Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED or it's characters, but I do own my plot and the character I make up.
Hey, I'm back! I have for you the 8th chapter! You no longer have to worry that I will kill off Miriallia.YAAY!Besides,I would never do that to Dearka!
Anyways, here is the 8th chapter! Enjoy!
"Ok, people, let's get on board, now" Yzak told Miriallia and Dearka, along with a few other ZAFT soldiers.
They were boarding a ZAFT transport that was on its way to ORB. A few hours earlier they had arrived at a Plant because Yzak had to check in with them first to arrange the trip.
Miriallia had been invited to stay at the Atha mansion. So to, was Yzak, who was invited for treaty talks between the two nations.
Although, the real reason Cagalli had invited Yzak to participate in the talks, because he actually wasn't that good of a humanitarian, was because she knew that he would have Dearka tag along. She knew, from their conversation earlier, that Dearka was hopelessly in love with Miriallia. So, she was going to do all that was in her power to bring the two together under less volatile circumstances.
After all, she didn't know Dearka that well, but she did know Miriallia and Miriallia needed to move on and find someone to love again. She had always seemed so unhappy whenever she came to visit her and her brother. Oh, she always smiled and made pleasant conversation, never letting show that she was sad. But, Cagalli knew better. Miriallia's heart was aching for Toll and the only way to help her move on would be for her to find someone else who could provide her with as much love as Toll did. And she believed that Dearka was the person who was capable of this. In fact, she believed that he was far more capable of supporting Miriallia because he was stronger and more dependant than what she had heard of Toll. Toll was nice and sweet, which had caused all those around him to love him, but, in time of war, he had died and had left Miriallia to herself.
Cagalli believed that Dearka would do anything in his power to prevent his own demise if he felt that it would hurt Miriallia. And he would
Miriallia stepped into the transport very daintily, Dearka watching her the whole time. He was admiring her shapely figure in the peach and burnt orange outfit that she had first worn on Heliopolis. He had this odd kind of smirk plastered on his dark, handsome face. Yzak shook his head, upon noticing his friend's unusual expression. He couldn't understand this feeling that his friend apparently had towards the sweet eyed brunette.
Dearka stepped into the transport right after Miriallia, followed by Yzak, who had a disapproving look on his face.
They had been assigned chairs on the transport and Miriallia was looking for the chair number that matched the number she had on her ticket as she passed through the aisles and aisles of chairs that were aligned in rows of two's. Dearka found his, number 34, and sat down in an aisle seat. Miriallia searched over the rows of chairs, still looking for her seat.
"Hey, Miriallia, What's your number? Maybe I can help you look." Dearka stood up in the cramped aisle, his head banging the ceiling because he was very tall. There was a person who was trying to pass through and he stepped on Dearka's foot. Dearka let out a little howl of pain, for the man, who had stepped on his foot, was a rater heavy set man who could barely get through the aisle when there were no people, let alone several. The man uttered a mumbled apology and kept walking, not even stopping to ask if he was alright. Dearka swiftly sat back down in his seat, figuring that he was safer.
Miriallia immediately came to his aid. "Oh, Dearka, are you alright?" She knelt down on the floor of the aisle, blocking the path of anyone who wanted by.
"Yeah, I think I'll be alright. But, man, that guy was heavy."
Miriallia glanced back at the rather rotundas man who was now sitting down in a seat, only it was actually more like two seats that he took up, and laughed. She pitied the person assigned to sit next to him.
"So, what is your seat number?" Dearka repeated his question.
"Oh, sorry. It's number 33." Do you know where that is?" Miriallia stood up again and started to look over the chairs and their numbers.
"Yeah, I do. It should be the one right next to mine." Dearka looked on the front of the chair for the number. "Eh, that's funny. There is no number on the front, but it should be number 33. Maybe it got worn off or something."
"Are you sure that it is the right one?" Miriallia was rather confused.
"Sure! I mean, look at the one opposite me. It has number 35 on it, so this should be 33. I guess that means you're sitting next to me," Dearka smiled up at her.
Miriallia blushed. "I guess so." She crawled over him and sat down in her seat. The seats were rather close together, so their arms were touching and this caused them both to heat up into a radish colored blush.
