Miriallia and a couple other characters will seem OOC! I make them like that a lot because it helps as a backbone with meeting new characters and transitions and other stuff like that:D Enjoy!

The Masquerade

Chapter 1 : First Impressions, First Love

As he opened his eyes he heard the birds peacefully chirping.

It was so…peaceful…

"KIIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

"OH GOD!" Kira jolted as he fell out of bed.

He rubbed his head and looked up to find his friends, Dearka and Athrun, staring at him.

"Look man, we've been trying to wake you up for ten minutes! Miriallia wants to meet me at school!" Dearka yelled as he vigorously shook Kira awake.

Athrun reached his hand out for Kira to help him up.

"Thanks Athrun. I'll be right out." He said as he motioned for them to wait outside.

Kira waited for the door to his room to close. He slipped into his school uniform, navy blue pants and a plain white t-shirt.

I hate our uniform..., he thought as he buttoned his shirt up.

Kira walked to the door and turned the knob.

Dearka turned around.

"Hey Kira! Comon let's go!" He said as he raced to the car.

"Wait! You know it's my car!" Athrun laughed as he ran past Dearka and jumped into the car.

Kira sighed and dragged his feet to the car.

"What's with you today Kira? You seem…upset…" Athrun wondered as he opened the car so Kira could get in.

"Well, today…you see I…Well…It just feels like something will happen today.." He said as he looked up at the sky.

Athrun and Dearka looked at each other.

"Okay then…Let's go to school and forget he ever said anything…"

Dearka rolled his eyes and started the car.

When they got to school he spotted Mir.

Dearka waved. She giggled back.

Kira and Athrun managed to smile, they felt uncomfortable. They saw two people they didn't know with her. One had soft, blue eyes and long pink hair, and the other had short, blonde hair and strong, amber eyes.

"Uh..Dearka? Who are they?" Athrun asked.

"Huh? Who? Those girls with her? Those are her new friends. They're transfers from another island of Orb!" Dearka said as he parked.

They got out of the car and walked towards Mir, with Dearka leading them with a big smile on his face.

"Hey Mir." Athrun and Kira said as they looked down. They still for some reason didn't feel comfortable. They knew Miriallia well, but these two were different from her.

Dearka slung his arm around Mir.

"So Mir, what's up?"

She giggled. "Well I wanted to ask if you could give us a ride to school every day this year."

She batted her eyelashes.

Dearka uneasily smiled.

"Oh…okay."

"What? You don't have to if you don't want to…"

"Well it's just that Kira and Athrun carpool with me too. And…as for your friends, they don't know them so it would make them uncomfortable."

"Well that's not a problem! Guys, this is Lacus Clyne." Mir said as she looked at the pink-haired girl. The girl was looking down shyly. She gently smiled, "Nice to meet you."

Kira smiled. "I'm Kira, and this is Athrun." He said as he looked at Athrun.

His eyes seemed to be drawn to the blonde-haired girl, who crossed her arms to her chest and stubbornly looked away.

"And..this is Cagalli Yula Atha, Princess of Orb! Erm, I mean..Chief Representative of Orb. She's authorized by the Orb Cabinet to finish school and they will take control of Orb while she's away. She came from Onogoro Island." Miriallia said as she looked at the blonde girl.

Athrun smiled and laughed a little at the girl's stubbornness.

"And what the hell are you laughing at?" She said as she raised one eyebrow.

"Nothing…" He said as he smiled sweetly again.

They all walked to their lockers.

"Well, my locker's in the east corridor! See ya!" Dearka waved and ran off.

Mir walked to her locker that was just down the hall.

Athrun's was in the hallway right next to the one they were in.

As he walked there he noticed someone walking behind him.

Athrun stopped and looked back. The blonde girl, Cagalli, was there.

"Hey my locker's this way too you know! I'm NOT following you!!!!" She said as she gradually raised her voice.

Athrun waited for her to catch up and they got to their lockers.

Kira and Lacus' lockers were in the hallway they were in.

For the next five minutes it was dead silent, well, except for their noisy classmates roaming the school.

Just then, Kira noticed that all of the girl's books were about to fall out of the locker onto her head.

It slipped off the edge.

"AAAAAAH!" the girl screamed.

He jumped and tackled her which made them bash against the wall.

She looked up.

"Thank you, Kira."

He was surprised she had remembered his name.

"Your welcome…Lacus."

She smiled as he helped her up.

Mir popped her head out of her locker and looked down the hallway.

She smiled at Kira and Lacus.

Dearka came around the corner and stopped. He saw the scene too.

He looked at Mir and raised his eyebrows.

"This will be a fun school year…" Dearka foreshadowed as he thought of the upcoming events that would take place soon.

They looked across the hall at Athrun and Cagalli.

Athrun smiled as he stared at Cagalli.

She noticed after a while.

"What?!?" She playfully yelled as she laughed at him.

"Oh nothing…" He said as he continued getting his books together.

"Is that all you say? Nothing? How about something like "What class are you in?" or "I need some help you bastard?!?"!!!"

"Fine, would you prefer that?" He said.

"No, I'm just kidding." She said as she gazed into his turquoise eyes and smiled.

"What are you doing then?" He said as he turned his head to the side.

"O-O-Oh!" She jumped as her pulse increased and she stopped looking at him. Cagalli blushed crimson.

Dearka thought out loud as he looked back and forth from Athrun and Cagalli to Lacus and Kira, "Now this…is interesting…."

….After School….it was pouring rain….

Lacus closed her eyes and stood in the rain.

The rain…Pure,

The human spirit…Is it pure too?

Fate…Pure, or is it?

Is Fate our destiny? Our hope? Or our downfall?

I believe in Fate. In the rain. That the human spirit, is pure.

If love…is Fate. Then Fate…is love.

She opened her eyes and saw a figure walking towards her.

It was Kira.

"You know, you're gonna get your clothes all wet."

She gave a small smile and looked at him.

If we fall, then that is our Fate.

We fall…

In love.