Divergence
Well here's my latest storyarc following "One Boy, One Girl" I hope you enjoy it. I own none of the characters, they are owned by Sunrise and Bandai. Now onto the fic.
5 years later
It's said that there is no greater family gathering than the carnival, a place of merriment, laughter, and childlike innocence. Yet it is also a place of bizarre and unknown secrets hidden under a guise of greasepaint, oddities and funhouse mirrors.
Tonight, one woman. Named Miriallia Haww Yamato is about to fall prey to one of those secrets.
Milly watched on with her daughter Mira as her son Tolle road the Ferris wheel with Kira, her husband. They had both managed to work off enough days in their respective careers to earn a week off with pay and had been invited down to ORB for a vacation by Cagalli. Their first day had been speant visiting Milly's parents, and letting the kids see their grandparents after at least a year, and it was being topped off with a night at the local carnival. Milly herself remembered spending many days at this place in the past, and now it was her children's turn for some memories at the carnival
"Look sweetie it's daddy, wave" Milly said to her five year old daughter as she waved to her husband. She smiled as she saw Kira wave back with Tolle yelling for her. Mira hadn't gone on many rides while Tolle had gone on almost every ride the carnival had to offer, and given his size and age that meant Kira had to go with him. Milly and Mira had done some bonding in the past few years and the two of them were close, but even Milly knew it was obvious that Mira would always prefer the company of Kira, and his being with Tolle had only made her miss him more.
The ride came to an end and Kira departed with Tolle bolting out waiting for his father to catch up to him. 'He get's faster by the day I swear' Kira thought to himself with a smile at his rambunctious son. "Dad, dad, can we go again, I wanna go on the skychaser again, or the pegasus flyer" Tolle said referring to the more intense rides that the small carnival had to offer.
Milly had to smirk at this in seeing just how enthusiastic her little boy was. At first she began to wonder just how he could be the son of her and Kira but then she thought back to a conversation she had with Kira's mother, like how hyper and exciteable he was growing up, and how his parents would be out of breath by the end of the day, it couldn't have helped that he being the ultimate coordinator and they just being naturals.
Thankfully Kira had been able to keep up with Tolle for the most part, and Tolle was very loyal to Milly as well. "Whoa whoa hold off there big guy, let's see what your sister wants to do first, she hasn't gotten to ride on anything yet all night" Kira said trying to keep things fair. "Come on Mira, pick something fast and wild!" Tolle asked eagerly, trying to get his sister to listen to reason, his reason. "I don't know Tolle, they look kinda scary, and I'm afraid of going too fast" Mira said clutching the stuffed bear Kira managed to win for her in an old game where the goal was to knock over a bunch of milk bottles with a baseball. Thanks to Kira's abilities he was able to win Mira a prize. Tolle refused Kira's offer to win him something, when the rambunctious five year old stepped up to win something himself, it had resulted in the worker nearly getting his head taken off by a fastball and only one milk bottle being knocked off.
Don't worry Mira, dad will go with us you don't have to be scared" Tolle said trying to reassure his little sister. They were twins but since he was born first Tolle looked to Mira as his little sister since he was older by a few minutes and always stood up for her, even if she did bother him by being too much of a scaredy cat.
Kira couldn't help but smile with pride at his two firstborns. They truly were his cildren to Milly. Mira, in appearance was much like him. Short, dark hair that was brushed forward but her personality was truly that of Milly, very calm and almost a little skittish, usually preferring more quiet times than that of her brother.
Tolle on the other hand was a bundle of energy. He was always full speed ahead with no stopping in between. This had been evident at the carnival with Tolle going to every fast ride the park had to offer. In appearance, Tolle was that of Milly. His hair was parted in the middle and fanned out in the back slightly. The only distinguishing feature that kept him from looking alot like Milly was that his hair was a little more darker than hers, a trait he had inherited from Kira no doubt."Tell you what, how about we go on the carousel, we haven't ridden that one yet?" Kira suggested to his kids. "Okay daddy, I can handle that, that's not too fast at all" Mira said moving towards Kira. "Alright, I can handle it too, as long as we get to go to the spookhouse afterwards" Tolle said with an evil grin. He may love his sister but he also loved tormenting her with ghost stories and telling her that monsters like the Boogeyman were under her bed. "Tolle stop it, there's no such things as ghosts and boogeymen, daddy said so" Mira said trying to act brave and get her brother to leave her alone. "Oh really, well has dad seen a ghost or the boogeyman himself?" Tolle said firing back Kira fought within himself to keep himself from answering that question with a yes.
