Chapter 15 Baby Talk

A/N: Heya, if I suddenly do not update for a long time within the next two weeks, do not be alarmed, because I am migrating to New Zealand and so I will need to get a computer there and set up internet access before I can update again. But I'm trying to finish this fanfic before January 2006, but it sure looks as if I won't be able to make it! Happy reading!

"Oh, you're awake! Finally, it's already half past nine!" said Miriallia, walking toward Cagalli's bedside and propping a sleepy Cagalli up onto her pillow. The Orb Princess looked somewhat dishevelled, her hair was sticking out like a duck's tail and her shirt was drooping over one side of her shoulder.

"I wanna sleep some more..." said Cagalli sleepily, removing her pillow from behind her and slamming herself back onto her bed, before throwing the pillow over the side of her head.

The auburn-haired girl looked disapprovingly at her blonde friend, who seemed reluctant to get up and out of bed. Of course, it was natural for an expectant mother to be tired, but not to the point where she would refuse to do anything but sleep.

Kyo had stayed in Cagalli's room along with Miriallia throughout the night as well, and was currently washing up in Cagalli's bathroom. Miriallia had also advised Lacus to stay in case anything happened, as among the lot of them, Lacus was the medical expert.

However, Lacus had told Miriallia that Kira wasn't feeling very well lately, and he was feeling rather helpless and useless himself. Therefore, the pink-haired girl had decided to spend the night with Kira to comfort him.

Kyo exitted Cagalli's bathroom, sporting a three-quarter length pair of black track pants, which hugged her well-toned slender legs perfectly. Along with it was a white tank top and with words on it that said, 'Piping Hot'.

"Kyo! Cagalli won't get her bum out of bed!" squealed Miriallia, obviously getting quite pissed with the blonde Orb Princess. The attractive redheaded girl just looked over at her auburn-haired girlfriend and smiled warmly, before shifting her gaze to Cagalli.

"She must be exhausted then. Leave her alone, she needs rest." said Kyo knowingly, stuffing her toothbrush and toiletries into the knapsack she had packed along with her.

"Yes, she's tired, but pregnant ladies need exercise too!" said Miriallia, shaking Cagalli gently again in an attempt to arouse the blonde girl from her slumber, but to no avail, the blonde Orb Princess just ignored it all.

"If I wake up, what's there for me to do?" mumbled Cagalli, her head still covered by the pillow, and her voice so muffled in was barely understandable.

"What's there for you to do? Well I'll give you a long list of what there is to do!" said Miriallia, sounding more like an over-concerned mother for her lazy daughter. "We could go for a walk by the beach, and pick shells or throw rocks out into the sea. We could go and bully Kira or we could... WE COULD GO SHOPPING FOR BABY STUFF!"

"What! You want to go shopping out in town for baby stuff?" asked Kyo, not believing what she had just hear from the auburn-haired girl. Being a tomboy like Cagalli, only not as vulgar, Kyo had never liked the idea of shopping, even if she was shopping for things for herself.

"Yeah, why not? It sounds fun, I mean haven't you ever seen those cute baby jumpers, or those tiny booties that you slip onto those tiny feet of theirs?" asked Miriallia, feeling her insides already turning to mush thinking of babies.

"Goodness, I'd choose bullying Kira over going shopping for baby stuff if you ask me. Besides, Cagalli's the one having the baby, not you. Why don't you ask Cagalli for her opinion." said Kyo knowingly, sighing and shaking her head at Miriallia, whom in Kyo's opinion, who over-excited.

"Actually, it's not a bad idea." said Cagalli, removing the pillow from over her head, and looking eagerly up at Miriallia, who looked as if she could jump for joy. As for Kyo, she was looking shocked at the tomboyish Princess of Orb, or at least the once tomboyish Princess of Orb.

"Ah ha! See! She doesn't mind going shopping for cute baby stuff! It's settled then, we'll set off in about half an hour to town, have a brunch there and then go shopping the entire afternoon!" exclaiemd Miriallia excitedly, dancing around the room.

"Miriallia are you having a fever? Yes, we'll go shopping, but certainly NOT for the whole afternoon." said Cagalli, sitting upright in bed and stretching before getting up and heading off into the toilet.

"Oh my gosh? What has being pregnant done to Cagalli? Hormones, cravings and all? Worst of all, shopping?" Kyo questioend herself, knocking herself lightly on the forehead.

