Chapter 1 - A Peaceful World
The year was UC 575. It has been over 500 years since the horrifying wars that played out between the Naturals of Earth and the Coordinators of the PLANTs.
After the end of the second bloody Valentine War, peace finally spread across the Earth thanks to the efforts of Lacus Clyne, Chairman of the PLANT supreme Council, and Cagalli Yula Attha, the head representative of the island nation of ORB.
While tensions were still high following the end of the war, these two brought great change to the Earth and its orbiting space colonies. Eventually the hatred that had plagued the planet for such a long time finally started to die down and the Earth finally saw its first glimpse of peace that would last for the next 500 years.
A shuttle came to a stop at the gate of the space colony of Heliopolis. When the gate opened a large group of people came flooding out.
The last one to come out through the gate was a young man. He was 17 years old and about 5 feet 10 inches tall. He had shaggy brown hair the fell to his face. He had a magnificent pair of violet eyes that always showed such honesty in whatever he did.
Although he was already in his junior year, he was being transferred to the school by his guardian.
'If you go there, you will be able to find what you are looking for.' he remembered himself being told which had made him eager to come.
If there was one thing he hated most it was that although the earth was at peace, violence and crimes still continued. He was ultimately a result of that.
He was on a trip with his parent when a terrorist strike blew up where they were staying. Both of his parents were killed immediately. Yet for some unknown reason he, who was only 3 years old at the time, somehow managed to survive.
He didn't really remember much of the event that killed his parents. Sometimes though, if he tried hard enough, he could remember the flames that swarmed around after the attack.
Sadly he barely even remembered his parents because he was so young at the time. The only thing he had to remember them by was a few pictures. He knew even less about his family as a whole.
It was like no matter how many times he asked his guardian about his family, the answer would always be the same. "You will find out in time but it is not my place to discuss it." He was told time and time again.
'What's wrong with wanting to know about my family? Heck, he won't even let me use my own name,' he thought growing a bit annoyed.
While his name was Kira Yamato, his guardian told him to not use that name and instead go by the name of Kira Hibiki whenever he was in public.
'I don't get it. There's nothing special about my name. So why does he feel that I have to hide it?' he thought while adjusting the shoulder strap of his bag.
From what he did get from his guardian, his parents led simply lives. They weren't famous or anything. He did searches on his name but found no one of importance.
'What is he not telling me? Why all this damn secrecy?!' he groaned as he got more and more annoyed with the man who raised him.
Other than not knowing anything about himself, he somehow managed to live a somewhat normal childhood. He still had friends. He still found ways to laugh and enjoy himself. He's even had a girlfriend or 2 before then.
"Kira Hibiki?!" a man yelled from behind a crowd that was walking between the two of them. When Kira looked he saw a tall man with short brown hair that was slicked back with the exception of some bangs that fell in front of his face.
"Glad to see you made it alright," the man said after he finally managed to get through the crowd and reach the younger boy.
"My name was Andrew Waltfeld," he said sticking out his hand which Kira shook. From what Kira could remember he was an instructor at the academy that he was about to attend.
"It's nice to meet you but I'm exhausted," Kira said with a sigh as he slumped against the wall while releasing a yawn from his mouth. He did manage to get sleep on the plane but it just didn't seem to be enough.
"Yeah I hear you. Let's get going. We'll stop and get something to eat on the way to the dorms," Andrew, or Andy as he liked to be called, said while licking his lips.
"You've got to try the kebabs this one restaurant sells here. They're Delicious. But you definitely have to put yogurt sauce on it. Can't see why anyone would want to have chili sauce on it instead," he talked on as he led Kira from the spaceport and toward the car he had parked.
Kira watched him walk ahead. He couldn't help but feel though that Andrew Waltfeld gave off more of a feel of a reliable older brother than he did an instructor. It really made him wonder just what the rest of the teachers were like. Yet, as he looked at him, Kira also got the feeling that he seemed somewhat familiar.
The door to the room opened and Kira walked into a special single room in the dorms. "Pretty big," he admired as he looked around.
