JC: Thanks so much for the reviews. I'm sorry if I update late because school started and I only have little time to write. Chapter 11 is here and I hope you guys enjoy reading this.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.

In the previous chapter Kira found something that will make him question himself…

High School Life

Phase 11: Wandering Minds

Kira's house

He couldn't believe what he just discovered. In that box he found in his mother's room, contained a blue pendant and a picture similar to Cagalli's. He took the picture out of the box with hands that shivered in fear of knowing the truth. But the back of the picture proved to be the most shocking for him since it has his name and Cagalli's name printed on it. His purple eyes widened with a pale expression on his face. Not knowing what to do, not knowing what to even think, Kira dropped himself on the bed. He lifted the pendant before him as his eyes followed its every swing. Sadness, confusion, and puzzlement covered his mind and heart.

He now questions his identity… Who am I? Am I really Cagalli's brother? Who are my real parents? So many questions left unanswered. Feeling the need of comfort, he confronted his so-called-mother in the kitchen. He faced his mother as if she was a stranger. His eyes were dead fixed on her.

"Mother tell me… I want to know the truth. Am I really a Yamato?" Kira asked.

"Oooo…Of course Kira… Why?" Mrs. Yamato said.

"Then what's this all about?"

Kira placed the pendant and picture on the table.

"I thought I kept this in a safe place but you still managed to find it."

"Please tell me who am I?"

"I guess it's no use hiding it now."

Ice Cream Shop

After a long day in school, Lacus and Cagalli stopped by at their favorite ice cream shop. As usual they would sit in their usual place and order their usual flavor of ice cream. While they wait for their ice cream, Lacus pulled out a notebook from her bag and showed it to Cagalli. It was a nice pink notebook with floral designs on it and Lacus' name printed on the cover.

"That's cute." Cagalli said.

"You think so? Kira actually gave this to me. He even printed my name on it." Lacus gladly told her.

"About Kira by the way… Is he avoiding me because he was sure acting like that at school?" Cagalli asked Lacus.

Lacus glanced down at her notebook and sighed deeply. She turned to Cagalli with a calm expression on her face.

"It seems to be that way… I for one do not know the reason why. He didn't even want to talk to me about his problem." Lacus explained.

Cagalli placed her elbows on the table and leaned her head as she let out a big groan. Her thoughts were on her brown hair look alike. She wondered if she did something wrong to upset him but as she remembered correctly she didn't.

"Here are your ice creams!" Stellar spoke up when she approached the table.

Stellar placed their ice creams on the table. She bowed her head and excused herself. Lacus started eating her frozen delight while Cagalli played around with her spoon. Cagalli wasn't really in the mood knowing that she maybe the reason why Kira was acting strangely.

Suddenly a pair of hands covered Cagalli's golden orbs. She quickly grabbed the hands and removed them from her face. She turned her head around to see who the person was.

"Kai! Woah good to see you." Cagalli greeted her male friend from Dominion High.

"Wow Ice cream can I have some!" Kai urged.

Kai swiped Cagalli's spoon in an instant and gulp some of her ice cream. He smiled at the sweet taste of the ice cream. Cagalli got pissed with him since it was so rude of him to do that.

"Did I tell you to eat that!" Cagalli angrily asked Kai.

"Ooops sorry about that… Well I was planning to take you out." Kai said.

Cagalli stopped babbling and stared blankly at Kai for a while.

"What did you just say?" Cagalli demanded.

"Please say yes." Kai pleaded.

Cagalli blinked several times, not knowing what to answer. She was very sudden by all this. She just heard it right, Kai was asking her out and he even begged for her to agree. She turned to Lacus and gave a what-should-I-do look. Lacus just smiled in return and nodded her head. Cagalli faced Kai with a wide grin.

"Sure just make sure our day will be fun." Cagalli finally replied.

"Cagalli going out with Kai I wonder what he will say about this…" Lacus thought.

Flashback

Lacus was happily shopping for some new clothes at the mall. She tried on different outfits in the fitting room and she'd buy the clothes that suit her. Shopping wasn't her usual hobby but something wonderful just came up like Kira taking her on a date. So Lacus has just have to look good on the date so please Kira despite that she's already gorgeous enough to make any boy fall in love with her. When she finished shopping she stopped by at a Café and ordered a strawberry cake.

