Disclaimer: gundam seed and its characters do not belong to me. However this piece of fan fiction is wholly original and created by me.

Note: okay. It's a rather short chapter and mainly to tie up some loose ends. A little boring if you ask me, except maybe for the burst of drama. Just to whet everyone's appetite, when Alyssa is found, things will be heating up a little, so just wait till then.

SworDieXeQtion: I wish, I wish. If only…oh well, I take comfort in the fact that my holidays are coming a couple of weeks time. So that means more time to write, and more frequent updates. Ooh…feel happy already. Kira…I thought he always was emotional. Maybe a bit OOC…oops. Oh well, definitely one for Yzak and Alyssa. And that might come sooner than expected. Going to base it on personal experience. Haha…(goes red in the face)

Yzak Lover Extrodinaire: there wasn't really much of a point actually. Just wanted to give a little background to their relationship, and explain why he's so crazy when she's gone. Haha…glad you liked it. And here is the not so sweet next chapter.

Ailiricxxz: thanks. I like the song too. (Being ego) Haha…oh well, trying to add some romance to the plot. Haha….

Rosegirl18: sorry, sorry. Took very long, I know! Yesh..I do like Kira X lacus

Asga: well, this update took a little longer, but hope you like it too.

Fanny chan: yeah…wish I could be a STAR. Haha…

Chapter 13 – times of change

Aisha stood shock still, unable to stop the tears rolling down her face. How could this have happened? Who could have done such a thing?

First it had been Murrue Ramius, now Mwu la Fllaga.

Just then strong hands wrapped around her slim frame. She turned to look at him, face still wet.

"It's okay. It'll be okay." he comforted her, hugging her tightly as she buried her head in his chest.

"We should go back to the house." Kira spoke up.

"Yeah." Athrun said, leading the way. The rest of the group followed.

No one said anything after that. All of them were lost in their own thoughts.

"Maybe we should do something." Kira suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Sai asked.

"We can't let this continue."

"But what can we do?"

"Don't you find it strange. We've been here longer than expected, and yet none of our parents have called or come look for us."

"And what happened to Tolle?"

"Maybe he's too scared to say anything."

"That may be right. Still what about our parents?"

"Surely they would be worried."

"I don't know. Who knows?"

"Let's go to town."

"And risk both Lacus and my sister's lives?"

"I doubt they will come to any serious harm."

"You never know and we can't be sure about these things."

"Can we take the risk?"

"No."

"But if we don't, who knows who will be next?"

"It's getting from bad to worse."

"We should just concentrate on saving Lacus and Alyssa first."

"We shouldn't let anyone get killed."

"We can't help it Kira. You can't save everyone you know." Athrun shouted.

They were getting increasingly worked up as the conversation went on.

"Lacus wouldn't want it."

"We don't know that. Who knows what she may be going through now?"

"I don't care. I'm going to work on the clues and save my sister." Nicol said, sitting down and staring at the pieces of paper.

Slowly, Fllay, Miriallia and Dearka followed suit.

Kira and Athrun were still glowering at each other.

"Cool it, the two of you. It isn't helping matters if you haven't noticed. Sure we don't want the murders to continue. But we can't leave the 2 of them in the game master's hands. I suggest that we prevent anyone else from getting kidnapped. Then and only then will we be able to leave this place." Yzak said.

"He's right you know. Our main aim right now is to get Lacus and Alyssa back."

Kira sighed, knowing he had lost the battle. However the battle that raged within was far from over.

He buried his hands in his face and sat heavily back on the couch.

Cagalli went over and patted him.

"It'll be alright. Everything will work out fine." she comforted.

Yzak and Athrun joined the rest of them trying to solve the clues.

"What do you think it means?"

"Aren't there 6 weapons in Cluedo?"

"Yup."

"There are only 5 listed."

"That's right. The revolver is missing."

"Where will she be found?"

"Maybe we should ask where the revolver could be found."

"But in the game, the weapons can be in any room."

"But most likely, where could the revolver be found?"

"I dunno. The lounge?"

"The study?"

"The conservatory."

"But this house doesn't have a conservatory."

"Neither does it have a lounge."

"So the study?"

"Let's go check it out."

Kira, cagalli and Athrun set off at a run.

While Yzak and Nicol worked on the other set of clues, they had made little progress, when the trio came back empty handed.

"Nothing." cagalli said dejectedly.

"What now?" Miriallia asked.

"How about a break. We've been doing this for the past 3 hours. I think we all need a little rest."

"But before that. To prevent anything else from happening, we should always move in pairs and threes. Don't go wandering somewhere alone, especially at night." Dearka stated.

"That's a good idea. But that would mean we have to stay two or more in a room."

"Hm. that's true. Let's rearrange it then."

"Kira and Sai in one room. Yzak and Dearka in one room. Nicol and Athrun in one room. Cagalli, Fllay and Miriallia in one room. At least the should be the arrangement for now. When the two of them come back, we can change it again."

"Okay. We better move it now. Meet back in an hour's time. We have to solve this fast. It's been going on for too long."

Note: okay. So it was rather short. I'm kinda trying to prolong it. There is a reason behind this, as you'll find out later. So until the next update. Cheers and pls review ne?