Chapter 1.2 : Ceremony
C.E 75
Daedalus Ruin - 09.00 PM
POV : 3rd person
The first shuttle from orb union has arrived , Mwu , Murrue , Sai , Kuzzey , Andrew and Erika walk off from their shuttle.
First at all , they must report their arriving report at the nearest officer , than they walk on into verry large room , the mirrors surrounding them are transparant , its look like they're just in the outside of this memorial colony .
In that large memorial , there was 3 sided direction , which wrote :
ZAFT . Atlantic Federation . Orb Union
Every side have a lot of small shape tombstone like in the graveyard , which wrote someones name with their date of birth , and date of die , even some of the tomb have the picture . With in the middle of that memorial , there's a huge box shape tombstone , but its still closed with a giant fabric
They look verry surprised to believe what they have saw , then andrew start to speak , "looks like each of us have a personal direction right ? I'll go first ok ? " , it followed too by erika " Yes , i think i'll choose my own way too "
Mwu answered both of them , "sure , but make sure we're back right here before the ceremonial start"
"Ok" Andrew and Erika replied it.
Than Andrew walk on into the ZAFT memorial side , he wear his old yellow commander uniform without his jacket , this the first time he wear it without his coat , for the honor for all his ZAFT comrades who lost their live in war . He walk slowly , and start to see one by one tomb , until he find someone's name , then he stop
" Aisha - C.E 42 ~ C.E 79 "
He stand up in front of his beloved girl tomb , he never cry everytime he rememembering her , but today its feel like so blue for him . He opened his bag , and take out an orange helm , with a tigger pattern striped , and the glass at that helm allready gone , some parts of the helm allready broken too . He start to close his eyes , and said it softly ..
" Everytime i look at this helmet , i'm always thinking and wandering , why you must leave this world so quickly ? Why i'm alived but you're not ? I'll never forgive God because he allready take you , not me . But as peace goes bye , i think slowly i'll accept this reality , Love you Always , Aisha " . And suddenly , he opened his eyes , and salutes in front of that Aisha's tomb
Erika have her own path too , he bring some bouquet of flowers with her , and until she found one name , she's make a stop
" Uzumi Nara Attha - C.E 25 ~ C.E 41 "
She's drop five flowers in front of cagalli's father tomb , and shes muttering " Uzumi-sama , forever we'll protect your idealism "
Then before she left , she's making a salute in front of it , and start to walk . Until now , she stop in front of three tomes , she put 10 flowers at each tomb , and she cant hold of hear tears when she look at that 3 names
" Juri Wu Nien " , " Asagi Caldwell " , " Mayura Labatt "
In the middle of her cries , she spoke it heavily , "girls, i hate that i must read your name here.. Please Rest in Peace for now and forever"
In the other way , Mwu , Murrue , Sai and Kuzzey have walk on the Atlantic Federation Side , until they stop in their first destination
" Lewis Halberton . Atlantic Federation 8 Fleet Commander "
All of them make a salutes in front of admiral Halberton tomb , that they'll never forget how admiral halberton sacrifice his fleet for the archangel's escaped to earth
Than they start to walk again , until murrue noticed it , she stopped and followed by them .
" Natarle Badgiruel - C.E 46 ~ C.E 71 . Dominion Ship Commander "
All of them spontanity remember how mrs natarle strict personality . But sure , their face shows that all of them miss her .
Murrue start to speak , " natarle , i remember when i say i wish i met you next time not on battlefield . When i think you've killed mwu , i'll never forgive you , sometimes i feel satisfy that i've kill you . Than in time when he come back , sure i'm really regret it . That i've shoot you down" and after she said it , she start to cryin heavily . And mwu grab her shoulder , and take her into his hug .
" its ok murrue , i think , natarle have allready smile to us from right there . " mwu said it softly . And he took the atlantic federation military cap , and took it into natarle's tomb . All of them make a salutes for respect , and stark walk again . Besides natarle tomb , they find familiar tomb too ,
"Muruta Azrael" "Shanni Andrasl" "Clotho Buer" "Orga Zabnack"
In the middle of their way , They saw a fammiliar person not far from them , girl with brown curly hair , kneel in front of one tombs and cryin . And sai recognize that person and yelled it to her , "Milly !"
