I have recently took on an obsession over Shinn x Cagalli, and this is my first attempt at drabbles dedicated to this couple. This story is not part of the 50 theme drabbles, thus it does not have a theme. All stories in this series will be about the interaction between our driven princess of Orb and the fury ZAFT young ace in different stage of their lives and relationship.

I hope you enjoy the read.

NOTE: Edited on 04/10/06 – added author's note at the bottom

Comments and Constructive Criticism are welcomed

Disclaimer: I don't own Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/DESTINY or any of its character.


The Rematch

Small beads of sweats forms on her forehead, as her eyes dart from left to right, taking in all the information displayed across the many small screens. She shifts her weight and grips the hand piece that controls her beam saber. Her whole being focuses on her most formidable opponent - Destiny, the fastest, if not the strongest, mobile suit of ZAFT.

The battle has been raging for more than five minutes and knowing the other pilot he does not have the patience to drag this on any longer. Her intuition is right. In a flash, Destiny pulls out his anti-ship beam and the Wing of Light flares as he charges towards her. She knows that if she can dodge this she will win, but with one of Akatsuki's left thruster damaged and its right hand destroyed, it will not be an easy task. She quickly pushes the lever for the right thrusters to the max, causing Akatsuki to spin to the right as it delivers a swift right kick on the Destiny's wrist, causing his beam to drop. Using the moment of surprise, she pulls out her left beam saber and stabs it right through Destiny's cockpit. A loud and bright explosion ensues as she dashes backward, avoiding any damage caused by her opponent's destruction.

Satisfied, she smirks as she savors her hard earn victory.

The door to the outside opens, as she powers down her mobile suite. Cagalli jumps out with a grin plastered on her face.

"I win!" She brags to the red eye pilot, her hands on her thin waist, as she steps out of the simulation unit in the Morgenroete Military Research Center.

"Yeah, Yeah, after like five tries," Shinn rolls his eye and hides his smile, as Cagalli circles around him doing her little victory dance with a huge smile plastered on her face.

"Still, you are a ZAFT ace, and I, I am just an untrained pilot!" She gloats, her eyes shine brightly, and her face beams with confidence. "So that," her eyes roll around animatedly as if a light bulb just lit up above her head, "does that make me a ZAFT ace too?" She giggles.

"Yes, yes, a Natural ZAFT ace," Shinn smirks as he wraps his arm around his currently hyperactive girlfriend and pulls her close to him. "So does that mean I get to see you in that pink ZAFT mini-dress tonight," he whispers into her ear.

"You wish!" she blushes, as she jabs her elbow into his ribs and sticks her tongue out like a little kid, before running off to her twin brother.

"Kira, did you see how I beat Shinn?" She beams excitingly, like a kid eager for compliment after acing a test.

A glace from Kira to Shinn is left unnoticed as the blonde is busy describing how she came up with her every move and strategy for the battle.

"Yes, yes, we saw your simulation on the computer," Kira chuckles as he taps on his twin's nose. "And yes, you did great."

Cagalli giggles and goes off as she continues to announce her victory to the other attendees of her military facility surveillance meeting.

Kira walks up to Shinn, and stares at him from the corner of his eye as he tries to suppress his grin.

And once Cagalli is out of ear shot, Shinn snaps, "What?"

"A Zaku against Akatsuki?" Kira raises one of his eyebrows.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Shinn smirks as his fingers fly around the keyboard, reprogramming the simulation module.

"Oh, come on, how long did it take to hack the simulation program and linking the Zaku's core engine to Destiny's animation?" Kira chirps.

A few second of silence passes, before Shinn gives a fake glare to the other pilot who is grinning like a manic.

"About a week," Shinn grunts, knowing that there is no way he can cheat the eye of the Freedom's pilot.

"So that's where all the typing noise came from at late night," Kira teases. And all these just to entertain his sister on her day off.

"Tsu. Want to try a rematch? Strike Freedom versus Destiny?" Shinn challenges, as he presses the enter key, resetting all the settings to default.

"Huh?" Kira raises an eyebrow.

"And if I win, you promise you can't tell Cagalli," the Destiny's pilot smirks.

"If you win, that is," the Freedom pilot chuckles and climbs into the simulation unit half-heartedly, feeling ever so grateful for the man who makes his sister happy.


Author's Note:

I hope you enjoy this drabble and the happy Cagalli here.

I was really trying to give her some happy memory in the post-Destiny setting. In most fics that I read, she's rarely ever happy, so it's a nice change for me to write this one. :D

In my mind, I think that's what Shinn tries to do too. :D Even though he never met her in SEED, I believe Shinn is one of those people who would go great lengths to give her a chance to have some of those rare SEED-Cagalli moments. Yes, what I'm saying is Shinn is one of the few guys I consider would actually spoil Cagalli, to the point, where he would spend a week coding in secret in advance to help her win a simulation game against himself. :P

To: Cagalli Y. Athha

Thanks for reading. I enjoy ShinnCaga very much as well. And I definitely have a lot of fun writing this happy Cagalli.

To +

Thank you for your criticism. It really makes me happy to see someone taking time to read my fic. I really appreciate it. I have edited my fic, and it's now in present tense. I have always have trouble with tense, so it's great that you point it out. I will try to keep an eye on it as I write the other themes.