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A/N: Hey, this is Pchu with another story. Still waiting on the others, huh? Well, keep waiting. But I do have several chapters done already for this fic that will hopefully keep you busy. Er...maybe.

As a side note:

- All the characters are 16...the young one's I mean.

- Characters that died in the series won't appear in this fic unless I need them for something. So, yes Flay is in this fic and so is someone else.

- Yes, there was still a war, but none of the characters were in it. They all just grew up as regular kids.

- Kira and Cagalli know they are siblings and are living together.

I think that's all I should warn you about. Enjoy the fic.

Disclaimer: I absolutely, positively do not own Gundam SEED. How I know? Because I do not know an ounce of Japanese.

"Good morning, Vice Principal La Flaga."

"Good morning, kiddo." A man with short, wavy blonde hair greeted the younger man boastfully. "What can I do for you today?"

"Nothing, sir. I am here to see Principal Ramius. Is she here yet?" The student asked.

"She is, but you won't be able to see her now. Are you sure it isn't something I can help you with, er…was the name Yamato?" La Flaga looked down at the boy questioningly.

"Yes, Kira Yamato." He smiled at him.

Kira Yamato was a boy around the age of 16. He had short, shaggy brown hair and amethyst eyes. He was kind and generous, but oftentimes he was considered too much of a softy by his peers. However, aside from his sensitive side, he was well liked around the school and was much of a help to the faculty, especially Principal Ramius. He attends Orb High and receives near top grades, which is good enough by his standards. He lives in the Attha mansion as Orb's Representative Uzumi Nara Attha's adopted son along with his twin sister Cagalli Yula Attha. His sister was adopted long before him, which explains why she carries the Attha name. She too attended Orb High.

"Where is Principal Ramius, by the way?" Kira asked innocently.

"Haven't you gotten the memo? You might as well, it's like you practically work here." La Flaga winked at him. "The Principal's out meeting with a new student."

Kira blinked. Slowly a grin spread across his face. "A new student, huh? Can't wait to meet 'em."

"Well, I'm sure you're more than welcome to make the new student feel right at home, eh?"

"It's my job, isn't it? I mean, who knows more about the school then I do, sir?" Kira asked as he slowly backed away, fastening his backpack around his back.

La Flaga chuckled. "I wouldn't give you all the credit."

Kira joined in the laughter. "So, who's the new student, sir?" He asked just as he was about to walk out of the office.

La Flaga smiled at him briefly before looking down at a list on a piece of paper. "I think the name is Athrun Zala."

"Athrun Zala." Kira said slowly. "I'll remember that."

Cagalli was sitting in the grass outside in front of Orb High. There was a light breeze causing her blonde fringes to sashay back and forth across her auburn eyes. Her friends surrounded her; they all held her up on a high pedestal. They admired her so much, she was fierce and tough and every boy in the school would give anything to go out with her. The only problem for them was that she wasn't interested in any of them. She wasn't the type of girl that thought the only reason to live was to date the hottest, the most popular, or the most athletic guy in the school. She was the type that didn't trust boys and so she spends her time turning her back to them.

"That's hilarious, Cagalli." A brown haired girl said on Cagalli's right.

"You really think so?" Cagalli asked smiling. She knew how much her friends admired her, but she also knew that they weren't fake like many of the others. They really wanted to be her friends. They really wanted to get to know her as a person. Something she cherished so much about friendship. They weren't people like that Flay Alster who only hung out with the best to be the best. They were real. "Well, just don't tell Kira I told you guys. He would kill me."

"Or break down and cry before the whole school." A red-haired girl said. They all laughed.

"Oh my gosh!" A tall, blonde haired girl said. She was staring off to the side with her mouth gaped opened. "Is that an angel?" She said in a dreamy voice.

Cagalli stared at her stunned. "Sasha, what are you talking about?"

"No, that's not an angel." Her red-haired friend Krystal said. "That's a hunk."

"Who so happens to have blue hair; yeah that just screams out bizarre to me." Leeli stated. She was the friend with reason.

