Flay asks with an accusing tone. "You were ready to sacrifice others just for what you want."
"No! I don't!" Kira exclaimed. "I wanted to save Livia and Angie because they are more than just my friends! They're!"
"Their lives are much more worth than the lives of others, is that it?" Flay stated in cutting off Kira. The redhead girl giving an accusing look at the ultimate coordinator. "You really are a murderer."
"No! I'm not!" Kira exclaimed as Flay started to walk towards him and the deceased bloody corpses of the shuttle did the same. "I'm! I'm!"
"Murderer." "Monster!" "Killer!" "you're a liar!" "Killer!" "Monster!" Their voices echo loudly towards Kira who felt pain to heard them just echoing in his mind repeatedly.
"No! i! i! i!" Kira screams as he cries in tears.
"KIRA!"
A loud and familiar voice is heard in Kira's mind as it just pulled him straight out of his dreams and into the real world where he snaps his eyes open, and he is now face to face with Angelica and Olivia. The young man holding his arms to the duke's daughter who held them back tight.
"A-Angie…" Kira muttered out the duke's daughter's name first before he looks at Olivia while slowly letting go of his friend's hands. "Livia...w-why are you two…?"
"You had us worried the whole time, you fool." Angelica stated as she sighs a bit while helping Kira slowly get up on his bed. "Are you alright?"
"i-I'm fine…" Kira replies as he wipes off the cold sweat on his face. "I just had…a nightmare…that's all."
"No, it's not." Angelica stated a bit sternly. "There is no nightmare that can make any person to look like they are dying in their dreams."
Kira glances at Angelica before he looks down with a sad frown.
"Kira-san, are you alright?" Olivia asks, worried. "Are you feeling hurt?"
"I-I… don't know." Kira replies as he looks at his right hand that he raised near his face. The limb trembling and shaking nonstop. "I honestly don't know if I'm fine or not."
"Is it because of that battle?" Angelica asks Kira while looking very worried. "Kira, what happened?"
"i..." Kira spoke before he frowns even more when he remembers Canard's words about the man being a failed experiment to the Ultimate Coordinator Project that his biological father started to create him. the young man feeling so guilty on the fact that dozens of innocent lives have been discarded for the sake of his creation. "I don't want to talk about it."
Angelica and Olivia look at Kira more worried as they are certain that their friend is having a panic attack of some kind that is affecting him mentally.
"Kira, please." Angelica went and gently held Kira's right hand. "Please tell us what is bothering you. We want to help."
"you've done so much for us, Kira-san." Olivia added in as she went and held Kira's left hand in a gentle grasp. "Please let us help you."
Kira looks at Angelica and then to Olivia before he looks down with a very sad frown.
"Please…just let me be." Kira replies while slowly pulling back his hands and turning to look away. "I need to be alone right now."
Angelica and Olivia frowned sadly as they were sure that Kira was just trying his best to remain strong even though he's in pain.
Both stayed for a moment to watch Kira who was lying on his bed before both walked out as they decided to follow with what he had requested but with some level of hesitancy in their movements.
Angelica and Olivia walk back into the hallways as they take slow steps before they stop when they are far from Kira's room.
"Angie…I'm worried." Olivia said to her friend who nodded, both having very worried looks on their faces. "Kira-san is forcing himself to be in pain and then…"
"This might be the same as to what had happened before…" Angelica spoke as she thought of that one moment when Kira didn't come out of the Strike after nearly crushing Jilk to death. "Kira is strong, but he is too kind. he isn't so mentality strong after everything that had just happened." She sighs while looking so sad and worried. "Why does he have to put up such a strong front?"
"What should we do, Angie? If we let Kira keep on hurting himself…" Olivia asks Angelica who started to think of a way to help Kira.
"I think we can…." Angelica spoke before she blushes a bit and turns to look at Olivia. "I know of a way…but it's going to be a bit too bold for you."
"Eh?" Olivia blinks her eyes twice as she looks confused.
Back with Kira, the young man is on his bed as he laid sideways while trying to fall back asleep but that proved to be difficult after the nightmare he had. He stirs a bit while trying to get a good position that will help him fall back asleep while having his eyes closed and his mind slowly calming down.
Kira groans a bit as he tried to not remember his nightmare but the moment he sees darkness, he could see a glimpse of it coming back.
"Lacus…. without you…i…" Kira whispers so softly as he grasped the ring on his necklace with his right hand. He silently sobs and sheds a single tear as he misses the girl who saved his life and earned his love. "Lacus…"
As Kira quietly wishes for the love and strength from his beloved, a figure or two walked in as they got near the young man's bed.
"Lacus…." Kira whispers softly before he felt the bed shift and a gentle hand holding his shoulder. "Eh?" He slowly turns and his face went red in embarrassment when he finds Angelica on the bed with him, but what made him embarrassed is the fact that the Duke's daughter is only wearing her underwear on while having her hair undone. "A-Angie!? Why are you!?"
Kira is bewildered on the sight of his friend just being barely naked without her clothes on.
As he tries to process what is going on, he soon realizes that not only Angelica but also Olivia who is standing near the bed, looking very embarrassed and nervous because she only has her underwear on.
"w-why are you two?" Kira asks in complete embarrassment.
"We…we want t-to help you s-sleep, Kira." Angelica replied with a very nervous voice. "And the b-best way to d-do that is…"
"j-just how is this any way to help me?" Kira asks in a baffled voice while slowly getting up. "Please go and put your clothes back on! This is just!"
As Kira was about to get off the bed, he was stopped by Angelica and Olivia who went and held his hands and arms.
"Please, Kira-san. please let us help you." Olivia asks in a pleading voice. "you've done so much for the both of us. You fought such a terrible battle, and you are trying to hold in the pain in your heart." She looks tearful. "Please let us help you, Kira-san."
"We understand that what we are doing is too much, but please understand that this is what we can only do at the moment." Angelica added in while gently grasping Kira's right arm. "We want to help you, Kira. We want to help in erasing the pain in your heart. So please let us help you."
Angelica and Olivia slowly got Kira to lay back down on the bed as the two girls got on each side of him.
Kira looks very embarrassed as he wasn't sure on what to do in such a situation.
After a few seconds, silent silence is now in the air as there is no sound coming from inside the room.
Kira lies on the bed with Angelica and Olivia beside him, the young man looking very uncomfortable on the whole fact that his two friends are sleeping with him while only wearing their underwear on.
Angelica hugs Kira's right arm and Olivia hugs his left arm, both girls looking embarrassed with their friend as they really wanted to help him, but their actions in the moment were really embarrassing beyond words.
