Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed.

Ok, the next chapter is here. I've decided to update as much as i can during the holidays as when school reopens, I don't really think I can update that soon. Hope you all enjoy it.

Chapter 4: The Interesting Trip to Coppernicus City

Cagalli, Kira and Lacus were walking together at the machinery room. Kira wanted to adjust some settings on his Strike while Cagalli wanted to adjust the settings on the Flame. Lacus decided to follow them since she was bored.

"Wow! Look at all these cool mobile suits," Lacus said in amazement.

"I never thought you would actually like these kinds of things," Cagalli said.

"Well, my family in PLANTs was in charge of making mobile suits. And I've come to learn a little about them. That's why I kind of took interest in them," Lacus said.

"This is the Strike," Kira said to Lacus.

"Wow, can I go inside the cockpit?"

"Sure, why not?" Kira said.

Lacus went inside the cockpit with Kira and Cagalli. She activated the system and began typing on the keyboard. Kira and Cagalli were amazed with her being able to type so fast as if she's an expert.

"Hm…the Strike is great in every aspect. Perhaps it will perform better of you increase the speed," Lacus said in a serious tone.

"Oh, I see," Kira said, clueless of how to answer her.

"I'll try to adjust the settings to increase the speed," Lacus said as she started to type on the keyboard. Kira and Cagalli could only look at her in amazement. Who knew the sweet demure princess of PLANTs is such an expert.

"Ok. I'm done. Now, let's have a look at yours, Cagalli," Lacus said as she immediately switch back to the sweet Lacus Clyne.

"Huh? Um..ok..," Cagalli said.

They walked to the Flame which is just nearby.

"This is the Flame." Cagalli said as she turned back to look at Lacus but Lacus and Kira were not there. They were already at the cockpit. "Man, Lacus sure is excited at these kind of things," Cagalli thought as she went to the cockpit as well.

"Hm…the Flame is great at every aspect. But, I think we should increase the strength of the laser gun as well as the sword. I'll just make some settings and leave the rest to the mechanics," Lacus said as she started typing on the keyboard.

Then, she went over to Murdock and talked to him. From what Kira and Lacus could see from afar, Murdock was nodding his head and smiling at her.

"She sure is perfect in everything. Just the girl for you, Kira."

"But now that you say she's perfect, I'm sure she must have some fiancé or boyfriend," Kira said with a sigh.

"Don't give up, my dear brother. If its true that you love her, then you should fight for her love," Cagalli said as she patted Kira's shoulders. Lacus walked back to them with a smile on her face.

"Ok. everything is done. What were you guys talking about?"

"Nothing. Just some private stuffs," Cagalli said with a smile.

At that time, Mir entered the room looking for Cagalli.

"Cagalli, I need your help at the cafeteria. Apparently, Flay escaped from her duty and they need people to help. You have time to spare?" Mir asked.

"Perfect. This could help to let Kira and Lacus have some time to themselves," Cagalli thought.

"Sure. Let's go. Kira, why don't you and Lacus have some chat," Cagalli said as she winked at Kira.

Mir could tell what Cagalli was thinking. She smiled and went out of the room with Cagalli, leaving Kira alone with Lacus.

"Kira, I heard from Murdock that we have landed in Coppernicus City. Do you want to go to the deck and enjoy the fresh air?" Lacus asked.

"Sure. Let's go," Kira said. Kira held Lacus hand and they went out to the deck together.

"At last, some fresh air and nice scenery. It sure is nice being able to be outdoors rather than being cooped up in the room all day," Lacus said.

Kira smiled at her. Lacus looked so beautiful with the wind blowing her long hair. Without realizing it, Kira was staring at her. Lacus noticed that at turned to Kira.

"Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

"No..no..Its not that way. You just looked beautiful just now," Kira said with a smile.

Lacus blushed. She normally didn't do so as she was used to being praised beautiful by her admirers. But, when Kira said that, it made her heart fluttered.

"Thanks. Well, Kira you look really handsome as well in that uniform. I thought so when I first met you," Lacus said.

"Re…Really? Thank you," Kira said as he blushed too.

"Torii, Torii," Torii said as it perched on Kira's shoulder.

"Hey, that's a really cute bird. Is it a mechanical bird?"

"Yeah. Its name is Torii. My best friend, Athrun gave it to me as a token of our friendship."

"Do you mean Athrun Zala?"

"Yeah, that's his name. Do you know him?"

"Sure, he was my fiancé."

Kira's heart sank when he heard the word fiancé. It was as if his heart was shattered into pieces.

