The Reunion

Chapter 10

Alone

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed/ Seed Destiny

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Yzak and Shiho stared at the written numbers trying to figure out what it was.

"Should I call the others?", Shiho asked as she turned to look at him but Yzak shook his head in response.

"There's no need", he calmly said. "Zero... Two... One... Four... Seven... One, I guess I already know what it is", he continued.

"Wait!... That's...", Shiho finally realized what those numbers were.

Yzak nodded his head once. "Yes, it is the date when Kira died. February 14, C.E. 71".

"'Admit your sin, else, no one will leave this place ALIVE', I don't have a doubt anymore, Kira was killed. It was neither a suicide nor an accident", Shiho said looking at the numbers.

"And I believe... that whoever is doing this... he/she is also trying to find out who is Kira's murderer", Yzak said.

"You mean... it's not Kira?", Shiho asked.

"Don't tell me you believe in ghost?", Yzak asked with a smirk. "But... I'm not really dismissing that idea... There is still a tiny possibility that it is Kira. Maybe he didn't see the face of the one who killed him", he explained.

"I see", Shiho replied ignoring his side remark. "So what you are saying is that while we are looking for the person behind Kira's death... the one responsible for this mystery is also looking for him/her?".

"Exactly!"

"No wonder we haven't found any clue about the murderer", Shiho said then let out a sigh.

"Cagalli... please... don't do this to me", he said as he grabbed both of her hands. Cagalli instantly freed her hands from his grasp.

"I'm sorry Athrun. You are only just a part of my past. And I suggest that let's not see each other after this, but if you insist on visiting me in my place... then I will have no choice but to leave again", Cagalli said and she was serious about it.

"Is this your way of punishing at me for what I did?", Athrun asked.

"I'm not punishing you Athrun. It was your decision to have a relationship with that girl and you must be responsible for your own actions", she replied.

"But I already broke up with her", he countered as he raised his voice a bit.

"And she's not very happy about it", Cagalli stated.

"Cagalli, look. I'm sorry if I wasn't there when you needed me the most. I know I shouldn't have left you alone but I never knew that your mother died and I had my own problems back then".

"Athrun please, don't bring back the past now. I don't want to be reminded of those times", she replied irritated.

"So I was right, you are still mad at me", Athrun countered.

"I told you, I already forgive you Athrun but that doesn't mean that I already forgot how it feels to be abandoned by the ones you love", Cagalli retorted. She could no longer hold back her tears. All the painful memories kept on flooding her mind.

*FLASHBACK

It was raining. It seemed like the sky was also crying together with a number of people who attended Kira's funeral. They were all wearing black and white as well as their umbrellas.

Caridad was the first one to drop the white rose on his casket while the others followed. Then Reverend Malchio handed her the holy water. She sprinkled it on the coffin and passed it to the person beside her as she continued to sob.

The ceremony went on and the guests started leaving one by one. The only ones left were Kira's friends. Caridad was forced to go home by her other relatives.

Cagalli stared at the grave of her good friend. She was wearing a black blouse. Her eyes were covered by her shades but tears are visible on her cheeks.

'Kira... We're going to miss you... I hope that you are happy wherever you are'.

"Let's go", Dearka softly said. Then they walked towards the place where they parked their cars.

Dearka, Miriallia, Rey and Luna were in Dearka's car while Cagalli, Yzak and Shiho were in Yzak's. Lacus rode their family car. They drove off and went on their separate ways.

After a couple of minutes, they already reached Cagalli's house.

"Thanks for the ride, Yzak", she said as she went out of the car. Yzak nodded his head once and they left Cagalli who stayed for a little more time until the car was no longer visible from her sight. Then she went inside their house.

"Mom, I'm home", that was her usual line whenever she's home but today was different. She didn't have the energy to shout. She grabbed her phone from her pocket. She hadn't seen Athrun after the prom and she was getting worried. She dialled his number but received the same result as the previous days. His number cannot be contacted.

She decided to go to her mother's room. Via was not just her mother but also her friend. She always tell her mother her problems and even secrets. They were really close especially that Cagalli grew up without a father. He died when she was still five years old.

When she reached her mother's room, she knocked on the door but received no response. She knocked again but still, there was no answer. She turned the knob and fortunately, it was not locked.

"Mom, I'm coming in", she said as she opened the door.

Her eyes widened in surprise.

"MOTHER!", she yelled as she dashed towards her mother who was lying on the floor with bubbles in her mouth. There were some tablets and capsules scattered on the floor and on the table where the bottle was placed.

"Mother! Mother! Please wake up... Mom... please don't leave me alone... MOM!", she screamed as tears flowed out of her amber eyes. First, she lost a friend, then her mother and her boyfriend was nowhere near her. She had no one to cry to. She felt so alone. She felt abandoned by the people who she thought would stay with her forever.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Cagalli... I'm really sorry... I didn't know that time", he said softy. He knew that he should not lose his cool since he was indeed at fault.

"How will you know when you shut yourself from us? You're not the only one who loses a friend. I know he was your best friend but he's also close to us", Cagalli said. She never intended to make him feel guilty but he was pushing her to do so.

When Athrun showed no sign of responding, she finally opened the door in front of them the whole time.

"WHAT THE...", Cagalli uttered as she saw what was in the room. Athrun immediately went towards her and see what she saw.

Inside the room was a body of a woman with pink hair swimming in her own blood. She was stabbed in different parts of her body.

"Lacus!", she called as started running towards the body but Athrun grabbed her on her arms.

"Wait, that's not Lacus", he stated. Cagalli looked at him as if he grew two heads then turned to observe the woman. The woman was wearing a different dress from Lacus. The clip on her hair was also different. It was star-shaped. The hair was a bit darker then Lacus' pink locks.

"Do you know her?", she asked.

"Yes... Her name is Meer... Lacus' cousin", he answered.