A/N Hi everyone I know that it has been a long time but I have had so many of my other stories to do

Legend: "Talking"

"Thinking and radio communication"

Chapter 2 A Dance to Remember

December 20th C.E. 70 Space colony Heliopolis

Shamano/Jake just smiled as he sat down in the park as he talked to his friends about Christmas and what they would be doing this year, each was going to spend Christmas day with their parents and the rest of their family.

Flay on the other hand was telling them or remanding them about her party before everyone went home. "So guys my party is still a go, so you better all have a date as you can be sure you all have someone to go with as you'll all be dancing." Flay said with a smile on her face.

Everyone else just nodded at this as they already had someone to go with. "Wait what about Kira and Jake I mean I don't think they have anyone to go with." Jessica said as she looked over at the two.

Miriallia and the others were a little shocked as they looked over at the two. "Hey guys its fine." Kira said with a smile.

"Well this doesn't sound right at all," frowned Mir, knowing that it must be bad for him and the one they know as Jake to not have anyone to dance with. "In any case, I'm sure there's got to be someone to dance with you."

"Are you sure Miriallia?" Kira asked.

"I'm positive, this is two days till Christmas and it is a time for everyone to have fun… even you and Jake" Mir told him with a smile on her face.

"Well I hope you're right…" he said, though he was still wondering a bit about Jake and if there is anything he would like to hear about despite this. "Still, maybe something good might come out of all of this."

Mir just nodded at this. "Well, right now we have time to prepare for it and it will be good for you guys to come anyway."

Misha just gave a smile as she looked over at Jake. "So what will are you doing then Jake?" Misha asked looking at him with a smile on her face. "I bet you and your family have a big Christmas party."

"Oh well you see I have no one to see this year I thought I would give my parents some alone time this year." He said with a slight grin.

The others just smiled at him hoping he had someone to at least go to. "But hey you can at least spend time with us." Tolle said with a grin. "But I'm just happy we don't have to worry about anymore school work now, we can just relax."

Mir couldn't help but give a deep sigh at her boyfriend while Kira couldn't help but laugh at what he said. While Flay just looked over at Kira she was a little worried if he could find a date in time for her dance after all she was going with Sai, and her two friends had already found two boys weeks ago.

"Don't worry I'm sure you'll find a date Kira." Flay said with a smile as she looked over at Kira who just smiled back at her.

"Thanks Flay I hope that I do." He said but once she looked away to talk to Jessica and Misha to which Kira just frowned a little.

After some more talking on what everyone was doing and who they were going to take to the dance Jake decided that he had to go. He said that he had to get a few things ready for the party and find something that he should wear as well, not only that he wanted to find a few gifts for his new friends.

Miriallia was a bit concerned for Kira and gave a shrug maybe it would turn out well for them as she decided to help get ready for the upcoming dance. "Miriallia, can I have a word?" Flay's voice came, catching the brunette off-guard.

"Sure…" said Mir, deciding that it was for the best that they talk in private seeing as the two of them after have been friends for a while. "What is it about?"

"Well it's about Kira and to be honest, I'm actually worried that he might not actually get a date at all." Flay said to Miriallia her voice full of a little concern even if she didn't know Kira that well.

Mir didn't like the sound of that said countered. "Well don't worry, maybe his luck might change in time for the dance" she told her.

"Maybe…" she said to Miriallia, though she did feel that she wanted to doe something to help him out. "Still, as long as it wasn't anything to worry about it may turn out well and then there's Jake."

"Oh yeah, " Mir noticed that he was sitting up and heading for another part of part of the park as she thought it wouldn't seem right to see him without a date either even though she already has a boyfriend Tolle. "Well maybe he'll find someone to ask at the park while we get ready."

Remaining silent, Flay nodded and helped Miriallia to prepare for the upcoming dance as they were thinking about what to wear for it.

While this was happening, Shamano thought some fresh air will keep him preoccupied for a moment. "Well what to do." Shamano said as he walked out of the park.

He knew that he didn't have a date at all nor would he be able to find one in time but it didn't really matter for now. As he had other things that he needed to do first, such as what he should get for all of his friends for Christmas he knew what to get a few of them but others would be a little hard to shop for.

"I'm just happy for the money that Selena gave me on order to better hide here." He said as he looked at the money he had on him.

Though as he did so, he was curious on what to get the teens he had become friends with since he had no idea on what they would like but then again he would manage. "I'm sure I'll come up with something" he said to himself.

