Chapter title: Risen above
Discliamer: I... Do ... Not... Own... Gundam... Seed! There it's on the paper. Now will you agree to let me write?
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Cagalli sat listening to the sound of rian on the roof. Her head was leaning on the back of the cold
wall and she looked at the cars parked below in the big lot. It was a dark day and yet she loved the
way the rian made a soothing lullabye. Her eyes scanned the city in the distanc. Her city... Her
peaple... Her job. She smiled as a little girl came splashing through the puddles. She remembered
how fun that had been She wished she could be a child once more.. A kid so inocent with no
worries. She remembered one time Mana had caught her and she only stood inocently before her.
Her shoes covered in the oh so incriminating mud. And her clothes covered with water. Mana
looked at her with not anger but acusation. "I'm sorry.." She siad and Mana smiled. "Go get
changed." She siad and Cagalli bounded happily off knowing that she had just got out of
punishment.
Athrun was on his way to the hospital having been up all night thinking what to say. 'What do I tell
her?' He asked himself and made a quick turn to the hospital parking. He paid the toll and pulled in.
As he got out of his car he was met with a light downpour of water. 'Great start when I get out of
the car!' He thought to himself but smiled as he saw Kira pull in not too far away. Kira walked
carefully over to him trying desperately not to get too muddy. "Hey Athrun!" Kira shouted and
came up to him. "Hey Kira." Athrun siad and walked slowly keeping pace with Kira to the big
double doors in the front of the hospital. "Destiny and Lacus come home today." Kira boasted and
looked happily at Athrun. "That's wonderful... I just wish I could say the same for Cagalli... The
docters don't think she'll get out for another week or so." He siad sadly and Kira gave him a
knowing look. That was his sister as well... All he wanted was for the past two years to be
forgotten. But as the law of life would go there was no way to re-write the past. As they made thier
way to the front desk Kira looked at the clock. It was now eight fifteen in the morning. His meeting
with the council was at two thirty in the afternoon. Kisaka had briefed him at four in the morning
and Kira desperately wanted sleep. But still he smiled at the clerk. "Hello.. I'm here to see Lacus
and Destiny Yamato." He said and the Nurse smiled nicely. "Of course... Go on ahead." Luna said
in a very kind vioce. "And i'm here to see Cagalli Yula Atha." Athrun siad and Luna broke into a
smile. "Yes... Go on." She said. And Athrun smiled back. "Have a nice day Luna." He said and she
broke into a laugh. This was just a daily thing for all of them They would always meet and go in
together and greet Luna. It helped relieve some of the stress of the long pressed days. "Tell Cagalli I
said to keep you in line!" She winked at him and he smiled and walked off.
Shiho whoke up and was slightly lost as to where she was. But as soon as she saw the dog sleeping
close bye it all became clear once more. She looked down at her ankle wich was loosely wrapped in
an ace bandage and had an ice-pak placed gently over it. She smiled at this. He had been so kind
about that. Her heart dropped as she remembered that day when he had been so blinded by rage. A
tear rolled sadly down her cheek and she rolled over to face the frosted window. It had been so long
ago... And yet it felt like just yesterday...
Flashback
As Shiho came around the corner she was met with the face of somone she could only hope
wasn't looking for her. "May I help you?" She asked in a kind and sincere vioce. "Don't mess
with me Hanenfus!" He shouted back and she made the face of a scolded puppy. Her eyes big
with fear of what might happen now. "What did you do with my uniform! I told you to have it
back to me by last night!" Once more she recioled and her eyes looked as if she would burst into
tears at any moment. "I-I had it... B-but they told me it had been ruined... I'm sorry i'll replace it
imediately." As she said this he looked at her with rage. It wasn't realy anything to do with her
either. It was to do with that 'Kira Yamato' How Yzak despised him. "Oh i'll be sure you pay in
full. And you will also report to me toninght for some... extended training." As that tear came
racing down her cheek he felt somthing he hadn't felt in a long time... regret and... compasion.
As she saluted he winced and as she ran off in the other directiion shouting back at him all the
way that she'd be sure to never disapiont him agian.
End Flashback
She sighed at the memory and thought how so much had changed. He wasn't the same rude boss she
used to know. She heard footsteps outside the door and tried to just concentrate on the window.
