Hat

It was a hat that brought the two boys together. In fact, all it took was a windy day with Kira's hat flying off his head for them to meet. When the wind had picked up Kira's hat from his head, he had chased after it, shouting. Coming around to corner, Kira was forced to come to an abrupt stop when he saw another boy his age standing on the sidewalk, holding his hat. The boy turned to face Kira, smiled and held out the hat.

Friendship

When Athrun had moved to Heliopolis, he hadn't expected to make any friends, especially not like Kira. Kira wasn't like anyone he had ever met before. He was fun and always happy, but incredibly sensitive. He seemed to cry over every little thing that happened to anyone else even when it had nothing to do with him. Athrun had never met a selfless person before, but Kira was the one who taught him the true meaning of friendship. He was glad that his first and best friend had been Kira.

School

Athrun had never been to a real school before. He had spent his whole life in different military bases and didn't know what a public school would be like. On the first day of attending second grade, Athrun walked through the doors with a timid frown on his face, glancing nervously around. However, when Athrun saw a small, brown haired figure stand up and wave happily at him, he let himself smile shyly back. As he walked over to Kira, Athrun thought that maybe school wouldn't be so bad after all.

Teacher

When Kira and Athrun were in fifth grade, they had one teacher who was absolutely horrible. The kids were actually afraid to come to school in the morning because all the teacher would do was yell and scream at the kids. Athrun had been quiet about it all year until the day that Kira had run out of the school with tears on his eyes. Everyone else had quickly followed, all trying not to cry except for Athrun. He had stayed after to talk to the teacher before going after and comforting his best friend. No one was quite sure what happened between Athrun and the teacher that fateful day but one thing was certain, nobody ever saw that teacher again.

Bullies

Apparently, not everybody had learned to respect Kira after the teacher incident because that very same year, a couple months later, a group of bullies picked on Kira. The leader's name was Kyou and he had always had something against Kira, though nobody was sure why. When Kyou cornered Kira outside of school one day, he had every intention of beating him up. However, when a few seconds later Athrun came along, and as it turned out, it wasn't Kira running home with a broken nose that day.

Games

Athrun had grown up learning military tactics, not games, so when Kira found out that Athrun didn't know how to play tag, he took it upon himself to teach it to him. Soon enough the two running boys were joined by half a dozen other kids. At the end of the day, Athrun still was completely sure what the point of tag was but he was glad he had learned. After all, he had never played a game with a best friend before.

Sick

When Kira didn't show up for class one day, Athrun fidgeted in his seat all day, desperate with worry. When the bell finally, finally, rang, Athrun was the first one out the door. He ran all the way down to Kira's house, knocking loudly on the door. The maid answered and she smiled at him, saying that Kira would be glad to see a friend. Athrun had run up the stairs and skidded into Kira's room, out of breath. For a moment Kira didn't move from on his bed, but then Kira opened his eyes and smiled up at his flustered friend.

Snow

The first time Athrun saw snow, he walked out of his house like other day only to be struck by something big, wet, and cold. He yelped, jumped about a foot in the air and spun to face his attacker. He found himself face to face with a laughing Kira. It took a while for Athrun to calm down enough for Kira to explain he wasn't attacking him, only playing a game. Kira didn't understand what the big deal about a snowball fight until he realized that Athrun didn't know what snow was. After that, he decided to teach his unfortunate friend about the wonderful phenomenon, the hard way.

Battle

The only time the two best friends fought before Athrun left was when Kira broke a promise to meet Athrun after school one day. Athrun waited for over an hour before finally giving up and going home. The next day, Athrun went up to Kira at school and demanded to know what happened the day before. When Kira and laughed, said he forgot and apologized, Athrun had blown up at him and then stormed off. They didn't talk to each other for the rest of the day but when the school day ended, Athrun went home to find Kira standing to his doorstep. It didn't take much for Athrun to forgive him; after all, Kira was his best friend. Fighting with Kira had actually hurt Athrun more than he had let on and he promised himself that very day that he would never have another fight with Kira, no matter what.

Sky

Athrun and Kira often would lie in the field between their houses watching the sky. Once, Kira had asked Athrun if he thought they would ever go up into the sky and out into space. Athrun, who had been in space for most of his life, turned to his best friend and promised that the next time he went up; he would take Kira with him. They were never going to be separated. They were best friends after all.

Don't worry everyone, this story isn't done yet. These are the first ten snapshots of the story and the next are coming soon. Review!