He was curious by the stores that were present and he thought that he could also get one for Selena as well since it was the least he could do for her helping him since coming to Heliopolis. Hence, he thought of a good gift to give her but the others will be tricky of course.

However, he heard a small sob not too far from where he was and decided to investigate the sounds. Once he got closer he saw a little girl with brown hair with pig tails and blue eyes, Shamano could already tell that something was wrong as she was sitting down on the floor as she hugged her knees to her body.

"Mommy where are you!" She sobbed into her knee.

Shamano could that she had lost her mother, after all this was Christmas so a few kids at time did get lost from their parents. Slowly moving over to her bent down to her eye sight in order to see if he could help her and he knew that he would do anything that he could do to help.

"Hey is everything alright?" He asked as the girl who just looked up at Shamano.

"No, everything is not alight…" she sobbed, not knowing what to do as she had no idea where she was at the moment. "I lost my mommy and I'm afraid that I may never find her again!"

Seeing this made him feel a bit worried, wondering what he could do as he couldn't leave her there without anyone to help her. "It's okay, I'll help you find your mother" he said with a reassuring tone to his voice.

"You'd really do that for me?" She said with a tiny sob.

"Of course, now then shall we get going?" he asked, gently holding the girl's hand as they soon began their search for her mother and knew that the woman couldn't be too far since she's looking for her missing daughter.

"Anyway what's your name little one?" He asked with a smile as the little girl just looked at him.

The girl just gave a sniff and rubbed the tears she still had from crying. "My name is Elle." She said a little scared as she looked around for her mother, but she still couldn't fine her which just made her sob again.

"Well you can call me Jake." He said as he just saw that she was still very upset and he knew what it was like. She was worried that she would never see her mother again, this was something that Shamano wouldn't let happen as he was determined to find Elle's mother.

As the two were walking around the shop Elle just looked up at Shamano or Jake and smiled at little.

"Thank you…" she said, though she was still a bit scared at being alone in this very place but is glad to know that this nice man will help her in finding her mother and hopefully they will even speak a bit along the way.

"Anytime, I think our best chance would be to retrace your steps to the very place where you last saw her." He said with a smile as he looked around the shop.

"Okay…" began the little girl, holding onto his hand as she told him where she went to before she noticed that her mother wasn't with her and she is praying that sooner or later she might still be there as she couldn't bare to think of not being able to see her again.

He decided to try something that can help make things better for the two of them, a smile formed on his face and he closed his eyes to see if he can feel the mother's presence within the area. This was only thanks to holding Elle's hand as he needed a conductor to tell where her mother was

Elle on the other hand just looked at what the person was doing it was like he was thinking of something. "Mister Jake?" She asked as she looked at him some more before he opened his eyes with a smile.

Shamano just looked at Elle with a smile. "Hey it's alright we'll find her so just keep a happy face it going to be Christmas soon after all." He told her as she just smiled at him.

Remaining silent, Elle nodded as they kept searching at the places where she remembered being with her mother at. It didn't take long before they heard a woman's voice calling her name. "That's my mother's voice!" began the little girl with a look a surprise but was also happy to hear her mother is looking for her. "She must be nearby!"

"Then let's get going!" he told her, making their way towards where the voice was coming from and eventually they saw a woman with a look of dismay on her face looking around the mall. "Excuse me Miss, I believe you were looking for someone."

This got the attention of Elle's mother and she couldn't believe that this young man managed to find her missing daughter as she went towards where they were and began hugging the little girl with him. "Thank heavens you're alright Elle" she sobbed a bit, relieved that nothing bad happened to her child. "Don't you ever scare me like that again…?"

"It's okay Mama, I was really scared when I thought I would never see you again but this nice man helped me to find you." explained Elle, wanting to introduce her mother to the one who helped to reunite them with each other. "His name is Jake and he was really kind to me earlier."

Elle mother just looked over at Jake the one who helped find her little girl with a smile, she was so worried. "Thank you for finding her, I wouldn't know what I would do if something happened to my little girl." The woman said as she picked Elle up.

"Don't worry, just make sure you don't lose her again" explained the young man, giving the woman a smile and being glad that he could help reunite the two. "After all, Christmas is a time of being with your family and loved ones."

Elle just nodded and gave a smile as she looked up and smiled at him as she nodded her head at him. "Thank you for helping me." She said with a smile as she left with her mother.

