Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Clouded Horizon

Written by Tsuki

CH. 1: Fake Peace/ A New World

I couldn't believe where I was. I just... couldn't.

My name is XXX XXX, and I'm a young teenager in a small city in California. At least, that's where I was. But now, I'm not. I'm not in California anymore. Now, I'm in a different place.

At first, I didn't know where I was. It was a big city, with a sky and everything. I thought it was a sky at first. But the big chains in the sky had me confused for a second. But what convinced me where I was, was a green bird in the sky that said, "Toriii!"

"You've gotta be kidding me..." I muttered. "Is this... the world of Gundam SEED?"

As much as I was shocked, I knew I had no choice but to follow Tori. All the people that walked around and did their thing was freaking me out. I knew that if I wanted to progress in this story, I should follow the bird.

I knew where I was at this point. I was at Heliopolis, a space colony in space... well, that's obvious. And I knew that it would be destroyed in just a few hours.

"Man!" I groaned. "I lost the bird!"

I sighed and looked around as much as I could. I was utterly confused at the different streets and buildings, with the different peoples running around.

Now that I think about it though, I never could tell the difference between a Natural and a Coordinator. It was always a mystery how people could tell. I knew that they could have seeds explode in their eyes and do incredible stuff, but how could I tell.

But I stopped thinking to myself as I saw the green bird pirched on a brown-haired young man's shoulder. My eyes widened. It was Kira Yamato, the main character in the series.

"Holy crap..." I whispered.

Around him were two plain-looking people, to be honest. I knew their names were Miriallia Haw and Tolle Koenig, but not much else.

Standing in front of him were three girls, one of which I knew to be Flay Allster, one of the antagonists in my opinion. Her long red hair and pink dress and innocent, yet snobby look made her look like Medusa in my eyes. That didn't mean she isn't hot, but still...

I walked down the bridge I was standing on and got a little closer to them. I walked slowly so it seemed like I was casually strolling.

The black haired girl with Flay reached out to the brown-haired girl in front of her. "Hey Miriallia, you know don't you?"

"Know what?" Miriallia asked.

Flay, cheeks flushed, said, "Stop that!"

"She got a letter from Sai Argyle!" She said, not paying heed to the even more flustered Flay. "But she told us that nothings going on, and won't tell us anything!"

I was standing where I could see Kira's back, but I could tell he was flustered too. Most likely because of his crush on Flay.

"Really?" Miriallia exclaimed happily.

Suddenly, I noticed three people walking towards the group. I couldn't tell who it was at first, but after hearing the head of the group's voice, I could tell it was Natarle Badgiruel.

"If you're not moving, may I?" She asked them.

"Sorry!" Tolle exclaimed and moved. The three people payed no heed to them afterwards.

I stared at the other two following her. "I wonder who they are...?"

My thoughts were interrupted by Flay as she yelled to her friends, "Why'd you guys have to do that? Come on, let's go!"

The other three hopped into a car that appeared out of nowhere and headed out. Another car took it's place, which Flay and her friends boarded and went.

"So, Sai Argyle wrote a letter to Flay Allster, huh?" Tolle said in a taunting voice. He walked in front of the fragile-looking Kira Yamato and placed his hands on his shoulders. "He could be an interesting rival to you, Kira!"

Miriallia giggled.

"It's not like that!" Kira yelled.

The three of them took another one of those magical cars and headed off, probably to Sai. I stood in front of the place they all got cars from, hoping to get a car. Nothing happened. I sighed.

Then I blinked. 'Wait a second. If I follow them, that'll increase my chances of getting one of the Gundams!'

And so, I sprinted, attempting to follow them.

Along the way, I thought of how I got here in the first place. I really didn't remember much, whether or not I fell asleep or something. Was it even night when this strange event happened. Or, am I dreaming now?

Tripping over a rock and hurting myself destroyed that hypothesis. It didn't matter anyway. All I wanted was a Gundam, and preferrably to side with the Earth Alliance. That could increase my chances of getting a powerful mobile suit like the Freedom or Justice!

Something I realized as I was running is that five minutes have passed, and I wasn't tired. And I was not only running, I was sprinting. My heart was beating fast, but I wasn't exhausted in the least.

"Huh, that's funny..." I muttered as I sprinted. "It's like I'm a Coordinator, or something."

Another odd thing, I spoke easily as I ran. After five minutes, I would be too exhausted to even think. And now I could talk... and easily too!

Despite my interesting, new body, I was unable to keep up with the car. But I could see the place they were going. By the time I made it there, I realized that I couldn't get in without identification. So, I decided to wait out there until ZAFT decided to infiltrate.

30 minutes later...

BOOOOOOOOOM!

"Oh snap!" I cried as I saw explosions from a distance. Taking that as my signal, I began sprinting up the road. No one noticed me, for they would have stopped me.

I immediately stopped as I saw three huge green bins. I knew that they contained the Gundams. But I couldn't steal them because several redcoats were already flying down there and getting to their respective mobile suits!

"Darn it!" I gritted my teeth and went around them as fast as I could.

The GAT-X102 Duel Gundam, GAT-X103 Buster Gundam, and GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam have been taken. That left the Strike and the Aegis. But by the time I got there, I was pretty sure those two Gundams would have been taken by then as well.

