Disclaimer: I still don't own gundam seed or any of its characters

Battle For Love- Meetings

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"Hey Athrun! What took you so long?" Dearka yelled out as he saw Athrun running.

"Wait a sec, he's holding some girl's hand." Dearka said to himself.

"Hey! Sorry for taking so long Dearka. Anyways this is Cagalli, and Cagalli this is my best friend Dearka." Athrun stated.

"Are you two going out with each other?" Dearka asked while he gave a sly wink to Athrun.

Both Cagalli and Athrun blushed at the same time.

Before Dearka could embarrass Athrun anymore Athrun decided to change the subject.

"Anyways let's go skip some rocks." Athrun said and dashed over to the rocks by the water.

Dearka and Cagalli just followed.

Athrun found a very pretty shell by the rocks and decided he would give it to Cagalli when Dearka wasn't looking.

Just as Dearka went to the other side of the beach to check out hot girls, Athrun made his move.

"Um...Cagalli I found um...some pretty shells...um...here you can have this one." Athrun stuttered while handing a beautiful shell to Cagalli.

"Gee thanks Athrun. Well...um I have something for you to." Cagalli blurted out and took an equally beautiful shell out of her pocket and handed it to Athrun.

"Hey Cagalli, I've got an idea. Why don't we carve our initials in the shell so we can remember each other when we look at the shell?" Athrun pointed out while taking out a pocket knife that he took previously from his dad when he wasn't looking.

"Sure. I would still remember you even without the shells though." Cagalli blushed.

Athrun couldn't help but blush to.

Then Athrun took the shell that he was giving Cagalli and carved the initials "A.Z." in the shell.

After Athrun Cagalli took the shell that she was giving Athrun and carved the initials "C.A." in it.

They handed each others shells back and placed it in their pockets.

"Hey guys! I have to go now! Bye!" Dearka yelled out and ran towards the hot girls as if he was stalking them.

"I should be going now as well. It's getting pretty late." Cagalli pointed out.

"I'll walk you back. It's not safe for a beautiful girl like you to be walking alone." Athrun smirked and held out his hand in a polite manner.

"Well I guess that's true." Cagalli said while giggling.

When they arrived back at Cagalli's house the lights were turned on.

"Uh o... My parents seem to be home." Cagalli said trembling.

"Then let's enter through your room's window." Athrun stated while pointing at Cagalli's room window that was open.

"Athrun you can go now. If my step mother finds out about you she might hurt you as well." Cagalli said worriedly.

"Remember what I said Cagalli? I said that when I'm at your side no one will hurt you." Athrun said and held out his hand as a signal for her to climb up.

Cagalli was still worried that her step mother might hurt Athrun.

When they arrived back into Cagalli's room they saw Cagalli's step mother staring ferociously at them.

"Where the hell have you been to? And who the hell is that boy you are with? You little delinquent! Don't think that I won't hurt you just because our boss is downstairs right now!" her step mother screamed while raising her hand about to slap Cagalli.

Right when Cagalli's step mother was about to slap her Athrun jumped into the way and took it for Cagalli, sending him crashing into the desk, when little did he know that Cagalli's medicine feel into his shirt pocket during the collision.

"Dam...who knew that this witch was so strong." Athrun though angrily.

"O...now you have a boyfriend to protect you." As Cagalli's step mother took the stick instead this time and was about to hit Cagalli with all her power, which would be pretty hard considering how strong she really was.

As her step mother was attempting to hit Cagalli again with the stick Athrun got up and ran to Cagalli catching the stick with his bare hands.

"I won't repeat this again...I won't let anyone hurt Cagalli when I'm at her side! If you touch her again I'll get you back!" Athrun ferociously stared at her step mother and snapped the stick in half.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You can't just barge in and tell me what to do!" Cagalli's step mother said as you could almost see smoke coming out of her ears.

Athrun was so pissed off he couldn't help but reveal who he really was.

