FushionAC: I'm glad you liked the chapter. I recently ordered the movies and watched them. Still waiting on 3 and 4 to arrive but it's funny how much Athrun and Cagalli feel for each other didn't get an 'official' happy ending! I kind of figured Uzumi would've done something like that considering that very same episode which is where I got the idea.
Sugarcarly: I can't promise anything but she does tend to find herself in trouble here and there! XD
Mage666: Haha I figured Kisaka had to be quite a character to have to put with Cagalli. XD
Cutie66: haha yeah, I just recently got all of Destiny, I had seed for a while. I would like to see the next season or the movie. Either way I'm fine as long as Cagalli and Athrun are together teehee! Oh what fun is a happy ending without a few bumps in the road? XD
I Never Should Have Left
Disclaimers: I do not own Gundam SEED/Gundam SEED Destiny, because if I did there would be LOTS of changes. This is based off of the ending of the special edition IV and some images I saw. Takes place after the ending as Lacus Clyne and Cagalli Yula Athha going into their meetings.
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Chapter Ten
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Athrun was drinking coffee as he heard door slam shut behind him. He looked up from his document that he was reviewing for Cagalli, he had been waiting in Cagalli's office for quite some time and there she was all flustered and angry. Athrun sighed, only meant that the cabinet members managed to tick off his fiancée yet again this week. They had announced to the Emirs they were now engaged most of them were happy for them but others would ask him to calm down the stubborn princess of Orb on a regular basis. She was cursing something or someone as she sat down at her desk. She then placed her arms on top of her desk then rested her head there. Athrun smiled, it wasn't the first time the Orb council would call him over here to help tame the stubborn princess. Athrun sighed and walked around to her side of the desk. He knelt in front of her and ran his fingers through her hair.
She only sighed more and turned her head to look at Athrun, "Did they call you over again to check up on me?"
Athrun chuckled, "So what happened this time for me to be told to see what trouble my fiancée was causing?"
Cagalli pouted, "They wanted us to get married as soon as possible because they want heirs to Orb."
"Huh," Athrun looked at her in shock. "What…you're kidding me?"
Cagalli sat up in her chair and looked at the confused admiral, "That's what they said. I told them we're still young and we had time before settling down. I know I'm not ready to have kids quite yet…I'm sure neither are you."
"But…but why this all of the sudden," Athrun asked looking straight into Cagalli's eyes. "We just barely told them a week ago and now they are pushing us towards marriage?"
"They think it would be good for Orb to see me actually get married and not kidnapped from the altar," Cagalli thought for a second. "It would be funny to stage another kidnapping…"
"Cagalli…" Athrun narrowed his eyes at the blonde woman. Cagalli saw his stare and pinched his cheek, "Hey…"
"I was kidding besides right now isn't the time to be talking about a wedding when there is Kira and Lacus' wedding coming up," Cagalli said and looked over her calendar. "Their wedding is in six months and they want to push me into ours…no thanks."
Athrun chuckled, "We should've expected this from them though…"
"I did just not this soon," Cagalli grumbled. "I figured they would let the news sink in and then later start pushing for a wedding."
"I almost envy Dearka and Yzak right about now," Athrun sighed. "Those two taking it slow and easy, no pressure of marriage…"
"Oh, so you rather not marry me…" Cagalli arched her brow and had a sudden thought to be evil towards the man next to her. "I mean, I guess it's natural for a man to get cold feet…after all you did choose ZAFT over Orb…choosing them over me…"
"Cagalli…" She was testing how far she could push and he didn't like it.
