Chapter 2: Days of our Lives

Kira paced anxiously outside the commander's office, waiting for information on both Athrun and Cagalli. Mwu stepped out finally and faced him, shaking his head sadly. Kira sighed and went to go see how the repairs were going on his destroyed gundam.

Cagalli muttered curses under her breath all the way to the Dark Angel. Upon arrival, she was given a report on the ships status and given a room. Athrun, her prisoner had been taken to the infirmary.

From the information she received from her friends and fellow shipmates, Athrun had finally awoken a day and half after their arrival. She was annoyed that the trip would take almost a month and a half, due to the passing through enemy waters. She was going to be making a scene as soon as she touched Australian soil. She was thoroughly annoyed having been given prisoner duty. She was stuck making sure he got their safely.

The blonde sat quietly eating her dinner in the cafeteria by herself when she watched Athrun enter with four guards following closely behind him. He had a bandage around his head, but his other injuries were hidden by the clothes he had been given.

"Humpf!" Cagalli grunted, and received a glare in return from him as he stalked past her to pick up a tray of food and go to eat at a table far away from her. He sat his back to her, and she rolled her eyes. She hated that arrogant jerk that had killed her comrades.

"Cagalli!" Came a loud and happy voice. Cagalli looked up to see Lacus, Flay, and Dearka walk towards her with trays of their own.

"How are you?" asked Dearka watching her anger disappear behind a mask of tranquility.

"Fine." She muttered, then added, "Hi Lacus." She smiled, making her partner and friend smile happily.

"We heard about the mission. I'm so sorry Cagalli." Flay almost whispered sadly. Her blue eyes watched Cagalli with sympathy.

"Really I'm fine, so can we just drop it?" she asked a little too loudly. When Athrun turned to see where the raised voice had come from, he received a venomous glare from Cagalli and then abruptly turned back around.

"So that's him?" asked Lacus, following her glare.

"Athrun Zala. He's the pilot you brought in. What happened to the other pilot? I heard you fought two." Dearka questioned taking a bite of his mashed potatoes.

"Yes, that's him. Son of the leader of the Zaft Co. and Kira..." she trailed off, avoiding Athrun's gaze as he turned to watch her when she mentioned Kira.

He had been, much to his disdain, listening to their conversation. He wanted to know why she had deserted the Earth and Zaft Alliance to go to Orb. Also why she was now willing to attack her own brother.

"Kira is my brother." She almost whispered.

Flay, Lacus, and Dearka looked up quickly to look at her. They had had no idea that she had a brother.

"It's a long story, and it's best left untold." She said standing and grabbing her tray.

"I'd like to hear it." Athrun spoke up. He too was standing, and he had a determined look on his face as he met her icy gaze with a defiant one of his own.

"Maybe someday you will." She said quietly, before depositing her tray and exiting the cafeteria, a confused trio following quickly after.

Athrun finished his lunch, considering her words. Sighing, he put his tray in the dirty pile and left to go back to his quarters.

The ArchAngel...

"Kira?" came a gruff voice over the communication line.

"Dad?" Kira replied into the other end.

"Good, I've been trying to get a hold of you. I hear about Cagalli. Is she okay? What happened to her?" his father said, a jumble of questions issuing from the voice communication.

"Oh she's fine. I can't say as much for my gundam though. She totally trashed it, and she kidnapped Athrun to boot." He muttered sadly. "Do you know what happened dad?"

"No, she just disappeared several months ago. At least she's alive." His voice sounded distant, and then went back to a forced merriment. "We're sending some back up to give you guy's a hand. You have to intercept the Dark Angel and try to get Cagalli and Athrun back. There's a warrant out for her arrest, on accounts of treason." He said quietly.

"Alright." Kira said thinking his words over. There came a knock on the door, and Kira quickly bade his father goodbye and hung up.

"Kira, the repair crew wants some information about what type of updates you may want. They're in the hangar." Said a messenger. Kira nodded, and grabbing his jacket, he left to go talk to the repair crew.

Elsewhere...

Cagalli sat on the outside deck of the Dark Angel, enjoying the cool breeze. She was tired and frustrated at the Commander for letting Athrun walk freely.

"Harmless my ass." She muttered swinging her legs over the edge, and leaning back on her hands. Her face tilted up to look for the new moon that was hidden in shadow. "Just like me." She whispered, jumping when she heard footsteps behind her.

"Sorry if I startled you." Athrun said walking to the railing about two yards away from her.

She grumbled something inaudible, and glared up at the sky again, her muscles tightening as she made sure the edge of her eyes were watching him. He merely sighed and watched the stars that she watched quietly.

"You never really told me why you are with Orb now. I thought you hated fighting. At least that's what Kira told me about you. He's really fond of you, you know." He said looking down at her to see her eyes glaze over with what looked like...pain...sorrow?...he didn't exactly know which.

"That's none of your business." She finally said, her eyes returning to their defiant amber color. "How...how is Kira?" she said stuttering out the words a bit. "I mean does he care what he did? Or does he just think of it as a just a game?" she asked staring out at the water infront of the ship as if staring at it was the only thing that could save her life.

"What do you mean? What did Kira do?" he asked looking at her with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Kira is one of the reasons I am here." She said, a wall she had come used to, suddenly came up to block the painful emotion that would not be betrayed in her words.

"What? Why?" Athrun asked shocked.

"Him..." she said almost whispering, "and the alliance try to have me killed. I found out something they didn't want anyone to know about. Kira probably didn't know it was me, but he was sent to 'silence' an 'enemy'." She sighed, pulling her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them protectively. "Please I don't want to talk about this." She said standing and walking to the door. "There are other things that play a bigger factor." She gave him a smile that told him she was a little more trusting.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to press the issue." He said smiling back, his green eyes meeting her golden ones.

