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Chapter Two

Examination

Onogoro Castle

When the sun rose the next morning Kira was the first to awaken, he opened his eyes and smiled as he saw the sleeping face of Lacus. Kira softly kissed the top of her head as he watched her sleep. Kira was still a little concerned about what was wrong with her, but he informed there doctor to have a look at her today, so he knew she would be in good care. Kira continued to watch her sleep as he stroked her hair lovingly noticing that she seemed to snuggle herself closer to him.

Kira knew that he had an important council meeting later, one that would put the final decisions about what they would do with the Oceania border situation. Kira was pleased with all the progress of his new providence, but he wanted them to focus mostly on the border issues for now, Kira had no intelligence on ZAFT at the moment, all he knew was that they have basically lightened there patrols near there new border and it was like they were giving ORB a free invitation to take over. Kira knew better that the ZAFT Emperor was up to something. The safest bet for his nation at the moment was to finish regrouping and rebuilding the units they lost at the fateful battle three months ago.

Kira was tired of thinking about that for the moment and turned his attention back to Lacus, Kira loved how she was when she slept and he could watch her for hours. Kira had never been happier since he met her, and especially after they married, and there was a day that he wasn't grateful for everything he had, he was a King, he was loved by his people, and he was loved by Lacus, and that alone was enough to make him feel complete, Kira wanted to keep the peace that his country and he himself had created these three months, and he would keep working to secure it. Kira did not want to get up from here but his meeting was in a few hours, but he decided to wait until he got the official wake up from Merna, as he knew she was already probably on her way up.

Kira felt Lacus stir a little and he once again kiss her head as he looked down and saw her smile.

"Sorry I woke you," Kira told her softly.

"I'm glad you did, "Lacus said as she looked up and him and kissed him deeply, Kira returned it with a little more passion as he heard the knock at the door.

Kira and Lacus broke from there kiss, as they were once again interrupted.

"It never changes," Kira said as he knew it was Merna, but they were tired of being interrupted.

Lacus giggled at his statement.

"Enter!" Kira shouted out.

Merna opened the door and walked right in, "It's good that you are awake now Your Highness, your meeting is in a few hours, I will have your meal brought to you," Merna said as she left the room.

Kira and Lacus smiled at her statement.

"How are you feeling?" Kira asked her as he kissed her cheek.

Lacus smiled, "I feel a little better today."

Kira smiled, "I arranged for our doctor to look at you today, he should be here when I leave."

Lacus chuckled, "I understand, I had a feeling you wouldn't let me avoid it forever."

Kira smiled again, "I could postpone this meeting and wait with you."

Lacus looked at him, he was once again always putting her first, but she didn't want him to skip a meeting he has been putting off for awhile so they could have more time together.

"I will be fine, I will have Merna wait with me, and besides you know you can't keep putting these meetings off, as much as you hate them," Lacus told him as she knew Kira probably better than he knew himself and he hated attending council meetings, but they weren't as bad since the war was over.

Kira laughed, "I am caught once again," Kira said as Lacus laughed and they kissed once again, they were starting to lose themselves in this when Lacus suddenly got dizzy again, but this one wasn't bad and she was able to catch herself before Kira was aware, she didn't want him to worry again.

Lacus slowly backed away from there kiss, "If we keep this up My King, we will be here all day," Lacus told him as she sat up.

Kira smiled, "What is wrong with that My Queen, it's not like we haven't done it before, but I guess that means we will have more fun later," Kira said as he sat up and kissed the side of her neck and then got up.

Lacus blushed and she didn't want to get up, but she knew she had better see there doctor as this was becoming more and more current, she was able to regain herself and slowly got up as they both changed out of there sleeping robes and into their royal garments.

Kira changed into his as he strapped his sword to his side and he made sure to keep his chain in view. Over the three months and ever since they were engaged, Kira and Lacus never took there pendants and rings off, they would on occasion take there pendants off, but that was only during a few special occasions, there rings would never come off, and they made sure to always glance at them every now and then, Kira especially would glance at his since it was the one that saved his life when Rau shot him with that arrow. Kira would never bring up Rau's name; he was never too fond of remembering it. Kira finished with his long cape and then glanced over at Lacus.

She would wear her long white and pink dress, and she still wore her hairclip, Kira smiled as she seemed to grow more beautiful with each passing day, she also had a smaller version of Kira's cape that she wore, she finished getting ready and noticed Kira was watching her.

"I hope My King is pleased," Lacus said jokingly.