Miriallia started to look out the window and await their departure, when she was pulled away by someone shouting, at the top of his lungs. It was Yzak. She knew enough of his yelling to recognize it when she heard it. "I CAN'T SIT THERE! MOVE OVER, YOU POMPOUS PIG!" Yzak certainly did not know how to be cordial.
His shouting had attracted the attention of everyone on the transport. The driver went into the back and Miriallia and Dearka followed him with their eyes until they reached where Yzak was sitting. He wasn't exactly sitting down. In fact he was standing, right next to the heavy set man who was taking up both of the seats.
Miriallia giggled. "Oh god, it sounds so good to hear her laugh." Dearka was distracted from his friend for a moment when he heard that most beloved noise gurgle up her throat.
Yzak had apparently gotten stuck sitting next the overweight man. And, he was apparently screaming his head off about the situation. "I WILL NOT SIT NEXT TO THIS MAN! I tried to sit down and couldn't because this man's ass was in the way!" Yzak explained to the driver.
The plump man was apparently ashamed because he looked away when Yzak said this. Miriallia couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor man, who was inconvenienced because of his weight.
"Look mister. I don't want any trouble on this here trip" The driver stated to Yzak and the other man with a slightly southern sounding accent. "We are all filled up, so you will have to sit down next to this here man." He motioned for Yzak to sit down.
"SIT DOWN WHERE! There is no place to sit down because this guy is taking up my seat along with his!" Yzak was fuming over his present situation. He hated traveling. It seemed like something always happened when he took a trip that embarrassed him. And this was certainly one of those trips.
"Calm down, mister. If we could just ask the man, nicely, to move over, I'm sure there will be enough room." with that the driver walked back up to the front of the transport, ignoring Yzak's mumbling and cursing under his breath. The plump man tried to scoot over as much as he could, but there was still only about six inches for Yzak to sit down on. He rolled his eyes and quietly sat down, half of his body hanging off the seat. He continued to mumble to himself for the entire duration, quite disconcerted.
Dearka and Miriallia sat back down in their seats, still giggling from Yzak's behavior. The transport took off with a jerk and they were on their way.
Dearka was just sitting there, not realizing that he was staring at Miriallia. Miriallia turned to look out the window; she could feel Dearka's eyes penetrating her body and this made her nervous. She fidgeted into a comfortable position and leaned her head onto the palms of her hands, looking blankly out the window. She watched as they took off from the ship they were in. She watched as the manmade blue sky of Plant, changed to the dark, natural, blue sky of space. "We are moving pretty fast, so it shouldn't take that long till we reach ORB." Miriallia thought, "Oh, I wish he would stop staring at me. Why is he staring at me anyways?" Miriallia looked down to where he was looking, her legs. The peach dress she was wearing came down to her knees when she was standing, so, when she sat down, it came to about five inches above her knees. She tried to tug at her skirt, making a mental note to never wear a skirt around Dearka, but the skirt just was not long enough to cover her dainty knees.
This, however, snapped Dearka out of his daze and he quickly looked away, chiding himself for looking at her that way, and mentally hitting himself on the head for doing so.
So, Miriallia turned back to her window and continued looking out into the vastness of space, while Dearka stared into the vastness of the pathway. Yzak, meanwhile, was still grumbling to himself, making the plump man beside him turn beet red and start to get rather furious. Yzak definitely did not bring out the best in people. All three remained this way for the entire duration of the trip, not even twitching an eye unless it was absolutely necessary.
In order to save time, having to check the baggage and everything, they didn't exactly have time for it after, so just a few minutes before landing at ORB, Miriallia decided to use the bathroom, and powder her little nose, or whatever. She turned to Dearka and asked, "Dearka, you wouldn't happen to know if there is a restroom on board."
Dearka turned to look at her for the first time since they took off. "Yeah, I think it's in the back." He thumbed the air in the direction of the restroom.
Miriallia nodded, "Thanks", and stood up. She started making her way towards the little cubicle in the back, and came across Yzak. She stared at him in astonishment. He was asleep. He was also practically on the floor by this time, but never the less, he was asleep. She had never seen him look so….peaceful. It was really strange. His usual scowl had disappeared, making his face actually look peaceful and somewhat…happy, amazingly enough.
She shook her head and continued towards the bathroom. She walked in.
