Author's Notes: Maa… Really sorry if it took a while… I'll only be able to post two chapters for now. Maa… My files are now lost in the virtual realm (aka our computer sorta kinda crashed) and I lost maybe two precious chapters of this fic. --;; Oh well… At least I was able to find a back up file or else the whole story would have gone up in virtual smoke. (",)


Rei scrambled to get off the shuttle as quickly as she could. She wants every minute spent in the Plants to be as fruitful as it could possibly be. She is not going to waste it in the space shuttle!

But come to think of it, the space shuttle is interesting as well, maybe she should hang back and ask the pilots on how it works-

She accidentally bumped onto the old woman that sat next to her on the shuttle.

"Oh…! I'm sorry…!" Rei started to bend down to get the old woman's things.

"No!" The woman shouted and picked up her things. She then turned and left abruptly.

'Wha-…?' Rei tilted her head to the side. The old woman looked like she was running away from her. Why…?

Then she remembered and chuckled. She couldn't blame the old lady. The whole trip, she kept staring outside the window.

It wouldn't have been the problem if she was sitting BY the window…

But she was sitting by the AISLE, so everytime she'd get excited and glue her face to the window; she would startle the old lady.

'So this is how the Plants look like…' She thought. She was BEYOND excited. Her parents let her go alone (a miracle already), and she can stay for a week with Yzak's family. She wondered how THEIR house looks like.

She followed the others to what looked like an immigration area and saw that ZAFT soldiers were in charge. When it was her turn, one of the men suddenly looked at her suspiciously after checking the computer.

"Excuse me, Miss? Are you a Natural?" He asked. In her opinion, it was in a bit of a rude tone.

"Um… Why, yes. Is there anything wrong…?" She asked politely and smiled.

"Could you step towards the office for a minute?"

"Office…? What office? W-wait…!" She protested when they took her belongings.

About ten minutes later…

Rei looked around the white, spotless room. It was perfectly square. She wondered if they did it on purpose. After all, some believe that by constructing the environment a certain way, the mind and behavior of a person could follow. Maybe that's what they were thinking at the time.

'Maybe they want me to 'come clean'.' She joked to herself. She would have laughed too, if those weird ZAFT soldiers would only stop glaring at her. Why were they glaring at her anyway…?

She saw the brown-haired soldier approach the blond haired one. She heard him ask, "Hey, is it true she's a Natural?"

The blond-haired soldier nodded and replied without even bothering to lower his voice. "Yeah. Why do all of these Naturals keep coming here? They are not welcome even if it's legal for them to come here. I'm telling you we should restrict them some more!"

'I see… So that's why.'

She gave a small smile. It wasn't a smile of joy, just a smile when a person realizes something.

That 'something' not necessarily 'good'.

A superior officer came in. He gave the other soldiers 'a look' and didn't even address her.

Rei stood up. "Um, Sir…"

"Sit down." The man barked.

"Alright..."

"Reinaria… Rosenberg, huh? Why does that name sound familiar…?" He muttered mostly to himself.

What did it matter? She's just another Natural that he could scare into coughing up some money.

He sat down at the chair across from her.

"Could you tell us what you're doing here? From the records, this is the first time you've been to the Plants. Any particular reason for coming here?"

She calmly placed her hands on the table. "Well, you sure don't waste time, do you? I came to visit my friend."

"Your friend?"

"Yeah, sure. Yzak."

"Yzak? You mean Minister Joule?"

"Yes. What about it?"

"Hm…" The man eyed her suspiciously.

"Huh?"

"How do we know you're not lying?"

Rei gave a nonchalant shrug. "…You don't."

"What!"

"Hey, Mister. Honestly, you don't have the right to keep me here just because I'm a Natural. Oh? You think I wouldn't know? What's with that look? If you know what's good for you, you should be fair in doing your job, don't you think so?"

"What do you mean by that! Is that a threat, young lady?"

"No. I'm just being logical."

"Why you…!" He started to stand up.

"What? Are you going to attack me just because I reprimanded your behavior? I suggest you think carefully about what you're going to do in the next five minutes… SIR." She saluted him with an eyebrow raised.

"Stubborn, good-for-nothing Natural." The man grumbled as he left his chair and headed for the door. It doesn't matter if he got any cash from her or not! He just wanted to get away from her! This Natural talks too much!