Directly across from the door was a window that was brightly lighting up the room. Outside he saw a vast area filled with flowers. Many students were seen gathered around, mostly couples, enjoying the beautiful day.
To the left side of the window stood a bed and across from the bed stood a desk. Many of his personal belongings had already been brought to the room and were just piled in a corner.
"Yeah. Your guardian gave you such a high recommendation and made the personal request for this room. I was surprised, that guy is never impressed with anything," Andy said scratching the back of his head.
Kira was thankful. He hated people fussing over him or just giving things to him. However he preferred his peace and quiet when it was possible.
A knock on the door interrupted the 2 of them. When Kira opened the door, a woman stood there. She had shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes as well. From Kira's perspective she looked to be in her late twenties to early thirties.
"You must be Kira Hibiki. It's nice to meet you. My name is Murrue Ramius, I'm the principal of Archangel Academy," the woman said holding her hand out to younger boy.
"Nice to meet you," Kira said putting out his hand and shaking the hand of the woman before him.
"Before you can start your classes, we will need to perform some tests to get a gauge of your abilities," she said with a smile towards Kira. "This is just to get an estimate for what level you are currently at and whether you may need extra classes to catch up to everyone else," she explained as if she had said it multiple times.
"Yes. I'll do my best!" Kira said feeling a bit of dread for the tests that were about to come.
He was smart and excelled in engineering. He was also decently fit. He wasn't worried about those.
He personally hated wielding weapons after what happened to his parents. He also dreaded the piloting tests that they would have him doing though for other reasons. Yet he knew that all the tests that he was going to do would be doing both of the things he hated.
"That's good, I like your attitude. The tests will start at 5. One of our top students volunteered to pick you up around 3. She offered to show you around the school and then bring you to where the tests will be taking place." Murrue responded giving Kira a small smile.
Murrue then turning to Andy. "I also need to have a word with you. Please see me in my office around 4," she said and Andy nodded as she left the room.
"I'll see you at the tests a little later. If you have any questions, just ask," Andy said before he too left the room.
Kira sighed when he looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall and saw that it was already noon. "Might as well try to unpack a bit." He muttered to himself as he headed towards his boxes.
At about 1:30, Kira was finishing up unpacking the last of his few boxes. "There," he said taking out the last item. The place was a bigger mess but he was glad to get everything unpacked.
Rather than deal with the mess he had created right then, he turned and stepped out of the door. He had been cooped up on a shuttle for nearly a day and he wanted to go out and walk a little.
The sky was blue and too perfectly clear. "Not quite the same as on Earth since they can control the weather however they want," he muttered to himself feeling a bit of dissatisfaction.
Kira couldn't help but notice that the number of couples he had seen earlier had only increased. He was jealous. His last girlfriend had a few screw loose and he hasn't had the fortune of having any others since then. Many of the girls at his old school were a bit intimidated by her and kept their distance even after she moved.
While his attention was turned elsewhere, Kira didn't notice the group of boys who were throwing a ball around and they too didn't notice him.
"Go long Athrun!" a blonde haired boy yelled as another started to run out. The blonde haired boy threw the football.
A blue haired boy started to run after the ball. Unfortunately he wasn't looking ahead of him.
Both of them realized too late just where the ball was thrown towards. "Athrun! Watch out!" he yelled noticing that Athrun didn't realize he was about to run into someone else.
"Huh?" the blue haired boy said as he turned his head right in time for the collision.
The two boys collided hard and were sent flying. Athrun fell straight to the concrete but Kira went flying back onto the grass.
"Damn it!" Athrun cursed as he held his throbbing head. "Why the hell were you just standing there idiot!" he screamed even though it was more his fault than it was the other guy's.
Kira groaned as he stood up. He shook his head to clear his head and looked at the other guy. "What do you mean?! You're the one who ran into me!" he yelled back with a glare.
"You were just standing there like an idiot! Of course something like that would happen!" Athrun yelled back as he pushed himself back onto.
