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The Next Day
Dearka and Yzak were at the breakfast table surrounded by Team Saber and Team Archer. "This week, will be basically free days except for a few events every night that you must attend, and tomorrow you will be doing some operational jobs to your Gundams according to the PLANT Supreme Council," Dacosta announced after everyone had finished with breakfast. Everyone was surprised except Dearka and Yzak.
"We have the day off! We can go shopping and see the sights. It's been so long since we've been to Orb" Lunamaria beamed. Everyone went outside and headed towards the military transportation. Mu grabbed Dearka and Yzak and lead them to the Archangel.
"Why did you bring us here?" Yzak shouted in protest.
"Cause Kira asked for you guys"
"Kira? What could he want with us?" Dearka wondered
Mu let go of them as they entered the ship, the interior as well as the exterior was almost identical to the original Archangel. He led them to the bridge and entered.
"Hey Kira I brought them"
"Oh Mu!" Kira and a PLANT Supreme Council member, who was there, turned around to see them. "Thanks for bringing them. Yzak Dearka, I realize this is a day off but PLANTS Supreme Council member Amalfi wants to speak to you two" Kira said.
"I'm glad to see you two are in good health," said Amalfi
"Same to you, sir." Dearka said gently, remembering the death of Nicol Amalfi, the council member's son.
"I apologize for brining bad news so early but the Orbital Federation is planning to declare war on the Alliances (*ZAFT, Earth, Orb, Eurasia, African*).
"The Orbital Federation?" they all said together
"Yes, they had a coup d'etat. The new leader, is also the leader of Blue Cosmos and Neo Genesis, Viscount Djibril"
"Djibril?" Yzak as well as the other seemed confused.
"Viscount Djibril is the brother of Lord Djibril, the two fractions joined together under him. We aren't too sure on the details but the official statement of their cause is that they want the elimination of Coordinators and their supporters" Amalfi looked as if he was worried. "But ZAFT isn't sure when they will strike or declare war so only high-ranked Officers are being informed so that they will be able to make preparation without causing a stir in the troops"
Dearka sighed, "So we don't really have the week off?"
"Dearka keep your trap shut!" Yzak shouted. Dearka just sighed.
Amalfi chuckled a little "Looks like you guys never change…I have to inform the others as well" As he was leaving he placed a hand on Dearka's and Yzak's shoulder and said "have some fun today!" He left.
Kira decided that it would be best to get all the preparations done as quickly as possible since the situation was unpredictable.
"You should take the day off Kira, none of us really have that many repairs to do and strategies can only be made if we have all the information. Besides I'm sure that if a war starts up, you wouldn't be able to see Ms. Clyne too often" Dearka seemed calm.
"You're right, it's been a while since Lacus and I have spent time together outside of military occasion" Kira smiled and left.
"I think you boys should go to the city, we'll be in space fighting for a long time" Mu threw a pair of keys to Dearka. "It's the blue one in front of the Archangel, be careful and bring it back in one piece" Mu pushed them out of the bridge and told them to go. Yzak was mad and was about to head towards Morgenroete when Dearka grabbed Yzak's hand and headed towards the blue car.
"Let go off me!"
"You heard Mu, he said we'll be fighting for a while, so we should enjoy ourselves" Yzak was still struggling when they got to the car. Dearka opened the passenger side door and let Yzak get in. Then Dearka and Yzak headed towards the city. They went to Brontus's hill since that was they best place for relaxing. They sat under a shady tree and watched the people and city area that the hill over looked. Dearka lied down on his back (with his hands under his head). I didn't get enough sleep last night; maybe I should take a nap. Dearka slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
A FEW HOURS LATER
"You idiot how could you fall asleep?" Yzak shouted as they ran into Morgenroete correcting his collar.
"You were sleeping as well" Dearka said back as the reached the crowded meeting area. Yzak just grunted.
NEXT MORNING DURING BREAKFAST
"What should we do today Shinn?" said Lunamaria
Shinn's voice was serious and he was noticeable sad "We should be with the ship. Today is the first year anniversary after…" Shinn said almost losing his composiur. "…after the Captain and Rey…." Lunamaria's smile disappeared as she remembered, tears appearing in her eyes. (*Rey and the Captain of the Minerva died in the final battle of GS Destiny, Shinn and Luna were crewmembers of the Minerva*) There was silence in the room as everyone in the room remembered the events of the Second Bloody Valentine War.
