By: Eina
Author's Note
Lalalalala…
Wahahahahaha….
Ok… I might sound a little bit insane but this is due to another obsession…
This fic is an AU coz I have this difficulty creating battle scenes, well… hope you enjoy, R/R please!
Step 1:
Know Your Victim
Warning: I really hope you guys would understand me, Gundam Seed has just made its final airing in the Philippines so I'm a little bit down… but, what the hell! Let us start on Steps in Better Kidnapping!
(Let us pretend Orb is a country in Europe. Let us pretend…)
Orb as a small country is a very powerful one. In a year there are over a million visiting their country for scientific and technological breakthroughs. But the country is not the only one people wants to see… some are also attempting to court the very spunky and fiery princess, Cagalli (forgot her second name… ;;;) Yula. Still, no one has ever made her say yes to marriage or even an invitation for a date (talk about snobbish).
"Cagalli, he is a fine young man." Lord Ozuma tried to convince his daughter to, at least, consider going out with somebody, "You are turning sixteen next month, and everyone knows that when a royalty turns sixteen, he or she automatically has a fiancé."
"Father, I could beat those guys in any sport!" Cagalli boasted.
"Cagalli, I know you can but men aren't measured by that way!" Lord Ozumi was still begging his daughter to choose someone.
Lord Ozuma sighed.
He knew he had no choice, because as a girl, Cagalli was definitely snobbish and moody. He turned on the huge LG plasma screen in his office (they didn't live in a palace like in other countries in Europe, it was like a mansion.) and turned to the local news channel.
"Terrorists have again strike, terrorizing local village in Orb!" The anchorwoman said as the video clip flashed in the television. Then a young man's picture appeared in the screen.
"This is Athrun Zala, everyone." She informed the viewers. He had raven hair reaching under his ears and bright emerald eyes. "The leader of the terrorist group, still unknown to us."
"That's preposterous." Lord Ozumi cried, "He's just a teenager!"
He's cute. Cagalli thought staring more into the television where Athrun's picture was still flashing.
Terrorist's HQ"This is the picture of our next victim." Athrun's elected commander, Dearka, placed down a picture of Cagalli in the wooden table, wearing her school uniform; gray skirt, blue blazer and red ribbon).
"Who's that?" Athrun asked.
"Cagalli Yula, sir. She's the princess of Orb" Nicol said.
"We're plotting that if we kidnap her, we wouldn't starve… you know eating instant noodles and Refresh mineral water (ok… this a water packed in a sealed plastic cup. Only available in the Philippines… darn it is so cheap! And it tastes awful!)." Yzak loudly protested.
"Enough!" Athrun cried, "You people are acting like a bunch of teenage girls!"
"Ah… oh… so here's the plan." Dearka tried to cool down the atmosphere, but it is true they have been suffering by drinking refresh everyday, "One of us is going to have to disguise as a student in Cagalli's boarding school."
"That's going to be me!" Athrun spoke before anyone else could volunteer. He didn't even know why he even volunteered.
"Oh… okay." Dearka sighed. For a commander, Dearka sure was hesitant.
"But, his face was displayed on National Television just minutes ago." Yzak stated his problem.
"You're going to disguise as him." Dearka smiled at Yzak, "Our leader is just famous here in Orb, but not in England, where the princess' boarding school is. There's nothing that our trusty facial kit couldn't handle." He laughed proudly.
"Contact lenses will be on the list, Lord Ozumi is darn observant when it comes to criminals." Nicol said.
"Yeah… contact lenses then, ok…" Dearka typed the materials that they were going to need on his Apple notebook (not the notebook with spring and paper, the notebook, as in small lap top… men I would die to have one!), "You better hack into Cagalli's school and add Athrun's name in the student's list."
"Sure thing!" Nicol smiled as he opened his sleek lap top, an Apple one (I have this obsession with Apple, I AM DYING TO HAVE ONE!!!).
"So… see you next year father." Cagalli tried to make her farewell as formal as possible.
"Cagalli, you will be going home next month." His father reminded her of the betrothal that was going to happen on her birthday.
"Oh yeah, anyway… see you next month." Cagalli sighed as she got on board their school train. She was supposed to be riding on their jet plane due to the kidnapping, but she insisted on riding in the train because it would be harder to kidnap her.
Betrothal, engagement, these are things she'd like to be considered as nonsensical. Cagalli liked to be free not tied too a man she didn't even liked. She remembered the pictures her father showed her… she had to admit that they were good looking, but something told her that they weren't the right one.
"Oh shoot!" Cagalli tried to pull her skirt down to her knees. One thing she didn't like about her school is their uniform. It was one centimeter above the knee and short dresses irritated her so much.
"Uhm…" A man peeked in her compartment, "Can I…?"
"Sure." Cagalli knew that the train was going to be packed, still her father insisted that she has to have a private one, she is a princess isn't she?
"Aren't you that terrorist?" Cagalli straightforwardly asked.
Athrun gulped. He didn't know that the princess was also a keen observer. If only he knew the pictures Cagalli has printed with his face on it.
"No, why?" Athrun tried calm himself.
"Oh…" Cagalli sighed.
"Ooooh… look what we have here, the princess has a friend." A blonde guy laughed.
"Mwu, the princess has all the rights to have friends." A brunette protested.
"Never mind them!" Cagalli ordered, "So, what's you name?"
"Uhm…" Athrun hesitated, how could he forget the name Dearka has given him.
"Daniel?" Cagalli pointed at the name patch embroidered on his left chest part of his blazer.
"Yeah, and you are?" He tried to sound formal.
"Cagalli… Cagalli Yula." She smiled.
"Oh and yeah, she is Murrue Ramius, she's supposed to be my personal assistant and he is Mwu Laflaga, he's my bodyguard… I guess?" Cagalli was hesitating about Mwu's position, even though he was supposed to be her bodyguard. But the one he has been guarding lately is Murrue.
"Nice to meet you." Athrun was surprised by her behavior. She really didn't act like a princess, but there was something really attractive about her that he can't resist.
To Be ContinuedPlease review, I would gladly like to here about your comments, suggestion, violent reactions and everything … ;;;