"Why? Why must this happen to me? Why must my first love fly away like that?" Kira thought.

"No, you idiot. Can't you understand the usage of 'was'?" another voice said in Kira's head.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the other part of you who is cleverer. Without me, do you think you'll be able topilot the mobile suit?"

"Hey, does that mean I'm an idiot?"

"You ARE an idiot. Now, hurry up and ask the love of your life what does she mean bythat."

Kira realized what his other self said was right. He looked at Lacus and as if Lacus could read his thought, she gave Kira the answer he was looking for.

"We broke off the engagement a few months ago after realizing that we only shared a sibling love for each other. Not in 'that' kind of way," Lacus said.

"Oh, I see." Kira said as his face lighted up.

Cagalli was walking to the deck and she saw her brother and Lacus chatting happily with each other. She wanted to ask Lacus and Kira whether they want to go out to Coppernicus City since Murrue allowed them to do so.

"Hey, guys. What are you chatting about? Something bad about me?"

"If we really were talking bad about you, we wouldn't tell you, would we?" Kira asked with his boyish grin.

"Hey, that's so mean. Never mind, I'm sure Lacus will tell me, right?"

"Sorry, Cagalli but what Kira said does make sense," Lacus said with a giggle.

"Oh, so now you're siding with my brother," Cagalli said as she crossed her arm.

Kira and Lacus just continue laughing and finally, Cagalli joined in as well.

"Oh, right. I was about to ask you to…." Cagalli was cut in by a high-pitched voice.

"Kira!" Flay said as she threw her arms around Kira.

"Huh? Flay? What are you doing?" Kira said as he tried to push Flay away but to no avail.

"Oh, Kira. I was looking all over for you. Captain Murrue said we could all go out to visit Coppernicus City. So, I was thinking that maybe we two should go out together," Flay said.

"Huh…I…I…"

"Or, if you don't want, we can always stay in your room and you know, talk about some private stuffs," Flay said seductively at Kira.

Lacus was really angry and wanted to shout at Flay "Get your hands off him!" But, she chose to keep quiet with no expression on her face.

"Well, looks like you're busy, Kira. I would leave first. After all, I wouldn't want to get in your way," Lacus said as she left.

"Lacus…Lacus," Kira said as he wanted to go after Lacus but was held tightly by Flay.

Cagalli shot her dumb twin brother a 'great, look what you've done' look while Kira returned her a 'I don't know anything about this' look. Cagalli rolled her eyes and went out to find Lacus.

When all of them finally left, Kira pushed Flay away using all his strength.

"Flay, what do you think you're doing?" Kira said angrily.

"What? I just want to ask you whether you want to go out with me? You know, I kind of like you."

"Well, I'm sorry but I don't want to go out with you. The only girl I love is Lacus so stop pestering me!" Kira said angrily and walked away.

"Just you wait, Lacus Clyne. This is not over yet," Flay thought. She had another plan coming up for Lacus.

Lacus was walking as fast as she could. She wiped away her tears for she was afraid that someone might see them.

"Stupid Kira. Why should I care about him anyway? I don't even care if he is together with Flay," Lacus thought.

"Maybe because you fell in love with him?" another voice said in Lacus's head.

"No, that's not true. I didn't fall in love with him."

"Don't deny it, my dear. I'm part of you. So believe me when I say you, Lacus Clyne had fallen in love with Kira Yamato Athha."

Lacus knew that it was true. She indeed had fallen in love with Kira. That's why her heart hurts so much to see him with Flay. Just at that time, she heard Cagalli calling her name.

"Lacus, Lacus. Are you okay?" Cagalli asked.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Lacus said, wiping away the tears.

"Lacus don't cry. I can assure you my brother don't love Flay. He loves you. Trust me when I say so. I'm his twin so I know what he was thinking," Cagalli said.

"I'm not crying because of that. Some dust came into my eyes and I tried to rub it off," Lacus said with a smile.

Cagalli knew she was lying but she decided not to ask too much.

"Hey, let's go out to the mall at Coppernicus City. Mir, Sai and Kuzzey had already gone out. Let's go too," Cagalli said.

"Ok. But first, I need to disguise myself," Lacus said.

"And I want to see Kisaka first to ask him what he needs me to buy for him," Cagalli said.

After searching for Lacus at the whole ship, Kira had finally given up. He decided to go and find Kisaka.

"Hey, Kisaka."

"Hi, Kira. What brings you here?"

