Half-Breed

Note: Okay, I lied; this really is the full first chapter! But I now made it a prologue!

AU due to Destiny- It's been two years after the battle of Jachin Due, and Cagalli's been wondering a few things: Why were Kira and she separated? Where were they born? What exactly is she? Little does she know the answers are coming to her, and they aren't exactly what she'd been expecting, nor wanting. Couples: Asucaga, KiraxLacus, DearkaxMiriallia. Later couples: MurruexMwu, ShinnxStellar, ReyxLuna, AuelxMeyrin.

Goddess: Well, I'm excited!

Cagalli: ;grumbles; I'm not…

Goddess: Why not?

Cagalli: Because, this is supposed to be an angst story, right?

Goddess: Right…

Cagalli: And you said you always torture your favorite characters, right?

Goddess: Right…

Cagalli: Do you realize what I'm getting at?

Goddess: Ummm…

Cagalli: Ugh! Whatever… I'll just do the disclaimer. Goddess here doesn't own Gundam SEED.

Athrun: This story will be a continuation of Gundam SEED, meaning few or none of the characters from Gundam SEED Destiny will make an appearance.

Cagalli: ;Does a double-take A-Athrun!; What are you doing here?

Athrun: Well, I might not even make an appearance in this chapter, so I might as well just give some information about the story now…

Goddess: Heh heh, come on, guys, don't worry… You've read part of the script…

Athrun: Yeah, part. And another thing, how come Kira gets to be in the first chapter?

Goddess: It was the way I first thought it up, give me a break… Come on, I'm putting you in the story and keeping that bastard Yuuna out, aren't I?

Athrun: …

Goddess: My point has been made! Anyway, this story will be an angst/action/adventure story. The chapters will be mostly a decent length, I hope and I have most of it planned out.

Athrun and Cagalli: Most?

Goddess: Yes, most! Jeez, you try and write a Gundam SEED Fanfic and its characters jump down your throat. Clears throat I will have a short recap of the season involving our favorite twins in this, but, considering that I want to keep this short and I fell asleep during the first one and haven't seen most of the first ten, they might not be the greatest. Please send me any information you can. But, without further adieu, I give you, Half-Breed.

Prologue: The Preparations

Quote of the day: "Good-bye is too sad. Let's just say 'To be continued.'

-From the final episode of an American T.V. show called Radio Free Roscoe (my bro brought up that line and I realized how well it went with my story…)

April 15, C.E. 73

Location Unknown; Time Unknown

Area Unknown

"Commander Kidou reporting for duty, sir." Commander Gikei Kidou stood before his superior in anticipation, his gray eyes glancing around the dark room nervously. "All preparations have been made and I'm ready to depart."

He fidgeted with his black military uniform constantly and his right hand would smooth down his rough black hair every few seconds. He had never gone on a mission of such great importance before. He had been trained by the best his superior could offer, but he couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Excellent." A menacing voice came from the shadows, obviously his superior. "You know your mission. Kill and leave, you hear me, Kidou?"

"Yes sir." Gikei responded. He turned to leave the room, paused. He twisted back to face the other man and said, "Forgive me for asking, sir, but what if I'm unable to kill the girl? You know there will be excess security around her, and it's rumored that one of her body guards will be a Coor-"

His superior waved a hand out of the shadows. "You'll do fine, Kidou. Just remember what you've been taught."

"But sir, with all the rumors of the girl flying around, it's hard to not be nervous!" Gikei could hardly control himself. Everyone had been talking about his target since the end of the first war and they weren't the most calming things. "She herself could be dangerous!" He dropped his voice. "If what the soldiers have been saying is true, then she could be a-"

"Gikei!" The other roared, his deadly green eyes flashing with anger. The subordinate shut his mouth immediately as his leader turned around, a lock of long, shaggy blue hair flying into the light for a second. "If the rumors are accurate, then you know what to do, am I correct?"

"Yes, sir." The lesser man mumbled.

