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Chapter Fifty

Feeling

Small Village

As soon as Cagalli left the small house they were given she immediately went to the main house where the old man lived. Cagalli looked around the village as she rushed to his house and saw that the refugees from Josh-a were all trying their best to help around the village and take their minds off of what transpired.

Cagalli's own mind was trying to think of anything else she could to try and get the images she saw out of her mind. Cagalli hated being a princess and did like the idea of common life, in a way she had her wish now as they were now currently hiding with no new information, Cagalli knew that with everyone in the shape they were in it was up to her to keep all of them safe.

Cagalli's mind wandered to her mother and the rest that stayed behind, Cagalli knew if they didn't have that exit in Kira's chamber they would all be dead now. She was extremely worried that now her mother shared that fate and because they escaped she knew that Yzac person would have taken out his frustration on her and most likely made it painful. Cagalli then wondered just what was going on in Josh-a, were her brother and husband still alive, the odds were strongly against them if an enemy force made it to Onogoro.

Cagalli had to stop thinking before her head exploded and she finally made it to the village elder's house as she was immediately let inside.

Cagalli was led to the main room where she saw the old man that was one time her bodyguard, she was too young to remember but she knew he could be trusted.

Main Room

Cagalli walked in and the old man stood, "Good morning princess, how may I be of assistance?" the old man asked as they were left alone.

Normally Cagalli would have cringed at that title, but she had other things on her mind, "Is there a doctor in this village? It is essential that we get a doctor fast," Cagalli said.

The old man smiled, "We do have a doctor, she is one of the best," the old man said as Cagalli froze for a second.

"She?" Cagalli asked knowing all to well that it was very rare to have a woman doctor, it was never allowed in her fathers reign and Kira only made it possible four years ago when he took the throne removing several traditions.

The old man smiled, "I am not surprised you are confused, she started an apprenticeship when your brother removed the laws but most still cling to the past and wouldn't hire her anywhere in the main cities so we took her in, she is rather skillful." he said as now he wondered what she needed it for, "May I ask what is it concerning?"

Cagalli looked at him, "First it is for my nephew, he started a pretty bad cough…he is still a newborn and shouldn't have been forced to moving such a far distance," Cagalli said with concern.

The old man nodded his head.

"The last reason is for the Queen, she is still recovering and the witch kicked her pretty hard in the stomach," Cagalli said getting annoyed he wanted to play twenty questions.

The old man nodded his head again, "I understand, head to the first house on the left of mine and you will find her there, tell her to drop what she is doing as a favor to me and she will help you," the old man said as Cagalli immediately left but not before shouting out, "I need to discuss something else in a little while," Cagalli said not waiting for an answer as she left.

The old man smiled as she was the same when she was a child.

Doctors House

Cagalli didn't even knock as she went right in and saw the woman the old man was talking about she looked rather young mostly likely the same age as Murrue or at least around there.

"Excuse me Miss…but this is an emergency," Cagalli said as the woman turned around.

The woman looked right at her as she didn't seem upset that Cagalli barged in, "What can I help you with?" she asked.

Cagalli looked at her, "The old man…I mean the village elder said you could help us," Cagalli said as she noticed the woman seemed eager to help apparently she was grateful he allowed her to serve as the village doctor.

"What do you need?" the woman asked.

Cagalli stared at her, "My nephew and sister-in-law are sick and injured we need you now," Cagalli said hoping she would hurry up.

The woman smiled as she picked up her medical bag and started following her out of the room.

"Thank you doctor," Cagalli said as they started making their way back.

The woman smiled again, "My name is Erica Simmons…but please just call me Erica, being called doctor makes me feel old," she said as Cagalli understood and they made their way towards the house.

Small house

Lacus finally woke up a little as Cagalli was gone, Lacus felt herself really sore but she still felt the pain, Lacus immediately ignored it when she heard her son cough again, Lacus immediately looked to her side as she saw him coughing.