"Then of course there are your fan girls. Some of them are prettier than me…I mean there was Lunamaria, Meer…rest her soul, and oh Meyrin…she was the most fond of you. I thought for a while there that you were starting to develop a crush on her since after all…you were mfhmph…"
Athrun's lips had crashed down on hers. Cagalli was shocked, his kiss was powerful…it was a little bit on the rougher side, much more aggressive than his usual kisses outside of the bedroom activities…those were more passion filled than this kiss he was giving her now… The kiss was aggressive showing his disapproval of her previous statements. She had upset him and he found a way to shut her up. Cagalli tensed when he backed away from her and his eyes darkened a bit, "You need to know when to stop. There is no one else Cagalli…there never was…there has only been you…even when I wanted to stop thinking about you…you filled my damn senses…even Kira got upset at me when he destroyed the Savior…so you stop this talk about other women…because I can say right now…the idea of any man taking over your heart…I would kill the unlucky bastard."
Cagalli hated to admit it she found this side of him very sexy. Her heart was beating in her chest that she could've sworn it was going to beat right out of her body. His eyes held something that she had never seen before, it was almost demanding her to apologize. She sighed in defeat, she hated to admit it she was still jealous of the others getting so much of his attention freely. She was his fiancée for crying out loud and she was still jealous of the past. She stood up from her chair only to be pushed back down, "Cagalli…look at me." Cagalli met his eyes slowly, "I don't know what I have to do to prove to you that they meant nothing…you mean everything. You are the one I want to spend the rest of my life with…just please…even if you're…if you're just saying it to be funny…it…"
"I'm sorry," Cagalli caressed his cheek. "I didn't mean to push you that far. I'm really sorry…"
Athrun kissed her again but sweetly this time around. It was the kiss they shared when they apologized to each other, "You're a stubborn woman you know that."
"I think I need to be reminded…" Cagalli smiled and Athrun chuckled.
He shook his head but whispered, "Later…"
Cagalli pouted and Athrun kissed her gently. "You're a jerk…"
"What, you can't wait a few more hours before we get home?" Athrun kissed her forehead sweetly, "Besides, we need to discuss about Hibiki…"
"Ugh, what about him," Cagalli pouted. "I hoped we didn't have to talk about him…I haven't been attacked since we gotten back to Orb."
"True, but doesn't mean he has given up either," Athrun stood up to his full height and showed her some files on her computer. Cagalli looked them over, "We haven't really been in a public gathering since we gotten back to Orb. I would suspect that he would try something on the New Year's Celebration."
Cagalli whined, "So what he can test my abilities…what does he gain out of this? I mean if he just wants my DNA, can't he just get a blood sample from the hospital or something…"
"If that were the case this would've been settle some time ago," Athrun stated flatly. "It's almost as if he is looking for something else…not just you."
"Something else? What could that possibly be?"
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Ulen Hibiki stared over some of his findings with his fellow researchers. He smiled when he saw some notes and found it very appealing, "You are sure about this?"
"Yes, Ulen. He is compatible with your predecessor's daughter as far as children are concerned, however as far as your research is concerned on creating another ultimate coordinator that is still uncertain."
Ulen nodded his head, "Anyone else in her close circle that would be a decent match?"
"Here are a few others," a folder was handed to him. He opened the folder and looked over the other stats of possible male counterparts. "If you don't mind me asking, what is the purpose of creating another ultimate coordinator?"
"Kira Yamato has gained a very large reputation of himself of being undefeatable in battle," Ulen said calmly. "Which means there need to be other coordinators at his level in order to defeat such a foe. We all know that the war between naturals and coordinators will never end…and in order to make sure one side will conquer over the other…why not be able have some kind of leverage? Naturals wouldn't mind having such an ultimate weapon on their side and we know coordinators would gladly accept their own kind."
"Even if you are able to repeat the success of Kira Yamato…the child would have to be raised and not age quickly like Al Da Flaga's clones…"
"I'm well aware of that, but I'm sure we could work around that as well," Ulen smiled darkly. "My predecessor was on the right path in creating the ultimate army and I plan to see it through."
"But in order to do that we need a suitable match for Representative Athha. It's true her DNA is that of the late Ulen Hibiki and his wife, but finding that same kind of match will be difficult."
"I believe lady luck will be on our side," Ulen stood up. "I'm also curious to see what kind of child a coordinator and natural can produce. You said yourself in the research you discovered that admiral of hers is a suitable match for them to produce children."
