【AK】Meet at Dawn

The person rescued by the two children was in a cave not far away. Even in the cave, it was not easy to identify the faint light flickering from the fire.

The two children's fear of the adjuster, Kira had sensed from their conversation.Under such emotions, they saved Aslan, which is both incredible and touching.

Human beings are kind after all, because of kindness, it is possible to create miracles.The birth and continuation of every life is cherished and protected by others.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Kira's heart beat extremely fast, and he only needed to look at it to draw a conclusion, but at this moment, he became timid.During the two wars, he saw all the life and death of people, but Aslan was different.Once some people become an important existence that cannot be lost, even the heart becomes frightened, the body loses strength, and the idea of ​​escaping comes up again and again.

The sound of stepping on gravel caught the attention of the two children. The boy pulled the girl behind him like lightning, and stretched his hands into his arms.Kira didn't realize how careless she was until she saw what he was doing.Although the other party is only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child, it is not surprising that he lives in this war-prone place and has weapons.

It was too late to react, and the instinct to survive made him stare at the boy.Maybe it was the fear of shooting for the first time, maybe it was Kira's shocking expression. At such a close distance, the bullet missed the vital point, but grazed his shoulder, spattering blood.

Kira groaned, clutching his right shoulder.At this moment, the girl grabbed the boy's hand and shouted, "Brother! Don't!"

"He, he is Zaf's soldier!" The boy's terrified voice echoed in the cave, the hand holding the gun was trembling, and his fingertips were already stiff and unable to straighten.The girl hugged his arm tightly, looking at Kira while stopping her brother.

Kira was unarmed, and even though he was shot, he didn't even draw a dagger.What he was facing were two children, and facing that young but strong soul, he could do nothing but be tolerant.

Approaching the two children step by step, beyond the immature bodies, under the faint light of the fire, Aslan lying in the corner occupied all his sights.The man with his eyes closed, pale but still breathing, is the only existence that fills him with the power to live.

Not dead, still alive...

Kira walked past the two children with tears in his eyes, and said softly, "Thank you." He even forgot to introduce himself, forgot to appease the two frightened hearts, walked up to Aslan step by step, and knelt down. Come down and reach out to hug the still warm body.

Shrugging shoulders reveals a silent cry, a cry of soul liberation filled with excitement and joy.

The boy was stunned for a while, then slowly put down the gun.The girl grabbed his skirt and looked at her brother puzzled.

"Hey, do you know him?" the boy blinked and said proudly.Although they saved Aslan, they didn't regard him as a companion.After all, human beings are human beings with emotions and flesh and blood, and the same grief evokes sympathetic compassion.

"Yeah." While wiping away tears and stroking that slightly cold face, Kira's panic didn't lessen.Although Aslan was alive, his body temperature dropped very low, no matter how much he shook, he didn't respond, and his vital signs were gradually approaching freezing point.

"He has been in a coma for four days. We only fed him some water, because he couldn't wake up, and he couldn't drink the food at all." The boy approached vigilantly, still holding the gun in his hand.That's just self-protection caution, but no killing intent to hurt others.

"But it's a miracle that he's alive. The adjuster's body is really different." The boy sarcastically said while looking at Kira.In his eyes, the adjusters should be monsters, but whether it is Kira or Aslan, they look no different from them. Such a thin body is actually a warrior. The boy's heart is full of incredible Feel.

Kira hugged Aslan into his arms.

"Hey!" the boy shouted, "You can take him away, but you can't attack our village! One life for one life, if you don't agree," he raised his gun and pointed it at Kira's vest, "I I will kill you!"

Kira stopped in her tracks. "The Earth Army is the one who shoots first." War is not a slap in the face. One side attacks and the other fights back. Either kill or be killed. The extreme results make the choice of life and death for human beings.If you say you don't attack, you don't have to attack. It's a time of peace.

Even if there is no war between the earth and PLANT, there is no moment on the earth where the killing has stopped.

"Whether I am the Earth Army or ZAFT, anyone who hurts the village is the enemy!"

Kira turned around slowly.Aslan's pale face leaning on his shoulder, under the reflection of the fire, made people feel even more desolate.The boy was stunned for a moment, and put down the gun in his hand.Such a sad expression is the result of losing something important.

The first to shoot was the Earth Army.

Does the pain of the injured create destruction?

Kira looked at the bewildered child.Even in the war years, even if important things are lost, people still embrace kindness, and people will only think and reflect.Such children are the hope of the future.

"Where is your village?"

The boy raised his finger to the northeast. "It's about a hundred kilometers from here."

Kira smiled. "I see."

He turned to leave, and the boy stared blankly at his back.The originally sad face looked gentle and lovely because of that smile.

