I'm really sorry about the late update. i kept getting distracted!

well anyway's feast on this :D

Chapter 16

Determination

It had only been a day since Kira left to go to America. Shawn heard from Siegel what happened the other day in his office. However Shawn refused to give up! He loved Lacus so much; he would do anything to get her back. Siegel on the other hand felt horrible about what had happened. He knew he wasn't the best father in the world, he knew there were things about Lacus she kept bottled up.

Must have been the way Siegel changed after he and his wife split up. Change's happen, everyone eventually change's. When he herd his daughter snap at him, when he saw those tears form in her eyes, he felt so torn up inside. Maybe he deserves it for all the suffering he put his daughter through. He can't remember the last time he saw her sweet innocent smile.

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"Lacus…when did this happen?" Cagalli questioned. Cagalli took seat directly in front of Lacus. Lacus brushed away the hair that covered her face. Lacus didn't know how to answer, she was petrified. Lacus' mind was on the verge of exploding, she didn't know what she was doing when she ran away from the wedding, but now…, it was completely different.

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Kira couldn't take his eyes off Meer; the situation was so completely coincidental. Seriously what were the odds of Lacus' clone being right here in front of him, in L.A.? Meer's face went through Kira's mind over and over again.

Meer had a very brood expressed. Kira's expression was completely dull. Meer couldn't understand Kira's logic, what was he thinking? They both starred at each other for a while. There was nothing but silence between the two. All that could be herd was the volume of the television.

Meer's face jerked up at Kira "What's wrong? Haven't you seen a girl with pink hair before?" she questioned.

"Umm…I…ah… Are you related to Lacus Clyne?" he asked.

"Who's Lacus Clyne?" she asked.

"I see…well never mind" he said trying to shakeout the memories he was having of Lacus. Meer eyed him as he chuckled.

The night seemed to go by pretty fast. It didn't take long for Meer to become fund of Kira. Kira had always been a good talker. Just like that a few hours had already passed. The rain had finally stopped. It was getting kind of late and Meer had to be home before her parents started wondering where she was. Meer was about to leave before Kira stopped her. Kira wasn't the type of person that would never let a girl walk alone at a time like this, so he decided to walk her to the train station. Meer had refused his company, but Kira wouldn't listen to a single word she had to say.

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The streets were filled with thugs. Meer was actually kind of grateful that Kira was walking her. It was dark and kind of foggy. Kira made sure he was retracing is steps, he had to walk back alone after all, and this isn't exactly home to him.

They finally arrived at the train station. Kira waited with Meer until her train came. When the time came Meer boarded the train and parted ways with Kira. Meer waved to Kira as the train took off way up north.

Kira was still watching as if the train was still there. This was completely crazy, how is it that no matter where he goes there's always something that reminds him of Lacus. Kira hated himself for this; he could never bring himself to forget about her. What was it that was so special about Lacus? Isn't she just like any other girl? It was just a 5 month relationship, so what was this hold it had on him? Lacus was now married. Kira had to find away to get over her.

Meer looked a lot like Lacus, but Meer wasn't Lacus. Meer was a completely different person then Lacus was. After thinking about Lacus and Meer, Kira finally brought himself to walk back to his residence.

Kira walked back up the area where he had gone by with Meer to get to the train station. It was much darker then before and there was a lot more thugs out now. It was kind of freaky, but Kira wasn't the type to look intimidated in front of others. He walked pass them with courage.

Kira had passed by a pawn shop and noticed a familiar face inside. It was Marcus, Marcus the guy who used to date Lacus. Kira didn't want to be seen by him. Just remembering how he took Lacus away from him was plenty enough to make Kira feel guilty. Marcus didn't seem to notice Kira as he passed by. However Marcus' appearance was a lot more thuggish then before. Just the possible scenes that would occur between Marcus and himself could turn really nasty. Kira quickly fled the scene.