"We must all be good for something if we're alive." Rei countered coolly.

"You two! Get her out of here already!" The man barked at the two other soldiers in the room.

"Yes sir!" The two saluted.

"Yes sir!" Rei echoed and saluted as well. She smirked as she waved goodbye at the man.

"Hey." The soldier with brown hair called to her as she was gathering her things.

"Yes?" She just smiled politely. She really wasn't in the mood for talking.

"Is it true that you're friends with that stiff?"

"…'Stiff'…?"

"Yeah, you know, that Mama's boy, Yzak."

Rei's eyebrow twitched. "'Mama's boy'?"

The other soldier with blond hair laughed. "Yeah, he's such a Mama's boy. That's probably the only reason why he's in the High Council in the first place."

"Yeah!" The two soldiers laughed.

"I never thought he'd have friends other than Dearka. Especially a pretty girl like you." The soldier with blond hair lifted her chin to make her look at him.

She merely stared back at him, making him look away. He probably got the message.

"He's the same age as us, but acts like a big shot. Hmph!" The brown-haired soldier shouted.

"I hope he gets involved in some scandal! Or be embarrassed in front of everyon in the High Council!"

"Yeah!"

"Hey, you two." Rei called.

"What?"

"Huh?"

With one stroke she was able to slap the two, who were standing side by side. With a backhand she slapped them on their other cheeks.

"I won't let you two insult my friend in front of me."

"Why you!" The blond haired guy roared.

"You'll pay for this!"

"Just because you're jealous of him doesn't give you the right to insult him. You don't even know Yzak." She replied calmly.

"Oh right… And I'm sooo suuurre YOU do…!" The brown haired soldier shouted.

"Yeah! I didn't think he would have a preference for Natural girls!"

They started laughing maniacally.

SLAP!

SLAP!

"You can't assault a ZAFT soldier!"

"'Assault'…? All I did was slap two clowns a little."

"What did you say!"

"You asked for it!"

"You better think about what you're going to do in the next five minutes." She declared. "I don't want to fight but I will NOT hesitate to defend myself."

"You're just like that Yzak loser! So obnoxious!"

"We'll see who's going to be obnoxious later, Natural! After we destroy that pretty face of yours!" The blond-haired guy threatened. "You're going to be soo sorry you even touched us!"

After fifteen minutes…

Rei calmly closed the door and headed for the exit. It took longer than she'd wanted.

How can those people think like that about someone?

How could they insult him?

She just dismissed the fact that she insulted her as a Natural, because she knew that they were still traumatized after the war.

But to insult a comrade because of jealousy?

What a bunch of fools!

She slowed down a bit. In her anger, she did not even realize that she was in the middle of the crowd already.

Actually, the CENTER of the crowd might be a more proper description…

She was standing alone, with the rest of the crowd gathered around her. It might look like there was an invisible circular barrier separating her from the others. They were looking at her apprehensively and backing away whenever she would look at them.

'Oops… I didn't know I was emitting DEATH already. Geez…' She thought with a sweat drop.

How long has it been since she got this angry?

'Come to think of it, I don't recall ever being this angry…'

She took it as a personal insult when they started saying those hurtful things.

'When they insulted him, it's like… my heart… they were piercing my heart with those mindless comments… I don't know why…'

"Rei!" Yzak's voice snapped her back. She searched for the familiar silver hair and finally spotted him standing near the exit. She immediately forgot about her fury and had to smile. He had on one of those trademark looks of his again--one of his annoyed looks--as he maneuvered through the crowd to get to her.

'He's probably thinking something like, "Argh! How can there be so much people? Argh! Don't come NEAR ME!" right now.'

'Argh! How can there be so much people? Argh! Don't come NEAR ME!' Yzak thought grumpily as he passed through the wall of people exiting the terminal. He searched for Rei again.

'There she is.'

She was smiling at him. "Hi Yzak."

"Sorry I was late picking you up. You didn't have any difficulties, did you…?"

"No. I didn't." She shook her head. "But I think I broke my umbrella while I was getting off..." She muttered to herself.