"Hey, what's your name!" The boy pointed at him and shouted, "The next time we meet again, I will spare your life!"

Kira answered while walking. "My name is Kira, Kira Yamato."

Both boy and girl opened their eyes wide at the same time.In the past four days, they have repeatedly heard Aslan's whispers, and the one that they heard the most and the most clearly, isn't it the name?

Aslan's lips moved slightly, his unconscious soul was still calling the name of the person he cherished most, and the life he desperately lived was his effort to stick to his promise.

Kira...

Tears fell from Kira's eyes again.

"We're going back, Aslan." Kissing his friend's cold face lightly, and hugging his body into his arms, Kira drove Jin into the night sky.

Things are worse for Aslan than Kira imagined.After arriving at the base, after a doctor's examination, it was discovered that there were scratch marks on Aslan's waist. The blood had already coagulated, and his body temperature and nutritional status were extremely bad.While injecting him with nutrient solution, the doctor mobilized blood for his transfusion.

After a day and a night, Aslan still showed no signs of waking up, but his vital signs gradually stabilized.The wound on the waist was stitched up, leaving a ten centimeter long mark.

"Maybe he's had a concussion," the doctor concluded.Although the body is alive, but it cannot wake up, it is the functional disorder caused by the impact of the brain. It may be able to wake up tomorrow, or it may never wake up.No one can predict the best possible and worst outcomes.

As for Aslan's unconscious murmurs from time to time, the doctor's judgment was that his brain cells were constantly active, and the most profound memories for him were the dreams he was having now.Calling is just another reaction of the dream, and in that dream, the person who appears the most is probably the person he is calling.

Kira took Aslan to his room.He has a spacious single room, and Aslan's treatment has basically ended, the rest is just waiting.

Kira didn't want to face the doctor's slightly weird eyes, and everyone who heard Aslan's whispers also had weird expressions on their faces.Letting them take care of Aslan, Kira couldn't stand it.

However, promises must be kept.The general allowed him to look for Aslan, but he had to accept the deployment of the military and set foot on the battlefield again.

He didn't want to leave Aslan, who was still awake, but had to obey the command of the military.In a dilemma, Kira protested to the general.The general seemed to have expected his reaction, a sneer appeared in his slender eyes.

It was a look that made people shiver.

"Kira Yamato, Aslan's life is also in your hands," the general propped his chin, "do you want to watch the Earth Army attack and the base be destroyed?"

Kira stared intently at the person in front of him. Although Plant's earth base, Carpantaria, is not big and has not enough armaments, it is not easy to be breached.He has always wondered how the anti-regulator resistance organization would have the force to compete with the Zaft regular army.Aslan re-entered the battlefield, and the two children's hostility towards Zaft vaguely made people feel that the situation was strange.

Only when you are on the battlefield can you clearly understand what is going on.

Lux, who is far away in PLANT, might have a different idea if she knew the situation on Earth.

The general's threat is certainly hateful, but as a soldier, he has the responsibility of a soldier.Kira is no longer a neutral person in the past, he is a member of PLANT, he is also an adjuster, it is impossible to watch his compatriots being killed.

Only by fighting can we protect.

That's all for now.

He took a deep breath and was about to agree.The walkie-talkie on the general's desk suddenly rang.

"General, Minister of Defense Yitzhak Schul has arrived at the base."

Kira's eyes flickered.Yitzhak?Although he didn't communicate much with Yitzhak, he was well aware of the subtle friendship between Yitzhak and Aslan.No matter how poisonous his mouth was and how fierce his yelling was, Yitzhak's concern for Aslan was clear.Kira sneaked away alone, and Yitzhak was blatant.Kira doesn't have the power to decide his own schedule, but Yitzhak does.

Kira felt sensitively that Yitzhak came to the front in such a hurry because of Aslan.

That being the case, let's use him for now.

At this moment, he is the only person Kira can trust.

After Yitzhak's routine meeting with the general, he came to Kira's room, glanced at the sleeping Aslan, and reached out to grab Kira's collar in the next second.

"You bastard! Do you know what you did?" Yitzhak roared fiercely as usual, and his voice echoed in the room.Unlike Aslan, Kira was taken aback on the spot.Instinctively grabbing Yitzhak's hand, he twisted it back.Yitzhak let go of his hand in pain, and then punched him.Kira grabbed his arm and shouted unbearably, "Yizhak!"

"You have violated no less than ten military regulations by leaving your post without permission and trespassing on the base!" Yitzhak snorted coldly, "The speaker must not issue an order to protect you! Do you want to go to the battlefield so much?"

