A Sister's Tears

By: Lómiothiel

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED!! If I did, I'd making money… not writing fan fiction… lol…

Summary: What if Nicol had a twin sister? After many the many trails of war, Nicol's sister has moved on along with Yzak, Dearka and Athrun after his death. How will they all react when an assassin that looks just like Nicol tries to kill them? Is it really Nicol? Or just another assassin?

Author's Note: School's started, and I've barely got any time to do anything… I was planning to update a little later on but angelbutterfly asked me to update so I did!! Don't expect updates often from me. I'm a very busy person and it's hard for me to even get on the computer!! But I'll try to update as often as I can… Gundam Seed Destiny is coming out soon… I might incorporate some elements or characters from Gundam Seed Destiny as it comes around but I'm not sure yet… I'm still thinking about it… anyways… and now, to my lovely reviewers…

Pippo23: I really appreciate all your comments!! I agree with you about people making them heartless soldiers in their fics… they're only human!!

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Sakura Kuonji: I hated Nicol death… it's a good thing they didn't extend it during the specials… I'd be like aaaahhhhhh… going through Nicol's death once is enough…

To those that read and don't review: I know you're out there… I'd just wanted to thank you for reading!! That's all!!

Well, onward with the chapter!! Happy reading!!

Chapter 4


Athrun finally was on his transporters. Little did he know, his aircraft was headed right toward a battlefield.

"Hey!" called pilot A (AN: I'll call him Bob!) as he noticed some things on the radar. Pilot B also noticed this.

"Yea… but who would show up in a place like this?" questioned pilot B. (AN: and he'll be known as Jon!)

Athrun heard the pilots saying something and he quickly ran to the front.

"What's going on?" he demanded opening the door.

"There seems to be signs of a battle on the ocean ahead of us," informed Bob. Athrun couldn't believe his luck. First his original carrier wasn't functioning properly, then he was delayed and now a battle?! "Things will get sticky if we get caught in it." continued Bob.

"We don't have any Goohns on board. And your unit will fall out," added Jon.

As Cagalli retreated, she got lost and couldn't find the Archangel. Instead, she spotted Athrun's carrier. Thinking it was reinforcements, she shot at the air craft. Bob quickly ordered Athrun to the cockpit of the Aegis as they would purge the unit if needed to. The Aegis was dropped and Bob and Jon escaped later on. Cagalli crashed landed on an island and also the same one as Athrun.


The three had arrived at the Carpentaria base with no problems. They then received the news of Athrun's carrier being shot down. They had been told to stand by until further orders were issued. Yzak, being tired of waiting, had gone off to find out what they were suppose to do now, and Athrun's whereabouts. Nicol stood staring out the window at the setting sun as Dearka read a magazine. He was very concerned for Athrun. He hoped that Athrun was ok. It was then Yzak entered the room, interrupting his thoughts.

"Yzak! Athrun's whereabouts…" was the first thing Nicol said. Yzak then stood up real tall and began in a very professional voice.

"Fellow soldiers of the Zala squad. Well then, I will relay to you the first mission of our glorious squad. That's… more important than anything else… The search for our leader." Dearka immediately burst out laughing. Nicol was a little taken back. Didn't they care? But then again, it was war and Yzak wasn't quite the type of person to care for anyone, especially his rival, Athrun.

"Well, you can't do anything about having a transport show down, but it looks like headquarters is busy with a lot of stuff, so they said we should find our leader on our own," continued Yzak.

"Well, well. This is quite a way to start," commented Dearka turning back to his magazine.

"Even so, the sun has already set. We'll have to start searching tomorrow," said Yzak.

"No way!" protested Nicol.

"He's in the Aegis," reasoned Dearka. "Even if he has been shot down, it's not something to worry too much about. It's not like he's falling into the atmosphere."

"Well, that's how it is. Get a peaceful rest in your rooms tonight. They say our main ship will be ready tomorrow, so we'll have to do it afterwards," finished Yzak as he walked across the room and took a seat.