"If you were looking where you were going, this never would have happened!" Kira yelled back angrily.
The two fell silent but they continued to glare at one another even as Athrun's friends approached the two of them.
"Take it easy Athrun, we're the ones at fault here," a green haired boy said as he approached the two arguing guys.
Athrun merely grunted and turned and started to walk away. Before that though, he took a look at Kira and couldn't help the uneasy feeling he had when he looked at him.
"I'm sorry about that. Athrun is usually a lot nicer than that. He's just been very stressed lately," the green haired boy said giving Kira a smile.
"Are you new here? I don't remember seeing you before," the green haired continued while looking over Kira quizzically. He knew a lot of people in the school but he was sure he had never seen Kira before.
"Yeah. I just got here today," Kira admitted with relief that he was more level headed than his friend.
"Then it is nice to meet you. My name is Nicol Amalfi. I'm a junior here," Nicol said holding out his hand while continuing to give a gentle smile.
"My name is Kira Hibiki. I'm also a junior," Kira responded by shaking Nicol's extended hand.
"It's nice to meet you. If you need any help, just let me know," Nicol said with a smile. "I better get back before they get impatient. I'll see you around," Nicol said as he turned and ran back to the other three.
Kira took one last look at the four of them. Kira couldn't help but notice the weary look that the one named Athrun had been giving to him but he instead decided to ignore it. Kira then turned away and started to walk away from the area.
"Who was that Nicol?" a silver haired boy asked as he watched Kira walk away with great interest.
"He's a new student. He said that his name is Kira Hibiki. He seems nice. You should try to get along with him Athrun. I have a feeling that the two of you are a lot alike," Nicol replied while looking at his best friend.
"Whatever," Athrun grunted before he threw the ball to the blonde haired boy. "I got to get going," she said as he turned and started to walk away.
The blonde haired boy smirked and whistled at Athrun. "Got a hot date with her again?" he teased the blue haired boy.
"Dearka, shut up," the silver haired boy said since he always grew agitated when this side of his friend showed up.
Dearka just smirked despite being chastised. "I'm just joking Yzak. Geez," he said with a small chuckle. "But hey, if I had a fiancée as hot as her, I'd be going on all the hot dates that I could," he continued teasingly.
"Shut up," Athrun growled annoyed. "Besides, she is busy today. Not much else I could do with her," he said hoping it would shut Dearka up. Athrun then walked away from them feeling a bit of tiredness creeping up on him. 'I have some time until later. Maybe I'll get a nap,' he thought with a yawn.
"Athrun has seemed awfully tired as of late. I wonder if he has been getting enough sleep," Nicol pondered with worry as he watched his best friend retreat.
"Probably up every night making sweet, sweet love to his honey," Dearka continued with a laugh before suddenly being punched in the stomach and collapsing to the ground.
"I told you to shut up!" Yzak growled in annoyance with his fist clenched. "Besides, who the hell cares about him," he growled angry at all the attention his rival was getting.
To him, Athrun was his eternal rival. Athrun was almost always top of the class while Yzak was always second even though he tries so hard to beat him. He was popular with many of the girls in the school even if he already had a fiancée. Sure they could be considered friends, but that didn't mean Yzak didn't want to push his face into the dirt.
"You're just jealous," Dearka said once he got his second wind since Yzak didn't put his full power in the punch. Only a second later though, he received a second, full power punch from his friend.
Looking at his watch, Kira noticed that 2:30 had come around quickly. "I better head back. I was told someone was going to show me around properly," he said to himself.
Even though he had been walking around the last hour or two by himself, he realized the campus was a lot larger than he had expected.
Political training, Military training, engineering, and the arts were just a few of the many things that they taught here. It was more akin to a university than the high school it was supposed to be. It was a place that truly trained only the best and the brightest in all categories.
This place had put out a large number of successful world leaders and was likely one of the causes for why no serious wars have broken out for so long.
Even a poor but talented person could get in with the right skills. Despite that though, those people were still in the minority which was probably the biggest flaw of the system. There were also still the rich who would find a way to buy a spot for their children.
