Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Love ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6

There were 6 surgeons working on Lacus. They were trying desperately to retrieve the bullet and stop the bleeding. They said that the bullet had just missed her heart. Any lower and Lacus would've been gone, but the wound was still serious. Kira was watching everything from the glass walls. How the hell did this happen?

The surgeons retrieved the bullet. Everything looked fine when suddenly. Lacus fell into cardiac arrest. The surgeons were running around, trying to keep her stable.

“We're losing her doctor!” one of the surgeons said. Suddenly, Lacus' pulse dropped. What Kira saw on the life support system scared him to death. What he saw… was a straight line. Indicating Lacus was dead.

“Damn it! Get the blinds!” The lead surgeon ordered. One of the surgeons rushed over to the window and shut the blinds so no one from the hallways could see what was happening. This was a routine that the doctors of the hospital go through whenever something turns out wrong. It's used mostly when the hospital walls are glass.

Sweat dripped down Kira's face as he placed a hand on the glass wall. “…Lacus this is all my… fault” He said. “Everything's my fault…”

“…I'm sorry Lacus, please… just be alright”

Kira began to trace his thoughts back, trying to pin point where the source of his evil came from. Kira and Cagalli's mother died shortly after giving birth to them. After she died, their father looked after them for a while, until he couldn't handle the pressure anymore. For some apparent reason, his father despised Kira with all his heart. He hated how Kira looked just like his mother. As a result, Kira was constantly beaten up by his father. But Ulen Hibiki would never harm Kira as long as Cagalli was around. When Cagalli would go outside the house, Kira would always get a beating. It never made any sense to Kira; he couldn't understand what he had done.

One night Cagalli had run away from home. She couldn't handle the stress of being without a mom. All the kids at school would laugh at her when they found out she didn't have a mother. That very same night, Kira was in his room sleeping. That's when Ulen came home extremely drunk. Ulen came home and found that Cagalli wasn't there. Once he saw Cagalli was gone, he went straight for Kira. Kira was picked off from his bed while still in his sleeping form. Kira was thrown into a wall. Kira woke up in pain; he was then kicked rapidly to the ground. When Ulen asked where Cagalli was, Kira couldn't give him a reply. It was like this almost everyday, till finally, Ulen committed suicide. Kira was pretty much traumatized after that.

Kira and Cagalli were sent to a foster home. 2 different families came and took Kira and Cagalli, separating the twins. Kira and Cagalli didn't see each other till a year later when Cagalli's family moved to the same street as Kira's.

When Kira was picked up by the Yamato family, he instantly fell in love with them both. They treated Kira like he was there own flash and blood, like a real loving mother and father. Kira's mother was very gently and kind, she taught Kira how to enjoy life. She was well aware of what Kira had gone through with his biological father; she tried her best to nurture Kira and show him a life he could enjoy.

Returning back to his senses Kira began to think intensively on a certain matter that had been bugging him. Why was Siegel Clyne murdered? Something told Kira that the one that had Siegel Clyne assassinated was the same person that tried to assassinate Lacus.

 

 

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1 Year earlier

Siegel Clyne's company had been taken over by Mark about year ago when his daughter married him. Mark was in control for most of it, but Siegel still had full control, at least until Siegel died or signed it off to Mark, but Siegel had no intensions to let Mark have his company just yet.

It was on that day that Siegel discovered the horrifying truth about Mark. Mark, Mark's company… Mark's father didn't actually exist… Their identities were made up. Siegel was horrified when he discovered this…

Siegel Clyne searched long and hard a year ago to find a partner that shared the same ideals as he did. Siegel wanted to save people who were living on the streets, who were suffering. Siegel wasn't sure how it happened, but he bumped into Mark's father. Next thing Siegel realized is that this man was interested in what he was doing, he shared the same ideals as him, at least that's what Siegel thought.

There was no actual proof that Mark's name existed on papers. That's one thing that made Siegel confused. Just what in god's name was happening?

