Gundam Seed Destiny

Gundam Seed Neko Valkyr

Writer: Asheron Karuma

DONT OWN

Yay time for the next chapter, id like to thank everyone who reviewed for their effort in responding to the story, I am feeling really excited about writing this story right now whoo!


"How long until they get in reach of Meteor?"

"Object is moving at high speed, will reach firing range within 30 seconds..."

Lacuss frowned as she turned her gaze back forward, the piloting room was quiet, all beside the whispers from the crew and scientists investigating the current position and speed of the meteor, the room was dark and only the screens of the computers lid things up, Lacus was worried though, worried for Kira and worried for the many people down on Earth

It was several weeks before that she got a report of a meteor passing by Earth, it was nothing of a real threat at the time, it would simply pass by once every 500 years, or so they said, that was until several days ago, when it mad a drastic turn and started to head to Earth, the meteor was big enough to destroy the entire planet and Plant with it, it was then that she decided to take drastic measures, non of the other countries were still willing to work together, they were supposed to meet this evening in Orb but due the drastic circumstances the meeting was cancelled and a emergency plan was made, she had taken off with Eternal, informing Kira about the meteor as soon as she heard that it was heading down to Earth, Athrun however was unreachable until several hours before, she did not wanted to call her, Kira would've been able to finish this threat alone but Kira insisted that Athrun were to come, mostly because he had to know about the situation at hand and what way better than in the battle itself, Kira also wanted Shinn to join their side, but when Athrun showed up he had told Kira that it wasn't the best choice to make at the moment

"Lacuss..."

Lacuss blinked, she had been thinking too much for the moment, quickly she turned to one of her crew members, who quickly turned to her and spoke

"10 second until firing range!"

"Meteor Battleship Grade Beam cannons, ignition!"

Kira and Athrun both nodded as they both activated the Meteor's beam cannons, they had been upgraded for just this once, mostly because it was their best way to attack the huge meteor, Meteor held enough firepower to overcome any battle but to destroy a thing of this mass it required more than just this, much to their relief the other countries gave them permission to upgrade it but only to destroy the upgrades afterwards, if it were to fall into the wrong hands things could get drastically out of control and to make sure that no country was too overpowered Lacuss agreed on the destruction of Meteor's upgrade, Athrun sighed as he heard the beam cannons load up, a soft buzzing sound ringed through the cockpit as he saw energy forming in the cannons

"8 seconds until firing range!"

"7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Launch!"

Both pilots pressed the firing button and were caught back from the massive force that released from the two beam cannons, as both stabilised their position they could see 4 energy beams heading to the meteor, both hoped it would be enough to overcome this threat and destroy the rock once and for all, back in Eternal the crew was observing the speed of the 4 beams, the meteor and beams were simulated on a screen, together with the meteor's course, a small count down was shown between the two, it would turn to zero once both of them collided, however it was when the counter hit 4 seconds that a red light started to burn

"Abnormal movement detected from Object one! It changed course!"

Lacuss grinded her teeth as she turned to her colleagues

"Reload Meteor Beam cannons for second fire!"

"Too late!"

"Target hit!"

back in outer space Kira and Athrun already noticed that the meteor had changed course, when the four beams hit the target it still left a large piece in tact and several smaller ones that started to speed up due the impact, both quickly evaded the smaller pieces taking out as many as possible that was until Athrun informed Kira that they had to focus on the larger piece because it was still capable of destroying a large part of the planet, the smaller ones would burn up and disappear while the larger one would still crash into the atmosphere, both of them quickly loaded up Meteor's boosters and launched themselves towards the larger piece and as they got close within range they let lose Meteor's missile launchers, the small rockets quickly made their way across the surface blowing up the larger piece into smaller ones and as the centre passed them Kira let out a last blast from his rail guns and plasma cannons destroying the larger pat, both were exhausted when the battle ended and worried about the damage it would bring to the lower world, the smaller pieces of debris glowed up as they entered Earth's atmosphere, giving off a small light show in various different colours and the two units made their way back to Eternal...


Shinn's ear stirred as his eyes slowly opened, it wasn't the sound of the radio that had awakened him but something else, he heard something and as slow as his ears started to rise up he sat up, he looked at the small alarm clock next to his bed and it almost amazed him that it was almost 12 o'clock, his ears bounced again when he heard a knock on the door then without hesitation he quickly ducked under the covers to hide them as he saw the door being opened, when he looked up he saw Athrun in the doorway looking at him rather confused and astonished, after a short gaze Shinn wrapped the covers further around himself and gave Athrun a look that expressed a question for his arrival, Athrun however crossed his arms and walked right into the room, stepping over the several empty dishes that lay down on the floor, Shinn simple glanced and made sure that his ears or tail weren't exposed, he clutched the blankets tight around his head as he saw the youth walk past him to the radio and yawned when Athrun turned it off, it was then that he remembered what was in fact going on in the outside world and that he still had questions to ask regarding the situation at hand, Athrun still had his back turned to Shinn as he began to speak

"You're a real sleepy head you know that... be sure to take those dishes back to the kitchen before you eat breakfast, I already made some, it's getting cold..."

"Why don't you just bring it here?"

"Because I didn't take you here to rot away in a room like you were doing back on Plant..."

Shinn grunted as he tightened his grip around the blankets that surrounded him...

"Why... Why didn't you say anything...?"

Shinn mentally cursed himself when he heard these words slipping his mouth, it wasn't because of the question it was because of the way his voice had sounded, almost pleading in some sense and sad... something he never wanted to show to anyone...