Lacus bent down to try and pick him up, but she couldn't do it, Lacus never felt very useless as her son was in pain and her body wouldn't work with her. Lacus tried again and failed again as she didn't want to risk hurting him.

Lacus felt tears to her eyes as she just couldn't lose her son, that was her fear as she gently laid next to him placing her hand on his forehead, she was hoping that he would feel at least a little more calm.

As Lacus laid back down that was when Cagalli returned with the doctor and a few others as Jessica joined them along with Merna's daughter who was trying to gather supplies outside.

Lacus looked up and saw the doctor and Cagalli.

"Don't worry she is a doctor," Cagalli said as the doctor smiled at her then turned her attention to the small Prince.

Lacus felt the same surprise as Cagalli but if she was a doctor then she hoped that her son would be okay.

Erica looked at Dante and she could tell he was sick; she examined him and discovered that he did have a small cold from the traveling, but she immediately took a remedy out of her bag as Lacus watched with concern.

"Your son does have a small cold…however without treatment he will get a lot worse," Erica said as she prepared a small remedy.

"Will…will he be alright?" Lacus asked almost in a panic.

Erica smiled, "Don't worry Miss…this should help fight it off, your lucky we caught it early," Erica said as she gave him the small remedy that wasn't dangerous to an infant.

Erica gave him the remedy and smiled as she now clearly looked at his appearance and something was very familiar, she just couldn't put her hand on it.

"That should do it, with that he will just need to rest, I will continue to check his progress…but now it is your turn miss…" Erica said hoping Lacus would give her name.

Lacus looked at Cagalli as she wasn't sure what to do, and Lacus decided to fake it as she clutched her stomach again causing Erica to immediately start looking at her.

"May I ask what happened?" Erica asked.

Lacus looked at her, "I am still recovering from the birth…then I was assaulted and kicked in the stomach on our escape, I think it was the traveling," Lacus said as Erica knew they escaped from Onogoro as did the rest of the village.

Erica looked at her, and Lacus had to admit she was good at her job, "You are severely bruised on your stomach area, your very lucky but I don't believe you are bleeding on the inside…however that could change if you push yourself, I am recommending that you take this and stay in bed for a few weeks," Erica said as Lacus looked at her with wide eyes.

"A few weeks," Lacus repeated.

Erica nodded her head, "You have no choice miss…if you start bleeding their will be nothing I can do for you, I know you wouldn't want to leave your son without a mother," Erica said as Lacus looked down at her son, she still didn't know Kira's fate and she could be all he had left.

"I understand," Lacus said as she lay back down.

Erica smiled, "Good, make sure to take this and I will be back to check on your son every few hours…don't hesitate to call me if you feel worse," Erica said as Lacus smiled at her and the rest thanked her as they showed her out.

Cagalli saw Merna's daughter and Jessica walked up to Lacus and Cagalli knew it was time to head back to the elder so she left them alone.

Lacus was putting up a strong front, but that didn't stop her worry, she was extremely worried for her son and her husband, Lacus hoped that Kira was still alive, but as her heart was telling her he was still around, and all she would have to do is wait for him to find her just like she knew he would always do.


Onogoro City

Throughout the day ever since the city was recaptured by the ORB forces the day was spent mostly in silence throughout the once heavily commercial city, people were not out in the streets and were not spending time in the shops and entertainment districts the grand city had to offer. People were beyond relieved when they saw the royal guard forces retake the city, but now they had no information and didn't even see their King, for all they knew they had a lord less land.

The Onogoro brigade that Mu left in charge of the city was currently splitting their shifts on the wall and patrolling the city. Half the forces were now in trying to put the defensive equipment they had back in its rightful place so they could defend the city if need be. On the guards minds was this massive failure they suffered, two cities were lost but luckily recovered, however that really shook the publics confidence in their leaders, and they had to make sure they could gain that trust back.

