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Vivian- Your such a forgetful person.. -Sigh-

Mayla- Ahem?
Vivian- You forgot to mention the disclaimer idiot..

Mayla- I ain't no fool.. Now I don't feel like giving the readers the next chapter thanks to you sis!

-See's readers ready to kill Vivian because she made me mad and I won't give out the chapter-

Readers- We demand to know what happens in the next chapter or else shows Vivian in a man's hand; a knife threatening to cut her throat into slits she dies!

Mayla- Ohh no! MY SISTER! I'll hand over the next chapter if you hand me Vivi!

Readers- Ok, I'll see you at the end of this story and I'll give you Vivian when we read the script.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed and never will, so please hand over my sister! Although I DO own this story.. So stay away! -snarls-

Stranger From The Past

Athrun was walking in the hallways to find the gym for he was late for class and didn't know where to go and after a few minutes of stumbling, he finally was nearing a gym. 'FinallyI found the gym in this so called school!' But once again Athrun stumbled into a conversation that really did catch his interest. ( I bet you all are wondering what's with Athun and him keep on appearing or eavesdropping at times he shouldn't be. You'll find it out later in the chapter! )

"Well you know what I want don't you?"

"You want my life" answered Cagalli.

The mysterious man pointed his gun at Cagalli's head in attempt to kill her. "Say goodbye Princess." The mysterious man said..

Athrun heard this and knew what was going to happen. What was he going to do now?

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Cagalli closed her eyes, waiting for the impact that will end her life right then and right now. BOOM! She hears the gun fire, but then she opened her eyes to see what happened.

There in her eyes, she saw Athrun pinning the mysterious man down. Then she felt the pain engrave her arm, hitting nothing serious. She held her arm in pain and then went over to Athrun, who just knocked out the man with the butt of the gun. Athrun saw Cagalli coming towards them and he ran over to Cagalli with the injured shoulder.

"Are you alright Cagalli? Are you hurt? Want me to bring you to the Nurses office? Can you still walk? Do you feel okay?" Athrun asked with concern well written on his face.

"I think I'm fine.. It hit nothing serious, Athrun. It just hit my shoulder. I can still walk and I cannot remember what you asked me but you know what I mean.." Cagalli said.

Then, she felt something or rather someone embrace her. She turned around to see who embraced her, and give the person a piece of her mind. As she turned around, she saw Athrun embracing her, holding her tight as if never wnting to let her go. Cagalli blushed madly at this.

"Umm.. Athrun...?" Cagalli managed to say because she was blushing madly.

Athrun didn't really hear her. He was lost in his own world. His own mind. In a trance you can say at the least. As he was stuck in his own trance, he heard Cagalli calling his name.

He suddenly went out of his trance and apologized to Cagalli and broke the embrace.

Immediately, Cagalli missed the warmth of his body. Then she felt stinging pain in her shoulders and just wimpered. After this, everything blacked out and she went into deep slumber.

"Cagalli! Cagalli! Are you okay? Wake up!" Athrun said gently shaking Cagalli to get her to wake up.

Then, out of no where, La Flaga appeared; demanding to know what was going on. Athrun quickly replied to his demanding question and then asked if he could now bring Cagalli to the Nurse's office. La flaga totally forgot that he shooed Athrun to quickly bring Cagalli to the Nurse's office. Mwu quickly went to Miss Murrue and told her about this. She quickly thanked Mwu and began her journey to the Nurse's office.

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Athrun arrived quickly at the Nurse's office. He was in deep concern for Cagalli. The nurse came back quickly.

"Your girfriend is fine. She's just tired that's all. You may go visit her now. Just don't let her do any hard activities because she might hurt herself once again. Especially not the erm how I can say, 'making out' thing.." said the nurse.

Athrun blushed as mad as anything can go. 'I can't believe she thought that Cagalli and I were going out. Especially the making out thing..' Athrun thought.

Before Athrun could say anything, the nurse told him where Cagalli's room was and then left with no other words than, "Becareful.." being soft yet distant. Dissolving as she left. Athrun was quite confused, but nevertheless he went to Cagalli's room.

