Hello everyone! This is a sort of background to the story I decided to write so I won't have to answer anew to each person asking (it's especially for you Sherin=])

Here goes:

1) Ages: Kira, Athrun, Dearka, Yzak, Luna and Shiho are all 19. Lacus, Mir, Meyrin, Shin and Rey are 18. That means that the Academy is like a college where the first years are 18.

2) Cagalli: don't worry, she will make an appearance soon enough. It might have been three chapters and she hasn't showed up even though she was mentioned in the first chapter, but let's not forget it has been barely two days since Kira arrived to Orb.

3) I took some basic ideas from other mangas/animes (the weapons from Chrome Shelled Regios and the monsters are a combination of Chrome's and TRC's) but aside for that, any other similarities are purely coincidental.

4) No more long A/Ns unless it's REALLY important. Promise! **sheepish smile**

5) About Voice-Controlling: I took the term Coordinator from the anime obviously, but its meaning is a bit different; Coordinators posses better reflexes and sharper senses, but aren't necessarily stronger or faster or smarter. The main difference between Coordinators and Naturals is that Coordinators have the ability to use their voice to control others. A bit like hypnotizing- just stronger, doesn't request eye-contact and is weaker against other Coordinators (depending on the user; but basically they have high immunity). It works with voice waves and on the brain waves (don't ask, I'm making this up...XD)

6) Personalities: characters will act OOC; not only Kira, but mainly him. Partly because it's necessary for the story and partly because there are some characters who are simply hard to keep 'loyal' to their original selves. Besides, it is a fanfiction- its bound to be different from the anime/manga. Don't like don't read.

Now, if there are any other things you don't understand, feel free to ask!

Thank you all and stay tuned!

**Evermore**