Collection of Unlikely Conversations

Disclaimer: Don't own Seed, don't ask

Author's Note: This chapter is written purely out of sheer impulse (...smirk...) I wrote this one out because, right now, I just despise Seed Destiny for butchering my favorite characters so bad. It is just a personal opinion when I said that, so DON'T anyone come flaming me for this later.

If you have been reading my stuff lately, you will find that I'm quite...fond of the idea of Cagalli's losing her memory. (evil grin) You will find similar thing in this chapter as well. At least, this way I can get Cagalli back, even though it is only for a short moment. (sigh) Damn, do I miss her fiery personality in Seed...

But enough ranting from me. About the story - this one should set in around...say, after phase 7 and before 8 in Destiny. I have been torturing Athrun for quite a while, so I decide torture someone else for a change (evil cackle). That, and to get away from fluff for a bit, too.

This one is, unfortunately, not a one-shot as I intended to at first (sobsob). But I will try not to make it too long and, hopefully, this story will work. If not... oh well.

This part is to thank the reviewers of chapter 1, so feel free to skip and go on to the story.

Many, many thanks to reviewers who reviewed chapter 1 long, long time ago.

moi - I'm considering this idea of Cagalli and Yzak becoming good friends but I don't know I will write it out or not. But yes, since Cagalli survives this far, I hope she will survive till the end, so she might get to interact more with other (male) characters beside Kira and Athrun.

Sarah -(bow) Thank you. I'm relieved to hear that even though it lacked plot, it's still good enough for bad entertainment. (sheepishly) I read it again and I wasn't sure if I should get rid of it or not. It's quite...weird story.

Keirin-sama - Thank you! I don't really like Yzak but, for some reason, I think he and Cagalli would be cute together as friends.

Shadow Queen8 - Wouldn't it be funny if Athrun walked in on them when Yzak was hugging Cagalli? (snicker) No, no, I don't think I will do a sequel. Maybe I will write a new fic and have Cagalli and Yzak as good friends...perhaps good enough to make Athrun - and even Kira - jealous...(cackle evilly)

Craze Izumi - Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed reading this :)

INVICTUS - Amen. I'm sorry, by the way, that most of the older stuff were deleted. I don't think they will come back as before but... I might recycle the idea so... (sweatdrop) Oh well, it's the same thing, I guess.

asga - Me, too:)

A Glimpse of the Goddess

Shinn Asuka wondered if he could ever hate his life more than that moment.

Grunting slightly, he used his foot to kick at the button on the wall next to the door. Maybe he kicked it a little too hard since there's this cracking noise but, right at that time, he didn't think he could care about it less. Hell, he would even fix the thing himself later if he must, but now...

The door slid shut behind him as he made his way toward the bed. Honestly, he didn't want to be too careful with this...luggage, but since he did know and did have some manners, he forced himself to at least act decent as he put her down, carefully, on the bed.

Cagalli Yula Athha.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! You never think, do you, Asuka? You always have to get yourself into troubles, one way or another. And this one... You are damned, damned lucky if you can get out of this!

Biting back a growl, he got up and went to the bathroom, where he found some clean towels, a box of first aid kits, and a basin.

Shinn filled the basin with warm water then carried everything out into the bedroom.

Thank god, Rey wouldn't be back in the next few hours.

Putting everything on the bedside table, he sat down on the bed and carefully slid his arm under her shoulders and brought her limp form up in a half sitting position, leaning against him.

He looked at the wound and, deciding that it was nothing too serious, he used a damp towel to carefully clean the blood away from her face and hair, all the while thinking and chanting to himself - you are decent, Shinn. You are decent so you must act it, too, even though this one is not too decent to you... Well, right, so if not for anything else, do it for your life's sake. He and everyone else are sure going to kill you anyway when they find out what you have done, so better show some decency before you die...

He just finished bandaging her head when he felt her stir.

"...Urgh..." she groaned, a crease forming between her brows and confused brown eyes blinking open slowly. "What the---?"

