Gundam SEED: Eastern Enlightenment

It was dusk on a deserted island.

When Aslan stabbed Cagalli with the knife, Cagalli screamed in fear as she faced death.

"girl?"

Athrun was stunned by the sight of Cagalli crying and screaming.

In the end, Aslan tied up Cagalli. Although he didn't know why Cagalli, who was not from the Earth Army, appeared flying a SkyKing, she had just pointed a gun at him.

Long-term neutron interference has made the communication environment on Earth extremely poor. The Aegis was shot down from the transport plane. The spacecraft could not fly in the air for a long time, nor could it contact its own people. It could only wait for rescue after sending out a distress signal.

It started raining and Cagalli got wet. Aslan slipped and fell into a puddle while laughing at Cagalli's silly look. Seeing that it was getting late, the two found a cave and lit a fire in it.

The two sat by the fire. After Cagalli's first meeting with Aslan, the two talked and found out that each of them had friends who died in the war. Cagalli asked Aslan why he attacked Heliopolis, causing the satellite to disintegrate and attack the earth.

Aslan questioned why the Earth Federation wanted to use a nuclear bomb to attack Junius 7. Heliopolis himself did not expect that it would end up like this. Neither of them could convince the other, but they inexplicably had a greater understanding of each other.

Both of them began to think about what the war had brought, especially Aslan, whose mother died in a nuclear bomb attack on Junius 7. After joining the army, he tried to take revenge on the Earth Alliance.

But as the war went on, he killed more and more people, without the pleasure of revenge. Looking at the hatred accumulating on both sides and the escalating scale of the war, Aslan didn't know whether it was meaningful to continue the war.

Even a stupid girl like Cagalli was dragged to the battlefield because of hatred?

"Are you going to sleep like this? Without tying me up? Aren't you afraid that I will snatch your gun?" Aslan was ready to go to sleep after a tiring day. Cagalli couldn't stand it anymore. She was his enemy and she even shot his arm with a gun when they met.

"I hope you don't do this, if you do, I will have no choice but to kill you!"

Athrun's tired yet determined look made Cagalli's heart tremble.

However, after Aslan fell asleep, Cagalli, after a struggle in her heart, couldn't help but snatch Aslan's gun. She didn't want to kill Aslan, she just wanted to take back the Aegis, the killing machine built by the Orb Aurora Society.

"Put down the gun, what do you want to do?" Aslan was very vigilant and became alert the moment Cagalli moved.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to kill you! I just don't want that thing to continue killing people in the war. It was created from Orb's satellite Heliopolis!

I know Orb shouldn't have built it, but it will be used to attack the Earth! And it will kill more people on Earth!" Cagalli stepped back with the gun raised, wanting to do something but not knowing what to do.

"Then shoot, I'm the one who pulled the trigger. I'm the pilot of ZAFT, I can't let you touch that machine, if you insist on doing so, I can only kill you." Aslan said firmly and showed the knife in his hand.

Hearing what Aslan said, Cagalli gasped with tears in her eyes. The gun in her hand seemed not so important for a moment. The gun could not kill the will of the unkillable person.

The two looked at each other painfully. Cagalli thought of her teammates who died in the desert. However, Aslan in front of her and Tiger, whom she had met before, were both very good people. So why were they at war? Why were they fighting to the death?

"Damn it!" Cagalli threw the gun to the ground.

"How dare you throw away a loaded gun!" The moment the gun went off, Aslan hugged Cagalli and pressed her to the ground in time. Fortunately, both of them were fine.

"Yeah...sorry."

"Really? What's wrong with you?" Aslan complained.

"Ah, there!" Aslan's outer waist was still scratched by the accidental gunshot.

"It's okay, just a minor injury."

"Ah, how can this be done? Let me bandage it for you..."

"No, I can do it myself..."

"Let me help you, otherwise I always feel like I owe you a lot..." Cagalli really felt like she owed Aslan a lot of times.

The two single men and women were so passionate that they refused to help each other. Cagalli still helped Aslan bandage his wound. Cagalli, whose clothes were soaked and she was only wearing underwear, made Aslan blush. At this moment, it seemed that a different kind of emotion was growing between the two of them.