Mark and Mark's father were just alibis for their operation. Their plan was to build a biohazardous substance that would infect people and kill the population. It was an experiment that needed funding. Once they saw Siegel and his ideals they played along just so they could get their money. Their plan was going good until Siegel discovered the truth… Once Mark discovered what he knew, he had him assassinated by Rau. Siegel never had a chance to get the work out…

Lacus was practically useless to their operations, the only reason why she was still living was so that Mark could get his chance to hopefully be with her. Over the year he had developed a strong lust for the pink haired beauty. Mark tried desperately to sleep with Lacus but she would always reject him. A year later after the divorce had filed through, Mark tried going after her, but the only thing that solved was him almost raping her, and she would have been raped if Kira had not shown up. Mark was thrown into jail but he made bail by his father. After Mark had gotten out, he called Rau and had her assassinated.

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Kira waited over 30 minutes when finally one of the doctors emerged from the doors. The doctor walked straight up to Kira. Kira was scared out of his mind, he didn't know if Lacus was okay, or if she was dead. Kira immediately rushed up to the doctor.

“…How is she?”

“We retrieved the bullet, and we got her heart up and running.” The doctor said. For those few seconds Kira felt relieved. “But when we were trying to get her breathing, she slipped into a coma. I'm sorry”

Those words shocked Kira. His heart latterly dropped to the floor. Lacus was shot, she was injured, and she was now in a coma. It was Kira's fault; he was the only one to blame. If Kira didn't do what he did… then Lacus would have never left the apartment to begin with. What was he thinking, what was the reason he wanted Lacus hurt so bad? His heart that was filled with hatred for her… Kira didn't feel like that anymore, he felt hurt and scared. Lacus was so close from death… this wasn't what Kira wanted… He never wanted it to end like this.

“…How long is she going be in a coma, do you know?” Kira asked, already knowing that a coma is undermined he asked anyways.

“It could be with in the hour, or could be 2 years from now. You can't exactly determine the length of a coma” The doctor said. Kira took in a deep sigh.

“…Can I see her?” Kira asked.

“Sure” the doctor replied. “We just have to wheel her down to a room. After she's set you visit her as long as you please.”

“Thank you” Kira said. After a few moments, they wheeled a stretcher out of the surgery room and went down the hall. Kira followed that stretcher until it went into a room. Once Lacus was set in a room, they lifted her off the stretcher and put her on a bed. After that they attached some wires so they could monitor her heart consistently. After a few more routines they were done. Once the doctor's left Lacus' room, Kira walked in. Observing Lacus' body, Kira's heart began to quiver.

`…I should probably tell Cagalli' Kira thought pulling out his cell phone. Kira was about to dial when he realized that cell phones are not to be used in hospitals under any circumstances. Walking next to Lacus' bed, Kira reached out and grabbed the corded phone, dialing Cagalli's number.

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Getting startled by the loud bang on the door, Cagalli quickly rushed herself to open the door only to find Athrun. “Have you seen her yet?” Cagalli said. Athrun sighed.

“I've searched everywhere, I can't find her.” Athrun said.

“If you searched everywhere then you would have already found her. I'm going to try searching now.” Cagalli said. Athrun sighed.

“Cagalli you don't even know where to start looking, she could be anywhere.” Athrun said. Cagalli ignored Athrun's statement and put on her jacket.

“I knew Lacus was upset… if I don't find her, if she's hurt, it'll be my fault for not stopping her, I should have gone after her…” Cagalli said. Just as Cagalli was about to leave she got a call, it was Kira. Cagalli answered the phone.

“Kira did you find Lacus?” Cagalli asked.

“Where was she?”

“Kira what's wrong?”

“…Kira”

“What?

“Who did it? No… wait I'll be right there!” Cagalli said hanging up the phone. Athrun jerked his head up at Cagalli.

“Cagalli what's wrong?” Athrun asked.

“…It's Lacus. She's been shot” Those words echoed in Athrun's mind over and over again. …Lacus was shot? How is that possible… just what in the world was happening?

“…What do you mean she's shot?” Athrun asked.