"Commander, you have been in my service since that fool brought me into existence. I know you will get the job done."

"O-of course, sir." Gikei saluted his ruler before turning and departing for his mission.

The man chuckled maliciously in the solace of the dark room. "By the end of the week, the girl will either be dead," he smirked insanely, "or Kidou will be in possession of her secret. Either way I win."

April 15, C.E. 73

Orb Union; 8:05 AM

Athha Family Mansion

Cagalli Yula Athha pulled a pillow over her head in a moan as the alarm started its fourth set of rings. She groped for the alarm clock and pressed a button, making it fall silent. Her desire to sleep outran any sense of duty to her country she had at the time.

"Cagalli." A gentle voice said as two hands began to shake her awake.

"Not today," The blonde girl groaned. "Please, let me get some sleep."

"Cagalli, this is important. You have to get up."

Cagalli merely responded with a loud moan and shoved her head further under the pillow.

"Come on, Cagalli, you're father wanted you to lead Orb, not to sleep all day." The voice tried again.

"My father also got more than five hours of sleep each night." Cagalli's muffled response countered.

The representative heard a defeated sigh and loud footsteps leading to the door. The sound her bedroom door opening wide and slamming made her give a sigh of relief. She had just begun to sink into the bed when a loud beeping noise alerted her to her alarm clock starting to sound again. With a groan of frustration, she turned over in her bed and threw the pillow off her face before opening her eyes tiredly in an attempt to see what she was about to pound into oblivion. She was surprised to see a blur-like face that looked alarmingly like her own with large purple eyes staring at her.

With a cry of surprise, Cagalli jumped in the covers and fell off the bed. She pushed herself up and untangled her body from the mess just in time to hear the laughter of the person who had been trying to get her up.

"That wasn't very funny, Kira!" She yelled at him in annoyance. "You could've got me out of bed a different way!"

Kira shrugged, and brushed his brown hair out of his eyes. "You weren't going to get up if I tried anything else, so I had to pretend I was gone and wake you up that way."

"Yeah, well did you have to do it that way?" She grumbled. "It made it seem like you were in my bed…" The last part was very quiet and Cagalli felt her cheeks grow hot.

Kira rolled his eyes. "Come on, Cagalli, you would've liked it if Athrun was the one who tried to get you up."

Cagalli grumbled incoherently, her cheeks growing hot. She pushed up off the ground and turned her attention to the brown-haired boy in front of her.

"Kira," She said in an unusually calm voice, "You're my brother and I love you-"

"Don't hear you say that very often…" Kira interjected thoughtfully.

"But if you do that again, I'll pound your face it!" Cagalli finished with a growl, her eyes shining dangerously.

Kira smiled, almost determined to get his sister mad. "There's the Cagalli I know!"

Cagalli's lower left eye twitched from either annoyance, lack of sleep, or possibly both. She let out a half-growl, half-groan and began to walk towards her twin menacingly.

"Come on, Cagalli," Kira said, starting to see his sister meant business. "It's just a little joke!"

"I'll give you a joke!"

A loud crash was heard outside the room by a golden-brown haired boy. He pressed his ear to the door in confusion.

"Ah! Cagalli, stop!"

"Get back here, Kira Yamato!"

"Cagalli, come on, I was kidding! Wait a- Cagalli, that's breakable! Yah!" Another crash, this time followed by the sound of breaking glass.

"Those two always fight…" The boy said with a sigh.

He opened the door to find Cagalli on top of the violet-eyed Coordinator, ready to smack him senseless. The boy cleared his throat loudly, and the two looked up at him.

"If you're ready, Miss Cagalli, we have to depart for the banquet soon."

Cagalli immediately jumped off Kira, who straightened himself up a second later.

"Sorry, Sai…" Cagalli muttered, embarrassed and ashamed that her brother could get her to lose temper so easily.

Sai shook his head. "It's all right, just make sure you're ready when we have to leave. Space travel is faster these days, but it will still take us sometime to get to the colony."