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A few day's had passed and Kira finally got a message from Ulen about his new research lab that's just about up and running. Kira was amazed; he never thought Ulen would actually get it up and running so soon. Kira went to the location to the lab where Kira was instructed to go to.

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Lacus, Athrun, and Cagalli had finally reached Los Angeles. Lacus and Cagalli had walked a head as Athrun picked up all the luggage bags.

"I can't believe you're father let you come here Lacus" Cagalli said.

"Me too, but I was still going to come even if he tried to stop me." Lacus said as she managed to show a slight smile. Cagalli smiled at Lacus' determination. Cagalli made a 180 turn and shouted out at Athrun who had fallen behind. "Athrun, will you hurry up honestly we don't have day!"

"…How I fell in love with you is a tale that not even I understand" Athrun whispered under his breath. Athrun had gotten stuck carrying all the luggage bags, there must've been at least 10 bags in total.

Lacus had told Cagalli all that had happened to her. With that Cagalli had talked Lacus into going to L.A. to find Kira.

"Cagalli I'm scared…what if Kira doesn't want to …be with me anymore?" Lacus questioned. Cagalli smiled. Lacus I think he'll be overjoyed just to see you" Cagalli smiled.

"You're too paranoid Lacus. You need to calm yourself down a little." Cagalli said giving a reassuring smile. Lacus tried to shake out any bad memories she was having.

"Seriously did you two really need to bring all these damn bags!" Athrun shouted as he dropped every single one of them. The bags rolled on the floor. Athrun's behavior caught Cagalli and Lacus' attention, along with a few other people that were passing by.

"I have only have two bags, TWO!" Athrun said. "Why did you bring so many bags?" Athrun said impatiently as her tried to pick the bags back up. Cagalli turned over to Lacus and smiled.

"Watch this" Cagalli said. Lacus watched as Cagalli walk up to Athrun.

Cagalli approached Athrun who looked extremely ticked off. Cagalli inched closer to him as she locked her hands behind her own back. She looked at Athrun with the most innocent pair of eyes. Athrun had never seen her look at him like that before, it was the cutest thing he'd ever seen. Athrun's face quickly turned bright red. Cagalli inched closer and kissed him on the cheek. Athrun's entire face was burning hot red.

"…Sorry, do you hate me now…" Cagalli said innocently.

"…N…No" Athrun stuttered. Cagalli kissed him on the cheek again and quickly picked 3 bags off the floor and ran back up to Lacus.

'What just happened?' Athrun questioned himself before picking up the bags and walking forward.

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Athrun, Cagalli, and Lacus settled down in a hotel. Athrun was finally happy that the traveling part was over. He literally collapsed on top of the bed.

"Athrun, where not done yet. We have to start our search for Kira." Cagalli said. Athrun lied on the bed with his eyes shut, he was completely motionless.

"You idiot, Kira goes to U.C.L.A. all we have to do is go to one of the offices and ask them where his residence's is located." Athrun's voice was completely fatigued.

"I guess you can rest tonight we'll search for Kira tomorrow" Cagalli said. Lacus looked a bit sad but shrugged it off. It was too late to start looking for him at this time. It didn't take long for Athrun to pass out. Cagalli covered Athrun's body with a blanket and walked out of the room he passed out on.

"Lacus come on" Cagalli said. Lacus' head jerked up

"Huh…where are we going?" Lacus asked.

"I'm hungry, and there's a restaurant in this hotel." Cagalli smiled.

"Oh I… okay, I'm getting kind of hungry myself." Lacus said as she walked with Cagalli outside of the hotel room.

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Cagalli and Lacus went down to the restaurant and got a table and placed their orders. There seemed to be a lot of people there. It didn't take long for their order to arrive.

"So Lacus, what are you going to say to Kira when you see him?" Cagalli asked as she began to devour her pasta. Lacus took a look outside of the window. It was a completely different world from what she was used to.

