Oops didn't update for long sorry. But here's chap 5 hope u'll enjoy it!

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Chapter 5

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It was passed midnight or so it seemed. Looking through the thick glassed window from the bed she laid on, Cagalli was troubled and couldn't find any sleep. The disk's content kept on flashing through her restless mind and sharpened the pain she tried to bury deep down within her heart.

(…) Kira Attha, unrelated to the current Orb representative was adopted along with his sister by Lord Uzumi Nalah Attha due to the Legacy incident 18 years ago. (…)

No, this can't be real.

Rolling over, she tried to clear her mind of any doubt by burying her head under a pillow. This has to be a lie… her father, despite their usual little fights, treated Kira and her better than anyone…

But... these documents… Despite being short, they were very detailed and every other facts it mentioned were correct word for word. How did they get such information? It even mentioned their mysterious mother that she nor Kira have ever seen!

At this thought, Cagalli shivered as she recalled the source of her worries.

(…) Lea Attha, the so called Lady of Orb, wife of Uzumi Nalah Attha is non-existent. (…)

What does this mean? She never had a mother? Uzumi never married? Then… were they really adopted? "No! This can't be…" The princess shook her blond head with resistance at the unwelcoming idea. Despite her slight suspicion on the reason why everyone at the Attha mansion were so discrete when it came to the Lady of Orb, Cagalli has always believed the explanation her father provided her.

"Your mother passed away when you were little. It's only normal for you not to remember her." Uzumi slowly patted the tearful blond on the head.

"But father, don't you have a picture of her?"

"It's enough. How many times do I have to repeat myself?" he started to lose his patience, but eyeing his precious daughter's big, watery eyes, he sighed. "No I don't have any. Now why don't you go practice the formalities you've learned this morning and start to act like a princess?"

"But" the little Cagalli twisting her eyebrows, grasped on his clothes even tighter.

"Cagalli. You're a girl! It's time to act like one!" Uzumi smiled as he bent down and pinched her cheek. "You have to learn to be more feminine"

"But I don't like to wear dresses!" the girl protested, trying to get rid of his hand from her face. "And, to be feminine is to be weak!"

Uzumi's eyes widened before he exploded into a laughter. Catching his breath, he put a protecting hand onto the blond girl's head and caressed her hair gently. "Then, do you want people to think that your future husband married a boy?"

"F-a- Father!" The little girl became steaming red. "I hate you when you talk like that! I'm not a baby anymore!" she moved her head away from his hand.

Amused by this little evil with the appearance of an angel, he embraced her in his arms and gave her a huge kiss on the cheek. God knows how much he loved her.

"FATHER! Your beard really itches! Stop it!" Cagalli finally escaped after a harsh fight for her freedom. "Anyways, I'm going to see Kisaka now. He promised to teach me some self defense!" she stuck out her tongue as she ran for her life leaving her father immobile, wondering if mother nature played a trick on him by making his boy surprisingly gentle and his girl unbearably naughty.

At the remembrance of her childhood memories, Cagalli weakly smiled. He has always been so successful at changing subjects… but there was one thing she shouldn't doubt any further. It was her father's love and care for her. How could she doubt him in the first place? How could she so easily believe those unverified information? If her father never talked about their mother, there must be a reason to it, and she'll respect his decision.

She'll just wait for the day to come, the day his father would tell her everything. Until then, she will pray for his safety, hoping that his disappearance was a mere invention of some manipulator who will definitely hear from her soon enough.

Soon enough… she sighed. How was she to get out of here? And the worse, she will get engaged to that purple haired jerk tomorrow!

"Damn you Athrun!" It was funny how she wished to skin him alive at this precise moment. How could he do this to her? A childhood friend and sister of his supposedly best friend! "That hypocritical moron!" she cursed giving punches to the victimized pillow which released few feathers flying in result of her aggressive assault.

"He wasn't like that" she mumbled as she remembered the sweet and gentle little boy when they were little. "He wasn't like that…"

Suddenly the sound of the automatic doorattracted her attention. Who could be visiting her in the middle of the night? Eying the two figures that entered the room, Cagalli's eyes widened as she recognized one of them.

"You… ?"

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"Checkmate" Shiho proclaimed with a smile eying her partner proudly. On the other side of the chess board, sat an annoyed silver haired coordinator that was trying hard to mask his anger of this embarrassing defeat.

"I… I was easy on you" Yzak looked away trying to find an excuse. However, unfortunately for him, his eyes met the ones of Dearka who just couldn't contain his laugh any longer. "Yah right, how could Yzak possibly concentrate huh" he teased as he tried to catch his breath and evade from Yzak's killing stares.

Ignoring his monkey partner, the silver haired coordinator turned to his fiancée and definitely trying to change the subject, he imposed his question. "What are we doing here anyways? Don't you think it's time for an explanation?"

At those words, Dearka stopped giggling and approached them slowly. "Yah, it's time to get serious. What are we doing here? What is this mission?"

Lying back in her seat, Shiho's glare jumped from Yzak to Dearka, a satisfying smile appeared on her face. "We're here to guard the Princess of Orb"

"WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Jumped Yzak from his chair. "It's not a red's job! We can leave it to the greens! And plus, that... That…" he could hardly find any words to describe the immense pain and headache the princess gave him on the day of their kidnapping mission.

"I think he's trying to say that it's kind of over reacting isn't it?" Dearka moved closer, a smile on his face from the sight of a berserk Yzak. "With that super secured cell and guards, no enemy can break in, so what's the point?"

"The point is that we're not only trying to protect her from enemies." Replied Shiho coldly. "We have to have an eye on Zaft too"

"W… What do you mean?" questioned the two in unison with surprised look on their faces.

"Commander Za -…"

Her words were cut short by the alarm that was now getting louder and louder.

"INTRUDERS ESCAPING G3. INTRUDERS ESCAPING G3"

"It can't be" mumbled the pale faced Shiho. Checking her laptop in front of her, her eyes widened further more. "This…"

"Seems like they were familiar with our security system. So that's what you were talking about? Moles among Zaft?" Questioned Yzak taking a look on screen showing the frozen cameras and security system map.

"No… This…" Recuperating from her shock, Shiho now with a calm and emotionless expression gave immediately orders. "They should be getting out of the base from H9. Your new mission is to intercept them, capture them alive and have the princess unscratched. Understood?"

With a quick nod and a salute, Dearka ran out of the office leaving his partner behind. Yzak, who arriving at the doorstep and without turning back, mumbled few audible words that only Shiho could hear.

"Don't worry, my job is to stay here" She smiled warmly eying the back of his fiancé. She was sure she saw his face go pink before he rushed out of the office. Momentarily lost in her thought by eying Yzak disappearing in the hall way, she made sure that she was alone in the office before reaching for the secured phone.

"It's me." She spoke after hearing the other end of the line. "Seems that it won't go according to the plan."

Listening attentively to the order given by her commander, Shiho nodded, and after hanging up the phone, she looked at the chessboard with saddened eyes.

"I'm sorry Yzak… I'm sorry…"

With these last few words mumbled, she rushed out the door into the hallway, in the opposite direction of Dearka and Yzak.

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How was it? Confusing? If yes, questions are welcomed! Reviews pls! Thx