"This looks delicious." Lacus thought as she started tasting it.

The pink hair princess took notice of a familiar blue haired guy that just passed by. She quickly stood from her seat and called him. Athrun turned his head at Lacus and waved his hand. He approached and seated with her.

"I see you've done a little shopping." Athrun told her after looking at the bags beside her.

"Kind off. So what's up?" Lacus asked.

"Nothing much." Athrun answered.

By the tone of his voice Lacus noticed that he was feeling kind off down. She continued eating her cake in silence until she saw Athrun touching his lips. He smiled all of the sudden but then gave out a deep sigh. Lacus couldn't stay quiet anymore so she started asking him.

"I can see that something is bothering you. What is it?" Lacus questioned.

"Huh! No, it's just that." Athrun blushed.

"Why are you blushing? Is it about a girl?" Lacus asked.

"Actually it's Cagalli… I accidentally kissed her the other day at the gym." Athrun admitted.

Lacus gasped in surprise. Who would be if you just found out that your best friend kissed a handsome guy like Athrun. She giggled a bit which made Athrun felt tenser than he already is. Sure, he liked the kiss but it was a little awkward for him. Lacus patted Athrun's shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry about it I'm sure Cagalli like it too…" Lacus told him.

Athrun cheeks just became redder. He bowed his head down so his hair would cover up the redness. His fists were clenched as he stared blankly at the wooden table with Cagalli in his mind.

"You really like Cagalli don't you Athrun?" Lacus asked.

His emerald eyes widened as he caught sight of Lacus' crystal blue eyes. He had a shocking expression in his face but his eyes had a soft and deep emotion flowing in them. With no words to comply with her question, he just made a simple nod.

"If you like Cagalli then why don't you tell her?" Lacus said.

"I want to but I'm afraid of being rejected." Athrun replied.

"Don't be… You won't know unless you try."

"Okay Lacus I'll give it a shot."

End of Flashback

Park

It was already night time. The skies were dark but full of bright stars. The trees swayed spookily as the cold wind blew pass them. Crickets could be heard making such wonderful sounds. The park was surrounded by silence but in the midst of the park a certain brown haired boy stood near the fountain, staring at the starry skies.

The pain in his heart, feelings that made so depressed upon knowing about his true self. In his right hand, held a blue pendant that proved his true identity for what he learned from his foster mom that he wasn't really a Yamato. He was someone else. Someone that he doesn't even know but he was only sure of one thing and that would be Cagalli. There was no doubt in his mind that the blonde girl was his sister. But one thing bothered him… how was he going to tell her? He couldn't just walk up to her and say hey Cagalli I'm your long lost twin brother… No way! Kira shook his head rapidly. His purple eyes turned to the pendant. As he thought more about it, it just made him more lost… A deep sigh he let out as he leaned against a tree.

"How can I tell her? What should I do?" Kira asked himself.

"Yamato?"

Someone suddenly called him. Kira got his back off the tree and turned to his right side. There he saw a red haired girl standing in front of him. He thought that it was Fllay but as he approached for a closer look he found out that he was mistaken. The girl was his friend, Jean Corda.

"What are you doing here in this time of night?" Jean asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." Kira replied.

"Me? Well I just like to walk around the park at night since I find it relaxing for the mind."

"I see. I wanted to freshen out a bit because it was getting boring at home."

"But I don't think that's the reason you're here."

"What do you mean?"

"Your eyes tell me everything. You have a problem…"

Unbelievable, Jean Corda saw through him again. He wondered how she's able to distinguish a person's feelings just by looking at them. But he didn't want her to know about the whole sibling thing so he kept his mouth shut.

"If you don't want to talk about it then it's fine with me… Whatever your problem is Yamato, you have to face it because nothing will happen if you don't act." Jean advised.

Kira faced Jean and blinked several times. He had to admit that what Jean said was true.

"You're right… Thanks Jean…" Kira said.

"It's no big, Yamato. I'm glad that I was able to help." Jean replied.

