Yay, update! Even though I'm pissed off by the recent events in DESTINY, Athrun no yarou!

Anyway thanks for the reviews. You were of course right about the spelling of Dearka I think I have corrected that in this chapter. Yuna is a problem though, does anybody know how his name is spelled? I just took the spelling from a fansub and hoped that it would be the correct one. The magazines I have don't give much help because I've only found his name written in katakana. If directly converted it would be Yuuna Roma Seiran but if they had done that Dearka would be Diakka and Athrun would be Asuran, right? So if anyone knows please let me know.

Here is the new chapter hope you will like it:

Cosplay?

The whole room was in a state of chock, Cagalli had a fiancée. And what's more he seemed to be a complete ass.

"What's with that outfit?" Dearka thought to himself and frowned, "Cosplay?"

Kira was anxious, Cagalli's engagement came as a complete chock. He had not known Cagalli that long, and even less time that she was his twin. But something about Cagalli had drawn him in; it felt like he had known her forever. The fact that she was his sister had only made him want to protect her even more. He looked at Lacus and even she had a hard time to smile. But the person Kira was the most worried about was his best friend. He knew that Athrun was interested in Cagalli, how would Athrun take this?

Athrun was white as a sheet, he felt like someone had decided to open his chest, rip out his heart, play tag with it, only to finally have it crushed by the heavy feet of Strike Rouge. Not in his wildest dreams (make that nightmares) had he imagined something this. Cagalli had not said anything that came near this. And this twerp is supposed to be his rival? He imagined himself slowly strangling Yuna with that silly lace-collar he wore. What kind of man wears a lace-collar? "Cosplay?" he thought to himself.

Yuna looked very pleased with himself, he had gotten the effect that he wanted. Now with Uzumi out of the picture Cagalli was all alone. To take over the political power in Orb would be like stealing candy from a little kid. And these brats wouldn't pose a problem he was sure. Even though Yuna had absolutely no sense of fashion he had a nose for politics, so his assumptions weren't perhaps totally out of the blue but he probably also underestimated Cagalli and her friends.

Cagalli had been quiet the whole time, her blood had turned to ice when she heard who he was. She had totally forgotten about the engagement with Yuna. She actually hadn't seen him since she was nine, so she had not recognised him at all. But she remembered now, how stuck up she had thought he was and how she had kicked him on the small of the leg and run away. Why was this happening? She didn't dare to look at Athrun, she wondered what he thought right now. Did he feel betrayed? But she had honestly forgotten… She felt that everyone's eyes had turned to her and were waiting for a reaction. No, there was no way she was going to stand this, she wasn't going to marry this unbelievable jerk.

"If you think I will marry you, think again, there is now way! I'm the representative of Orb now, no one can tell me who I should marry or not!" she shouted.

"Ah, I thought you might be a little persistent, but Cagalli darling because you are the representative you must think wisely who you choose to marry. Are you going to be selfish and forget about the people in Orb, just for your own sake of happiness? Haven't your people suffered enough?" Yuna retorted.

"Of course I care about the people in Orb, but that has nothing to do with this!"

"Cagalli, what Orb needs is stability. This union will stabilize this country. You are only a 16 year old girl, do you think people will take you seriously? I am, but everybody is not as understanding as me you know. This marriage will boost your credibility, credibility you need in order to lead this country."

"That's…"

"You know this was the wish of your late father Uzumi-sama, Cagalli. Are you just going to ignore his wishes?"

"Father…" she didn't know what to say. She still thought she would prefer an untimely death before marrying Yuna but she wondered if there was any truth in what he said. And it was father's wish…

"It's alright Cagalli, I understand if this is confusing, you're only a little girl. But you will feel better when you get to now me better." Yuna added. Now he had her he thought. "Well then, I think it's time to take my leave. See you soon." Yuna bowed and exited the room. He was going to find out everything about her guests to see if anyone could cause any trouble and ruining his plans.

"Cagalli…" Athrun said with a sad and very disappointed voice.

Suddenly Cagalli left the room running, tears started to fall again. How could she face Athrun now? She just wanted out of there.

For a long time nobody said anything, Dearka felt very uncomfortable with the silence but he couldn't think of anything to say, he figured that a joke wouldn't be received well right now so he shut up.

"I'll go after her." Kira suddenly said.

"Kira"

"It's all right Lacus, I'm just going to try to talk to her."

Athrun had watched as Kira walked out of the room following Cagalli. He had wanted to know how Cagalli would react, and he guessed now he had the answer… At first he had been relieved seeing her protest and hoping that would be the end of it, but this asshole Yuna knew exactly what to say to make her shut up. He couldn't believe that she would buy that crap. "Note to self: If want anything from Cagalli just mention "father"." To say he was disappointed would be a mockery to his feelings, that wasn't even the beginning of it.

"Cagalli…" Kira knocked on the door, there was no answer. "I'm coming in."

Cautiously he opened the door and entered the room. "Cagalli…"

"Go away!" she had buried herself under the covers of her bed like a little kid.

"Cagalli, I know you wanted someone to come after you, you aren't the type who wants to cry alone. If so you would have locked the door wouldn't you?"

"Shut up, Kira! I just forgot that's all…"

Kira raised an eyebrow, "You don't expect me to believe that do you?"

Cagalli peered out from under her covers, and Kira sat down on her bed.

"So, are you going to tell me what's going on?" Kira asked. It was a beautiful day, he looked out the window and saw a wide blue sky, sunrays were coming in filling the room with a warm light. Too bad the rest of the day didn't match the weather.

Still not coming out from her little nest she sighed and said, "What Yuna said is true, we're engaged. I had honestly forgotten about it because it's not like I had anything to do with it, it's something that father decided. And I have only met him once before, when I was nine."

"So, what are you going to do about it? I thought you liked Athrun?" And this Seiran person is, eh, what can you say…"

"An asshole?"

"Eh, yeah."

"Hm, yeah, Athrun is…But he and I are not a pair, he never said anything about it. I don't think I can break up this engagement yet, I will, but I want to get a clearer view of the country's situation first."

"Cagalli are you dense? Haven't you noticed?"

"What are you saying! I'm not dense, I'm just stating the facts!" she had cast away the cocoon and were now glaring at him with scary eyes.

Kira just sighed, "Nevermind." She had to have noticed it, she had to. How Athrun was around her. Kira was certain that Cagalli and Athrun really liked each other, quite possibly were in love with each other. Was Cagalli going to throw that away?

"So, am I getting this correctly? You don't want to marry Yuna."

"Right, I can't stand him, I hate him, I want kick him in the groin."

"But you're not breaking the engagement?"

"I will, but not now. I need to get some answers first."

"But Cagalli if you wait too long you might loose what you really want. Take my advice and don't let this drag on to long, I'm really against it but I see that you've maid up your mind. Just don't listen to Seiran's words he's trying to manipulate you. I know he's up to something."

"Kira…"

With that Kira stood up and left the room, leaving her to contemplate what he had said. He felt he couldn't push her more than this, it would probably backfire. He knew that behind her tough shell she was really unsure of herself and of her role as Orb's representative but she had a very strong sense of duty and she would do anything for her country. He just had to watch over her and see to that she wouldn't do anything overly stupid.