He'd had two encounters with the supernatural in his lifetime when he had seen Flay's ghost at the end of the war and he had an encounter with Tolle's ghost during a rough time during his courtship with Milly. As much as Kira would like to make two of his closest friends known to his children, this was a situation that he couldn't win, either way he'd be lying to one of his kids, if he said ghosts did exist then he'd have been lying to Mira, and he wasn't sure he was ready for the ramifications of that.
"Tell you what, we'll compromise" Kira said. "We'll go on the carousel first and we can go on the spoohouse afterwards, and Mira you can stay out here with your mother while Tolle and I go on it" Kira said to his little girl in an attempt to both reassure her and get away from the subject of ghosts. Mira was about to take her father up on his offer, but seeing her older brother behind him mouthing the words 'chicken' had given her a sudden change of heart and mind. "No daddy, I'm going on the spookhouse with both of you" Mira said with determination, and to shut her brother up. "Okay little lady you ask and you shall receive" Kira said taking Mira and Tolle's hands. Mira beamed as her father held her tiny hand and lead them over to the line for admittance. "I'll be out here you guys, you take care okay?" Milly called back to them. "Don't worry about us sweetheart, we'll meet back here okay?" Kira said taking his place in line with the twins. Milly nodded her head and watched as Kira and the kids boarded one of the seats built for three people instead of one of the horses.
Milly watched them continue going around in circles for a bit until something caught her eye. She noticed a small carriage a small ways off with only a small portion of light being filtered out of the entrance to it. Walking over, Milly looked in and almost saw movement but thought of it as nothing more than a trick of the light. Turning away to return to her family, milly stopped when she heard a voice. "Welcome, I have been waiting for you Mrs. Yamato" spoke a deep Hungarian accent. Turning back around, Milly saw the door slowly open and reveal a woman with dark skin and adorned with that of ancient looking jewelry and clothes. Her hair was ragged and dark while her skin even as tanned as it was still bore a wrinkle in almost every nook and cranny there was to be seen with the naked eye.
"Excuse me, did you say you were expecting me?" Milly said pointing to herself. "Why yes I was, I've been waiting for quite some time Mrs. Yamato" the woman said again. "How do you know what my last name is, we've never even met before" Milly asked surprised at the knowledge this woman possessed. "I know many things about you Mrs. Yamato, like your first name being Miriallia, and how you've held onto your maiden name even though you're married, and that you named your son after your former love" The woman smiled with what seemed to be an ulterior motive.
"Okay listen here you! Have you been stalking me? Has Elthman sent you? because if you have or he has sent you I will call the police right here and now!" Milly threatened. "Easy child, easy, I only know what I have seen and I have found" The woman said in an attempt to calm Milly's anger and uneasiness. "I still think you're a stalker Miss..." Milly said in an attempt to get the woman's name. "Leota, Madame Leota. Fortunes told and your wishes you shall behold" she said catching Milly's eyes. "Fortunes?" Milly asked puzzled over what the old gypsy said to her. "Yes, whatever your future holds, I shall show you." Leota said. At this Milly sat down in front of her and watched as the old woman in front of her as she began to wave her hands in front of the crystal ball. Milly's eyes were glued to the spherical object in front of her which seemed to be emitting a mist that made her eyes go heavy. "Have you ever wondered what if things had gone differently for you, if things hadn't been the way they are now?" Leota asked of Miriallia. "Yes" Milly asked in what appeared to be a trance. "Well then Miriallia, you should be very careful, for what you wish for" Leota said as the mist from the crystal orb dispersed and the small carriage returned to normal.