He opened the door to find Cagalli lying on the bed, deep in slumber. He inwardly sighed. 'How peaceful, but yet she's in such pain here because of that mysterious man.' Athrun thought. Cagalli began to stir and turn in the bed. Athrun noticed that she was having a hard time and he quickly went to Cagalli. 'She's sweating..' Athrun thought frantically. Cagalli then started to struggle.

Without thinking, Athrun pulled her in a warm and comforting embrace, trying to soothe Cagalli. "Cagalli, calm down.. It's ok.. I'm right here with you." Athrun said, trying to comfort her. Cagalli began to struggle and she was almost at the verge at tears. Then tears slipped down her soft face. Athrun's grip tightened on Cagalli. He didn't know what to do now. He just shoke her until she awoken.

Cagalli was crying so hard. She was afraid. She didn't want to be alone. She didn't want to die. She wanted no NEEDED someone that can hold her. She hugged Athrun, never wanting to let go. "Cry out all the pain, Cagalli. Don't leave them inside. I'll always be here for you." Athrun soothed. Cagalli kept on crying until a few minutes later, she fell asleep. They stayed like that for a few minutes and then Athrun noticed that she was asleep. Athun put Cagalli back on her bed as she was now sleeping peacfully; forgeting all that happened before.

"I love you Cagalli." Athrun whispered audibly for only Cagalli to hear, but since she was asleep, she couldn't hear him. Athrun didn't really want Cagalli to hear this anyways. He was just too scared of rejection. He loved her too much that he couldn't lose her. He then stood up to get a cloth to wash her face with, but then a hand stopped him. He felt a hand touching his hand pulling him back down.

"Please, just stay with me.." Cagalli said quietly. She didn't want him to leave her. She just wanted to be held in protective arms, protecting her from any harm that can come to her. Athrun nodded and sat down in the chair. "No, please just hold me.." Cagalli's voice faintly said. Athrun got in the bed and embraced her once again. They both fell asleep momentarily.

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Ramius smiled sweetly at the dear couple, well not yet a couple, but soon to be since Murrue was on the case. 'What a great couple. They look so good together, yet they are too afraid of rejection; but they love each other. I can tell..' then a tear escaped her eyes. "I promised myself not to cry.. I promised him to not cry. I promised.. I promised.." Murrue said quietly to herself. She suddenly hears footsteps and they advance as the person caught a view of Ramius. Murrue had a clear view of who it was to be. "Hey Murrue! How's the kid doing?" Mwu asked happily. Ramius wasn't in the mood, but after the years he died, she turned into an expert in faking smiles that show happiness. She was never happy when he died. She immediately forced herself to change her mood as she looked up to Mwu looked him into the eyes and smiled.

Mwu of course didn't get fooled by her mask, but he didn't want to interrogate her. He didn't know what happened to her that tragic day when she started to wear the mask of happiness, but he wanted to help her. In fact, it pained him to know that she is always suffering under something he can't know and can't help with.

"Cagalli is fine. Don't worry about her.." Ramius said with a faint smile. "Come on, let's get back to class. We wouldn't want the students to slack off now will we?" Mwu said and added a chuckle at the end.

"Ok" was all Murrue said.

Murrue took one last look at the cute couple as she left. She smiled faintly, barely being seen by anyone.

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'Ohh, so they like each other now do they, but they won't tell each other hmm? Well I'll show the wench by the name Cagalli who Athrun belongs to..'

"MUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"

"Shh! Be quiet in here Miss! This is the nurse's office, so you can scream all you want outside or do you want me to call the maniac center?" Said the nurse.

"HMPH!" And then she walked away to begin her ranting outside.

-Sigh- Those unfortunate people outside...

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The whole day went on fine except that fact that Lacus and the others were worried about Cagalli because she hasn't been in class for the whole day. They were scared that something has happened and in their spare time, they would ask others if they saw Cagalli or knew what happened and others even tried to look for her. They were overly worried for Cagalli's safety. First day of school and she's lost. It was lunch time and they were at the lunch tables, thinking where Cagalli could be. The tension never leaving until Lacus spoke up.

