A/N: Hello. This is my first time posting here. I have written a lot of Fanfiction (mostly about Gundam) but I have never published it here before. I am a big fan of the Gundam Series and thus I am writing either altered versions of their story or originals based on existing material. There's just this thing about my writing: I always write in plot format. So please forgive me if you don't like this format or if the story becomes confusing.
A/N #2: Everything that happened in Gundam Seed (Remastered) stays exactly the same. The first part of this story doesn't have many changes from the original except for the major change that Meer Campbell doesn't exist in this story. Nothing personal, I just thought that the overall story would still work without her.
GSD I -A New Power
C.E. 71 during the battle at Orb, Shinn's family was killed (due to the fight between the Freedom and Calamity). This causes Shinn to hate war and decides to become a soldier.
C.E. 73 two years after the war Gilbert Durandal and Caglli Yula Athha were in talks for a partnership between ZAFT and Orb, Cagalli refuses to provide military aid, but their meeting was cut short due to an incident in Armory One, three ZAFT Gundams were stolen. ZAFT sends in the Impulse, piloted by Shinn Asuka, to intercept the thieves. The Impulse is able to hold off the three but it was soon overpowered. Athrun saves Shinn by ramming his ZAKU on the Abyss. The Abyss retaliates by shooting its chest cannon, hitting the ZAKU on the arm. The impact wounded Cagalli's head and she fell on his lap, unconscious. Athrun is forced to retreat to the Minerva. Sting orders them to retreat because reinforcements were almost there. Stella blows a hole and they use it to escape outside.
Shinn and Rey follow them (Lunamaria's ZAKU was damaged and it went back to the Minerva. Athrun's ZAKU arrived shortly after her. She raised her guard at first but upon learning that the passenger was Cagalli Yula Athha, she immediately ordered the crew to take her to the medical bay. Neo bought time for the three to escape as he fought the ZAKU and the Impulse with his Exus to a stalemate. With the Impulse's power getting low, the Minerva launches, retrieves the two. The Minerva gives chase because it would be trouble if they left the Phantom Pain alone and they need to retrieve the stolen Gundams (destroy them if necessary). After a lengthy battle, the Phantom Pain was able to outmaneuver the Minerva and damage it enough to stop it at its tracks. The Minerva is forced to sit tight and wait for repairs.
While the Minerva was being repaired, Cagalli toured the ship with Gilbert. They unofficially "resume" their talk but is interrupted by Shinn who voiced out his personal hatred for the Athhas and Orb. This affects Cagalli in a personal way since she realized that many families like Shinn, and to some extent even her own, died for Orb and its ideals. Athrun comforts her in her room.
Meanwhile a terrorist group comprised of Patrick Zala loyalists, shifted Junius Seven's trajectory towards Earth. The Joule team was deployed to destroy it. The Minerva help the Joule team since they were near the site. Gilbert is able to convince Athrun to drop his Alex Dino persona and embrace his family name to fight for ZAFT once again. Athrun launches in a ZAKU to help out. He is reunited with Dearka and Yzak. They defeated the three Gundams and were able to destroy about 97% of it but the debris still hit Earth causing catastrophic levels of destruction. The Minerva goes to Orb for repairs.
While in Orb, Cagalli was surprised that the Parliament wanted to make an alliance with the EF. The crew of the Minerva disembark so that they can relax. Kira visits the Cenotaph. There he meets Shinn face to face. Athrun meets up with Kira and tells him about his experience in space. After their meeting, he decides to go to the PLANTs to try and convince Chairman Durandal not to escalate the tension between ZAFT and the EF. Before he goes, he gives Cagalli a ring; the two kiss, and Athrun goes to the PLANTs.
The EF retaliated after learning that coordinators were the one responsible for the drop. They fired nuclear missiles at the PLANTs but are stopped with the use of the nuclear stampeder. The citizens of the PLANTs go into a panic and shout war. But they are calmed down with the words of Chairman Durandal.
Back in Orb, Cagalli, not being able to do anything about Orb joining the EF, asks the Minerva to leave because she cannot protect it once the treaty has been signed. But as soon as they leave and an EF ambush was waiting for them. Orb meanwhile closes its doors to the Minerva. They are battered down pretty hard and when Shinn was about to be killed by a new mobile armor, he goes into SEED mode and destroys the mobile armor and many ships of the EF.
