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Gundam Seed: Mythical Legends

Phase 37: Past is past

Kira and Lacus were walking together towards Shinn's house. Lacus was obviously happy that she was actually spending some time with Kira. She glanced at Kira every time she had the chance.

"Um, Yamato-kun, may I ask you a question?" Lacus asked, feeling a bit nervous.

The brunette turned his head at her. "What is it, Clyne-san?" he replied, setting his amethyst eyes on her crystal blue ones.

She felt her cheeks burning up but she did her best to calm down. She was pretty good in hiding her emotions. With a composed expression, she asked, "Do you have a special someone in your heart?"

"What? A special someone…?

"You know… Someone you really like."

"Someone I really like… Hmm…"

"I'm sure you do, right?" She hoped it would not be a girl from school.

Kira only had one person in mind that was always special in his heart. "My sister… She's the most precious person to me."

Lacus was glad to hear his answer. She thought it would be Cagalli because of what he said to her last time. "You have a sister? I didn't know that. What's her name?" She was eager to know.

He hesitated for a moment, knowing she would question about his family. Nevertheless, he knew he could trust Lacus with his words. "Her name is Cagalli Yula Athha," he said.

"What?!" uttered Lacus, shocked to hear Cagalli's name. "Your sister is Cagalli-san?"

Kira nodded. "It's true."

"B-but… How?! I mean you two don't even have the same surname."

He expected her to question and he knew what to answer her. Though he was not fond of making stories, he had to anyway. "Cagalli and I are twins. Our parents divorced and we were forced to be separated. I was raised by my Father, while Cagalli was raised by Mother. Cagalli took Mother's maiden's name."

"I get it know," Lacus said. "It must have been pretty hard to live separately from your sister."

"Yeah… But I'm glad I was able to meet her again."

Lacus sighed in relief. She was happy at the fact that Cagalli was his sister and not her rival. She does not have to worry about her anymore.

When they reached Shinn's house, they saw the Norns talking by the front door. It looked like they were about to leave.

"Miriallia, Jean, Stellar, what are you three doing out here?" Kira asked, approaching them. He wanted to ask if they have recovered well from the last battle, but he didn't want to make Lacus suspicious.

The goddesses noticed the pink-haired girl standing behind Kira. Stellar recognized her and she immediately informed her sisters that she was Lacus Clyne.

"Lacus Clyne?" Jean muttered, turning to the pink-haired girl. "I've heard so much about you."

"Oh, is that so?" replied Lacus, smiling.

"Yup, sure have. You're the girl with the angelic voice."

"Well, I do sing, but I don't think my voice is angelic."

"Oh, come on! You're a great singer. Your voice is enough to tame everyone around." Jean placed her hand on her hip.

"My, I appreciate the compliment, but I think it's too much." Lacus giggled.

Miriallia motioned herself over to Kira and tugged him by the elbow. "Is she a friend of yours?" she questioned.

"Sort of…"

"She is surely beautiful. I won't be surprised if she becomes your girlfriend, Kira." Miriallia smothered a grin as she patted Kira's shoulder.

Kira blushed madly and shook his head. "No way! I'm not interested!" he shouted, making everyone look at him in wonder. He felt rather embarrassed and tried to laugh it off. "Um…sorry about that."

On the other hand, Stellar was observing Lacus keenly. She sensed a very high positive energy from her. Somehow, she wondered if Lacus was always cheerful and bright. She got even more inquisitive when she noticed Lacus gazing her eyes at Kira. Hmm…I may be on to something here.

Next Day at Archangel…

It was Literature time for Cagalli and she could not focus herself to listen to her teacher in front. She was too busy thinking about her past life with Alexander. It was a bitter memory she had to endure. She felt like crying any minute. It was torture for her to picture the gruelling events of what happened to Alexander before.

She took a picture of Athrun from her wallet and held it tenderly. She gazed at it with full of love and concern. Athrun was the descendant of Alexander so it was no wonder why they looked entirely alike. What was happening to the present happened in the past as well. She was worried if Athrun would lead the same fate as Alexander did. She wondered if she can do anything to stop fate. If Athrun would die the same death like Alexander, she could never learn to forgive herself.

Holding her head, she murmured, "What should I do?"

At that time, the teacher had finished writing his notes on the board. He turned to face his students and decided to call Cagalli. "Athha-kun, please stand up," he said.

Cagalli heard him the first time, so she immediately stood. "Yes?"

"Please tell me who is the goddess of fertility in the Norse Mythology," the teacher said, holding his book high.

Cagalli should be happy for such an easy question. It was no sweat since she was the goddess of fertility herself. At first, she was glad that her Literature class was on Norse Mythology, but now she felt miserable hearing about it. The more lessons in Norse, the more horrible memories it would bring her.

"Athha-kun, do you know the answer or not? You've been standing there for a minute now." The teacher had his eyebrows raised and arms folded in front of his chest.

"Oh…sorry…" She was back to reality again. "The goddess of fertility is Freya who is also known as the goddess of love," Cagalli answered flawlessly.

"Correct!" The teacher turned a page in his book. "Now can you tell me more about Freya?"

Cagalli wanted to say 'no' for that matter, but she needed to answer him for the grade. She was not top in class for nothing. "Freya is the most admired Goddess in Asgard. She owns…"

Teacher's Lounge

"Darn it!" Auel slumped down on the couch. "Why can't we find it?!" he grumbled, folding his arms.