“What do you think it means!” Cagalli said. Hurrying to get her things Cagalli ran out the front door followed by Athrun.

 

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Kira stood in Lacus' room. He stood by her side as she slept on the bed. Lacus was shot from a far away distance. It was definitely the work of a professional. Kira held the bullet the doctor retrieved from Lacus in a bag in the palm of his hand, he observed the bullet. It was something he had never seen before, it looked so different then the standard gun bullets.

Kira's thoughts were interrupted as a group of 7 came into the room. They were Kira's security team that he traveled with, but they weren't with Kira on his visit to Japan.

“…Andrew what are you doing here?” Kira asked. Andrew Waltfeld was Kira's head of security team; he was basically Kira's bodyguard.

“…Aren't you supposed to tell me where your going, and what in god's name happened to you're arm?” Andrew demanded. Kira sighed.

“Let's talk outside” Kira said. Once they were outside Kira had explained everything that had happened, including the incident with Lacus. Kira handed Andrew the bullet they had retrieved from Lacus' body.

“Can you tell me where this came from?” Kira asked. Taking the bullet, Andrew observed it thoroughly. His eyes widened.

“Have you seen it before?” Kira asked. Andrew nodded.

“It came from a T.C.I. M89 Sniper Rifle, very, very rare. These rifles are very hard to obtain, and there berried deep within Israel. This bullet should have killed that girl, it's a miracle she's alive.” Andrew said. Kira's eyes widened.

“What the hell is an Israel gun doing all the way over here?” Kira asked. Kira wasted no time. “Well anyways it's a good thing you guys are here. Now I'll be able to start acting. I want 3 people keeping constant surveillance on Lacus. If the ones that shot Lacus found out she is still alive, they might try killing her again.” Kira said.

“Kira what are you going to do?” Andrew asked.

“We're going to find out who did this” Kira said.

“You don't even know where to start looking”

“The one who did this is most likely the one that had Siegel Clyne assassinated over a year ago. If I trace over what Siegel Clyne was doing, I might be able to find out just exactly what he was doing that had him assassinated.” Kira said. “I bought Siegel's company not too long ago, I'm going to try and search his old office.” Kira said.

“Come on” Kira signaled. Andrew sighed, looking over at his team of 6, he pointed at 3 of them. “You 3 stay here and protect that girl, the rest of you follow me” Andrew ordered.

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Searching the deserted office of Sigel Clyne's building, Kira and Andrew were searching around, trying to see if they could find any leads. Kira and Andrew were the only ones in Siegel Clyne's old office. Unable to find anything, Andrew jerked his head up. “Kira this is pointless, he was murdered over a year ago, if there were any leads, they were probably already found and removed.”

3 of Andrew's men walked into the door. “Did you find anything?” Kira asked.

“No, sir” He replied. “We haven't found a thing.”

Silence filled the air. Kira was starting to feel frustrated. He wanted nothing more then to find the one responsible for this. Then finally Kira was blesses with an idea he felt made a lot of sense. Mark tried to have his way with Lacus… if that's the case; maybe he's the one that arranged all this. It made perfect sense to him, after all the guy tried to rape Lacus, and he was thrown into jail because of it. Mark was Kira's best guess. Kira wasted no time, standing straight up Kira headed towards the door.

“Let's go” Kira said.

“…Where are we going now?” Andrew asked.

“We're going to visit Siegel Clyne's ex-son in law. If I'm correct, he should be in Prison.” Kira said. Andrew jerked his head, trying to catch up with Kira.

“What we're going to visit Mark Dullindal?” Andrew said. Kira stopped walking and jerked his head in Andrew's direction.

“…Mark's name isn't Dullindal” Kira said, trying to figure out where Andrew got that idea from.

