Finally, I'm updating a chapter. It's been sooooo long too!

Well, first of all, I want to apologize for the loooong update, I guess University life really taken most of my time, hehehe, really sorry everyone. But like I promise before, I won't and never will abandon this story, I promise to write it till it finish, promise!

Ok so there not too much action on this but there has been some major character development, and I love it. I hope you guys like it too, beside. It's the perfect time to put the love in the air. And I just have to say that I love this song! It's an old one, I know but I still love it and it's perfect for the scene! You guys will know what I mean when you read it, hehehe!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed Destiny, Gundam Seed Astray , Gundam00 character, and the next crossover character. But I do own the character that I created in my story…

Oh, before I forget, I would like to give my thanks to Strata-Sensei and Of-Fan-And-Fic for giving me their support. Thanks a lot you guys, hope you like this chapter too and please don't forget too review!

- Non-Beta –

CHAPTER 11: TRUST YOU, TRUST ME

Kira closes his eyes, "…then, God, please help us."

Carnad still remember the look on his half-brother's face when say's that. He also had agreed whole-heartily with his brother if they going to survive this war and win it, then they will surely need the God's help. He clearly remember way Leo look at him when they part, promising him that he will protect both father and daughter and the way the powerful battleship, Lunar shines when he left the place, promising power and strength. The man was currently on his way back toward the Metro Colony, riding all alone in the private shuttle. The raven haired man sighs and looks at the window beside him, looking at the dark scenery of the universe with its billions of stars.

But instead seeing the serene scenery, he saw a fighting scene where hundreds of colourful laser beam shooting everywhere, smokes coming from missile and booms when its hits, MS and Ship explode to thousand of pieces, voices of thousands of people shouting and crying, covered with cuts and blood, slowly dying. Carnad close his eyes, not wanting to remember all of that.

"I hope you right Kira, for the sake humanity future, I hope you are right brother." He slowly opens his eyes and saw Metro Colony, glowing brightly like a beautiful diamond in the dark. Slowly but surely, a smile forming on his handsome face.

-SPACE, METRO COLONY, THE WHITE CAFE-

Iris just stares at the brunette across the street without blinking and vice-versa. Slowly, everything around them beginning to face away, including the sound. Both were lost into their own world...

(In this scene, Kirae and Iris will be in their own thought, BOLD for Kirae and ITALIC for Iris while BOLD and ITALIC when they were thing about the same thing)

"W...What is this feeling? That girl...Who is she?"

"Who is he? What's going on? I..."

"I can felt it...her aura...she's strong, powerful and..."

"Different...He's different than anybody else...I never fell anything as strong as his aura..."

"She is dangerous but she is also innocent...I can felt it..."

"Why does his aura make me fell so safe? He is warm, so strong and..."

"She felt so familiar but also distance, as if I knew her but, I've never meet her before..."

"Do I know him? Have I meet him before? No, I never meet him before in my life..."

"So what is this feeling...?"

"She's different..."

"He's different..."

"Than anyone I have ever meet..."

"Than anybody else's..."

"She felt like..."

"He felt like..."

"Me..."

(The scene end)

"Oi Kirae, are you alright? Are you listening to me?" The brunette snaps out of his trance when he fells a hand on his shoulder, he turn and saw Alex looking at him, expression showing confusion and annoy. He quickly turns around and gives the green-eyed boys a small smile. "Sorry, I wasn't listening, what did you said?"

Alex looks at him with one raised eyebrow, his hand fold in front of him, looking at Kirae apologetic face. After a few minute, he sighs and slumped his shoulder in defeat. He can never stay angry at Kirae too long, the boy knows how to use his innocent expression and damn it, it's too cute! And for god sake he's a boy and to top it all that, he's 16!

As soon as the pair of those baby-blue eyes moves away from hers, Iris immediately snaps out from the trance that they both moment-territorially share. She look around her and notice that Sean and Paul looking at her. Blinking back a few time, she ask. "What's wrong? Do I have something on my face?"

Paul shakes his head. "No, nothing. Come on, we better get going." Both him and Sean had already stands up and walk away. Iris look across the street, she saw that the brunette had his back on her and was talking with his friend. Getting up, she left the place forgetting to bring her bag on the next chair.

"Ok then, I'm going to check out the MS event while you go look around the city, deal?" Alex asks. Kirae just nod. "Good, if anything happen just contacts me on my cell, if nothing, we just meet back at the station 10 o'clock tonight." He continues while checking on his watch. "We got 8 hours left so that should give us enough time to look around."