The patrols in the city made sure their presence could be seen for the people that were still edgy and the city was once again starting to look like it did before Josh-a as all the guards were in the correct places with the correct number of guards, in fact their were even more as Mu made sure people could feel safe again.

At the front of the city wall the gate was still busted but Mu sent a few engineers to construct a new one quickly as they wanted to try and get things back to normal, but until then they tripled the guards on the city gate.

It was truly a sad day in ORB's history; however all they could do now was restore things back to normal and hope with time people will regain the trust in the forces.

City Gate

Jibril took his time on the way here he was only a few hours out at the training camp, but now when he arrived towards the city he saw the ORB forces and knew he had to put a few matters in place, he had to make sure the Queen and her party couldn't make it back into this city, and he had an idea in how to do it. The city guards saw a carriage with a small escort arriving and they immediately went on guard for the nerves, but soon they noticed it was Jibril.

While Jibril was on the way here, he instructed his main unit to set up a perimeter around the city but out of the distance of the city so they couldn't be seen. Jibril knew with this small perimeter he set up if the royal family tried to make it back they would be caught before ever getting close to the city, and with what Jibril was going to do at Onogoro would make their job a lot easier.

Jibril arrived at the front as they got out and Jibril immediately walked up to them as he acted like he just found out, "I am relieved that all of you are here," Jibril said.

The guards looked at him funny.

Jibril noticed, "I got a disturbance report from some of my teams at the border, I need to see the King," Jibril said more of an order then a request.

The guards looked at each other and since Jibril was one of the three main city leaders they had to let him through, they moved out of the way and said nothing as they let him and his small escort through, not asking any questions but they did wonder about a few things.

Jibril and his escort rode in and Jibril along with his subordinate looked around the city, it was pretty much undamaged like Jibril had wanted, he smiled at his victory for the moment.

"Are you sure about this My Lord?" the subordinate asked.

Jibril smiled, "Fear not, I only need to make sure of a few things then we will leave the rest up to Campbell for now," Jibril said as he was still smiling at his victory, everything went right for him so far.

The subordinate smiled as they reached the castle and the guards here opened the gate like they did at the city and Jibril went inside.


Onogoro Castle

The day at the castle was pretty much like the city, all the servants that fled returned to the castle as they wanted to help out and they were hoping for news.

Mu was in charge as Kira was still passed out; his body was completely on empty so Mu knew he would be out for awhile.

While Mu was in charge he did Kira's requests to him and sent messengers out to Josh-a to have Elsman brought back to Onogoro for interrogation and punishment, which was still unknown for Joule and Elsman. Mu also sent messengers around to the other cities and towns letting the leaders know just what had happened.

Mu also personally saw the overseeing of the bodies that were left in the courtyard, and like he knew none were able to be identified. Mu and a few guard members with the utmost care started removing them so they could be properly put to rest. Mu was still a little silent for the royal family and Murrue which he learned from a few servants that escaped was with Lady Via the whole time which he knew she wouldn't abandon her to save her own skin.

Mu was angry and hurt, but he had to let it go, at least for the moment.

The castle staff never once saw one person of the royal family and they feared the worst, as Mu didn't release any information and the guards that knew were to busy trying to put things back in order to reflect on it right now.

The castle was put back under the control of the royal guard as they took their positions in their rightful places.

Mu was in the courtyard watching and making sure that things were in place when he saw the gates open and Jibril's carriage arrive.

Mu lifted his eyebrows as he saw the carriage, knowing all to well that no messenger could have arrived at Logos that soon.

Courtyard

Jibrils carriage stopped as Jibril saw that Mu was waiting for him.

Jibril got out with his subordinate and approached Mu, "So happy to see that you are still alive Sir La Flaga…where is the King?" Jibril asked concerned.

Mu looked at him, "I am fine and the King is alive and resting Lord Jibril…can I ask what you're doing here?"