Kira smiled, as he slowly approached her and placed his arms around her, "No matter what you wear you will always be my Queen," Kira told her as Lacus blushed and there lips once again met, they were once again losing themselves in each other as Merna returned with there meal.

Merna walked in and froze, "Can't you two wait to do that?" Merna asked as she was tired of walking in on them and every time they were always like this.

Kira and Lacus broke away and laughed, as Merna and a few other servants placed there meal on the table out on the balcony, Kira led Lacus out and helped her to her seat, Lacus was not comfortable eating at the moment but she didn't want to worry Kira, Kira helped her to her seat and then walked over to his, he sat down and Merna finished placing there meal in front of them.

Kira and Lacus ate there meal and once they finished they didn't leave there seats as they just spoke with each other, they could always talk for hours and it was almost time for Kira's meeting.

Merna arrived as they were in deep conversation, "Your Majesty, it is time for your meeting; Sir La Flaga is waiting to escort you."

Kira smiled and stood up as Lacus followed him, they reached the door and Lacus smiled at him, as they kissed one last time, after a few minutes they slowly parted from it.

Kira looked at her, "I will return after my meeting, make sure you don't skip out on meeting with our doctor."

Lacus smiled, "I would never sire," Lacus told him jokingly as they kissed one last time and Kira left the room to meet with Mu.

Hallway

Kira walked out and saw Mu with Merna.

Kira walked up and looked at Merna, "Merna will you stay with her during her examine?"

Merna smiled as she knew about it, "It would be my honor sire," Merna said as Kira thanked her and she walked into the room and Kira met up with Mu.

"All members have arrived kid, apparently Jibril came in last night, so he is attending as well," Mu told him.

Kira looked at him, "I see, with this we will be able to get a full border security, and then we can focus on the matters of the ZAFT Emperor."

Mu looked at him, "He has no army kid, it will take him years to rebuild."

"He is cunning and ruthless, he is not done yet, I know he won't let it end like this," Kira told him as Mu nodded his head.

"Maybe your right kid, but in the meantime I think we should enjoy life," Mu said as Kira noticed a smug look on his face.

"Did she grant you another date?" Kira asked.

Mu looked at him, "Sort of, she agreed to accompany me to town, and I will make my move then."

Kira laughed as they reached the council chamber door, it was in high security as the royal guard bowed as there King was approaching, Kira was putting on a front as he was still worried about Lacus, but he had to try and block that out as he went to this meeting.

The guards by the doors opened the doors for them and as soon as they walked in they were closed.

Kira and Lacus' Chamber

Merna walked in and found Lacus by the desk, she walked over to her.

"My Lady, His Majesty has asked if I would stay with you for awhile," Merna said as Lacus turned around and smiled.

"Thank you Ms. Merna, but I think I will be fin…" Lacus said as she once again got dizzy and she felt very sick, Merna rushed up to her very concerned.

"My Lady, are you alright, this is more serious than I thought, come on," Merna said as she helped Lacus over to the bed to lie back down, Merna helped her into bed.

Lacus was feeling very sick at the moment and she didn't know what was going on.

"I think I should go and get that doctor now, shall I inform His Majesty?" Merna asked as she was trying to make Lacus more comfortable.

Lacus looked at her, "Please don't inform him yet, he needs to finish that meeting."

Merna reluctantly agreed, "Alright My Lady, but I will get that doctor now," Merna said as she didn't wait for a response and she rushed out of the room.

Lacus was concerned she didn't know what was causing this and it was occurring more frequently.

Merna Lacus Via

Merna was almost in a sprint as she ran for that doctor but she ran into Via.

Via looked at her, "What is wrong Merna?"

Merna looked at her, but she was in a rush, "It's Her Majesty, she is not feeling well again and she almost collapsed, I have to get the doctor," Merna said as she ran off.

Now Via was concerned and she walked to Kira's chamber and went inside to see Lacus sitting up in the bed, and she wasn't looking good.

"Are you alright dear?" Via asked as she walked in and approached her.

Lacus looked up and saw her mother-in-law, Lacus smiled, "I just felt a little sick and dizzy again."

Via sat down next to her obviously concerned, "Shall I get Kira, he would want to know."

Lacus looked at her, "I don't want to worry him until I know what's wrong, he has enough to think about at the moment."

Via understood, "I understand dear, I shall stay with you for awhile, shall we send for anyone else?"

Lacus smiled, "No thank you, I don't want to worry anyone at the moment."

Via agreed again and Merna rushed back in pulling the doctor with her. This doctor was an older man who served the royal family for thirty years, so they knew and Kira knew Lacus would be in good hands.