Nicol turned back to the window. If only his twin where there, the two of them could've convinced Yzak to start searching right away. 'No, I'd rather have her on PLANT than here in Orb.' thought Nicol as he continued to watch the sun set.


Nicol couldn't really sleep the last night. He was still concerned about Athrun. Bright and early, just as the sun rose, Nicol was already up.

"It's too early!" complained Dearka as he got up. Yzak was right behind him.

"Alright fellow members of the Zala squad. Our search for our leader shall commence now. Shall we all hope to find him soon," declared Yzak sending Dearka into another fit of laughter. Nicol didn't really care. 'Well at least he's being nice about it…' thought Nicol as he got on the helicopter. 'But then again, when has Yzak been nice?' Nicol sighed and started up the engine.

Nicol quickly picked up a distressed signal and immediately radio out.

"Athrun! … can you hear me?… Ple.. Reply…." The radio wasn't very good due to the Neutron Jammers. 'How ironic,' thought Nicol. 'the very thing we sent out to make Earth's lives miserable is making ours miserable as well.'

"Nicol!" called Athrun through the radio. Nicol homed in the signal and it became clear.

"Athrun? What a relief. We're getting your location from the direction of your signal," informed Nicol.

Cagalli approached the Aegis and looked up.

"What's going on?" she asked looking up toward the cockpit.

"The radio's been recovered," replied Athrun. Athrun soon found that something else was coming from the sea. He told the blonde girl about it and she decided to leave. Just before she left however, Athrun had to ask her something.

"You! You're not an Earth solider, right?"

"I'm not!" she answered. 'They're not even soldiers and… everyone's…' Athrun's thoughts were interrupted. "I'm Cagalli! You're…?"

"Athrun!" With a nod and a satisfied look, Cagalli broke into a run to the location where her sky grasper had crashed.


They returned to base and then proceeded to go and attack Archangel. (AN: me describing battle scenes no good. Go watch episode 25 if you really want to know what happens here… :P) Yzak, of course, seeing Strike, became enraged and began attacking quickly. He was quickly taken down and knocked into the sea.

"Yzak!" cried Nicol. Strike, finished with Duel, came after Blitz. Strike knocked Nicol off its flyer.

"Nicol!" called Athrun as he fired at Strike. 'His skills have risen this much… Kira…' thought Athrun. Archangel and the battle was moving closer and closer to Orb's territories and they had sent their army out.

Inside Archangel, Cagalli ran to the bridge. She was pissed. Very pissed. As they planned to move away from Orb, Cagalli entered the room.

"No need to worry about it! Just go into their territory!" yelled Cagalli. "I'll talk to Orb. Hurry!"

"Cagalli-san…" murmured Murrue. It was then the Orb military fleet broadcast their warning to both sides. If they did not move away from Orb, Orb would have the right to protect themselves and fire at both ZAFT and Archangel.

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about…" sneered Yzak not really caring. Athrun was having a bit of a debate on what to do. The military dude repeated the message about having the right to shoot them etc.

"It doesn't matter! Just go into their territory!" ordered Cagalli. She ran back to the communicators and grabbed it from Kazui. She quickly brought up Orb on the screen.

"You say crap like that, even after seeing this situation!" she yelled. "Archangel will now enter Orb's territorial waters! However do not attack!"

"Wh… who are you?" demanded the captain of the fleet.

"Who the hell are you?" retorted Cagalli angrily. "It you can't figure it out, put your superior on! My father… Call out Uzumi Nara Attha! I'm… I'm… Cagalli Yula Attha!" Everyone was in shock.

"Cagalli?" questioned Athrun. He certainly wasn't expecting this. The captain couldn't believe it.

"What's this preposterous crap you're talking about?" he said. "There's no way his esteemed daughter would be on a ship like that!"

"What did you say?!" yelled Cagalli getting even madder.