"Okay, see you around then." Kirae nod again. Alex gives him a two-finger solute before walking away. Kirae watch him leave until he disappear with the crowd, then he turn to look at the girl across the street only to be disappointed that the girl already gone. He sigh, he was about to leave when his sharp eyes saw something, he cross the street and walk to the table that the girl sat earlier with her friends.

He picks up a small white sling bag on the chair. He examinant it, looking at the cherry-blossom petals decorating the small bag on both side and smile. "Cute."

The trio, Paul, Sean and Iris was waiting for the train at the train-terminal to take them to the event. The place was pack with people. Since Metro Colony was a nature-friendly colony, it had provided its people with train transportation so that the air won't get polluted. The train cover up the entire colony, making it the main transportation.

When the train arrive, Sean and Paul quickly get onboard, leaving Iris who patiently waits for other people to get in first. When she was about to step in, she remembers about her bag. "Where's my bag? Oh! I must have left it on the Cafe." Without thinking any further, she turns around to leave. She has only walk a few step when the sound of siren stop her, she look around and saw the train's door was closing, then left the terminal. The girl watches the train leaving, blink again and say quietly, "Sean?"

-EARTH, ORB, CAGALI'S OFFICE AT THE ROYOL HEADQUATERS-

Cagali sigh loudly as she enters her room with Athrun, Shin and Lunamaria behind her, making all head inside the room looking at her. Seeing her parents, Ann quickly stands up. "Mum, are you alright?" she asks while walking toward her.

Cagali look at her only remaining child and smile, "Yeah, I'm alright, just a bit tired. Can you get me a glass of water please?" the younger blonde girl nod and walk to the end of the room while Cagali and the other behind her walk toward the sofa and sit down on it. Marque, who was also there stand up to give room for his parents. He stands behind his parent with Ann after handing her mother the glass of water.

Athrun look at the other two occupied in the room, his old comrade, Dearka and his wife, Miriallia Elsman along with Murrue and Muu La Flaga. "It's been a while Dearka, Milly, Murrue and Muu." The four that just had their name mention smile and nod at him. He smile back and turn his head toward the oldest blonde in the room."So Muu, did you find anything?" Athrun ask.

Muu La Flaga, a handsome looking blonde with bright blue eyes, wearing the ORB military uniform nod his head, his smile gone and his expression turn serious. "Yeah, but not too much I afraid."

"Spilt." Cagali say, the others nod with agreement. Ann and Marque look at each other before looking back at the blonde haired man.

The blonde look around the room before opening his mouth to explain. "Well for starters, the organisation, Crystal Federation has started not too long ago, we don't know it's exact date but around C.E 79. The organisation is huge and very powerful. We still haven't find out whether they are Natural or Coodinator, maybe they both but we do know that the three MS that we did research on, the one that appear at Japan when the EA tried to invade is not an ordinary MS. They Gundam, and not an ordinary Gundam too. If normal MS or even Gundam run on ordinary power-up engine, these three don't, they are using a much more advance technology, something more advance and powerful, like a nuclear device..."

"Are you saying that they are using the Neutron Jammer Canceler?" Athrun cut him; he was clearly surprise to hear this. "But that impossible, only the ZAFT knows how to make those engines, the ZAFT and the...Clyne Faction." He say the last two things slowly, all eyes look at him. "And beside, Neutron Jammer Canceler was last seen during the third and last Valentine Wars, it has never been seen since then."

"Athrun calm down, let Muu finish, please, this is importance...and the device that they use is not the Neutron Jammer Canceler." Murrue says.

Four sets of eyes widen at that. "But, if its not the Neutron Jammer Canceler, than what is it?" Shin asks.

Murrue shake her head. Her long brunette hair was tie to a low ponytail on her back. "We don't know, what we do know is that those devices are much more powerful than the Neutron Jammer Canceler. Also, we have a feeling that those guys have more of that stuff out there."

"What do you mean?" Athrun asks his green eyes narrow.

"What I mean is they have more of that device attach on several MS Gundam out there. I willing to bet my whole career that we have only seen not even half of the MS that those guys own, there gotta be more of them out there." Milly say. She took out a few pictures and hand it to Athrun and the other. "That is a picture of one of their Gundam that appear at Japan weeks ago that I got from a friend of mine. According to her, this Gundam has single-handily wipes out half of the EA invasion army that day." She says while pointing at the picture of a white-gold Gundam, looking almost like the Freedom Gundam but with different colours, weapon and engine. "And if you ask me, this Gundam here look a lot like the first Freedom." She says with a low voice, the subject regarding to Kira or Freedom is a sensitive one, especially around Cagali.