“The one that married your girlfriend, he's Dullindal's kid.” Andrew said. “I'm 150 percent sure Kira”

“…” Silenced filled the air. Gilbert Dullindal tried to buy Infinity so many times. Gilbert was actually the one that wanted to partner up with Mwu in the beginning, but Mwu didn't trust him. Gilbert had tried many times to merge his company with theirs but it was something that both Kira and Mwu didn't approve of. They didn't like the vibe Gilbert gave off. It was almost as if he was up to something. But Gilbert Dullindal, he lived in Europe, he had a meeting with Mwu in Amsterdam recently, but Gilbert asked him to come back with Kira.

Kira had to admit that now that he thought about it, he never knew Mark's last name. Mark married the women of his dreams and he didn't even bother to find out anything about Mark. Gilbert was caught a few times trying to con people. Kira was almost convinced that Gilbert was behind everything.

Andrew could tell Kira was lost in his own thoughts. “Kira, is something wrong?”

Returning to his senses, Kira turned his head and looked over at Andrew. “…You maybe right. Damn it how could I be so stupid!” Kira said.

“Huh?” Andrew was a little confused.

“We need to hurry” Kira said.

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Standing in front of Lacus' bed a tear fell from Cagalli's face. Athrun was in shock, he couldn't believe it. Lacus was really shot. Looking over at the other 3 guys in the room, Athrun began to feel suspicious. “…Who are you, and why are you here?” Athrun asked.

“We work for Kira Yamato, and we're here because he asked us not to take an eye off Ms Clyne.” One of them said. Cagalli looked over at the 3 men.

“…Where did Kira go?” Cagalli asked.

“He went to find out who did this to the girl.”

“…What? Which way did he go?” Athrun asked, hoping that he'll be able to help Kira. Athrun couldn't just sit tight and do nothing. If Kira had a lead, Athrun wanted to help.

“I'm sorry, but I can't tell you that.”

“…Why not?” Athrun asked.

“We don't know who you are. We can't just tell anyone where they went. For all we know you could be the ones behind this” One of the others said.

“That's ridiculous. This girl right here is Kira's sister” Athrun said, pointing over at Cagalli. Cagalli fixed her eyes at the 3 of them. They didn't make a facial expression at all. They could really care less.

“Even if she is Kira's sister, we're not going to say a word as to where Kira had gone.” He said. “We were give specific orders.” Athrun gave up, anything he would say would be futile, and these guys looked like honorable agents. Breaking theses guys wouldn't be possible. Cagalli just shrugged it off and looked back at her friend. Lacus looked so pale in the face; it was obvious that Lacus had lost a lot of blood.

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Walking out of the prison doors, Kira cussed to himself loudly. He was in denial. “Mark already made bail, I can't believe it” Kira said. Andrew and the other 3 were right behind Kira.

“Well Kira, now what do we do?” Andrew asked.

“We're going to do the obvious. We're going to Mark's home.” Kira said. Kira re-arranged the cloth around his neck, slipping his right arm further in so he'll feel more comfortable.

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It was 7 in the evening when they were nearing the gate of Mark's home. Andrew was a bit shocked at the size of the house. Actually, it wasn't a house.

“This guy lives in a mansion Kira” Andrew said. Kira continued to walk forward.

“So, what's your point?” Kira asked.

“My point is that he's going to have a security system.” Andrew said. Reaching into his pocket, Kira pulled out a palm disk. Placing the palm disk on is right hand. It was directly in Kira's hand, he wasn't able to grasp it because of his broken fingers, but he managed to at least balance the palm disk so his left hand could be free. After his left had was set free, Kira took out a stylus with his left hand and began to input data on the touch screen.

“That's what this is for” Kira said. All 4 of them were curious as to what Kira was up to, especial Andrew.

“…Kira what is that supposed to do?” Andrew asked. Punching configurations into the palm, Kira was taking his time.

“This whole country, no, about 65% of the world is running on energy from one of the many Infinity power plant I have around the globe. With this palm, I have complete excess to every single house hold it sends power to. You know I could even cause a melt down in every city that I have a power plant in. …Could you imagine what would happen if this palm fell into the wrong hands?” Kira said.

“Kira that's pretty dangerous? Does Mwu have that too?” Andrew asked.