"I am Athrun Zala the son of Patrick Zala which is the guy sitting downstairs about to fire you and your pathetic husband." Athrun tried to say calmly.

"That's a lie!" Cagalli's mom half screamed.

"You wanna bet on that?" Athrun smirked.

"What? Athrun is Patrick Zala's son. I thought it was just a coincidence that they had the same last name seeing that a million of other people could have the same one. Cagalli thought pretty confused.

"I'll talk to him right now then." Athrun said with not one bit of hesitation in his voice.

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"What in the world is all the ruckus upstairs?" Patrick Zala questioned after getting annoyed with all the noise.

"I think my wife might have just knocked something over." Uzumi pointed out trying to cover the fact that his wife was probably punishing his daughter, but was much too useless to actually do anything about it.

"Then I think we should check on her in case she hurt herself." Patrick Zala said while getting out of his chair and started walking up the stairs.

"O...but um...it's alright really. I'll check on her myself. I don't want to bother a person such as you, just because of a little accident." Uzumi tried to persuade his boss not to go upstairs and see that his wife was being so cruel. Then his promotion would defiantly go down the drain.

"O no, it wouldn't bother me at all." Patrick Zala said as he was already almost at the top pf the stair case.

Before he could walk any further Athrun was holding Cagalli's hand and pulling her out behind him.

"Why are you here?" Patrick Zala questioned trying to keep his cool in front of other people.

"Hi dad, I got injured while I was walking and Cagalli here was nice enough to take me here and treat my wounds." Athrun's expression changed from pissed off to normal again.

"Nice job Uzumi, having such a kind hearted daughter." Patrick Zala complimented.

"Um...well yea I have been teaching her manners ever since she was born." Uzumi totally lied since it was Cagalli's dead mother that had taught her to be well mannered.

"Let's go now Athrun." Patrick Zala said as her turned his back and was heading towards the door.

"I'll be there in 5 minutes dad." Athrun said.

"Fine, but only 5 minutes." Patrick Zala walked out the door to be greeted by a crowd of mean looking triad members that had knives and guns around their belt.

"So here's the deal lady. You hurt Cagalli and I'll instantly make your life a living hell. You'll be nice to her and you'll see a lot of promotions coming your way." Athrun said to Cagalli's parents.

"Of course, Mr.Zala! We will provide the best for Cagalli!" Cagalli's mother quickly changed tones.

"And you should start off by getting her more medicine for her heart conditions." Athrun said remembering that there wasn't much medicine left in the container when he last saw it.

"Certainly! Mr.Zala! We will be right on it!" Cagalli's step mother said as if she actually meant it but deep inside was about to burst into flames.

"I'll be leaving now and when I return tomorrow, I expect her to be happy." Athrun stated.

"Okay! Good bye Mr.Zala I'll see you tomorrow!" Cagalli's step mother waved as Athrun exited the house.

"You're lucky this time. You better look good tomorrow for Mr.Zala." her step mother stomped down the stairs.

"Here, take this." Uzumi handed her a new container filled with medicine for her heart condition.

"Just tell me when you're all out." And Uzumi followed his wife downstairs.

Cagalli couldn't help but grin widely.

"This is the first time someone has stood up for me. I can't wait to see Athrun again tomorrow." Cagalli thought happily.

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"No one was ever truly nice to me after my mom died. They all just wanted money from my dad. Cagalli already had a screwed up life and yet she still tries her best to help other people than herself. I think I'm in love with her. I can't wait to see Cagalli again tomorrow." Athrun thought as he smiled to himself.

He then took off his jacket and slowly fell asleep; little did he know that danger was lying in front of him in the near future.

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A/N: Yep done second chapter. Still kinda boring but I promise it's getting there!

Thank you to the wonderful reviewers:

Angel of Dreams, Mariad, Ritachi, Asga, xxlilvietgurlxx, and Jenniferseedlover!