Cagali look at the picture, her expression didn't change one bit. Unlike her old self, Cagali now knows how to hide her feeling better, being a woman of politics; it takes years to perfected it. But still, seeing the Gundam, Cagali can't help to be a bit sad and angry, sad because it reminds her of Kira's Freedom but angry because they made it look like Freedom. Refuse to admit her feeling and hide it, the Queen of ORB only nod. The rest chose not to comment anything.

Dismissing the rather depressing atmosphere, Dearka point at one of the picture, the picture shows a blue partials coming out from the back of the Gundam. "This is the engine that Murrue told you about, its look nothing like we see before. We got no luck finding out what those things are but I think its proof that their technology is more advance than ours or the EA or even ZAFT."

The two married couple just stare at the picture. All the four faces look serious as they start to talk to one another. Marque took one of the pictures and studies it; he had to admit that the Gundam look strong and powerful, and secretly, he was excited. Knowing that his enemy is powerful has given the boy an adrenaline; he always wanted to fight someone strong. Everyone back at the academy was not even half as strong as he is, except for David, the boy was good but not as good as him. He always wanted to fight one-on-one with his parents or even the Zala Atha (That's Athrun and Cagali family name) but all of them always ignore him or just too busy. He never once fights against his dad which he really want to.

Ann look at Marque and sigh, she already knows what the other boy was thinking by the look of his face. She knows that Marque always wanted to fight such a strong opponent and now the chances to fight one is in front of him. All of a sudden, the heir thinks about her cousin and secret crush, Kirae. She look at Marque again and the rest of the occupants in the room, and lastly at her mother. "I wonder what happen to him. Is he alright? I hope so... He's very skill in piloting a MS, maybe even better than Marque...I already told him about Kirae, but should I tell mom and dad about him? And if I told about him to Mom, will she be angry? What will she say?" She asks herself.

"What about the EA and ZAFT do you got any news about them?" Cagali question make Ann snap and look at the others. The four data-collectors look at each other.

Murrue was the one who opens her mouth. "Yeah, we did find out something, but it's not good I'm afraid. According to our informer, both EA and ZAFT had already sent out their best unit out to the battlefield, both on their best condition and power. On the EA they have the NIGHTMARE, onboard a battleship call the Legolas while the ZAFT has sent their own best unit on board their newest and most powerful battleship, the Helios. Both team is at the top of the list, and unfortunately we don't know who they are and how many are they, but from what we know, they are good, very good."

Athrun, Cagali, Shin and Luna look at each other. Athrun look at her. "I see, is that all?"

Murrue look at him and shake her head regrettably. This time, Muu the one who opens his mouth. "Listen, about the EA, we think we might have a clue who onboard the Legolas. "He pauses and looks at Shin. "We think that, the pilot for the MS onboard that ship is...might even be...Extended."

Shin immediately stand up, he was shock beyond word. Marque look at him, neither he nor Ann knows what Extended is so he was surprise to see his father reaction. "Dad?" he asks.

Athrun and Luna look worriedly at him, they both know why he was so shock, both of them was shock as well. "Shin..." Luna call him. While anything related to Kira is one of the sensitive subject among them all, including Shin, Luna and everyone that once onboard Minerva and a certain blonde haired male captain knows that this subjects is highly forbidden because it will remained Shin his reason of hating Kira (Although he already forgive Kira about it) because it will only remained Shin of a certain someone that Luna certain nobody else can replace in Shin's heart, "Not even me..." she added sadly.

Shin didn't hear neither of them, all that he can hear is a voice, a sweet childish voice, giggling. An image appear, a girl, with golden blonde hair with large pink-magenta eyes with white fair skin, wearing a dress of white-blue is dancing on top of a cliff, the blue ocean surrounding her, looking happy and peaceful. The girl then stop dancing to look at him, she hold out her hand toward him and smile sweetly at him. "Shin!" She call him, her voice was sweet and childish.

"...Stellar"

-SPACE, METRO COLONY, STREET TOWARD THE TRAIN TERMINAL-

Kirae run toward the terminal. "I hope I'm not too late." He says to himself, as he remembers what the waiter that serve the girl says, that, the cute girls and her two male friends is heading toward the train-terminal. He was turning around the corner when he bumps into someone. He manage to catch himself before falling down, and thanks to his quick reflects, his hand automatically reach out to catch the other person hand but when their hand made contact, he felt a certain wave hit him and pull him toward the other person. His hand, also trying to pull the person up making both him and that other person to collapse to each other again, except only this time they didn't fall, instead, they just attach to one another. Their hand, the one that join them together stay firmly against one another beside them, his other hand sneak around the other small waist, holding the other body closely to his. All of this happen in a blink of an eye, without the other knowing it but fell it with their eyes close shut.