With that, Sai Argyle took his leave from the room, making the twins breath a sigh of relief. If he had heard Cagalli call Kira her brother, he hadn't said anything.

During the first war two years ago, Kira and Cagalli had met in the neutral colony of Heliopolis while it was being attacked by ZAFT soldiers. The two of them saw Mobile Suits, or Gundams as Kira called them, in the colony, much to their surprise. Making sure she'd be safe, Kira got Cagalli to a shelter and went back to the Gundams. The young Coordinator protected the wounded Captain Murrue Ramius of the Earth Alliance from a Zaft pilot who turned out to be his best friend, Athrun Zala. He then piloted the Mobile Suit known as the Strike to help defend Heliopolis. He reprogrammed it while in battle so he could use it better, but Kira had ended up unwillingly fighting for the Earth Alliance, seeing as he was the only one who could now pilot the Strike. He also had to fight to protect his friends who had gotten involved in the military by helping the wounded captain when Kira brought her to them.

In short, the colony was destroyed and Cagalli ended up on Earth helping a freedom fighter group called Desert Dawn. When the ship Kira was on, the Archangel crashed pretty much outside their doorstep, the two reunited with some not too friendly words and a slap from the female.

It took a long while for the two to find out they were brother and sister. Cagalli's father, the Head Representative of the neutral nation of Orb showed Cagalli a picture of the two of them when they were first born as he was preparing to send her into space, saying she'd be with her brother. A very shocked Cagalli turned the picture over to see two names.

Kira

Cagalli

Of all the things Cagalli thought she would see, this was not it. She showed Kira it on the Kusanagi, a ship commanded by Orb, still devastated by the loss of her father when he self destructed the capital of Orb to make sure the Earth Alliance, or EA or ZAFT didn't get their hands on it. After the war was over, they agreed to keep it silent. Only a few other people knew, them being Athrun Zala, who had defected from ZAFT to help the twins during the first war, and- no matter how many times Cagalli tried to convince Kira nothing was going on- now the object of her affection; Lacus Clyne, the daughter of the deceased Head Chairman of the PLANT, the colonies that Coordinators lived on, and Kira's love interest; Ledonir Kisaka, Cagalli's former body guard, and Mr. and Mrs. Yamato, Kira's adoptive parents.

And that's where we are now, two years later. Cagalli took over as Head Representative of Orb, much to her dismay, and Kira frequently made sure his sister was all right by becoming her body guard. Athrun had to return to the PLANTS to clean up things his psycho father had done and Lacus was helping to make sure peace stayed intact. Poor Cagalli hated being the leader of Orb, but refused to let it be handed over to one of the council. She was convinced she could run the nation, no matter how much she despised the job.

And that's also where we find our story starting, with another reason that Cagalli hated being Head Representative: The dinner parties. Yes, she had to go to dinner parties. She also had to attend conferences, dinner parties, meetings, dinner parties, most public affairs, and, oh yeah, dinner parties! It was easy to tell which one she hated the most. Cagalli wasn't the best with politics, this she could admit, but when she went to these parties, she had to wear a dress, of all things! Trying to get Cagalli Yula Athha to wear a dress was probably about as hard as stopping the war was, in Kira's opinion. It didn't help, of course, that he would insensitively gawk at the fact she was a girl the first few times he saw her wear a dress. Cagalli was getting tired of being mistaken for a boy by people, let alone her own brother!

So, it was now, like any other day she was forced to go to one of these horrific things, that the young leader asked in a mumble, "Do I have to wear one?"

Kira sighed. "Yes, Cagalli, you have to wear one."

Cagalli protested loudly at his response, but still walked across the large room to the bathroom, where her dress was most likely hanging up, and slammed the door loudly, making her Coordinator twin flinch. There was a pause and a minute of silence before he heard the shower start up and walked to the window.