"Nothing. I was just wondering if you saw Lacus or Cagalli."

"Oh, the two princesses went out shopping at the shopping mall in Coppernicus City. I wanted to accompany them but Cagalli refused. She said that she and Lacus wanted to spend some girly time together," Kisaka said.

"Oh, I see. I'll go and find them now," Kira said as he walked towards the door.

"And Kira, Lacus is a nice girl. You must appreciate her," Kisaka said.

"Don't worry, I will," Kira said with a smile as he left the room to find Lacus and Cagalli.

At the shopping centre, Lacus and Cagalli walked around the whole mall trying out clothes for fun. Cagalli obviously didn't like trying all the dresses but Lacus thought she looked really pretty in them. Lacus on the other hand, look absolutely pretty in any dresses.

After walking around, they came across a stall called Spirit.

"Hey, young ladies, care to buy a bracelet?" the stall vendor asked. He showed them a bracelet which was very pretty.

"Hey, I like it. Its so pretty. Don't you think so, Lacus?"

"Yes, it sure is pretty," Lacus said nodding her head.

"This is a friendship bracelet. It comes in pairs. If two best friends wear it, they will forever be best friends no matter what happens," the stall vendor said.

"I'll buy it." Cagalli said as she paid the money to the stall vendor. The stall vendor handed the bracelets to Cagalli. Cagalli wore one on her wrist and gave Lacus the other one.

"Here, Lacus. Take this. This is my token of our friendship to you," Cagalli said with a smile.

"Thank you," Lacus said as she accepted it and wore it on her wrist. It was indeed very beautiful with the words BFF carved on it.

After walking one whole afternoon, the two girls were very tired, so they decided to take a rest at a bench nearby.

"I'll go and buy some drinks. Lacus, please wait here for me, okay?"

"Ok. I'll wait here for you," Lacus said as she nodded her head.

Cagalli ran off to buy some drinks. But, on the way, she saw something on the walls of a CD shop that made her go really excited.

"OMIGOD!! The latest album of the Streaks is out. I HAVE to buy it!! Father wouldn't let me go out when I was in Orb but I have to buy it now," Cagalli thought and she ran inside the shop.

She looked around and finally spotted the disc on the shelf. It was the only one left. Cagalli reached her hand out to take it but then, someone else was faster than her and took it first.

"Hey! I saw that first," Cagalli said angrily. She looked up and saw a boy with midnight-blue hair and emerald orbs holding it.

"Sorry, but I took it first," Athrun said, looking back at the girl with blonde hair and hazel eyes.

"Well, I SAW it FIRST. So, it should be MINE," Cagalli said as she grabbed the disc on one side.

"Well, I GRABBED it FIRST. So, it should be MINE," Athrun said refusing to let go.

Athrun was at Coppernicus City because the Vesalius had also landed at the city to restock. All the pilots went out to buy their stuffs. Athrun had decided to buy the CD of his favourite band.

Both of the stubborn headed people had a glaring contest at each other. It was Cagalli's hazel orbs versus Athrun's emerald orbs.

"Boy, he sure his handsome and hot. Aargh… what am I thinking? Snap out of it. You're in the middle of a fight, Cagalli Yula Athha,"

"This girl has the most captivating orbs I had ever seen. She looks kind of cute too. Wait a minute, what are you thinking Athrun Zala?"

"Let go, this disc belongs to ME," Cagalli said pulling the disc towards her.

"You should be the one letting go. I was the one who GRABBED it FIRST," Athrun said, pulling the disc back towards him.

"Well, then let's find a place to settle this thing fair and square," Cagalli said.

"That's fine with me. Let's have a shooting contest at the arcade. Whoever shoots down the most targets gets the disc," Athrun said.

"That is fine with me. Bring it on. I'm not afraid of you," Cagalli said.

"Ok, then I'll pay for the disc first," Athrun said as he took the disc and paid for it at the counter.

Then, the both of them walked to the arcade. Athrun put the disc down on the table.

"Fine, let's start the challenge," Athrun said.

"Bring it on," Cagalli said.

"This is my lucky day. No one has a better aiming at shooting than me at ZAFT. I'm bound to win this," Athrun thought with a smirk on his face.

"This must be my lucky day. I have a really good aiming at shooting thanks to the training at Orb. The disc is mine," Cagalli thought with a grin on her face.

Athrun started first. He managed to shoot down all the targets. When it was Cagalli's turn, she managed to shoot down all the targets as well. This went on and on for fifteen rounds. In the end, it was still a tie between them.

