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Chapter Six

Meeting

Messiah City

Andrew's building

It had been almost four months since the battle of Oceania and Andrew couldn't get any word what so ever out at the time, but the fact was he had nothing to report. When the remainder of Gil's army returned after the battle there was practically nothing left. Andrew saw the defeat in Gil's eyes but he also saw the determination, and Andrew knew that it would be far from over, and he found that out soon, as Andrew had witnessed the Emperor send out countless messengers to somewhere he did not know. Andrew tried the best to determine where these messengers were heading but his tails could never stay with them, the closest they got was to the eastern shore, and then the trail vanished, it was determined that they were probably heading by boat somewhere, but that was all Andrew was able to get.

The messengers even returned but much later, and then Gil would always send them back out. Andrew tried countless times to get information but it was all useless. Gil was constantly behind closed doors and not many were seeing him as it was undetermined what he was up to. Andrew knew that their massive army was all but destroyed and that would be where Gil would start.

As the time went on Andrew was able to get some reliable information from Dacosta that the Emperor had set up a personal meeting with some representatives from parts unknown and that was all Andrew was able to gather. Andrew kept several of his people on watch for anything, and it wasn't long before he got a reply saying some people were coming in today, and Andrew needed to see them, and he wouldn't have to wait as he was sitting at his desk when Dacosta came rushing in.

"Sir it appears that they have arrived," Dacosta said as he rushed in.

Andrew looked up at him, "How many?"

Dacosta looked at him, "It appears to be about two sir, I have never seen anyone dressed like this before."

That spiked Andrews interest, "Alright, I will head to the castle and try to learn something, we haven't gotten word out in awhile so it would be nice to give the King something."

"I understand sir," Dacosta replied.

"Keep watch on them until they arrive at the castle," Andrew said as Dacosta did as he was told.

Andrew went into deep thought as he knew that Gil would eventually try something, it was interesting to see that he seemed to send for these people. Andrew got up and walked outside as he was preparing to head straight for the castle.

Dacosta did as he was told and went to catch up to these people, he was going to do as Andrew told him and keep watch on them until they reached the castle hopefully he would get some sort of information.

Messiah Castle

Courtyard

Andrew's four main helpers were in the courtyard like they have been for the past months. After Gil and the others returned after the Oceania battle, their owners appeared not to be concerned with them anymore and just left them their as they returned to their land. That was perfectly fine by them as they were just glad to be rid of them for the time being, but they were still slaves and still had to work the castle grounds, and that meant that they could go about doing work for Andrew. They were more than happy to be his ears around the castle grounds always reporting any information they were able to receive directly to him.

They were well aware of the Emperors constant doings of sending messengers out, but like with Andrew they were unable to find the direct cause. When Andrew last contacted them he told them he was expecting the Emperor to have visitors in the next few days and he wanted them to keep their eyes open, which they were doing. This was the day of the visitor's arrival and they were unaware of that fact, but they could tell something was going on through the guard's actions as they were basically ignoring the slaves most of the day, while preparing for something. The three were able to converse amongst each other while Luna soon joined in, she was supposed to be Andrews slave, so she was able to leave the castle grounds, and she was his number one go to for information in the castle.

"Any news yet?" Luna asked.

Shiho looked at her, "Nothing yet, but the guards are all acting very strange."

Luna looked around, "I can see your point, something must be going on today."

Meyrin looked at her sister, "Is their any word from Andrew on what to do?"

Luna looked at her, "Nothing yet, he has a lot of people on this matter, he wants to get something to finally be able to report back to the King."

Stellar looked at her, "I can't find anything that will help us on this matter, and I feel useless."

Luna looked at them, "Did you hear anything about the Emperor?"

All three looked at her and shook their heads; they haven't heard or seen anything from the Emperor in months.

They were about to have another talk when Andrew arrived at the castle.

Meyrin noticed him, "Andrew is here."