"…I have no idea. I guess it'll depend on his reaction when he sees me." Lacus said.

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"So Kira have you've been able to calculate the analysis of how much it took from last night?" Ulen asked.

"Yeah, it was just above 12, 000. Not including this morning's." Kira said. Ulen got up from his chair and walked over towards Kira.

"Alright Kira, you can go home for the night. I know you have to get up early for class tomorrow." Ulen said.

Kira chucked. "Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow …Old man" Kira chuckled. Ulen didn't respond much, he was used to the countless number of times Kira made fun of his youth. Ulen just learned to tuned it all out.

Kira went to the backroom and placed his lab coat in a locker and grabbed his leather jacket.

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"WHAT!" Shawn screamed as he slammed his palms onto Siegel's desk. Shawn was on the verge of beating the living day lights out of Siegel.

"You let her go to America! For what! For ruining what you and my father worked so hard to put together?" Shawn asked furiously.

"It's not my decision anymore. I can't force Lacus to do something she really doesn't want to do. It doesn't look like we'll be combing companies anymore." Siegel said calmly.

"What?" Shawn said with a dull expression.

"What do you mean she doesn't want to do it? Lacus wanted to get married! She told me she would've been happy to finally get married." Shawn said.

"Is that so, I don't think Lacus is the type of person to say such nonsense." Siegel said. Shawn's face was filled with anger.

"What do you mean nonsense!" Shawn shouted. "It wasn't nonsense!"

"Then why did Lacus go to L.A. to chase someone she loves?" Siegel said.

"…Someone she loves?" Shawn said. Those words echoed in Shawn's mind. Despite that fact that it was an arranged marriage, Shawn loved Lacus with all of his heart. Shawn stormed out of Siegel's office and out of the building.

'Lacus…'

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When Kira got home he quickly showered and went straight for his computer. He instantly searched for some research he had to do for school. It didn't take him long to finish up what he need. Kira turned of his computer and went straight to sleep.

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"That was great; I haven't had food that good in a long time." Cagalli said.

"Well it was a lot different then what I've seen" Lacus said. The two made there way up back to the hotel room. They were both dead tired from the long talk they had after they're meal, so they both quickly went to sleep. Lacus went to the empty bedroom on the opposite side of the room where Athrun was currently sleeping.

Cagalli walked into the room only to find Athrun knocked out like a log under the covers. Cagalli got undressed and jumped into bed with him. Cagalli cuddled up real close to Athrun as she rested her head on his chest.

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In the air port of Orb, Shawn was next in line at the front desk.

"Can I help you sir?" a woman asked. Shawn smiled.

"One ticket to L.A. please." He asked. The woman searched for the closest flight.

"I've got one ticket available, but its first class and it leaves in about 2 hours."

"That's perfect, I'll take it" Shawn smiled.

'I'll get you back for sure, Lacus. Nothing is going to stand in my way!'

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Lacus lied on her back in her bed starring up at the selling. She was thinking of what her encounter with Kira would be like. Would he be happy to see her?

Doubts went through Lacus' mind like crazy. What if he was too hurt for what she had done to him? Kira thought Lacus was married. Lacus felt so miserable, she had to see Kira. She wanted to see him so badly. She had to tell Kira everything she was feeling before it was to late.

'I wonder if I should tell Kira or not. I'll just make him miserable if I tell him now… maybe if I just tell him about my feelings first…' Lacus thought and thought until her thinking had caused her to pass out.

To be continued…

Well sorry, this chapter wasn't that long. like i said before i kept on getting distracted. i know this chapter was kind of lame, but kira and lacus will meet in the next chapter, i promise.

Oh i found some nice information for you guys!

A site made by Moon Phase reports that in Comic Gun's February Issue that Sunrise has confirmed a 3rd installment of Gundam SEED. However, there are no details so far and it has yet to be mentioned on their main site.

Source: Gunolta

well that's all i have to say, till next time. later :D