They saw mirialia kneel and cry in front of one tomb , sure they now whos tomb it is , and they read the name of that tomb ,
"Tolle Koenig - C.E 55 ~ C.E 71 . Archangel Skygrasper Pilot"
Suddenly kuzzey start to cry too when he saw tolle's tomb , they can find an love liontine hang up on tolles tomb , with he and mirilia's pict inside , they hear milly said it continuesly " why , why , why you must leave me ! why you must leave us !" . Sai try to calm down milly , he graps her shoulder and said it unclearly , because he's sobbering too "milly,stop cryin ok ? Sure tolle's will sad in right there if he see you crying". At time she hear what sai's told her , he stand up and wiped her tears away .
And Sai feel something too , when he look up not far from tolle's tomb , he found something fammiliar tomb with picture , he felt like lost his ballance , and he kneels and start cryin when he look at the tombs.
" Flay Allster - C.E 56 ~ C.E 71 . Archangels Crew "
Kuzzey is still continues cryin since they found tolle's tomb , milly start to cryin badly too when she look at sai's face . Mwu and Murrue cant hide their sobbering face too ..
and Sai stand up , and start to speak "Flay , even what you've did with kira , what you've told to me , i'll never angry with you , i miss you damn much flay. But can you see from right there ? The peace that you and your father wished have come , i'm sure now you're smiling right there"
And Sai found weird things in Flay's tomb , he found huge bouquet of flower. Milly who recognize that bouquet too begun to speak , "Sai , where do you buy this beautifull flowers ? Do you know its a very rare blue roses right ? Its almost extinct in earth right ? I cant believe that you've got this beautifull stuff !"
"No , it wasnt me who bring it milly. As you know too , we only can find this flower at plants , how can i bring it" Sai answered her with suspicious .
"He ? Than who bring it then?" Milly asked him again..
And after look at the bouquet , murrue start to speaks , hey see , there's a letter inside the bouquet . And they start to read it
" Dear flay , im sorry i cant keep my promise to bring you to the gardens which filled up with a lot of blue roses. Sorry i'm unable to protect you at the last moment. Miss you"
They can see that note is wrote in paper with contains ZAFT logo , then milly speak once again , " look , its ZAFT logo , maybe kira who bring it , since he and lacus maybe have arrive before us right ?"
But Mwu find something weird too , "no milly , look , there's an initial in the bottom of the note you see ?" Mwu nodded
And all of them read that initial with a confuse face
" YJ "
And Sai start to speak too , "it doesnt matter who this yj is , but sure if he or she bring this bouquet here , i know he or she must be a good person"
Back to Andrew again , he walk slowly to look one by one each tombstone , than he find familiar man right there.
"Hey blonde boy!" He yelled it toward that man , and that man replied it with chuckled and speak "oh andrew , i've a name ya know !dearka elthman !" Than andrew walk up toward him , and in front of them , he can see 3 tombs with each tombs have a same picture .
"Nicol Amarfi - C.E 56 ~ C.E 7 . Blitz"
"Rusty Mckenzie - C.E 55 ~ C.E 71"
"Miguel Aiman - C.E 55 ~ C.E 71"
Andrew find theres a music sheet in nicol's tomb , and with both three of that tombs contain a red zaft uniform at nicol and rusty with gren uniform in miguel tomb.
Dearka start to speak it , andrew know that his face are sobbering , it looks like his tryin to hold his tears . " you know , nicol have a great piano skills , but everytime he invite me , yzak and athrun , only athrun will come , but he's fallin asleep too in the concert . Me and yzak never come , and sure i'm very sad i'll never be able to come forever ! Damn !"
Andrew only replied it shortly , "as you finally able make the peace comin by , sure he'll never angry that you and yzak never came" . And because he look dearkka alone , he asked him "hei , wheres ezalia's brat ?"