Not one of them spoke a single word nor did they make a noise as they weren't sure what to do in the situation.
Kira who has his eyes stare up at the ceiling of his bunker bed, he just looks up and not at his friends as he wasn't sure if he could stare at them in the current situation.
"Kira…" Angelica whispers out her friend's name as she scoots a bit closer to him, her chest pressing against his arm and sandwiching it in between. "Kira, try to relax. You can't fall asleep if you're this tense."
"i-I don't think…I can…" Kira replies in a very nervous tone. "Not with you two like this…"
Angelica looks at Kira with a small frown before she glances at Olivia who is looking very embarrassed, nervous, and timid. The girl hasn't spoken a word after getting on the bed with the two.
'I knew that this was too much…' Angelica thought before she made a decision in her mind as she looks back at Kira. 'But he did so much for me and Livia.' Her heart started to beat faster while her cheeks slowly turn red. 'I need to do my best to repay him.'
Kira had closed his eyes and had tried his best to just fall asleep then wakes up in the next few hours as he plans to get enough rest before leaving the situation at it is, the Ultimate Coordinator plans to just sleep and forget about his situation no matter what.
"Kira..." Angelica whispers out Kira's name very gently as her voice sounded very close.
Kira took a peek at his friend and he saw that she was going on top of him while leaning her face closer to his.
"A-Angie…what are you?" Kira asks in a very nervous voice as he can feel his friend's bosoms pressing down on his chest.
Angelica didn't speak a word of a reply as she just went and pressed her chest down on Kira's own before having her face just near his own. The face of the duke's daughter is red and embarrassed but her eyes showed determination in them.
"please relax, Kira." Angelica whispers softly into Kira's right ear before she went and gently leaves a peck on his cheek.
Kira looked more tenser than before as he turned his face away from Angelica who is just giving him kisses and pecks on his face.
"A-Angie…" Olivia blushes with an incredibly red hue from seeing how her friend is so bold in her actions on their friend.
Angelica keeps on placing kisses on Kira's cheek, forehead, nose, and just centimeters near his lips. The Duke's daughter going more closer the more she gives her kisses and feeling more hotter as well.
"Kira.." Angelica whispers in a sultry like voice as she is getting very immersed in her actions, her friend on the other hand is trying his best to hold back his embarrassment. "Kira…" her actions went further as she gently licks the young man's neck up to his cheek. "Kira.."
Kira's feet squirm a bit as he is trying his best to keep his sanity still in place because Angelica is just doing so much loving action that he can barely keep himself sane.
After 3 minutes of kissing, pecking, and licking from Angelica later, Kira looks incredibly tired as his fight to keep his will strong has taxed him.
Kira breathes a bit heavily as he slowly turns to stare at Angelica who is just hovering her face near him, her body pressing against his and her breathing heavy as his own.
Olivia stayed silent and still looking very red as she can't believe herself when she saw that Angelica did such bold actions with Kira that made her incredibly bewildered.
Both Kira and Angelica started to stare into each other's eyes as they just felt hypnotized by the sight of each other's eyes.
Kira sees the beauty in Angie's red ruby eyes that are filled with love and affection while the girl sees his soft amethyst eyes that shows a kind and gentle soul within the young man's body but it is slowly being tainted by pain and sorrow.
The two kept on staring as they slowly leaned their face closer and closer while their eyes started to close.
Olivia gasps quietly as she pulls her hands up to her mouth. The girl look incredibly shocked and amazed when her eyes saw that both Kira and Angelica leaned so close to each other that their lips touched and connected into a kiss.
Angelica let out small moaning like noises as she leans more closer and closer to Kira, her hands going to his shoulders and grasping them tight while her friend's hands sneaks in and slowly held her waist and back.
Their position slowly turning with Kira being on top of Angelica who is below him now. Both still locked in their kiss that is just growing stronger and passionate by the passing second.
Angelica moans in the kiss as Kira just ravages her lips and has her tongue dance with his, her hands grasps and grips his shoulders while her feet and toes just squirms around because of how good the young man is at giving her a good kiss that is making her go crazy.
After almost 2 more minutes of kissing, Kira slowly separates from Angelica. The young man hovers while staring down at his friend who is looking breathless and satisfied at the same time, her eyes just had happiness in them, her goldenish blonde hair sprawled out, her bra nearly undone and revealing one of her bossoms because of how much movement she has been doing.
Kira and Angelica stares at each other before the young man leans down and started to give kisses around his friend's neck and getting her to moan.
Kissing and then licking, Kira returned the favor to Angelica as he goes even further than what she did with him.
Kira goes down as he leaves trails of kisses and pecks on Angelica's neck, her collarbone, her shoulder blades and then down to her breast.
Her bra undone, Angelica's well developed bossoms were revealed to Kira who gently massages them before he started to kiss and suck on them many times.
Angelica gasps and moans repeatedly from her friend's actions as Kira placed pecks and kisses on her breasts then licks and sucks her nipples before he goes deep and sucks in the inner section in between her bossoms to leave a big red hickey mark that made her moan even harder.
Not having enough of his friend, Kira went back up and started to kiss Angelica once again. Both locked in the kiss with the girl circling her arms around the young man's neck and his arms going around her waist and up to her back.
Angelica hugs Kira's neck and pulls him even closer to deepen the sweet and passionate kiss, her hands going around and combs through his soft brown air while grasping a batch whenever the kiss goes harder and stronger then goes soft and tender.
Olivia just stares at the two in amazement as she couldn't help but feel very hot from seeing how they were going at it.
After 3 minutes of kissing and moaning, Kira and Angelica separated for air. Their lips parting with just a thin string of saliva connecting them before breaking when the two got too far from each other.
Kira and Angelica are out of breath as they breathe a bit heavily while flushed with sweat.
'that…was amazing…' Angelica looks at Kira with a tired yet satisfied dazed look, the young woman had experienced the forbidden pleasure and she literally becomes addicted to it. 'I know that he has someone in his heart…but for him to be this good..' her body feels a bit limp as she had lost all her energy from receiving Kira's entire touch on her. 'I feel so weak now…'
Kira looks at Angelica who is trying to recover some energy to her weakened yet satisfied state, the young man still energetic but he knows that forcing more on his friend would just lead to something he might regret.
"K-Kira-san…um…" Olivia called out very quietly and shyly as Kira slowly turns his attention on his other friend who he just realized is still on the bed with him and Angelica. He looks at the short blonde haired girl who sat on the bed with a flushed red look like she was feeling embarrassed. she slowly pulls off her bra and exposes her breasts before shyly reaching out her hands towards her male friend. "i…too.."