"Even if it was the truth, I can't just heed to that demand without any positive proof!"

"You bastard!" The captain cut the line.

"Forget about it! I won't let you enter their territory!" declared Dearka as he fired at Archangel. "I'll finish you off before that!"

"Damn leech!" cursed Mwu as he attacked Buster.

"Dearka!" yelled Athrun. "You'll get hit by the Orb fleet! Take a detour!"

"How can I?" replied Dearka. Kira took this opportunity to fire at Buster and destroyed his flyer.

"Shit!" Dearka fired once more and damaged Archangel's engines. It slowly began to crash into the sea, and into Orb territory.


Athrun had them retreat. They were currently discussing what they should do next.

"They're telling people to just believe this announcement?!" growled Yzak. Yzak slammed his hand on the table.

"'The horse has already broken off from Orb.'… Are they really ending it with this?" wondered Dearka out loud. "They're definitely playing us for fools. Is it because our leader is too young?"

"Dearka," scolded Nicol frowning. Yes, Athrun was young but he was capable of leading their squad.

"I don't care what happens to things like that," said Athrun. "But as long as this is Orb's formal announcement, no matter how much we argue that they're actually lying, it's a fact that nothing will be accomplished."

"What did you say?" growled Yzak with a glare.

"If we invade forcefully, it'll become a diplomatic issue that our government will get caught up in," replied Athrun monotone. Yzak was using all the will power he had to contain himself. Why couldn't they go and blow up the entire place? It expose Archangel! Therefore, stating that Orb was lying!

"Always making such reserved decisions, huh, Athrun?" mocked Yzak as he calmed down. "I mean… Captain Zala."

"So? Do we just go back, saying 'Yes, is that so?'" asked Dearka.

"I'm going to put on some pressure from Carpentaria. If it looks like it won't get solved in time, we'll infiltrate," replied Athrun. "Is that all?"

"So you want to figure out the horse's movements, huh?" pointed out Nicol. Athrun nodded.

"Either way, our opponent is just a single country," stated Athrun. "We can't just have some random recklessness, without any conviction."

"If we just break through though, the horse would be there! Isn't that enough?" argued Dearka.

"It's different from Heliopolis!" snapped Athrun. "Even the military structure, I don't even have to talk about Orb's superior level of military techniques. It's only neutral on the outside, but it's a troublesome country, since we don't know what they really have."

Yzak smirked.

"Good. I'll follow your orders," said Yzak simply. "Although, if it were me, I would have broken through." Yzak began heading towards the door, Dearka in tow. "You're definitely a member of Chairman Zala's family. Well, infiltration seems like it can be fun though. Maybe, unexpectedly, I might be able to see the face of Strike's pilot." Nicol made a mental note at Athrun's expression when Yzak mentioned Strike's pilot.


Nichola yawned as she and Azmaria stayed up to watch scary movies. She was too tired to even know what the movie was about. It was around 4:47AM and Azmaria was still going with the movies.

"I'll think I'll sleep while she watches," murmured Nichola as she dosed off.

At around 5:30AM, Azmaria's phone rang, waking both girls up. Azmaria scurried around her messy room, searching for that "bloody phone."

"Where is that bloody phone?!" she yelled frustrated. It was then she spotted it, it under a pile of pillows.

"Hello?" she answered as Nichola grumbled of the lack of sleep. "WHAT?!" Azmaria dropped the phone in shock. That snapped Nichola wide awake.

"What's wrong?" she asked bewildered. Azmaria quickly picked up the phone and spoke again to the other person. She then hung up.

"What's wrong?" she asked again.

"It's my father," replied Azmaria. "He's in the hospital."


Author's Notes: Well, that's the end of the chapter… it there are random symbols in there, they were meant to be faces but QuickEdit did something to them... gahhh... anyways, expect the next update to be sometime within the year or so… lol… I'll try to update as often as I can… anyways, your reviews are always greatly appreciated… have a nice day!! Ja!!