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Chapter 5: Visions of the PastYzak's P.O.V.
Athrun and Cagalli still weren't back yet so I decided to stay here until they get back. I
flopped down on the couch and began flipping through the different channels. Cagalli
sure had a lot of different channels. Romance movie- Disgusting with a capital 'D'…
documentary on endangered species- not very interesting…some kiddy show- like you'd
catch me watching that. After flipping through all the channels I finally decided to watch
a documentary about the war which had just recently ended. It wasn't really interesting
since I was actually in it but at least it was better than some sappy movie. After a while I
got bored of it and decided to go check on the natural girl. I dragged myself upstairs and
opened the door. Just as I thought…she was sound asleep. But what I didn't expect was
the tears the rolled down her smooth skin even as she slept. I suppose she misses Nicol.
Soon my thoughts were cut short by the door opening.
End Yzak P.O.V.
"Zeena! Are you alright!" Cagalli yelled from the door.
"Do you really have to be so loud?" Yzak came down the stairs. "I could hear you from
upstairs, Lady,"
"Yzak!" Cagalli and Athrun said in unison.
"What are you doing here still?" the blue haired coordinator asked suspiciously. "You'd
better not have done anything to Zeena or you'll pay with your life," Ahturn threatened
suspiciously.
"What! And why would I do anything to her!" Yzak had a look of disgust plastered on
his face.
"Oh, and now who's being loud?" Cagalli couldn't help but remark.
"Whatever. I'm out of here before Zala murders me with his bare hands just for watching
TV on the couch," Yzak snorted as he grabbed his jacket and headed out the door.
"And the over-protective side of Athrun Zala finally shows up," Cagalli said once Yzak
was out the door and pinched his cheek.
The sun shone brightly outside Zeena's window.
Zeena grumbled and forced her eyes open.
She tumbled out of bed and made her way to her closet.
She pulled out a black tank top that said 'Ice Queen' in light blue letters. She straightened
out the two strings that hung out of the sleeves on either side. She slipped into her green
pants and pulled on her black arm warmers and combat boots. She took the blue ribbon
from her night stand and tied her hair up.
She sighed and walked over to her picture of Nicol, "Where are you right now? Are you
looking down on my from heaven?"
She dusted the dust off the picture and headed downstairs.
"Cagalli!" Zeena called when she reached the last step of the stairs.
She found Cagalli and Athrun cuddled up on the couch sleeping.
"Okay…I did not see that," Zeena covered her eyes and walked out the door closing
it behind her.
Once she was outside she uncovered her eyes and sighed.
She walked silently to the park not looking at where she was going.
She crossed the road with out looking both ways before she crossed the road.
She heard the sound of a car honking when suddenly someone ran by and pulled her
across the road by her arm.
"What are you trying to do! Get me killed!" Zeena yelled while rubbing her sore arm.
"What were you thinking? You could've gotten yourself yourself killed. You should be
the one thanking me," retorted a familiar voice.
The rudeness, the coldness, the arogant tone of voice…there was only one person that
Zeena knew who had that same voice.
Zeena looked up to see a pair of cold yet caring eyes.
It was none other than Yzak Jule.
"What do you want?" she snapped.
"What? I save your life and I don't even get a thanks? Fine…whatever have it your way.
I'm out of here," he stalked off.
"Hey! Wait! Didn't your mother teach you any manners?" she ran after him.
He simply ignored her and kept walking.
"You are such an idiot…"Zeena walked ahead of him and crossed the street.
Yzak looked at her back as she crossed the street.
"Well, at least she's crossing when she's supposed to," Yzak shrugged.
"Where is that guy?" Dearka grumbled.
He looked behind him as he walked forward just to make sure Yzak wasn't behind him
playing some sort of game.
And as everyone expected he bumped into someone.
"Ow," Dearka rubbed his head as he stood up.
"Sorry, it's my fault I should have been looking at where I'm going," he apologized.
"Dearka?" a soft feminine voice answered his apology.
For the first time he looked at the owner of the voice.
"Miriallia? What are you doing here?" he helped her up.
"Oh, just the usual. Walking around town. I haven't been to earth in a long time," she
sighed as she looked at the sky after brushing off her skirt.
"That reminds me. Have you by any chance seen Yzak around?" Dearka scratched his
head in embarassment for asking her what she was doing.
"Um…I don't recall seeing him," she answered as she put her index finger to her cheek.
It was a habit of hers. She would do that each time she was thinking.
