Gundam Seed: Kira Reloaded c33

As Freedom was placed in its designated spot in the hangar, the mechanics went over to inspect it. Kira left the machine and looked around. He ignored the weary gazes and instead familiarised himself with the layout of the space vessel.

“Kira!” 

Lacus' voice erupted through comms.

“Take the doors in front. It will take you to the changing room.” 

“Oh, neat.” He kicked off and floated towards the doors before passing them and taking the lift up.

Once in the changing room, he got ‘assaulted’ by Lacus, who hugged him.

“How did you know that we will take a prototype warship as a means to escape?” She asked him with a curious gaze.

“Well, it was the most obvious thing you would do.” He took off the helmet and looked at her.

“And my Legion has spread out everywhere by this point.” He smirked when he added that.

“Oh, it makes sense. Your AI is scary.”

“Yes, well, I designed it like that.” He smirked before leaning forward and kissing her on the lips. Lacus closed her eyes and wrapped her hands around his neck.

The kiss lasted for a moment before pulling back.

“...For now, you will need to dress in red, mister~” Lacus teased him with a coy smile.

Sigh

“I can tolerate that as long as I can cuddle with my Lacus.” The Freedom pilot sounded like he was sacrificing something for the greater good.

“Of course~”

“Great. Then we are in agreement.” She smiled even more as she ended up putting her head on his shoulder.

Lacus was extra happy that Kira acted in advance and knew what to do. His actions have saved her father from certain death.

It only makes her even more grateful. 

“Follow me. I will show you where you can change.” 

“Alright.”

~~~

Kira looked at himself in the mirror. He was dressed in the red uniform of a ZAFT elite pilot.

He was quite perplexed. He can dig the style, but the colour was ugh…

‘So Athrun…’ 

The Ultimate Coordinator grimaced internally.

“It suits you so well!” Lacus clapped her hands in happiness.

“...as long as you are happy.” Kira took a deep breath before closing the locker door and turning around to look at her.

“Well, I suppose we can go to the bridge to figure out how it's going.” He suggested to her.

“Yes. But for now, we are clear. Your stunt has caused the entire ZAFT fleet to reorganise. It will take a while for the defensive line to return.

You are the first one in ZAFT history to cause the fleet to move from its position entirely.” Lacus didn’t know if she should praise him or be concerned that he could cause such a stunt with a single machine.

“I suppose my love for Lacus can move fleets alone.” He teased her back, and it made her blush.

“D-Don’t over-exaggerate…”

“Well, truth comes in many shapes and forms.”

She deadpanned hearing that.

“Let’s just get to the bridge.” She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the doors. The girl was fighting down her embarrassment and giddiness.

Spending time apart from him made her realise she needed his company, as she felt hollow without him. 

All those cuddles made her develop an addiction of sorts.

“By the way. Your kimono is beautiful.” Kira commented on her clothes. The ponytail and the purple short kimono she is hearing.

“Oh? Do you like it? I am glad.” She looked surprised for a second before smiling at him. The girl forgot that Kira would always comment on how pretty she looked. No one does that apart from him…

“Of course~”

~~~

Kira looked around the Eternal’s bridge. The layout is much different from Archangel… 

It was strange to look at people dressed in green uniforms instead of blue.

“Kid, great job on that distraction.” Andrew Waltfeld said from the captain’s seat as he turned to face him. 

“Well, I thought the best way to distract them is to rush towards the location of their superweapon,” Kira smirked while saying that.

“Let me guess. Your AI?” The Desert Tiger asked with a knowing look.

“Indeed. One of the reasons why I can pass the customs without getting shot at.”

“Kira.” Lacus squeezed his hand and narrowed her eyes at him.

“I know that it will work.” He rolled his eyes at her mother hen’s behaviour.

“And in case someone recognises you?” She looked even more serious look. 

“Alright, alright.” Kira raised his hand as if asking her to give it a rest already.

But she looked with even more narrowed eyes.

“I give up.” He sighed at her.

“Good. No more crazy stunts. Remember? We talked about this already.” She pulled one of his cheeks with a pouty look. 

“Alright. But I don’t promise anything when it's related to you, " he seriously told her. His comment made her blush and return with force.

“...”

“Ha! Very smooth. So you are not only good with mobile suits, kid.” The captain and the rest heard it, making Lacus deepen further. The girl realised that the entire bridge had heard them talk.

The final straw was her father's smirk as she grabbed Kira and pushed him back to sit in one of the empty positions at the end of a bridge.

“We will be here if you need us.” The girl made Kira sit, and she ended up sitting on his lap while facing away from the rest of the bridge.

“...”

“...hahaha. I am hopeful that we won’t need your boyfriend’s help, as it would mean we would need to launch the mobile suit.” The commander shook his head. He was hopeful that Kira would not need to launch.

“You know what I mean, Commander!” Regardless, Lacus didn’t mean it in a literal sense. It was a simple courtesy.

“I think it's enough teasing my daughter, Commander Waltfeld.” Siegel sighed, realising that it would be an endless cycle of teasing.