"You know what, since the two of you are heading off to town to do some shopping? My whole afternoon is free, yipee! I can spend some time with Yzak now, haha!" said Kyo uneasily, feeling a a bead of sweat trickle down the side of her face, and trying to escape through the bedroom door, but too late, Miriallia's hand grabbed hold of Kyo's tank top.

"Oh no you don't! You're coming with us, and we need you for security reasons anyway. You're the only one among the three of us who's equiped with martial arts." said Miriallia sternly, dragging Kyo back into Cagalli's well-furnished bedroom.

Kyo slumped into Cagalli's swivel chair by her desk, wondering what the young Jule would say now, she had turned down his offer to take a walk by the beach the day before so she could accompany Cagalli, but now she was once again going to spend most of her day with Cagalli and Miriallia.

The attractive redhead wasn't surprised if the young Jule was feeling rather neglected, and he always had a bad temper whenever he wasn't able to see Kyo for more than a day.

It sometimes puzzled Kyo more than ever whenever she thought of why she ever fell in love with Yzak Jule. He wasn't the very gentle type and would rather be left alone than do anything else.

However, when Yzak was with Kyo though, everything seemed to change. His rough and cocky personality seemed to have vanished, and even though when he played with Kyo, he was still not as gentle as a girl would expect her boyfriend to be, it suited Kyo well, as she wasn't the soft type either.

Kyo thought back of the time when she and Yzak had secretly gone down to the beach in the middle of the night. She had spent almost the entire night there running up and down the length of the beach, Yzak chasing after her, torturing her mercilessly in a playful way with his tickles, bites and licks whenever he managed to catch her. And certainly, it rewarded the young Jule greatly as it wasn't very often that he managed to catch his attractive female companion.

Though Kyo was a girl, she ran at a high speed, even managing to overtake Yzak a couple of times whenever they raced. So as you can see, Yzak and Kyo's courtship wasn't really much of a very romantic one, more of a courtship that was full of expressing their love for each other through laughter and fun.

"Ok, let's not wait half an hour before going off! Let's go now!" said Cagalli, grabbing a black slingbag and dancing her way to the doorway, picking Kyo up from the swivel chair she was slumped in on her way.

Cagalli was sporting a pair of bell-bottomed jeans with tears at her knees and a grey spaghetti-strapped top. The blonde girl's top suited the blonde girl well as it exposed some of her cleavage and showed her masculine arms.

Miriallia excitedly pulled open Cagalli's oak bedroom door, to find Lacus and Kira standing by the doorway, hands outstretched apparently in the midst of reaching for the doorknob when the door was suddenly swung open.

"Where're the three of you off to?" asked Kira sternly, looking at the three girls who were dressed for an outing, and eyeing each of them closely especially Cagalli, making sure they weren't scantily dressed.

"Umm we're off to town to buy some baby necessities and maternity wear for Cagalli." replied Miriallia excitedly, putting an arm around Kyo, so as to make sure that the attractive redhead wouldn't try to sneak off while they were chatting with Kira and Lacus.

Kira looked questioningly at Cagalli, wondering if his blonde twin sister had actually consented to the shopping trip, or if she had been forced to tag along since they were buying maternity wear for her.

The brunette young man felt a little surprised that the incident that had happened the day before with Athrun hadn't affected Cagalli much at all. He had half expected his sister do be crying her eyes out the entire night, but judging by the way things seemed to be going, he guessed not.

"Kira, could you please follow them instead? I don't want to go, and their reason for dragging me along is because I can protect them!" squealed Kyo, ducking out from under Miriallia's arm and moving away. "Besides, Cagalli is your sister, I'm sure you'd be more relaxed if you go, so you can keep watch on her."

To Kyo's surprise, Kira shook is head a couple of times. "Nah, you go. I trust you'll look after Cagalli for me. Shopping has never been my cup of tea anyway. Besides, I've got my own personal problems to solve." he finished, looking at Lacus who smiled at him gently.

"But I haven't had a chance to spend time with Yzak for the past two days! I miss him already, and I don't want him to feel neglected!" protested Kyo as she was dragged off by Miriallia with the help of Cagalli.

Kyo's protests were drowned when the elevator doors closed shut with the trio of girls securely inside it.

The sweet baby pink-haired girl looked gently up at her brunette boyfriend, who was looking somewhat tired and downhearted. Lacus's expressions changed from cheery to apprehensive when she saw the saddened look playing on Kira's boyish features.