"Are you saying you want us to go after Admiral Zala as well, Ulen?"
"There will be no need, there are DNA samples in the PLANTs," Ulen smirked. "After all he was in the military…it shouldn't be hard to extract some of those samples."
"The research still proves that the parents need to be both naturals in order for this to truly work…unless you are planning to compare the two," the researcher asked.
"Exactly," Ulen laughed. "I'm a scientist after all, who wouldn't want to experiment and find a way to make the ultimate coordinator to go above and beyond that of Kira Yamato…" Ulen then handed him a photo, "I like this one for the natural subject…I'm sure since he was also a military man…we can find some samples of his DNA as well."
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Cagalli was sitting on the edge of the bed reviewing a document that Athrun had brought home with him that she needed to review. She was reading it as she held the blanket to cover her body. Athrun and her had gotten into a small sparring match after he made a snide remark about her being rusty in hand to hand combat which later continued in his bedroom. She often wonder with Athrun's stoic face expression that most people saw would not know that he had such a passionate side that was only seen by her. She smiled as she felt arms wrap around her waist. She looked down and realized that she was now in-between his legs. His chest was pressed against her back and he was kissing her shoulder. She smiled and his hands started wandering…oh how he was different when it was just the two of them. His kisses were now on her neck and she tilted her head over to the side to give him more access.
"So eager for another sparring match," Athrun huskily whispered her neck.
"Shut it you pervert," Cagalli only gave him more access to her neck. "I was reading the document you brought home to me…"
Athrun chuckled, "You're the one allowing me to continue princess…so who is the real perverted one, here?"
"Arrogant bastard," Cagalli let a moan escape her lips as he nibbled at her ear. "Ok, enough…we need to get ready. We're going to the base today remember…security meetings…ceremonies…we're going to be busy now the New Year started."
"And…you're the head representative and I'm the high admiral, we can be a few minutes late," Athrun got a playful push as he was lying on his back. Cagalli was hovering over him with a smile on her lips. She kissed his neck and he had his hands on her back. Then she wiggled out of his grasp and he groaned in dissatisfaction of her withdrawal from him. She started laughing as she began looking for her clothes. "You're such a tease princess…"
"Come on, high admiral you are to welcome the new ensigns today," Cagalli then leaned back over to him and placed a kiss on his lips. He quickly pulled her back down to the bed and hovered over her, "Ath…Athrun…we need to get ready…Myrna will get on your case if we keep this up…"
"So eager to leave me all alone princess," Athrun teased and Cagalli rolled her eyes. She stood back up and Athrun looked at her with a small playful pout, when did Athrun get so childish. She gathered up her clothes and heard a knock on Athrun's door.
"Master Athrun…is Lady Cagalli in there with you," Myrna's voice rang from behind the door. Cagalli groaned and Athrun sighed, looks like they were caught again. Athrun quickly went to put on his pants and walked over to the door. He opened it after getting dressed and Cagalli was back in her clothes from the previous evening. "Oh Lady Cagalli…we need to get you ready, the least you could've done this activity in the other room." Cagalli blushed as Myrna and dragged her out of Athrun's room. After she shoved Cagalli into her bedroom to get ready and then Myrna then marched over to Athrun. "When are you going to marry her?"
Athrun blushed, "Well…we were thinking sometime after Kira and Lacus have married. She is the maid of honor and Kira asked me to be his best man, so it wouldn't be fair to take away their spot light right now. Also we haven't announced to the whole world quite yet that Cagalli and I are engaged."
"That might be true Master Athrun, but you cannot deny that you do wish to make her officially yours," Myrna smiled. "I haven't told you yet but the ring you gave her is absolutely beautiful."
"Uh, thank you Myrna." Athrun rubbed the back of his neck. "I hardly ever see her with it off…"
"She doesn't take it off even when she showers," Myrna laughed. "I told her she needs to take better care of it…"
"She…she…" Athrun's eyes lingered on Cagalli's door. He wondered how this new ring caused a different reaction out of her versus the previous one. Athrun smiled, "Cagalli is a stubborn girl."