"You weren't feeling well the last coupe of days... I figured it would be better for you to rest rather to get inside a cockpit and fight, it wouldn't do any good for you anyway... you cant adjust to normal life because of the war, for this reason I am not letting you back inside a cockpit either..."

With that Athrun left, leaving Shinn to ponder to himself angrily because of the older teen's decision, right before Athrun left however he turned once more and said:

"Breakfast is ready, get up..."

With that he closed the door behind him which moments later collided with Shinn's pillow...


moments later Shinn came downstairs for breakfast, Cagalli was nowhere to be found, much to Shinn's delight, she would be the last person he would want to see, Shinn sat down at the large table as he looked at the food that stood before him, it reminded him a little of home, and before he even realised what he was doing he was lost in thoughts again, until Athrun walked into the room with a package of orange juice and slowly filled Shinn's cup as well as his own, immediately his gaze fell on the hat Shinn was wearing again and he sighed as he sat down...

"Again that hat..."

He raised the cup to his mouth and started to drink as he glanced at Shinn who was glaring at him for his comment...

"It's just an opinion..."

an with that he turned his attention to the newspapers, who's headlines of course was filled with reports of the meteor sightings, several larger pieces had indeed spread out over the planet, but no major damage was done, which was sort of a relief as he thought of the terror that Junius 7 had brought them, he looked up again at Shinn who had started eating, although he tried to do it very formal, it was obvious to Athrun that Shinn wasn't comfortable with the situation and he became annoyed by the way the youth was handling himself

"You don't have to be so formal... you can act like yourself if you want to..."

Shinn looked up surprised and for a moment Athrun thought he saw movement coming from the hat but he quickly shook it off as Shinn started to eat in a more common way and started to sip more of his juice before he continued to talk

"You used to live here on Orb right..."

"You know I used to live here on Orb, it's a fact... you say as if you weren't sure about it..."

"Where did you live?"


It was later that afternoon that Athrun and Shinn were walking down the streets of the outer neighbourhoods, as Athrun looked in front of him he could see Shinn feeling agitated about the whole situation, however Athrun thought it would be good for the youth to come back to the place, to be able to say goodbye to the house he used to grew up in, mostly because Athrun already knew where Shinn lived, he had looked up that information when he was on Eternal, he had asked Lacuss to look it up for him and she had given him the information about Shinn's life in Orb, however the neighbourhood was almost abandoned and was soon to be demolished, if there was a time to visit the place it would be now before it disappeared from the ground, at some point Shinn stopped walking and Athrun walked up to him, looking to his left he could see a small two story house, the windows were mostly sealed off with wooden planks but several windows remained, iron fences surrounded the building and the garden was filled with weeds, Athrun looked at Shinn who had a mere expression of terror on his face as he saw the fences and the state of his previous home, Athrun put his hand on the youth's shoulder and looked at the youth amazed as tears fell down his cheeks, Athrun felt slightly uncomfortable at this sight, Shinn had always looked like a strong person, an angry person but deep inside he was crying, before he even knew what he was doing he whipped one of the tears of the youth's cheek who in return turned around and pressed himself into Athrun's chest where he started to cry more loudly, Athrun merely placed his hand on the youth's back and slightly rubbed it as he reassured him that everything would be alright

As time went on both of them settled down on a small crumbled wall just outside the house, Athrun had moved away the fences so that both of them could slip inside, first they had walked through the small house, Athrun had to hold Shinn's hand the entire time, mostly because the youth felt frightened to come back to such a place and because he was constantly shaking, several lose objects were still spread out over the floor, most of them were broken but Shinn had found a small crumbled photo of himself and his family, something he had thought he lost when he left to Plant, the back held a short message from one of his family members

Remember that I will always love you

Shinn was still holding it in his hands as he still looked at the happy faces of his family, Athrun had looked at it as well and finally realised that Shinn had a younger sister, not only that he realised that Shinn looked quite different in the picture, mostly because his face now showed more secrecy and sadness than back in those cheerful times, Shinn noticed Athrun looking over his shoulder and both slowly started to talk

"Did you know... that my mother would never allow me to sit on this wall... mostly because she was afraid it would break some day... silly isn't it..."

Shinn tried to laugh but only found that new tears had started to form in his eyes, he wanted to rub them away but for some reason never found the energy to raise his hand, instead Athrun stepped in and whipped the tears of Shinn's face, Shinn slowly turned to Athrun and looked at him, it felt nice that Athrun was doing these things, it made him feel warm inside but also cold, cold because he was still confused on wetter Athrun was involved with Cagalli or maybe because he thought the youth was doing this to pity him, something he clearly hated deep within, inside he felt it wasn't right to ask such questions but he had to know... for the sake of his own feelings...

"Ano... Athrun, what is your relationship with... Cagalli..."

Athrun removed his hand from Shinn's face before he started to laugh slightly, he turned back to the youth and smiled, Shinn's eyes widened in astonishment, the smile expressed such kindness and warmth it looked so beautiful in Shinn's eyes

"We're good friends and partners really... why? Did you think otherwise?"

Shinn quickly turned his gaze to the ground and blushed deeply as he started to nervously respond, he could feel that his tail wanted to stick out, but kept it under firm control not to let that happen...

"No..."

Athrun just laughed


On the other side of the island however a figure started to make his way out of the ocean and onto the beach, he looked slightly human but still it seemed that something as off, his movements were stiff and almost robotic as he looked up to the sky, he was wearing normal casual clothing, however it was ripped on his side and covered with blood, it was also soaked due to the water but he did not care about the state he was in, instead he looked up and sniffed the air, then slowly his mouth opened and he smiled showing the rows of sharp shark like teeth before he spoke with a almost inhuman voice

"Finally, I found you"