All three looked and Andrew noticed them as well. Andrew looked around the castle and noticed that the guards were busy focusing on something else. Andrew walked over to them, as they did the routine of acting like they were working. Andrew stopped by them and acted like he was scolding them to put up the act, not like the guards were paying attention, but Andrew just wanted to be sure.

"If you're here that means…" Luna said.

"That's right, Dacosta just reported to me apparently they are on their way here," Andrew said as he looked around again.

"What should we do now?" Shiho asked.

Andrew looked at them, "I will nose around the castle for awhile, and Dacosta will keep an eye on them, I need you four to just stay around here and listen to anything the guards say, any information at this point will be a use to us."

Shiho nodded her head in agreement.

"We will do what we can," Luna said.

Andrew smiled, "I really appreciate you girls with this help over the past few months, His Majesty will also be pleased."

They smiled.

"We really do what to help, besides it is the least we could do after the generation the King gave us," Meyrin said as they remembered when Kira offered them their freedom when he came and got Lacus, but they refused as they wanted to be of more help to him and ORB.

Andrew smiled again, "It is really appreciated, I have to head in now, keep your ears open," Andrew said as he started heading straight into the castle.

The four watched him head in and then they split up to hope and hear something from the guards.

Inside the Castle

When Gil returned from the last battle his army was all but destroyed, he walked into the castle and everyone avoided him the best they could as they knew he would not want to be bothered. Gil locked himself in his study as he didn't want to be bothered, Gil knew very well his army was gone and he would not be able to stand up to ORB's strength until he raised a new one, but that would take years. Gil also knew that his border was gone and ORB had even more land, and the resources that were on it, and that made him even worse. Gil looked over old document after document as he was trying to come up with something, but it would be impossible to raise a new army. Gil wouldn't give up as he became obsessed in raising a new army, Gil knew with the numbers it would be impossible to do it soon and he didn't want to wait so he came up with another idea, and that involved the people that were coming in today. Gil but his new idea into action and sent out the appropriate messengers, when they were responded to Gil immediately sent more out and that lead to the events that would happen today.

Throne Room

Gil was sitting on his throne as he was awaiting the people to arrive, Gil received word earlier that people were coming in today and he was eagerly awaiting for them to arrive. He was getting anxious as he waited.

"You just won't give up will you?" a voice said as Gil looked in the direction of the voice to see his Empress Talia.

Gil looked at her, "You know the answer to that, I will not stop until I get ORB's land."

Talia sighed, "You were almost brought to your own demise in that last battle, and you still try to achieve that goal."

Gil glared at her, "It will not stop until that lands is mine."

Talia glared at him, "How much more will you lose before you realize that what your doing will never happen, you are lucky the ORB King didn't fully advance into this land and destroy all of ZAFT, and now you push for an action that will more than likely bring that action on to us."

Gil smiled, "It won't happen now, after today I will get what I need and ZAFT will reign supreme in the future."

Talia sighed in disgust as she left the room leaving Gil alone, after a little while a guard rushed in and knelt.

"My Lord, they have arrived sir," the guard said.

Gil smiled, "Show them in," Gil replied as the guard rushed out and a few minutes later both doors opened and revealing what he wanted to see.

ZAFT

Dacosta did as Andrew said and he went to catch up with these two people heading in, Dacosta caught up with them a little ways out of the city as they had arrived from ship by one of ZAFT's harbors in the former Equatorial Union. Dacosta knew that the escort made of the Emperors two new main favorite people Rey and Shinn. Dacosta saw the escort and approached and spotted the two heading in and to his surprise they were young, they looked about the same age as Rey and Shinn, Dacosta approached and a guard alerted them.

"Sir, a figure up ahead," the guard said as Rey and Shinn looked at the figure.

"Identify yourself," Shinn said as he raised his sword.

Dacosta did and the two backed off as they knew of Andrew, "I am part of the Waltfeld unit, I am here to assist in the escort to the capitol," Dacosta said.

Shinn looked at him, "We weren't told of this."

Dacosta smiled, "I am just offering my assistance."