"What just happened?" Milly asked the wrinkled woman in front of her. "You shall see child, but remember it is only what you asked for, deep inside and I have granted you a chance to see what you have wished for" Leota said to Milly. Feeling somewhat disturbed, Milly quickly got up from her seat and left the carriage and away from the wicked woman in front of her. The wicked woman still carried with her that same mysterious smile even as Milly left.
Milly left the carriage and continued walking till she came back to the same clearing that she had been in when she had left. Looking over she saw Kira and the twins leave the exit of the spookhouse. "Hey guys, you have a good time in there?" Milly asked stooping down to the twins eye level. "Yeah it was so cool in there right Mira?" Tolle said energetically to his mother. "How about you honey, did you like it?" Milly asked to her daughter. "It was a little scary but I'm okay, I was brave for daddy" Mira said proudly. "You bet she was, she didn't back down from any of those creeps" Kira said putting a hand on Mira's shoulder. Leaning in, Milly let her arms encirlce her daughter. "That's my brave girl" Milly said to Mira proudly. "What about me mom?" Tolle asked feeling left out. "You went in there and protected your sister from all those scary monsters, I'm so proud of you my brave boy" Milly said hugging her son close. "Well guys what's say we go on home? We've had enough fun here for tonight" Kira asked of his family. He smiled as he received a resounding yes.
Later on back at Cagalli's mansion, while the twins were asleep in their beds, the parents were just finishing up. Kira was flipping through the pages of one of his new books. Looking over he saw Milly heading over to him. "Thanks for keeping the bed warm sweetie" Milly said as she walked over to Kira. "Anytime Milly" Kira said. Milly lay down next to Kira and let her head rest on his chest. "Kira, are you happy with your life so far?" Milly asked her husband. "Yeah, I'm alot happier now than I was eight years ago, bak when we had ZAFT on our tails day and night" Kira said in reply to his wife's question. "Are you happy Milly?" Kira asked of his wife. "Yeas, yes I am sweetheart" Milly said back. Sleep soon overtook the both of them and peace soon filled the room.
The sun rose over the horizon and soon filtered into Milly's half open eyes. Sitting up, Milly looked on after stretching and yawning for the morning. Once her eyes were fully opened, Milly soon found herself shocked as she now awoke to some very unfamiliar surroundings. They were not of the room she and Kira shared at Cagalli's mansion, instead it was of a small room with a bed built for two in an apartment resembling the one she and Kira lived in back on Deimos. This one however was far different, it was decorated with only a few pictures and a rack full of dvd's. Rising up from the bed she looked down and saw that she was pregnant again, at least five months in and showing. Walking over to the door, she opened it and saw an excercise bike in the corner, a couch and a loveseat set up in the center of the living room. Milly's observation was interrupted when she heard a voice, a voice that didn't belong to Kira. "Is that you darling?" asked a familiar voice. 'That voice, no it couldn't be, it couldn't be him that isn't possible' Milly thought to herself. Coming out of the kitchen from the over was Tolle Koenig, her boyfriend who was killed by Athrun during the war. "Tolle?" Milly said looking at the man in front of her. "Well that's different from your usual greeting, and why do you look so shocked?" Tolle asked of the woman in front of him.
"You're alive?" Milly asked slowly backing away from him. "Well, yeah last time I checked, now come on let's eat breakfast is getting cold" Tolle said as he approached Milly. "If you're alive, then where's Kira, is he still around? is he still alive?" Milly asked This stopped Tolle dead in his tracks however. "I can't believe, you've forgotten about him or what happened to him" Tolle said stopping in his tracks. "What do you mean Tolle? What happened to him?" Milly asked suddenly worried. "Milly, he's dead. He died during the war, he died protecting me from the Aegis gundam" Tolle said shocked that Milly would have forgotten such an event. Milly herself however, felt her breath catch and her eyes went wide as she took in what he said. Kira. Was. Dead. He had died during the war, and this time it sounded like it was permanent. and he wouldn't be coming back. Milly felt her eyelids close and her stance getting weaker, as she fell to the floor.
Well here's the story, tell me what you think, be on the lookout for the next chapter. Please read and review.