"Shall we go for a walk or something, to make you feel better?" asked Lacus concerned, reaching up and stroking Kira's cheek gently, urging him to answer her.

The brunette moved away from Lacus, making her withdraw from him. Why was he acting like this? He'd usually consent to whatever she suggested, but why was he holding back today?

"Kira, you know what happened wasn't your fault. Nobody could've prevented it, not even you. Whether or not Athrun will come to light all depends on himself, he has to let us explain to him before he believes." said Lacus knowingly, stepping closer to Kira again and taking his face in her hands.

"I HATE seeing Cagalli this way, I don't want her to suffer, neither do I want her baby to suffer. Athrun is being fooled by Mia, and if we get rid of Mia it'll only worsen matters." said Kira, tears welling up in his violet eyes.

"Kira, you don't want to see Cagalli suffer." said Lacus softly, looking up at him, hoping he'd stop acting this way. "But I don't want to see you suffer either."

Kira cried silently, tears falling from his eyes and falling to the marble floor of the corridor. Certainly, he felt really useless. He wasnted to make Cagalli happy, and there was only one way and one person who could make that happen, Athrun Zala.

Kira's sobs were drowned by Lacus's moist lips pressing gently and passionately onto his. The brunette felt secure and reassured with Lacus, and Cagalli probably felt the same way when she had Athrun by her side.

Kira couldn't and didn't want to imagine the pain Cagalli felt when Athrun rejected her ever so violently and harshly that day in the medical unit. He didn't know what he'd do if anything untoward happened to Lacus, or if she rejected him.

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"Ooooh! Look at that, it's so cute! This teething ring looks absolutely adorable!" squealed Miriallia, picking a teething ring off the shop shelf and examining it. It was made of hard rubber and was molded into the shape of a dolphin.

"Mirre, are you going to find the teething ring cuter, or Cagalli's baby cuter? Besides, a baby has to be about 5 or 6 months before their teeth actually emerge. Right now, the baby isn't even born yet, the teething rings can be bought later on." said Kyo bluntly, dragging Mirialia away from the accessories section and following Cagalli to the shelf where the milk bottles and bottle teats were being sold.

"Aren't you going to breastfeed your baby?" asked Miriallia, watching Cagalli choose from a series of different rubber teats and uniquely shaped feeding bottles.

"Yeah, but what if I'm busy? I can't possibly be breastfeeding my baby in the middle of a meeting right? I'll probably store some milk in bottles." said Cagalli smartly, holding up a few bottles and waving them in front of Miriallia's face.

"Cagalli's got a point there. But to store your milk you need a milk expresser." said Kyo, pointing to the shelf opposite them where milk expressing kits were layed out in neat rows. There were different brands, some of the expressers more compact and some bulkier than ever.

"Since when did you know all this maternity stuff?" asked Miriallia, turning to Kyo and looking shocked. The auburn-haired girl didn't expect the redheaded tomboy to actually know about anything more other than how to get pregnant, how milk bottles looked like, and what teething rings were.

"Just because I'm not interested in maternity stuff, doesn't mean I don't have a clue about it. I know just as much as you two do, ok? I have to know some knowledge about all this anyway, I want to have kids too you know." said Kyo bluntly, pursing her lips and folding her arms.

"Did I just hear what she said?" asked Miriallia, turning to Cagalli, who was too busy reading information labels to give a damn about what her auburn-haired friend had actually said.

Miriallia was giggling away now. Kyo was actually talking about having kids of her own. As far as Miriallia knew, Kyo had never been the motherly type, before she met Yzak, she used to reject every guy that asked her out, even if he was drop dead gorgeous.

"What d'you find so funny, Mirre? Look, I'm may be tomboyish, and it doesn't change the fact that I'm a girl! Girls are made to get pregnant, give birth and have kids! So what's so wrong and funny about me haveing kids of my own?" questioned Kyo heatedly, hands on her hips and eyebrow furrowed at Miriallia.

"I... was just thinking... if you had kids with... hahahahahahahahahahaha... Yzak; there's already enough fire... around with... Yzak... I dont need... you to produce... another fire-breathing... baby!" squealed Miriallia, bursting into a fit of giggles and passing the bout on to Cagalli, who was now giggling as well.

Kyo snorted in annoyance, "For all you know it may not be Yzak that I would marry. It could some other guy," she hissed, folding her arms.