Shinn grew annoyed, and Rey stopped him.

"Enough, it doesn't matter, lets get this over with, let him come," Rey said as he wanted to get this over with and Shinn snarled but said no more.

The two figures eyed this man but said nothing, and Dacosta got a weird feeling from them, their clothes were very different, and some of their weapons were somewhat different.

They continued the escort until they reached Messiah.

City and Castle

The escort reached the Messiah City and the city guards instantly let them in. The city was not as secure as it once was, Andrew's unit had been assigned the entire city to guard, and that wasn't necessary bad for Andrew. Gil had no choice as he had to disbursed the remaining units around what was left of ZAFT. Though they lost a main territory it was still a pretty big area they had left. The city was a lot more at ease since Andrew's men took over the security, as most were loyal to his cause while the others had no choice but to follow their leader's commands.

They rode into the city and headed straight for the castle, Dacosta couldn't get over how young these two were, and that made things more suspicious, Rey and Shinn just did what they were told but they didn't have a good feeling about them either. They approached the castle and the Castle guard opened the gate and let them in. The two seemed fascinated with this city, as soon as they were all in the gate was closed.

Dacosta and the rest approached the castle entrance and that was were Dacosta stopped his escort, he excused himself and let the others go alone, as he would now just stand back and keep an eye on things. He was hoping to get a little more information, but those two haven't said as word yet, and now he had no choice but to leave things up to Andrew.

Luna and all of them got a look at them as they approached as well and they two were shocked at the age of these two. They were each in separate areas but they were keeping their guard up and their ears open.

Rey and Shinn led the two to the castle entrance and all got off their horses, Rey gave a nod to one of the guards and he immediately went in to inform the Emperor. Rey and Shinn got off their horses as did the other two.

"The Emperor is waiting," Rey said.

One looked at him, and nodded.

Shinn was growing tired of this guy, "Don't you two know how to talk?"

The other looked at him, "Our orders are to speak only to your Emperor, and you are not the Emperor."

Shinn grew angry but was stopped by Rey, "Let it go Shinn, the Emperor is waiting so lets go."

Shinn glared but followed him in; all four went into the castle while the others from the escort were left outside.

They went into the castle and the two looked intrigued as it was something they never saw before, they continued walking and looking until the guard approached them, the one Rey sent in earlier.

"The Emperor will see you now," the guard said as Rey nodded and they approached the throne room doors, the guards opened them and all four went inside.

Messiah Azeral's Estate

Things were a little different for Azeral throughout this time since the battle, he like Jibril couldn't risk getting word out, but he still had spies in ORB and he sent a letter to one of his agents before the battle of Oceania to bring him someone of interest. Azeral gave this order before the battle but the agent couldn't act on it until recently. Azeral knew that Jibril would contact him when he could, but he wanted to try something else to make their plan a success. Times were troubling but he wanted to be ready as soon as he got word. Azeral was in his estate when his guest had arrived.

Outside on the same day as the two arrived, the carriage carrying Flay finally arrived, Azerel got word of her thorough some sources and he heard about what happened to her, and he knew she could be of some use to him. The carriage stopped and the two slave traders stopped and got out, Flay was completely broken as she still couldn't get over the fact she was now a slave. The traders undid her shackles and started dragging her inside.

Flay started regaining her senses as she was in a fancy place, and immediately she started shouting and whining, making the traders wish she would lose her voice. Azeral heard about this and he immediately went to see what was going on. Azeral walked in and saw the two he sent to bring her back.

"Let me go this instant, I am not a slave, I should be a Queen, this is not fair…" Flay was shouting out as one of the traders was about to deck her to shut up but was stopped.

"That won't do," Azeral said as the traders stopped and looked at him, as did Flay.

"Sorry sir, she won't shut up," one trader said as he approached Flay.

Flay looked at him, "Who are you?"

Azeral smiled, "You shouldn't be disrespectful to your owner."

Flay frowned as was about to start whining.