With chuckled dearka answered him "i dont know , this morning when i look up into his room , they said he'll allready left since 1 hour earlier , see this every single blue rose ? I think Yzak who bring it up here"
In another side , behind Erika's she heard some fammiliar voice yelled to her . "Mrs Simmons !" then when she turned back , she found Cagalli's face with Kisaka accompany her
Cagalli start to speak , "hey , i dont have lot of time right now , but beside to put some flowers on my daddys tomb i just wanna make sure that all of you have allready arrive" . Than 3 of them start to walk to find the others , and they stop untill they find 4 fammiliar person stop in front of 3 tombs .
Cagalli never forget that face , the man who make her heart beat heavily everyday , Athrun Zala . She found athrun , meyrin , lunamaria and shinn in front of a tome , when she look up at the tome she read the name
" Mayu Asuka " , " Heiji Asuka " " Shikinami Asuka "
Then she saw the pink cellphone that shinn usually bring in front of the tomb named mayu asuka , she's wandering , it must be his lovelly sister .
There's no one of them who try to speak for a certain minutes . But cagalli try to clear up his mess relation with shin , "shinn , sorry to disturbing you , but i feel really sorry too read your fammilies name right here, along with my father and my beloved 3 comrades"
When shinn heard caggali's voice suddenly he turned back , but when he saw caggali sobber face it looks like his anger has left , than he only replied it flatly "thanks"
Athrun start to speak , "look like time is running up , before the ceremony starts , its better we look up all our fallin comrades first right ?"
Then all of them start to walk . First at the end of the orb side , caggali stop them when she find one name in front of them
" Rondo Gina Sahaku "
She only spoke a little , " Gina-san , i hope my relation with your sister will not getting worse"
Than after she followed by the others make salutes in front of gina's tomb , they continue to walk
Now they have entering the ZAFT side , first they stop when they find 4 tombs side by side with 1 tombs are taller than the rest
" Haine Westernfluss "
" Rey Za Burrel "
" Talia Gladyss "
" Gilbert Dullindal " which have a bigger tomb , to identify him as an ex chairman
Then luna put each tomb with 3 white roses with she has bring it , and in front of Rey's tomb , Shinn took of something in his pocket , its the photo when their first time graduating from ZAFT military , we can see luna , shinn , meyrin and rey picture in that photo . After put it , Shin , Luna , Meyrin and Athrun is making ZAFT style salutes in front of that 4 tombs , followed by kisaka , cagalli and erika with their own .
They next stop at bigger tomb too , when he read that name , he feel really sorry to know that this good person have to die .
" Siegel Clyne "
And athrun remember , in his wallet he always keep that little photo , the photo when his father first time want to seet his engaged with lacus . Its located on the clyne's residence , we can see lacus , with siegel and his wife . With athrun and his father and mother . Athrun put that photo in that tomb , and begun to salute in front of it , than they continue . They can found aisha's tomb too , with a single picture frame with her photo , accompany with ZAFT orange helm with tiger striped , than sure they know it must be andrew have allready come .
Untill now they allready met Dearka and Andrew .. They fasten their walk and come up in front of them .
Dearka starts too greet them , " hey , long time no see " . And they welcome it with a smiles . " hey athrun , dont you want make a little pray too for them ? " dearka nodded with his finger straight to the tomb in front of them .
Sure Athrun recognize suddenly what dearka means , than when he turn left , of course he can see nicol , rusty , and miguel's tomb . He start to closed his eyes , clenched his hand heavily and wandering in his mind if those 3 peoples are still live till right now . And athrun makes a salutes in front of it , followed by dearka and andrew . And he speak up shortly , "if nicol still alive , sure he must be very happy because he can play piano everyday in these peace nowdays"
And then andrew tell them , " maybe its better to go find the others left right ? Maybe they're still in the Atlantic Federation side now , we'll must get ready since the ceremony will start in a half an hour "
Not too far since they continue their journey , Athrun find something familiar , some bigger tomb like siegel or gilbert's tomb , of course he know who's tomb it is , since from the first bloody valentine's war ZAFT only have 3 chairmans .
" Patrick Zala "
" Lenoire Zala "
He's face getting sobber when he read his father and mother name . He try to hold his tears and just make a salutes as for the respect to them than start to walking again , Until cagalli start to speak
"Athrun , dont be shy to cry ! I'm crying too everytime i look my fathers tomb . Maybe you can call me a girl , but Shinn ?! He's crying too when he saw his parents tomb !"