"Are you sure it wasn't there?" Gilbert, who was seated across Auel, questioned seriously.

"The Brisingamen was nowhere to be found in the Yggdrassil Tree," Rey answered calmly. He was standing by the window, with his eyes set on the bright blue sky.

"We have practically searched every branches and leaves on that tree, and we still couldn't find it!" Auel was frustrated for wasting his time searching for a necklace that was not there in the first place.

Gilbert was appalled that the information he got from his loyal gods back in Asgard was a hoax. If he only knew who sealed the necklace, then his search would be a lot easier. "We all know Loki stole the Brisingamen," he muttered, tapping his cheek.

"But we don't know who sealed it," Rey added.

"Whoever sealed it has great power. No ordinary god can seal the necklace, you know." Auel mentioned some gods to Rey and Gilbert, but they were all incapable of sealing the Brisingamen. He was about to give up until he mentioned Fllay's name.

Gilbert looked up at him and grinned. "You might be right, Tyr," he said, standing up. "Hel is one of the few goddesses that are capable of sealing such a mystic item."

Rey narrowed his eyes, knowing Gilbert will plan something to get Fllay again. He might have let Gilbert did as a he pleased with Fllay before, but he swore he will do whatever it takes to protect her.

"Heimdall," Gilbert said, turning to the blonde god. "I want you to force information out from Hel. Force her to tell you the whereabouts of the necklace." He could have ordered Auel to do his bidding, but Rey was more précised in gathering information.

As much as he hated carrying out his orders, Rey still accepted it. He found it to be a good opportunity to warn Fllay about Gilbert's plan. "I cannot promise you anything, Odin, but I will do my best."

Gilbert shook his head. "No, don't give me your best. I want you to give me information." He sounded cold and serious. "Now go and find her!"

"Yes, Odin." Rey bowed his head and then teleported out of sight.

Hallways

Shinn was on his way to the library to deliver the Modern Literature books he was carrying. Normally, he wouldn't let teachers order him around like carrying books, but he had to obey. He didn't want to cause trouble with the teachers because they would lead him to serious trouble. Being expelled once wasn't a good thing.

"Did they have to give me so many?!" he complained, staring at the books in his hand. He felt relief when he saw the library in sight. "Almost there…" But he didn't really expect to see a girl lying unconsciously on the floor.

He immediately dropped his books to check on the girl. He got surprised when he saw that the girl was Cagalli. "Hey, what happened?!" he asked, shaking her. "Cagalli, wake up!" He sensed a disturbance within her conscious, something of negative energy building up.

Placing his palm over her face, Shinn focused his energy on her. He recited an incantation and touched her temple. His hand glowed in bright yellow colour. He did not know any healing magic, so the only thing he could do was to bring back her consciousness. "Come on… Cagalli, wake up…" he muttered.

And before he knew it, Cagalli was slowly opening her eyes.

"Shinn…" Her amber orbs were pale and lifeless. She tried to sit up, but a piercing pain in her heart restricted her movement. "It hurts so much."

"Cagalli, it's best if you don't move yet."

"I can't believe I fainted here. I feel like a weakling."

"Don't say that, you idiot!" he scolded her. "Now mind telling me what happened to you?"

Cagalli held Shinn's hand as tears streamed down from her eyes. "It's my entire fault. I'm to blame for what happened to Alex." She sobbed in his chest.

"Alex? You mean Alexander?" replied Shinn, wrapping his arms around her petite form. "So you remember him now…"

"I remembered everything about him!" she stuttered with lips trembling. "From the day I met him to the day he was killed, I remembered all!"

Shinn gently rubbed her back to comfort her. The way he was comforting her at the moment was the exact same way he did in the past. He knew how painful it was for Cagalli to lose Alexander. He had seen how his best friend suffered in torment. He had tried to his best to bring happiness back to her, but his efforts ended in vain.

"Cagalli…" He hugged the blonde even more. "Please don't cry… Please…" He had always hated to see her cry.

But she couldn't stop crying.

He gently pushed her back to look at her. He noticed how scared she looked and how she trembled. He could not stand it any more. "Freya, crying won't solve anything. What's past is past. You can never change what has happened and blaming yourself won't help you either."

"Loki, how can I not blame myself? It was my fault why Alex was killed. I did not stop Odin in time to—" She clasped her hands together and sobbed even more.

"Freya, it's not your fault! It was all Odin's fault, got that?!"

"Still, I could've prevented his death."

"Look, we can't do anything about it."

"Loki, I'm afraid. What if the same thing will happen to Athrun?"

Shinn got baffled by her words. "What do you mean?"

"Didn't you notice? Athrun and Alexander look exactly alike."

Shinn pictured Alexander and Athrun in his head for a moment. "Now that you mentioned it, they do…"

"It turns out that Athrun is actually a descendant of Alex," she stated. She leaned her head on Shinn's chest.

"So you've fallen for the same guy all over again?"

"Loki, what if Athrun will have to same fate as Alexander? What if Odin will…" She would not dare to even speak of it. What has happened to Alexander was very unforgivable and she did not want it to happen to Athrun.

Shinn never thought of Athrun being a part of Cagalli's past. Up to now, Athrun was only a mere mortal involved in their fight between gods. It wasn't just a mere coincidence that Athrun and Freya met. It was destiny. He just hoped that destiny would not repeat itself again.

To be continued…

JC: I'll just stop there. I need to save some for the next chapter. Please don't forget to review, okay? No flames! Update will be next week as usual.