The Meaning of Tomorrow

A/N:

Hi, this would be (technically) second GSD fanfic. Please take it easy on the criticisms but feel free to read the story :)

Post GSD, Shinn and Luna are now living a happy life after the war. Everything was normal until an unexpected event that was connected to Shinn's past happens. SXS and a little bit of KiraXLacus and AthrunXCagali. R&R please.

Prologue : Saved from an untimely death

After the war at Berlin, a search and rescue team was dispatched to look for the people who were either lost or died in the war, a certain military submarine was searching for dead bodies to be retrieved underwater, while they were looking, they found a body of a certain female. The rescuers retrieved the body and checked for her vital signs. "The girl is still alive" said one of the doctors. They placed a towel around the woman and put her on a stretcher. "We need to get back to land, if we want this girl to survive, we need to bring her to a hospital, based on the equipment we have here, it's not enough to try to keep her alive." "Another doctor added." the navigator of the submarine then went back to land to rush the retrieved woman to the hospital.

When they arrived at the hospital, the girl was immediately rushed to a special Intensive Care Unit department for war victims, and a wireless oxygen mask was attached to her mouth.

After a few minutes, the doctors have finished checking on the woman. One of the rescuers asked the doctor about the lady's condition. "Her condition has become more stable compared to earlier, for some reason, the sweat coming out of her body actually contained war performance enhancing drugs. I can't explain why did she have those in her body in the first place, what's more unusual is how are they being excreted or removed from her body, the wound on her arm has been successfully mended. She lost a lot of blood though, we need to get a blood donor for her. however, rest assured that we just need her to take a rest, and everything is going to be okay."

A moaning sound was then heard as the unconscious woman was finally moving. The doctors then went through her bed to check her up. The lady opened her magenta colored eyes.

Chapter 1:

"Shinn... I... Love...You..." a stuttering voice of a woman with blonde hair stated as she was shivering in the arms of a dark-haired man, and with her final breath, she died. "Stellar!" the dark-haired man replied, tears falling from his red eyes. He then yelled so loud, it seems that the weather itself seemed to match his emotion. Sadness, hurt, Anger, Vengeance.

The scene then shifted to a dark room where the dark haired man seemed to have just woken up to a horrible dream. He looked at his clock and found out that it was already 7 in the morning, he then got up from his bed and took a shower, brushed his teeth and went out of his barracks. The morning sun was shining bright as the man walked towards his destination. A bunch of people were marching and as they passed by the man, they stopped and saluted him. The man then saluted back and the group of people continued marching. The man then thought to himself: "It's been a year already since Stellar's death, I haven't noticed it. Time flies so fast" a familiar voice called the man by his name. "Lieutenant Asuka" said the voice. "Oh, Commander Yamato" the man stopped and saluted him. Commander Kira Yamato was wearing his white ZAFT uniform, he had brown hair and purple eyes. "Good day, how have you been doing, had a good sleep?" "Good morning sir, I'm doing great. How may I help you today?" Shinn replied. "Please, call me Kira" Kira smiled. "Anyways, ever since the second bloody valentine war, Orb and the Plants have already been in peace, and it's all because of all your work." Shinn didn't answer and just smiled. "We at Zaft have decided... Uhm... would it be okay if I'm not all formal to you?" Kira asked Shinn "Sure, no problem". Kira then heaved a sigh of relief."Well, we decided to have vacation on Orb, me and Lacus are planning to visit Cagali and the others, you want to come? you can also invite Miss Hawke if you like"

"Luna." Shinn thought to himself, remembering his girlfriend Lunamaria Hawke, who was assigned to training rookie pilots after the war.

Shinn seemed dazed as Kira was speaking to him. It's as if his mind was on another dimension. "Shinn, Shinn, are you there?" Kira asked as Shinn finally woke up to his mind-drifting state. "Oh. Sorry about that." Shinn stated. "But yeah, don't worry, I'll come, I'll invite Luna as well." he added. "Good. We'll meet at exactly 0800 hours at my office tomorrow, from there, we'll go to the space station to ride a shuttle to Orb". Kira replied "Roger that" "See you tomorrow then." Kira smiled as he left.

In perfect timing, Shinn's phone made a beeping sound notifying that someone messaged him. He took out his phone and opened the message. "Hi handsome, let's have dinner together after shift, of course, it's your treat, since you're the guy ;)" Shinn replied with: "Sure, I'll meet you outside of the Mobile Suit hangar alright? Love You!"

Shinn's daily routine as ZAFT Lieutenant went by smoothly. He went to the headquarters to sign some papers, talked to his fellow Officers and Subordinates about his experience during the past war, did some practice shooting at the shooting range and finally, assisted Luna in teaching her cadet class.

After duty, Shinn and Luna ate dinner together. They talked about their day and about the cadets that Luna was teaching, she mentioned one of them that according to her, has the same attitude as Shinn, who in turn, laughed in reply. It seemed like a normal day for him. He then accompanied Luna to her apartment and gave her a goodnight kiss. Afterwards, he returned to his barracks, changed to his sleeping clothes and went to sleep.

A/N: So pretty much this is a little test run, I'm actually still thinking of how can I put Stellar into the picture, so suggesstions would be a great help. Again, don't forget to leave a review on my story. :)