Alster Mansion (Next Day)

Jean visited the Alster Mansion to see Lunamaria and Meyrin. She wanted to talk to them about Fllay since she's causing so much trouble for Lacus and her friends. Even though Jean was a very shy person she still had the guts to try talking to Fllay's sisters. As she heard from Fllay, the sisters had a stubborn and girly attitude which may be a problem for Jean.

But when she entered the mansion, she was happily greeted by Luna and Meyrin. They even invited Jean to the living room and offered snacks. Jean was very grateful but she didn't come to eat snacks. Being seated across her, Jean stared at the sisters for a while. Surprisingly they really looked alike…

"Lunamaria, Meyrin, and Fllay looked like twins but as I recall Meyrin is Fllay's twin." Jean silently thought.

"So you wanted to talk to us?" Luna started.

"As a matter of fact yes… It's about your sister Fllay she's kinda giving my friend Lacus a hard time in school." Jean told them.

"Fllay is always like. She can be selfish most of the time." Meyrin said.

"Anyway… I'm sorry to say this but she has done terrible things to Lacus Clyne like…"

Jean told them about how abusive Fllay can be at Lacus. It angered her to even talk about it but she continued talking with a slight hesitation. At the same time she feared that Luna and Meyrin would despise her since Jean was negatively speaking about Fllay.

Luna and Meyrin listened to every word. They knew that Fllay was self-centered spoiled brat but they would never know that she could be so dangerous.

"I can't believe Fllay could actually do those things. Is your friend Clyne okay?" Luna asked.

"Yes, she is…" Jean replied.

"I bet she's really mad at Fllay huh?" Meyrin asked.

"Actually she isn't… Clyne is a very kind person and very forgiving. She doesn't hold grudges against Fllay." Jean explained.

"I'm going to talk to Fllay. She would actually hurt another girl just to get a boy how cruel…" Luna remarked.

The sisters looked at each other. Lunamaria had an angry look on her face. Her fists were clenched as she felt rage coming into her head. Meyrin tried to soften her up since she knew that Luna could get so out of hand when she's mad. Meyrin gently patted her back and then she placed her head on Luna's shoulder.

"Try to talk to her as calmly as you can sis." Meyrin told Luna.

"All right I will… Just stop me if I get impatient." Luna said.

Luna turned to Jean who was quietly watching them.

"By the way, what's your name?" Luna asked.

"I'm Jean Corda and I'm one of Fllay's classmates." Jean answered.

"We won't tell Fllay about this conversation we had." Meyrin assured her.

Jean thanked the sisters. She felt kind of uneasy thinking that the sisters would tell Fllay. She was a little afraid of the consequences. Fllay would surely ruin her entire high school life so that's why she's grateful to Luna and Meyrin. Feeling contented and sure, she left the Alster mansion with a calm expression on her face.

"I hope Luna could knock some sense into that Fllay." Jean thought.

Minerva High (After Class)

Cagalli hurriedly packed her things into her bag because she had to go meet Kai. She informed him to meet her at the park at 4 PM but it was already 4:30.

"Damn, I bet Kai is already there… Need to hurry!" Cagalli murmured.

"What's the rush Cagalli? You look like a nervous wreck." Athrun told her.

She stood from her seat and faced the blue haired boy with stern eyes.

"For your information Athrun I'm going out with Kai and I'm running late."

She was a bit harsh with those words. It's like she's mad at Athrun. He didn't care about that but the part of "going out with Kai" caught his attention. Cagalli? Going out with Kai? Those phrases kept repeating in his head. He suddenly grabbed Cagalli's shoulder and made her faced him. Her golden brown eyes met his emerald ones.

"What do mean you're going out with him?" Athrun asked.

"Why? Kai's my friend and he asked me so I can't…" Cagalli tried to explain until she was cut off.

"Wait you can't go out with him." Athrun told her.

Cagalli raised an eyebrow. Athrun just told her that she's not allowed to go out with Kai which she wondered why. Kai was her friend so why not? Her eyes narrowed at him. She brushed off his hands from her shoulder and turned away. She grabbed her bag but before leaving she faced Athrun again.

"Athrun, why are you saying that to me?" Cagalli asked. "I can go with whoever I like, whenever I like so there."

"But Cagalli… It's just that… I…" Athrun muttered.