Kira looks at Olivia for a moment as he processes what she was saying before he fully turns his attention on her.
Getting her to lay down on the bed, Kira started to repeat everything he had done on Angelica to Olivia who whimpers in pure bashfulness before the voice of her moaning followed a minute later.
Angelica watches the scene from her side as she sees how Kira gives gentle yet quick kisses around Olivia's shoulders and then down to her breasts that makes the shy girl gasps and then moan hard.
The moans from Olivia echoed into the Archangel's hallways as this keeps on for who knows how long.
Left to be with the two girls, the door to Kira's room slides close on its own as it was done by Hachi.
"Boosting morality through sexual action, effective indeed." Hachi stated as the AI turns off its audio receptors on the area where Kira's room is and now just focused to the hangar where it controls a security camera that turns to look at the Strike Gundam that is being repaired. "perhaps with this, Kira's damaged morality can be repaired at a few percentage."
Some hours later, Kira awoke from a sleep as he lies on his bed and is staring at the bottom of the top bunk.
Kira looks confused and in a daze for a moment before he slowly sits up and rubs his right hand on his forehead.
"What a dream…" Kira whispers as he thought that everything that has happened was just a dream. He shakes his head for a moment before he hears some moaning from the sides of his bed. He looks and soon blushes red when he sees both Angelica and Olivia, asleep and barely naked. "wha!?"
Kira stops himself from screaming as his mind finally process on the reality of what had occurred hours ago.
'what have I done..' Kira thought about what he did with Angelica and Olivia, his face going full-on red when he remembers the things, he had done to them. He facepalms and rubs his hand on his face a few times. 'I'm such a jerk…'
Kira started to feel guilty on the way he had taken advantage of Angelica and Olivia who had given him comfort. The young man feeling the same guilt as he had done the same action to Flay, although with her; he had done something that is of a taboo.
A soft moan came from Angelica as Kira glances at her and sees how peacefully asleep she is on the bed with Olivia who turns and got a more better position to sleep.
Kira stares at the two as he couldn't help but see how beautiful the two are when they are asleep. He keeps on staring before he felt a tugging sensation on his pants, he looks down and blushes hard when he sees his junior wanting his attention by making a tent.
Not wanting to have any bad intentions with the sleeping girls, Kira quickly yet quietly gets off the bed and get out of the room.
"shower…shower….shower.." Kira hurriedly runs to the shower room as he plans to cool down his entire self from heating up.
a few minutes later, in the Archangel's hangar area.
The robots are still working on making repairs for the Strike and the Skygrasper. The Gundam having its damaged frame taken apart in order to be fixed while the airplane is being given maintenance.
Hachi is overseeing the entire hangar as the AI is making progress in the repairs.
As the AI did its work, a security camera turns towards a doorway where Kira appears. The young man looking refreshed as he had taken a cold shower and cleaned himself up while wearing a new shirt, and blue sweatpants.
Kira rubs his hair with a towel around his neck as he goes by to a control module that has information of the repairs being done to his Gundam.
"How is everything going, Hachi?" Kira asks his AI friend as he checks the systems.
"Repairs for the Skygrasper is at 89%, while the repairs for the Strike Gundam is only at 46%." Hachi reported to Kira while showing a 3D hologram image of the Strike in its damaged state. "The result of the battle against Canard Pars' Hyperion Gundam developed the need for the mobile suit to have an overhaul repair of its entire frame, and inner system."
"Can the Strike be fully repaired?" Kira asks as he checks the Gundam's main system for any error whatsoever.
"We have the needed materials and equipment at our floating island, but the Strike would need at least 4 months to have a complete repair." Hachi reported as the AI controls a little copter drone to come near Kira who checks the data on the control module before he glances to the side and to a pile of Fanoss empire's Armors that the Ultimate Coordinator took as spoils of the battle. "And another 2 months in rebuilding the lost Skygrasper unit and the Gunbarrel Pods for the Gunbarrel Striker."
Kira nods before he looks to the side and sees that the Gunbarrel Striker is being moved away on a treadmill.
"Hachi, about the Sword from the Black Knight…" Kira spoke as he turns again and looks at the large great sword that he took from the defeated black knight and had used it for the final clash against Canard Pars' Hyperion. "Can we make use of it?"
"I believe I can find a way to reuse it." Hachi replied as the AI creates a 3D image on the control module's screen, showing the schematic blueprint for a large single edged sword weapon that is named the Grand Slam. "The properties of this sword exceedingly helped in your battle against Canard Pars' Hyperion. It will prove to be a very useful weapon if there comes the need for you to battle him once again."
"let's get to work on that after we get everyone back to the Kingdom." Kira spoke with a nod before he started to make some direct adjustments on the console for the repairs of his mobile suit. "How long is our ETA to Holfort Kingdom?"
"7 hours at the best." Hachi replied. "With the load of the Fanoss Airships we are bringing with us, the Archangel is getting lagged."
"That is predictable." Kira said while checking his Gundam's damaged frame shown on the screen. He sees the damage and thought of something. "Perhaps we should think of something new…"
"Something new?" Hachi asks as Kira nods.
"Perhaps it's time we created a mobile suit or rather an Armor for a purpose of ours." Kira stated as he went and walks to the pile of decommissioned Fanoss Armors. "there's no doubt that the Strike won't last forever in battle and there might come a time when I won't be able to use it anymore."
"Are you sure, Kira?" Hachi asks as the screen on the control module lit up and shows schematic information of various Armors that the Holfort Kingdom has created over the years. "The build on both the Armor and our world's mobile suits differs from one another. If you wish to create an Armor that would be able to be used in this world, you have to built it up from scratch."
"Then I should start make plans of its schematics." Kira said as he place a hand on the head of a Fanoss' Armor. "And also, I've already learned the entire framing of a typical Holfort Kingdom's armor. The built is actually quite simple actually."
"Is that so?" Hachi asks curiously.
"Yes." Kira nods before he turns and went back to the control module. "Hachi, let's refit the base at our island as a workshop. There we can begin production of the Armor I have in mind."
"Alright, but what about the need of an expert in making the built?" Hachi replies as the AI made a confused look on the screen. "as much as building a customized Armor would sound easy, we would need an expert to pick up the right framing of its entire built."
"And finding an expert would be difficult?" Kira asks as he looks at the screen that showed photos of men speaking with a few people while looking to be selling a custom made Armor. "This is?"