Kira was broken from his thoughts though by the sound of music coming from the building he was next to.
The door to the building was open and a beautiful sound was coming from it. Curiosity got the better of Kira as he stepped through the doorway and followed the sounds.
From what Kira could tell, the place that he walked into with an auditorium. It had a massive stage on the far end of the room.
It was on the stage that Kira's attention was really drawn to though. There was a single woman there.
The woman was absolutely gorgeous. She had very long, flowing pink hair. Her height seemed to be pretty average. Her voice though was absolutely beautiful.
Seeing her there, Kira couldn't help but think that she was the striking image of the legendary Lacus Clyne herself. If it hadn't been several hundred years since she died, he would've thought that she was her.
A part of him felt great happiness with the sight and the sounds that he was hearing. It was soothing and made him feel relaxed.
The woman on the stage suddenly paused when she took notice of the one who had stepped into the room.
Violet met blue and the two of them stared at one another for a few seconds.
Something happened though that broke the stare. Tears suddenly started to fall down the woman's eyes. She wasn't sure what it was but she felt a great sadness within her when she laid her eyes on the man before her.
'Tears?' Kira asked himself the moment he saw what was running down her face. "A-are you OK?" he asked worried that maybe she didn't want anybody listening to her when she sang. He felt he had done something unforgiveable that made her cry.
"Huh?" the woman stuttered as she wiped the tears from her face while wondering just where they came from.
"I-I'm fine. I don't know what came over me. Maybe it was the song," she said as she tried to calm herself which she found it hard to do in this man's presence.
"Sorry, the doors were open and I just happened to hear you singing. Sorry about that," Kira tried to explain feeling like he shouldn't have been listening.
"It's not a problem," the woman said as the stepped down from the stage. "It is common sense that if I sing on a stage that I would end up having an audience," she said with a laugh as she approached the boy who was the same age as her.
When she was in front of Kira and managed to get a good look at his face. The sadness that she had been feeling suddenly started to well up again but she used all her will power to force it down. Yet at the same time she also felt a weird happiness.
"I… Is something wrong Miss?" Kira asked noticing her staring at him very intently as if she was sizing him up.
"I-It's nothing," she said with a laugh feeling a bit foolish. She knew that she had never met the man before her before so wondered where all those strange feelings she had been having were coming from.
While she was sure that she didn't know him personally, she at least knew who he was. "You're the new student Kira Hibiki correct?" she suddenly asked him seriously.
"Huh? Yes that's right… how did you know?" Kira asked surprised that she already knew who he was. He was sure that he had never met her before.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry. My name is Lacus Clyne. Yes, just like the original," she said with a laugh seeing his shocked expression when her name was mentioned.
She had the looks, she had the voice, and now she even had the same name. They were so alike that Kira was almost sure that she was probably Lacus Clyne reborn, either that or a clone. He wouldn't be surprised with either option.
"You know, if you stare so much, even I will get embarrassed," Lacus teased Kira with a small smile. "And no, I'm not some secret descendent of hers. We're from the same family but different branches," she explained since it was something that was asked of her a lot.
"I actually didn't think you were. I thought that you were probably her reincarnation or something like that," Kira replied honestly with a slight blush.
"Yes, I get that a lot too. Are you always so flirty with someone you first met though?" she asked since she couldn't help but think he looked so cute when he was embarrassed.
"No! That's not it!" Kira said with a blush before remembering his original question. "How did you know who I was exactly?" he asked her again.
"Oh yeah," Lacus said as if she had completely forgotten about it. "I was asked by the principal to show you around the school before taking you to the skill test. It's nice to meet you," Lacus said giving Kira the most beautiful smile that he had ever seen.
"So you're the one?" Kira asked in surprise. "I was just about to head back to my room to get ready," Kira said since he never expected to run into her so easily.
"Then that just makes it all the more convenient. Is there anything you actually need to pick up from your room?" Lacus asked looking really happy.