With that said he walked away knowing that he had to get ready for this dance something he didn't even want to do. "Man it just stupid human dances I mean I shouldn't even go maybe I should skip it not like Kira or the other will know." He said to himself as he walked out the shop.

With that thought in mind he made his way to where Selena would be meeting him, every other day the two would meet up. As a way to check up on his ship and to just talk to the other on how the other was, and maybe Selena could help him out with this Dance as well something that he could only give a deep sigh about.

Once he had reached Selena's home he knocked on her door, for a while he just waited as he heard Selena's voice coming to the door before she opened it. And once she saw who it was at her door step she just gave a bright smile at him happy to see her friend again, but when she saw the worried look on his face she knew that he wanted to ask her something. She already knew that there were something he didn't know about this world when he first came here but she did help him in a few, but she also knew that this was something else.

Still smiling at him Selena just invited him into her house as both went to the living room of her home. "Anyway Shamano what's the matter then?" She asked with a smile using his real name, as it was just them so there was no need for Shamano to use his fake name right now.

"Well you see Selena there is this Dance coming up that a friend of mine and my other friends are all having." Shamano said with a weak smile.

"Oh is that really? Sounds like fun to me Shamano." She told him, thinking that it would be cool to go there herself and see the friends that he made though she saw he wasn't smiling at this at all for some reason. "I take it you have no idea how to dance huh?"

"Sorry afraid not." answered Shamano, nodding his head to confirm that he isn't a very good dancer at all. "You think after so many years I would have learned by now."

"Well that won't do at all, tell you what? I can teach you how to dance if you'd like?" suggested Selena, grabbing Shamano's hand before he had time to react and brought him closer to her so she can teach him. "Anyway, when it comes to dancing… " she began to give him her lessons in how to dance, making sure he was paying attention and trying to do what she was doing. However it wasn't easy as he ended up stepping on her foot several times. "Ouch…"

"I'm sorry…" He told her, "Human dancing is far different from my peoples."

Selena smiled at him and laughed a little at what he said to her. "Don't worry about it, after all I'm here to make sure you know how to dance in time for the party" she soon continued with her lesson, determined to have Shamano knowing how to dance with a girl by the time the party begins despite him being new to something like this.

"I know you want me to dance with a girl Selena." He said as he looked at her with a frown that she had seen him use when he was not pleased. She had seen this frown a few times since she met him, and when he did.

"Yeah, I know and maybe you'll find one when the party actually takes place…" explained the female Coordinator, trying to be reassuring during this time though she had a feeling that it was something more than just the dance bothering him but didn't know what it was. "Still, I'd like to go to the party myself as I'd like to meet the friends you made earlier."

"We'll see…" he told her, proceeding with his dancing lessons once more and as time passed, he has begun to improve a little despite not having danced with anyone before in his life since that fateful day that changed him and he was glad to be not stepping on Selena's toes as often as he did when he first started.

"You see? You're starting to get the hang of it and maybe soon, you'll be able to master it by the time of the party."

Remaining silent, Shamano simply nodded and kept paying attention towards what she was showing him as well as how to do so himself. With practice and a bit of confidence in what he was doing, he was starting to truly become a better dancer and Selena gave him a gentle smile when it was happening.

"Well I'll just be happy when my old ship is fixed up as I can't stay here forever you know Selena I will have to leave sooner or later and I'm hoping that it will be sooner before something bad happens." He said to her simple knowing he wanted to leave soon as something was telling him that he shouldn't be here, and that was coming from his gut.

"I understand, still I think by the time the party takes place, you'll be glad that you came here" smiled the young girl, as the days passed, Shamano had been getting better and better at being a good dancer and it was around the a day before the dance itself that she could tell that he had finally gotten the hang of it. "Looks like this is it, now to review everything you had learned in the past few days"

Remaining silent, the male could only do what he remembered having learned before and to his surprise, he truly had gotten better since the day they started their lessons and wasn't stepping on her foot as often as he did before. "Wow, guess you finally got the hang of it" she turned her attention towards the calendar. "And just in time to as tomorrow is the big day."

"Thank you for teaching me on how to dance Selena" said Shamano, giving the girl a sincere smile on his face as he wanted to thank her for having helped him with his current problem.

Selena simply smiled back and said. "Don't mention it, besides if you're lucky, you might have someone who will want to dance with you." She could tell that there was something about Kira and his friends that piped her interest. "In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a reason why you were invited in the first place. Now if you excuse me, I need to start picking out what I'm going to wear for the dance" With that said, she went to her room to see about a proper outfit.

