Author's Note: The finale! sniff I love all of ya! (Btw..does anyone notice something about the number 21?) I know the upload took forever! I'M REALLY SORRY! School interrupted…and I've joined the basketball team again…guitar lessons … and other reasons. But I also blame myself for procrastinating. NO MORE EXCUSES! ON TO THE ENDING PROCESSION!
The Ending Procession
Kira
Not all endings have to be sad.
Not all endings have to be happy.
But not all stories lead toward their directed paths.
And not all stories have the reader knowing where the story will end.
And not all stories have the reader being contradicted to the most unexpected resolution.
Pause.
We found ourselves in the 'surprising' mention of a wedding, correct? Let's go back a little further. Fllay Allster died at the hands of Rau after threatening to kill Erika, right?
What if I told you … she wasn't dead?
What if I told you that last version of the chapter just lied to you? You wouldn't be mad … right?
Let's recap, shall we?
Rewinding ….
"I told you I would kill at least one of you, Lacus…" Fllay stared at Lacus maniacally as the gun shakily pointed at Erika's head. "And if I can't kill you … then at least your daughter here will be something I won't have to worry about."
"She's only a child!" Lacus yelled.
"So what! As long as she lives…everyone will pain! It must've hurt, didn't it? To look at her everyday and see that she looked so much like Kira! To see her writing … and smiling just like her father! It must've pained to see him with me and not with you! It must've hurt …didn't it!" she pressed the gun harder to Erika's head. "Didn't it!" and harder as Erika shrieked.
"MOMMY!"
"That's
enough, Fllay!"
Fllay's grip on the gun suddenly dropped.
Now play the scene again.
Fllay thought she was dead. She thought she saw her life just flash by her as she heard the voices in the back of her mind slowly fade away. But she only found herself clutching at her left wrist and herself screaming in agony. It was bleeding and bleeding it was.
"Dammit, RAU!" Fllay shrieked as she dragged herself to her gun.
Kira turned around slowly and saw at Fllay's shaky attempt to shoot the blonde savior. "Fllay!"
"I trusted you!" Fllay growled as aimed it at the blind side of Rau and he fell face forward onto the grass into Lacus Clyne's arms as her pale covered hands filled with his dripping blood.
"What the hell's wrong with you! That's enough, Allster!" Athrun cried out as he rushed forward to her without thinking of the consequences.
Cagalli screamed as Athrun fell to his knees. "Athrun!"
"DAD!" Tsubasa rushed to him until Cagalli pulled him back as another gunshot rang out and birds flew out.
"Leave them out of this, Fllay!" Kira yelled as he attempted to reason with blood-boiling red head.
She only swerved to Kira with her gun with her teeth bared. "I loved you. I gave you everything. I would've given you my soul. But you threw it away … YOU THREW IT AWAY!" Fllay clicked the gun again but there was a sound of a click over and over and until she finally screamed and launched herself at Kira, banging her fists against his chests. "What makes her so different! WHAT!"
"Everything," Kira sighed as he pushed her off like she weighed nothing but air.
"What Yamato is trying to say is that he wasn't happy with the decision of staying with you for the rest of his life," Creuset's mysterious companion finally came down from the trees and laughed as he saw Lacus pulling out her portable ambulance caller. "Don't be too quick now, we wouldn't want blonde here to die of shock of speed," he chuckled.
"Shut up, Andrew," Creuset coughed.
"You shouldn't talk," Lacus sighed. "Cagalli, how's Athrun?"
"It's just a flesh wound," Cagalli sighed. "But he should go in for a checkup anyway."
"I'm fine," Athrun smiled.
"It's better to have that checked."
"It'll only trouble Lacus."
"So it's okay to trouble me?" Cagalli puffed. "There is no way you're getting out of this one."
"But…"
"You're going and that's final."
"Forceful wife, isn't she?" Andrew laughed halfheartedly as he nearly scratched his scarred eye.
Cagalli widened his eyes as she stared at him. "The fourth floor one-eyed captain…Andrew Bartfeldt."
"Hello, to you, too, missy," he saluted with another chuckle.
"I'm the one that convinced Rau here to not go on with this stupid killing spree," Andrew sneered as he bent down to the broken Fllay. "I believe you've just been beat."
"I believe I'll fire you!" Fllay spat.
Andrew wiped his face not seeming to be bothered by the offensive gesture. "If I'm not mistaken, you're not under my department and you can't kill me either."
"What makes you think I won't do it with my bare hands?"
"You won't not after I release a couple of photos I happened to find hanging around by the joint downtown that happens to be full of…"
"OKAY! OKAY! Fine, I won't lay a finger on you," Fllay blushed embarrassedly.
"Is that a promise?" Andrew grinned. "Cause ya know …if you break it. I could just wisp this off to the Tokyo Times or better yet … to wherever people know of you."
"No! I promise! I PROMISE!"
"Desperate and daring, aren't you?" Andrew shook his head as he turned around to face Kira who stood there blankly confused. "You don't look so well, Mr. Yamato. Are you sure you're alright?"
"I-I'm fine…I'm just trying to soak this all in…so wait….Fllay tried to kill Lacus…Rau was hired to kill Lacus for Fllay…but Rau didn't kill Lacus because you told Rau that you wanted Lacus alive because …?" Kira paused and scratched his head childishly. "I'm lost up to that point."
"I used to work for the military when I was just about your age, Yamato, when I was sent into a mission to save well, your mother, Lacus, when she was, well, she was younger than me by about two years, or at least she looked like it."
"My mother?" Lacus blinked.
"Yes, she was a radiating child. A wonder. We thought we would have to go in and get ready for a battle but instead we came into a room full of people listening to her songs. The moment we came in, all we had to do was to tell her to keep singing and we got out of there safe and sound. However, my comrades didn't notice that we were carrying a civilian on the helicopter who wasn't a civilian at all. It was one of the enemy terrorists who were hired to kidnap Ms. Clyne. I managed to pull Ms. Clyne out of the way but instead was knocked out off the helicopter and back into enemy territory."
"Thrilling story…could we get to the point?" Fllay growled.
"This is interesting, shut up, monster!" Tsubasa stuck his tongue out at her and Fllay did the same.
"You're not a child, Fllay," Cagalli glared.
"You're not exactly what I'd call a mother," Fllay snapped.
"Slut," Cagalli turned away from her and waited for Andrew to continue.
"Bitch."
"Whore," Cagalli muttered again.
"Bitch who doesn't know she's pregnant again," Fllay cackled.
"I am not!" Cagalli snapped her head at her.
"Shall I show the pregnancy tests?"
"What pregnancy tests! ATHRUN!" Cagalli turned to him as he froze, he didn't like the look in her eyes at all.
"Uhhh…."
"How about letting Andrew finish the story?" Tsubasa crossed his arms and nodded unusually thoughtful. The whole group laughed except for Fllay who simply groaned.
"The next week I found myself in Ms. Clyne's own mansion alongside with her husband, Siegel Clyne. I quit the army and they offered me a job right off the bat for saving Lady Clyne. I had never been so thankful," Andrew shrugged. "You have a wonderful family, Clyne, and it only continues to grow."
Lacus blushed and nodded shyly. Kira laughed lightly and everyone heard Fllay cough. Lacus scratched her throat at her cough.
A screech of a car and blinding lights appeared and the whole group looked into the direction of the disturbance.
"Time to go," Cagalli sighed as she forced her husband to the direction of the vehicles.
The rest followed and it was silent for the rest of the day.
The next day … well … it was just crazy…for Kira Yamato anyway.
"Can you stop pushing it, Cagalli! I'm NOT proposing!" Kira whispered and yelled into his phone while scratching his head with a dark blush on his cheeks.
"And why not!" a very angry Cagalli responded from the other end. "It's obvious that you two are still in love so just tie the knot already, dammit!"
"But…Cagalli…isn't that rushing it a little? I mean … we just got back together … and I still have to talk to Fllay ..and uhh…"
"Kira Yamato! IF YOU DON'T PROPOSE TO HER BY THE END OF TODAY, I'll cut your throat!" Cagalli stomped her feet scaring Tsubasa out of his wits. She gave him a nervous smile but he only nodded quietly as he looked toward his father who was taking a nap on the couch.
"Dad!" Tsubasa whispered as he tried to shake him awake.
"Huh? What?" Athrun slowly got up to stretch when Tsubasa knocked him back down. "What is it, Tsubasa?"
"Mom's going nuts over Uncle Kira again! Make it stop!" Tsubasa whined.
"There's nothing I can do about that…" Athrun yawned as he slowly fell back asleep.
"DAAADD!"
"But Cagalli, you're asking of the impossible…I can't just propose out of the blue! It doesn't make any sense!" Kira looked around the hospital as he gave a weak smile to a passing doctor.
"Yes, it does! Go to her house or ask her to dinner or something! Make sure to not say it's important!" Cagalli sighed.
"Why not? That way she'll be on time."
"Kira! Have you ever heard of Lacus being late? Please…and besides, if you told her that it's important, she'll get all worked up over what she should wear, so can you just, please, do this for your dear sister and for yourself? You've been postponing your love for her for far too long. The wait should end tonight, Kira."
"Cagalli…I…"
"And if you don't do it and break her heart again, I'll sick Tsubasa on you. He wants to see you guys together, too," Cagalli laughed.
"Thank you for that comforting statement. I think I'll go inject myself with some laughing gas now..."
"You can't inject laughing gas…err…can you?" Cagalli scratched her head as she stared around her household and back to the sleeping Athrun. She grinned widely. "Well, I've gotta go now, dear brother. Good luck on that proposal!"
"Hey, I never said I was proposing!"
"Too bad. Refute again and I promise I'll embarrass you for life."
"What?"
"Just do it if you don't want anyone to see your naked baby pictures," Cagalli sighed as she impatiently tapped her foot and continually stared at the peaceful Athrun on the couch.
"WHAT! I thought I BURNED those!" Kira exclaimed disturbing the people around him and smiled apologetically as they continued on their way.
"Hehe…I kept the rest in my photo album. HA! SO DO IT, DAMMIT! I gotta go!" Cagalli hung up immediately and slapped the sleeping Athrun awake.
"WHAT NOW!" Athrun shrieked as he woke up and lunged at the person who disturbed his slumber when he was welcomed by a small kiss. "Oh, it's you," he blinked as he drowsily pulled away.
Cagalli nodded with a smile and held out a digital camera and Athrun's sneakers in the other hand. "We're going spying on Kira and Lacus again!"
"I thought you grew out of that stage…" Athrun sighed as he grabbed his sneakers from her but she only pulled them away.
"And this time …no knocking over radios with your red shoes, got it?"
"I don't wear red shoes anymore."
"Then what do you call these?"
"Shut up."
In the night
When I cannot sleep
I think of your smiling face
And there you are
There you are
Kira entered the house slowly, Lacus had given him a key … or at least Erika had placed it in his pocket. He entered to Lacus sitting alone in her room. Kira hadn't called. He just … came. He didn't know how to present himself. But when he covered his hands over Lacus' eyes, she jumped in surprise.
"Kira!" she hit him with a pillow and he bowed her head apologetically. "But what are you doing here? I mean … I would've told Erika to stay if you.."
She was taken aback by his sudden force into a kiss as it only took Lacus a few seconds to return his. Only slightly pulling away, he took off his heavy leather jacket and joined her on the couch, controlling the temptation to lie her on her back and continue from where they had stopped only a few days ago.
"PROPOSE!"
Kira cringed at the memory of Cagalli's voice on the phone and he forced himself to pull away. Lacus' cheeks were completely flushed as Kira stared to his leftside pocket which seemed to become heavier as each second steadily passed.
"Kira…is there something wrong?" Lacus asked innocently as she took his right palm. "Are you hungry?" Kira smiled slightly. Actually, dinner didn't seem so bad at all. He nodded and she smiled brightly. She took him by the palm she was holding and brought him to the kitchen. "I have some of last night's leftovers in the fridge."
"Sounds great. What is it?"
"Pizza," Lacus giggled.
"Stop fussing, Athrun!" Cagalli growled as she shoved her face into the window, staring around and trying to listen. Athrun sighed as he laid back against the wall.
"That's not me. We're not the only ones here."
"What are you talking about!" Cagalli said taking the camera out of the front of her face and noticing the familiar faces of Creuset and Bartfeldt. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We wanna see those two get hitched. We spent 21 chapters planning this out!" Creuset said shoving an open notebook and a pen into Cagalli's face. "Go, read!"
"Is it any good?" Athrun blinked as he stared at the scribbles across each page and the obvious erasures and white outs.
"It got over 200 reviews," Creuset shrugged.
"I wouldn't call it the greatest thing in the world," Bartfeldt yawned.
"I spent months concocting this story."
"No, you idiot. All you did was stalk these two."
"Lies."
"And truth."
"Shut up you two! They're back!" Cagalli turned back around as the four of them crowded in the small window.
"More reviews!" Creuset called out, scribbling on his notebook.
Athrun stood up as he stared at the eager threesome. "This is too …I'm not even gonna say."
"Athrun, your cousin's singing!" Cagalli giggled.
Athrun's eyes softened in expression as he took a glance into the window. "She hasn't sung like that in a long time."
Lacus finished her song as she took a breath and she heard Kira's solo clapping. She blushed a little.
"I haven't sung in a really long time.."
"It was still as good as always," Kira laughed as he sat on the opposite side of the couch. He slowly made his way toward her… closer and closer. It was now or never and he took a deep breath before saying anything.
Lacus stared around her walls. Maybe she should do it now .. or maybe later ..
"Lacus?" Kira cleared his throat. "Lacus?"
Lacus screamed. "S-sorry…just a moment… I have to give you something."
She disappeared from the couch and Kira sagged his shoulders in defeat. He was really ready to ask her that time. Everything he had felt toward Lacus … it would be shattered in a matter of moments if she said no. But he would still love her … he would still love her because she was Lacus. She was … Lacus.
"I'm back. Sorry, I just have to. Oh!" Kira kissed her again before she could say anymore. He wanted to be able to act toward her like this just for the last night … if maybe she said no. He was frightened in side of her answer … if she would turn him down. He pulled away again and embarrassedly she handed him a small box.
He opened it and there was a small book. Kira laughed at the title. "How did you … I mean .. this was still in editing stage … how did you get it off my laptop without me knowing?"
"I have my ways and it didn't need anymore editing unless you were going to add more. I mean I could always take it back."
"No, of course not," Kira chuckled again as she fussed to cover it up, when he took her by the hand and held it tightly. "I love it."
"Y-You're welcome…"
Placing the book aside, he kissed Lacus' palm and made her close her eyes. Minutes later, she told her to open them.
"Kira? What did you do?"
"Look at yourself."
"Huh?"
"Just look."
Lacus stared at her clothes. Same. Stared at herself in the mirror as she got off the couch. Same. She stared at hair. Same. She then looked at her arms and downward to her palms. Her eyes widened in surprise as she came to see her palms. She looked up at Kira who was now in his own embarrassed mode.
"Did you ever consider … uhh … well … really … tying the knot, Lacus?" Kira gulped as Lacus stood across the room with brightest and reddest cheeks she had ever had.
"K-Kira…are…p-p-p-prosing to me?" Lacus stared at him with a caught breath. She could barely move and her hands trembled in anxiety.
Kira looked up toward her and biting his lip, he slowly nodded. "O-Of course, you don't have to say yes if you don't want to…I mean…I could always take back the ring and return it and uhh … well…I mean…" He heard her laugh. "Huh?"
Lacus approached him slowly and wrapped her arms around him. He was frozen. "Why would I make you return it? That'd be mean after all the trouble you must've went through picking it out. Of course I'll marry you! Erika would be happy too."
Kira gagged. "W-What did you just say?"
"I said I wouldn't mine being Mrs. Yamato."
Kira tried to control himself, but he soon lost it. He pulled out of her embracen kissed her on the lips immediately. He was overjoyed and Lacus began giggling as he tickled her sides. She cried out in fits of laughter.
"Don't you ever make me go through that, again!" he yelled as thrashed his fingers at her sides as she continued screaming with tears coming from her eyes.
"K-Kira! I get it! I get it!" she tried to breathe but she couldn't. Kira got off her and sat back.
"I have never gone through that much anxiety in my life. Is me in complete anxiousness somehow amusing!" Kira sighed aloud tiredly.
Lacus took breaths as she coughed a little and then turned to look at him with a red face. He muffled his laughter. "Just a bit of fun."
"Fun, huh?" Kira raised an eyebrow at her and grinned widely. "I'll show you fun."
Lacus blinked with a confused look on her face. "What do you mean by that?"
His grin only stayed across his face as he tackled her and pinned her on the couch.
"KIRA!" Lacus glared as she crossed her arms over her chest while struggling to push herself back up. "That's not fair!"
"We're even then!" Kira laughed childishly.
"I think it's best we leave them alone now," Cagalli said as she placed her small digital camera in her pocket. "Come on, Athrun."
Athrun grunted in response as he slowly got up and followed her to the car. As he was midway across the lawn, he turned back around to find Creuset and Bartfeldt still in their crouched position behind the glass window pane. "Haven't you guys had enough?"
"Creuset wants his next hundred reviews," Bartfeldt sighed as he stared at the crazed blonde drooling through the glass scribbling across his filled notebook. "I doubt we'll be leaving anytime soon."
"Uhh…how far is he willing to go?"
"To the bedroom," Bartfeldt shrugged.
Athrun nearly fainted.
Crystal bells.
White ribbons.
A long silhouette veil sweetly nested over pink hair.
A black tux with a red rose over the heart.
Slick brown hair laid combed.
A golden pin replaced with white ones.
A daughter transformed into a joyous flower girl.
A tomboy sister turned into a dazzling bridesmaid.
A best friend turned into the handsomest man at a special occasion with eyes scanning him from every direction.
And even … an enemy attendee turned into a sighing acquaintance.
Pouting as she sat on the edge of the church bench, Fllay Allster stared with a frown at her lone finger which used to be coveted by her ring that Kira had given her for her twenty first birthday. She sighed aloud again until she felt a prickling gaze over her shoulder. She turned slightly around and gave a small smile. "Hello, Ssigh. Kira invited you, too?"
Ssigh nodded with yet another shrug as he walked over to her and she scooted over. The rows in front of them were slowly filling up with more and more people. Newscasters were also found in every corner, each repeating the same thing, "The Yamato Truth!" Ssigh laughed when he heard a lady scream in the front as she leached at Kira's arm.
"I didn't know Kira had fans, too," Ssigh chuckled. Fllay stared at him with a forceful smile.
"Me neither."
"That's surprising, I thought you'd know every person that'd be wanting Kira."
"I never paid much attention. I thought … that it had only been Lacus and no one else."
Ssigh stared at her and saw the expressions on her face change as she sighed in between seconds while staring at the walking groom. "Did Kira say something to you? He did, right?"
Fllay snapped out of her thoughts and looked toward Ssigh. He smiled at her and then she turned away to look downward onto her lap. She cringed slightly.
"I did. . . horrible…horrible… thing … without realizing it. I… almost killed … their daughter," Fllay sighed once again.
"Killed? Come on, you're kidding right?" Ssigh gave her a shaky smile as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Right, Fllay? You wouldn't do something as stupid as that, right?"
Fllay shook his hold off her arm and continued to stay silent. Ssigh's smile faltered and his shoulders soon sagged to a blue state.
They both stayed silent toward each other for nearly ten minutes until . . .
"I wish . . .I could turn back time and redo all my mistakes …"
Ssigh turned to look at her as she spoke. It seemed as if she had forgotten that Ssigh was even sitting next to her on the same bench. However, it seemed as though she needed to speak …
"I wish I had never interrupted what Kira and Lacus had. I wish I had never seen what Creuset did to my parents. I wish I had never received control over my father's company after he died. I wish …I was …I wish …" she bit her lip and stopped.
"Fllay?"
Silence.
"Fllay?"
She turned to him slowly with sorrowful eyes. "I wish … I wish I could just be ….nineteen again."
Ssigh was about to say something until he saw a passing two in the mid down aisle. He laughed a little. "How about you stop wishing and just restart from where you are now? At least you've realized it…and for others …" Ssigh tried to control his fits of laughter as he only heard screaming from the two people in the middle aisle. "We can only hope."
Fllay smiled a little and then turned away.
Maybe Ssigh was right … maybe … maybe this was just part of realizing how to really grow up.
Kira sighed in relief as he plopped into the groom's room chair and slammed his face on the brown drawer. Little did he know was Athrun was sitting on the lounge chair. Kira stared up angrily into the mirror.
"Get out," Kira glared.
Athrun chuckled as he got up and patted Kira on the back. "I was like that, too when I got married with Cagalli."
"Get out," Kira snarled.
"You don't mean that, Kira. You're just overly nervous and because there are over a hundred girls screaming your name outside the chapel waiting for the priest to say if anyone wishes for this holy matrimony not to valid to stand and say so and why, right?"
Kira placed his head down in defeat. "I'm not talking to you anymore."
Athrun laughed. "Come on, Kira! You're getting married! MARRIED! To the woman you have a daughter with, to the woman you've known for your whole life and will spend with for years to come! Be happy or at least say something."
"I'm afraid … if Fllay will deny."
Athrun paused. "But I thought you talked to her?"
"She told me she would still be in love with me no matter who I was with or what I did. She said she'd never let go."
"Kira…ugh…look," Athrun scratched his head again. "There's nothing I can do if she says something, but, if she does, just tell her the truth. You're in love with Lacus and that's the end of the story. She has to let go," he patted Kira on the head again. "And I swear if you have an affair with her, I'll hang you."
Kira stared at him with a cringed smile. "Thanks. I think."
A shrill cry from the outside and a slam to wood was heard. Both of them jumped.
"What the hell was that?" Athrun rushed outside as he left Kira to his thoughts. He turned a corner and into the huge dome church. He felt the adrenaline rush through him. "DEARKA!"
"Nicol, you told me she wasn't coming!" Dearka yelled out furiously.
"I never said that!" Nicol said as he slowly backed away from Miriallia Haww who was also glaring at him.
"YOU LITTLE LIAR! I'LL STRANGLE YOU!" Dearka leaped for Nicol when Milly pulled him back.
"Leave Nico alone, he's not the reason I'm so mad!" Milly yelled as their voices continued to echo throughout the filling church as busy eyes watched while also doing there jobs.
"YOU GAVE HIM A NICKNAME!" Dearka's etes were bulging as he spoke and stared toward with Nicol with lion eyes. "WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE!"
"Nothing, Dearka!' Nicol said honestly. "All we did was talk!"
"TALK! WITH THE ENEMY! YOU TRAITOR!"
"DEARKA ELSMAN, YOU PRICK!" Yzak rushed in and now it became more than a simple boy and girl strife that began with an unknown break of friendship. Who's to know? Surely someone would.
"What the hell do you want, Yzak!" Dearka growled with gritted teeth toward the silver-haired man stomping his way down the hall.
"You're ruining Kira's wedding, if you're going to yell at Milly, yell at her somewhere else. Not here," Yzak spoke unusually calm…no really…it was unusual.
Athrun Zala ran forward and rolled up his sleeves as he neared toward the scene that everyone had been so intently watching.
"Athrun!" Yzak waved with a … smile?
Athrun fazed off the unusual behavior of Yzak Jule as he took Dearka by the collar and glared at him hard. "Get over it. If you're not comfortable with the very woman you're in love with, then you'll end up just like Fllay, you got that! So either fess up or I'll call security to kick you out of here."
"Athrun…" Dearka stared sadly toward the side and stared at the aggravated Milly. He looked back at Athrun. "I can't."
"You coward," Yzak said much to casually.
"Huh?" Dearka blinked.
"Whatever happened to that lecher who just couldn't stop staring at girls? Whatever happened to that pervert that couldn't get his hands off the cheerleaders in highschool, huh? What happened?"
"He…He…" Dearka stopped and then a gentle touch on his shoulder made him jump. He turned around and his eyes became wide and then slowly softened. "Lady Clyne…"
"He fell in love," Lacus laughed. "And you can just call me Lacus."
"I think you just got told by the bride, Dearka," Nicol chuckled as he tried to muffle the rest of his childlike laughter. Dearka blushed a bright red and swallowed hard. Nicol, oh so politely cleared the way for him as Dearka stepped slowly toward the fuming Milly.
"What do you want?" she glared at him hard.
"I…uhh…I mean…" he mumbled.
"What! SPEAK UP!"
"I…"
"Well?"
"I'm SORRY OKAY!" Dearka blurted out.
Milly stepped back slowly. "Did you just say sorry?"
Dearka nodded slowly.
Milly laughed and she approached him hurriedly and hugged him almost immediately. "Wonderful!"
Everyone around looked dumbstruck.
"That was…fast," Athrun scratched his head.
"It's as if Milly was never mad at him to begin with," Lacus blinked.
"She was never mad to begin with," Kira ran in, laughing hard.
"What?" Dearka stared at Kira with wide eyes and then turned to Milly who slowly pulled away from her hug.
"Of course not! Well…when you stole my necklace for that stupid girl two years ago, I was mad. But for our other recent encounters I was simply playing along," Milly shrugged.
"Playing along? Playing along to what?" Dearka blinked.
"When T-Tolle died," Milly swallowed hard and she forced herself not to cry, "I thought…I thought to myself that I had to blame someone. Somewhat like Fllay…I hated myself and in turn I hated everyone else," she paused and stared toward the floor and then looked up again. "I decided to talk to Nicol one day and decided…to try and have some fun. He told me you were the most gullible and we began a game of being mad at one another."
Dearka raised an eyebrow and sighed disappointedly. "How stupid."
"That's not very nice," Milly puffed.
"You want to relieve your pain and than you take it all out on me. Couldn't you just have told me?" Dearka sighed again. "You're smarter than that, aren't you?"
"I…"
"OKAY! Why don't you two discuss this someplace else? We got a wedding to attend to!" Yzak poked in and yelled excitedly.
"Yzak, what has gotten into you today?" Athrun blinked in surprise. Yzak hit him hard in the back.
"Oh, come on, Athrun! I'm always like this!" Yzak smiled crazily again.
"Uhh…"
"LET US GO!" Yzak chirped.
Kira laughed. "I know what he's happy about now! He doesn't have to work for Fllay in that butler costume anymore!"
Yzak's mood suddenly changed. "YOU PRAT!"
Everyone around sighed in disappointment. "Kira, you ruined it."
Kira sulked. "Whoops."
A story of unexpected twists.
A story that had common mistakes here and there.
A story that took FOREVER to update.
A story that I enjoyed writing.
And now…
It has come to an end.
Cagalli held the shoulders of Lacus' tightly as Lacus breathed as slowly, however unmatching to her racing heart.
"You'll be fine. It just Kira," Cagalli rolled her eyes. "Just think. You'll have the right now…It'd be official. He would be yours to hold for the rest of your life."
Lacus breathed out and opened her eyes again slowly. "Of course…"
"LACUS!" Nicol called out from the outside.
"Come on, your groom's waiting…and so is the rest of the world," Cagalli laughed.
Lacus smiled at her. "How could I forget? The cameras…"
They both thought
They had already ruined
What could've been bliss
They thought that they would never be walking down the aisle
That'd lead
To them being together
They thought
That they'd watch their best friend
Slip through their fingers
Because of their mistakes
As Lacus found her way down the aisle, she felt her heart beat faster and faster as she saw her groom stare at her with a dreamy smile. She held in her sigh as she her shoes slowly made no sound against the red carpet. Cameras flashed everywhere and red lights were seen in several different directions as newscasters reported each step…every single second.
Lacus breathed in one more time as she Kira took her by the hand and they stood in front of the priest.
Lacus could feel her heart beating as well as the rapid swirl of emotions running through her head. She looked to her left and there stood the delighted Erika…their flower girl. She had the brightest smile on her face as she twirled around once more in her pink-tinted dress.
She giggled.
They both thought
That they had lost all hope
Of being together
They both thought
That they'd only be close friends
Best friends
And they would stop at that line
But they didn't
They went further
And now …
"I now pronounce you husband and wife. Mr. Yamato, you may kiss the bride," the priest said.
It felt like the time had gone by in a matter of seconds. Lacus turned slightly to Kira, her veil hovering over the entirety of the complexion of her face. Lacus breathed in and sucked in her breath. She could feel her cheeks heating up. She was about to speak when…she felt his warm lips touch hers. At that very moment, she thought she would lose control.
"Lacus…we have to finish this later…" she heard Kira whisper as he slowly pulled away. Lacus tried to hide her frustration as she slowly nodded and turned to her teary-eyed daughter. Lacus laughed as she picked her up and took off her veil placing it gently around her daughter's head. "You can be a real princess now."
Erika's eyes slowly widened. "You mean like in Kira's stories?"
Kira nodded. "And you remember what happened to the princess at the end?"
"They lived happily ever after?" Erika's face widened into a joyous smile…a smile of true …happiness.
Kira and Lacus both smiled at her as they exited the Church building and they were showered with flowers and flashing cameras. However, the family didn't mind.
They were together.
And just like in Kira's stories…
They'd be together…forever.
And nothing could change that.
Nothing.
THE END
Author's Note: I loved writing this story. I loved reading the reviews. To make a long speech short…
I LOVED THIS STORY! Thank you for continuing to review…and so…as a special treat…
Here is a preview to my Athrun/Cagalli story which will also feature Destiny Characters.
Forbidden to Love the Opposition
Cagalli was having the best time of her life until her father reassigns Kisaka. So who's going to protect Cagalli? A broken alliance between ZAFT brings Patrick Zala to send his only son to the bodyguardless princess. Cagalli doesn't enjoy the babysitting since Athrun Zala also happens to be her age. She always questions his authority and what makes it worse is that every girl at her high school is after him! She finds it utterly annoying when she finds her doorbell ringing constantly with girls calling for Athrun. However, lost and afraid, Cagalli finds herself in a dilemma she can't get out of. She finds herself being rescued by the one person she loathes and suddenly … everything change as she hid under the tree. But realizing the truth, she remembers that her father told her she was to be engaged to a man named Yuna, someone she barely knew and she heard was awfully annoying. She wants to break it … but Orb law clearly states :
Any non-resident of Orb may not interfere with the Orb Royal Family nor have any closeness toward any member of the family unless the immigrant has lived in Orb for more than ten years.
So how can Cagalli be in love if her own country forbids it? Ten years? He'd be gone…because ….he's taken …another arrangement was made…without even Athrun knowing himself.