“No, I'm the only one that has one.” Kira said. Getting ready, Kira crouched down next to the date where a camera was.

“Okay, get ready guys. I'm about to shut down his power.”

Kira inputted a code and with that the power to the mansion was shut off. A big energy malfunction could be heard.

“Alright let's go” Kira said. One of the agents climbed over the gate and opened it manually so that Kira wouldn't have to climb it. Watching their steps, they tried hard to think ahead so they wouldn't be seen.

With little effort they were all in the house. They got in from a window located on the ground level. As soon as they got in they could hear someone cussing, it was Mark. Mark was cussing loudly to himself, he was in front of his computer when the power went out, it was obvious he was doing something important from the amount of cussing he was letting off.

“I don't believe this! I was just about to make a transaction. Damn it! I told him so many times we need a backup power supply system!” Mark said out loud.

“…Where the hell is my flashlight?” Mark yelled. Mark began to make his way into another room, hoping to find a flashlight to get him through the darkness of the basement laboratory. Mark knew his father was down there, and he knew he would have a hard time trying to find the exit if it was pitch black down there. Mark made his way into the next room, he was a little confused to see the window opened.

“…I never left that open…” Mark said, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Walking over to a desk, he opened the drawer and took out his flashlight. Turning around to head to the basement me Mark was violently shoved into the ground with a gun pointed to his skull. He squealed in pain. “Who are you? What do you want with me?”

 

“Stand him up” Kira ordered. Grabbing him by his hair while locking his arms to the side, Andrew and 2 other agents stood Mark up to his feet, facing him towards Kira. Mark's eyes widened.

“Mr. Yamato… what's going on here?” Mark asked. He was confused.

“Relax Mark; I just want to ask you a few questions.” Kira said. “And you better tell me the truth” Andrew pointed his gun towards Mark's temple. Mark quickly nodded.

“Do you know who killed Siegel Clyne?” Kira asked. Mark was surprised that Kira would bring up that question.

“No I don't know. The killer was never identified.” Mark replied. Kira walked behind Mark. Kira moved on to the next question.

“Have you ever tried to kill Lacus before?” Kira asked. Mark's eyes widened.

“I love Lacus; I would never do anything to hurt her!” Mark said. Kira glared at Mark.

“Last time I saw you, you were trying to rape Lacus in an ally way” Kira said. “She looked like she was hurting a lot.”

“No, I never did such a thing-” Mark was cut of as Kira kneed him in the gut. “Be careful Mark, you've already lied to me once.” Mark winced in pain.

“You were the one that had Siegel assassinated a year ago.” Kira said.

“…No, I never would hurt him” Mark said. Kira could tell that Mark wasn't going to break easily, so he tried to come up with a plan. Eventually, Kira came up with a plan right there and then.

“You're father already confessed, he told us everything!” Kira said. Kira tried to make something up, hoping that he could pull Mark into a trap.

“…What?”

“You were the one that had Lacus assassinated?” Kira said. Mark tried to regain his composure.

“What are you talking about, Lacus got assassinated?” Mark asked. Kira finally had enough, grabbing Mark's index finger, he pulled it all the way back, breaking his finger. Mark squealed in pain,

“I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!!” Mark screamed. Kira had enough.

“…Kill him” Kira said. Andrew held the gun up to Mark's temple, Andrew could feel Mark tremble. Andrew wasn't really going to pull the trigger, he knew this was just a plan to try and let Mark open up.

“OK I'LL TELL YOU, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!” Mark screamed. Kira smiled. Andrew removed the gun away from Mark's head.

“Siegel and Lacus were assassinated by a man named Rau. He's a man my father hired; I had nothing to do with it, I swear.” Mark said. Kira punched Mark hard in the face. Kira put his hand around his neck and grasped him tightly.

“Why did you have Siegel killed?” Kira asked.

“…Because he found out too much” Mark said.

“Found out to much…” Kira said. “And what was it that he found out?”

Mark didn't answer. Kira then realized what Mark had just said a second ago. “I thought you said you're father had Siegel killed.” Kira said. Mark stopped dead, he missed up.