"Recently, there have been reports of con artists claiming to be experts in Armor production." Hachi stated. "Their numbers are large. It would be best if we find and commission one who is highly recommended by a noble like the head of Angelica's household."
"Very well." Kira nods as he started to do some work on the control module that has its screen showing the schematics of the Strike and a mass produced Armor from Holfort Kingdom that looks similar to the one that Greg once piloted. "I believe I can make the schematics."
"Noted." Hachi replied with a beep on a screen before the AI asks. "Kira, can I ask you a question?"
"What is it?" Kira replies while doing some checkups on the schematics of the Armor on the screen.
"It is about that Canard Pars' relations to you." Hachi asks while pulling up recordings of the battle from the Archangel's point of view. "He mentions about the Ultimate Coordinator Project that occurred on the abandoned Mendel Colony. The Junk Guild once went there but we had believed it to be just an abandoned colony where we didn't venture at all."
"So, you're wondering what the project is all about, right?" Kira asks after sighing a bit. "is that it?
"Yes." Hachi replies.
Kira went silent for a moment before he sighs again and shakes his head.
"Sorry, Hachi. I don't think I can tell you." Kira replies. "not now."
Hachi was silent before the AI made a beep on the screen.
"I understand, Kira." Hachi stated. "I will wait until you are ready to speak about the project."
"thanks." Kira replies before he goes and made a direct blueprint of a new Armor that is customed by himself. "Hachi, let's pull up the schematics for various Armors that we can study and have their functions implemented for our new Armor."
"Kira, you have not fully recovered your strength after the battle against Canard Pars and his Hyperion Gundam." Hachi stated, the AI directly made the screen of the control module go black and deactivate. "We can start development of the new Armor after you have well rested and had recover your strength."
"I'm already well rested, Hachi. I don't need…" Kira spoke out as he tried to reactivate the control module, but Hachi stopped him by getting a few worker robots to pick up the young man off his feet. "What the!? Hachi?! What are you?!"
"Please return to your room and take your required rest, Kira." Hachi stated as the robots carried Kira away. "I shall continue steering the Archangel to Holfort Kingdom and also prepare the necessary schematics for the custom Armor."
"Wait! Hachi!" Kira cries out as the robots carried him out of the hangar and into the inner hallways of the Archangel, the door closing shut when he was brought out.
A few minutes later, Kira was thrown back into his room as the door was locked from outside by the worker robots that went away.
Kira groans a bit as he gets back up after the hard fall to the metal floor.
"he could've just pushed me here…" Kira said, annoyed that Hachi had the worker robots throw and lock him inside his room.
"Kira?" Angelica's voice is heard as Kira turns and quickly looks away with a blush because he remembers that his friends are in the room, and they are only wearing their last remaining underwear on.
"s-sorry! I was just!" Kira tried to make up an excuse as he looks away from Angelica and Olivia who are awoken from the little incident, the girls slowly sitting up on the bed while covering their breasts with their hands. The young man quickly scrambles around the room to pick up some clothes before trying to open the door from the inside. "I'll go outside now!"
As Kira tries to get out of the room, the nearly naked girls stop him.
"Just go back to bed and rest, Kira." Angelica said as she and Olivia started to pull Kira and then got him to lie back down to the bed with them joining him. "You still need to recover your strength after everything that happened."
"Wait! We're coming back to Holfort Kingdom!" Kira made up an excuse as he doesn't want to go back to the same state that he was with the girls. "I need to prepare and..!"
"H-Hachi-san already told us that we would be arriving back to Holfort Kingdom in a day or so." Olivia stated while shyly hugging Kira's left arm while Angelica did the same with his right side. "It hasn't been a day and we haven't been told that we have arrived or not."
"T-Then I should just…" Kira tries to get off the bed, but the girls stopped him no matter what he tried. "Please let me go! And also! You two need to wear your clothes on!"
"We won't let you go because we know you might be just spending your energy doing something tiring." Angelica stated sternly as she and Olivia got more closer to Kira and hugs him with their smooshed breasts on his chest. "You need to rest and that's final."
"B-But!" Kira tries to hold his sanity in place because he could feel their large bossoms just pressing down on him. "wha?!" he then screams in confusion because Angelica and Olivia started to pull his shirt off. "What are you two!?"
"We're barely naked and you have to be the same with us, Kira." Angelica said as she smiles while throwing away Kira's shirt and then she lies her head on his bare chest. "it's only fair."
"j-just how is this fair!?" Kira cries out as he struggles with the girls, but they keep on pushing him down no matter how hard he tries to escape.
After a few minutes, Kira lies on the bed with a defeated and tired look on his face. Angelica and Olivia winning in stopping his escape no matter what.
"Just rest, okay?" Angelica said as she and Olivia hugs Kira like he's their warm body pillow.
"a-alright…" Kira replies awkwardly as he becomes tense while trying to stay sane and calm in the situation.
The three now goes silent as they tried to fall back asleep but that proved to be difficult because of Kira's tense body.
As the silence goes on, Angelica spoke with a smile.
"You know….after having that moment with you. I think the rumors are true." Angelica giggles a bit as she leans closer to Kira and rests her head near his neck. "The rumors about you being a total Casanova are true because of how good you are at kissing."
"I-I think so too…" Olivia added in while looking red. "I-It was….really good."
"Please..kill me…" Kira silently prayed as he is embarrassed beyond words.
Some days later, upon the Holfort Academy. The students of the field trips returned safely to the kingdom after battling against the invading Fanoss Forces.
In Kira's room, the young man walks to his bed while wearing blue jeans and an opened white shirt along with a towel around his neck that he uses to dry his wet hair. Kira having to have taken a bath to refresh himself after school was over.
Kira shakes his head with the towel on his wet hair before he sighs and then sits down on his bed.
"How's progress at the factory, Hachi?" Kira asks his AI friend who is currently doing some schematics and programming on his activated Laptop. The screen shows a 3D image and a live recording of an Armor being build at their floating island. "Is there any feedback in the programming?"
"Nothing of the sort." Hachi replied while making a few beeps. "Progress of HK-01 Gladius built is going fine."
"And what of the Strike and the other's repairs?" Kira asks as he finished drying his hair and then buttons his shirt before sitting in front of his laptop that has its screen showing another live recording of his Gundam being repaired of its entire frame. "and also the Grand Slam?"
"The Strike's repairs along with the built of the new Skygrasper are progressing finely, however the making of the Grand Slam is slow." Hachi replied while showing on the screen, the worker robots working in refining and sharpening a large sword like weapon. "It would seem that the material for the weapon has been enchanted with magic, or rather cursed as to what the Master Crafstman had reported to us a few days ago."