Kirae slowly opens his eyes. "Ouch, that kinda hurt, hey are yo..." his word trail off when he realize who was the person in his arm, the same girl who had him in trance earlier with the same light-blue hair and large innocent pink-magenta eyes. "Wow, she's so cute! And smell sweet too!" he thought.

Iris shakes her head, feeling it a bit dizzy. One minute she was walking then the next minute someone hit her, her body falling. After years and years of training, her petite body automatically reach out to grab something before she hits the hard ground; she felt a hand reaching out to her and grab it, feeling a certain unfamiliar wave hits her. The hand pulls her forward as her own hand acts the same, causing her body to bump to something, a bit hard but warm. She uses her other hand to lessen the hit impact and they land into something that was moving.

Slowly she opens her eyes. "Oww...What the..?" she stop when she realize she was being hold in another person arms, one of her hand was holding the stranger hand firmly while the other rest at the middle of the person chest where his heart is. She raise her head to look at the other person and to stare in shock as it is the same person from earlier that had her on a trance, same long brunette hair tie smartly at the back with warm baby-blue sapphire eyes looking at her. "He's so warm...and handsome too!" she mentally thought.

For a while, both of them were just lost in each other eyes. Then a smile slowly forming on Kirae's face. "Hi..." he whispers, his grip around the pink-eyed girl loosen.

"Hi..." Iris whispers back and a smile also forming on her childish but cute face.

-EARTH, ORB, CAGALI'S OFFICE-

"Stellar? Who's Stellar?" Marque asks. Shin lowered his face, letting his black bangs covers his eyes.

"...Stellar..." Shin pause. "She a girl that I meet, during the second Valentine War. She looks like any other ordinary girl, she very childish, sweet and innocent but the EA did something to her, something unthinkable." His fist were form at both side, he start to shaken slightly. "They force her to enter the battlefield, to fight, to kill people...they train her to be a killing machine, a weapon of the war without even thinking about her feeling, whether she want it or not, they make her an...Extended."

"Extended...?" Marque repeats. One of his black eyebrows was raise.

"What is Extended? Are they Natural or Coodinator?" Ann asks, she look at Shin for explanation but he just keep quiet, then the heir turn toward her father. "Dad?"

Athrun glance at Shin before he opens his mouth. "Extended is an experimental human, Natural to be correct for the EA. They were trained for battle, in hand-in-hand combat and how to pilot a MS; they were turn into weapon since young. They were train on how to kill, were force to fight each other, and kill their own friend." Two gasp were hear from the two youngest members in the room. Athrun look at them and continue. "That's not all...back then, they were test subject for the Earth Alliance, their brain had been modified and drugs have also been injected into their body that make their organs function abnormally with instable brain function. Many kids were sacrifice, kill...not many survive the hard treatment, only a couple of kids survive but most of them lead a hard life, only to become a weapon for the war between Natural and Coodinator."

"And Stellar was one of them. She doesn't know anything; they play with her, toying her, forcing her to fight while she never wanted to hurt anyone. They wipe out her memory as if she was nothing, giving her drugs and made her pilot that...that thing to wipe out a whole city, but she's INNOCENT! She's innocent..." Shin murmur and look away, his whole body is shaking. Before anyone can say anything, the raven hot-headed father storm out of the room. The image of Stellar dies in his hand and went under the frozen lake, dead, is still crystal clear in his mind, like it just happen yesterday.

Athrun sigh and look at everyone else in the room. "I guess that's it then, we continue next time. Cagali and I need some rest." He say while sending apologetic look toward Luna and the rest occupation in the room, with the exception of his family. Luna nod and stand up, truthfully she was a bit hurt knowing that Shin still could get over Stellar's death but she hide it.

Before anyone could leave the room, Ann call them all. "Wait, I want to know something." She says, making all eyes land on her.

"What is it, Ann?" Athrun ask softly. The reason why he allow his daughter to come to this meeting is because she is the next in line to become the Reprehensive of ORB so it is importance for her to know, while for Marque, the boy parents had ask him to allow their first son to come so that he knows what happen and the fact that he is also ORB's ace.

Ann looks around her before she asks the question that hold the key to their future (without them knowing that of course). "Can we trust Crystal Federation or not?"