"I could help you look if you want. I'm not really doing anything so yeah," Miriallia
offered.
"Er- sure. Thanks,"
So they started going around town looking for the silver-headed teenager.
"Earth is so pathetic. The PLANTS are so much better," Yzak grumbled to himself as he
walked down the crowded streets of ORB.
Yzak sighed and rolled his eyes in boredom.
"Where's Dearka anyways?" he continued talking to himself.
Just then he crossed the street and saw a familiar figure sitting on the swing in the park.
What's she doing in the park? He wondered.
Then he spotted a tiny item grasped tightly as she looked at it intently. Being a
coordinator gave him better sight
"Where are you Nicol?" Zeena sighed as she looked at the locket that she held in her
hand. Nicol had given it to her for their one month anniversary. It was a heart that was
broken in half which contained a picture of Nicol in it. Nicol had the other half which
had a picture of Zeena in it.
"You promised me you'd watch a sunset with me after the war ends…so then why did
you break your promise or make a promise you could never keep?" Zeena's eyes became
watery but she fought to hold back the tears which threatened to roll down her cheeks.
"Zeena…" a familiar voice whispered.
Zeena looked up to see someone whom she had not seen in a long time. Her eyes grew
wide as she got off the swing to stand and face the person.
"Nicol…is that really you?" she was so surprised her voice could barely be heard.
He's got to be real …she thought to herself.
"Long time no see," he smiled.
Just then he saw Yzak running towards them.
"Listen, I got to go but I'll be back soon, I promise. I just don't think I can face the
others yet after I let them down," Nicol said as he ran off.
"Nicol…you're back" she whispered and smiled to herself as a tear rolled down her
cheek.
"Hey, natural," Yzak said as he ran up to Zeena.
"Hey," Zeena turned around to face Yzak.
"Who was that?" he asked curiously surprised that she hadn't said anything about him
calling her a natural. He looked so much like Nicol…but Nicol's dead
"Just an old friend," Zeena answered with a slight smile on her face and the twinkle in
her eye told Yzak that she wasn't telling all she knew but he didn't push it any further.
"You'd better head back now. Zala and Cagalli will probably be looking for you by
now," Yzak turned around and began walking away.
"Yeah…I guess," she whispered but he didn't hear.
So they went in opposite directions.
Zeena's POV
"Hey everyone, I'm home!" I slammed the door as I walked into the house.
"Oh, hey Zeena," Athrun poked his head out from the doorway which led to his work
area.
"Will you two please be quiet!" I heard Cagalli scream from the kitchen.
"Sorry," we called back.
I looked at my brother with a puzzeled expression.
"She's ordering take out again and I'm guessing that the guy couldn't hear what she wanted," Athrun explained.
"Why doesn't she just cook herself if she gets so annoyed by the guy who takes the
orders?" I asked him.
"Trust me, you do not want to see her cook…or taste her cooking either," my brother
snickered as he returned to working on some mechanical object.
"I heard that Mr.Zala," I turned around to see Cagalli leaning on the doorway.
I fought to hold back laughter as Athrun smiled sheepishly.
"What are you making this time?" Cagalli asked.
"A house maid to clean up after you," Athrun said jokingly.
I winced as Cagalli punched my brother on the shoulder.
"Okay, okay, I get the point. I am making something but it's not this thing. I'm just fixing
up Lacus's haro for her. Kira said that she was playing with it near the river and it
managed to bounce into the river," Athrun explained as he shot a quick glance at me
knowing how I was whenever someone mentioned Kira but my expression didn't change.
"Oh, I see. By the way Zeena, dinner will be here soon so if you're going to take a
shower or something do it quicky,"
"Ok, I'll be down in say fifteen minutes or so," I said as I ran upstairs to take a quick
shower.
I heard Cagalli and Athrun talking about the way I hadn't reacted as usual when they
mention Kira just as I was about to close the door to the bathroom.
End Zeena's POV
"I'm sorry about having you going through all the trouble to help me find Yzak," Dearka
sighed as he gave up looking for the silver-haired co-ordinator.
"Oh, it's no problem at all," Miriallia smiled sweetly.
"Uh…you want me to walk you home?" Dearka said as he held back a blush.
"Er…sure…if that's not too much trouble I'd enjoy the company," Miriallia looked at her
feet.
"So…what are you planning to do now that the war's over?" Dearka asked.