"I see." Kira nods before he cups his chin. "perhaps we could find someone who knows how to help with the situation?"
"Perhaps.." Hachi replied while making a beeping noise. "By the way, Kira. Was it really fine to let Chris take the credit for your actions during the battle?"
After what had happened during the battle against Fanoss, the Academy and the Kingdom undertook the research of finding out about every detail on how the invasion had occurred. Kira reported everything that had occurred in the battle in detail, revealing the culprits or traitors who aided the Fanoss Dukedom to invade, the people who did their best during the battle, and even the enemy forces that he defeated. He also told the Royal Family's officials with the fact that Chris was the one who took arms first before himself, claiming that he was the true hero and not him.
"He was the one who proposed that we should've fight back during that battle." Kira replies as he leans against his seat and sighs before looking up. "It's only proper that they awarded the man who was brave and strong at that time." He closes his eyes and sigh. "that's all there is."
"I see…" Hachi replied. "And perhaps the same was fine when you presented the Fanoss Airships and Armors that you had obtained after the battle to the royal palace and Angelica's household?"
"Yeah." Kira replies with a nod before he blushes a bit when he remembers about that little incident at the Archangel when Angelica's name was mentioned. "and I also felt guilty after that time, so…"
"What?" Hachi asks as he didn't hear what Kira had last said.
"N-Nothing.." Kira replies before he adjusts himself on his seat then leans forward. "by the way, what about the development of the new Airships for the Gladius?"
"Their development is progressing rather faster than the Armors." Hachi replied as the AI didn't questioned about what did Kira had last said before. The laptop's screen soon shows another part of the factory that has robot workers making and adjusting Airships that seem modern but at the same time medieval. "Their rollout should be in a week or so."
"Good. We should start the Business later on." Kira stated.
After Kira got the idea to make a Custom made Armor fit to be used in the Holfort Kingdom, Hachi told him that he should start a business of Armor and Airship productions in order to fulfill his criteria as a high ranked noble. It's been written that high nobles must produce activities benefiting the Kingdom accordingly to their abilities and status.
Kira accepted the idea as it was better than going into constant battles against Sky Pirates, other countries, or anything that has conflict in them.
"Roger." Hachi stated. "But how do we start the circulation of our business?"
Kira thought about it for a moment before he nods with a smile when he got an idea.
At a local pub in the city, the place is the regular pub where the male students would gather from time to time after school.
Kira is present at the bar as he sat alone while drinking a glass of apple juice before he turns and smiles then waves his hand when he sees Raymond and Daniel coming to meet him.
"Sorry, we're late." Raymond said as he and Daniel sat beside Kira. "We got held up with some girls ganging up on us to ask about you."
"I see." Kira said before he looks apologetic. "Sorry about their actions."
"it's fine." Daniel stated as he looks a bit sad and a bit sick at the same time. "I had always wanted to be surrounded by beautiful girls and I guess the bad experience made that crossed out of my bucket list."
"S-Sorry.." Kira apologizes again.
After everything that had happened, Kira's fame as a strong and capable adventurer got increased further as girls who are his fans and girls who want his great status are constantly after him, trying to get him by any means.
"They would constantly send me letters demanding tea parties and demanding me to marry them with harsh words…" Kira spoke with a rather tired look. "every single day I reject them, every single day they would keep on sending more." he rubs a hand to his face before sighing. "I now have a pile of them that I use to burn in my room's fireplace."
"I-I guess your position is worse than we thought.." Raymond sweatdropped.
The three friends started to exchange some info about the things that had been going around the school. From how Kira's fame keeps on increasing after his feat in defeating the Black Knight to how there is a rumor that Chris is being accepted back into his Family after being disinherited.
"so.." Daniel said as he takes a big gulp of a drink he ordered before he and Raymond looks at Kira. "You said that you want to sell us some Airships and Armors you produced?"
"Yeah." Kira said with a nod before he takes out two papers that he handed to his friend. "I'm starting to produce Armors and Airships as a way to make finances and follow the rules set by the kingdom for nobles." He points a finger out. "I'm planning this business to ensure that I could do all at the same time."
"H-Hey, aren't you selling this way too cheap!?" Raymond asks as he adjusts his glasses while reading the content of the paper that is filled with info about the Airship and Armor that Kira plans to sell. "I mean, an Airship loaded with 10 custom Armors only for 200 Dia!?"
"That's borderline price for a new suit, ain't it!?" Daniel stated as he slapped the paper with his right hand a few times. "Hey, Kira. If you sell them like this, you'll be seen as a fraud because there's no way that Airships and Armors are supposed to be this cheap!"
"Really?" Kira asks as he looks a bit confused. "But their production was rather easy and their quality is rather good."
"You need to learn on how to do business well, Kira." Raymond told his friend. "first off, the price of the Airship and Armors needs to be adjusted. You need to make this circulation with the help of a higher ranked noble who can help promote your products. Doing business with us lower ranked nobles won't help, you know?"
"I see…" Kira said as he scratches his chin while thinking about the solution. "Then…"
"Perhaps it would be better if you start the economic business with them by asking them to spread of the news first?" Hachi told Kira via his earpiece communicator. The young man listens to his friend's advice as more was given. "We could start spreading the sales of the products of our factory through them first as we begin from the lower ranked nobles like the Barons before going up to the royal family. That way we could have a strong foundation of trust from the lower nobles first."
"I see…" Kira whispers before he relays Hachi's suggestion to Raymond and Daniel.
After a few minutes of explaining, and discussion later, Kira shake hands one by one with his two friends.
"Thanks for agreeing to do business with me, guys." Kira said.
"Well, this business of yours feels alright since you're smart in Armor crafting and all." Raymond said with a smile as Daniel nods in agreement.
"You got a strong foundation to make them, so we feel assured in it." Daniel added in.
After that, Kira parted ways with Daniel and Raymond as he gave them some papers of the Armors and Airships that he produced at his island, which would then be spread out to Baron in the same position as the two friends.
Sometime later, Kira is found walking in the boy's dormitory. The young man looking a bit tired as he had just finished some other errands that mostly consists of him conversing with Hachi to get materials for their business.
"What should I do afterwards?" Kira asks himself as he tilts his head side to side, making the neck bone pop a few times from too much tension. "I finished getting the needed materials, no homework or whatsoever from class…." He started to think of anything he should be doing for the day but came out with nothing as he done all he had planned. He shrugs his shoulders and sighs. "I guess I can take the day off."
Kira continues walking in the dormitory before he was approached by a random dormitory staff.