"No. Even if I did, I wouldn't know where to find anything at the moment," Kira said as he remembered the mess that he had left his room in. He dreaded going back and having to clean it up later.
"I guess it is understandable since you just moved in. If you'd like, I would be willing to help you sometime," Lacus offered with a gentle smile. A part of her just couldn't help it since she liked helping with domestic stuff like that.
"No, no, no. That isn't necessary I can handle it myself," Kira responded quickly since he didn't like the idea of anyone going through his stuff.
"Really? That's a shame," Lacus responded looking genuinely disappointed.
'I'm willing to bet she's the type who simply likes helping people,' Kira thought while also thinking about how she volunteered to show him around.
"It's fine. I got everything unpacked, it's just a mess," Kira said blushing a bit in embarrassment.
Lacus just released a sweet giggle. "Now then, since you seem to have been looking around, how much have you seen so far?" she questioned while trying to figure out how much she would be showing him.
"Not much. Just between the dorms and here. Most of it was done inside each of the building," Kira admitted while looking in the direction of the dorms.
"Ok, got it! That means I've got a lot to show you," Lacus said brightly making plans in her head on where to start.
'More work would normally annoy people, yet it makes her more excited,' Kira mused with a chuckle.
Without really thinking about it, Lacus's hand stretched out and grabbed ahold of Kira's hand.
A light blush appeared on Kira's face when he realized what she did. Sure he had experience with women but she was by far the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Lacus tried to move forward but was stopped when the unmoving Kira pulled her back. "Is something wrong?" she asked looking at him innocently.
"Y-your hand," Kira mentioned looking at their connected hands.
"Huh?" Lacus said before noticing what she had done. "Oh my," she said with a chuckle. She tried to let go but it only felt that she grabbed onto him tighter. Somehow, with a lot of effort, she managed to let go of his hand. She couldn't help but feel a slight fear by doing so though.
'She had soft hands… maybe I shouldn't have said anything,' Kira complained to himself with regret.
'Maybe I should ask her out sometime? I wonder how she would respond,' Kira contemplated since it had been a while since a woman had really got his heart racing like she had. Plus there was an odd familiarity with her though. Maybe it was just because he was a fan of the original.
"I'm sorry about that. I'm sure you probably have some girlfriend and she wouldn't appreciate that," Lacus said as she turned and started to walk while trying to get rid of all these odd feelings she had been having since they met.
After a second, Kira started to follow after her. "No, I used to but we broke up," Kira responded wanting to make sure that there weren't any misunderstandings.
"Is that so?" Lacus asked in a carefree way. "Well my fiancé probably wouldn't appreciate it either," she added as almost an afterthought.
'Yeah, I figured!' Kira said hanging his head in disappointment.
"Huh?" Lacus murmured when she noticed Kira was falling behind. "Is something wrong?" she asked when he caught up with her.
"No, it's nothing," Kira responded with a chuckle. "So where is the first place you will be taking me?" he asked and just let things flow from there.
"What is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Andy asked as he passed through the door to Murrue's office.
"That's right," Murrue said as she went through a desk before pulling out a folder and putting it on her desk.
Andy stopped in front of the desk and picked up the folder. "What is this?" he questioned in confusion looking at the info.
"I want you to look into that and find any info about him as you can," Murrue said seriously.
"Is there some kind of threat?" Andy asked flipping through the pages. He had heard that there were groups planning something bad. He wondered if this had anything to do with it.
"At the moment, there doesn't seem to be any. He's assured me that there was nothing wrong but that actually makes me worry more," Murrue said having the same feelings as Andy.
"I'll take a look into it. I'm not sure if I'll be able to find anything if he's hiding something. Something is definitely there though," Andy said closing the folder and tucking it under his arm and started to leave.
"One more thing. He may have refused to give the info we wanted personally, but he said that if we still intended to search, that we should keep a low profile about it," Murrue said looking at some monitors to make sure that no one was listening in.
"So it's something he doesn't want others to know about more than us. 'To fool your enemies, you must first fool your friends.' I'm not sure if I feel relieved or more nervous about it," Andy said while Murrue nodded her head.