"Why don't some of us ask the teachers? And where is Athrun anyways?" Lacus Asked.

"I'm not sure, he's been missing also.. C'mon let's go find them both!" Miriallia Said.

"Ok!" everyone said in unison. Everyone started scattering around but Lacus stayed behind with Kira.

"Kira, I need to talk to you about something" Lacus whispered

"Ok, let's go outside" Kira said and then they both walked outside to the blossom tree.

"I think I know what happened to Cagalli..." Lacus whispered quietly.

"Where is she?" Kira said and he put his hand on lacus's shoulder.

"The only reason she's here is to avoid danger and we both know that. But what if those horrible people found her? What if she's hurt? Where can she be? What if.. What if she's...d-d-dead..?"

Lacus asked quietly and then tears started to weild up in her baby blue eyes, threatening to fall down her rosey cheeks and onto the ground. Finally, they fell down after a few seconds.

Kira really wanted to comfort her. Hold her tight and tell her it's always alright. Telling her that he would forever be there by her side no matter what. Tears turned into sobs and Kira couldn't stand it anymore. He gently hugged Lacus, letting her cry on his shoulder. Lacus was surprised but nevertheless she cried on his shoulder. His jacket then fell onto the grass, but Kira didn't care. He just wanted to comfort Lacus in anyway possible. His shirt was getting wet but he didn't care. Slowly, Lacus stopped crying. Kira was patting her back now and it turned into swirling motions. She felt so comfortable with him. Both of them seperated and then sat down right beside the blossom tree.

"Don't worry Lacus. We both know that Cagalli is strong. Maybe she just went home or something or maybe feeling sick. She might even be with Athrun. Who knows, but one thing I know is that Cagalli won't die. She has a strong heart. Trust me.." Kira said.

Lacus only nodded. Kira then felt a head on his shoulder. The head nuzzled closer. He then smelled Roses and he knew it was Lacus.

"Can I stay like this for a while Kira, please?" Lacus asked barely above a whisper. Lacus felt Kira nod and then she silently fell asleep. Kira noticed this too and then he put his head on top of her head. They both fell into dreamland a few minutes later.

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Dearka was following Miriallia just in case she got lost. He wanted to strike up a conversation and know a little bit more about Miriallia.

"So Miriallia.." Dearka said, pretty unsure of what to say next.

Miriallia suddenly stopped as she saw something. Dearka wasn't really paying attention so Dearka bumped into Miriallia, making her fall.

'Oh no I'm going to hit the floor!' Miriallia thought. She waited for the hard impact that was about to happen anytime sooner. She waited but it didn't come at all. Instead, she felt warm arms encircle her waist and pulled her to the person's chest. Miriallia was more than shocked in her whole life but she felt safe, loved and she felt as if she was in love. It felt like eternity, but curiosity got the better of her and she looked up to see who caught her.

Dearka Elthman.. She felt hatred towards him. As soon as she met him, she exactly judged him on how he acted. His cocky, arrogant personality and his aura around himself. It felt as if he hated everyone in this school but is real opened up to his friend Yzak. She immediately left the warm embrace, letting the breeze fly through her.

"Erm. Ah, thanks..?" She mumbled quietly as if it was a question.

"Why the hell did you stop anyways!" Dearka said furiously, not actually furious but he had to keep his reputation up. Miriallia immediately hated him for that. She then pointed to the cute couple sitting or more like sleeping under the cherry blossom tree. Dearka immediately shut his mouth up. Miriallia then took out her brand new digital camera.

"What the heck are you planning to do?" Dearka asked very curious of what she was going to do.

"I'm going to take pictures. I'm pretty sure they want a copy of the picture I'm going to take." Miriallia explained as if it was the easiest thing to figure out in the whole wide universe.

Click! Click! Click!

"Ok let's go look for Cagalli and Athrun now tehehe." Miriallia smiled as if she got straight A's on her report card.

They went searching for Athrun and Cagalli but there was no trace of her anywhere. They kept on trying to find them because then, they can get a boulder lifted off their shoulder and don't have to worry about their safety. They kept on searching for a good 20 minutes until it was class time once again. They seperated and went to their class's, neither of them exchanging looks or any words.