"Kira-sama, you have a guest who had come to visit you." The staff stated in a respectful and polite voice. "your guest is awaiting your arrival in your room."
"A guest?" Kira said in confusion while the staff excuses himself and leaves.
Kira begins walking towards his room as he pushed the door knob and walks in before becoming shocked and surprised when he see who his guest is.
"Queen Mylene?" Kira muttered out as he is completely surprised when he finds the Queen of Holfort just sitting on a chair in his room. He is bewildered beyond words because he had no clue as to why she is even there in the first place.
"Baron Bartfort." Mylene spoke in greeting Kira who looks baffled beyond words.
"Queen Mylene, why are you here?" Kira asks as he wants to know her reason for being in his room.
"I apologize if I am intruding your room, Baron Bartfort." Mylene spoke as she stood up from her seat and then bowed her head to Kira for a moment then stands up straight. "but I came to have a private conversation with you."
"What do you wish to converse with me?" Kira asks as he slowly calms his surprised mind for a moment while entering the room and closing the door, knowing that this private conversation really needs to be private no matter what.
"It is about the recent conflict that had occurred a few weeks ago." Mylene replies as she refers to the invading forces from Fanoss that came and attacked the Luxury Airship that Kira and his classmates were on for their field trip.
In a passing minute, Kira and Mylene sat down by the table and across from each other. The young man prepared a cup of tea for the queen who took a sip and smiles from tasting the soothing flavor.
"Angie was right, your tea is very soothing…" Mylene whispers before she took another sip of the tea and sighs a bit then faces Kira. "now then…"
"you wish to converse with me about the battle against Fanoss Dukedom?" Kira asks and Mylene nods in reply. "what do you wish to ask about?" he waves a hand to the side while looking a bit confused. "I have already given the full report about the battle to the royal capital after the incident?"
"Actions speak louder than words. That is a quote I keep in mind during times, Baron Bartfort." Mylene spoke as she stared at Kira a bit seriously. "written reports are merely words written on pieces of paper, they only hold half of the truth."
"I see…" Kira whispers as he felt a bit tense under Mylene's gaze. "and you seek the other half of the truth from me, is that it?"
"I am the Queen of Holfort Kingdom, and it is within my duties to ensure that my land would be safe from harm." Mylene stated a bit sternly as she harden her gaze at Kira. "Baron Bartfort, you are a foreigner who had come to our land and became a successful adventurer who discovered a very powerful Lost Item, not only that you are the only person who has successfully ranked up in the noble ranks of the Kingdom while also dealing a massive blow against another Kingdom's military forces and you are the only person who have defeated the legendary Black Knight who we all have feared for years. In the eyes of many, you are to be more feared than the Fanoss Dukedom itself." She folds her hands on her lap while still hardening her gaze at the young man before her. "so I ask you, Kira Fou Bartfort or should I say, Kira Yamato. Will you speak the truth of all that had occurred during the invasion of Fanoss Dukedom with the truth?"
Kira gulped unconsciously as he tenses up even more in hearing Mylene's demanding stern voice.
"y-yes…" Kira spoke out.
Some hesitant seconds later, Kira retells the entire event of what had happened on the field trip before the Fanoss forces came and attacked them. He spared every single detail, but he kept out the parts about how he got Hachi to get the Archangel to arrive and help end the fight along with his naughty night with Angelica and Olivia.
It took Kira almost five to seven minutes to retell everything in detail to Mylene who listens to everything with rapidly changing expressions each time she hears something surprising or bewildering from the young man's story.
"afterwards, I got everyone back to Holfort Kingdom and the rest is as followed until today." Kira spoke as he finished retelling everything.
"I see…" Mylene spoke with a sad and frowning face. She took a deep breath and sigh while looking down at her lap. "to think that had occurred during the time…" she sighs once again before she looks at Kira with a sad smile. "you truly are the kindest person I have ever met."
"eh?" Kira looks confused to hear Mylene's words before he sees the queen bowing her head to him once again. "why are you?"
"as Queen of Holfort Kingdom, I deeply apologize for the horrible actions that my people have laid upon you, Kira Fou Bartfort." Mylene spoke as she raise her head and frowns sadly. "for you, the hero who battled against an entire kingdom's military forces with nothing but your own skills and wits…." She shakes her head and frowns even more. "I cannot help but think on how those who injured you, should deserve to perish in the battle.."
"I had the same thought at first, but…." Kira spoke before he frowns sadly. "but now…..i feel like I should've been the one to have perished instead."
"eh?" Mylene looks confused as she stares at Kira who looks down with the most saddest frown she has ever seen.
"The last enemy I battled against during that battle. His name is Canard Pars and…" Kira spoke out before tensing up as he clenches his hands on the part of his pants by his knees. "he's someone whose life that my father had destroyed."
"Your father?" Mylene whispers as she looks confused and a bit surprised at the same time.
"My father…is a scientist. Someone who is an expert in human biology.." Kira spoke out as he sounded very shaking. "he was a very genius scientist who meddled with life like it is an experiment. When I was still in my mother's womb, he experimented on countless infants and children for the Ultimate Coordinator Project."
"Ultimate…Coordinator?" Mylene spoke in confusion. "what is that?"
"it's a term used for a Coordinator; the name called for one faction of a nation involved in the war back at my homeland." Kira explained a bit simple to Mylene in order to get her to understand. "the war of my homeland involves the people of the Coordinator and the people of the Natural; two factions constantly in conflict because of their opposing beliefs and ideals. One believes that there are true people on top of a hierarchy while the other believes in equality. This war caused countless of deaths and trying to find hope to end it; the Coordinators sought out to my father to create the weapon to end the war." He clenched his right hand into a fist. "And that is myself."
"y-your father….made you into a weapon?" Mylene spoke out softly with a surprised look as Kira nods in reply.
"in order to create me, he had experimented on countless children with drugs and anything considered to be dangerous and immoral." Kira stated as he continued his life story. "children of a very young age, infants, and even those who are still within their mother's wombs, he sacrificed countless of innocent lives in order to create me and that Canard Pars was one of those many innocent lives." He trembles and closes his eyes tight when he remembers the nightmare he had after the battle. "every time I sleep, I always hear their screams and echoes of despair and sadness haunting me. cursing me for taking away their lives, hating me for being alive…." He clenches his fists even harder to the point his knuckles turned white. "every single night, I would always have those nightmares from time to time.."
"Kira-kun…" Mylene whispers with a sad and worried face as she had seen the young man's change of expression and her maternal instincts kicked in from the sight of seeing him slowly breaking down. "you don't need to.."