"Just so you know I'm not having a bowtie on whenever I have one something bad always happens." He said while from her room Selena just laughed a little.

"Oh come on I'm sure it can't be that bad I mean a cursed bowtie really." She said finding the idea funny.

"It's not the bowtie it's when I wear it that something happens and never good." He said with a frown, as Selena continued to find it a little funny and amusing too.

As this was going on all the girls were hanging out with each other, each talking about the Christmas dance that Flay was having at her place, as of right now the four girls were each looking over what dress they should wear to the dance.

The four just looked over the many dresses that Flay had. "Alright girls so which one I should wear?" Flay asked showing of a number of dresses that she owned.

"Hmmmm… that's a good question, one is as good as the other you know" Mir was in deep thought on the issue, looking a few of the dresses that were lined up. Fortunately, Jessica and Misha were with her for something like that. They looked for about an hour or two before they eventually found something lovely.

"Maybe this one might work…." said Misha, picking a violet low-cut dress which has had a single strap on it. She gave it to Flay for her to try on as they had their own dresses with them for this special occasion.

In about half an hour, Flay came back to the room in the dress with her hair flowing down and saw that Mir was in a strapless orange dress with had a bit of yellow added to it and a small slit on the right while Misha had a lovely cute black dress which had two straps on it but fitted her figure perfectly and Jessica's dress was a beautiful red with an added touch of pink to make it more lovely.

"How do I look?" she asked the other girls, looking quite impressed with how their red-haired friend looked for this special night.

"You don't look half bad." Mir smiled at her, commenting that she will look great for the dance coming up and realized that Sai, Kuzzey, Tolle, Kira and their newly made friend should be here very soon so they needed to be sure they have enough time to be ready.

All Flay did was just smile as she looked in the mirror and smiled happy on what she was wearing she had a long red dress on and smiled. "I hope your right Mir." Flay said with a blush on her face.

All Mir did was smile at her friend as she was going to say something to her when she heard the door bell ring, the four girls just gave a smile as Flay put on some lipstick as did the other three as the four wanted this night to be perfect.

So once ready the four girls just smiled at each other. "Well ready for a night of fun and dance girls?" Misha said smiling at her friends who just nodded as they made to the front door.

"Hey guys I see your all ready?" Mir said but noticed that Jake was missing and was wondering where he was. "Hey where's Jake guys I thought that he would be with you."

Sai could only shock his head not knowing himself. "Maybe he decided not to come after all he might not have found someone to come with so he just stayed home."

Tolle only nodded as he nudged Kira lightly. "Yeah I mean we had a hard time getting Kira to just come here." Tolle laughed as he saw how his friend was getting a little embarrassed by this.

"Well in any case, we should…" Kuzzey never got to finish what he was going to say as appearing before them was none other than Selena, donning a beautiful midnight blue dress that had two slits at each side and a bit of cleavage was shown but not enough to ruin her look. She even traded in her glasses for contacts and her hair flowed down with light pink lipstick to complete the look. "Wow! You look great!"

"Thank you, of course… I figured you would have a party and decided to join in" smiled Selena, looking forward to this upcoming night. "However, I didn't come alone as there is someone who needed some convincing to show up."

"You're kidding!" began Tolle, to which Selena shook her head to confirm she was quite serious as they saw that walking next to her was none other than the one they knew as Jake. "Well, look who finally decided to show up."

"Jake, I didn't think you'd come" said Kira, surprised that their new friend was here though it was a good thing that he was finally here as the party was just about to take place without him and there was no way, they would have had it without him. "In any case, I'm glad you're here."

Mir took a glance at Jake, still a bit surprised that he had made it to this special night and mentally commented that he didn't look too bad in his suit which in a way looked unique as they never saw anything like it before in their life but decided it would be best not to ask where he got it.

"Well I was going to cut and run when Selena caught me." He said to them with a frown on his face still not wanting to be here to get embarrassed.

Yet Flay just smiled at this as the young red head looked up at the simulated night sky. "Well lets all get inside the dance is about to start." Flay said to the others as she saw many more people she knew from school coming over each with a dress n for the girl or a smart suite for the boys.