"But you can change that if you will agree to give me your assistance," Azeral said as Flay looked at him very curiously.

"What are you talking about?" Flay asked.

Azeral smiled again, "You shall know in good time, now come," Azeral said as Flay and the traders followed him into the study.

Messiah Castle Throne Room

"My Lord, they have arrived sir," the guard said.

Gil smiled, "Show them in," Gil replied as the guard rushed out and a few minutes later both doors opened and revealing what he wanted to see.

Rey and Shinn walked in along with the other two and they walked up to the throne and stopped just below it as Rey and Shinn knelt but the other to do not.

"Get on your knees!" Rey shouted to them as they did nothing.

Gil looked at him, "That will be enough, that is not their custom," Gil said as Rey and Shinn said no more.

Gil then looked at the other two, "I am glad to see that he has responded to my proposal."

Now the two bowed.

"We are here in response to that Emperor," one said.

Gil looked at them, "You two are awfully young, but so are my knights at the moment," Gil said as he was referring to Rey and Shinn.

"Your right, but our age doesn't matter, I am called Sting," Sting said as he was in charge of this meeting.

The other looked up at Gil, "The name is Auel," Auel said as they were not showing much respect.

Rey and Shinn looked at each other, as they were completely weird names, not like they were used to hearing.

"Well then, I am glad you came, now lets get down to business, did he agree to my terms?" Gil asked.

Sting looked at him, "First things first Emperor, what is the status of your army?"

Gil hesitated for a second, this was a risk, but he wanted ORB badly, "I have just over one hundred thousand on full status," Gil lied a little bit, he actually had over one hundred and fifty thousand, but out of that only about eighty thousand were ready for combat, and the others were to inexperienced or the new young ones he forced into his ranks, but that was about all he could get for a long while.

Sting smiled, "Good enough, my leader wants to know again about the spoils."

Gil smiled, "It is like I promised, I will grant him the eastern part of ORB's lands," Gil said as he lied again.

Sting and Auel looked at each other, "My leader says as soon as you get a good two hundred thousand ready, he will grant you assistance and together we will crush ORB, those were his exact word," Auel added.

Gil didn't like that, two hundred thousand would take him a least a year to raise, but three years to be battle ready, and Gil didn't want to wait that long. Gil quickly got a plan in his head.

"Very well, I will accept your leaders conditions, I will have the number in one year," Gil said.

Sting frowned, "He said battle ready not just the number."

Gil smirked, "That was what I meant, I will have the knights by then, just make sure you have your warlor…soldiers as well."

Auel looked at him, "We will have our numbers by then, one more thing make sure you hear this, the leader said if you cross us we will take your nation next, we know very well that you are in dire position which is why you contacted us, and we could use that section of ORB's land, just make sure to make the right decisions."

Gil never took kindly to threats, but this time he would play along, "That goes the same for you, you may have the numbers, but your people don't know about our kind of warfare, which will still put you at a dire disadvantage, only by us combining will we be able to get what both of our nations need."

Sting and Auel knew that was true, they couldn't stand up to the tactics of ORB and ZAFT alone and that was why they would never try this before, only now would they get what their nation needed, ZAFT was mostly a cold region, but ORB had perfect weather and a lot of resources, something their nation desperately needed, which is why they agreed to help ZAFT.

Rey and Shinn didn't like this the Emperor just aligned to a nation that they never even heard of, they had no idea where these two were from or who their leader was, but all Rey really wanted was the ORB King, so this wouldn't matter to him.

"The terms are agreed upon then, we will present them to the leader, and then await your next message, and the leader said do not contact us until you are ready to attack, we cannot afford to have ORB's wrath on are nation alone, so do not contact us until then and in the meantime we will be preparing."

Gil smiled, "It is in agreement then, it shouldn't take longer than a year, but you never know…I will have my people escort you back."

Sting looked at him, "No need, we know are way back." they said as they bowed and left the throne room.

Rey and Shinn stood up and Gil stopped them, "You two wait a minute."

