Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed, but Nataru, Kititsa and the woman with the long blond hair and green eyes belong to me. I'll get very angry if someone takes them.

Yeah! I got some reviews, so I've decided to post up the next chapter. I think it's a bit longer than usual. Happy readings dear viewers.


Chapter 4-The marble Palace

"Kotjo? I've never heard of that before." Lacus stated as she looked at the city. The buildings were made out of marble and there were diamonds and other precious stones that decorated the houses.

"We keep our city a secret from most people. It is very rare that someone will find out about us." Nataru answered. He led them inside the city and walked all the way to a huge castle. "Your friends are here." He added.

Nataru lead them to a huge room where Cagalli, Kititsa, Kira, Athrun, and Maki were already seated. Athrun was sitting beside Cagalli, and she had a bruise on the back of her neck. They were now chatting happily together. Kititsa was now sleeping on a chair with Maki right beside her, and Kira was reading a book.

"Kira!" Lacus yelled as she ran towards him a hugged him. Kira dropped his book and hugged her back. Kititsa opened her eyes sleepily and yawned. Maki stood up and gazed at Nataru to examine him. Once she realized he wasn't a threat, she went back to sleep on the floor.

"Welcome back Nataru," Kititsa said as she yawned again.

"It's nice to see you again Kititsa. I brought back your friends. They were quite amazed by the appearances of the city/" he replied happily. He sat down beside her and they started to talk. Dearka and Yzak walked to a couch and sat down there while Miriallia went to talk to Athrun and Cagalli.

"Cagalli! Are you alright." She asked her friend.

"I'm okay. I only have a bruise on the back of my neck. If it weren't for Nataru, I'd probably be already dead." Cagalli replied.

"What about the blood?" Athrun questioned.

" The men that had attacked me were about to shoot me, but Nataru came out of nowhere and used his sword to cut of the guy's arm. After that I fell unconscious, so I don't know what happened." She answered.

"The man dragged his friend all the way into the jungle and that's why there was a trail of blood," Kititsa yelled form the other side of the room, and then she started to talk to Nataru again.

"Well, there's your answer." Cagalli told Athrun and Miriallia.

"Anyways, I was saying that this city is very advanced. It's in a secluded area, but its technology is amazing. It's more advanced than ours." Athrun said. "The structure of these buildings are really amazing."

Cagalli leaned toward Miriallia and whispered something in her ear.

"Do you understand what he just said?" Cagalli asked.

"I have no idea," Miriallia replied. Athrun noticed that they weren't listening to him anymore.

"What are you talking about?" Athrun asked. Cagalli and Miriallia stopped talking and looked at him.

"Nothing that you should know?" Cagalli replied. Miriallia got up and sat next to Dearka, who was now arguing with Yzak about the best choice for a girlfriend for him.

"I'm not going to get a girlfriend. Girls are weird. Besides, they make guys act weird and strange. Did you see what happened to Athrun when his girlfriend disappeared? He went into shock." Yzak stated.

"But, you need a hobby, or at least something to occupy yourself. Believe me, you need a girlfriend." Dearka explained. Yzak glared at him.

"I told you! I'm not getting a…" he started, but the door suddenly opened and a woman entered the room. She had long blond hair and dark green eyes. She was wearing a black skirt and a red shirt.

"It's the woman from before." Kira stated, "She's the one who brought us here."

"Princess!" Nataru shouted as he stood up to bow.

"Princess? That girl is a princess." Athrun whispered.

"I'm a princess, so what. Are you going to kill me now? I don't think you'd even be able to get close to me before Nataru shot you in the head. Anyways, my name is Tilla and I'm the ruler of this country." She told them.

"Kira and Athrun stared at her in shock.

"That means that this country is ruled by a Coordinator." Yzak stated. Tilla looked at him strangely.

"Coordinator? Who said I'm a coordinator. I'm actually a Natural. This country is mixed. There are some coordinator and Naturals." Tilla replied. Yzak stared at her in shock.

