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Of Angels and War 2/23/03 20:09 GSS Yui (GD-30) Ch. 1 Part. 3 Chiharu sat, wide awake on her bed in the Captain's Quarters of the GSS Yui. It had only been a few hours earlier that Taisho Yui had given Chi the new mission and then retired to her own ship. Even now, Chi could feel the warmth of Yui's body in her arms from that short embrace a few hours ago. The Taisho's promise to return gave Chi little comfort, but it was the issue of the Angels that truly weighed heavily in the Chujo's mind. But, it wouldn't be the first time that they went against Angels and Heaven... the old fear stirred in her heart once more, a fear that had been forgotten many years ago, that burned passionately now with the memory of the Heavenly Wars, things that would not allow themselves to be forgotten.
It was only six years ago when Chi became assigned to Clan Kitsurugi's Second Army of the Precious Sword led by the already infamous and deadly 17 year old NH-2 Bioweapon, Kitsurugi Yui, who had kicked the Angels out of Hell and conquered it only a year earlier. Chi herself was only 15 years old but she had always looked for stories about Kitsurugi Yui and wanted to be a fierce warrior like her. The 2nd Army itself was a small fighting force of about 200 Nekos and Elves (it was one of the private armies of the Emperor/Clan Kitsurugi), while the enemy, the Angels of Heaven seemed to be endless. There was even a rumor going around that the Angels had weapon that was equivalent of a NH-2 bioweapon. Chi had heard the stories and was both excited and terrified of what might happen, but still, she joined the Emperor's Army and prepared for the worst. She could remember marching through the blistering cold snow, dressed in silver armour, gold breastplate and heavy red cloak, with a spear strapped to her back and a long sword strapped to her side. The tireless marches were led by the "General" of the army herself, barking out orders with her white cloak billowing in the wind behind her as marched onwards or when she stopped every so often to appraise her troops with relentless blood red eyes from beneath a mask of grime and red war paint. And the combat, oh the combat, what stuck out most in her memory was a battle that caused the General to be severly wounded... The 2nd Army had engaged the Angels in a fierce melee, many soldiers on both sides had already fallen in the first few minutes of the combat, but the Angels were overwhelming the small army when Yui stopped and gave a line of lance wielding archangels a crazed smile. Chi was neck deep in combat when she heard a cry ring out from both sides. As Chi looked up, pulling her sword from the corpse of an angel, she saw the General take a flying leap onto a group of angels. Chi's heart sank when she saw four lances pierce Yui's torso, and yet, Yui was still fighting as she disappeared among the horde of angels. Chi felt something deep inside of her change and all of her fear and doubts vanished as she let out a powerful, yet sorrowful warcry for Yui. She heard others in group cry out as well as they surged forward with renewed strength and ferociousity as they tried to cut a path to their General. After several hours of bloody close quarters fighting, Chi found herself almost next to Yui, by now everything was just a shade of red on the trampled snow around them and Yui was beneath an angel, missing an eye and a hand, drenched in her own blood and the angel's still fighting ferociously for her life. Chi tried to fight her way to Yui but only arrived to find Yui's own sword shoved up to the hilt in the General's abdomen! Another cry erupted from Chi as she ran forward as fast as she could to get there before the Angel could finish Yui off. She swung her sword at the Angel attacking Yui, yelling taunts as she tried to lore it away from Yui to give her General time to recover enough to counterattack.... "Red, everything was painted red. Their cries and ours shattered the very fabric of the Heavens. We were outnumbered and yet, we still managed to beat them back. Humans were fools to ever believe that Angels and their God were the saviors of mankind, immortal, all powerful and kind. In the end they were only cruel, manipulative and bled and died the same as anyone else. Humans believed Heaven to be eternal paradise.. what a joke. Heaven was just endless death frost bitten with blistering winds of hatred and war. I hope that this crew won't have to see the 'Hell' that were the Heavenly Wars, and I pray Yui and the crew of the Philosophy won't either." Chujo Ketsurui Chiharu hugged her oversized teddybear to her chest and sighed, closing her eyes again. Could she even remember what happened next? It just happened so fast, everything was a blur of blood, feathers and a whole new world of pain. She thought there might have been the appearence of more soldiers to help but she couldn't be sure. All that she was certain of was that Yui was alive, and so was she. After that the Heavenly Wars didn't seem to be that long, she had befriended Yui and learned that almost all of the stories about Yui were mostly true. It was after the Wars had ended that Chi had lost touch with Yui through an incident that left Chi's memory damaged and left Chi's body in stasis. When her body was found she recieved an upgrade from the old NH-2 to the new NH-7 body and was bounced around from duty roster to duty roster until she found herself in command of the GSS Now and Forever and upgraded to the NH-X body. "It's been so crazy these past few years.. and here I am in command of a new ship, with a new crew and about to go off to hunt down Angels again." Chiharu sighed and fell back onto the bed, holding the teddybear up and touching its nose as a soft smile played across her face. "But you aren't worried, are you Mr. Bear?" She hugged the bear again. "We'll be alright, I know we will and so will Yui-san." After the fateful battle, the medics tried to treat all of the wounded with General Yui's injuries as their priority. "Chiharu, why do you look so happy? You almost died." A medic asked as she tried to stop Chi from bleeding. Chiharu smiled despite the fact that her left arm lay severed 10 feet away from her. "Because, I finally got to know what it's like to be a hero." "Oh, what is it like?" "It hurts alot, but you don't regret your actions at all."
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