“…I…I… No I was…”

“Why did you have Lacus killed?” Kira asked. Already knowing he was screwed, Mark gave himself in.

“…If I can't have her, no one will!”

“For that reason you tried to kill-” Kira stopped talking when a loud sound of a metal door opening was heard not too far from the room they were in. “Hey Mark, what's going on with the power, it took me forever to find the door!” Kira recognized that voice, it was definitely the voice of Gilbert Dullindal.

“One word and I'll pull the trigger.” Andrew said. Mark nodded his head. “No, wait I got an idea.” Kira whispered.

“Tell him you're in here, or else” Kira whispered. Andrew tightened the grip on the gun, digging the nozzle to Mark's head. Mark nodded his head. “But anything else and you're a dead man”

“Father, I'm here!” Mark yelled. The footsteps were approaching.

“You 2 circle around the corner and grab him from behind when he enters. Once you grab him, I'll turn the power back on.” Kira whispered. Just as the man entered the room, he was grabbed from behind.

“…What is this, what's going on?” The man said. Unable to see him because of the distance and from the power outage, Kira turned the power back on with his palm disk. When the power was switched back on, the lights turned on. Kira saw the man, he was shocked.

“Gilbert…Dullindal? …You were right” Kira said. Kira was shocked out of his mind to find Dullindal here in Japan. Gilbert's eyes narrowed at Kira.

“…Kira Yamato?” Gilbert said. Looking around Gilbert was furious.

“What is this? What's going on?” Gilbert demanded. Walking over to Gilbert, Kira punched him.

“…You…!” Kira said.

“You killed Siegel, and you tried to kill Lacus” Kira said. “WHY?” Kira demanded. Gilbert didn't respond just yet.

“…What are you talking about, I-” Gilbert was cut off as Kira's fist lined up against his cheek, leaving a red imprint of his fist.

“You're son already confessed! Don't lie!” Kira said. Gilbert was scared and confused. He looked over at Mark only to see the look of defeat in his eyes. Gilbert knew they were now screwed.

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Something had been bothering Mark, so he decided to speak on his own accord. “…What do you mean… tried to kill Lacus?” Mark asked. “Why did you say try?”

Kira turned around and looked at Mark “Lacus isn't dead. She's still alive, but don't worry, where you guys are going, you'll never be able to hurt anyone every again.” Kira said. Mark began to fume.

“Please let me go!” Mark asked. Andrew shot him a pitiful glare. “I need to kill her; I can't stand the thought of her being with another man!”

Kira walked up to Mark and kneed him in the guy hard, almost knocking him out, but not quite. “I'm surprised at you Gilbert; I wonder what they're going to do to you?” Kira asked. Gilbert didn't say anything, he knew he was doomed.

“…What I'm curious to see is what that big sound was” Kira said. Gilbert's eyes immediately went wide.

“…No you can't!” Gilbert shouted. Completely ignoring Gil, Kira walked over towards the area Gilbert had emerged from.

“NO” Gilbert shouted.

“Mark, do something!” Gilbert demanded.

“Shut up, this is your fault! I told you to get a backup power supply when we first came here!” Mark shouted. Mark didn't really seem to care what was happening, but Gilbert on the other hand was sweating like crazy. This was it; they were going to be finished.

Kira walked out of the room and saw a big metal door. The door looked like a safe. After he saw it, he headed back to where Gilbert was.

“Andrew, handcuff them both and follow me.” Kira said. Andrew nodded and did what he was told. After they were both handcuffed, Andrew ordered the 3 remaining from his team to look after Gil, and Mark while he went with Kira.

Kira and Andrew went through the metal door which was left open by Gilbert when he came up. Once Kira and Andrew got down to the lab, they both received the biggest shock of there lives. It was a lab filled with hundreds of test tubes, every single one of these tubes had a human in it, But they weren't living, they were dead, from the looks of it, they've been dead for too long.

“…What in god's name…” Andrew said.

