A New Beginning - Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam series, nor any of the various series which are used or referenced in my fic, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else, also, don't read this if you are not of legal age to read such material. The story contains possibly disturbing content and should not be read by close-minded people (i.e., people who are easily offended.) Everything in the story is fictional. I am also not responsible for any actions taken by people who read this story and society's problems. I do, however, own my original character; Hope Yamato.

Author's Note: Before reading this fanfic, please read the following five fanfics; .net/s/5206070/1/Kira_and_Murrue_fanfic, .net/s/5233057/1/Kira_and_Murrue_fanfic_continuation, .net/s/5345526/1/The_power_to_change_the_past, .net/s/5398282/1/Gundam_SEED_Eternity, and .net/s/5469351/1/Power_of_the_Gods, it will make this fic easier to understand.

On the bridge of the Excalibur, Murrue groaned quietly as she opened her eyes, before slowly getting off the floor and looking around the bridge, seeing that Lacus had already recovered. Murrue sighed quietly. "Status report?"

"Well, our phase cloak is still activated, but our global, all-frequency internet connections are offline." Lacus answered.

"So, we have no way of knowing where we are, or when." Hope asked as she rose to her feet and moved back towards the controls for the weapons.

"Pretty much." Cagalli answered.

"Whoa, where did all those mobile suits and ships come from!" Lacus suddenly asked as thousands of contacts, most of them unknown mobile suits, along with a few hundred ships, suddenly appeared on the radar. Looking out of the window, the four women saw what appeared to be a huge vessel, known as the battleship Libra, surrounded by thousands upon thousands of mobile suits, some appeared to be trying to reach the huge vessel, while others were defending it.

"The ship directly ahead of us," Lacus said, reading the information that was now appearing on her console. "Appears to be some sort of battleship, with a length of 3500 meters, it's probably capable of supporting at least 5000 mobile suits, possibly more."

Suddenly a beam blast peirced the doors of the centerline lunch bay, blowing them apart and an instant later, the Freedom streaked out into the blackness. As Kira approached the battle, he glanced up at one of his sub-screens and smirked. "Two ZERO Systems detected, this will be fun."

As the Freedom streaked into the fight, cutting down dozens of mobile suits on its way towards the massive battleship, he heard two voices over the open-channel communications line.

"I can't stand the weak. They're always nervous about when they might be next attacked. They can't trust anybody and they never have an opinion of their own. I can't stand such people!" The first voice said, and Kira could have sworn that he had heard that voice once before.

"Strong people make them that way!" The second voice said.

"Zechs, nobody is strong. All of humanity is weak and that includes us as well." Kira's eyes widened, he did know that voice, it was that of the suicidal pilot of the Wing Gundam, Heero Yuy.

"Unlike you two and the rest of humanity, Gods are not weak!" Kira smirked as the Freedom stopped near the dueling forms of the Wing Zero and the Epyon.

"I don't believe in God." Heero replied, as the Wing Zero shoved the Epyon back, before then firing on the Freedom with its twin buster rifle.

"I am God!" Kira roared as the Freedom freed it's own twin buster rifle and fired, causing the two beam blasts to cancel each other out.

"Is that it?" Kira smirked as he unleashed his DRAGOON Units, swarming them around both the Wing Zero and the Epyon and pelting the two machines with an endless barrage of beam blasts, forcing them both to take cover behind their shields.

"What kind of weapons are these?" Zechs Marquise asked from within the cockpit of the Epyon Gundam, as the Freedom's DRAGOON units flashed through the blackness, pounding both his machine and the Wing Zero with beam blasts.

"Analyzing weapons." Heero replied, his voice monotone as he dodged another volley of beam blasts. "They appear to be similar to the shield generators used by the Mercurius." As he finished speaking, a pencil-thin energy beam lanced out from the bow of the Excalibur, slamming into the still falling battleship Libra and obliterating it along with the Peacemillion, which had crashed into the Libra in order to destroy its main cannon.

As the massive explosion from the two battleships faded, Kira smirked, freeing the second twin buster rifle from the back of his machine and opening fire on both the Epyon and Wing Zero, while continuing to pummel them with his DRAGOON units.

"Zechs, you have lost, Libra has been destroyed." Heero called out, pausing just long enough to dodge a burst of beam machine gun fire from the Freedom's machine cannons before then continuing. "We must retreat, this machine has more firepower then even Zero." Kira simply watched as both the Epyon and the Wing Zero transformed into their mobile armor modes and streaked away, vanishing into the blackness.

A few weeks had passed since the last battle. Now, inside the Excalibur's briefing room, the members of Celestial Being had gathered around to watch as the recently elected chairwoman of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation, Relena Peacecraft, made her speech about Celestial Being's intervention during the last battle.

Although Kira was absent, Cagalli, Hope, Lacus and Murrue were there, along with Athrun, Shinn and the crew of the Ptolemiaos II . The two former ZAFT pilots had both been brought back from the dead by Kira, as he figured that Celestial Being would need all of the pilots it could get, and since they were like brothers to him, they were obviously good choices, while the crew of the Ptolemiaos II was present, since the ship itself was still docked in the Excalibur's hanger bay.

"As a result of Celestial Being's intervention, hundreds of brave soldiers lost their lives." Relena said.. "Although they speak of eliminating conflict, they are nothing more than terrorists who are disrupting our national order. We of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation intend to take a firm stance against them."

"They sure don't like us." Cagalli sighed as she leaned back in her chair.

"It's the obvious response." Murrue and Sumeragi answered in unison, the two women blushing slightly as they realised that they were both speaking at the same time.

"Isn't the Earth Sphere just going to build up its military in response to us?" Shinn asked, and Kira answered him as he entered the briefing room.

"If that's what they say they'll do, then we'll have to respond with more armed interventions."

"The elimination of war." Hope whispered as Lacus turned to face the entire crew.

"Yes, for that is Celestial Being's purpose." Lacus replied.

"Well, if a war breaks out, I won't choose sides, I'll simply destroy both sides." Kira scoffed as he stood up and headed out of the briefing room.

A few days later, Cagalli stood at a podium dressed in her elegant Orb Representive uniform. There were multiple cameras aimed at her, and they were broadcasting on all frequencies and in all languages. In addition, the transmissions were setup so that they would actually block any normal transmissions, so that only Celestial Being's declaration could be picked up.

"My name is Cagalli Yula Athha, I am the Chief Representive of Celestial Being." The blonde-haired woman said. "I would like to the following declaration to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation; there is still a way for there to be peace between us. If you want to talk, I ask that the president of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation comes to the Excalibur in two days. If you don't, we will assume that you want war, and believe me, you have not seen all that we can do."