There are only two chapters of thispart left, and then I will start Part 2 over spring break (next week). I have mid-terms all this week and won't have time to write so I wrote the last 2 chapters over the weekand to tie you over for a while. Eternity Rising: Return of Triumph will have all the same characters, and continue all the same ideas. I'm just starting to brainstorm ideas now, so if anyone has any preferences or suggestions, they would be gladly welcomed.

Enjoy the 2 chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny


Trent sat at his desk, the report sitting in front of him, reading the destruction of Yuri Honoka's ship, and the escape of the Kamaitachi and the Voltaire. Orb once again had beat him. However, this time, they had also run off with his prized weapon.

Rey Za Burrel.

Twilight was working around the clock to try and retrieve Za Burrel, but leads were beginning to fail them.

Cagali stood alone in his office. Still wearing the dirty, off-white prison clothes. Her hands were cuffed behind her back, and her blonde hair was still wild as ever. Some parts of it were as dirty as her clothes, and there was a gash on her forehead from that morning's little interrogations session with Doctor Hersh. The blood had run down her face to her neck, and now had dried to her skin. As she stood there in the silence, she glanced over at the patch of shadows in the office.

There was quiet a powerful, ominous presence in the room that was not her or the Chairman. It gave her the chills.

"You're little soliders are putting up quite a fight, hime."

"That's their job."

She jumped as he slammed his fist into his desk. After a few moments, he seemed to calm. Standing up, he walked over to her, staring right into her eyes.

"They call you the Goddess of Triumph." he said, "But I will not let you win this time."

She said nothing.

Trent turned away from her, looking through the window at the people below.

"Do you see all those people, hime?" he said, "All those people below, working, living, socializing...it's all because I have made the PLANTS a safe place."

"By killing all the Naturals on Aprilius One?" she snapped.

Trent smirked, "Not all, there's one left."

She paled slightly.

"You're husband is quite the resourceful bastard." he said, "I think it's time that I put a stop to his little rebellion."

"Athrun would never loose to someone like yo-"

He grabbed her neck, slamming her against the wall.

"He already has once. You're proof of that, hime." he said, "I will take great pride marching on your country. Destroying every single damn Natural I find."

"Athrun would never allow that. He would rather die first." she frowned, "I would rather die first."

"Maybe that could be arranged." he said.

The doors slid open and he threw her at the gaurds.

"Take her back to her cell. I'm finished with her."

"Aye sir."

Before they dragged her out of earshot, she turned to him, "If you prefer private conversations, Chairman Trent, you should have tighter security around your office."

Leaving the room, he sat back at his desk. Leafing through the report, he sighed. This was the best time as any to take over that eyesore in space.

Trent glanced to the side as he heard a shift across the carpet.

"How long have you been there?" he asked.

"A while." the deep voice spoke, "She's right, maybe you should raise sercuity."

"It wouldn't do any good if you're invovled." Trent said, "What is your opinion?"

The pitch-dark shadows revealed a pair of vibrant, green eyes staring back at the Chairman. They were blank, emotionless, merciless...the young man did not have any emotions at all. As he stepped out of the shadows, he stared at the chairman.

"She's strong willed, spirited." he murmured, "Gorgeous, in shape, beautiful hair, perfect skin. I can see why they call her a goddess...it's a shame she's married. Half the men on PLANT and earth would be after her."

"I was not talking about the princess, I was talking about the situation."

The young man had short red hair that was neatly combed. He wore a red, ZAFT elite uniform, a pair of FAITH wings on his shoulder. Chairman Trent was quite aware that the boy could kill him in an instant, and the only reason why he stuck around was that Trent kept him entertained.

"I believe that it is the best time to begin the invasion. Zala will come for his bride soon, but if we match them, they will be split on two fronts." the red-haired solider spoke, "The Eternal is still hidden, and will most likely spring forth once we begin."

"I was counting on that." Trent spoke, "Lacus Clyne is still on earth, that I am certain of that. Without it's commander, the Eternal will be nothing to defeat."

"I suppose."

"Concentrate on the ground forces for now. I will have the orders sent to you. You will begin on the east asian coast, and work your way to Carpentaria. From there, you will head to the Pacific." Trent said, "I want you to capture Orb."

"Done."

Trent smiled as the boy walked towards the door.

"Good luck." the chairman chuckled, "Katsuya Kiriyuhi."


Shinn had never felt so nervous and anxieous in his entire life.

They drove down the beach side road towards Caridad Yamato's house. Lunamaria had been quite for a while. She looked out into the great distance over the ocean, and did not even realize when Shinn stopped the car.

"Luna?"

She looked up at him, they were there.

Stepping out of the car, the door opened, and Lacus smiled at them.

"Welcome back Shinn-san, Lunamaria-san."

"Thank you for inviting us." Luna smiled, "We could never pass up a chance for Caridad-san's cooking."

Lacus chuckled, "I know what you mean. Come in, come in."

The two stepped into the front entry. Kira was sitting on the couch. Shinn let out a relaxed sigh. The children were all in bed, he was safe from being attacked this time.

"Ah, Shinn." Kira stood.

"Would you mind taking him out back, Kira?" Lacus smiled, "I want to introduce Luna to Suzuka-san."

"Alright."


The two boys walked down the path towards the ocean. Shinn was quiet a moment.

"I talked with him for the first time." Kira said.

"And?"

Kira smiled saddly, "He speaks very well."

Shinn nodded.

As the trees cleared, Shinn froze.

There was a tall, young man standing on the edge of the beach. His long blonde hair blew in the wind. He was taller, and there was a different air about him. It was not as intense as before, but more relaxed an calm.

"R...Rey?"