"Shiho?" Yzak asked clearly concerned as to the fact that she was shaking and sobing. His eyes held
only compasion and worry. "Shiho are you ok?" She buried her face in the pillow not wanting to
say the worst there could be of him. Her sobs shook her whole body and her tears slowly soaked the
pillow. "Shiho?" He asked in a frantic tone. She slowly looked up at him and he shrunk from the
tears that streaked her face. "What's wrong?" He asked and she just looked expresionless back at
him. "Nothing." She replied in a cold tone. But her words were empty to him. He went forward and
he hugged her. As he did this her tears stopped. A past could never be unwritten... There was always
a past to be looked down on or sadened by but you could never truly live on only past. And as he
hugged her she realized this. He was not the same person she had known in the past. He was... He
was... She truly knew not what he had become to her. The only thing she truly knew was that she
cared for him. How deep that care went was her undying qeustion. So many heartbreaking lessons
she had learned at the hands of this man and yet she wanted him near her all the same. When her
father had died she had thought her life to be over and yet as she walked like an empty shell through
the many days of the year he had slowly brought her back to her former self. She wanted mostly in
her life to hold onto somthing at that piont. And he had become that somthing.
Cagalli laughed as Destiny pulled at her ring. It was just another shiny object in wich children were
so easily amused. Lacus had come to Cagalli's room early to see how she was doing. And much to
her delight she was doing much better. Cagalli and Lacus had talked a long time on the subject of
Athrun. Cagalli was just trying her hardest to figure out what to say. Words so simple became so
frail and insignifecent when he was near. As she looked at a familiar face standing in the doorway
her heart started beating fast once more. "Hey!" Athrun said and Kira followed him in. "We went to
your room first but you weren't there." Kira said gesturing toward Lacus. "Yeah well I htought it
would be nice if Destiny could see her aunt." Lacus replied in a soft tone. "The docters say that you
can fill the paperwork out for checking out now." Kira said and Lacus nodded. "Cagalli would you
mind keeping Destiny for a little while so I can go do this?" She asked looking sweetly at her.
"Yeah.. sure." She replied smiling down at the baby. Not two moments later Kira and Lacus had
gone to fill out the papers and get ready to return to thier awiating home. Cagalli looked only down
at the tany baby in her arms trying not to notice the uncomfortable silence.. But it was imposible.
Athrun came to stand beside her and Cagalli watched him out of the corner of her eye. "We need to
talk." Was all he said and she looked up. "I know." She said and he sat down next to her taking her
hand in his. " I love you more that life itself Cagalli... I don't know how my life would carry with it
any signifisence If I lost you... You are my will to go on... You are my one and only love for all
time." As he said these words a smile came to her face. She had forgotten how corny he was. "And
you are my savior... My night in shining armor... Wenever I don't have you I feel as if my life holds
no meaning at all..." He smiled and nodded. "A life so lost as ours should never have to go on
alone... A life as fragil and simple as this one only gians a true fulfilment when we have found
love... I find love every time I look at you.. From the bottom of my very soul. I promise you i'll
never leave you agian." As he replied these words her heart skipped a beat.. He was promising the
unpromisable... And yet she wanted so deeply to believe this.. "And I promise you i'll always be
waiting for you." He looked at her in confusion. "I would not make you promise such a promise as
that... I will love you and never give up on you.. I will one day stand with you at the altar.. And that
day will be the happiest day I am ever to be alive... But I will not force you to give up on a career or
anything that would result of you being in a lessor signifesence of life... I will follow you wherever
you wish me to and I will never run. For my love is deeper than that. I will hold you dear to my
heart all of my days... My love... " As these words were passed a new biggining to a greater life
came into being...
Dearka laughed from the other side of the door. "What? Are you trying out for a play or
somthing?" He asked laughing at the same time. "Uh..." Athrun said only slightly blushing.
"Somthing like that." Cagalli finished for him. "Milli asked me if I would bring this to you
Cagalli." He handed her a packet and Cagalli looked down at it in confusion. "Open it." He urged
and she slowly opened the top flap revealing a picture. As she held it in her hands she smiled
through all her tears. "It's that day... When you took me to the park... I think I pushed you off the
swing just so I could have a turn." She siad and Athrun looked down at the picture. What he saw
touched him deeply. It was a picture of him and her both. They were smiling... And laughing... And
it was a love no-one could steal away from them.. Cagalli's eyes seemed to be glowing from the
depthe of the picture. "We had a lot of fun... And that's the day Kira asked Lacus to marry him..."
They smiled at the memory. Dearka sat down with them laughing and conversing with them as if it
had been years.