"Yes, but it's her way of keeping you with her at all times," Myrna nodded and walked to Cagalli's room. "Well, you better get ready Master Athrun…you need to get ready for your day!"
"Oh, yes…you're right." Athrun went into his room and closed the door behind him. He sighed and began thinking about how the events in his life led him here. His heart was completely part of Orb and of course filled with Orb's leader. He smiled and walked over to his bathroom so he could shower. He would have to remake his bed a little later from his activities with Cagalli. He then wondered what trouble she was causing Myrna right about now. She knew she wouldn't be wearing a dress today but Myrna has been up to a few things that caused Cagalli to be upset after a session with Myrna. Athrun chuckled; Cagalli was a handful and always would be.
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Athrun had made it to the base before Cagalli did since she was arguing about how to do her hair with Myrna. He was walking around to meet some of the new ensigns that had just been enlisted. He noticed a lot of the new recruits were young males but primarily dominated by a large population of women. Great, Cagalli probably will make a comment about the new ensigns being mostly women because me. Most of them were chatting around talking among friends and some of the higher ranking officers. Athrun just walked around until a loud commotion was going on around one area that caught his attention. Athrun cursed and ran over to the commotion. Athrun saw a few males in a fist fight and only to have Athrun sigh.
"Someone wants to tell me what the hell is going on here," Athrun yelled and everyone stopped and looked over at the admiral.
"Ad…admiral Zala…"
"It's Admiral Zala…"
"Oh, shit…Admiral Zala…."
"We are so in trouble…"
"Shut the hell up…"
"What is going on here," Athrun looked over the group. "Well, is anyone going to tell me what the hell was going on here? I highly doubt the head representative would want to see this kind of display on her visit." Whispers were going on around him, "Anyone?"
"Well, you see sir…"
"The argument was about Lady Cagalli…"
"Why would you all be fighting about that would require force concerning the Head Representative," Athrun asked watching the young men carefully. Granted most of the men here were probably around his age, "Well?"
"We got into a heated debate sir about Lady Cagalli's recent engagement," one of the men said.
"Why would her engagement be a source of argument," Athrun growled. It had been three weeks since they announced it to the other representative but how could it have trickled down already. They hadn't made a public announcement about their engagement.
"Sir," another saluted. "The debate was over who she could be engaged to. Whether she was engaged to another traitor like Yuna Roma or if she was actually engaged to a different kind of person."
"I'm positive that Head Representative Athha made sure who she has chosen would receive Orb's blessing," Athrun said looking at the young men.
"Sir, I mean you see her on a regular basis surely they've announced it to the other representatives at a cabinet meeting…"
"Yes, have you met him?"
"Do you know who he is?"
"Sir, do you know?"
Athrun sighed, "I do not know why the sudden interest in Representative Athha's engagement is but I suggest you recollect yourselves before she arrives."
"Sir, but everyone has seen her in the press with that ring on her finger…"
"Yes sir, he has to be either one of the representative's son…it would just be a repeat of what happened last time!"
"No, I heard he's one of the admirals…"
"No wait, I heard he is some rich tycoon that wants political interest."
"Yeah, I mean there is no way a normal guy could afford such a huge rock!"
"Well when you think about it…the guy has to be loaded in order to marry Lady Cagalli…"
Kisaka cleared his throat and caught the attention of everyone around the Admiral getting questioned. He had heard most of what was going on and came to see what had a caused such a ruckus. "Now, I'm sure you don't want to upset Lady Cagalli's fiancé like that now do you." Athrun looked at Kisaka surprised that he said something like that out loud. All of the young ensigns looked right at Athrun.
"No way…"
"High Admiral Zala…"
"He's the one engaged to Lady Cagalli…"
"That explains the huge rock on her finger…"
"At least he isn't like Yuna Roma…"
"He's just been the high admiral for at least half a year…"
"I heard they knew each other before that…"
"…no way! So that means they are like old sweet hearts or something."