Meanwhile, in the 'white room'…

The superior officer finally realized who Reinaria ROSENBERG was. She is the daughter of ROBIEN ROSENBERG, arenowned businessman. He hurriedly went back to apologize before she left or else HE'D get fired. When he arrived, he was surprised to find his two soldiers piled on top of each other in the middle of the room, unconscious. They had red marks on their cheeks like they've been hit by a narrow weapon. The table and chairs were overturned but not as damaged as the two.

He kicked the two imbeciles to try to wake them up. The blond-haired soldier stirred and scrambled up to his feet when he saw that it was his superior.

"What in blazes happened here!"

"Uh… Sir…"

"What happened to Ms. Rosenberg?"

"Ms. Rosenberg? The 'good-for-nothing-Natural'?"

"Don't call her that!"

"But you said-"

"Forget what I said! Where is she!"

Silence.

"OH NO! SHE MUST HAVE HAD A BODYGUARD WITH HER! HE BEAT YOU TWO UP, DIDN'T HE!"

"…R-right…! That's right! He was a really big man, Sir!" 'Better a big man beating us up than some Natural GIRL…'

"Oh no…! I have to apologize right away…! Or else I'll get fired…! Who was she going to meet again?"

"Yzak Joule, the stiff." The blond-haired man muttered.

"What? Did you say stiff?"

'Uh-oh… I might get into more trouble.' "Uh… I said, sniff, sir."

"Sniff…?"

"Yes sir. Yzak Joule, sniff."

He looked at the beaten up soldier for a moment like he's gone crazy or something. But he had more important things to worry about. He would directly call Minister Ezaria Joule so that he wouldn't have to deal with her son. Knowing him, he would most likely go on some rampage because his friend was treated badly. At least with his mother, maybe… maybe he might have a better chance of keeping his job.

"Well what are you waiting for? Wake your comrade up and head for the infirmary! Bunch of fools! Why did you let her leave when I haven't even apologized yet!"


Author's Notes:

The title, "So Much Unfairness of Things" is from the short story of the same title by C. D. B. Bryan.


Now regarding my reviews (Sorry if it's in the bottom of the page… It was too long the other readers might get mad :P)

To Yzak Lover Extrodinaire-san:

Hello there! Thank you for your reviews. :) I really appreciate them and i'm glad someone actually reads this story.(",) Well, anyway, about your reviews:

-- About the 'man to man' talk. One thing about this story is that just because it wasn't mentioned in the present chapter doesn't mean it wouldn't be mentioned in the next ones. :D Feel free to 'request' other 'missing' parts and I'll do my best to oblige (that goes for the other readers too. :D). There will be a segment on the next chapter just for you. Hope you like them. (",)

-- Really? So you mean those things on TV aren't true...? INJUSTICE! (Wufei-like scream) Oh well... I guess for this story let's all assume that laughing gas COULD make someone laugh. :D Yay! I'm glad you liked the phone conversation.

-- Well, I checked a website to see how old Yzak was at the time (war). It said 15-16, I think. So I just assumed that he had already turned 16 at the time... Then 4 years after... But if he's 19 it is also alright. It would seem an Yzak-like thing to do—to make himself older than he really is. :D

-- Tsk, Tsk. Yeah… I heard the rumors about Miriallia and Dearka. If I owned Gundam Sseed, I wouldn't have let that happen. I think it's a good pairing because it's between a Natural and a Coordinator. It kind of crosses the 'boundaries' in a way and it's a good example. But if it is true (dumping Dearka), I kind of understand if Miriallia did that because her boyfriend just died so she might still have been confused about her feelings. :)

-- Finally, about Rei being a Coordinator. Hm… I can't really give any 'final decision/answer' because these stories have lives of their own, but for now, she is a Natural. But thanks for your suggestions; I wasn't sure if Yzak was already comfortable with Naturals after the war. It inspired some chapters that hopefully I'll be able to post in the near future. (",)

To Melanie Star-san:

Phew… I'm glad you didn't get annoyed because of the one liners… :) And I'm happy you liked the other chapters as well. (confetti... confetti...) Hm… I wanted to post the next 'Dearka X Miriallia' encounter but as I mentioned already, my files went up in virtual smoke. --;; But I'll try to post them as soon as possible. Thanks for your reviews. They push me to make the DxM story as good as I can possibly make it.

To Ore- The former sleekwolf-san:

Thank you for your review and I'm glad you like it. :) I'm grateful to have another reviewer. (",)