Jibril knew Mu was smarter then he looked, "I received a report from a few of my knights at the border as they were suddenly hit with an attack…I don't know the details but most were wiped completely out," Jibril said as that was the reason he sent his border force to replace his main unit, he only hoped Mu wouldn't look further into it as he was playing a gamble here.

"Why come here?" Mu asked suspiciously, he always felt something weird about Jibril.

Jibril looked at him, "I came to report it personally when I kept hearing rumors and I came here hoping to see what was going on," Jibril said calmly.

Mu said nothing.

Jibril decided to change the subject, "Did you catch whoever did this?"

Mu nodded, "Correct…a few ZAFT commanders and Allsters daughter seemed to plan this out, however I have a feeling that was not all," Mu said not casting any suspicion towards Jibril but he did have that feeling as now they were trying to sort things out.

"How is the Kings condition?" Jibril said as he knew what he would be like.

Mu angrily looked at him, "Let's see, he just lost his family wife and son which we can't even identify because they apparently weren't going to stop until the bodies were unidentifiable, two cities were captured how would you feel?" Mu angrily asked him as he just wanted to be left alone now.

"My apologies Sir La Flaga…but this is my country to and my city could have fallen to the same thing, I just want to know if the threat is clear as surly you can see many more lives are at stake," Jibril said knowing all to well that he successfully changed the subject on Mu looking at him with suspicion.

Mu looked at him again as suddenly a messenger from inside the castle arrived and stopped in front of the two, "Sir…it seems the council is gathering," the messenger said.

Mu looked at him funny, and then it hit him, the council likely fled like cowards when the attack happened and now they came back knowing it was clear wanting to talk about this garbage which they would use to point fingers and cast blame.

Mu looked at him, "I will be their in a few minutes," Mu said as Jibril said the same.

They went in as Jibril saw they did a good job on the bodies leaving not a single trace to be identified, "Listen Sir La Flaga…we have to stay strong for the King, I take it he will not be attending this meeting?"

Mu looked at him, "…no he won't, I will not wake him, Lady Campbell for some reason hasn't left his side," Mu said not wanting to think about this anymore.

Jibril smiled as he got a little more information as Meer was doing her job at least.

They walked in and headed straight for the council's chambers.

Dungeon

Down in the castle dungeon the two main figures that were left were now resting.

On one side was Yzac how finally woke up after being brought down by Kira, Yzac opened his eyes to see that he was in a small cell and he immediately remembered everything. He was once again spared by the ORB King and lost again. Yzac looked down at his hand to see that the doctors for some reason sealed up his wounds on his hand were his two fingers used to be, and to make matters worse it was his main hand meaning he could most likely never fight with that hand again.

Yzac placed his hands on his head as all he wanted was his honor back, but now he was left with nothing and nowhere to go, he was now like he was after the Oceania battle a broken lost soul that only wished for his end.

Flay's cell

Flay woke up a little after Yzac as she passed out from shock but as soon as she opened her eyes she immediately felt pain as she couldn't move her arms, Kira made good on his promise as now the first part of her punishment was to begin, Flay was chained with her arms above her head as she was left a few inches off the ground, and what made matters worse was she couldn't move her head as they made it so she could only look in one direction and that was straight ahead.

Flay opened her eyes and right in front of the damp dark cell was a few torches that were lit and a large mirror. Flay's eyes went huge as she remembered what happened and she saw herself in the mirror as her hair was completely gone, Flay screamed again as loud as she could as she tried to look away but couldn't as they made sure her head was secured with another restraint and she couldn't look anywhere else all she could do was stare at her bald head which was now completely bald as the guards finished what Kira started.

Flay was bawling her eyes out as she was now in pain, She would be like this for a couple of days as Kira was going to make her experience everything Flay did to Lacus and this was when Flay locked Lacus up like this at her families estate for two days with nothing in the dark. Kira however made sure in the order he gave before he passed out to put a mirror in here so Flay would constantly look at herself.