"Luna, lets go to the Lucedia. I'm sure everyone will be happy to see us" Shinn grabbed Luna's hand and headed towards the door. They gave a quick salute and exited.
"Hey wait you two! We have work to do!" shouted Treize but he was too late.
Dearka sighed "Dacosta, Treize I believe the Eternal and the Aegovan arrived this morning in Orb, you should go." Dacosta and Trieze looked towards Dearka who was standing by the food counter.
"But Commander what about our orders" Dacosta asked.
"You should be with your comrades today since everyone lost someone during the wars" Yzak said slowly. Dacosta and Treize left after cleaning up their food.
"What should we be doing?" Dearka walked up behind Yzak and leaned over his head to look at Yzak's reaction. Yzak looked up to see Dearka smiling down at him.
"We lost people in the war too, like Nicol and Rusty"
"Lets go then, shall we?" Dearka stood straight and offered a hand to Yzak.
"Go where?" Yzak was a little confused
"There were three memorial marker by the shore, one of them was for ZAFT and the PLANTS" Dearka waited for Yzak who was debating whether to go or not when Dearka took Yzak's hand and pulled him to the door "There's no point thinking about it, Orb is an ally" They went and took a ZAFT military car to the shore. The sky was getting dark.
"Looks like a storm is coming" said Dearka as they walked towards the markers. Yzak seemed to get sadder as they approached the markers. They saluted the other grave markers, which only had a few people were there. The ZAFT grave marker had a single man, who was probably in his 30s, standing in front of it. "Captain Joule! I knew you would be here"
"Deputy Lowerus!" Yzak said shocked. The Deputy walked to meet them, he was holding an envelope. Dearka recognized the man, he had seen him on the CIC of the Marcross Frontier.
"I need to discuss something with you, now" the Deputy looked serious. "The mission you gave me, I found out some important facts" Yzak told Dearka to wait there while he went a distance away and discussed some issue with the Deputy. Then a few minutes later he returned without the Deputy and a serious look on his face. Then they both saluted the marker, remembering all of the comrades that they had lost. They then stood in silence.
"We are gonna be in another war soon." Yzak said slowly. Then he turned to face Dearka. The wind became loud and violent and heavy rain began. "I want to know, why did you go to Carpenteria?"
"Why are you asking me out of nowhere?"
"Deputy Lowerus brought some interesting information to me about Carpenteria. So, why did you go to Carpenteria?"
"Yzak…" Dearka looked down trying to decide whether to tell Yzak or not.
"No Dearka I don't want to hear your stupid excuses"
Dearka sighed and looked Yzak straight in the eyes "I was under orders from…..former PLANT Supreme Council Member Ezalia Joule"
"My mother?" Yzak began shaking. "Why would my mother do that?"
"I don't really know her motives for it"
"I want to know what happened, I want to known everything"
"My mission was to recover a mobile suit from Neo Genesis"
"WHAT?"
"The mobile suit, its equipped with …….nuclear fire power capable of destroying a city in one blast" Yzak seemed shocked by this
"Why would they build something like that?"
Dearka continued "They were planning to use it on the PLANTS and Orb, the mobile suit is one of a kind so when I stole it, the threat was gone"
"Deputy Lowerus told me that when you were here last you only spent a short time on Carpenteria, what were you doing all that time?"
"I was asked by my father to stay home for a bit, the anniversary of the death of my mother happened to be that month. But my father, he was in a bad state so I stayed at home the entire time until….my father was killed"
"Dearka?" Yzak was stunned, he began to slowly moved towards Dearka but stopped when he began speaking again
"He was killed by the GAT-X34K Chimera trying to save me. I should have died not my father!" Dearka had tears down his face. Yzak placed his arms around him and let him cry silently on his shoulder. Then they sat down by the cliffs and talked about everything, from the lost friends and times on the battlefield to the academy.
"I'm going to destroy those two mobile suits the Chimera and the Pegasus"
"The Pegasus? Why would you want revenge on that machine?"
"I would have thought that you already knew why Yzak"
"I have a guess ….its because it took out half of the Duel right?" Dearka began laughing he learned over to Yzak also to the point where he was about to kiss him when suddenly he hugged him. Yzak seemed confused struggling under him.
"Dearka!…." he finally hugged back "We have to go back before the memorial ceremony starts!" Yzak said when he realized the time. Dearka got up and offered a hand to Yzak, who took it to help himself up. They went back to Morgenroete to change into their uniforms……………
