This is my second fanfic (my first is The Chronicles of IA) I hope you enjoy it and please R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed, it's characters, or any of the machines such as the strike or Archangel (besides any that I add of course). Sadly I do not own Honda® either, however the Dearana is my creation.

Chapter 1

A New Beginning

Kira woke early to the sound of Captain Ramius' voice on the intercom. "Attention all personnel, we are currently docking in Hudson Bay Dock #166. I enjoyed being your Captain throughout the war. Good luck with your futures, God bless.

A wave of excitement washed over Kira's body. He was finally done with the war. Finally, it was all over.

He didn't know why he chose to settle down on earth instead of rejoining the colonies, nor did he know why he chose Canada instead of Japan. It just felt right. He got up, showered and dressed. Even though he knew the Archangel would be docked for two or three hours he decided to skip breakfast. He just wanted to have nothing to do with anything about the war anymore. He was so glad he didn't ever have to fight ever again.

He packed up his things and left the room. Before he could take one step he was entangled in a back breaking hug. It was Murdoch.

"I'm gonna miss ya kid! Catch ya around."

"Ya, bye."

When he got to the gate he took a deep breath of the fresh, clean earth air. Much better than the stuffy air in the ship he thought.

There was about half a dozen people departing the ship. They left single file. Captain Ramius was shaking their hands and bidding them good bye as they left. When it was his turn she gave him a hug instead of a handshake. It took him by surprise, but after he hugged her back. "Good bye."

"Good bye."

He walked to the rental car depot which was only across the street from the terminal. He drove out of the lot in a Honda Dearana which was a small car (about the size of our 2006 Civics) but it suited his needs for now.

He had bought a house off the net while onboard the Archangel. It was an old house in a small out port community, it had two stories and a full basement, it was furnished, had three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was just renovated. He figured he would rest there for a few months and try to start a new life. Maybe he would stay there longer if he liked it there.

He glanced in the rear view mirror, the driver of the car behind him looked like Cagalli. It couldn't be her though. He thought she was going back to Orb. He hadn't spoken to Cagalli in a week and he felt bad for it, he really liked her, and they had found out later that she had been adopted so they could have a relation ship together if they wanted. He promised himself that he would get in contact with her as soon as he settled down.

He headed north towards his future home. He drifted into deep thought as he drove. He thought about the nice scenery, about his new life on the bay away from the Archangel, the Strike, fighting, killing, and Cagalli. Lately he noticed that whatever he thought about it always ended with Cagalli. He made a mental picture of her in his mind and ran his eyes down her body he had her memorized perfectly, but he wouldn't admit to himself that he loved her.

He realized that the Cagalli look-a-like was still following him. He pulled out to pass a car, she did the same, he pulled in between two cars, she did the same.

He reached the turn off for the town that he would be living in and turned, still traveling at highway speeds. She followed suit, like him maintaining her speed.

It was a long town that curved along with the bay, his house was in the middle of town, looking over the bay. It was red, and the trim was royal blue. He liked it, it suited him, solemn, lonely. There was a door in the master bedroom which led to a balcony that had the best view of the bay.

He turned into the driveway which was bare gravel. The other car whizzed past the house still traveling at about 100 km/h. "She looks exactly like Cagalli." He said out loud. "But it can't be her, why would she pass the house without even looking in at me? Is she still mad at me for how I treated her a week ago?

FLASHBACK

"Kira! Isn't it great! We can start a family together and get married and everything now that we know that I was adopted."

"It's not that easy Cagalli, we are still family, brother and sister, just not by blood."

"So what. I didn't think you would care about that stuff now." She walked towards him arms outstretched to comfort him.

"Leave me alone." He said, turning away. "I need to rest."

He had seen a tear roll down her face.

He was so sorry he had said that. He tried to apologize to her after but she ignored, and avoided him. He deserved it. The one person he loved and knew he could trust and he blew her off like she was nothing.

He walked up to the front door. Put the key in and turned. It unlocked with a click. He opened the door and stepped in. There was a package on the floor. How had it gotten there? The door was locked until now. Who had put it there? It had no name or return address. It was simply marked; Kira Yamato. He heard the look-a-like's car coming down the road again. He noticed that it slowed down.