Letting out a groan, Kira looked out the window and up into space, where he knew his best friend was at the moment, saying, "Athrun, how were you able to get her to listen to you?"

April 15, C.E. 73

Space; 10:35 AM

En Route to Banquet

Cagalli sat on a small shuttle, the only other occupants her twin and Sai, one of the members of the council. He was an old friend of Kira's that Cagalli had met during her time on the Archangel and surprisingly had a knack for politics. The boy wore a red jacket, very light tan khakis, and his ever popular orange glasses: basically very civilian looking attire.

Cagalli didn't have a problem with it; in fact, she wished she could wear normal clothes, but, of course, she had to wear the green dress that now occupied her figure. It was a plan dress, nothing special, but Kira had most likely told the maids to make sure it was the one she wore. Why? Well, because, it looked nearly identical to the dress she wore when she and Kira had been taken to Andrew Waltfelt's mansion during the first war. There was no special occasion to celebrate by her wearing it, just that Kira probably wanted her to, for old time's sake. She guessed she could humor him. He was her little brother after all. No matter how much he pointed out he could be the older one, Cagalli was sure it was she who was born first. Kira just said she was stubborn, but the Head Representative liked to call it resolve.

Kira himself was dressed in a blue suit that looked much like the one he wore when he served on the Archangel. He wore some light brown pants and a dark brown hat that reminded Cagalli of the one she wore on Heliopolis. He was always dressed casually, but today was different. He had to make a good impression on the people of the Earth Alliance and ZAFT. Even though the war was over, Orb had to maintain the peace between the two nations to make sure another one didn't break out. It was a tiring job for poor Cagalli, but with her brother helping her, she felt a strong determination to finally achieve a true peace among Naturals and Coordinators.

She had, of course, wanted Athrun Zala to be there too. They'd grown very close during the war and, even though she'd never admit it to Kira, the Coordinator boy had stolen her first kiss and her heart. It was like a dream to her. They were getting ready to fight the final battle of the war at Jachin Due, and Cagalli had told Athrun that he'd be able to fight along side them as well. When she was about to leave, Athrun grabbed her arm and asked her if she was really fighting. She started saying that she had more than enough Mobile Suit training and that she was much better than the Astray pilots, the girls who piloted Orb's Mobile Suits. She said what they'd wanted to do, what they'd had to do, and what they'd got to do were the same for everyone, including her.

He'd given her a sort of worried look, but then she yelled that he took more chances than she ever would and she'd be protecting both him and "the guy who might be her little brother," as she so graciously had put it. Athrun smirked slightly and mentioned he could be her big brother while Cagalli retorted she was most definitely older. Athrun smiled and gave up before pulling her into a swift hug. While she blushed at the sudden gesture, he said he was lucky to have met her and pulled back slightly. He said they'd protect each other and then it was like they were magnetically pulled toward each other. Their lips connected and Cagalli felt as if her very heart had melted in her chest. Everything else seemed to float away and it was just the two of them, together with nothing that could tear them apart.

The blonde girl sighed at the memory. Something had torn them apart, and that had been the reconstruction after the war. Being the new Head Representative, Cagalli had to hurry back to Orb and keep peace between the nations. She had wanted Athrun to come with her, but he couldn't. He had to clean up after everything his father had left in the PLANTS. Patrick Zala was the leader and almost dictator of ZAFT. He believed Coordinators were a whole new species and wanted to fire a weapon called Genesis on Earth that would wipe out most life on the planet, if not all. He wanted to kill all the Naturals and didn't care what got in his way, even if it were his own son. Athrun went to the PLANTS to clear up any misconceptions about Naturals, help Lacus urge a peace treaty, prove his father's words wrong, and about anything else he could do for peace. Since the sides were still at odds with each other, Athrun never had any time to come and visit Cagalli and she had to be content with short phone calls. She was slightly anxious to get to the banquet because Lacus had told Kira she was coming, making him very excited, and hinted that Athrun might be there.