Slowly the evening went on with both Jake and Kira sitting down watching the other couples dance, Kira just looked over at his friend and was also wondering something about his friend. Ever since Jake started the school that he went too Kira saw how fast he did a lot of the work the teachers gave him, to Jake it was nothing to him which made Kira wonder if he was a Coordinator like he was.

Kira just slowly looked over at him after seeing Flay dance with Sai that is. "So Jake I want to ask you something, if that alright with you?" Kira asked as Jake just looked over at Kira who had a curious look on his face as if trying to figure him out.

"Sure thing Kira what is it you want to know." Jake asked looking over at Kira wonder what he wanted to ask.

Looking over to his left then his right, as he wanted to make sure that nobody was listening to them. "Well you see I've noticed how well you do at school you just get through all this like it was nothing and I was wondering well…" Kira just stopped there being they shy kindhearted boy that he was he didn't know what to really say to him, after all Kira was wondering if Jake was a Coordinator.

"Is there something wrong?" wondered Jake, a bit curious to know about what Kira wanted to tell him and figured that they should have their chat in private so nobody can hear them as they don't want any unwanted attention. "If there is something you want to tell me, I'd like to hear it."

"Okay…" He said with a frown, taking a deep breath and spoke to Jake about what he wanted to know. "I am curious about a few things, where did you come from exactly? I mean, it wouldn't make sense for you to move to this colony if it wasn't just to get away from the war taking place between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance… this makes me wonder, is it possible that you are a Coordinator?"

Jake was caught off guard a bit with that, of course he couldn't blame Kira for wanting to know a bit more about him but knew now wasn't a good time for something like this so he decided to come up with a good excuse to hide his true identity though it did take a few seconds for him to do so. "To answer your first question Kira, I came here to enjoy the holidays with a relative of mine and I'm sure that they wouldn't mind me spending time with you and the others this Christmas."

Remaining silent, Kira waited to see if there was an answer to the question on whether or not that Jake was a Natural or a Coordinator though they needed to make this pretty quick as Mir and the others would be wondering what is taking them so long. It wasn't till long for Jake to smile as he continued. "As for you other question no I'm not a Coordinator." Jake said as Kira was a little shocked by this, while Jake just laughed lightly. "I take it you thought I was one." Jake said, while all Kira could do was node his head at this as Jake laughed a little more at this.

Looking at the others who was dancing Jake just smiled at Kira and the others. "I mean you don't have to be a Coordinator to be smart after all I mean look at all the people from many years ago before Coordinators." Jake said as Kira just looked at his friend wondering what he meant. "Humans are always evolving after all, from so long ago as nothing more than apes until this."

Kira was shocked at what Jake said and the young Coordinator couldn't help but wonder what he heard Jake say. "What does he mean by that, there is something more to him?"Kira thought as he looked at Jake, he was going to ask as well but just looked at Flay who was dancing with Sai.

Jake on the other hand couldn't help but look at him with a grin. "Well it seems that someone is in love with Miss Flay Allster." Jake said as he also made sure that no one else could hear the two.

All Kira could do when hearing this from Jake. "What no Jake, it's not like that at all." Kira said trying to keep his voice down so that the others didn't hear him, while Jake was trying not to laugh.

As this was going on Sai and Flay continued to dance with Sai as the two were holding each other's hand doing a slow dance, but after a while Flay couldn't help but look over to see that both Kira and Jake were all alone since they didn't really have a date to bring meaning all they could really do was watch. And Flay didn't like that Kira was on his own and was also unable to dance as well, after all this was a party and she wanted all her guests to enjoy themselves.

Slowly looking over at Sai as Flay let go of his hands as she gave a smile. "Sai I think I'm going to ask Kira for a dance I mean him and Jake are all alone." She said as Sai just looked over to Kira as he saw that Jake was laughing at something with Kira trying to get him to be quiet.

Sai just gave the woman he was engaged to a smile. "Sure thing, after all it looks like Kira needs saving from Jake." He said as he couldn't help but laugh at the situation that Kira was in right now.

Flay just looked back over to Kira as she giggled at what was going on she couldn't really hear them, but from what she could see it was like Jake was saying something to Kira that must have been very embarrassing for him. So without thinking about it anymore Flay made her way over to Kira who was tell Jake to stop until they both saw that Flay was standing in front of the two and smiling at them as well.

Kira couldn't help but wonder why Flay had come over to the two when she could be dancing with Sai. "Um Flay is there something that we can help you with?" Kira asked her but the red head couldn't help but giggle a little at this.