Cagalli raised her eyebrows. She couldn't tell where they were all looking at. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Look." Krystal said pointing her hands in the direction of a boy with shoulder-length blue hair. He was walking and talking with someone. "He's the guy talking with Principal Ramius."

Cagalli spotted him immediately. She gave him a good look over. In her opinion, he wasn't that bad looking. For once, Sasha didn't fall for a mountain troll. She watched him just like her friends did as well. She watched as he chatted with the Principal and smiled at her as well. He has a nice smile. Cagalli thought secretly. However, they all have nice smiles. She turned her head away from him. She had seen enough.

"Well," She began catching the attention of all her friends. "It won't be long before he has a trail of girls running after him."

"Oh, come on, Cagalli." Sasha spoke up after breaking from her trance. "You can't say that you don't find him attractive. I mean he's hotter than the hottest guys in this school."

"Yet, if you're somehow including my brother in that list then, you don't have much of an argument, do you?" Cagalli smirked at her.

Sasha rolled her eyes in response.

The bell rang in the background signaling for classes to start.

"Bye, Cagalli." The group said to her as they stood up and left.

"Bye." Cagalli said waving at them. She bent over to pick up her stuff. When she stood up to full height she caught another glimpse of the boy she saw earlier. He and the principal were no less than ten feet away from her. Only, this time when she looked at him, he looked back and their eyes met. He looked at her for a split second before turning his gaze to look elsewhere and continue his conversation with the principal. Cagalli shivered. "That felt weird." She mumbled to herself. She took off for her first class of the day.

"Here's your schedule. I hope you like it here at Orb High." Principal Ramius said kindly to the young man standing in front of her.

"Thank you very much, ma'am." He took the schedule from her and bowed his head before turning to go to his first class.

Athrun Zala was also 16 years old come the previous week. It was his father's birthday present to him: to attend a public school in a mixed community. Athrun had lived in the Plants where the population was 95 coordinators and it was rare to ever see a natural, especially in the type of school system he was in.

Coordinators and Naturals have been living in peace for the past 20 years and are stil trying to create ways to make the peace everlasting. Patrick Zala, Athrun's father and Chairman of PLANTS, mainly did the transfer for political reasons to send his only son to a Coordinator-Natural mixed environment to study. In other words, Athrun's 16th birthday wasn't the sole factor in his decision-making. Either way, Athrun still saw it as an opportunity and was glad to be given the chance for a change in the environment.

To most, Athrun would be considered a very attractive male. He had shoulder-length blue hair and striking emerald-green eyes. He can be stern and stubborn like his father, but like his mother, Athrun had a very kind heart.

"History 1A." Athrun mumbled to himself while reading his schedule. He had history class starting in the next five minutes and he had no idea where to find it. "Room 30C." He looked up and over to the door he was standing next to. His eyebrows rose. "That's room 16A." He looked left and right, up and down the hall. "There's no way that I'll get to class on time." He said gloomily before setting off down the hall.

Athrun broke into a near run as he reached midway. The numbers were rising in value, but as far as he could tell, he was still in the wrong hall. "It said 30C, not 30A." He looked around to see if he could find someone to point him in the right direction, but the hall was completely deserted. He sighed. He really didn't want to show up to his first class late on his first day at the school.

"Need help?"

Athrun turned around. A tall, blonde man was staring down at him smirking. "Er… yes, I'm lost and can't seem to find my class." He said sheepishly.

The man nodded. "Athrun Zala, right? The name's La Flaga, Vice Principal La Flaga." He said boastfully. He reached down and took the schedule from Athrun's hand. "30C, huh? Well, that's simple. Just follow me, okay? No need to worry about being late, I'll take care of that." La Flaga walked off in the direction towards one of the doors that led to a staircase.

Athrun nodded his head bashfully and hurriedly followed him. He made a note of where everything was and perhaps how the room numbering system worked so he wouldn't get lost again.

"Here we are. History 1A, Ms. Talia's class." La Flaga announced before opening the door.

At that instant the bell sounded. Athrun let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you so much, sir."