-SPACE, METRO COLONY, THE STREET-

"Sorry, please try later." The voice from the pink phone answer, making Iris pout cutely before turning to Kirae who was walking next to her. "He didn't answer." She says while putting the pink cell phone inside her sling bag. After their accident, Kirae hand over her sling bag. Not knowing where to go or what to do, Kirae told her to call her friends while the both of them walk together toward the city. "Now where am I supposed to go?" she asks herself, not remember the place where Sean and Paul had discussed earlier.

"Eh? You mean you didn't come from around here?" Kirae ask. When he first saw the girl, he thought that the girl was a resident of the colony, at least by the way she look and dress. "But she did have a different aura than the rest, if a normal people aura, they are usually calm while the soldiers a bit dark, hers...I can't quite tell, who is she?"

"No." Iris pause, remembers what Sean says not to tell anyone what they here for or who they are. "I can't tell him anything, nobody must know who I am...but I want to know, who is he? Why is he's aura is so different, I wonder if he can felt mine?"

"You are travelling then? Is this your first time here?" Kirae ask again. The girl nod, it's not really a lie since she never step a foot on the colony although she has see it numerous of time. "I wonder what she is thinking right now, I can't read a thing!"Kirae though, eyeing the girl expression. "Except her eyes...they are so sad, innocent but powerful, just who is she? Is she telling me the truth or is she lying?"

"What about you? You live around here?" She asks him. "I must find out something about him, he is someone, that for sure but, I can't read anything from his voice and body language but his eyes...they tell me there's more to him than meets the eyes..."

"Can I trust her/him?" they ask the same question in their head.

Their eyes meet for a moment before the blue eyes look away. He stares at the scenery in front of him, they were at the top of the hills overlook the entire city, the view was breathtaking. And somehow, Kirae found himself telling the girl a bit about his past.

"No, but I always come here." He pause, his eyes suddenly changes. A sad, distance look appear in his eyes. "My family and I used to come here when I was little, a lot. My parents love this place, especially my father and my little sister, but then we stop..."

"Why? Did something happen?" she ask again, curiosity was show clearly on her facial expression.

"My father die, along with one of my kid sister..." he answers, his voice was low but the blue-hair girl hears it perfectly.

"Ohh..." the girl say before turning her head at the direction where the boy was currently looking at. The both of them were silence. "Why is he telling me all that? That not what I want to know, but why did I felt glad he tell me all this? Is it because it made me felt...connected to him? But how? And why?"

For Kirae part, he was questioning himself why he tells something like that to a total Stanger he just meet. "Why did I tell her that? It's not like I know her or anything but..." he turn his head to look at the girl, and say the girl also turn her head to look at him. "...somehow I fell connected to her." He smile at her, making Iris smile back at him.

"You know, if you wanted to, I can show you around. I still remember the way around here and I can keep you company until your friends come back for you" Kirae offer. He didn't even know why he makes the offer in the first place but there's something about the girl that make him want to know her.

Iris was surprise to hear the offer, but she was please to hear it, although she didn't know why. Wondering why, the girl smile just got brighter, making her whole facial brighten and makes her look even cuter than before. She nod energetically. "Sure!" she says before taking his arm with both of her hand and drag him forward.

Kirae can felt his face reddening at the contact and the way the girl smile. But then his own lips move upward and allow himself to be drag away by the girl. "Hey, I still don't know what your name is. Mine's Kirae, what yours?"

"Me? I'm Iris!" she answers with a bright smile and cheerful voice.

"Maybe I should give him/her a chance." They thought at the same time with a smile on their lips.

-SPACE, PLANT, THE CLYNE MANSION-

Andy look around the living room, the Clyne mansion was different than it was 8 years ago, before Lacus marry Maxwell. 8 years ago, the mansion was a beautiful, warm and full of live. Laughter, happiness and love fill in every corner inside and outside the mansion, but now, the place is different. Sure the place is still beautiful with it's many expensive, beautiful decoration in every room of the mansion, yes the place is still warm but it is place in one of the most strategic places in the colony, but there is no more laughter, no more happiness and most of all, there is no more love in the glorious mansion. What's left of it all is sadness, loneliness and the memory that was left behind.