She took this time to shake herself out of her memories and turned to Kira.

"Why does it have to be in space?" She grumbled. Space travel took longer than any travel by plane, so it annoyed her to no end. Why couldn't they at least let her take a Mobile Suit to get there?

"Because" Kira sighed, "it was on Earth last time."

He had a point. The banquets' meeting place would always be switched off between Earth and space. They would always be held in an Orb colony so that neither Zaft nor the EA could have an unfair advantage, but it would be easier for people of the EA to get to the meeting if it were on Earth or vice-versa for ZAFT, so the location would switch each time so neither nation would feel like the other was being favored.

Even though it was for the good of the world, it was still a pain. Having to go back and forth and back and forth to solve everyone's problems, just the thought of it had made Cagalli want to scream when she was Princess of Orb. Now, it made her want to scream, rip her hair out, and repeat until she was bald. Still, it had to be done if they wanted peace, which they did.

The Head representative let out a loud frustrated sigh and leaned back in her chair, trying to get an hour of precious sleep before they arrived at the Orb colony where the banquet would be held, Seihen. The name itself meant "change of times," a good name for the site of a banquet. It was located in the same place where Heliopolis used to be as a sort of memento to the dead settlement. Kira proposed this so that the dead citizens of Heliopolis could finally rest in peace. The one on Earth was named Kouseiki, or "change of life," was built on Onogoro island, the same island that once housed the Kaguya Mass Driver. This one was Cagalli's idea. It was a way of showing that the resting place of her father would also be the same grounds where peace was now being forged.

A little green mechanical bird flew around the shuttle gracefully. It settled itself on Cagalli's head and looked around. The blonde girl took no notice as sleep began to take hold on her.

The bird looked at Kira and squawked out a happy cry of, "Birdie!"

Kira flew over to the bird and hushed it. "Quiet, Birdie!" He urged. "She's sleeping!"

Birdie gave Kira the most apologetic look it could, but, despite Kira's tone, he couldn't be mad at it. Athrun had given it to him when they went to school together on the moon. This had been before Athrun and his parents went to the PLANTs to live. Kira, on the other hand, went to live in Heliopolis because his parents were naturals instead of Coordinators. If they'd gone to the PLANTs, Mr. and Mrs. Yamato wouldn't have made it a day without people leering at them, or even killed from those who detested Naturals with a passion.

Kira watched his sister as she slowly drifted into a calm sleep and smiled.

She never gets to relax, He thought to himself. Maybe after this she can finally get a break.

Of course, Kira himself rarely got a break. When Cagalli went somewhere, he did too. He knew he had to protect her because Athrun couldn't. Before he left for the PLANTS, Athrun took Kira aside and told him to watch over Cagalli for him until he returned. Kira wanted to spend time with Lacus, but couldn't say no. Not only was Athrun his best friend, but if something really did happen to Cagalli, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself. Lacus understood, of course, but it was still bittersweet for them both. Before the battle of Jachin Due, he promised Lacus he'd come back to her, but now they would have to be apart again. He was so glad he'd finally be able to see her again, to hear her again, to feel the touch of her soft skin again…

"What are you thinking about?"

Kira was jolted out of his thoughts of the Pink Princess by Sai's voice and he jumped in surprise. He of course didn't land back in his seat because the space shuttle had zero gravity, but he lowered himself all the same.

The violet-eyed Coordinator looked at his inquisitive friend and responded, "Just a friend."

Sai eyed the other boy carefully before shaking his head. "You were thinking about Lacus Clyne." He concluded.

"Wha-what?!" Kira cried in a high voice, being careful not to wake Cagalli. "I-I was not!"

Sai rolled his eyes. "Oh, please, Kira, you're about as difficult to read as a picture book with seventy-two type font."

How did he come up with that on the fly? Part of Kira's mind asked. He mentally shook it off and groaned.

"Was it that obvious?" He mumbled dejectedly.

"A few seconds ago it was." Sai stated with a smirk.