"Don't mention it." La Flaga grinned down at him. "Hey, Ms. Talia! I got your new student here." He patted Athrun on the back causing him to stumble forward a bit. His hair fell forward onto his face.

Athrun looked up and saw the teacher smiling down at him. He smiled back at her shyly. He could tell that she was a nice teacher. She had short, brown hair and wore red lipstick. The means of which did make her appear a little strict.

"Thank you, Vice Principal." She smiled at La Flaga who returned the gesture and turned to walk out the classroom as well. But before he closed the door, Athrun could have sworn he saw him stop to look at a student for a moment and wink at him. This confused Athrun a bit, but he didn't have time to ponder over it for he had heard Ms. Talia call him to the front.

"Would you like to introduce yourself to your fellow classmates?" She asked kindly.

Athrun nodded and looked around at the many students in his class. They all peered up at him with mild interests, but the ones who seemed most interested were the girls. Of course. Athrun sighed to himself. He smiled at them all and opened his mouth to begin. "Hello, my name is Athrun Zala and I am from PLANTS. I like to spend my time reading and I enjoy history very much."

"I'm glad to hear that." Ms. Talia responded. "Well then, I can only find it fitting that I place you next to my top history student." She pointed to a brown haired boy to the left side of the room.

Athrun turned to her and bowed before going to take his seat. He glanced briefly at the boy and saw that he was smiling at him as a sign of greeting. Athrun returned the smile and started taking out his school supplies.

"Okay class, as usual I will begin by summarizing what we last talked about, so I hope you all did your reading last night." A few murmurs erupted throughout the class.

At that instant, a knocking was heard at the door. It opened and a woman with short, dark blue hair poked her head through it. "I'm sorry to interrupt, Ms. Talia, but Principal Ramius would like a word with you."

Ms. Talia sighed. "Okay class, you got lucky this time. While I'm out you all can use the time to do any last minute reading for whatever it is you were unable to get to last night." She walked from behind her desk and headed for the door. "Now, be good." She closed the door behind her.

The class erupted into chatter.

"Whoa, I really lucked out of that one. I haven't read one bit of that chapter." A tanned boy with blonde hair stated. "I really thought I was dead there. Hey Yzak, could you give me a brief of what we were supposed to have read?"

"Tough luck." A boy with shoulder-length silver hair said. "It's your own fault for not reading. I won't help you out this time, Dearka."

"What? Come on!"

"So, you're Athrun Zala?"

Athrun slightly jumped in his seat at the mention of his name. He was busy listening to the conversation between the two boys over not reading the night's lesson. Not that he was trying to listen; they just happened to be close by and were talking a bit too loudly. "Yes, I am." He said to the brown hair guy sitting next to him.

"Funny how we end up in the same class." He continued to smile at Athrun.

Athrun wasn't sure where this kid was coming from. He was sure of one thing though, he had never seen this guy before in his life. So, he found it ironic how this guy was talking to him as if they were old buddies from another school or something.

"My name's Kira Yamato. I usually help out around the school, especially with new students. Strangely, I didn't know you were coming until today."

"Oh." Athrun stated. He felt somewhat dumb that he didn't have much else to say to this guy.

"Hey, would you like to stop by at my house after school today?" Kira asked enthusiastically.

"Er…I don't know." Athrun scratched at the back of his head. This kid's cheerfulness was starting to creep him out a bit. "I don't want to intrude or anything."

"It's no problem at all. Besides, you can use a friend at this school, am I right?"

Athrun stared at him. He was used to being a loner wherever he went. Now he was treading in unfamiliar territory and was lost for words and thought at what to do. It couldn't hurt, could it? He asked himself. He had never really tried to make a real friend in all his years at school. However, Athrun felt that if he was going to make the best of his stay at a community like this, then the least he could do was to actually make a friend.

He smiled at Kira. "Yeah. Sounds good to me."

A/N: Short huh? Uhm, all my chapters vary in length but none are too short. It may not look like it's heading somewhere, but trust me...it'll get there somehow.

Please R&R and I thank you in advance.