Athrun, in the PLANTs, hears about the Orb and EF alliance. Durandal talks him into rejoining ZAFT, and he does. Durandal personally promotes him to a FATIH member and gives him the Saviour. With a new Gundam, Athrun heads back to Earth. When he reaches the territory of Orb he tries to sneak in but was intercepted and was told to leave. He complies and heads for Carpentaria.
As Kira and the rest were cleaning up the debris form the fall, they learn about Cagalli and Jona getting married. This prompts them to launch and reactivate the Freedom and the Archangel. He "kidnaps" Cagalli and they escape unharmed. Kira and Cagalli argue about each other's actions. It ends with Cagalli accepting that what Kira (and the others) did was the right thing and she will do what she can to right the wrongs of Orb.
The EF forces lead by Neo and the Orb forces lead by Jona, attack and ambush the Minerva. The Freedom and Archangel arrives and assists the Minerva in escaping. They don't kill anyone. When the Minerva has escaped, Cagalli launched in the Strike Rouge and demanded that the Orb forces leave the area for this was not their [Orb] fight. Jona, not wanting to be humiliated in front of the Orb Admirals, responded by attacking her. This surprises everybody. Cagalli tries again but it was futile. Kira orders her to retreat since her presence is not helping, instead it might have made the situation worse. Shinn is unsure why he feels hatred towards the Freedom.
The Minerva arrives at Carpentaria. The crew meets Heine in the canteen and he tells them that he will be joining the Minerva. Afterwards the crew meets up with Durandal. They discuss various stuff. After the meeting, Shinn and Lunamaria went out for a totally platonic dinner together, while Athrun and Heine went out for some drinks. They talk about their pasts and about how they don't actually want to fight despite them being FAITH members.
Morning comes and the crew of the Phantom Pain goes in the city. Shinn, Lunamaria, and Meyrin decide to shop. Athrun stays in the ship and tunes up the Saviour (he also helped Heine transfer to the Minerva). Shinn meets Stella after he saved her when she fell from a cliff, injuring her ankle. They get stranded in a cave. Shinn used his handkerchief to bandage her injury. She gives him a beautiful pink seashell as a token of gratitude. Shinn promised her that he will protect her. They are later rescued by Athrun and Stella is reunited with Sting and Auel.
The Minerva heads out once again and heads for Gibraltar. They are instead met with yet another ambush by the EF forces. They fight desperately and fend them off. Shinn, after fighting the Gaia, notices a nearby POW work camp and liberates it. He is reprimanded by Athrun because of his actions.
They stop at a small ZAFT base near Morocco and resupply there. Since they were there, they were given a mission to liberate an EF occupied town and destroy the positron cannon defending it. They succeed and they receive medals for their work. Cagalli and Lacus talk, in the hot spring of the Archangel, about the right thing to do or what one believes as the right thing to do.
The Minerva heads back out and are ambushed (again) by a huge fleet of EF and Orb forces. The Freedom and Archangel arrive again but this time to fight all of those in the battlefield to try and make them stop. The Minerva is very heavily damaged. In the melee, Kira accidentally kicks Heine's GOUF into a charging Gaia, killing him instantly. The EF and Orb forces retreat when they were torn apart by the Sword Impulse and an angry SEED-mode Shinn.
The Minerva docks somewhere near Crete to repair and resupply. While they are there, Shinn and Rey are given a mission to scout a suspicious facility in a nearby city. Athrun asks Captain Gladys if he can leave to meet with Kira. She agrees but secretly sends Lunamaria to spy on him.
With the help of Miriallia, Athrun was able to meet with Kira and Cagalli. They argue about their actions. Athrun is angry that Cagalli just went out and tried to stop the Orb forces and that she put herself in danger. Cagalli defends her actions saying that Orb shouldn't be fighting and she is doing everything she can to stop Orb from destroying itself once again. Kira takes Cagalli's side and defends her actions. Cagalli pleads to Athrun to help her stop Orb peacefully. Athrun tells her that fighting is now inevitable and peaceful solutions are futile. Athrun is then called back to the Minerva but before he leaves, her notices that Cagalli was still wearing the ring. Athrun asks her if she hates him now or if she will if he continues to fight against Orb. Cagalli answers him with one word: Never. He regains his composure and tells the others to just lay low and stop creating confusion on the battlefield. Cagalli tearfully watches him go.