Kira's mouth dropped open. He was just pretended to know…?! Kira hung his head. He could never get a break!

April 16, C.E. 73

An Island on Earth; 12:24 PM

Reverend Malchio's House

Miriallia Haww smiled at the site of the orphans on Reverend Malchio's island laughing and playing with each other. To hear the sound of children laughing was so good.

"Auntie Miri!" One of the little boys yelled, running up to the light brown haired girl with tears in his eyes. "Naomi pushed me!"

"Did not!" A little girl, Naomi, was right behind him glaring at the boy angrily. "You just tripped, Akira!"

"Nuh-uh!" The boy, Akira, retorted. "You shoved me down when I had my back turned!"

"I did not!" Naomi yelled louder in response. "Even if I did, I had a good reason!"

"See! See! She admitted it!"

"Nuh-uh! I just said if I did!"

"You got mad at me because I called you a boy!"

Naomi was silent this time, glaring at the little boy angrily.

"See! I'm right!" He added as an afterthought, "And you dolook like a boy!"

At this, Naomi launched herself at the boy and tackled him to the ground. Poor Miriallia was too shocked to react. Who would've thought that a six year old could be so violent? The two were rolling around on the ground, one trying to escape, the other trying to pound her opponent's face into the ground.

"Get off, Naomi!"

"You take back what you said!"

"It's the truth!"

CHOMP!

"OW! AUNTIE MIRI, SHE BIT ME!!"

Miriallia was trying to get the two kids apart, but to no avail.

"C-come on, children," She tried. The girl was obviously no good at this. "Play nice?"

Now Akira was trying to bite Naomi back in vengeance. The other kids were crowding around to see and Miriallia was still trying to calm them down, insisting to the other kids that they should go and play. Just when she'd about given up hope, her "savior" arrived.

"All right, kids, that's enough." A teen with blonde hair and a dark complexion walked out of Reverend Malchio's house. He reached into the fray and picked the two struggling kids up, one in each hand. He looked at the other kids and said, "Well, what are you waiting for? Go and play."

The children grumbled slightly but with a soft, "Yes, Uncle Dearka," they all went back to what they were doing before.

He set Akira and Naomi down and the two children looked at the ground.

"Now, how did this thing start?" He asked the two of them.

"He was mean to me!" Naomi said to the teen, Dearka. "He always calls me names and never lets me play with him and the other boys!"

Akira glared at her. "You never ask! All you do is invite yourself in and act all bossy! I tried to act nice, but you always think I'm gonna be mean!"

"That's 'cause you called me a boy the first time you saw me!" Naomi retorted.

"You looked like one! You wore a hat to cover your hair and boy's clothes! How was I supposed to know you were a girl?!"

Dearka chuckled. "Now, did you two ever actually talk about your problems?"

"No…" Both kids said shamefully.

"See, just a big misunderstanding. Now, apologize to each other, okay?"

"All right." The said simultaneously.

"I'm sorry for calling you a boy and not letting you play with us." Akira mumbled.

"And I'm sorry for attempting to beat you into a bloody pulp and shoving you." Naomi muttered.

Dearka smiled. "There, now can we try and be friends?"

"Okay…" The two kids chorused.

Akira looked at Naomi for a minute and said, "When you dress like a girl, you look kinda nice."

Naomi looked away from him, a slight pink on her face. "S-so?" The little girl replied.

"You wanna play kickball with us?" Akira asked, indicating the other boys that were already playing.

Naomi's face lit up and she cried, "Would I ever! You're gonna get creamed!"

She ran off to the field and Akira dashed after, yelling, "Wait for me!"

Miriallia stared after the kids in amazement. She then looked at Dearka. "How did you do that?" She asked in astonishment.

Dearka shrugged. "I guess I just have a way with kids."

The girl in orange sighed. "I guess I don't…"

"Nope!"

She glared at the boy angrily. Some things never change… She thought to herself despite the fact that he just insulted her.