All Flay just did was continue to smile at Kira as he just looked up at her from where he was sitting. "Well I saw that you had nobody to dance with so I asked Sai if it was alright that I dance with you." She said as she reached out her hand to him and just smiled at Kira closing her eyes as she did so.

Jake on the other hand couldn't help but laugh at he looked and saw the look on Kira face. The young Coordinator was just too shocked at what he heard the girl that he was in love with had just asked him to dance Kira didn't know if he was dreaming, all he did was grab hold of her hand as Flay just smiled at Kira some more as he got out of his seat and onto the dance floor with Flay.

"Well have fun Kira!" Jake called laughing even more while Kira just sent a glare at him saying that he will sort him out for this. "So glad that not me." He said to himself with a smile on his face enjoying seeing what was going on with Kira.

Of course Mir took notice to Jake being by himself, wondering if he had anyone to dance with and made her way towards him. "Hey…" she said, wanting to get his attention which caused him to be a bit surprised when she arrived.

"Hey, what's up?" he asked her, curious on why she was where he was as sure that she was already dancing with Tolle by now seeing as she was going out with him at this very moment. "What brings you here?"

"I just noticed that you were here by yourself and was wondering why you haven't found someone to dance with…" began Mir, hoping to get an answer from him as she was a bit concerned right now. "I'm sure Selena would want to know as well."

Jake remained silent, unsure of what he can tell the brunette right now though he figured he should tell her. "I'm not a very good dancer…" he said, making the girl near him frown at this response. "I never actually danced with anyone before and I'm worried I might screw up."

"I'm sure you'll do fine…" said Mir, knowing that she could at least try and make him feel better about this, which gave her an idea. "If you'd like, I'll dance with you… Tolle won't mind at all."

"Maybe but I…" he never finished what he was going to say as Mir, took his hand and lead him to the dance floor since it was a special night and he should at least enjoy it while it lasted much to his surprise while Mir smiled at him.

For the rest of the night everyone just danced with smiles on their faces, but for two dancers it was a lot harder for Kira Yamato he was dancing with the girl that he had a deep crush on Flay and was doing all that he could right now that it didn't show, all he could do was look to see Jake was now in the same position as he was in and couldn't help but laugh a little at what happened and the look that he had on his face

It was a worried look that he had, and Kira knew why so far the songs have all been fast but it would only be a matter of time before the slow dance happened in which and it did worry Kira as he would have to place his hands on Flay's his as well as get closer to her too.

As time went on more dances just passed until the one that made Kira a little worried as the song started and Kira wanted to stop right there at just let Flay go back to dancing with Sai. All Flay did was just shack her head at Kira wanting to keep dancing for just a little longer, in fact Mir despite coming to the dance with Tolle, wanted to spend a little more time with Jake.

"Aw… how sweet…" smiled Selena, glad that Kira and Jake had someone to dance with even if it was to help them feel better about coming to the dance without a date. Then again, she never came to the dance with a date herself and figured she should join in on the fun. "Kuzzey would you like to dance with me."

"Hmmmm? Yes Selena?" wondered Kuzzey in surprise that she was approaching him of all people, though he was a bit surprised that Flay chose to dance with Kira and Mir chose to dance with Jake.

"You know, I've been wondering since Flay and Mir, were dancing with Kira and Jake, I suppose that…" she didn't know what to say as she did think Kuzzey was pretty cute, in fact she decided that when in Rome, do what the Romans do. "Would it be okay if you and I had a dance together?"

Kuzzey was even more surprised, which made him blush at the thought of dancing with someone like Selena. "Sure, I don't mind at all…" he said with a smile, which made the girl smile back at him as she held his hand and led him to the dance floor near Kira and Flay. "You do look quite lovely."

"Thanks…" said Selena with a smile, with Mir catching a glance at the female who Kuzzey was now dancing with and smiled to herself as the song was now being heard by everyone present for this special occasion.

The PLANT's Aprilius One

However as this was going on five young teens were also busy each one training at the PLANT's each one was wearing a red uniform on them, each one was getting ready for an operation that they along with Commander Rau le Creuset Heliopolis well at least not yet.

"So does anyone know why we are attacking a neutral colony anyway I mean I'm pretty sure that Orb won't like this." The first asked who had orange hair, his name is Rusty Mackenzie.

"So what?" asked the silver-haired Yzak Joule, not in a good mood to say the least though apparently the information they received wouldn't be false. "Rumor has it that they're making weapons for the Earth Alliance and we can't let that slide can we?"