"You're acting strangely Athrun… Are you okay?"

"I'm fine but I just don't…"

"What is it? Tell me is something bothering you? I get it you want me to walk home with you right? I'm sorry Athrun but I have to go. Kai is waiting for me."

"Cagalli!"

But she didn't stop even though she heard his voice. She just exited the room while running. Athrun let out a deep sigh and sat down. He leaned his head on his hand. He just felt like a total idiot trying to stop Cagalli from seeing Kai. Part of him was saying that it's okay but the other part of him, mainly his heart was telling him to just grab Cagalli and pull her into a warm embrace so she could forget about Kai. He loves Cagalli but he's just too shy with his feelings. He wanted to tell Cagalli how much she means to him but he lets his shyness gets the best of him.

"What should I do? Will she be all right with Kai? I'm worried." Athrun thought.

Jean happened to pass by the room and saw Athrun in his moping state. She entered the room and approached Athrun.

"Hi Zala! What are you doing here all alone? Where are Lacus and Kira? Where's Cagalli?" Jean asked.

"Slow down… One question at a time." Athrun said.

"Ooops sorry about that… So what's the problem?"

"It's Cagalli… She's off to see Kai."

His tone of voice changed when he uttered the name Kai. Why? Because he was jealous of him… He banged his fist on the desk and stood. He faced Jean with seriousness. Okay now he was scaring Jean… She slowly backed away because she felt that something was going to happen. But before she could reach the door, she was grabbed by Athrun.

"Zala, hey where are you taking me?" Jean asked.

"We're going to follow Cagalli." Athrun replied.

"What!"

With Athrun dragging her by force Jean had no choice but to go with Athrun to spy on Cagalli and Kai.

Park

Kai positioned himself on a tree branch while humming a tune. He got tired of waiting for Cagalli standing up so there he was lying still on the branch. It was actually quite relaxing for him.

Cagalli entered the park and tried to find Kai but he was nowhere to be seen. She sighed thinking that Kai already left because she was late. But to her surprise she found Kai up on a tree, sleeping.

"Hey Kai! Wake up! I'm here!" Cagalli shouted.

Her loud voice startled Kai which almost made him fell.

"You almost gave me a heart attack!" Kai yelled.

"Sorry about that… So are you ready to go?" Cagalli asked.

"Sure!" Kai replied.

Kai jumped off and landed safely on the ground. He turned at Cagalli and smiled.

"Where do you want to go first?" Kai asked.

Cagalli crossed her arms and thought for a while.

"Hmmm… I know! Let's go eat first. I know a good restaurant near here." Cagalli told him.

"Okay just lead the way Cagalli." Kai said.

Cagalli grabbed his hand and dragged him all the way to a Burger World, a fast food restaurant. But they didn't know that Athrun and Jean were following them. The two spies saw Cagalli and Kai entered the restaurant.

"What should we do now?" Jean questioned Athrun.

"We're going in too." Athrun said.

"They are going to recognize us if we just casually walk in there." Jean sarcastically said.

Unexpectedly, Athrun slapped a newspaper on her face. Of course Jean got pissed by this but she tried to hold off her anger. She glanced at the newspaper then looked back at Athrun.

"If you must know we're going to use that to cover our faces." Athrun said.

"I knew that… You know you're acting very differently. Is this really the effect of jealousy?"

"Me jealous of that Kai… No way."

"Okay I won't say anything anymore."

Jean felt bad for spying on Cagalli and Kai but it was out of her will. For some reason, she was kinda curious about Kai. She wanted to know more about him. In the middle of her thinking she felt being pulled. She realized that Athrun was pulling her again towards the restaurant.

"Curious or not, How in the world did I get myself into this?" Jean murmured.

When they entered, Athrun quickly puts on his sunglasses while he rudely covered Jean's face. Jean was reaching her boiling point but she reminded herself to stay calm. Athrun spotted Cagalli and Kai seated at a table near a glass window.

"There they are Jean."

"I can see them."

Athrun picked a table not so far from them so he could observe. So far so good, they were just eating there burgers.

"Kai is cute…" Jean suddenly spoke.

"What's so cute about him?" Athrun sounded pissed.

