Chapter 2: Trough the Stars of Night

It’s been quite a while they been traveling trough the galaxy with only warp capability after the jump-gate was destroyed, creating a distortion of the warp hole and the meeting of the other fleet would be delayed to reach from normal warp stats. The captain of the Kusanagi ask the crewmembers to have some moment time to relax from thinking on what has happen these past days. “Yue, take care of the bridge for me for a while will you,” Todoka said as he gets up from the chair and heads off the command post and walks around the corridor of the ship. It was a gloomy moment on that time, some people were crying because of their lost and some people were angered on what has happen. Todoka could only hope that the condition will brighten up again. As he continues to walk he sees Kanata looking outside the window watching the stars. She wasn’t in a bright mood either after the loss of her father in the battle.

“Kanata, I know you are still upset about what had happen to Uzumi-Sama… But you need to remember that he sacrifices himself for the sake of our people and that includes you Kanata-Sama…” Todoka said as he looks outside the window looking at both of the Justice and Freedom unit. Calm as always he continues to talk she finally spoken up. “Can I really do this…? I’ve never give commands to our fleets before either… The only thing I do is watch my father’s reaction if it comes to these kinds of situation… Do you think I can do what my father could do…?” After saying that, Kanata continues to watch the star passing them. Putting his hand on Kanata’s head, Todoka starts to talk again, “Your father trusts you on this and I’m sure you can do it as well as he does. It might be hard from the start but eventually after a while you can manage it yourself as long as you believe in yourself that’s all.” After hearing it, Kanata nodded her head a bit a give a smile.

“Well Kanata-Sa-“Todoka stopped as he sees Kanata’s finger near his lips. “Just call me Kanata would be just fine. I don’t want too much formality between friends” she said while giving out a smile. Looking back at her, Todoka smiled a bit. “Alright then, I’ll be heading to the bridge for now. I’ll call you if there’s anything important… Kanata,” he said as he heads back to the bridge to check things up. After Todoka left the place, Kanata continues to watch the stars outside that is passing trough them. “I’ll do my best father…I’ll promised I won’t let you down,” She said slowly and smiled a bit.

The journey continues by as they pass trough the stars...