“Okay, okay. Regarding the coordinates, I think we will be going to…Ame-no-Mihashira?” Commander looked surprised when he said that.

“What is that?” Lacus asked curiously. She never heard of this place.

“It’s a space station. It was originally designed to be a sky pillar, an elevator to space. The construction halted when the war broke out.” 

“And it will be a space elevator. It's part of the package I am getting with Morgenroete,” Kira said with a smug voice.

“What do you mean by what?” Lacus and Comander looked intrigued.

“There will be a change of ownership after the war. You could say Lord Uzumi will put me to work once the war ends. One of them is bringing space closer to Earth, if you know what you mean.

There are a bunch of plans to fix the planet and the lack of energy.” Kira said that while smiling.

Lacus looked surprised as she heard this for the first time.

“You already got your ‘big fish’?” She asked with a knowing look.

“Murata Azrael is dead. He ‘graciously’ gave me most of Blue Cosmos' wealth,” Kira explained with a happy tone.

But it sounded like nonsense to the Coordinators onboard the ship…

Why would Blue Cosmos give their wealth to a Coordinator!?

“How did you even do that? I understand he was attacking Orb, and he was inside a warship, but how could you take his wealth?” She asked with an even more confused look. What he did make no sense to her! The wealth of such people should be behind many bars of security.

“One of them is that the Earth Alliance military complex is closely connected with Blue Cosmos and old blood behind it. They have enacted many policies which allow swift money transfers.

All I needed to do was tinker with a couple of transactions and make him give it all away. It was possible because they betrayed me in Alaska. I asked for soldier compensation and got a blank check with Legion’s help. The rest is history.”

“But for that to work, it still has to pass authorities.” Siegel Clyne got the idea of how he did it. But there were a bunch of hoops he needed to pass first. It's not that easy to steal from Earth’s Wealthiest people.

“And we did. Murata Azrael likes to speak, and I was able to use AI to copy his voice, signature and everything else. Even get his fingerprints from a private hospital.” Kira smirked while saying that.

“...I see. If the authorities thought it was him, then there is a much bigger possibility of this working.” Siegel stroked his chin; as a politician, he could see some of it working. But there are many things he has no idea how he did.

‘Unless his Ai is spread through the whole of Atlantic Federation…’

Lacus’ Father gulped as he realised that if AI is rooted deeply in government systems, then there is no problem with any of this.

He doubts that the officials could even track down the money in the first place!

“Kira, what you did is wrong… But, you took it from radicals and the enemies of P.L.A.N.Ts. I do hope they won’t track it back to you. Considering my Lacus is planning to live with you in future.”

“Don’t worry, I've been preparing for this for most of my life. Considering he was the one who ordered the destruction of Junius Seven. He needed to die, and even then, if he were dead, his wealth would be used by more like-minded people. So, it was better to take it away and reuse it for something like humanity’s development.” Kira explained what he was thinking of doing.

“Hmm, I believe this could work once we are done with the war, and if everything goes well, I will try to lean P.L.A.N.Ts in your direction.” Siegel nodded while saying that. He can see a possibility of rapid development once the war is over. It happened before, and it can happen again.

Lacus smiled after hearing how her father and boyfriend were discussing developing stuff that would improve regular people's lives instead of building more war machines!

~~~

“That’s one big Space station.” 

“I heard that Orb is making their mobile suits here.” 

The officers aboard Eternal were looking at the space station before them as the pink warship was docking next to Archangel and an Orb warship named Kusanagi.

It was the only spaceship of Orb at the moment.

But there are more on the way with Kira's new budget… well, they need to give Morgenroete to Kira first. By this point, it's only a ceremonial transition, as Orb has no reason not to give the company to the super-rich Ultimate Coordinator who wants to make stuff for them.

He proved himself more than enough and is Orb’s national… So they only need peace and to deal with Patrick Zala, who plans to cook Earth’s atmosphere.

As the Eternal docked, ZAFT ‘renegades’ left the warship to greet the Orb’s delegation.

Siegel Clyne led the front, and in front of them was the leader of Orb. Well, technically, Lord Uzumi left his position after the GAT mobile suit creation fiasco and the apparent joint development with Earth Alliance. But such a thing was ceremonial, as the man was and always will be the leader of Orb.

“It appears Kira has helped to leave P.L.A.N.Ts in one piece, Siegel Clyne.” The Lion of Orb approached the blonde man.

“Yes, well, he caused quite a distraction.” 

“We could track it from here.” Lord Uzumi nodded before looking at Kira.

“You were able to move the entire Defensive line. I even heard that the Earth Alliance fleet on the moon considered attacking PLANTs because of that.” Lord Uzumi showed a small smile. It was quite an accomplishment.

Kira simply shrugged before Mu La Flaga chipped in from behind Lord Uzumi.

“By the way, kid. I like your new colours. Does that mean I can keep the Strike?” 

Kira’s smile disappeared as he looked like he was ready to wage a Crusade right here right now.