As Mylene tried to stop Kira from speaking any further, the young man just continues to tell his tale.
"They all call me a hero who helped save them, but I'm no hero. I'm just a weapon. A weapon that has no heart whatsoever." Kira spoke as he remembered how he acted after he was brutally beaten up by the students. "I wanted to abandon them after what they did to me, I only wanted to save the people who I do not dislike, I wanted to let those scum die like the trash they are." He squinted his eyes while grasping his hands tight on his knees. "I acted the same like what I am meant to be, I became the one thing I tried desperately to not become to, I became the perfect weapon that my father dreamed of making me into. I am the Ultimate Coordinator, the living breathing weapon whose main purpose in life is to kill and destroy." He clenches his eyes tight. "I'm a monster."
Kira's body shakes and trembles repeatedly as his entire self-esteem broke down from the memories of him being the weapon he is created to be.
"i…I never deserved to live…i…i…" Kira voice breaks as he slowly tears up while clenching his fists every tight before a gentle hand place itself on top of it which causes the young man to open his eyes and looks at the hand before to the owner who is Mylene. The queen of Holfort Kingdom standing near him and having a sad frown. "Queen Mylene…"
"You are not a weapon, Kira-kun. Nor are you even a Monster." Mylene spoke gently while kneeling beside his seat. "You are just a young man whose life has been tormented far enough. That is who you are."
Kira looks at Mylene before he turns and looks away.
"I heard people say those words before and they're wrong." Kira spoke with a guilt filled voice. "no matter how much denial I hear of my existence, it cannot change the fact that I am who I was made to be. A weapon." He clenches his fists once again. "that is why I plan to quit the academy when I have everything settled and done. It was a mistake to even come here in the first place, I should've stayed at the countryside and find a way to return to my homeland instead." He hardens his gaze which is filled with sadness and guilt when he remembered the last moments of the Jachin Due war when he was engulfed in the Genesis' destruction. "I should've died that day…"
SLAP!
In a blink of an eye, Kira looks surprised from a slap to his red right cheek as it was given to him by Mylene who held a hand to the side.
Kira blinks his eyes twice before he turns and looks at Mylene who seems very angry but at the same time sad.
"don't say those words!" Mylene exclaimed. "you said that you should've died? Who taught you to say those very words!? Your parents? I doubt it!" she went and grabs Kira's shoulders and stared him right in the eyes. "you listen to me well, Kira Fou Bartfort. No one is allowed to die because they want to! Do you understand!?"
"i-I do, but I'm not…" Kira spoke before he got another slap to the left cheek this time. "ugh!?"
"you're not what? a person? You are a person!" Mylene exclaimed. "no matter what you are made to be, you are a person! A living and breathing person who is a hero!" she shakes his shoulder while firming her grasp on him. "you are a person who fought in a battle to protect and save your comrades! You are a hero who fought against a foe till your last strength! You are a person who deserves mercy and love for your kindness! Don't ever say that you are not a person!"
Kira look at Mylene in surprise and bewilderment before he became more surprised when the queen pulled him into a hug.
"Q-Queen Mylene? Why are you?" Kira spoke out as Mylene just hugs him out of the blue.
"please do not ever say you are not a person, Kira-kun. You are a person, you are the kindest and the most humane person I have ever met." Mylene spoke before she separated in the hug and then strokes the young man's head like she was his own mother. "you should not quit the academy because of such guilt. You were angry at that time, you were acting on your own interest because of your anger which if proof that you are a human. I mean, what weapon would feel anger? Or even guilt? Only a person would feel such emotions."
"I just felt…" Kira looks away but Mylene made him look back at her.
"Kira-kun, you know why you could come to an academy that only accepted nobles?" Mylene asks and Kira just shakes his head slightly in replying. "it's because in my eyes, you are just a child. A child who should have never gone to war. A child like yourself should have happiness and joy with your family, making friends, and falling in love with the person you love." She smiles a bit sadly to him. "even though you call yourself a weapon, even though you feel guilty for wishing death to those who harmed you. Do you really wish to continue to have such feelings that will make you go into a path of disarray?" he caresses his head. "Kira-kun, if you quit. What would Angie and the others think? What would your friends that you have made in the academy would feel if you left?"
"They…" Kira spoke before he frowns and looks down.
"You helped those in need, you protected those who could not protect themselves, you fought to save those in need." Mylene said as she slowly kneels and faces Kira once again. "You are a hero, Kira-kun. You are a hero."
'Am I really a hero after everything I had ever done?' Kira asks himself as he remembers how many lives he had killed during the war of his world; he then remembers about how Olivia and Angelica are developing affections to him after that night on the Archangel. 'No…they should never be with me…I'm…I'm just…'
Kira's eyes tear up, but the young man quickly wipes them away a bit roughly and that made Mylene stop him.
"Kira-kun, you should not stop yourself from crying." Mylene spoke gently and a bit lovingly like a mother. "If you wish to cry, then cry. You are allowed to do so."
"i-I can't…I promise that I won't ever cry again and…" Kira spoke in a sad stutter as he felt like breaking down once again.
In hearing his response, Mylene hugs Kira once again. The Queen pulled and held him close to her chest.
"Cry as much as you wish, Kira-kun. You can cry. I can cry, anyone can cry" Mylene spoke softly. "We can cry because we're able to…"
Kira's eyes widen as his tears pours out, the young man hearing the last few words from the queen that were the exact same words that reminds him so much of Lacus who was there for him.
'Kira...'
Kira saw an image of Lacus smiling at him as this made him cry even more.
In seconds, Kira started to cry as he slowly sobs and wails on Mylene who held him close and just listened to his cries.
Days later, Kira is now in a rented tearoom as he is having tea and biscuits with Angelica, Olivia, and Clarice who were invited. The occasion was called because Earl Atlee's daughter wanted to know how the invasion of Fanoss had occurred.
Kira was hesitant to do so as he was still embarrassed on the fact that he had a night with both Angelica and Olivia on the bed, but thankfully he steeled his resolve to host the tea ceremony for them.
"Afterwards, Kira defeated that Canard Pars and his Lost Item while also causing the Fanoss' fleet to surrender." Angelica stated as she had given her side of the story of the battle between the two Ultimate Coordinators.
"First, you picked a fight with the prince and his entourage, then you picked a fight against the Offrey household, and then you picked a fight against another kingdom…" Clarice stated as she looks rather tiredly at Kira. "I don't know about others, but those things can literally point out on your behavior as a savage man, Kira-kun."