Andy sigh as he sit back on the expensive sofa, his eyes drift at the large picture hanging at the main room, placed in expensive gold frame, the picture of a perfect family, well, at least it's look like it is perfect. In the picture, there were five people in it, three male and two female. The oldest male is none other than Maxwell Sylvester, sitting on the chair, wearing the supreme ZEFT uniform, smiling smugly, proud and powerful. The next male is his son, standing next to him, Dylan Sylvester, and like his father, he is wearing the ZAFT red elite-in-training uniform, for the one who was selected to become red elite in the ZAFT training facility before graduate, looking all smug and cocky. The last and the youngest male is none other than Kirae Clyne, wearing a black coat and a blue tie, his expression was calm, a small smile on his face not reaching his sorrowful eyes. He was standing next to his mother, the lovely and beautiful Lacus Clyne. She was sitting in a chair beside her new husband, wearing a fancy black dress with light-pink laces decorating her dress which look expensive but uncomfortable. Her hair was short back then, but long enough to tie into a low ponytail. Her signature golden hairpin was missings, she had taken it off after the marriage (1). Her expression was calm and nothing else, and like her son, a small smile decorating her pale face. The last member of the 'perfect' family is Lianeet Clyne, wearing a pale pink dress with black lace, almost similar to her mother. Unlike her blood mother and brother, the little girl has a genuine smile on her face, standing between Lacus and Maxwell. The picture was taken 6 years ago, after Maxwell was selected to be the Chairman and Lian release from the hospital. It was the first and the last picture they all taken as a family.

"Hello . It's been a while now, hasn't it?" Lacus enter the room with a small smile on her face. She was wearing a simple long light-purple dress with both shoulder expose while her long hair was tie together loosely at the back of her head. Her loyal companion, Mr. Pink haro bounce beside her. Seeing her, Andy stands up and embrace the girl who he treat like his own daughter/sister.

"Yes it had been a while. How are you?" he asks as he realise the pink-hair mother. She reply by saying she's fine. A maid enters and told them the tea is serving for them at the backyard of the mansion. Both of them nod and follow the maid outside, including the bouncing machine pet. When they reach there, the maid leaves the two legendary hero and heroine alone. Lacus offer her old comrade some tea which he gladly take and quickly drink. His eyebrow rose after taking the drink. "Not bad, but I still prefer coffee than tea."

Lacus giggle at his antic. They spend a few minutes in silence, enjoying each other company before Andy finally decide to talk. "Lacus." He call the her, she look at him. "Have you been think about I told you before?" he ask, looking at her eyes which were fill with sorrow and aloneness which he felt sorry for.

Lacus look at him before putting down her tea and settle her hands on her laps, her eyes land on her hands. "I have, but..." she pauses and cast her eyes on something else's beside her. "I still can't make up my mind. I'm sorry."

Andy sighs when he hears her reply. He looks at the women who he had known for years now. Unlike the other who decided to turn their head on her after her second marriage, there are only a few people who still stand by her side, and he was one of them and the closest to her. He knows her suffering, her loneliness, her fear, her tears and everything. They had gotten so close over the years, and he wouldn't be surprise if he's the only friend the pink-hair beauty got left, seeing how quite and distance she got over the years. Sure she still got many supporters all around PLANT and earth, but nobody knows what the young women had been through.

"Sometimes I really felt like strangling that blonde princess, she is one of the main reason why Lacus become like this in the first place." He thought when he remember his first meeting with Cagali, it was during the kebab incident at the desert during the first war. "And to think that a hot-tempered girl like Cagali is Kira's twin, really...but, things surely will be different if Kira's still alive, if only he's still alive, then we won't be in this mess in the first place. Which remind me..." he though while looking at Lacus. Calling the girl to his attention, she ask the question that been on everybody's mind. "Lacus, what do you think of the Crystal Federation?"

"Crystal Federation...I have to admit that those guys had makes a bold move to declare themselves to the public like that, as if they are trying to show the whole world and PLANT how powerful they are and they are not afraid to take action. I don't know how powerful they are, but having the Holy Empire of Britannia and the National Country of Japan by their side is a great plus. Those two countries are really powerful; both are impedance, having their own ideals and military power, so it was quite a shock to have those two countries by their side. Not too mention the EA and ZAFT had always wanted to alliance with those two country years ago, they are after all, next after ORB...right?" She pauses, trying to dismiss her emotion of missing her loved one in that country. "It was a bold move, but not really a smart one. They have made themselves a target to both EA and ZAFT forces. The Crystal Federation have proves themselves to be a treat when they declare themselves. I'm pretty sure that Maxwell will want to know who they are."

"I don't think he the only one want know. From what I hear, EA and ZAFT already establish a meeting about them, after the declaration. You do know that they have they own line of MS, right Lacus?" Lacus nod sadly, she realize that when she saw the MS that had help Japan. "And probably Gundam too." Andy continue and watch as Lacus solemnly nod her head.