"From a girl's point of view, a guy like Kai is definitely cute to the max." Jean said. "Don't worry Zala I think you're dead gorgeous and besides your one of the popular guys in school aside from Yamato." Jean told him.

Athrun paused in silence when he saw Kai holding Cagalli's hand but the blonde quickly brushed off her hand. Her cheeks turned red which made Athrun more envious. He wanted to walked up to them and take Cagalli away but Jean stopped him.

"Now Zala… We're just here to spy on them not to ruin their day." Jean told him.

Cagalli and Kai finished their burgers and left while Athrun and Jean secretly followed them from behind. They were heading towards the arcade. Cagalli rushed into the place. She was excited to play. She turned to Kai and asked him to play with her like a little 12-year old girl.

"Cool I just love games… What do you want to play first Kai?" Cagalli asked.

"Let's see how about Gundam Seed Battle Assault…" Kai suggested.

"That's a great game so let's." Cagalli replied.

Suddenly someone bumped into Cagalli which caused her to fell into Kai's arms. For Kai he was overjoyed but for her she felt kind of embarrassed. She quickly backed away from Kai with cheeks burning as ever.

"Sorry about that." Cagalli said nervously.

"It's not your fault. Come on let's play." Kai said.

Athrun managed to see the whole incident. He was about to charge at them until Jean stepped on his foot really hard.

"Don't let me repeat myself… We're here to spy get it?" Jean said.

"But Cagalli was…"

"Zala I know but just let them be."

Towards the end of the day, Cagalli had a wonderful time with Kai. When she reached home, she jumped into bed and hugged her pillow so tightly. She couldn't help to giggle while she thought about Kai. But her thoughts quickly shifted to Athrun… Even though she had fun with her brown haired friend, Athrun still ruled her. Yes, she realized that she loves him but although she does consider though she's still a shy girl who's afraid to admit her feelings.

A knock came to her door. She got out of bed and opened it. Surprisingly it was Athrun together with an exhausted Jean. Her golden brown orbs widened but at the same time her heart felt pleased seeing Athrun.

"Athrun, Jean what are you two doing here?" Cagalli asked.

"Well I tried to stop…"

Jean tried to explain to Cagalli but Athrun immediately coved her mouth.

"The thing is um… I just wanted to see you and I managed to bump into Jean along the way." Athrun answered.

"Okay I see but hey can you remove your hand from Jean. She seems to be suffocating." Cagalli pointed.

"Huh?" Athrun glanced at Jean. "Sorry about that…" He removed his hand.

Jean took a deep breathe. She never felt so exhausted in her entire life. Being with Athrun was a nightmare for her since she dragged her almost everywhere just to follow Cagalli and Kai. She glared at Athrun with those furious eyes.

"I'll going to murder this guy." Jean thought.

Athrun smiled at Jean and whispered a short apology into her ear. Knowing that being angry with him will lead to nowhere, Jean instantly forgave him.

Cagalli invited Athrun and Jean into her room. She started telling them about her day with Kai which made Athrun uneasy. Jean decided to change the subject since she didn't want to hear it because she was also there. Cagalli didn't mind at all so throughout the night, they chatted like for hours.

When it was already 10 PM, Athrun and Jean decided to go home. Cagalli was glad that they visited her. She stood there by the door as she waved at her friends. Jean started walking away while Athrun stood by for a moment. He turned to Cagalli and slowly approached her.

"Aren't you going home yet?" Cagalli asked him.

"I am but I have to do this first." Athrun said.

"Whaaat?"

Cagalli was pulled into a warm embrace by Athrun. Her cheeks burned in fiery red and her heart pumped so rapidly.

"Athrun… um… erm." Cagalli was lost in words.

Athrun gently released her and stared deeply into her eyes. He leaned forward and placed a light kiss on her forehead.

"Bye…" Athrun said.

He quickly took off leaving Cagalli in a state of shock.

"Athrun…" Cagalli smiled as she leaned against the wall.

To be continued…

JC: end of chapter 11… Chapter 12 will be updated next week so watch out for it. Don't forget to review and no flaming.

Cagalli and Kira will meet as siblings in the next chapter

Fllay found out about the sibling thing, what is she going to do with Cagalli?