Outside the cave, Lin Chu was watching with great interest. Recalling the plot, he quietly drove the Dolphin Heretic back to tinker with the Holy Shield. If he had not been afraid of disturbing the relationship between the two, he would have come out to chat with Aslan. However, it was just a clichéd scene of a hero saving a damsel in distress, and the scene of them roasting fire in the cave was also quite nice.

After quietly studying the Holy Shield for a while, Lin Chu piloted the Dolphin Heretic back to the Archangel.

At this moment, there was a commotion inside the Archangel.

"I'm really fine. I've rested well as instructed!"

"It would be strange if you were fine! You only slept for an hour."

"But Major Simmons hasn't come back yet. If we continue to sit like this..."

"Please don't let your imagination run wild. Major Simmons is not alone. He has his team nearby. Maybe he hasn't come back yet so late because he went to ask for help."

"But…"

"Don't worry about it. Rest a little longer so you can have the energy to continue looking."

Mu forcefully pulled Kira back to rest. What if they encountered an enemy after working so non-stop?

In the bridge of the Archangel, Bakilu was in a daze and didn't even notice when Mari called her.

"Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah, no, I'm just worried that Major Simmons of Orb hasn't come back for so long. Is there something wrong?"

"Alas, Cagalli hasn't been found yet, and Major Simmons hasn't returned yet. I was just about to ask for your opinion." Mariu felt like his head was about to explode.

"How about we send the Archangel over to search?" Bugilulu said this somehow.

Maru looked at Bakilulu in disbelief.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Baki Lulu felt uncomfortable being stared at.

“No, that’s not wrong, but there are too many islands and reefs over there, which is not suitable for warships to sail.

And this is not something that Lieutenant Bakirulu would say. I am just surprised. Bakirulu, you seem to have changed?" Malu looked at Bakirulu and said seriously.

"what?"

"You seem to have become more humane!" Malu said affirmatively.

When did it start?

Mariu thought carefully. During the decisive battle with Tiger, Bakilulu ignored Desert Dawn and was thinking about using Lohangrin. According to the past Bakilulu, she should have determined that Cagalli was MIA and continued on her way without caring about Cagalli. Unexpectedly, she agreed to search for Cagalli. Now she doesn't want to rush on the road and is thinking about driving the Archangel back to search.

Oh, by the way, when faced with the offer of hiring Simmons from Orb to protect the Archangel at the cost of the Strike and Archangel's information, Baki Lulu actually agreed. It seemed that things started to change at that time. Normally, Baki Lulu should have been strongly opposed to it.

It seems like it happened after Major Simmons came!

"Do you know Major Simmons?" Malu asked the key question sharply. She always felt that Bakilulu seemed to know Major Simmons. She often saw the two of them walking together, although she was the one who asked Bakilulu to take care of Simmons.

"The captain is right. I heard that Major Simmons seemed to have slept in your room once?

Did you really know each other before?" The god helmsman Noid also turned around to gossip. He had a good relationship with Baki Lulu, so he also paid attention to Baki Lulu's changes.

"Oh, no. I changed rooms with him because Frey was bothering him in his room. That was the only time.

Major Simmons said…” Baki Lulu was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to reveal Lin Chu’s identity.

"Captain! There's activity on the sonar, it seems like Major Simmons is back."

Fortunately, the sonar radar operator's voice sounded in time, diverting everyone's attention.

"It's the Dolphin Heretic, Major Simmons is back!"

Everyone was relieved to hear that Major Simmons had finally returned.

Lin Chu jumped onto the Archangel and told everyone that his teammates were still outside looking for Cagalli, and that he had returned so late because he had gone to get help, which made everyone worried.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Maru noticed that Major Simmons was speaking to Bakirulu, as if he was speaking specifically for Bakirulu.

Lin Chu assured everyone that his teammates had strong search capabilities. Lin Chu planned to pick up Cagalli in a while and comfort everyone first. The most important thing was to explain to his future girlfriend because he felt that Bugylulu was staring at him as soon as he came up.

It feels like I came home later than the curfew and my wife was watching me...