"I don't want to! I don't want to take up arms at all!" Kira glared back at him. "But, I can't help it! I can't let Aslan die!"

"You think you can save him when you come?" Yitzhak snorted, "Naive!"

Kira glared at him angrily.

Yitzhak glanced at Aslan on the bed. "You brought him back?"

"Yes."

"He's really lucky."

"He never woke up."

Yitzhak walked up to Aslan and touched his face with his hand.This inadvertent movement made Kira raise his eyebrows.Really upset.

"There is hope in life." Yitzhak asserted, "It's only a matter of time before he wakes up."

A simple sentence gave Kiramo great comfort.Although Yitzhak was fierce, he was a straight-hearted person, who said one thing and said another, and rarely beat around the bush.He really thought so, and he really hoped so.

"Itzhak."

"what?"

"I'm going to support the front line, Aslan... Please."

Yitzhak turned to look at Kira.As the best pilot among the adjusters, it is impossible to escape the fate of fighting, but Kira is the one who hates war the most.If it wasn't for Aslan, he wouldn't have made such a decision.What kind of responsibility to bear, he must have already made up his mind.

"Hmm." Yitzhak responded lightly.The personality that has always liked to sing a different tune is not without a considerate side.Yitzhak knows when to yell and when to be considerate.

Kira shook Aslan's hand, and the reassuring warmth made him smile.Unlike the ice-cold night that night, the temperature is proof of being alive.

Kira left.Yitzhak watched his back disappear, then turned to look at Aslan.

The dark blue hair spread out on the snow-white pillow, and the light blue blanket gently covered the body.Aslan's expression was somewhat perplexed and distressed.Yitzhak pulled over the stool and sat down, looking at Aslan with his legs outstretched.In his memory, he had never looked at this companion's face so carefully.

Aslan was very good-looking.Yitzhak scored eighty points in his heart.But stupid.In terms of IQ, I scored [-] out of [-], which is considered as a way to save face.

Really can't wake up?Yitzhak frowned.Stretching out his fingers, he stroked Aslan's face lightly, feeling inexplicably happy.

Aslan's lips moved slightly. "... Kira..."

Yitzhak retracted his hand quickly.He glanced left and right, and stared at the person who was talking in his sleep. "If you don't wake up, Kira will be besieged by the Earth Army!"

"Don't think that you can just lie down and not do things. Kira will be punished for violating military regulations sooner or later," Yitzhak roared through gritted teeth, "Lax can't protect him!"

While roaring, he looked at the sleeping Aslan.A person who can't wake up can still talk, which is frightening and depressing.No matter how good the relationship with Kira is, it's not normal to keep saying each other's name.If you pay attention, wake up, idiot!

A tear rolled down the corner of Aslan's eye.

Yitzhak's heart skipped a beat for no reason.Usually only when people are very sad, people will cry in their dreams. Tears in dreams are real emotions that cannot be concealed, and they are also a sign that a person is about to wake up.Yitzhak lingered and lingered, should he call the doctor, or check again?

So he decided to check again and took a closer look.There are really tears in the corners of the eyes.Just as he was about to get up and call the doctor, Aslan's eyes slowly opened.

There was no image reflected in the green eyes, and the figure seen in the blur turned into a longing face, smiling, and approached.

aslan...

The gentle and sweet call, the intoxicating emotions that make the heart throb, meet in each other's eyes.As long as you are alive, there is a possibility of goodbye. In war, you may not be able to choose between life and death. Instinct always makes people live desperately.

Slowly raising his hand, caressing his lover's face, the unspoken words of love turned into soft murmurs. "Kira..."

A light kiss, stained with a reborn smile, closing your eyes with peace of mind, knowing that when you wake up, the person you look forward to will be by your side, and your heart will beat alive again.

After waking up for a moment, Aslan fell asleep again.

Yitzhak petrified beside the bed.

He's not Kira, okay?

No, not even Kira!

"Bastard! What kind of plane are you doing!" Yitzhak grabbed Aslan's collar and screamed, "I'm Yitzhak! Look clearly!"

Man... The first kiss turned out to be a man!Yitzhak was so angry that he wanted to kill Aslan, but the sleeping man had no idea what he had done.He was content, with a faint smile on his face.

Yitzhak's mouth twisted and twitched.

He suddenly realized who it was that Aslan wanted to kiss.To him, the touching of lips was nothing more than a prank, but to Aslan, it was an admiration entrusted with all emotions.

Aslan and Kira?

When did they... Yitzhak stood blankly, his hands on his forehead.It was more like a bolt from the blue than a war!Are these two people really related like that?Lacus...you know?

I don't know if it's better?

Yitzhak kicked the stool over. "Damn it!"