Flay tried and tried but all she could see was her bald head, Flay screamed, whined and begged to be let out but nobody ever answered her, Flay was completely miserable, as she continued to cry and scream.

As for Yzac who was a few cells away this was another torture as he had to listen to all of her screaming.


Logos

Estate Basement

Via, Merna, and Murrue arrived at the estate in the dark after they left Onogoro the day before Kira took the city back, they were in a carriage that couldn't see out and when they were brought into the estate they made sure it was night and people were off the streets. Once they stopped at the estate they were taken in the back as none recognized the place as none were ever here. They were blindfolded once they were brought in the back and kept like that until they were taken into the estate basement in the lone cell they had as all three were thrown in and the cell was slammed shut.

They could finally see again as they had no clue where they were, Jibril had them brought here as a backup plan just in case something went wrong.

It was a whole day and all three were worried just what was going on.

Murrue was actually worried for her Lady and for the moron Mu; she didn't know what was going on there.

Merna was concerned for her daughter and the rest of them just like all three.

Via was concerned for all, but she worried about her grandson the most, taking a long trip as an infant was not going to be to good on him, she was worried about the rest as all they could do was wait and see what happened.

All three hated this as they wanted to know just what was going on.


Small Village

Old Mans House

Cagalli made her way back to the old mans house after she left Lacus and the others to rest, Cagalli only had one thing on her mind as she made her way back to his house.

Cagalli was greeted immediately as she was shown to the back of the room and once again met with the old man.

The old man smiled as he greeted her, "Welcome again Princess."

Cagalli got right down to business, "You served for ORB in your youth so I am sure you are knowledgeable about such things."

The old man looked at her, "That I did Princess, I fought my way up the ranks throughout the reign of your father and finally got a position as one of the royal guard, as one of the best he put me as your bodyguard…leaving the very best for himself and your brother."

Cagalli nodded her head as her father had no real use for her, "I want you to enlist several of your village warriors to help me get to Josh-a," Cagalli told him.

"I have a feeling I know what you are up to Princess…however this village has very few warriors and many that were able to fight joined the ranks of the ORB army, I don't think many will be helpful to you," the old man told her.

Cagalli frowned, "I need to get to Josh-a, even if I have to go alone," Cagalli told him seriously.

The old man smiled, "Still very stubborn as usual, I'm curious to know what you will do there?"

Cagalli looked at him like he was a nut, "What do you think? I have to see if my brother and husband are still alive, It is up to me to look after his family now that this has happened…I need to know, and will not wait anymore," Cagalli told him seriously.

The old man smiled "A strong woman you are Princess…the real reason is you want revenge for what has taken place, you wish to seek battle am I wrong?"

Cagalli didn't know what he was talking about, "Look…all I want is to warn my brother so he could take his city back, I will not let whoever is behind all of this to go unpunished," Cagalli told him sternly.

The old man looked at her, "I see you put up a tough exterior Princess and I will not make you talk if you don't wish to…I will ask for a few volunteers to escort you, but on the conditions you think long and hard about my words, finding the meaning will give you want you want."

Cagalli had no clue what he was still babbling on about, but she did trust him, he was very sincere, "…alright then, I wish to leave as soon as possible."

The old man smiled, "I understand, however I suggest you wait until the intelligence I sent a few out for returns," the old man said with a smile.

Cagalli looked at him, "You never did forget about serving with ORB did you?"

"Very true Princess…after all this is my country as well," the old man said as he turned around and Cagalli left returning to the house, she was going to head to Josh-a and get to the bottom of this one way or another.

Small House

Cagalli returned a little while after she left as she went around the village just thinking, mostly about what to do if the unthinkable happened to her brother and husband, but how she would move on from here. Cagalli knew if they were gone she was not going to let the world that her brother worked his entire reign for go back to nothing. Cagalli began thinking that she should probably return to Boaz, but for all she knew that city was under attack as well, things were not looking good if her brother and husband were gone.

