Author's Note: This is my first story to upload on Fan Fiction. I'm really excited about it! Please leave reviews, anything you guys could give me feedback wise would be great! This story is basically going to be about how Cagalli and Athrun deal with their relationship, and rebuild their countries. It will have a few side-stories that will take part in the chapters. Those mostly will consist of the relationships between the other main pairings, like Lacus and Kira, Dearka and Mirallia, and Yzak and Shiho. Other chapters about the main storyline can switch third person perspective. For example, the first chapter is mainly about Cagalli, but the next could be from Kira or Athrun's perspective. I hope you enjoy this, and again any helpful ideas, feedback, critism is welcome!

~Gonturan

Disclaimer:I do not own Gundam Seed or anything related to it. Wish I did!

Chapter One

The TV screens all broadcasted the same scene, Cagalli Yula Athha addressing the people of Orb. After the Bloody Valentine Wars she was determined to maintain the principles of Orb that were so distorted during the time of conflict. This address was meant to show how far the country had gone to achieve their goal of returning to sustainable peace.

She looked good, Cagalli. It had been a little over two year since the end of the Second Bloody Valentine War. At 20 years old she had grown into some of her features. She still wore her blonde hair short, but styled it more, making a more classic and mature look. She spoke calmly, and had a small smile as she ended with, "I'm so proud of all that we have accomplished. Orb has surely succeeded in living up to its principles, we must remember this if we are to continue living with a sustainable peace."

The people only saw how much their much revered leader had matured from the tomboyish young girl that had impetuously left and joined the war effort. They had then seen her in her first two years as Representative and questioned if she was ready for such a role. Often she had spoken with so much passion and fire that it was often taken the wrong way, but now that fire had been tempered to a strong steel that could handle the passion she held within her.

What the people didn't notice was the lack of a fire in her amber eyes. Her golden eyes captured everyone's attention because of their unique quality, but now they were almost dull. They no longer held the passion that Cagalli had always felt, a passion that not even Cagalli realized she had lost.

As the Chief Representative of Orb she lived in a large heavily fortified home. She handled her meetings, and paper work from there. Kisaka was now her head of security and when she went anywhere she was always accompanied by bodyguards. She used to be safe with one main bodyguard, Alex Dino.

Cagalli sighed as that thought passed through her mind. Orb was coming back from the war with a booming economy, and was complying greatly with the plans of integration of coordinators and naturals. She hoped this continued experiment would show the rest of the world how it was possible for the two groups to live in harmony with the other.

Unfortunately for her though, it meant that she had to go through a lot of paper work in order to set up who was allowed to be a part of the exchange program on both sides. Slews of paper work. She began to frown at her desk, a deep cherry wood that was covered with mountains of the thick vellum paper. Between her duties including paperwork and being a public figure she felt as though there was no longer any part of her life left to herself. In the next three months there would be meetings with new coordinators coming into Orb, and then the huge gala being held in Orb this year to commemorate the end of the war, and honor all the lives lost.

That lead to thoughts about who her next meetings were with. She had to meet with Head of the Committee that was actually organizing the event with the PLANTS, but she couldn't remember their name… A strand of blonde hair moved to sit annoyingly right in the middle of her face. She stared cross-eyed at it before blowing at it to shift it somewhere else. That failed.

She slumped back in her big heavily cushioned chair, she had commissioned it especially due to her growing number of hours spent in the chair. Who else was she to meet with? Then it hit her: Lacus Clyne, and that meant that she'd more than likely get to see her twin brother Kira Yamato. She still kept in touch with them through video conferences, but with her busy schedule she had been out of contact with them for some time.

Cagalli felt a smile tug at her lips. It was such a giddy feeling of relief to be able to actually look forward to one of her meetings. Lacus being the Chairwoman of the PLANTS herself understood plenty about busy schedules, but she always managed to keep enough time for herself. She was slightly jealous of that quality, but managed to put it down to Lacus' charming personality. It was just impossible to hate her.

She was now wearing a clean crisp pair of trousers which made it easier to slouch even further down in her seat. When she had a meeting she was obligated to wear a skirt, something like what Murrue Ramius wore as Captain of the Archangel. She always wore same coat of Orb that she always wore with the fringed epaulets. The only difference was the coat was now more tailored and fitted to her. Yes, along with her increased maturity, Cagalli had filled out in other areas and now had a more noticeable bust.

Cagalli still maintained a vestige of her tomboyish self that felt the need to wear pants which meant that office work meant that she wore trousers that were nice in case of a surprise meeting, although she was often forced into a skirt. Her main wear consisted of maroon and white trousers, skirts, and matching fitted jackets.

She wore no jewelry though, except for a small pair of tasteful earrings. No rings though.

"Collins," she said into phone that connected her to her secretary, "I'm going to call it a day. You can leave all notes for me on my desk, and then go home."

"But, Miss Athha, doesn't that paperwork have to be sent back to the PLANTS by the end of the week?" Collins squeaked. He was a bit in awe of the Chief Representative despite her attempts to ease his nerves.

"Yes," Cagalli sounded resigned, "I'll do double duty tomorrow. I have some calls to make. You can go Collins. Thanks for the reminder."

"Your welcome Miss Athha. Goodnight."

She got up and stretched. She would go to her quarters and change into more comfortable clothes, call her brother and Lacus, and just catch-up with each other over the video com. They were about the only relationships she was able to keep up from those she met and became friends to during the wars. Thinking about that made her wonder how everyone was doing. Miss. Ramius and Mr. La Flaga, Mirallia Haww. Just everyone, well maybe not everyone. There was one person that she refused to keep in contact with even though he was the person she most wanted to call.

Athrun Zala. Alex Dino. The boy who had said he loved her, but still left her to go back to ZAFT. He was the reason she didn't wear any rings. She couldn't after she had given his to Meyrin Hawke. Kira tried to talk to her about it, but this coming from her brother who happened to be the man's best friend did not meet with too much success. Lacus had a bit more luck, but the subject of Athrun Zala was like ramming your head against a brick wall with Cagalli.

She shook her head, trying to stir it back to more pleasant venues. She wasn't broken because of some guy. Especially not that guy. She had to be a pillar of strength for her country as they worked hard to restore Orb's ideals and respect. She didn't have time to mope about some guy who ditched her for someone else.

She moved to the Video Com console and hit the button to call Kira and Lacus. They shared a residency together, but still were not married. She didn't know what he was waiting for, Lacus was definitely going to say 'yes' and probably was wondering what was taking him so long. They still slept in different rooms though, Lacus didn't believe in sex before marriage.

The console began to dial. Cagalli ran her bare feet over the soft carpet floor, waiting impatiently for them to answer. She hoped that they were in, she really wanted to talk to them, catch-up. Relax for just one evening before she went to dried-up insanity of her chosen profession.

"Hey Cagalli!" Came Kira's voice and image, "Long time no see? Eh?"

"KIRA!" came Cagalli's reply " I'm so happy to talk to you!"