Kyo whoke to light shining in her eyes. She raised her arm to shield her eyes and sat up slowly. 'The
curtains weren't drawn when I fell asleep!' She thought to herself. Her eyes scanned the room for
anything out of the ordinary and she sighed when she found nothing. She fell back onto the bed and
clenched her eyes tight. But as she did this she heard a footstep... And another. As she slowly
opened her eyes she saw somone standing in the corner of the room. She quickly grabbed her gun
out of her holster and held it up to whoever it was. "Who in thier right mind sleeps with a loaded
gun?" The blonde standing before her screamed. "What the hell are you doing in my room in the
first place?" She screamed back at him. "It's my job to protect you at the moment! If you haven't
forgotten your a council member of the plants! Your brother ordered me to be your bodygaurd!" He
screamed once more and she gave him a death glare. "I can take care of my slelf thanks!" She
screamed and lowered her gun returning it to the holster. "Not from what I could tell. It seems
anyone could just sneak in through your window." He replied in a taunting tone. "You didn't?" She
asked in a deadly tone. "Sure did... And I must say that it was all to easy." He answered and she
threw her pillow at him. "Get out!" She screamed and as he fled he was once more pelted with
pillows.. and other objects. As soon as the entruder had left Kyo grabbed her clothes and retreated
into her bathroom.
Milli walked through the store, putting various things in the cart as she did so. She grabbed a jar of
peanut butter and a jar of strawberry jelly. She normally wouldn't even buy food... But Dearka was
a good eater and had whiped her whole house clean in two day's. She grabbed a bottle of pepsi and a
bottle of coke. As she found her way to the check-out she saw Murue Ramius standing in line.
"Hey!" She exclaimed. "Hello." Said Murrue with a big smile. "How have you been?" Milli asked
smiling back at her. "I've been doing good how about you?" She asked and Milli smiled even wider.
As she brought her hand forward and showed the sparkling diamond ring decorating her finger.
"When?" Murue shouted at her. "Last night.. over a box of pizza." She said and she seemed to glow
with pride. "Not exactly my chioce of romance but it's nice that you two finally got engaged." They
both laughed. As thry said thier good-bye's they both felt happier than when they had first entered
the store. For what's better medicine then laughter?
Shiho sat on a overstuffed leather recliner and she patted the dog's head absently. Yzak wouldn't be
back for a while because he had a meeting with the council. She yawned once more as yet another
re-run of her favorite show 'genesis of evange' come on. She had seen this series twice over already.
But much to her displeasure there was nothing of importance for her to do around here. It seemed
as if he had somone hired to do everything... even walk his dog. But of course being one of the
richest families on plant would make that possible. She laughed as once more her favorite part of
the episode played. Kia had just told Atalae that he was dying from a form of cancer given to him
from the genisis. And so they kiss... And then he say's "Got ya!" And she slaps him. "I wonder what
Kyo's up to?" She asked herself qeitly. Just then a boy of around sixteen came down the stairs in a
hurry. "Hi you must be Shiho?" He asked and held out his hand.. "Yes... and you are?" She asked
looking at him. "I'm Kyo's newly assighned body gaurd." He answered in a polite tone. "Oh... I see.
Well I hope you can keep up with her.. She's quite somthing." Shiho said and he looked at her
amused. "Please... I was top of my class all through school. Dearka Elsman tought me all I know."
He boasted proudly. "Ok.." She said amused and took a step back. Just then a bucket of water was
dumped on his head. "That'll teach you to come in my room!" Kyo screamed and walked down the
stairs smiling proudly. "Good one... I have tought you well." Shiho said and they did a high five.
"What's on tv?" She asked and sat down across the room leaving the body gaurd standing alone in
the foyer.
Cagalli and Athrun sat talking once more. "So when do you think we should set the date?" Cagalli
asked anxiosly looking from Athrun to Dearka.. "Well we were planning on three weeks from
now." Said Dearka and they both grimaced. "We'll be a little pressed for time but I think we can do
it." Dearka urged to them and they both smiled once more. "Are you sure Milli will be ok with a
double wedding though?" Cagalli asked once more. "I'm sure she'll be fine with it.. But the colors
have to be white and red. "Ok." Athrun and Cagalli said in unison. "Well how about we all go down
and check out the hall tonight.. Maybe we can order in some pizza." Athrun suggested and they all
nodded. "But I have to get out of this damned hospital!" Cagalli said and Athrun chuckled at her as
he held her.
And as the sound of a new dawning played on the world. They all found that they were stronger.
With finding a strengthe they had thought they lost. In such times of grieves and trials nothing
seems as right. For in thier doubt they did shout and now they are saved from thier feeling of
hopelesness. They have indeed risen above...
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To cloudy mind: lol.. No he did not die i'm sorry I didn't make it that clear.
To FunkE-BunnE-GaL: I am so happy that you liked my story I think your probuly one of my favorite authors and to have you say that is a real honor. So thank you.
To MXC-the show-rocks my socks: Once agian I am so glad for your ongoing support. I would be nothing without your constant input.
To Cagalli 12: I'm so glad you liked it.. And I hope you like this chapter as well..
A/N: This is the seventh chapter out of ten so be prepared for the all to sweet end of 'My fallen love'. Thank you and ttfn.