"Oh great! Another Natural. First it was tiger girl and now it's some weird princess. This really isn't my day." Yzak grumbled. Nataru glared at him.

"You got something against Naturals. I'm a natural and I'm proud of it." Nataru replied coldly. Yzak glared back at him.

"Everyone calm down!" Kititsa yelled, the whole room went quiet.

"It's nice to meet you princess. Don't mind Yzak, he has nothing against Naturals; he just doesn't like any type of person in general. Ignore him and you'll be perfectly fine." Kititsa told Tilla.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Yzak yelled. Nobody answered him.

"Anyways, this city is very fascinating. How did you get all the advanced technology? If this civilization is so secluded, how can it be so advanced?" Athrun asked, his eyes shinning with curiosity. Nataru looked at him like he was crazy.

"Great, they're looking at you like your crazy." Kira whispered to Athrun. Athrun stopped talking and blushed in embarrassment.

"Idiot!" Cagalli said. Tilla watched them fight and started to laugh at them. Everyone stopped arguing and looked at the blond princess.

"Why are you laughing?" Dearka asked.

"It's just so funny. Usually people don't argue in front of me like that, and I have to admit it's very funny." Tilla answered.

"Well, we treat princess' the same as other people. Cagalli's the princess of Orb and we still annoy her like crazy." Kira stated. Cagalli gave him a cold glare.

"Wow, we have another princess in the palace. It's an honour to meet you princess Cagalli." Nataru said as he gave her a bow. Cagalli blushed and turned away.

"Just call me Cagalli. All that princess crap annoys me. Besides, I'm here for a vacation, but this wasn't what I was expecting. This place is beautiful, so if I have your permission to stay, I'd love to spend the rest of my vacation here." Cagalli explained. Everyone was shocked by her politeness.

"You can stay, but I have to warn you about something. There's a group of people that live in the jungle, they completely hate coordinators and Naturals." Tilla stated.

"How can they hate coordinator and Naturals? They have to be one of the other." Yzak asked.

"Well, they hate the whole entire human race. They want everyone dead. To them, killing is just a game." Nataru answered. "They killed Tilla's parents." He added sadly. Tilla avoided their gazes.

" That was a long time ago." Tilla said.

"Please don't be angry. They don't seem like the type of people to tell others. Anyways, you can stay in the palace for your vacation. There are plenty of rooms here for you to stay in," Nataru explained to them.

"Wow! I'd like to explore the palace." Lacus stated.

"Me too!" Miriallia exclaimed, " This place is very interesting."

"You can do whatever you want, just don't go near the jungle. It would be better if you stayed away from it." Tilla told them.

"We understand. Thank you for letting us stay." Athrun said. Then everybody went his or her own way. Kira and Lacus headed towards the nearest library. Athrun and Cagalli went into town to look at the sights, and Miriallia dragged Dearka around the palace to look around. The only people left in the room were Kititsa, Nataru, Tilla and Yzak.

"What should we do?" Kititsa said.

"How about a game of basketball. Wait! Girls suck at that sport, so scratch out that idea." Nataru stated.

"Suck! I don't suck at any sport. I can probably beat you without even trying!" Kititsa yelled. Nataru grinned.

"Bring it on!" he shouted. They both ran outside and started to play.

"Well, I can see that they both like competition." Yzak said. Tilla nodded her head.

"Do you know how to play chess?" Tilla asked.

"Yes" he said.

"Do want to play." She asked Yzak again.

"Sure." Yzak answered. Then they both left the room.


"Where do you want to go next?" Athrun asked Cagalli as they came out of another store.

"Let's drop off our stuff at the palace and then go see a movie," she answered happily as they walked along the street.

"Okay." He replied. Once they arrived at the palace, Athrun put the shopping bags in Cagalli's room. Then he turned to face his girlfriend.

"Should we put something formal on? You could wear a dress and we could go out for dinner…" he started, but Cagalli glared at him.

"On the other hand, we could just order a pizza and watch a movie here." Athrun corrected.

"That's better." Cagalli said as she smiled.


Yeah! Another chapter done. R&R