A/N: Hi! Hello! Sorry for the wait!

At Athrun's office…

"Kira? Why did you call for me anyway?" Mir asked.

"Athrun said that he needs a photographer, and you said you need a job."

"Yeah, but why me?"

"Well, he said if I knew of anyone that needed a job, he'll hire them."

"But I'm not even a photographer!"

"Don't worry! He just needs those photos for Mwu's team. They're will start with the background part in a month."

"I don't know where to take pictures!"

"Relax! Athrun will give you the details once he gets here."

As if on cue, the door opened and in comes Athrun.

"Athrun, you're late."

"Sorry. I ran into your sister."

"Oh, you mean the royal pain?"

"Well, whatever you call her, she is still your sister."

"I don't care."

Athrun's gaze shifted to Miriallia.

"Is she the one?"

"Yup."

"Then you must be Miriallia. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Athrun Zala." He offers his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. President." She shakes his hand.

"Alright. Here's the deal. We will give you two weeks to go around the world and two weeks in space. You will take as many photos of sceneries as possible."

"All that? In one month? Kira, is he joking? Even if I could do that, I need some help."

"Well, what do you say, Athrun? Why don't we give her an assistant?" Kira asked.

"Alright." Athrun presses the intercom, "Secretary, please send in the first person you see."

"What for, sir?"

"It's a secret. You'll know when we're done."

Outside the office…

"I think I should accompany you." Yzak said.

"No thanks. I think I'll go in myself. It's not a serious matter anyway." Dearka replied.

"Not serious? What could it be, Mr. Elthman?" Yzak added a bit of sarcasm.

"I just want a raise, that's all."

"Oh, alright." Yzak begins walking away, "from what I've heard, there were 20 people that asked for a raise. None of them walked out the office as an employee."

"What do you mean?"

"They were fired." Yzak added as he got on the elevator. Dearka let out a sigh.

"Why does he have to warn me at the last minute?" he took a few steps back.

'Damn! Dearka, don't chicken out now! You've come way too far! …like, 2 floors?', he thought to himself. His trembling hands reached for the doorknob. His hand was getting wet with cold sweat. After nearly a minute of hesitation, he finally grabbed the knob. He gathered the remainder of his courage and arrogance and slowly opened it, put his head through the door and saw the secretary.

"Mr.Elthman, Mr.Zala was waiting for you."

'Does that mean I get my raise? Maybe he just needs someone to yell on."

He walked into another door behind the secretary's desk. When he opened the door, he saw Kira lying on the couch, Athrun sitting on his chair with his feet on his desk.

"What the… is this your job?" he asked both.

"Yes." Both replied in unison.

Dearka sighed. He turned his head to look around Athrun's office and found Mir.

"What? YOU AGAIN?" Dearka's blood reached boiling point.

"You're the one to talk!" Mir turned her head away.

"Dearka… please lower your voice. You not supposed to do that in my office." Athrun said.

"Oh, right… so, why did you call for me?"

"I should ask you, why are you in my office?"

"Well, I came in and your secretary said you were waiting for me."

"You didn't answer my question."

"You didn't either."

"Do you want to be fired?"

"Oops… my bad…"

"Now, explain."

"I actually came here to ask if you could give me a raise."

Athrun raised an eyebrow but lowered it almost immediately.

"Well, you came just in time." Kira answered for Athrun.

"What do you mean?" Dearka asked.

"Athrun instructed his secretary to send in the first person she sees… that's you."

"Why?"

"He has a job for you."

"A job? I need a raise. I already have a job."

"You don't want it? Fine. But it's too bad. The pay for this job is equivalent to a GM's pay."

Upon hearing this, dollar signs appeared on his eyes and he started to drool.

"So, what's the job?" Dearka snapped out of his trance.

"Simple. You will be accompanying a photographer for one month."

"That's easy. I accept!"

"Alright. You leave tomorrow."

"Sure. But I have one question. Who's the photographer?"

"Her." Athrun finally spoke up and pointed to Mir.

"Great… I just got myself a one month reservation in hell." Dearka said as he dropped on his back and blacked out.

In Kira's office…

Kira entered the room and he saw Lacus watching TV.

"You're early today. It's still lunch." Kira greeted.

"Actually, Kira, you're late." Lacus smiled.

"Oh, am I?" he looked at his watch. "Well, sorry. I got lost in the road of life."

(A/N: Sounds like Kakashi… hehehe)

"So, what happened? Why were you late?"

"Actually, we had to wait for someone to walk through Athrun's door. He said that the first person that enters would accompany Mir on the global journey."

"So, who's the lucky guy?"

"Dearka…"

"He must be so happy! He gets to tour the world with a girl!" Lacus giggled.

"Actually, he thinks he just got himself a one way ticket to hell."

"Why? Mir isn't very scary."

"When calm, yes. But when she's annoyed, she goes berserk!"

"What's so bad about that? Dearka looks like a decent person."

"Decent? Did you know that he was labeled as the most annoying person in the entire building? Well, at least that's what Mwu thinks."

"Is he really that annoying?"

"Not really. Maybe its just because Mwu sees a young version of himself in Dearka."

"Aside from hair color, I don't see any similarities."

Kira started laughing. Catching on to what Kira was thinking, Lacus joined Kira and they laughed together. They were gasping for air when Mwu entered the room.

"What's wrong with you two?"

"Oh, nothing." Kira chickled a bit.

"Please, Mr. LaFlaga, don't mind us." Lacus let out a giggle.

"Well, whatever it is, I'm quite sure it has something to do about me…" Mwu's eyes narrowed. He left the room while scratching his head, trying to wonder what happened. He was a few meters away from the door when he ran back to Kira's office.

"Hey, kid! Athrun said he wanted to see you. He said it's extremely urgent."

"Oh, right. Thanks, Mwu."

At Athrun's office…

"Kira, one of the board members made a request." Athrun said with seriousness.

"What is it?"

"He is requesting the immediate start of his daughter as a General Manager."

"Is she even qualified?"

"She does have qualifications, and adding to that the request of a board member. That makes it impossible to turn down."

"So, who's this girl?"

"She's Fllay Alster, daughter of George Alster."

to be continued…

A/N: As usual, update may take some time, so please bear with me. Please review!

See you next time!

ZGMF-X03A Azure Strike, signing out… for today, that is.