"Admiral," Kisaka saluted. Athrun saluted in return and Kisaka moved aside to see Cagalli looking at him with a playful gleam in her eye dressed in her military uniform and hair pulled up in a loose bun. He knew Kisaka wouldn't openly announce their engagement like that considering it was his idea to keep it all secret which meant Cagalli had been listening this whole time as well. He groaned but smiled at Cagalli, "Lady Cagalli was searching for you and we came to see what was keeping you."
Cagalli walked over to him and smiled as everyone was watching intently. Some of the higher officers just smiled at the young couple, "We don't want to be late High Admiral Zala." Athrun looked over at Kisaka who just nodded at the young man. Athrun smiled and grabbed her hand as they walked hand in hand with their fingers intertwined with one another. Another surge of whispering broke out but now there was no turning back. Kisaka just smiled and followed behind the couple.
"No way…"
"So it's true!"
"Admiral Zala is the one…"
"See I told you she did a lot better this time around…"
"Yeah, Admiral Zala is a lot better choice…"
"You know this is only going to go public now," Athrun said to Cagalli.
"Kisaka told me the same thing before I told him to go save your ass," Cagalli smiled up at him. "There really is no point in keeping it secret now; everyone has noticed the ring by this point."
"Yeah, but…"
"We can even assume this Ulen Hibiki character is also aware of your relationship," Kisaka stated. "There is no point in keeping it hidden…but no public announcement needs to be made as of yet either. After all there is still the Clyne-Yamato wedding to worry about."
"Ugh, don't remind me, I promised Lacus I would go to the dress shop today and get fitted for my dress," Cagalli groaned.
"I'm sure Lacus found you a dress that isn't covered in lace or rhinestones," Athrun chuckled and Cagalli leaned her head on his shoulder. Some of the other military personnel looked over at Kisaka but Kisaka just smiled. Athrun had made sure she was on his left side so he could salute if need be but he was also ecstatic that they were holding hands in public. He had been aching to be holding her all the time and not just in the shadows or at home. He felt content being with her like this, he hated to admit it but he was envious on how open Kira and Lacus were in public about their relationship. He hated the fact he and Cagalli were hiding it from the world along with all of proposal letters she would receive. Sure, he had gotten upset that she was envious of the girls that crushed on him but this was different…these men were sending her gifts and love letters on a regular basis. At least now, they would now she belonged to him and he belonged to her.
"And not pink," Cagalli grumbled and Athrun chuckled.
"I'm sure Lacus is well aware of your tastes," Athrun kissed her forehead. "Now if you were to wear a corset again…I wouldn't mind."
Cagalli blushed and growled, "I thought we were going to keep that in the bedroom…"
Athrun smiled, "No one heard us, so don't worry."
"Pervert," Cagalli whispered only causing Athrun to laugh. "The ceremony shouldn't take long and we still need to talk about security issues."
"Don't worry we should be able to talk about topics later, that is if you two can keep your hands off of each other long enough," Kisaka teased causing the young couple to blush. "You two are quite the topic back at the manor."
"KISAKA!" Cagalli's face was a brilliant color of red as Kisaka laughed.
However off on the side there were few speaking among themselves, "I don't see what Admiral Zala sees in her…"
"She's the leader of a nation…what man wouldn't want that?"
"Now, now ladies we aren't here to ogle our test subjects."
"Tch, why do we need their blood samples anyway?"
"We don't need Zala's we need Athha's…we were able to infiltrate a ZAFT base which had some of his DNA samples, we just need hers," the male pointed at the blonde woman. "To think that you two bitches were able to sneak on the base without causing alarm…"
"It wasn't easy."
"No kidding…security is sure tight around here, lucky for us we were by main housing area for this base."
"Excuses," the male chuckled. "Well, hopefully we can stir up some trouble…after all we are here to test her abilities as well…make sure you get a good shot on her…we do need her to bleed a little bit."
"Roger that…"
"Yeah whatever, let's do it!"
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See you next time!