Cagalli went back inside to see that the crowds were gone and both her nephew and Lacus were once again sleeping, she noticed that the doctor Erica seemed to do a perfect job, and she would remember this. Cagalli sat back down as now she couldn't believe what she was doing now and that was thinking what her brother would do in this situation, it didn't take her long as she knew the answer and that would be to move on and fight to his last breath for the good of this nation.


Onogoro Castle

Council's Chambers

The council like Mu had predicated ran like cowards when the castle came under attack and hide the best they could, now that everything was given the all clear and the city was safe again they returned and ready to shoot their mouths off.

Mu and Jibril walked in as the council stood up, but as they noticed Mu wasn't at all to pleased they sat back down as Mu sat in his seat with Jibril in his, and all took noticed to the empty seat at the head of the table which was where the King sat.

Mu looked at them as he was in no mood, "Well I see you crawled out of your holes," Mu said annoyed.

The fourth one looked at him, "What did you expect? We were suddenly attacked and almost slaughtered because of the King leaving so little secured here," the fourth one fired back.

Mu grew angry.

"What is done is done…we are here to discuss what to do next," number two said.

Number three looked at Mu, "First thing is first how is the Kings condition?"

Mu looked around, "Well considering his family is completely gone and we lost two cities…how do you think?" Mu said as he was really annoyed.

The second and third one frowned at the news while the forth one had a small smile knowing that the peasant Queen was gone along with her half common son.

"So the Queen, Prince and all are gone…" the third one said knowing this was indeed a tragic event.

Mu knew they weren't even up to date on information.

Mu calmed down, "From the information and what we saw they are…" Mu said sadly.

The second one looked at him, "I heard that we have taken a few of them in custody."

Mu looked at him, "Correct from Josh-a we picked up Dearka Elsman which was the former Buster commander in ZAFT, with Yzac Joule here which was the commander of the Duel squad, and finally George Allsters daughter Flay."

The three looked at him immediately as Jibril kept his mouth shut.

"I think we need to start at the beginning," the second one said.

Mu nodded, as he told them everything, heading to Josh-a and it being a trap, returning here while telling of the King's battles and learning the truth from what the leaders Flay and Yzac said along with the proof outside.

All listened as their hearts dropped and their eyes were shut all except for number four.

"All for revenge this act took place," number three said as that was what it looked like.

Mu looked at him, "I am not so sure that is just it…I believe there could be more involved," Mu said as Jibril knew he was a lot smarter then he looked.

"I believe we have to look into all these matters fully," number two said.

"How did the attack here begin?" Mu asked as they had to know.

Numbers two and three told him everything.

Mu took all that into thought as Jibril was pleased that his attacking force did everything he told them.

"Something isn't right I know it," Mu said.

Number three looked at him, "We will order an investigation and nothing should leave this room until we know."

The rest agreed never expecting the mastermind to be in the room with them.

"What about the criminals?" number two asked.

Mu looked at them, "The King already gave the order on Allster as he gave the Mendel," Mu said as all looked at him quickly.

Jibril found that amusing, and looked forward to seeing that.

Mu spoke again, "However first I want the chance to talk to all of them…Elsman is being brought here as we speak so before the King gets a chance I want to speak to all of them."

Number four grew worried, "Why would you not want the King to speak to them?"

Mu looked at him, "…It happened again…and far worse," Mu said as all knew what that meant.

Number four remembered what happened to the first one the last time he snapped and didn't want to think about it.

"Where is the King now?" number two asked.

"Upstairs, his body gave out from exhaustion and hurt…Lady Campbell is with him and I don't know what will happen when he wakes up, I don't have a very good feeling," Mu told them.

Most agreed as the forth one spoke, "He is the King, he should move on and run the country the way it should be."

All looked at him as Mu grew furious, "He just lost his wife and son what would you do?"