"It's alright." She said turning to go. "Oh!" she spun around quickly. "I almost forgot, if you come to the lounge tonight, me and Lacus are going to be hosting entertainment." She said smiling mischievously before disappearing through the door.

"She's not so bad." He said, deciding that he would go see their 'entertainment'. He laughed as he pushed back from the rail and entered the ship again.

Later that night...

"Attention! Attention please." Came the voice the voice of Commander La Cruse as he stood on the makeshift stage and a microphone in his hand. "Alright everyone." He said finally getting everyone to quiet down.

Athrun had been listening to people around him talk about Lacus Clyne and Daina Russe. He wondered who the two really were. He knew they were a pair of singers, he wasn't stupid. He had even listened to them on a radio when he was in Alaska several months ago. He had never seen them in person though. He was surprised that the two would be on the ship, and that they'd be performing.

"Lacus and Daina have decided they will perform for us tonight. They are talented young women, and well as they say, 'Rock the ship'" The commander jumped from the stage, muttering something about the younger generation, when he in fact went to stand at the back of the room.

Suddenly the lights blinked out, and two spotlights went to the stage where the once empty stage was now full.

A boy sat at the drums, and a keyboardist was in the corner. In the center stood Lacus, and to his surprise Cagalli. Cagalli was even holding a guitar. He found himself gaping at her. What was she doing?

"Hey everyone." Said Lacus into one microphone that she held in her hand. "We're glad to be here tonight. Many of you know us, and well this is our 'hobby'." She said smiling and giggling.

"We're gonna 'Rock the ship' as the Commander put it. Many of you know me as Cagalli, and will be surprised to know that Daina is my stage name." she said smiling. She placed the microphone she was holding into its stand, and smiled over at Lacus.

"We're sorry if the music isn't the best. It's not as good with our usual equipment, but we're still gonna have fun. So let's get this show on the road!" Lacus added nodding at Cagalli and the two nodded at the drummer who started off the count, and immediately the concert began.

Awhile later...

Athrun couldn't believe that that was Cagalli, Kira's sister up on the stage. "Well at least I know what she's been up to these last couple of months." He muttered enjoying the music. The concert lasted for two hours, and the entire ship's crew of about 250 people were all there, and the applause was incredibly loud.

Lacus and Cagalli smiled and signed autographs as they finally got down from the stage and each grab a drink of water.

"Wow, I don't think we've had an audience like that in a very long time." Laughed Cagalli as she downed a second glass, and then placed her guitar gingerly in its case.

By then people had started leaving to go eat dinner in the cafeteria, and it wasn't as crowded, so Athrun made his way over to them.

"That was something I honestly didn't expect." He said watching the two girls.

"Glad you liked it." Lacus said slouching down onto one of the lounge's sofas. "We haven't performed in weeks. That was a blast though. We'll have to have another concert when we get to Sydney." She said closing her eyes and leaning her head back.

Cagalli smiled and nodded her head. "That was fun. I can't wait to get home." She said lazily. "Then I can yell at that damned father of yours." She said grinning at Lacus.

"Hey! That's not fair!" she said taking a small pillow and tossing it at Cagalli.

"It's not my fault he stuck me with that mission." She replied tossing two more back. Her mood changed swiftly though as she tensed and stood, quickly grabbing her guitar case and leaving.

Lacus and Athrun exchanged confused looks at her retreating back. Athrun sighed, and gave Lacus a hand up. The Orb ship was so much different than the Alliance's. Here everyone was carefree and happy. On the ArchAngel it was strict and to the point. He really had no idea what to think anymore though.

Cagalli was obviously very mad at the Alliance to be both a singer posing as a citizen of Orb, and a gundam pilot as well, and where had she gotten that good? Too many questions he finally decided on, ending the inward battle within himself, then heading to bed early without dinner.

Cagalli's room...

"Sir." Cagalli said as she looked into the screen that held her boss' face. He smiled lightly, his blue eyes taking in her worn and weary face.

"How's it going Daina?" he asked using her stage name as her codename.

"Good. Are the preparations on the Fallen Angel going smoothly?" she asked shuffling a pile of papers.

"Yes, it should be ready by the time you return. We've also received new information on the Alliance. I am sending it to you now. Review it and tell me what you make of it at our next meeting. Anyways," he said scratching the back of his head, "tell Lacus and the Commander I said hello. Don't forget your main objective."

"Yes sir!" she said saluting, and he blinked out, leaving her in silence, a look of interest spreading across her face as she read the information she had printed out.

-Pre-Storyline-

This story is almost the same as the series except that Athrun doesn't meet Cagalli until he is kidnapped. Cagalli had disappeared several months before, and no one knew where she was. Also, Orb's HQ is Australia, and they are the enemies of the Zaft Co. and Earth Forces, which is commonly known as the Alliance. There are many questions as to why Cagalli disappeared and has now a soldier for Orb, and has a VERY high position in the Orb administration.

Hey everyone...That was a long chap for me to write especially right after school. Please be nice on your reviews though. This is only my 2nd fic. This is gonna be full of plot twistscackles evilly I have an idea where it's going, and it's a secret, so you'll have to keep reading

P.S. I am also going to be giving a pre-story line type thing at the end of each chapter so everyone knows what kind of world this is. lol.

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Chica - Thanks for the review Chica. Unfortunately you're the only one who reviewed.lol.