She turned away from him with an angry, "humph!"

"H-hey, I was just kidding!" Dearka pleaded, not wanting to get on her bad side.

She was a nice girl, after all, and that orange outfit she was wearing really made her look good… No, Elsman, don't think like that. You want her to like you, right? His brain scolded him.

Miriallia sighed and looked back at him. No matter how much she tried, she just couldn't stay made at the immature teen for long. Maybe it was his brown eyes that just seemed so nice and inviting… Get a hold of yourself, Mir. She said to herself. Remember, today's not the day…

Today was the second anniversary of her boyfriend Tolle Koenig's death. He'd died fighting in the war two years ago and Miriallia was devastated at the time. The year before she had just grieved alone in her house in Orb, but this year, Dearka invited her to spend some quiet time with him on Reverend Malchio's island a week ago. It was probably the most peaceful place on Earth and at first Miriallia thought it was just a joke, but now she wasn't so sure. It was quite out of character for him, sure, but he was acting unusually nice, besides that last remark. Maybe he was actually maturing after all. The reason all the children called the "Auntie" and "Uncle" was beyond her, however.

The blue-eyed Natural let a small smile slip. "Well, all right. I forgive you."

Dearka's face almost lit up like a kid's on Christmas, but he controlled himself. He didn't know what it was about this girl that made her irresistible, but he liked it. He still felt he owed something to her for mocking her dead boyfriend two years ago. No matter how long ago it was, he always felt a little guilty that he did that. She didn't want to get involved in the war, but she did her best to help others and yet he just went and said that. He didn't know Tolle really had died, of course, but still, he should've actually thought. It was him being taken prisoner by the Archangel that made him rethink the idea of war, so he secretly thanked that. If he hadn't, he might've been killed in the battle of Jachin Due by Genesis.

Miriallia giggled at Dearka's attempt to hide his happiness. He was never good at that.

"Kids, come inside! It's time for lunch!" Reverend Malchio called from inside the house.

"Yay!" The children ran inside happily, wanting to get to the table before all the good food was eaten. Akira and Naomi were now running side-by-side and it seemed they were racing each other. Both giggled and smiled happily as they passed the others.

Reverend Malchio came outside with a boy who looked about twelve after the kids had made it in and said to the two teens, "You two should come in as well. When they're hungry, they eat everything in sight."

"We will." Miriallia assured the blind man.

With this knowledge in mind, the reverend turned around and the little boy took his hand to lead him back in.

Miriallia watched them leave and then looked at Dearka. She wanted to thank him for bringing her here, but didn't really know what to say. It should be special, Her mind said. He hates Earth, but came all the way here to cheer you up.

"Right…" The girl murmured.

"Huh?" Dearka said in question.

"Oh, nothing!" She cleared her throat. "Well, we should get inside. We want to get something to eat, right?"

She walked inside the house and Dearka followed at a slower pace. He was still planning out his surprise for her later that night. It had to be perfect. He wanted to make sure this was a night she'd never forget. Ever.

Goddess: Well, there's the first chapter!

Athrun: ;grumbles;'

Goddess: Oh, come on! Are you still brooding? You were mentioned a lot during the chapter!

Athrun: Yeah, but I won't have a real part until later…

Goddess: Well, yeah… ;to everyone else; Anyway, the little thing with Naomi and Akira... They won't be big characters, but I wanted to throw that in there. Anyone who knows the Japanese version of Gundam SEED will know where I got their name from.. . Heh heh... No, I'm a little fuzzy on a bit of the Gundam terminology, so if you could tell me anything that has to be changed or enhanced

Athrun: ;opens mouth;

Goddess: that has to do with the already existing Gundam SEED series that I goofed up,

Athrun: ;closes mouth;

Goddess: Just tell me and I'd be happy to change it. Remember, I have no Beta-reader, so volunteers are welcome! Remember, review honestly and I'll have more up soon, I promise!