When Athrun hear it .. Suddenly he stop his feet . He know that his tears now are coming up .. But as fast as he can , he wiped all his tears than turn back to caggali , than he walk toward her , and surprisingly hug her and say , " thank you "
Meyrin's face sure can hide her dissappointed when she saw athrun hug caggali , but she know it is ok since he and athrun doesnt have any relationship . And than caggali ? Of course her face are blushingly red
After they continue to walk to find the others , of course they can meet mwu and the others is still in the atlantic federation side , absolutely in front of flay's tomb .
Andrew begin to greet them , "captain ramius,our crew have complete right now" he speak to her with a little chuckled in his face
"Than it means we're ready for the ceremony Commander Desert Tiger" murrue replied him with a joke too .
We can see , how mily's face are changed palmly when she met dearka , dearka is blushing too when he saw mily at the first time after many years .
He start to tease her , to cut this little mess condition , "hei milly , you're getting more beautifull since many years ago" said dearka to mirialia
"Cut it blonde ! Hahaha .. You're getting darker since last we met !" Milly replied it with teasing him too .
Then Dearka start shouting because what he saw at Flay's tomb make him really shock . " Hey ! This is like Yzak's blue roses ! Why there some in here too ?! " . And than of course all of them look him spontaneous . untill sai start to ask him , " sorry mr elthman , but who is Yzak ? "
Than dearka answered him directly . "oh sai , you can call me dearka ok ? But not blonde ! Haha . Yzak is the highest commander in ZAFT right now besides Kira , he is also from Zala team 4 years ago , with me and nicol"
And Sai just answered it shortly "oh , i see" . His face painted relieved , because his wandering in his mind "thanks God , you still protect Flay since her last moment , i know that man must be a verry good person"
in far away from them , there's Kira and Lacus on their own private room , untill Lacus said to Kira "Kira , i must leave for now , i must met the delegation from atlantic federation and caggali's companion to set up the start of this ceremonial ok ?"
Kira just answered her shortly "sure"
Than Kira look up above him , close his eyes and wandering , how many lives has lost since the war begin.. Its verry painfull to remember everytime how he kill miguel , aisha , nicol . How he see tolle , flay dying . Untill he hear the room bells are ringing . And he say .
"Whos there ?"
"Me"
"What?!" Kira's muttering , its Commander Joule voice , since he know Yzak never talk to him of there's nothing important . Since there's lacus in here , if there's something important yzak must have allready speak to her . And of course as the zaft representative yzak must be with lacus right now .
Sure Kira replied him "oh , please come in commander joule"
Then when Yzak come in , kira welcomed him , "please have a seat commander joule" , and yzak have a seat in front of Kira .
After he have a seat , he start to speak .
"Maybe you know that i'll never call you when theres nothing important thing to tell" "first maybe i wanna say sorry , since you know , i've made a mistake when we're in war that i've shoot an civilian shuttle you remember?"
Than after hear it , Kira remembered how the innocent girl who gave him a little flower made by paper have to died in space . He knows that Yzak shoot it because he dont know that was an civilian shuttle . " I'm sorry too that i've shoot down your comrades too , especially that GinN in heliopolis and the blitz "
Yzak replied him , " Yes , since its a war i think its normall that both of us have done wrong action " " and , i just wanna say thanks that you and lacus give my mom another chance . Sure all of us know that she was a radical person , but i know that since peace has comin by , slowly you can make a good relation with her "
Kira just answered him with a smile and short replied , " your welcome , but commander joule .. I think theres another thing you want to tell me right ? " because Kira saw that there something more behind Yzak's face
After hear that , Yzak face have a little surprised , but he know that he must tell him about her .
" Yes , its about this Girl " Yzak nodded , and give kira the old photo which contains he , raw la klueze and the red haired girl , Flay Allster .