"Man!" I groaned. "What do I do now?"

'Do not worry...'

"Huh?" I looked around. No one was there. But I thought I just heard a voice.

Shrugging, I just kept on running. Still, I had no idea where to go.

'You have the power to change Fate.'

"Again, that voice..." I muttered.

'Your Gundam... follow your path to find your Gundam...'

"My path...?" I asked out loud to nothing. "What do you mean 'my path'? And, my Gundam?"

No response. I figured as much. I assumed what the voice meant was to just keep going my way until I found the Gundam. Perhaps it was a custom-made mobile suit just for me that the voice created?

More explosions occured in the direction I was running towards. I immediately stopped, fearful of what would happen if I kept going.

'Don't stop!'

"Wha-" I shrieked. "Are you insane? I can't go down there! It's dangerous!"

'Don't fear your enemy. Be fearless.'

"Fearless...?"

Even more explosions. I turned and sprinted down the hill towards the fire anyway, for the sake of finding my Gundam. I didn't feel fearless, but I did feel a little more brave with the guidance with the voice.

As I got closer, I saw two green bins. I assumed the two to hold the Strike and the Aegis. The first thing I wondered was if Athrun and Kira had already gotten their suits. But then I saw the two confronting each other on top of the Strike.

Not wanting to meet them yet, I turned to another area to find my Gundam. But the only areas left were smothered by fire!

'Be brave!'

I clenched my fist and, without thinking, jumped through the fire! But because I did it so fast, it didn't touch me and I made it through. And boy, was I in for a shocker.

Not just one, seven mobile suits stood side by side in front of my eyes. Each one gray because it's phase-shift armor hasn't been activated yet. But each one looked different even with the color.

The first thing I thought was 'which one was mine?' But then I wondered 'why is there seven anyway?'

A gunshot showed me the answer.

A young man around my age jumped through the fire too and tried to shoot me, but with my amazing, new reflexes, I succeeded in dodging. He had brownish hair and bright red eyes, but I couldn't tell very well because of the flames. But he wore a ZAFT uniform.

"Are you... one of the people who ended up in this world too?" He asked me.

"Uh..."

BOOM!

Another explosion occured, right above us. The guy immediately sprinted to the Gundam in front of him. He hopped into the cockpit and shouted, "If you wanna be on the winning side, join ZAFT!"

"What?" I shouted back. "Why? You know as much as I do that all the action occurs with the Earth Alliance!"

"Well then, good luck!" He shouted. "You're gonna need it since we're enemies!"

'So that guy's going onto ZAFT?' I wondered.

I heard more footsteps. Looking around, I saw more people heading to their mobile suits as well. Five more people, including me and that other guy made seven. It made me wonder what side they were taking.

Another 'BOOM!' caused me to sprint to the mobile suit in front of me. It was the one next to the suit the guy went into. At least, I hope this is the mobile suit that was chosen for me.

I entered inside and realized something: I had no idea how to work this thing. That's what I was thinking for about five seconds. But then, information flooded into my brain for some reason. It was as if I had done this for a long time. Suddenly, my hands started working on the buttons and with each second, each press became more and more familiar.

That made me realize the most shocking thing of all: I had become a Coordinator.

It made sense. My amazing stamina, my knowledge of mobile suits... it made me wonder if my eyes had seeds that could made me even more powerful too. It also made me wonder how and when I became one in the first place.

But this was the wrong place to wonder about it. Pressing a few buttons, without activating the phase-shift armor, my Gundam stood up. And I still didn't know what it was called.

'Fearless...'

"Huh? What do you mean by that, voice?" I asked.

'It's name is Fearless...'

As the loading screen in the cockpit loaded up, it's name came up. GAT-X110 Fearless Gundam.

Fire surrounded me. It was kind of... epic. But it didn't compare to what occured in front of me. Another Gundam stood up. One that I know all too well. The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam.

Alright. Let me first explain that this is a self-insert. And yes, I've done something like this before. I've always thought it would be interesting to write one like this. And I also know the reprecussions of doing this. I will be criticized, I know for taking the place of the main character. And I will be criticized for having all these special powers, and whatnot. This might be an experiment based on what I've researched so far as I've read other good fanfics anyway, so don't take it too seriously. And Kira will still be one of the central characters.

The major differences in this fanfic than in the series is that people will die at different times. And that in turn will spare other peoples lives. And that in turn will affect peoples personalities. Besides the seven OCs entered here, I won't really make any new characters.

And, for those who do peek around the SEED fanfiction, you might see the connection between the self-insert's Gundam 'Fearless' and the 'Dauntless' from the fanfiction of the same name. Yes, I've read the fanfiction that Maileesaeya wrote (which was a rewritten variation of a fanfic written by Akatsuki Leader13). No, this fanfic isn't a copy of that fanfic. In fact, I had the name of the Gundam realized before I ever read 'Dauntless'.

I'll accept friendly reviews and critism. Please, no flames. Tell me if you liked it. And please, give it a chance (even if you hate it). It's been awhile since I've published anything.

P.S. I apologize if the intro feels rushed. I've skipped quite a few scenes because it's in my POV.