"I do realize that, Mr. Waltfeld. It's a proof how powerful they are when they are only using 3 MS to wipe out an entire army of ZAFT just one night. From their power display, they must be using a technology way advance than ZAFT and EA. I'm pretty sure it is something different from what we have seen before. Whoever built that machine must be a genius and whoever lead the whole army must be one powerful man to be able to establish something like that. I would love to meet this person really, i want to know what he is thinking and I especially want to meet this Serenity Moon girl."

"Hmm, and whys that?"

"I don't know, there's something about her that seems so familiar. But who knows, right? Truthfully, I admire the girl, and she seems so young too, judging by her voice, I can tell she is still a teenager or maybe younger. Imagine, a girl that young being the reprehensive of such a powerful force, making me wonder really who she is." Lacus finish with a little giggle. "And yet I can help the feeling that I know her…"

"I agree." Andy smile. "Looks like there's still the Lacus Clyne that I know in there after all."

Lacus nod and take a slip of her tea. After a few moments, Lacus spoke again but her voice was serious. "But it's too early for us too judge them, I think we better keep an eye out for them, after all, we still doesn't know whether we can trust the Crystal Federation or not." And for a moment, Andy saw the old Lacus sitting in front of him, looking confidence and headstrong, like a leader should be, like she supposes to be.

-SPACE, METRO COLONY, NEAR THE BEACH-

The sky was dark, indicate it was night time at the colony. Near the beach, Kirae and Iris walk side by side, a happy smile decorating their faces. They have spend the entire days together by simply talking, laughing, shopping (but they didn't buy anything), drinking tea, eating sweets (for Iris part) and just enjoying the day. Sometime during their trip, their hand have stay glue to each other, Kirae at first was a bit shy because of it, he tries to take his hand but seeing Iris's hurt look when he remove his hand, the boy quickly hold their hand back together. One look at them, people would assume that the both of them is a couple on a date.

They some a stop a nearby seafood restaurant. Taking a seat near the stage, Kirae order for the both of them seeing that it is Iris first time eating seafood. "Seriously, you never eat seafood before?" he asks, eyeing the girl in front of him. "What you usually eat then?"

Iris just shake her head cutely. "No, I never eat them. I usually eat what they gave me."

"I see, what's your favourite food then?" he ask again.

"I dunno, something sweet I guess. What about you? What's your favourite food?" Iris asks him back.

"I like sushi, Japanese food defiantly my favourite. I don't really like eating sweet, but I do eats them from time to time, my sister defiantly love them. The girl got a sweet tooth really; it's hard to stop her once she begins eating that stuff." He answers with a smile, remembering his beloved little sister. During the hours they spend together, the both of them talk a lot. Iris usually the one who ask question while Kirae answer them, and sometimes relate them to himself and his sister.

Looking at him, Iris could help but to ask him. "You mention a lot about your sister, why is that?" she ask innocently. Being an Extended, the girl was clueless about anything else unrelated to military stuff which is why she keeps asking things that seems so innocent.

Kirae look at her seems to be a bit surprise with her question."Why?" he ask, repeating the blue hair question. The girl nod, waiting for his answer patiently. "Because I love her. She the only sister I got left" he answer with a smile, making Iris heartbeat move faster.

"Love? What is Love?" she ask herself. Before she can ask the question toward Kirae, the blonde waitress from earlier, Erika returns with their dinner. The girl set the food in front of them and look at them.

Her eyes turn toward Kirae and give him a wink. "You lucky your date look so cute, or not I would steal you for myself. You guys really make such a cute couple, please enjoy your dinner and date."

"D-date? We're not on a date?" Kirae splutter, a small pink blush appear on his cheeks.

"You're not?" the waitress ask, seeing genuinely surprise.

"What's a date?" Iris question make them both looking at her.

"Well...Date is where two person. A guy and a girl, like you too going out together and spending the rest of the day together and have fun." The blonde waitress answer. She pause looking at them both before asking. "You guys sure not on a date? Because you two sure looks like a couple to me." She asks.

"Kirae, are we not on a date?" Iris asks Kirae.

"W-hat? Of cause not!" He answers all too quickly.

"But she says a date is where two people, a guy and a girl, that's you and me went out together, spending a day together and have fun." She pauses and look at the blonde waitress to see if she got it correct, the blonde nod her head. "But Kirae, didn't we just spend an entire day together? Didn't we have fun? I have fun. So why aren't we on a date then?" she ask, looking utterly confuse but very cute.