After hear it and look at Flay's photo , Kira's eye opened widely , and he just can say , " Flay ? Do you know her ? "
" Yes , you remember when ZAFT capture her right ? I know her just for a month " " Honestly first , i hate her bacause she was a natural you know , since now i never like that scums naturall too . But .. Maybe i've another viewpoint about her . " Yzak start this conversation with it , and he continues his story ,
" in our first nowdays , i usually mocked her , because i hate every natural in this world .. Until one day .. , i'm really depressed when i've found athrun betrayed us , nicol died , and dearka has MIA too "
" in that moment , i'm on the pilot locker room , i hit everythings in there , i screamin loudly because i hate why everybody must left and die .. , and she's just came to the locker room "
" sure i'm shy because she look how desperate i am right there , and honestly i've cried a little at that moment , i cant wiped out my tears totally . I just mocked her once again , i yelled to her , why you come here ?! Get out before i kill you ! Get out ! "
" i can see how her face are so scary to saw me scream in front of her , but she just speak shortly "sorry , mr klueze ask me to call you to came to his room" . Than after hear that i just say shortly , got it , you can leave now bitch . "
" but , what i saw , she's not leaving , she just turn her back and start telling me , "you know , not only cordinator who lost many things in this war , but all of us , you know what i've lost ? I lost my only one fammily , my father , i lost my boyfriend since i slept with his friend just because i want his friend avenge my father's death , than it means what you know ? The most important thing are stop this fuckin war by not killing each other "
" honestly , i'm getting anger when i heard what she have talked to me , but in deep in my heart , its true , since the war still running , there will be many lost , not for me , but for all of us . I cant answered her anything , and she just left me at that moment "
" days by days after that , even start from the little things , i try to take care of her , since whole of the ship never accept her because she's a natural . Yes in fact , maybe just only me that can act friendly to her "
" maybe its better for me to go direct from this story since we dont have any much time . Until her last day at vessalius , the day before commander klueze throw her up to the atlantic side , she come to my room at the night . She just say thank you to me for taking care of her . And .. She kissed me , honestly , first we only have a kissed for a few minutes and than i throw her , i said , oh come on , i'll never slept with someones girl you know "
" than what's her answered at the momment are the most important think i wanna tell you , she said , " no , sai is my past , i know that he'll get better girl than me , since our characteristic have a lot difference , i've told you allready that our engage just only settled by our parents" after hear like that , even i know i've a feeling toward her , i'm still in doubt , than i asked her once again , how about that strike's pilot ?! "
" then she answered me , " Kira ? Sure i admite it that i've fallin in love in him few months ago .. But since i know he's angry , and i know that his relation with sai will never getting better as long as i choose between he or sai , i decide to throw him up out of my heart , and till now , if God want give me another chance to meet kira and sai , i really want to say my apology to them . Mmm honestly too , i came to your room tonight just wanna say thanks that you've taking care of me untill now , i hope you'll survive untill the war end yzak , yeah .. Sure i want to get your promise that you'll show me the blue roses at plant ! Hehe " and after she finished her sentence , he stand up and take a walk to leave my room"
"Suddenly i felt my heart getting melted when i hear that quotes , and i followed her , and hug her from her back .. Than with cry , she turn back to my face and start kissing me again .. Sure you know what will happen next right ?"
" yes and at least , before she left , she connect an transmition call to my room from the shuttle , once again she say thank you , and wait me at plants later . I said , i love you , than she say , love you too " thats how the story end .
After hear Yzak long story , Kira feel so surprise and sad , he sad how can Flay must die , but he feel realli relieved that Flay allready forgive both of him and Sai . And after few minutes of silent , Kira stand up and walk in front of Yzak , he wiped his little tears , then he offering his hand and say , " Thank You Yzak , i'm really relieved that theres someone who really love and taking care of Flay in her last moments "
And Yzak is surprised too , to see how's Kira reaction to him . He stand up , and for the first time he smile toward Kira and say " Your welcome "
After that both of them can hear from the announcement speaker Lacus is speaking
" Commander Yamato , Commander Joule , please meet me at the main officer ! Thankyou "
And both of them walk to the main officer room .
-FIN-
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* Sorry i've made my own name for shinn parents since untill now i never got his parents name
* if there still lot of reader , i've allready write the plot to develope this stories larger into adv - drama - angst story
* please read and rate , thanks for your attention