Hey, here it is, a 'sequel' to Never 'I do,' Never die. I firmly suggest that if you haven't read it yet you do, because this story right here was written to satisfy a nagging curiosity of mine of where the story would go. Now, I absolutely love the ending of Never/Never, and that's why this is separate. It isn't really a continuance, per say, it's just something that COULD have happened. Let me warn you—there is a bitter end, most people will end up hating me for it I could say . . . And that's why it isn't a sequel for Never/Never

It is an OPTIONAL 'Part Three.'

Don't hate me!

Incase you are too lazy to look back: To catch you up, Mu and Murrue finally got married after tons of 'problems' in a world where he never died in Gundam SEED (goes to show, I haven't seen Destiny yet, so the 'future' here is not possible). Murrue was pregnant. That about sums the story up. This is four years since they were married.

Warning/Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED, I have not seen GSDestiny, and Mu and Murrue are sort of out of character because once you have kids you change—as least somewhat.

Prologue:

Five years after the war between the Coordinators and Naturals ended, Orb is still in the process of fine-tuning itself. In the past year, Orb was attacked by two different, also neutral, nations demanding to settle certain scores of theirs. These off-on attacks grew to be known as 'The Orb Wars' even though most of the fighting was taking place in meeting rooms. No other nations were involved at all.

The first 'Orb War' lasted only four months when a common ground was found, with only a handful of Military attacks from both sides in the process. For over three months there was 'peace' in the lands even with some negotiations still going on. Soon though, another 'War' broke out and it has lasted for four months so far, Military actions and everything.

Almost halfway through the first Orb War, Mu LaFlaga was called in for a special mission of Orb's. He completed the mission with a select team of his, but in the process was taken by the other side. For ten months, the rest of the first Orb War, the months of peace and the beginning of the second war, Mu has been held as a POW with negotiations on getting such powerful leverage home.

This is where our story begins . . .

It was just one of those days . . .

The sun brightly streaked through the clouds drifting through the bluest sky you'd ever seen. There was a slight breeze, cooling off the hot summer day but the smell of Fall was just around the corner. Even some of the trees had started to turn and every once in a while a leaf would travel on the air. It was so peaceful, no one would ever have guessed that Orb was again involved in war and that people were dying almost every second.

He walked slowly down the sidewalk in uniform. He didn't take the time to change out of it, he didn't want to take the wasted time. He walked with a soft limp to his cocky gait from a recent leg wound that never really healed right, and a pensive smile splashed across his face as he was staring around at the houses he passed.

Nothing really seemed to have changed. Thank God . . .

The man stopped to fix his cap so the sun wasn't directly in his eyes and it was then he saw how close he was. The sidewalk kept going for a while in front of him, but, from where he stood, a stone path now veered sharply to the right splitting a plot of flat green grass in two. On one side of the walk a large tree stood, and in its shade . . .

A small girl.

She sat cross-legged in the grass, playing with a cloth doll in one hand and a small model plane in the other. She froze, noticing how the footsteps she'd been hearing had stopped. She glanced up, large russet eyes growing every second. She stumbled to get to her feet, dropping everything.

"Daddy!"

She ran and clutched to the man's legs, long, sandy-blonde hair flapping in the slight breeze. Already he had 'set' his huge duffel bag down, the one that he'd practically been living out of for a bit less than the past year with the mission, and went to scoop her up easily into his arms.

His dark blue eyes danced when she laughed; he, spinning her around before she clamped a good hold around his neck and gave it a hug.

"Wow, is that you, Evi? How long have I been gone?" He asked, amazed, taking in every little detail of her growth. He had been prepared for her as a three year old, but he couldn't have possibly prepared himself for so much change. "You're such a big girl!" He exclaimed.

The small girl, Evi, had taken off her Daddy's cap and, with her small hands, clamped it loosely around her tiny ears. It would have fallen off if she didn't hold in place.

"Yep, I am! Oh, and Daddy, Daddy, guess what?" She had started bouncing up and down in his arms.

"What? What is it?" He laughed as he struggled to hold her.

"I'm a big sister now too, look!" She pointed one small hand towards the doorway of the house, and towards the person who had been standing there from the beginning. His face softened from it's laughter as stared straight at her.

"Murrue . . ."

Mu, with Evi still held tightly in his arms, made the 30-second walk to the door in only a few easy strides.

Murrue had aged too, if only slightly, and it made her seem that much inviting. It made him think about he must have looked right then. The so many months he was gone must have changed him. The mission he was sent out on was over in just a few weeks, yes, but he also became a POW by the other side as a result.

She stood leaning in the doorway, trying the hardest to keep the tears out of her eyes in front of the children. In her arms lay a bundle Mu hadn't yet seen. It was a young baby boy, already with a thick head of dark brown hair and the slivers of his sleepy eyes showed them as a dark blue-grey. Evi, still held tightly in his arms, started ranting about her baby brother, but Mu only heard half about she said about Matthew. He was too focused on Murrue.

"You came back, just like you said you would . . . I- . . ." she breathed. Mu raised his free hand and caressed it along the side of her face. Evi's eyes shut tight at the gesture, knowing what would happen next. She pulled her Daddy's cap over her eyes just as Mu and Murrue shared a long overdue kiss.

"I had to, Silly. I've got something to truly live for now."