Council Chambers

Kira and Mu walked into the council chambers and immediately all stood up, Kira and Mu separated as the inner doors were closed, now that Mu was a member he had a say in the council. Kira got to the head of the table and spotted council members two, three, and four, Mu took over number ones spot and he was at his seat. The spot of the late George Allster was now being taken over by the Oceania captain, and in the last seat was Lord Jibril who went through the night so he could sit in this meeting.

This meeting was important as it would complete the border patrol schedules and assignments so he could find some way to get information to Azeral, they had to put there plans on hold for over three months as they had no communication, but Jibril was capable to find an alternative who was back in his land at the moment.

The vacant seats of the council were Athrun's seat as he was busy with his new marriage, Nicol who had his duties in Josh-a and finally for Andrew who's contact was all but lost over the past months but Kira knew he would be fine, he was very capable.

Kira got to his seat and sat down followed by all the council members. Kira wasted no time as he went straight to business.

"What is the status of rebuilding our army?" Kira asked.

Number two looked at him, "From what we gather from Josh-a and Boaz, they have a number of replacement knights that are being trained as we speak it shouldn't be but a few more months that they are back to full strength, many of our people have been volunteering for service sire," he told him.

Kira smiled, "What about the Strike, and our normal units?"

Mu looked at him, "My unit was heavily damaged, but I am finding some good candidates for the unit, I have already started training them."

Kira nodded in agreement.

Number three looked at him, "I received the reports a little while ago sire, the Onogoro units have actually had more volunteers than needed, we have enough to spread throughout ORB sire, I see no problems with meeting the deadline you set, and a lot of freed slaves want a shot in our army, I just need your permission to allow them to enlist."

Kira looked at him, "Those freed are now free and can do as they wish, they are citizens of our nation and they have all rights to sign up if they want, this shouldn't require my permission."

"I will handle it immediately sire," number three replied.

"What is the status in Oceania captain?" Kira asked.

The captain looked at him, "For recruitment it is through the roof, many of our people want in ORB's army, and the others are committed to helping the engineers you sent to rebuild the land sire."

"That any extra resources you need, I went over our economic statements from last year and we are far richer almost by triple so we can spare more," Kira told him.

The captain smiled, "I thank you Your Majesty, with you as our new leader the people have been far happier than even before ZAFT destroyed our nation."

Kira smiled, "Good with that out of the way, the main reason for being here is to finish our border security into ZAFT, just because they look down they are far from being out, and I know the Emperor will not let it end like this, so I want all priority to go to the border patrol and watch."

"That will take even more resources sire, ZAFT will no longer threaten us," Number four added as he didn't want any more capitol spent on the border, it would cut into his riches if they spend to much.

Kira looked at him, "The decision is final; I want more bases and camps constructed and I want a good communication route set up, I will take no chances."

Number four knew he could say no more.

Jibril was listening closely and he knew this would be his chance.

"What about the patrol routes sire, I believe they should be on a more scheduled basis," Jibril added as he would usually say nothing at these events.

All looked at him.

Kira looked at him, "Take is risky Jibril, schedules can be memorized and the enemy could take advantage."

Jibril smiled, "You are right sire, but I believe we should do both."

"Are you crazy, we would have to spend more money then," Number four shouted out as he saw all his extra money going out the window.

Jibril didn't care about the money; he needed to know where the patrols were.

Kira looked at him, "You have a valid point Jibril, and this could work so I will consider it," Kira said as it did make more sense, Kira could use scheduled patrols as a decoy and his random patrols as backup.

Jibril needed an extra push. "I think it makes perfect sense sire, Oceania is in rebuilding and isn't in stable security right now, even with a small army ZAFT would do a lot of damage."

Kira knew he had a point, for awhile he only had normal patrols at the border since there border was bigger and they had to rebuild all other units, so Kira believed this could work.

Kira looked at the captain, "What say you captain?"

The captain looked at him, "I believe it would be for the best sire, it makes perfect sense."

Kira looked at Jibril, "Make it so Jibril; you will assist him in this matter."

Jibril smiled, "I thank you for the honor sire, and one more thing that made me come to this meeting that I have to bring to your attention."

Kira looked at him, "Proceed."

Jibril smiled, "I have been receiving messengers from the outer island of Kaguya."