The blonde boy jumped slightly, and then turned around. Looking straight at Shinn, he frowned.

Rey had a knew understanding of Shinn now. To have everything he ever wanted or loved ripped from him. He had lost everything at the Requiem War, most of it taken away by his own hand. Rey wanted to tell him and Luna everything. Tell them he was so sorry for being selfish. For tearing Lunamaria's hopes from her and driving Shinn close to insanity. Rey's hand tightened as he looked intohis best friend's eyes, the pain was still there.

"Is that...you?" Shinn walked towards him.

"REY?" a voice screamed.

Luna stood at the path in the trees, Suzuka walking with her. There were tears pouring down Lunamaria's face as she ran towards the two boys, stopping next to Shinn. She grabbed Shinn's arm to keep herself from sinking to the ground.

"Rey." she sniffed, "Rey, you're alive? What happend to you! We were worried sick! They told us you died on the Messiah. What happend there? Why didn't you-"

Shinn and Lunamaria watched as Rey walked foreward, throwing his arms around them both.

"I'm sorry." he whispered, "I'm sorry for everything I did. I don't expect forgiveness, but please, just know that I'm...I..."

To their surprise, he burst into tears himself. Everything came back to him. The wars, endless fighting, shooting his own serrogate father and his beloved mother...it was so much for his mind to handle that he simply collapsed.

They sat on the beach, Rey lay on Luna's lap, his face pressed into her skirt.

Suzuka stood next to Kira, looking saddly at the beach.

"General-"

"Everyone here has pain, Captain." he said, "Rey has finally realized his. Maybe now he can finally be who he wants to be, and maybe...realize his own potential one of these days."

She looked at Kira.

"Rey doesn't need any more stress in his life." she whispered, "He needs to settle somewhere and live a normal life. I...I'm worried about him."

"There is one thing that he needs." he said, "One thing that he needs help with. Without it, he will never master his own skills, or will he be at peace."

"And what is that, General?"

"Love."


They sat at the dinner table. After Rey talked with Luna and Shinn, telling them the whole story, all three seemed pretty content. Suzuka sat next to Rey, silently sipping her glass of water.

"So..." Shinn smirked at Rey, whispering quiet enough for only Rey to hear, "...have you gotten together with the Suzuka-san yet?"

Rey almost choked.

"Shinn!" Rey snapped at him.

"What?" Shinn tried to look innocent, "I've seen the way you've been looking at her. You like her. You could never hide things from me, you know."

Rey looked shy a moment, a slight blush in his cheeks, "I...I don't really know."

"Know, what?"

"We..." Rey sighed, "...I don't know what we are."

"Ah!" Shinn beamed, "So you DO like her?"

Rey smirked at him. Lunamaria made a face as the two boys chuckled.

"So immature."


Athrun passed the files around the room.

"This is our mission." Athrun said, "I faxed the mission plans to Mwu and Murrue Flaga not to long ago, they will be assissting us as well. The Eternal is prepared for orders. Captain DaCosta has been sending me diligent reports."

"Martin was always good at that sort of thing." Lacus beamed, "I'm glad Commander Bartfeild and I finally gave him the command."

"Well, with Meyrin with him, things are getting done a lot faster." Kira smiled, "The girl is quite skilled."

"Of course she is, she's my sister." Lunamaria folded her arms.

"Thanks to contacts Orb has in Twilight, Cagali is usually kept on the Mendell Base. We will make an assult on two fronts. The Kamaitachi, Eternal, and Archangel will be more then enough. Because this will be the aniversary of Junius 7, most of the forces will be at the memorial. Well will have an easier time commencing an assult. All three ships will be stocked with mobile suits, Captain Kiriyuhi, this is just for this mission. I have given you a list of all the pilots that will be assigned to your unit for now." Athrun spoke.

"Aye, sir." she nodded.

"Review the plans." he said.

"What about ground troops?" Shinn asked, "Knowing that all three attack ships are gone from Orb, will Twilight not take this oppurtunity to attack earth?"

"They might." Athrun said, "Eternity it prepared for that. Thanks to Yzak's arrival, he's been appointed of all the functions concerning ground troops. The Voltaire is perfectly equiped to handle the ground troops, so he and I are taking care of everying there. For now, I have placed Murrue-san and Lacus in charge of the space regime."

"We will do our best." Lacus nodded at him.

There was suddenly silence in the room.

"I know that we can do this." Athrun said.

"It's not a point of whether we CAN or not." Rey frowned, standing in the room, leaning against the wall, "It's a point...that we MUST do this."


Suzuka sat on the porch, reviewing the roster. Former OMNI elites, ZAFT elites...but there was one name she stopped on. A young, 17 year old Natural. One that she knew very well, from a long time ago. Maybe even a past life, if you could call it that.

June Van-hild Romanheim

"June-chan?" she stared at the name.

It was a long time since she had seen this girl. Suzuka had not seen her since...since the last time she saw Katsuya.

Instantly, at the memory of the name, she felt herself tense up. Feeling the emotions starting to swollow her. Her mind had completely shut those years out of her life, and she had refused to remember them for a while. She was certain she was about to break when someone knocked on the french doors from inside.

"Suzuka?" Rey opened one of the doors, "You should rest. There is a lot to do tommorrow."

She was quiet.

"Are you alright?" he walked up to her.

"Yes." she said shakily, "Yes, I'm alright, Rey."


Right now, I'm doing character designs of all the characters. Once I get them all done, they will be posted on my LiveJournal. I'll post links and update everyone once they are done. Then you can all see what the non-cannon characters look like. I'm also desgining a SuzukaxRey desktop wallpaper, but it will take a while.

Arigato

Lilith