"You're really good at this," Athrun said.

"Thanks. You're really good yourself," Cagalli said.

"Oh, no! Its already five o'clock. I must go now to see Nicol," Athrun said while looking at his watch.

"But what about the disc?"

"It's okay you can take it. You don't have to pay me back," Athrun said as he ran out of the arcade.

"Thanks," Cagalli said but she wasn't sure that Athrun heard her.

She smiled while looking at the disc. It sure was nice to meet him and she hoped to meet him again. Then, she suddenly realized something.

"Oh no! Lacus! I've totally forgotten about her," Cagalli thought as she ran out of the arcade to find her best friend.

"Where could Cagalli be? Why does it take do long to buy some drinks? Don't tell me something bad happened to her," Lacus thought as she was starting to get worried.

Little does she know that there is someone staring at her with an evil grin on her face.

"That's her, the girl I want you to entertain," Flay said to two guys who were well-built.

"Oh, she's so pretty. This shouldn't be a trouble," the guys said.

"Remember to treat her nicely. And don't tell her I called you guys to go find her," Flay said as she walked away.

"Let's see who shall save you now, Lacus Clyne," Flay thought.

Lacus was busy thinking about Cagalli when she suddenly realized there was someone grabbing her by her arm.

"Who are you guys? Let me go!" Lacus said as she struggled to break free.

"Why are you so resistant? We are here to keep you company," one of the guys said as he put his arm around Lacus.

"Let me go, you jerk. Stop it!"

"We'll let you go. After we have some fun with you," the other guy said as he held Lacus's chin up.

"Let her go," a voice said from behind.

They turned around and saw Kira with a very angry look on his face.

"Who are you, twerp? What right do you have to interfere?"

"I am her boyfriend. So, of course I have every right to do so," Kira said.

Lacus felt very happy when she heard Kira said that. She was happy that Kira said she was his girlfriend and Kira was here to save her.

"Well, then we shall have fun with her first. Then, only we'll return her to you," the guy said.

Kira was so angry that he punched the guy until his nose bled. Then, a fight broke out. Obviously, the guys were beaten really badly by Kira. Kira was really well trained in combat. The guys were no match for him. They were even weaker than Cagalli.

The two guys ran away in fear.

Kira turned to Lacus and smiled at her.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Flay?"

"Well, after you left, I scolded Flay and left her. Then, I tried to find you."

"Oh, I see," Lacus said nonchalantly. But inside, she was very, very happy to hear that.

Kira sighed. "Look, Lacus, There's nothing between me and Flay. We're just friends. That's all," Kira said,

"Why are you explaining all this to me?"

"Because… because… I don't want you to misunderstand," Kira said with a smile.

Lacus smiled back at him. She felt happier after hearing what Kira said. At that time, Cagalli came running back to Lacus. She was panting heavily.

"La…Lacus…I'm so glad I found you. I'm really sorry I left you alone. Are you alright?"

"Oh, so its you that left her alone. Do you know she was almost attacked by two maniac guys?"

"Really? Where are the guys now? I'll beat the hell out of them for harassing my best friends," Cagalli said angrily.

Lacus smiled. "They left after being beaten up by Kira."

"Oh, then, they are lucky. If they dare to disturb you again, I'll hack them up into pieces and throw them into the deepest pieces."

Kira and Lacus laughed when they heard what Cagalli said. Cagalli was really happy to see Kira and Lacus making up to each other again.

Athrun, Nicol, Yzak and Dearka were walking together. They were going back to the Vesalius.

"So, you met anything interesting today?" Nicol asked.

Athrun smiled when he thought about Cagalli. He suddenly realized that he forgot to ask for her name. He would really want to meet her again.

"Yup. I met something really interesting today," Athrun said with a smile.

"Speaking of interesting, that scene over there is interesting. That girl, don't you think she looks like Lacus hime?" Yzak said.

Athrun looked over to the scene where there were Lacus sitting happily on the bench. But she wasn't alone. She was with… the blonde girl whom he met just now. Beside them was….Kira!

"Kira? What is he doing there? Why is Lacus with him? And who is that blonde girl?" Athrun thought as question began to pop out of his head.

How was it? I guess it was a wee bit longer than the rest of the chapters. But, you can tell me if there are any parts which are wrong. I'll gladly change it. For the next chapter, the title will be...The Fated Goodbye... Lacus is going to leave Kira as she has to go back to Orb. How will Kira take this goodbye? And Kira will have to fight with his best friend again. Read on the next chapter. Till then.