“Is this?” Kira said, completing Andrew's sentence. “…What was he doing down here.”

“…Call the police now, Andrew” Kira said. Andrew did what he was told. He picked up his cell and called for the police. After he was done talking to the police he continued to walk, observing the area. Kira found a computer and quickly started to browse. Kira found strong evidence that would keep both Mark and Gil locked away for ever. What Kira found was a briefing operation to take out the president of the United States. He also found the locations of nuclear warheads stored around the world. Gilbert must of been planning to dominate the world.

“…My god…” Kira whispered to himself. Andrew was looking over Kira's should, he told was shocked.

“…There's a hit list?” Kira said. Opening the file, Kira looked at the hit list. The list was long, and it listed some people that were already dead.

Siegel Clyne's name was listed. So were some other people that were murdered. Looking down the list he saw that Lacus Clyne was taken down as well. What Kira saw next was a complete shock. The next person on the hit list was Mwu la Flaga and the person right under Mwu was Kira Yamato.

“…Kira is this?” Andrew said. Kira ignored Andrew.

“…How long before the police arrive?” Kira asked.

“Any minute now” Andrew said. Kira wasted no time. Kira began to upload the hard drive into his master computer back home. Thanks to the Infinity satellite system, this task was done in seconds. From where Kira was, there were camera screens monitoring the front. Kira saw the police pulling in.

“Come on lets head back up, we'll let the police take up the rest.” Kira said.

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Kira and his team were standing on the front porch of Mark's, well Dullindal's mansion. Mark and Gilbert were being taken away by the officials. Soon after the police arrived, the news crew had gotten there. This was one of the biggest discoveries in the world. Kira had pretty much saved the world. Behind the metal door that Gilbert had emerged from back at the mansion was a laboratory filled with human test subjects and about 100 more different illegal experiments.

The media were now all over this and Kira was now labeled the man who discovered it all. People now saw him as a hero. Kira didn't really care about any of this; he just wanted to get back to the hospital. They wanted to ask Kira some questions, but Kira didn't say a word to anyone. Kira now wanted to head back to the hospital.

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Kira walked into the room and found Cagalli and Athrun already there. Kira gave the signal for the 3 in the room to leave. The 3 agents left and joined Andrew and his team outside the door. Once they left, Kira looked over at Cagalli.

“Kira, you want to start explaining what happen?” Cagalli asked. Taking in a deep sigh, Kira took a seat next to Lacus.

“I had just found Lacus after I had spent so long searching for her. As I was talking to her, she fell into my arms; I looked down and saw blood. After that I immediately rushed to get her to a hospital.” Kira said.

“You didn't see who did it?” Athrun asked. Kira nodded.

“It was done by a sniper rifle; they were a good distance away. I didn't see anyone even close to where we were.”

Silence filled the air for the next little while. Finally after about 5 minutes, Cagalli broke the silence.

“…Kira, there's something I want to talk to you about.” Cagalli said. Kira slowly turned his head towards Cagalli.

“…Ever since …Lacus had been married. You've changed a lot, you've turned into something that your not. I don't think having you around is good for Lacus when she wakes up…” Cagalli said. Kira's head jerked up.

“What?”

“I want you to leave, and this time, please don't come back” Cagalli said, her eyes were fixed on the ground. Kira got up.

“…I don't believe this, you're actually asking me to leave?” Kira said. Kira felt hurt.

“…Kira I'm not asking you, I'm telling you” Cagalli said, glaring her eyes and Kira. Athrun was a bit stunned from Cagalli's words. Cagalli was blaming all of this on Kira. Cagalli didn't want Kira to be around Lacus at all.

“Cagalli, I've been meaning to ask you something for awhile now, ever since I came back” Kira said. Cagalli looked at Kira.

“…” Cagalli didn't say a word. Kira glared a Cagalli.

“The day of Lacus' wedding, you saw me leave, why didn't you try coming after me?” Kira said. this made Cagalli's blood boil.

“…Why would I need to come after you, you're a grown man, and you can fight your own battles by yourself.” Cagalli said.