They did what the Emperor said.

Gil looked at them, "I will soon send for Joule and Elsman, I want you two here when that happens."

Rey and Shinn looked at each other and then just agreed as they left the room, Gil watched as they left and he knew a year wait was long, but it would take up to five if he had to rebuild his army completely and he wasn't going to wait. Gil agreed to the alliance of a nation he wasn't telling anyone about yet, and offered them half of ORB's land, but that would only work until he re-raised his army, then he would turn and take all of it, but he wanted ORB gone first and that was all he was thinking about.

Sting and Auel walked out of the castle and got on the horsed leaving, while the others who were on watch saw everything and they had very little to report, Andrew was in the castle and he saw them but that was all he got, and he cursed as he wanted something more to report.

Logos

In Logos the figure that had been waiting there was doing the best to familiarize themselves with all of ORB, they knew that this should have been done long ago but that was in the past. The figure was reading up on everything Jibril had when he finally returned back to Logos, Jibril went through the night to reach Logos, he knew he had to get everything he needed done soon, and he figured it would only take a few months, he hoped.

The figure saw Jibril enter the study and stood up.

"I see your back," the figure said.

Jibril smiled, "I wasn't able to get what I really wanted, but I did inform the council you would be arriving in a few months."

The figure smiled, "Than we should get to work."

Jibril looked at them, "You know this is sheer luck about your situation, and it seems to a little like fate, but that should be the best thing for us to make this work."

The figure smiled as they knew what he was talking about, "I guess this will makes things easier then."

Jibril smiled, "Now we have to start right away, I will shape you on everything, and then I will present you to the King, but we will go over all that later."

The figure smiled, "Good I want to know everything, and I will make sure not to fail."

Jibril smiled again, "That is good to hear My Lady."

Onogoro Castle

Things were no different for Kira and Lacus; they were currently in their chamber having a few things moved. Kira had his arms wrapped around Lacus and placed his one hand in hers and his other on her stomach, Lacus leaned back as she saw what the staff was doing. Merna was watching as well and she thought their idea was strange but she respected them more for it.

They were watching as the staff was placing a very fancy cradle towards their bed, along with a few other pieces of furniture. Kira and Lacus were insistent that for awhile when they had their baby it would remain with them, Kira and Lacus decided they would do all the parenting and would not let the nannies do all of it. This made Merna sad, but she was happy when they agreed she would be one of the only ones to help with care.

"This is truly a wonderful idea My Lady," Merna said.

Lacus looked at her as the staff finished, "We really want to be the ones to care for our baby, but of course you will get to help Ms. Merna."

Merna smiled again as she could tell Lacus was excited about having this baby, but she was still in for a long wait. Kira was as well, but he knew he wouldn't be able to be around as much as he had the country to run, but he would make sure to make the time necessary for both Lacus and their child. Lacus understood that and she knew Kira would do what he could, so she was happy.

They finished placing everything in and left with Merna, and Kira and Lacus walked over to it.

Lacus looked at everything as Kira watched her as he approached her, "I am glad everything is to My Ladies liking," Kira said as he kissed her softly.

Lacus blushed, and after about a minute they parted from it, "I am glad you like the idea about keeping our baby with us in the same room for awhile," Lacus said as she was looking forward to being a mother.

Kira smiled, "I believe it will be good for our child, but I think we should prepare its other room for later."

Lacus looked at him, "I didn't even think of that, where will our child be staying?" Lacus said as she knew the baby would be with them for its young first months but then they would have to move it to another room.

Kira smiled again, "Shall I show you," Kira said as he kissed her again this time it was a lot more passionate, Lacus melted into it and about after three minutes, she slowly backed away from it.

Lacus looked into his eyes, "Maybe later," she whispered as she kissed him again.

Kira didn't object as he kissed her back, as he would show her a little later.

To be continued…

(AN): I hope you liked this chapter, the next one will be up soon, I will be switching back to my other story after about two more chapters, Bye for now.