Shinn slid his arm from her shoulders and, carefully, pushed her down to the bed. "Don't move," he said, voice rough with annoyance. "Stay put for a while, your head's hurt."

"Thank you for stating the obvious," she muttered sarcastically and moved as though trying to get up. "I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me."

The thought of bashing her head with the basin never seemed more tempting then.

"I should have left you back there bleeding to your death," he growled and pushed her back down. "Now, stay and don't move, or I will hit your head again and drag you out to the same place and really let you die this time."

"Oh, shut up. You do that and I will come back and shoot you where it really hurts." She put her hand to her head, closing her eyes. "What happened anyway? Did they attack again? Where's Kisaka? Is he with Sahib?"

Shinn almost dropped the box and the basin in his hands. He turned to stare at her. Kisaka? Sahib? What the hell was she talking about?

"Who are you? I don't think I remember seeing you around..." she opened her eyes and moved slightly so she could look at him. She seemed a little disoriented still until then but...

Brown eyes widened and the confused haziness was all gone from her face in a matter of second.

"You're...a ZAFT soldier...?"

Oh shit.

As soon as the thought registered his mind, she was already out of the bed and made her attack.

The basin fell to the ground with a loud clang, pale crimson water splattered everywhere, while the first-aid box rolled to the far corner.

Shinn himself got the air knocked out of his lungs from both when she jumped him and when he fell against the hard floor. He hated her for knowing how to properly restrain a person in this situation, and he felt a little (only a little, very little) guilty also when he saw pain and obvious strain reflecting in her eyes as she stared down at him.

"What," she gritted out, "did you do to my people? What happened to Tassil? What happened to my friends? Talk!"

"What do you want me to talk about when I don't even know what the hell is Tassil or who your people is?" he snapped back, just as angry as she was. "Athha, are you still sane or what!"

She stared at him, her eyes wide, surprised. "Athha... How did you..."

Shinn took the advantage of her surprise to neatly flip her. Now, he was the one who's pinning her down.

Brown eyes glared defiantly at him.

He glared right back at her. "You're only going to hurt yourself more, Athha. Stop it."

And she did just that. She struggled against him and, damned, no one would have guessed how...difficult she could be.

"Stop it!" he yelled angrily - and his grip on her right wrist slipped, which resulted in her landing a hard right hook square in his jaw.

Shinn would have broken the vow of never hitting a girl if Rey didn't chance to come in that exact moment.

"Shinn, do you know what happened to the bu..." Rey froze, and he stared.

In the very messy room, where the floor was wet and things scattered about, Cheif Representative of Orb, Princess Cagalli Yula Athha, looking as though she was on the brink of fainting (loss of blood? Just what happened to her head this time?), was being pinned down to the ground by Shinn Asuka, his friend and the pilot of Impulse gundam, who had a cut lip and a bruised cheek and possibly a black eye, come tomorrow.

"R-Rey..." Shinn paled. He wasn't supposed to come back in an hour at least!

The door slid close behind Rey, and he kept staring at them for another one full minute.

"Rey, I can--I can explain..." Shinn stammered, but he still kept firm hold on both of Cagalli's wrists.

Rey blinked once. Twice. Then suddenly the look of surprise fell away and was replaced by cold indifference. One that made Shinn flinch a little.

In three strides, he reached them and he knelt down. Rey roughly pushed Shinn away from Cagalli, who chose that moment to fall in a dead faint. He lifted her up in his arms and carried her to his bed where he gently laid her down, careful of her head, ignoring Shinn completely for the moment.

"Rey---" Shinn started.

"The bandage needs to be changed," said Rey as he pulled the knot of the bloodied bandages free. "Get me clean towels and the first-aid box."

"Rey---"

"Now!"

Shinn sprinted off to do just that. At a time like this, it was for his life's best interest to do what Rey say now. If anyone could help him out of this mess, it's Rey.

But how am I going to tell him about what happened earlier? thought Shinn as he filled a clean basin with more warm water.

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