"Yeah, that's true, but we were just thinking about it, no need to get offended. I think you and Yzak look sweet together anyway, look how far the both of you have gone. You've managed to get him to manage his temper really well, and talk about the incident in the medical unit!" said Cagalli bursting out laughing, as she remembered Yzak slumped over Kyo on the hospital bed in the morning.

"We actually didn't do anything! Go ask Dr. Ishida if you don't believe me! I've still retained my virginity, thank you! We didn't go any further than undressing each other and petting and all." said Kyo, her cheeks turning a brilliant shade of magenta just thinking about what happened.

It was true though, she and Yzak didn't go any further than heavy petting. Although they were very close to crossing the line, since the entire orgy had gotten Yzak aroused at full blast. Thankfully, Kyo had managed to stop Yzak in time before he lost total control.

"I think we're done here, Cagalli. I mean you've got bottle teats, bottles, sterilisers and a milk expresser and all. I don't think you need anything more from here." said Miriallia brightly, pulling Cagalli away and heading toward a store which sold maternity clothes.

"Hello, my dears, can I help you?" asked a plump and stout old woman, the trio of girls assumed to be the shop owner. The shop owner would've reminded anyone of their grandmother, glasses worn at the tip of her nose, a long frilly skirt and curly greying hair.

Of course, I'm not saying that everyone's grandmother would look this way, but the shop owner was kind in a grandmotherly way.

"Umm yes, we're looking for some maternity wear for her. She's only about two months pregnant so, it's not too obvious yet." said Miriallia, smiling warmly at the shop owner, who smiled back toothily.

"Don't worry my dear, I'm sure there's something here that would fit you perfectly, and as soon as you know it, the nine months will fly past and you'll be able to cradle that newborn of yours." said the shop owner sweetly, fumbling around her rows of dresses.

Much to Kyo's surprise, the maternity wear shop didn't look much like a clothes shop that sold maternity wear, it looked more like any other clothes shop selling fashionable clothes. The redheaded girl had expected to see loose baggy floral dresses, long pleated work pants stretchy shirts and stuff, but what she saw was fashionable jeans, tank tops, tube tops, even mini skirts!

"You can call me Aunt Suzanne, don't bother calling me madam or anything, I'm not quite used to it." said the shop owner kindly, before walking over to Kyo. "And if you're wondering why the maternity wear I sell don't look like maternity wear at all, it's a long story."

"We'd gladly listen if you wouldn't mind telling us," said Kyo eagerly, much to the surprise of Cagalli and Miriallia, who thought that Kyo knowing about baby accessories was bad enough, much less be interested in maternity wear.

"Well, I started this business about two decades ago. I sold the usual stuff, loose dresses, long work pants and all, but my business only did average. So I started thinking on how I could make my business thrive." said Aunt Suzanne, clearing her throat and pushing up her glasses.

"That's when I noticed many young women, just like yourself, only in their teenage years, already becoming mothers." said Aunt Suzanne, gesturing kindly toward Cagalli, who just grinned gently. "So I started creating maternity clothes designed according to the latest fashion using stretchable materials like Lycra."

"That's a smart thing to do, so I guess many young mothers come here to buy maternity wear, eh?" said Miriallia smartly, laughing jovially along with Aunt Suzanne who nodded and winked at Cagalli.

"Where d'you live, my dear? I'm also a trained nurse, so I can be your midwife if you like." said Aunt Suzanne knowingly, placing a warm hand aon Cagalli's shoulder.

"It's time we enlighten you then, Aunt Suzanne. This is Cagalli Yula Athha, Princess of Orb. So we live at the Athha mansion." said Kyo, introducing Cagalli formally, and smiling gently at Aunt Suzanne, who bowed with respect.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Athha, I've always supported your father's ideals." said Aunt Suzanne delightedly, taking Cagalli's hand in her own and rubbing it.

"I'm glad to hear that you support my father. Right now, many people are rebelling against Orb." sighed cagalli, shaking her head slowly, before grinning at Aunt Suzanne and moving off

Within ten minutes, Cagalli had already picked a number of tops and bottoms, ranging from tank tops to track pants. The blonde girl came in and out of the changing rooms a couple of times and finally settled on all her choices of clothes.

"So, no alterations needed. If you need me when the time for the baby comes just give me a tinkle, the number can be found in the shopping guide! Thank you for shopping here, have a nice day!" greeted Aunt Suzanne, sending Cagalli, Miriallia and Kyo on their way.