"He is the King, he doesn't have that luxury, he is still young at the age of nineteen and can have another heir so we need now worry about that," number four said as this would be good and they could hopefully put a noble as the next Queen.

Mu wanted to deck this guy and bad.

The others could tell Mu was getting hot.

"In all respect Sir La Flaga…but I believe he is right, and we don't ever agree on anything," number two said.

Mu quickly looked at him as the third one agreed.

"They are right sir, our people are very down in spirit and as he is the King it is up to him to lead by example…I believe that by taking a new bride he will show the nation that he is moving on towards the future," the third said.

Mu couldn't believe what he was hearing, "You're saying to just throw the memory away of our Queen."

"Not at all sir, but these are now desperate times and the people need to be assured that things like this will never happen again," the second one said.

"For once they are actually right, there are a number of young noble women that would gladly take that role," the fourth one said.

Mu sat down as Jibril remained quiet; he was going to see how this played out.

"For the future of our nation a new heir must be born as quickly as possible, our King will have to understand that," number three said as that was the only way.

Mu slightly laughed as all turned their heads to him, "Then let me ask you this, will you be the ones to tell him that?" Mu asked as all of their eyes got a little big just thinking about that, the King in this state would without a doubt blow up at hearing that news.

The three remained silent.

"Just as I thought," Mu said knowing these people were about as useless as they ever were they were ignoring all the important matters, it was then that Jibril finally broke his silence.

"Such matters can wait for a different time, right now we should be focusing on the punishment of the ones involved, our people will feel far better knowing the ones that did this are brought to justice," Jibril said wanting to get rid of those he used as quickly as possible.

The others looked to him, "I believe that might be better to discuss for the moment," number three said.

"Also we need to discuss just how to move the country forward from here and make sure this never happens again, and seeing as you are here Lord Jibril we believe you should start," number two said knowing all to well this had to begin at the border.

Jibril smiled as he knew what to say, but he wanted them off this subject as soon as possible, he needed to end this meeting and find a way to speak to the King, little did he know he would have to wait much longer as the doors to the councils chamber were now opened.

Kira and Lacus' Chamber

Kira was brought back to his chambers after he passed out in the throne room, as the knights and few servants tended to him, Meer got an idea, Meer left him for a brief time as she went quickly back to her room and changed into one of her more comfortable dresses. Over her time here Meer stayed very conservative while dressing, but now she wanted to make sure she could show off her assets while she was trying to work her magic on him.

Meer dressed into a very tight dress that showed off a lot of her body as this was standard wear for women on Kaguya; Meer looked at herself and smiled as she quickly made sure her hair was done just like Lacus always wore it and she left returning to the room that Kira was in.

Meer arrived as the room was heavily guarded from the outside, but the guards knew she was no threat and let her back in. Inside she saw Kira asleep as his bloody garments and armor were removed while now he was just wearing his royal pants while he rested.

Meer walked in and blushed a little as she stared at him; he was defiantly to her liking. Meer sat down in the chair next to him as she would now wait for him to wake up.

Meer kept her glances on him as she saw his battle scars and the pendant he wore, to her understanding that was what saved him when he pushed Lacus out of the way from an assassination a while ago. Meer still could help but feel jealous of Lacus, Lacus had someone that would do anything for her, and that was a feeling she always wanted to have knowing that someone would do anything for her.

Meer sat there with him never moving as she could see he wasn't having a very peaceful sleep. Hours passed and Meer was surprised that she wasn't bored, something about this felt right to her.

Meer glanced down seeing that his hair had fallen in his eyes and she couldn't resist the urge to move it from his eyes, she reached out removing the hair from his eyes but as she did she immediately received a shock as her hand was snatched and she found her self being thrown to the side of him.

Kira wasn't at all sleeping peacefully as the events kept playing over and over in his mind, he struggled and struggled in his sleep, and as soon as he left someone touch him he on instinct snatched the arm and threw the person to the side on him as Kira immediately pinned them down in a threatening manner.