“…Fight my own battles? Is that how you see it? All those years ago before we got sent to the foster home. You ran away from home almost every week. Every time you ran, I had to come and get you and explain to dad where you were! I was always there for you when you were suffering!” Kira yelled. Cagalli was confused she didn't know where Kira was getting at.

“We didn't have a mom, do you know how hard I had it growing up?!” Cagalli yelled back.

“Guys calm down” Athrun tried to intervene, but nothing could get in the way of Kira and Cagalli. Kira began to laugh. Both Cagalli and Athrun looked confused.

“…So tell me Cagalli, how exactly were you suffering?” Kira asked. Cagalli glared.

“I told you, we never had a mother. While you were hanging around dad, learning how to be a man, I was in the corner of my room, wondering where I came from, wondering why I existed, wondering why I was the only kid with out a mom. Of course you wouldn't know because you were always with dad!” Cagalli said. Silence filled the air, Kira smiled.

“…While I was learning how to be a man…” Kira quoted. “I like how you put that, but let me rephrase that for you. While you were locked away in you're room, curled up in a ball, while you were gone from home, I got blamed for it. Each and every time you were gone I was getting the shit knocked out of me. You know how much times I almost got beaten to death? Every time he found out you were gone, I would get beat up, every mistake you would do, I would get beat up, it's my fault why mom died, that's what dad said to me right before he shot himself in the mouth, right in front of my eyes. You have no idea what it means for someone to suffer. Even after all I went through, I saw how lonely you looked, and I tried to comfort you.”

Kira saw the look and sympathy in Cagalli's eyes. He didn't mean for it to go that far. He never planned to tell Cagalli the truth. Realizing that he lost his composure, he took his leave. Without saying a word, Kira walked out of Lacus' room.

Cagalli's eyes were widened. The things Kira had said… they made perfect sense. Now that he mentioned it, she always remembered that Kira always had a bump or a cut somewhere on his body.

Athrun was completely shocked. What was Cagalli getting at? Why did she say that to Kira all the sudden? Was it really true? Was Kira really abused as a child? Athrun watched the emotionless face on Cagalli. He didn't know what he could say.

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Walking out of the door Kira was confronted by Andrew. “Kira what was that about?” Andrew asked. Kira didn't bother to look at Andrew.

“I'm heading back home…” Kira said. No eye contact whatsoever. Kira walked down the hall of the hospital heading towards the exit. Andrew stood there for a while when he finally decided to chase after Kira.

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Without telling Athrun, Cagalli headed back to her apartment. She was going over her thoughts of the past. Everything in Cagalli's childhood began to now make sense. The reason why Kira was always hurt, Cagalli felt so horrible. Cagalli tried to go after Kira, but the time she decided to go after him. Kira was already on a plane flying out of Japan.

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Walking into Kira's mansion, he took a seat. Andrew had a worried look. “Kira you and Mwu were on that Hit list. What are you going to do?” Andrew asked.

“I'm going to let Mwu in on it. But for now, until Rau is captured, I think its best that both Mwu and I stay indoors.” Kira said.

“…Is that so” Andrew said.

4 months had passed by. Lacus was still in a coma, and Kira was no where to be seen. Kira and Mwu hid himself from everyone; they didn't want to be seen by anyone anymore.

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Kira had finally tacked down the location of Rau. Kira had sent in a team of 6 people to assassinate, or capture Rau. The team was being lead by Andrew Waltfeld. As the team headed towards the location, Andrew opened up a brief case and assembled his Accuracy International Super Magnum (L115A1) (a/n: it's the most powerful sniper rifle to date)

Touching his transmitter, Andrew spoke. Alright we're heading in.

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Making her daily routine, the nurse changed the bags in Lacus' room. She did her daily checks. She made sure Lacus was doing fine even though she was in a coma. After the nurse was done, she left.

Just as the nurse left, Lacus' body began to fidget. Sweat dripped down her face and soaked up her pillow.

“…K…Kira” Lacus whispered.