A few minutes later, she emerged. Her once tired sleepy face with bags under her eyes, now looked rejuvenated, probably from splashing water on her face in order to wake herself up. She had also put on a small dab of makeup. Feeling much better, she walked down the aisle confidently. Before she got to her row, though, a signal on the dashboard in front of all the seats lit up and a voice was heard over a speaker. "Attention. Attention. This is your second and finale warning. We are about to land, so please buckle your seat belts and remain seated.
" I must have missed the first warning, oh well." Miriallia proceeded to walk to her seat nonchalantly, not realizing how close to the ground they were. She started to cross over Dearka, when the transport vessel touched down, jostling the entire crew and making Miriallia stumble and fall.
Fortunatly for her, however, Dearka grabbed her firmly around the waist, preventing her self from falling completely and, instead, making her fall into his lap. The ship bounced back up, Dearka keeping a firm, yet gentle, hold around her waist to keep her from flying al over the place since she didn't have her seat belt on. He was kind of acting as her seatbelt and she couldn't believe how comfortable she felt with his arms wrapped around her. The vessel made one last touch down, jostling the crew once more. Dearka made sure that Miriallia was safe in his arms, safe from being thrown all over the place, that is.
After the transport had completely landed, every one else was getting up and gathering there things together, except them, who seemed to be in some sort of trance in each others arms. It wasn't until Yzak passed by, seeing that they weren't moving and swaying, "Hey you two don't plan on staying here all day, do you?" while rolling his eyes, that they blushed, and Dearka released his hold around her waist.
They stood up and gathered their stuff. Upon exiting the transport, Miriallia caught glimpse of Cagalli and Athrun, her bodyguard. She ran towards them and the two girls embraced in a tighthug. "Oh my gosh, it's been a while, well, not actually, but it seems like it!" Miriallia stated towards Cagalli and Cagalli said something similar to Miriallia.
Athrun cleared his throat, signaling that it was time to go. The girls turned their gaze to him and Cagalli uttered, "Oh, hold your horses, Athrun. It's not like we're on a time limit," and then she turned back to Miriallia. "Oh, I have so much to tell you! A lot has happened since the last time we saw each other. But, I promised some people I wouldn't tell until you got to see them."
"Oh, really! Who?" Miriallia was all a flutter with excitement, while the two ZAFT pilots had lazily walked up to Athrun.
Dearka gave Athrun a gentle punch in the arm, "Hey, buddy, good to see you," he then gave him a hug.
Yzak, on the other hand, only gave a grunt, to signify him acknowledging Athrun's presence. They shook hands, but nothing else. Yzak had always had a chip on his shoulder towards Athrun and vice a versa.
Cagalli responded with excitement, "I promised that I wouldn't tell you that, either. They wanted it to be a surprise. You'll see when you get to my place." Cagalli paused and then remembered, "Oh, Commander Joule and Dearka Elsman, I believe," they shook hands and Yzak, as usual, said nothing. Miriallia wondered why she chose him to represent ZAFT's interests.
Then Cagalli changed the topic a little. "Every one, this is my secretary, Kimiko Yokamoda." She referred to a black haired natural with lavender-blue eyes. Dearka recognized her as the same beautiful woman that he had seen the other night when requesting to speak to Cagalli. He also noticed that his best friend, the confirmed bachelor who really didn't like woman because he thought they were all trouble, especially natural women, was eyeing this young women with a look of attraction on his face. Dearka laughed silently to himself and filed this information for further use later.
Athrun cleared his throat again, signaling that they really needed to go now. "Alright! Alright, Athrun. We can go now. I don't see why you are in such an all fired hurry, though." Cagalli lead them to a black, stretch, limousine. They all stepped into the limo, randomly, and the car drove off.
So, what did you think? I know it was kind of boring, but I hadto do it to get whereIwant to be in the next chapter.
As you can see, I'm introducing some of the other main characters.Kira and Lacus are also going to make an appearancein the next and following chapters. I'm going to be working with them as couples as well as Cagalli and Athrun, not just Miriallia and Dearka.And later on,Yzak and anothercharacter, hehe.
The next chapter will be entiltled"Exciting News!" Inthis one you will find out a little more about what has happened with some of the characters since the last time Miriallia saw them.I should be able to post this chapter in about a week and a half. If not, I promise it won't be more than two weeks.
See you next chappie!