Kira looked at him as did the other members; Kaguya was a fairly large island that was the stopping area between the continent of Plant and the outer Continent. Kira's father had several attempts in making this island apart of ORB, but he was never able too finish it, So Kira's father came up with another way of making the island nation apart of ORB, but he was killed before he could make it public, the deal was signed and all that had to take place was what they arranged and then Kira's father was killed so it was never officially announced, and Kira wasn't aware of any of that. The document was signed and it never made it back to ORB so it was official, but not official. Kira only knew that the island nation was a problem if it fell into the outer continent. The outer continent was war torn and not a place to be. He knew nothing of the document and neither did anyone else who was still alive except Jibril, so he decided he would use it when the time was right.

Jibril on the other hand was their with Kira's father so he knew everything, normally he wasn't going to bring this in to his plan but he had no choice. Kaguya was a free nation and unofficially apart of ORB, it didn't have much military power, but there resources were full and it would give ORB stronger access to the outer land. Kaguya wasn't ruled by a King but it was only ruled by one man and he wasn't too happy that the deal was never finished, between him and Kira's father. Becoming apart of ORB would stop all the bandits and others coming from the other continent to prey on the people of the island. The deal with him and Kira's father was never able to becoming announced but he had the document making it official and he wasn't to pleased that it was never put into action so when he got the message from Jibril he jumped right in and sent the person he knew was going to help make this reality, the person that was also apart of this deal.

Kira looked at him, "What did they say?"

Jibril smiled, "They are sending a messenger to open talks in a few months, I believe this will be a good chance for us," Jibril lied as he needed time to prepare the person.

All started talking they knew of Kira's father's last attempt at talks but this would be a perfect chance for them to try and obtain that island.

"This is an excellent chance sire, we have to make this island ours," Number four said.

Kira glared at him, "I will not force a nation to become apart of ORB, but I will here what there ambassador has to say."

"Last I heard it was overrun by bandits and warlords, and the power they have is running low," Number two said.

"Still we should keep an open mind," Number three said.

Kira took all that information in, "I will hear there ambassador, bring them to me when they arrive," Kira said as Logos was the closed to this island.

Jibril smiled, that was what he needed, the person was already there, but they didn't need to know that yet.

"I will handle it sire," Jibril said as he had everything he wanted.

Kira nodded his head, but that was on his mind and he didn't like this, throughout his whole reign he never got any word from this nation, and he was wondering why now, but he put it off for now.

"With our main points out of the way let's go on with state business," Kira said as this was not the most entertaining parts of a meeting but it had to be done.

Mu was curious about this nation as well and decided to look more into it later, but now that they were moving on to other matters he would probably fall asleep.

Jibril had everything he wanted out of this meeting, he never once gave Kira a reason to distrust him, so that was why Kira trusted him with this matter and he could now make any schedule he wanted, and he could go back and talk with this person more as he was setting things up.


Kira and Lacus' Chamber

Via agreed again and Merna rushed back in pulling the doctor with her. This doctor was an older man who served the royal family for thirty years, so they knew and Kira knew Lacus would be in good hands.

Merna let the doctor go as she just about ordered him to go to work, Via got up and stood next to Merna so she would be out of the way. The doctor was ordered by Kira yesterday so he knew a few symptoms she had.

The doctor walked up to her, "I have an idea of what's wrong from what His Majesty told me yesterday My Lady, but will you please repeat them to me," the doctor said as he opened his bag and began the examination.

Lacus looked at him, "It started a few weeks ago, and it has gotten a little worse, I feel dizzy, and sick some times…I always feel tired," Lacus told him as she let the doctor do his examine.

The doctor had a feeling what it was, but he just wanted to make sure.

Via and Merna watched in concern but Via of course hoped it wasn't something serious. The doctor examined her for a little while and then was finished, "That will do it My Lady," the doctor said as he started packing away the things in his bag.

Merna and Via went to Lacus' side.

Lacus was getting a little worried he wasn't saying anything and so were the rest of them.

"Will you stop being so silent!" Merna shouted making the other three jump a little bit.

The doctor looked at her, "I'm sorry, but I am not quite sure how to tell you this."

Lacus looked at him, "Please tell me what's wrong?" Lacus asked.

"Shall we wait for His Majesty, I believe he should be present," the doctor said.

Lacus shook her head, "No just tell me what's wrong."

"I have known you for years doctor, please just tell us," Via said as it was worrying her as well.

The doctor sighed, "Very well, I shall tell you."

"It's not anything serious is it?" Merna asked as she was losing control.

The doctor looked at all three of them, "Unfortunately My Lady this is very serious," the doctor said as all of them looked horrified.

To be continued…


(AN): I hope you liked this chapter; the next one will be up by Friday, Bye for now.