Kirae blushes, then he look away. "Well...if you want, we can all that we on a d-date then."

"I want us to be on a date!" Iris says determinedly, not knowing the indication of her words toward the blushing brunette.

"O-ok then." He says, his blush was evidence on his face but a genuine smile appear on his face. "It's a date then."

The blonde squeal girlishly. "You two are soo cute! Please enjoy your dinner ok." She says while leaving the place.

Kirae and Iris just watch her leave before looking at each other. "You know, this is my first date and I'm kinda glad I have it with you." He says with a warm smile.

Not knowing why, Iris felt her face heathen up. Shyly, she answers. "Me too."

Soon, the both of them just eat in silence, enjoying each other company while watching the performance on the stage in front of them, playing soft romantic song. Half and hour later, a blonde man enter the stage. The light went off and was on only on the man on the stage. He introduces himself as Daisuke and the tonight host. He introduces the performer before walk off the stage. Without Kirae or Iris notices, the blonde waitress from before walk toward the blonde host and whispers something to him and pointing a finger at them. The host look at them and grin.

Kirae and Iris had already finished their dinner15 minutes later. They were just decided to leave when the host enter the stage again. "Now for our next performance, we would like to invite two of our guess tonight to sing on this stage to make a performance for all of us. So without further delay, please welcome this two couple who just got hook up tonight and was on their first date!" as soon as he says that, the white light was turn on Kirae and Iris, both look utterly surprise.

The other guess claps their hands, some whistle at them noticing how cute they are. The blonde waitress appears in front of them and soon both Kirae and Iris found their self on the stage with a mic on their hand. Before they can even protest, the music already start playing as the host walk down the stage and the audience quite down to hear them.

Iris helplessly looking at Kirae. Noticing this, he come to whispers softly at her ear. "First time too?" He ask, Iris look at him and nod. He gave a little smile and say. "Don't worry, just read the lyric there and follow me." His eyes look at the small screen in front of him where the lyrics are and sing.

(Bold for Kirae's singing, Italic for Iris's singing while Underline is when Kirae and Iris singing together.)

Living in my own world...Didn't understand
That anything can happen...When you take a chance

"Come on, it's your turn. Just follow the line and sing." Kirae says encouragingly. Iris looks at the screen, closing the mic to her mouth and open her mouth.

I never believed in…What I couldn't see (Iris's eyes meet with Kirae's briefly, the boy give a nod to her.)
I never opened my heart…heart
To all the possibilities…ohhh

I know (They sing together)

that something has changed
Never felt this way
And right here tonight

This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you ..oh
And now ... looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart…feel in my heart
The start of something new

Iris gave a little giggle, making Kirae smile. The crow start to clap along with the music.

ohhh…yeah

Now who'd of ever thought that
We'd both be here tonight

ohh…yeah

And the world looks so much brighter…brighter, brighter
With you by my side…by my side

Without even looking at the screen, the both of them turn to each other and sing, both staring in each other eyes.

I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know it for real
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you…ohh
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart

The start of something new

Without knowing why, Iris fell her face going hot and red, she turn around, smiling shyly but Kirae reach for her hand making their eyes lock into each other again.

I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me…whooah yeah

Kirae smile at her, making Iris more red than before. Shyly, she sing along with him.

I didn't know it before
But now it's easy to see…yeah

The crow raise their self from their seat and clap harder, some whistle to the new couple on stage. Kirae let go of her hand and remove her light-blue hair from her eyes, locking his and her together again. They move closer to each other and sing without even looking at the screen.

It's a start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart…
That it's the start of something new

It feels so right

so right (Kirae raise the mic a bit higher and raise his voice.)
To be here with you… (Iris smile at him when he look at her again)

ohh…(Kirae smile back at her)

And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart…(She put her hand on her chest where her heart is)

Feel in my heart…(He took her hand and lock it together)
The start of something new…(She says in a low voice, moving closer to him)
Start of something new…(Mimicking her, he close their distance until their nose almost touch each other)

Start of something new…

The crow clap loudly but neither both of them notice it. In Iris's bag, her phone suddenly rings, showing Sean's name on the blinking screen.

( 1 )= ever since her second marriage, Lacus has stop wearing the golden hairpin that she always wear during Seed and Destiny.

So do you guys like it, I want to make it longer but I just gotta stop, don't want to ruin the suprise for the next chapter. Yeah, you read it right people, there's going to be a suprise in every chapter! so please review,kay?