"Perhaps." Kira replies as he took a sip of his tea. "And to be correct, I was only a savage in that last battle."
"I see…" Clarice spoke before she sighs and then looks at the girls. "Still, with everything settled. I guess I can say that we are all lucky that this invasion ended peacefully."
"I hope so." Angelica nods.
As the four converses about any topic that interests them, Clarice brought up on the award ceremony for the people aboard the Luxury airship and had fought against the Fanoss forces.
"I've also heard that it was Chris who is being given credit for defeating the Black Knight." Clarice said as she looks at Kira. "I know that it was really Kira-kun here who defeated that legendary monster, but why is Chris getting the credit?"
"I wonder about that too." Olivia asks, curiously.
Everyone turns towards Kira who quietly sips his tea and sighs.
"Chris was the one who proposed the idea to fight back than myself." Kira stated while refilling his cup of tea. "I merely assisted and that's it." He picked up a few sugar blocks and dropped them into his drink then stirred the content with a spoon. "and besides, this would help me in avoiding the conflict against the Arclight household."
"That would make sense." Angelica said with an understanding nod.
"What would?" Olivia asks all confused.
"It's simple really." Clarice stated while pointing a finger up. "The Arclight Household was hostile towards Kira-kun here because he got their heir to be disinherited."
"However, since Chris was given the prestige of defeating the Black knight that matter was cancelled before long." Angelica added in before taking a sip. "With this, there won't be any more problems in between the two."
"I see.." Olivia nods in understanding before smiling. "This means that everything is peaceful now, right?"
"Somewhat." Kira replies before he sees Tori flying by and perching onto his shoulder.
There is now a momentary silence in the room as the group just drink their tea and eat their biscuits together.
'This feels more awkward than I have ever though…' Kira spoke to himself as he felt really awkward with how he is in a room and drinking tea with two girls who he had an intimate moment before. 'I should try to calm down first and then think of a way to end this tea ceremony…' he took a glance at Olivia and sees her glancing back then quickly looks away with her teacup near her lips, the girl looking embarrassed as she remembered the night. 'I guess I'm not the only one feeling awkward too.' He then glances at Angelica. He thought that she was feeling the same but when their eyes met, the girl blush while having a small smile directed at him that made him blush back and look away. 'or not..'
"What's wrong with you guys?" Clarice asks after seeing the reactions between the three. She got a little suspicious as she keens her eyes on them. "You guys are acting a bit….strange…"
"I-I don't think so.." Kira said as he tries to calm himself down to avoid the mentioning of an unwanted topic.
"Y-Yes! Speaking of strange, there's something I think everyone should know!" Olivia cries out, desperate to get rid of her bashfulness. "The thing is! There has been a strange rumor that has been going around the school for the past few days!"
"Strange rumors? What sort of strange rumors?" Angelica asks, the Duke's Daughter having a confused expression on her face.
"It's about Julius-san and the others." Olivia stated. "There's a rumor of them working on something in a storehouse."
Meanwhile, somewhere far from the Holfort Kingdom and upon a large and black airship that bears the emblem of the Fanoss Dukedom. The airship looms in the sky while surrounded by a horde of monsters that are just circling around it.
Within the airship is a throne like room where the likes of Garett, Vandel, and even Canard are present as they are meeting with a dark haired girl named Hertrauda Sera Fanoss, the Second Princess of the Fanoss Dukedom and the younger sister of Hertrude Sera Fanoss.
The three had reported the entire incident in which the invasion against Holfort Kingdom's people resulted in a total failure.
"So, the invasion plan has failed and my sister has been taken as a prisoner by the enemy." Hetraude spoke as she sat upon a throne like seat and faced the three.
"Y-Yes, Hertrauda-sama." Garett replied with a rather shamed voice that hides great frustration inside his body. "All our forces were forced to retreated by the likes of the Kingdom and by the likes of.." He clenched his fists tight like he wants to pierce his nail through the gloves. "A single boy!"
"That Kingdom's knight wasn't a boy." Vandel spoke, the old knight looking unconcerned of the situation as he merely looks stoic. "He was an honorable warrior who gave a fitting end to my career as a knight." He chuckles a bit while smiling. "And one who I can come to respect in a way."
"Y-You dare say such blasphemy!? How dare you respect a worthless knight from the Kingdom!" Garett shouted loudly as he points a finger at Vandel. "How dare you say such words! And how dare you lose to that one brat! He was just a brat! How could you not have finished him off!"
"Like you could do any better." Canard scoffs with an annoyed look on his face. "You were knocked out and attacked their ship that had your princess on it without a care." he hardens his gaze at the mustached man. "You hired me to protect a princess that you want to kill without a second thought? You think I can do my job if you do that, mustache?"
"SHUT UP~!" Garrett exclaimed angrily as he starts to point a finger at Canard while giving him an accusing look. "You were hired to protect a princess! You protect both the First princess or the Second princess that depends on who is still available! And you're hired to only protect them! No talking back whatsoever!"
"And I was hired to not listen to you." Canard growls back.
As the men were about to fight, Hertrauda claps her hands to make one loud noise and got the men's attention to her.
"Enough." Hertrauda spoke out as she looks down at the three men. "I have no time to hear your complaints, Garett. You should know shame for retreating when you should've fought till the last man" She glances at the mustached man who looks more frustrated before to Vandel. "I have no doubt that you fought the battle with your remaining strength, Vandel. Therefore I honor your actions as a knight who has been honorably defeated in battle." The old knight nodded in gratitude before the princess turn towards Canard. "and as for you."
"If you want to nag at me for losing your sister to the enemy, don't bother." Canard stated as he crosses his arms and looks pissed. "I plan to get her back after my Gundam is fixed."
"No, I wish to ask you to stay as the Fanoss Dukedom still required your services." Hertrauda spoke out as she stares at Canard. "I have no doubt that my older sister is safe but would soon require our assistance soon enough."
"And how can you be so sure of that?" Canard asks while placing a hand to his waist. "If you say that those people from Holfort are cruel, won't they just execute your sister because of you guys attacking them in the first place?"
"The Holfort Kingdom's people are cruel, but they are not cruel enough." Hertrauda stated as she turns and looks at a large frame painting of herself with Hertrude. "My Sister will remain alive as Holfort would without a doubt keep her that way because of their so called kind nature." She looks back at Canard. "When the time is right, your services to be my sister's bodyguard will be required. Until that time comes, I want you to prepare."
"For what?" Canard asks.
"for the destruction of Holfort Kingdom." Hertrauda stated with a stern look on her face.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye