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Hey Everyone! I'm back with the next chapter! I'm sorry for leaving you with a cliffhanger the last time but I felt like doing it. But, as I promised, I am back with the next chapter within a very short time. So here it is. Enjoy!

"Ready"

Jubin got his gun out of its holster.

"Aim"

Jubin lifted his gun and aimed it at Miriallia's heart. "Oh, man! I had hoped that I wouldn't have to be the one to shoot her. But, oh well. Orders are order, even if she is extremely cute!"

Miriallia straightened herself up into a proud, brave stance, ready to face death. "I can't believe this is happening. Figures, after all these years I finally meat him again and I'm getting executed! Miriallia, why are thinking about him, Dearka, at a time like this. You are about to be killed and the only thing you can think of is that you weren't able to spend more time with him. You should be thinking of Toll, not him." These thoughts all went through her head in a matter of seconds.

"Fire"

Jubin's finger started to pull the trigger. His finger was getting tighter and tighter. It seemed like he was taking an eternity to pull the trigger.

But, just as he was actually about to do so, one of the communications officers on the bridge spoke up. "Commander. I'm receiving a communication."

"Belay that order, Jubin!" Yzak shouted, somewhat relieved. "Where is it from?" he asked the meek girl sitting at his right at a computer consol.

"It's from ORB, sir."

"ORB, eh." Yzak shifted in his seat uneasily. He had a pretty good idea what this meant. "Put it on."

"Yes, sir." The girl fingered the consol and then the screen lit up with the face of a very stern looking blonde, who was not in a good mood.

"Ah, Representative Atha, I presume?" Yzak was going to choose his words very carefully, for he had heard about this woman and she had always been referred to as a spitfire.

"Yes, Commander Joule." Cagalli said without any emotion and then she got right to the point of her communiqué. "I have it from a reliable source, that you are holding an ORB citizen, by the name of Miriallia Haww, prisoner. Do you admit to this?" Cagalli eyed him suspiciously.

"I wonder who this reliable source was." Yzak thought as he looked over to Dearka, who now had a very relieved look on his face. "If I confirm this then what would be the outcome?"

Cagalli smiled her evil smile that Athrun hated ever so much. "If you confirm this, then I would strongly recommend that you turn her over to ORB." Cagalli paused. But, upon seeing Yzak start to say something, she added, "If you don't, Commander Joule, then you will have to answer for your actions to your country for stating a war."

Yzak sat bolt upright in his chair. "You wouldn't dare!"

Cagalli was not the least taken aback by this comment. "Oh, wouldn't I just. It might be rather fun to start a war. You never know." Cagalli gave a slight evil chuckle that originated from her core. "As you know, I represent ORB and so what I say is what ORB says. I don't think that ORB would like you to dispose of Miss Haww, because dispose of her I know is what you were planning on doing. In fact, I believe that that was what you were about to do when I interrupted. She is a very prominent citizen, not just a nobody off of the street. So, if you happen to cause her untimely demise, the people of ORB would notice her absence. If you kill her, all of ORB will know and I am sure that they will be more than happy to kick some Coordinator but, if you catch my drift?" Cagalli hoped he wouldn't call her on her bluff. ORB was still in a state of turmoil. They couldn't handle going to war again. She, of all people, could not make them fall back into that depressing state they were in two years ago.

Yzak felt himself in a quandary. He couldn't just let this girl go so she could blab the fact that ZAFT tried to kill one of Earth Alliance's Ambassadors. But, if he didn't turn Miriallia over to ORB, then he would be the cause of an all out war. He hated Miriallia for two reasons. One, that she, a natural, had captured his best friend's heart and made him weak, and two, that she was probably going to get him fired, or worse, executed. There really was nothing he could do. "Alright, let me talk it over with ZAFT." He wasn't sure if she was bluffing. He just wasn't sure. From what he had heard, this crazy lady seemed to be capable of anything and from what he had seen of her, he very strongly believed it.

Cagalli lifted her head up proud. "I will give you one hour to respond. If you do not, then I will know what action to take." Then Cagalli disappeared from the screen and left it blank.

Yzak sat in his chair, rubbing his temples. He was starting to get a headache. "God I hate natural women. They have this way of always getting what they want." Yzak turned to look in Dearka's direction. He was smiling. Dearka Elsman was smiling when he, his best friend, was in the greatest predicament of his life. Natural girls took good, decent men, and turned them inside out till there heart seemed to rule them and their brains just oozed out of there head making all practical thoughts float away from their mind.

"Jubin, take Miss Haww back to her quarters." Yzak couldn't believe that he had allowed her to stay in actual quarters. She was their prisoner and should be treated as such. Yzak shook his head.

Jubin took Miriallia out of the bridge and guided her back to her room. On their way there he decided to strike up a conversation with this pretty girl. "So, Miriallia, now that you are going to live, what do you plan to do once back in ORB?"

"What do you mean? I may not live. Commander Joule still has to contact ZAFT as to what to do with me." Miriallia was slightly confused.

Jubin laughed. "No, it's pretty much a done deal. I wouldn't be surprised if you were to be returned as soon as tomorrow." Jubin looked down to the floor as he added, "You know, I sorry."

Miriallia tilted her head. "Sorry for what?"

"For taking you captive, for taking you here, for putting you in this situation." Jubin looked up into her blue pools and felt himself wanting to jump into them. He now understood Dearka's fascination with this natural girl.

"Oh." Miriallia looked bewildered. "Well, that was your job."

"Actually it wasn't. My job would have been to kill you on the spot." He said with a somewhat rueful grin.

"Then why didn't you?" Miriallia looked up into his strong face, curious.

Jubin smiled.

It wasn't a bad smile. But then, it still didn't compare with Dearka's. "Miriallia! What are you thinking? Dearka has a nice smile? Well, now that I mention it… but no, Toll had the best smile I've ever seen." She told herself but somehow, she couldn't but get that icky feeling she always did when she was lying.

"I came brought you back because I didn't want you to get killed, but I also knew that I couldn't just leave you there, so I took you."

"But, why should you care what happened to me? Why didn't you just kill me? You are an assassin after all."

Jubin couldn't help but flinch at this revelation. He was an assassin. He had never been ashamed of it before. But then, why now? Why was he suddenly developing a conscious? He realized why. "Because you were cute."

Miriallia's face heated up into the biggest blush she had ever had. The biggest of all but one. That one was on the Archangel two years ago. It was when Dearka had said that she was cute. "Oh! There I go again. Thinking about Dearka. I can't possibly like him, can I?" Miriallia shook her head. " No, it just reminded me of him. I mean who wouldn't blush when a guy says your cute?" Miriallia made excuses for herself.

Miriallia didn't reply to Jubin's exclamation. She tried to pretend that he hadn't said it at all. So, they walked on in silence. Finally, they reached her room. "Thank you, Jubin." I think I will go get some rest now". Miriallia walked through her door. But, just as she was about to close it, Jubin crossed through the doorway as well. He practically pushed his way inside her room. Miriallia tried to protest and get him to leave, but he was too strong for her. "My my, isn't this a nice room. It's better than Dearka's. But, I think you already knew that."

Miriallia was starting to get really aggravated with him. "Jubin, what do you want?" She demanded.

"I just wanted to get to know you better. That's all." Jubin casually sat down on her bed.

This little maneuver was not lost on Miriallia. "Jubin, I think you should leave. Now!"

"How bout, no!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her close to him. She could feel his warm breath beating on her forehead. "How about just one little kiss before I leave, huh?" He said as he pulled her lips into his, hard.

BRIDGE:

Yzak got up from his chair right after Jubin walked off with Miriallia. He went into his office with an extremely serious look on his face. As he passed Dearka, he said, "You wouldn't happen to know who her "reliable source" was, would you Dearka?" Yzak tossed him an evil grin and Dearka was at a loss for words. Yzak didn't wait for a response, after all he already knew the answer, and went into his office.

Several minutes later, Yzak returned with an even sterner look on his face than when he entered. He walked up to Dearka and whispered into his ear. "Dearka, I want you to go get Miss Haww and bring her here." Dearka started to leave and then Yzak stopped him, "Oh, and Dearka, for your own peace of mind, she can live, on one condition." With that Dearka ran out of the bridge, excited that his girl was to live her life to the full.

MIRIALLIA'S ROOM:

Miriallia was frantically trying to push him Jubin away from her. But, he was too strong. He was a coordinator and she could tell by his strength.

When he finally broke from their kiss, he uttered, "Miriallia, I want you to be the mother of my children." He said this casually and so happen stance like that Miriallia was even more dazed.

"The mother of your children!" She shouted. "But…but…I don't want to be the mother of your children!" Her voice was ear splintering.

"Calm down, baby. I won't make you do it right now. Maybe later, though." Jubin was calm about his that she felt herself going over the edge, wanting to gnaw on his arm.

"Later! There is not going to be any later! You are going to leave right now!" She tried to pull him up off her bed, but he was too heavy for her.

Instead, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him again. He flung her down on the bed beside him, putting himself on top of her. But, before he could try anything, she jabbed him in the groin, making him cry out in pain and land on the floor.

She started to run to the door, to get out of there, when he recovered and jumped up off of the and out of the fetal position he had been in. "Hey wait! I'm sorry." He grabbed her and turned her around to face him. "Just listen Miriallia. If all else fails and they do sentence you to death, and if you are carrying my baby, then they would have to allow you to live. Think of it as…as a precaution." He started to wrap his arms around her.

She forced him to release her and she said, "No! That is one precaution that I do not care to take. Now get out!" she yelled in his ear.

"Fine, but remember, if you die, don't say I didn't try to help." He started to move towards the door.

"If I'm dead, then I won't be able to say anything." She pushed him towards the door but he swung around in her and pressed him self into her lips once more. She tried to squirm away, but it was no use. He had her pinned. He was holding her hands, keeping her from taking a swing at him, and holding her against the wall in a way that prevented her from knocking him in the groin with her knee. He learned pretty fast.

Just then, through all the mind numbing affects of the hard, brutal kiss that was being laid on her lips, she heard someone at the door. She managed to get out of his embrace long enough to scream.

This let the person behind the door know that she was in trouble. He started pounding on the door and then she heard a shot being fired and the young man tumbled into the room.

Upon seeing Jubin, with Miriallia being held by force in his arms, Dearka swiftly crossed over to where they were and it was lights out for Jubin. Jubin fell to the floor, not even realizing what had hit him, for Dearka had done all this within about two seconds.

Miriallia let out a sob at what just happened and ran into Dearka's arms. "Oh thank you, Dearka."

Dearka raped his arms around her, holding her head underneath his chin. "Oh how much I want to kiss you right now, Miriallia. But…no…If I do, than you will think even less of me than that jerk lying on the floor." Dearka had to force himself not to kiss her. She looked so sweet and innocent right then. It seemed as if those two long years had never happened. She was still as innocently naïve as the day he had first laid eyes on her. He wouldn't have been surprised if that was the most physical contact that she had ever had with a man and he was glad for it.

"It's all right, Miriallia. I've got you now." Dearka cuddled her in his arms as she cried into his jacket, making it all wet.

"I'll….I'll be alright in a minute." Miriallia started to get a better hold on her sobs.

"That's alright. You just cry as much as you want to, ok." Dearka gently patted her back.

"Oh I feel so comfortable in his arms; they are so warm and comforting. Miriallia no! You can not do this, you love Toll! You have to remain true to Toll." Miriallia forced her self from becoming close to the dark skinned Coordinator. She gently pushed herself out of his arms.

Even though it was gentle, Dearka still felt the tension that had formed inside of her. "Miriallia, why can't you just let me hold you? Protect you? I love you soooo deeply. If only you knew. But, I know you feel this way towards someone else still. Toll." Dearka's heart aced at the thought of him. The man she was in love with. The man that she had always loved. The man that she would always love. Oh, how he wished that he had been Toll, been able to hold her for just a brief moment and felt her love, even if he had died. Then, he would have felt that his life had truly been worth living. But no, Toll was the only one who had ever held a place in Miriallia's heart, and probably would be the only man to ever hold that position. Dearka was almost positive that he would never be able to have any sort of place in her heart.

Dearka forced himself to stop thinking about this and said, "Miriallia, I'm to take you to the bridge. Yzak says that you can live on one condition."

Miriallia chuckled slightly to herself. "Yeah, that's what he said too." She glanced down at the still unconscious Jubin. "But I preferred the death verses his alternative." She sniffed and Dearka led her out of there and towards the bridge.

"That Jerk!" Dearka thought one last time.

Upon reaching the bridge, Yzak greeted them both with a, not so friendly demeanor. "Hey" Yzak sat in his chair. "Miss Haww, ZAFT has decided that you will continue to live if you agree to one thing. And that is that you will never mention, hint at, or tell anyone that you know anything about the assassination attempt. You will remain silent towards this topic for your entire life. If you do not abide by this one rule, then ZAFT will immediately take action, if you get my drift." Yzak said all of this with his usual unemotional manner of talking. "Do you agree to these terms?"

Miriallia raised her brows. "Yes….I do believe that I will be able to do that."

"Good. Then you will return to ORB tomorrow in a ZAFT transport." Yzak considered something a moment and then added, "Oh, and me and Dearka will be accompanying you." Both Dearka and Miriallia raised their brows in a curious manner. "You see,RepresentativeAthacalled back just now and she thinks it would be beneficial for ORB and ZAFT to meet in treaty talks, after what just happened. And it just so happens, I have been chosen to be the representative for ZAFT and I am taking Dearka with me." Yzakthen dismissed them.

Hey! So, I finally left you all with out you feeling that I was going to kill off Miriallia. I also added some more Dea/Mir scenes so I hope you enjoyed that. I didn't really leave you hanging because I may not be able to undate for a while. But, I promise I will update. I will not leave you hanging there.

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