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Athrun woke up a few hours later after they fell asleep. He glanced to his left and read the time. '3:30.. Wow, that was a real long nap. And what happened anyways?' He glanced to the right and saw Cagalli in his arms, asleep like an angel would be. He first got freaked out, but when the memories started to appear to him again he relaxed and blushed 9 shades of red and pink. It looked like his face was having a fireworks celebration. Boom! Boom! There goes the bloody red. Yay, a new shade of pink! He then realized that Cagalli was still sleeping in his strong muscled arms. And to top things off, he was wearing a white t-shirt, and he wasn't wearing his jacket anymore.

'I thought I wore a black shirt today.. Oh right! I changed into my white shirt for P.E class.' Athrun pondered

Cagalli began to stir in his arms, and she was now face him; their faces mere inches apart. Athrun couldn't help but stare at her angelic and peacful sleeping face. He sighed, his breath brushing Cagalli's soft face. He then brought his hand up to her face and brushed off a few stray bangs off her face.

Cagalli then slowly started to open her eyes. She awakened from slumber and was she ever so beautiful to Athrun. Her movements so slow in his eyes. It was as if a goddess was sent down to give him her love. Even with her sometimes fiery attitude, she is a kind and sensitive girl, alway trying to put a smile on people's faces and help others out.

"Good Morning Sleepy Head" Athrun managed to say, so Cagalli wouldn't catch him gawking at her.

She raised a skeptical eyebrow at him but after a few seconds she got tired of giving him the skeptical look which looked real cute.

"Sure whatever" But as she wanted to stretch her arms, she felt a stinging pain in her shoulder. She hissed in pain.

"Are you okay Cagalli? The nurse said that you shoulder if fine but you'll have to wear a cast when you go out of this place. She said you shouldn't move you arm too much. She also said no physical activities either" Athrun explained.

"Ohhhhhhh, so now you tell me. I figured that out when I tried to stretch!" Cagalli said obviously pissed.

"I'm glad you are your normal self at least." Athrun smiled, which made Cagalli blush. They then noticed that Athrun was still holding onto her waist, hugging her. They just sat there for minutes.

"Erm you can let go now.." Cagalli said quietly looking down at the blanket so he wouldn't see her blush.

Disappointment can be seen on his face. He then sat up and leaned against the wall, and Cagalli was doing the same. He then slipped one arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him; Cagalli's head leaning on his shoulder.

"Besides, I think I like this position better." Athrun said adding his smirk to the end of the sentence. Actually Cagalli enjoyed the position also, but she wasn't going to admit it to this freshman that she barely knows. Silence filled the room. Athrun was real curious of why that mysterious man wanted to kill her. Athrun was afraid to ask, but you know what they say. Curiosity kills the bear! (Or was it the dog? Aw man I forgot oh well!)

"Um, just out of curiosity, why was that man after you?" Athrun asked, wanting to know why.

"Um..Ah..Er" Cagalli stuttered. In fact she was afraid for him to even know or find out. She was concerned for his safety because once he knew, he might get some people after him, trying to kill him.

"I understand that you don't want to tell me Cagalli. It's ok. I was just concerned, that's all. You should be more careful next time." Athrun said reassuringly.

"Thank you so much Athrun, for understanding." And she once again fell asleep. Athrun stared at her sleeping figure. He then laid her down on the bed and he soon too fell asleep, knowing that when he wakes up, he'll find Cagalli by his side.

So how was it? Lotsa Character moments don't cha think so? Yeah, pretty long chapter hm? My friends kept on urging me to write it and upload it onto the website and I was annoyed of the nagging. So, from last Chapter, I was trying to kill Kim and then Grant saved her as ALWAYS! (Haha, I see Kim glaring and Grant just staring dreamily at Kim) And i got Vivian back, but she said she'd stay away from story writing and reviewers so yeah. I have tooooo much to say so later, I'm writing some Author's notes in case you want to know a little bit more. So I guess I'll have to write the next chapter as soon as possible! Well I gotta go, cya next time!