"I'll see what I can do then," Andy said before he turned and left the room.
Kira collapsed onto a seat and took a long drink. They had come across the cafeteria and stopped in at the end of her tour.
Lacus had moved rather quickly to show him as much as she could in the limited time that they had before his tests. He was exhausted after only 2 hours and they couldn't even finish the whole tour.
"Just how big is this place?" Kira asked with his head down. He had plenty of stamina but he still felt so worn out.
"It is really big. You probably won't step foot in certain areas though. Most of it is wide open fields for the mobile suit training," Lacus explained quickly while daintily sipping her own drink.
Kira stared at Lacus. He found her to be more fascinating than the school. She was a beauty in every sense of the word. Her looks were first rate, her personality was very kind and gentle, and she was also very helpful.
Kira sighed as he thought about how unlucky he was that she already had a fiancé.
"The colony itself is a reconstruction of a colony that had been destroyed during the first Bloody Valentine War. It seems it was a personal project by the then head representative of ORB Cagalli Yula Attha and Lacus Clyne herself," Lacus said as she sipped her drink while looking out the window.
"The school itself wasn't built until a few hundred years later. The Attha family oversaw its construction as well even though both of them had long since passed away," she continued to explain as she looked at a small mountain in the distance.
"Lacus!" a voice suddenly yelled out from behind Kira. Just from the sounds of it, Kira thought he had heard it before.
"Ah!" Lacus responded looking happily at the person who called out to her. "Athrun!" Lacus yelled waving at the man.
Kira tensed up because he remembered that name. When he looked, he saw that it was the same person he had that argument with earlier that day.
"You..." Athrun said recognizing Kira as well. The two just stared at each other for a moment before Athrun did something Kira didn't expect.
Athrun held out his hand towards Kira. "I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have gotten upset like that," he said calmly while waiting for Kira to shake his hand.
Kira merely stared at it for a second before he shook Athrun's hand. "It's fine, sorry as well," Kira said preferring not to be on anyone's bad side on his first day.
Looking between the two of them, Lacus tried to figure out what happened. "Ara? Did the two of you have an argument?" she asked curiously.
"We accidentally ran into each other. I was tired and upset and I ended up arguing with him," Athrun tried to explain to Lacus.
"Well that is not good. It's a good thing you apologized," Lacus admonished while looking between the 2 men.
"I realized that after I got a short nap. I hope there will be no hard feelings," Athrun said giving an apologetic bow to Kira.
"It's fine," Kira repeated and motioned for Athrun to stop bowing and have a seat with them.
"Thank you," Athrun said as he took a seat on the nice café style seats that they had out. "By the way, my name is Athrun Zala," he said since he had yet to properly introduce himself.
'Zala?' Kira thought in surprise since the name was well known in history books related to the Bloody Valentine wars.
"My name is Kira Hibiki. It's nice to meet you," Kira responded when the shock wore off.
Already Kira felt a little out of place next to these two. They came from two of the most distinguished families of the last 500 years and yet he was just from a normal family.
Even though he already had an idea, Kira felt that he had to ask, "How do the two of you know each other?"
"I mentioned to you earlier that I had a fiancé, didn't I?" Lacus mentioned while pointing at Athrun, "well this is him."
'I figured that would be the answer,' Kira thought feeling disappointed. He supposed he couldn't blame her. Athrun was clearly good looking and athletic. He also seemed to be brought up in a well off family.
"It was decided by our parents when we were young that we were going to get married to each other," Athrun said something rather surprising to Kira.
Even from his point of view, Kira couldn't help but think that they almost seemed like such a perfect couple. Were they simply meant to look that way by their families? Were they happy about that? Many questions filled his mind.
"People still do that kind of stuff?" Kira couldn't help but ask in surprise. "How do the two of you feel about it?"
"I'm fine with it. Athrun has always been such a good friend to me," Lacus said giving a smile towards Athrun.