"Apparently the Naturals are more resourceful than we expected them to be huh?" added the tan-skinned Dearka Elsman with a laidback personality, needless to say that their commander wouldn't want to take any chances and risk fighting these new weapons should the EA get them online which wouldn't take much longer.

"Not only that, but this is what one of the spies managed to take as well." Said the voice of green haired Nicol Amalfi who out Of all the members of the Le Creuset team Nicol is the most open-hearted and pleasant with a strong sense of duty towards protecting the PLANT's Nicol feels it is his duty to fight for the safety of his homeland and for his parents honor.

While Yzak and Dearka are more forward in warfare, Nicol prefers to use a strategy more attuned to his capabilities, as he fights with caution and foresight. "So what is this then another mobile suite Nicol?" Asked the Navy blue haired Athrun Zala as he got up from where he was sitting to see what it was that their spies had taken photos off.

"I had a feeling that the Alliance would eventually create weapons that would be used against our machines, as Commander Le Creuset said, this was bound to happen…" answered the youngest redcoat within the entire team, having once heard from Rau himself that they would eventually need to turn the tide in the war before the EA does otherwise this war might take a turn for the worse. "The good news is it would take at least another month for the new weapons to be ready which would give us enough time to prepare for what is to come."

"However, we have been assigned the task of stopping the enemy from using them and we can't turn back from this" explained the blonde-haired mobile suit pilot Miguel Aiman, testing out the diagnostics of his orange-colored ZGMF-1017 GINN as he may be needing it for this future mission after all it has served him well when he was assigned with escorting the captured Republic of East Asia base Nova to L5 where it was rechristened Boaz. "Olor and Matthew are already informed of this and will be assisting us."

"Not only that, we shall have Walter Rand coming with us on the mission as well." Rau said with a smile while the five members of his Team all looked at him.

For a while everything was silent with the five before Yzak spoke up. "Sir are you sure that that really a good idea? I mean we all know how much he hates Naturals he will kill everyone there if he gets a chance." Yzak said with concern not really liking the guy all that much. Since, as far as Yzak was concerned Walter was a psycho in the making.

Even Yzak's team mate's felt the same, but before they could voice up they were interrupted but a female voice. "Do we really have much of a choice?" It was a brown-haired girl, who like Yzak, Dearka, Rusty, Athrun and Nicol, donned the red uniform of the ZAFT elites despite her uniform being the male version and needless to say, the silver-haired young man was a bit surprised by her joining the group.

"What are you doing here anyway?" he asked with a scowl, somewhat demanding an explanation of the female pilot Shiho Hahnenfuss as he didn't feel like a girl would be necessary for the upcoming mission.

"I was assigned to the Vesalius just like the rest of you were as I recall" she explained, remembering when she was first placed under Rau's command at some point after the Bloody Valentine Tragedy had taken place though Yzak had his arms crossed. "Like it or not, I'll be joining you from here on out."

"Whatever, just as long as you don't get yourself killed out there" he said, though to be perfectly honest, he'd rather have Shiho with them rather than Walter, whose personality is a lot similar to another ZAFT pilot… Ash Grey, someone he didn't want to even think about.

"Anyway I want you all to be ready for the attack next month so until then I want you all to train for the Mission as I want us all to be prepared." Rau said with a smile as all the young ZAFT plots gave a salute before they left.

Everyone just left the room with Yzak still moaning about Shiho going with them while Dearka and Rusty just laughed at their friend and that he was stuck with Shiho for the mission mainly Yzak knew Dearka wouldn't give him a rest in teasing him.

A/N well guys that's it for this chapter next chapter is when it all starts the start with Kira and his friends in the war. And thanks for the wait I did want to wait before getting to the real start. Now I had Elle shown for a reason but I don't want to say so I will leave it to you to work out what it is and I hope you all like the dance that Kira and Flay had as I won't to work building their friendship first.

And just so you know what Shamano did with Elle is a a weaker version of what Kira, Mu, Rau and Rey can do when close to each other only he has to hold onto a person to feel them out and like I said not that strong.

And to all you Yzak and Shiho fans I hope your happy I adding her as I wanted to not push her off all the way to the sidelines and yes she will fight alongside Yzak and the others. Now please no flames if you have an ideas I'd like to hear them so until then please leave a review as it helps me know what you think and let's me know that you like the story and what I should do.