Meer slightly cried out as she felt herself being pinned to the ground as Kira had his one hand around her throat now, and as she looked up she saw the deep hatred in his eyes once more.

Kira had her on the ground, but as he regained his senses he looked down seeing an image of Lacus flash through his mind again as he looked down at the striking appearance of Meer.

Kira immediately released her as he shook his head realizing who it was, "What are you doing here?" Kira demanded to know.

Meer looked up at him, "I…I was just watching over you sire…I didn't mean to cause any harm," Meer said a little scared.

Kira kept staring at her appearance but as he was now sure this was Meer Kira remembered all of what Lacus said how Meer helped her and Kira released her standing up.

Meer sat up as she looked up at him. Meer analyzed him and could tell that he was still hurting about Lacus so she decided to wait this out, but as she did she put on a smile like Lacus as he turned around.

Kira turned around and stared at her again, Meer was defiantly more revealing then he ever saw her, "How long was I out?" Kira asked never changing the tone of his voice.

Meer looked at him, "Most of the day sire."

"What has been going on?" Kira demanded to know as for some reason he had to stare at her, she just kept reminding him of Lacus, and right now that was helping him with trying to forget about what happened.

Meer knew this was good, but something else happened to her as she was looking in his eyes they were defiantly dark and murderous, but they were also filled with pain and suffering, she didn't know why as that should do well to help her goal, but she felt miserable for him, her heart was beating and she didn't now about these emotions that she felt.

Meer did know a little about what went on as she broke her trance knowing all to well she better answer him, "All I know is that Sir La Flaga has been taking care of what you asked him to, the city is being regarded…and I did hear something about a meeting taking place," Meer answered as she saw Kira looked very angry for some reason.

"Those fools are trying it again I see," Kira said angrily as he immediately grabbed his royal robe not bothering to tie it and looked around taking hold of his sword.

Meer saw that he did stumble a bit meaning he wasn't at one hundred percent yet, "Your Highness I think you should still rest…" Meer said as Kira immediately cut her off.

"Silence! I don't need any advice on my condition!" Kira shouted as his sword was grabbed and he was heading towards the door.

Meer jumped at his tone as that statement did hurt her for some reason.

Kira got to the door and as he turned around he saw her on the verge of tears, but it wasn't her that he was seeing, Kira once again had another image of Lacus, and seeing Lacus hurt was something he could never bear looking at.

Kira immediately broke out of his trance again as he shook his head, Kira didn't know why put he felt better in those trances, and the way Meer was positioned sitting it was the same way Lacus always sat, from the distance he was at it looked just like her, "I have to go, your assistance was much appreciated," Kira said in his dark tone as he left.

Meer immediately looked up as he left, she slightly smiled, but not because her plan was working, she was glad he apologized to her, but the reality she refused to believe was he was apologizing to Lacus.

Meer placed a hand on her heart as she never expected this to happen, so soon and now she was starting to feel, Meer was glad he did what he did, but now she was worried what he would do next.

Meer was letting her heart start to feel and that could be placing her mission in jeopardy, but the reward was suppose to have the past document made official so feeling would be good in the long road, Meer thought she finally found what she was looking for and she believed it would be him.

Kira left and made his way towards the council's chambers, they tried this once before and now he wasn't going to let this insubordination happen again, the staff and guards looked at him as he made his way down, but the look in his eyes told them to keep their mouths shut. Kira made his way down as he knew what they would be discussing, and that was something he wouldn't put up with. His mind was still on Lacus and what happened, but Meer's presence was making him feel like Lacus was still around so he had an idea on what to do with that, but first he would make sure all knew he wasn't going to tolerate this any longer, and his decisions would be the ones that would take place.

To be continued…


(AN): I hope you liked this chapter, the next one will include the interrogations, Meer tries something, and a few other things, I don't know when it will be up. Bye for now.