"Well, I suppose I'll continue with my studies. Captain…I mean Murrue mentioned
something about a school for people who were involved in war. I think she said it helps
the students learn and also helps them get over their emotional scars and the best thing is
that it's for naturals and coordinators alike," she answered. "You should attend too. It
was opened by ORB I think,"
"Well I'll go along if you want me to… I guess. Is anyone else going?" he asked her out
of curiousity.
"Um…I know Kira, Cagalli, Lacus, Sai and Kuzzey are for sure going and I think Kira
said that Athrun might be going too as well as Zeena," Miriallia replied uncomfortably as
so as she mentioned Athrun's name.
"I'm sorry. I know you're still not that comfortable about being around Athrun but he's
really a nice guy once you get to know him. This school will be good for helping you
with your emotional scars," Dearka replied.
She nodded her head silently and for the rest of the walk they didn't talk much.
"We're here so you can leave now," Miriallia in a barely audible voice. "Thanks for
walking with me all this way,"
Dearka watched as she her figure became smaller as she walked away from him.
Dearka's POV
"Where've you been?" a voice questioned me as I entered the apartment and closed the
door behind me.
"I should be asking you the same question," I replied to Yzak. I really didn't feel like
telling him my day right now so I just dragged myself into my room and slammed the
door.
I sighed as I flopped down on my bed.
Should I go to the school with Miriallia or should I go back to the PLANTs? Should I tell
Yzak about the school or should I just keep it to myself? What will happen if I stay on
Earth and what will happen if I decide to go back to the PLANTs? These were all
questions which I hoped to get answered but I knew that he answer would no come that
easily.
I sighed as I fell asleep thinking about what lay ahead for me in the future.
End Dearka's POV
Lacus' POV
I paced around my bedroom as haro bounced around.
"What wrong Lacus?" haro said in it's robotic voice.
"Oh haro, what should I do. I want to invite Kira over for dinner but I'm scared that he's
already made plans," I said as I picked up the pink haro.
"Invite Kira! Invite Kira!" haro said hyperly while rolling around in my hands.
"Oh alright. I'll listen to you this time," I said as I put haro down and reached for the
phone.
The phone rang as I waited for Kira to pick up.
"Hello," Kira answered
"Hi Kira, it's Lacus,"
"Oh, hi Lacus. What's up?"
"I was just wondering whether you wanted to come over for dinner. It's kind of empty in
this place and the maids and everyone else refused to sit down and have dinner with me,"
I quickly blurted out before I decided to change my mind.
"Uh…sure," he sounded half surprised. "I'll be over in a sec"
As I put down the phone I quickly asked the chef to make a meal.
Ten minutes later I heard the roaring of an engine come up the driveway.
"That must be Kira. Come on Haro, let's go greet him," I said as I walked towards the
door with Haro bouncing up and down by my side. Just as I reached the door the door
bell rang so I quickly shouted to the maids that I would get it and opened the door.
"Hello Kira," I greeted with a smile on my face.
"Uh…hi," he said hesitantly.
"These are for you. I'm sorry about the way I acted yesterday," He said as he stretched
out his hands which were holding a bouquet of flowers.
"That's okay Kira and you really didn't need to give these to me," I said as I led him into
the house.
"Well, I wanted to," Kira blushed lightly but I didn't notice.
"Oh, well thank you," I said as I handed the maids the bouquet of flowers so they could
quickly put it in water.
"Please sit down. The chefs just finished preparing the food," I smiled at Kira and took
my place at the table.
After we finished our dinner we took a stroll in the garden.
"It's such a lovely night. Don't you think so Kira?" I said.
"Yeah…" Kira said half heartedly.
"Um…I guess you'd better go now. I'll escort you out the door," I changed the subject.
"Huh…oh yea…" Kira replied yet again half heartedly.
We made our way into the house in silence and when we got to the door I gave him his
coat and watched him put it on. Then he grabbed his keys out of his pocket. For some
reason I started to get dizzy but I decided to ignore it thinking that it was because I was
tired.
"Well, I'll get going now," Kira said politely.
Just then I couldn't take it anymore I fell to the ground and the last thing I heard was Kira
calling out my name.
End Lacus's P.O.V.
Well, how was the chapter? Please review and sorry for ending it in a cliffie…I seem to
be doing that a lot now. Anyways, thanks again for all those who reviewed and for those
of you who read it but didn't review…I encourage you to review because I would like to
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Here's the poll for this chapter:
Should Zeena:
a) Tell Athrun and Cagalli that she saw Nicol
b) Keep it a secret like Nicol asked
c) Go to find Nicol to convince him to tell the others that he's still alive
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