"She's was a pretty sweet lady," said Miriallia brightly, helping cagalli hold some of her shopping stuff and walking alongside the blonde Orb Princess. "And you don't have to worry now that she's already signed herself on as your midwife!"

"That just triggered a notion, Mirre. My baby may not be like others." said Cagalli, sounding a little apprehensive, as she felt her stomach gently.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kyo stunned, quickening her pace and walking up to Cagalli, and looking eagerly at the Orb Princess, wondering what she meant by her most recent statement.

"Now that I think of it, my pregnancy may be different too. Athrun's a co-ordinator, don't forget that, and I'm a natural, which means our baby is a mix of our genes, which forms an entire new human breed." said Cagalli knowingly, looking up at Miriallia and Kyo, who seemed to have realised the consequences too.

"Cagalli's got a point there, but we'll just to go with the flow and pray that everything goes along normally." said Miriallia knowingly, taking Cagalli's arm and dragging her off. "Until then, we've got to go back and discuss this with the others, I'm sure they'll want to know."

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"Kira, you know it's really not your fault, so stop reproaching yourself." said Lacus knowingly, sitting beside Kira on his bed, and looking worriedly at the brunette co-ordinator.

"I know it's not, but I just need some time alone, to think. So if you do love me as much as you say so, then you'd respect my wishes and leave for the meantime." said Kira softly, looking away from Lacus.

"Kira, I love you more than I say, but if you want some time alone, then I shall grant you that wish then." said Lacus sighing and getting upf rom Kira's bed and walking past his desk.

However, the sweet pink-haired girl spotted a voice-recorder on Kira's desk and picked it up. "Kira, is this in use?"

The brunette young man looked up and examined the device for a umber of seconds before shaking his head. "No, but it's got a unused tape in there though, what d'you want it for?"

"I was just thinking, if I confronted Mia now, and asked her why she lied, she may confess, and if she does, I'll have it all recorded down into this." said Lacus smartly, waving the mechanical device in her right hand.

"True, but be careful. I don't want you to get hurt," said Kira concerned, standing up and walking over to his pink-haired girlfriend and planting a soft kiss on her cheek.

"I will," replied Lacus smiling warmly, before exitting Kira's room.

Brilliant, now all Lacus had to do was find Mia and confront her. Of course, she couldn't perform the entire operation in front of Athrun, she had to get Mia awayf rom Athrun first.

However, it saved Lacus the trouble of finding her impersonator when the very person came striding down the corridor, with no Athrun!

"Mia, can I have a word with you?" asked Lacus, wasting no time on the very perfect oppurtunity. Lacus fought to remain calm as Mia came striding toward her, smiling sweetly.

"Of course, I'd do anything for a word with my idol." said Mia jovially, standing in front of Lacus and giggling away.

"I'm not standing here with you to chat about popularity and fame, but about why you deceived Athrun." said Lacus sternly, hiding the voice-recorder behind her back and carefully switching it on.

"Oh that again. So what if I deceived Athrun? He's taken to me very well, and he believes every single word that spouts from my mouth. It'll be no problem getting more things out from him." said Mia maliciously.

"You're only taking advantage of him, aren't you? You just want him for yourself, don't you? You don't really love him at all." said Lacus heatedly, glaring at Mia, who looked satisfied with whatever she had been able to accomplish.

"Yes it's all true that I lied to him, that naive guy, and yes I don't love him either." said Mia, sneering maliciously and cackling away.

"Athrun is not and was never naive! You made him so!" exclaimed Lacus, unleashing her temper for the first time. The pink-headed girl was clearly infuriated by the situation, and was not about to let the girl in front of her make things worse.

"Yes I'm a genius in using Athrun this way, and it just proves that I'm not some dumb girl that's useless, and I'm also not that stupid as to let you record everything and expose me!" barked Mia, spinning Lacus around so violently and grabbing the voice-recorder from her, before smashing it to pieces by throwing it to the ground.

Lacus's eyes widened in horror, her evidence had been hopelessly destroyed, Mia had known she was recording it all along, she had just played along to annoy her at the very end by destroying everything!

Mia walked off laughing away in such a malicious way that she hardly projected anything about herself that was similar to Lacus in any way. Lacus stomped her foot on the ground and pounded her fist into her free hand.

All her efforts had been seemingly ruined and destroyed by the very person she wanted to expose. But what was done was done, nothing could change things around, as much as Lacus wished she could, it was impossible to turn back time.