Kira was sure though that he saw a look of disappointment on Athrun's face. 'Ouch. An engagement that's been friend zoned. That's gotta hurt,' Kira thought feeling bad for Athrun.
"Originally, the original Lacus Clyne was set to marry the Athrun Zala of that time. Our parents probably gave us these names hoping to follow through with it and maybe become as big as the originals," Athrun tried to explain why their names matched up to the past.
"If I remember correctly, her actions in the first Bloody Valentine War made her an enemy of ZAFT. As a result the original arrangement was nullified," Kira continued from his knowledge of history which he had a lot of.
"That's right," Athrun said impressed with Kira's knowledge of history. Most history books didn't even go that deep into detail on it.
"I'm descended from the original Athrun Zala. He eventually married someone else and had children of his own. I heard it almost didn't happen because Coordinators at the time had birthing issues but they apparently found a way to fix it eventually," Athrun tried to explain about his family tree.
"As I told you earlier, I'm actually descended from a cousin of the original Lacus Clyne," Lacus repeated what she had told him about earlier.
"Based upon history books, the original Lacus Clyne never married or had any children of her own," Kira decided to finish with what was the commonly accepted history of Lacus Clyne was.
"That's right. You really know your stuff Kira," Lacus said giving off a bright smile. "Wouldn't it be neat if she did though? I idolize her so it would be so neat to be able to meet those who inherited her blood," she continued dreamily.
Kira couldn't help the chuckle that escaped from his throat. "Other than speculation, there's never really been any proof of it," he put in. Something about it though never seemed right to him. He was never quite sure what it was though.
"How about you Kira? Do you have anyone famous in your family?" Lacus asked sweetly while staring at him curiously.
"I wouldn't know. My parents were killed when I was three. I don't know anything about my family because of that unfortunately," he responded while trying to put on a smile.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked," Lacus said while hanging her head. She felt bad about making him relive such painful memories.
"It's fine. I've gotten over it. It's not like you could've known," Kira said forcing out a small laugh.
Lacus looked like she didn't believe him but she didn't continue talking about the subject.
"So have you taken the tests yet?" Athrun asked trying to get away from the subject since it clearly made them both uncomfortable.
"Not yet. Lacus has been showing me around. We're taking a break now and then she is supposed to take me to the site of the tests," Kira explained and Athrun nodded his head.
"That's right. She did mention that," Athrun said offhandedly.
"Are you OK Athrun?" Lacus asked looking at her fiancé worriedly. She had noticed that recently he had been very distant and always seemed so tired.
"I told you before. I'm fine. I just haven't been sleeping very well recently," Athrun groaned while rubbing his head while a migraine was forming.
Lacus didn't say anything at first as she just stared at Athrun with her worried eyes. "I don't know what is going on but you really need to take it easy," she warned him sternly.
"I will," Athrun said as he stood up. "I need to get going. I'll talk to you later," he said as he leaned down and gave Lacus a short kiss on the cheek. He then turned and started to walk away.
"We had better get going too. We wouldn't want you being late for your exams," Lacus said as she stood up.
Kira followed suit and the two of them left the cafeteria and started to head in a direction that they hadn't gone before.
A man sat behind his desk as he looked at a video feed that he had managed to hack.
On the video it showed a man and a woman talking. One of them had brown hair and purple eyes while the other had pink hair and blue eyes.
The man paused the feed and looked at the two of them with a hint of interest in his eyes. One was the young man that he had raised from an infant while the other was the spitting image of the famous Lacus Clyne herself.
"A Clyne and a Yamato once again meet. There is a certain amount of irony to that," he said with a chuckle as he shut off the feed.
"Much like with the originals. Your meeting may just start a change within this world. The Clyne family holds most of the power in this current world even though Lacus Clyne herself gave up all her power when she felt the world was moving in the right direction again," he said opening a book that had a picture of Lacus Clyne dating back to CE 85. This was a mere month or 2 before she disappeared from public all together.
He chuckled as he pulled out another picture of two people. "Perhaps it is fated. After all, you may not know it but you are the last of a line born from the ultimate coordinator Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne herself."