Annoyed, infuriated and disappointed, Lacus headed back to Kira's bedroom, however she stopped in front of his door and remembered that he wanted to be left alone. Due to circumstances, Lacus turned on her heel and strided back to her own bedroom.

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"In a bad mood again are you, Yzak?" asked Dearka, coming into his suite to find the young Jule slumped on his bed and staring, eyebrows furrowed, at the ceiling.

Yzak just grunted in reply, before sitting upright on his bed, and aiming a crunched piece of paper into the waste paper basket in the far end of the room, and of course being a co-ordinator, getting the paper into the basket was a piece of cake.

The young Jule was pissed and annoyed that he had not been able to find Kyo anywhere he searched, and had resorted to returning to his room hoping she'd look for him there later on, but to no avail, she never came.

"Pissed that your girlfriend didn't look you up today?" asked Dearka, throwing a pillow at Yzak, which he expertly avoided. "One thing I can say is that the reason she didn't look you up is because she was forced to go shopping with Cagalli and Miriallia."

"Ok fine, I'll excuse Kyo since she was forced to tag along, but I won't let her off for not notifying me." hissed Yzak, folding his arms and leaning back on his pillow.

"Aw come on, you can't be that unreasonable. After all, she is your girlfriend, and I'm sure you don't want to hurt her again." teased Dearka, laughing away before slumping down on his bed as well.

"Shut up, it's not like you don't have a girlfriend. You've got Miriallia, haven't you? She's your sweet baby girl, always clinging onto you whenever you're with her." Yzak retorted, looking pissed at Dearka, who looked rather surprised.

"Well I've got to praise Kyo on one thing, she's taught you how to tease and joke with people!" exclaimed Dearka looking delighted. "It's more fun talking to you now,"

Yzak slammed his mouth shut and looked away from Dearka. So what if Kyo had softened him down by quite a bit? It wasn't going to change the fact that he could still blow his top if he wanted to.

"So, what have you and your ickle Kyo-kins been doing together lately?" asked Dearka curiously, wondering how Yzak was actually romancing his girlfriend. Knowing Yzak for years, Yzak never struck Dearka as the romantic type, he'd rather be isolated alone somewhere and behave anti-socially.

"She's not my ickle Kyo-kins!" barked Yzak lunging at Dearka and engaging in a playful boy's wrestling game.

Dearka toppled off his bed with Yzak onto the floor, "Oh yes, she so is! So let's see, you've been smooching her all over?"

"I have NOT! What about you? Have ever even kissed Miriallia?" asked Yzak, pinning Dearka to the floor, only to find the Dearka twisted his arm and threw him over instead.

Although he felt pissed, Yzak couldn't deny that he was having quite some fun wrestling with Dearka. It had been a long time since the last time he actually wrestled with Dearka.

"I won't tell you whether I've kissed her or not! It's none of your freakin' business! So mind your own beeswax!" exclaimed Dearka, aiming a playful punch at his platinum blonde friend.

"Look who's talking! You're the one who brought up the subject!" exclaimed Yzak, swining his leg over to one side and doing some odd move so that he twisted Dearka's arm and pinned the copper-tone skinned young man to the floor at the same time.

"Who the hell taught you that! We never learnt that move during training sessions!" whined Dearka, wanting to be released from the young Jule's killer grip.

"Kyo taught me that," hissed Yzak, smirking at Dearka before setting the blonde young man free, and letting him roll over onto his back panting.

"Wait... you wrestle... with her?" asked Dearka, still trying to catch his breath, as he stared up at her fellow comrade. Before Yzak could reply, Dearka burst out laughing, rolling around on the floor.

Yzak didn't catch Dearka's joke, or if it actually had meant to be a joke at all.

"Yzzie wrestles with his ickle Kyo-kins!" laughed Dearka rolling around and laughing like a mad man on the floor.

Yzak pinned Dearka to the floor once more, fist raised above the copper-tone skinned blonde's head.

Dearka shut his eyes for a moment before peeping at Yzak. "FINE! YOU WIN!"

A/N: I had fun writing the last part where Yzak and Dearka wrestled! I mean they're only 17 so I decided to let out the boyish and playful side of them for once. Anyway, sorry for typo errors and pls review!

In the next chapter: Kira is cheered up a whole lot when Cagalli talks to him privately, telling him she doesn't blame him for anything that's happened. Lacus tells the others about her disappointing encounter with Mia and Kira decides to confront Athrun this time round. Andrew and Murrue return and devise a plan with them to help Cagalli.