Chapter 3- Truths Revealed

The next day when both Kira and Cagalli woke up, they had their first meal together as a real couple. They began to chat about what it was going to be like explaining everything to Athrun and Lacus, since they didn't go into a lot of detail before.

"So what are we going to tell them, Kira?" Cagalli asked as she dug in to her breakfast, which consisted of bacon, eggs, and pancakes.

"I guess we just start from the beginning and go from there. It won't be easy, but at least we know that the worst is over for now." He said pouring syrup on his own pancakes.

"I know. It's just that, I'm still a little worried." She hesitated as she took a drink of her orange juice. After setting the glass down, Kira put his hand over hers in order to reassure her that everything was alright. "Thanks." She said before giving a small peck on the cheek in return.

"Do you want to take a shower first or should I?" Kira asked as he began putting the dishes away. At this Cagalli grinned making Kira feel a little nervous.

"Kira, we're together, I'm pregnant with your child, and we both know how much we care for each other. Don't you think that it's alright if we start showering together from now on?" She said making her companion's face turn beat red.

"Uh…yeah, I guess you're right."

"Of course I am. I mean it's not like there's anything that you haven't already seen, right?" Turning to leave upstairs, she couldn't hold herself back from giggling. Even now he's still dense when it comes to this. She thought as she continued toward the shower and was soon followed by Kira.

When they left the house, it was already past three in the afternoon. They had already called Athrun to tell him where they should meet and were now on their way towards the restaurant. They arrived only a few minutes later and were surprised that their friends had not gotten their first, since they were closer than them.

"Let's just grab a seat and wait for them. It shouldn't take too long." Kira said. But just as they were about to enter the doors, they jumped at the sound of a screeching car behind them. As they turned around they saw it's driver get out along with his very ruffled-looking passenger.

"It might take a while for Lacus to get used to his driving." Kira whispered into Cagalli's ear.

"Luckily I wasn't as traumatized when I used to ride with him." She said in return as the approaching couple made their way toward them.

"Hey guys, sorry we're late. We had a little trouble getting ready." As he finished, Lacus flushed which gave their friends all of the indications that they needed. Not that they wanted to know, though.

"Shall we, ladies?" Kira said sticking his arm out for Cagalli to take, which she gladly accepted. Athrun did the same and they all went inside. Once the waiter had sat them down and got their drink orders, they began their conversation.

"So, where should we start?" Asked Kira.

"We already know how the incident started back during the war, but what we want to know is what happened when you went to the doctor." Athrun said before taking a sip of his drink. Both Kira and Cagalli looked at each other as if trying to decide who should start explaining.

"Well, first Cagalli called and told me to meet her at the Espresso Café. After hearing everything that Athrun had told me, about how she had been feeling weird, I decided that this was the best chance for me to find out if she was alright. That's when she told me that she was pregnant and wanted to take a blood test." He explained then Cagalli decided to take it from there.

"After we ate, we headed for the hospital and found my doctor. We waited a while for the doctor to come back with the results, and when he did he said that the tests found no blood relation between us. That's when we went back." She said. They all sat in silence for a while, but Lacus then broke the ice with another question.

"So what does this mean?" Lacus asked.

"It means that there is someone else out there that could be Cagalli's twin brother. Are you going to search for him?" Athrun asked her.

"I don't know. I mean, with everything that's happened I don't think I will be able to try. I'm still a representative of Orb and now that the war is over, it will be up to me to help stop any further actions that might start another one. I would like to find out, though, about my lost family." Cagalli said.

"And what does this mean for Kira? If he's not your relative, then that must mean that he was adopted. We don't even have a single clue as to who his parents were." Lacus commented.

"Yeah, I'll do some digging into the situation and see what I can come up with." Kira said.

The food was brought soon after and the rest of the time was spent with usual questions and answers about how the relations between Coordinators and Naturals were going. After eating, Lacus and Athrun decided to get some errands done, so that left the both Kira and Cagalli alone for the rest of the day.

Arriving home, Kira checked the phone messages and found that there were three messages, but each from a single unknown number. He checked the first message. "Hello, is this the residence of Kira Yamato? My name is Shiro Hikari. I know you've never heard of me before, but I have an important matter that I would like to discuss with you in private. If…" The message was cut off after that and Kira instantly switched to the second message. "I guess I was cut off. Anyway, if want to reach me then my number is (214) 837-9020. Meet me at the local café, which is about two miles from where you are, at 7:45 p.m." The second message ended there and he wondered who this person was and what he wanted from him. Pondering this in his head, he failed to notice Cagalli enter the room.

"Kira?" She asked as she caught sight of the look on his face as he stared into space.

"Huh? Oh, sorry I was spacing out there." He said as he looked down at her.

"Is something wrong?"

"Well, we received a few messages from some unknown person. He said that he wanted to speak to me privately about something important. He wants me to meet him at 7:45 at the Espresso Café today." He said.

"Are you going to go, then?" She asked with a worried look as he answered with a nod. "But what if it's a trap, Kira? We don't even know who this person is. It might be a Blue Cosmo or someone who's after you." She said.

"I know. That's why I'm not taking any chances." He said as he got on the phone and called Athrun.

"Kira, you need something?" Athrun asked from his cell phone.

"Yeah, I need you and Lacus to get over here as soon as you can. I'll explain everything when you get here." Kira said.

"Okay, we'll be there in a few minutes." He finished and hung up the phone.

"What wrong, Athrun? What did Kira want?" Lacus said as he accelerated the car.

"I don't know, but it sounded like something was wrong. We need to get there as fast as we can." He said to her.

Minutes later the two arrived at Kira's house and saw Cagalli and him standing in the open doorway. They entered and as they sat down Kira began to explain what had happened.

"Here's the first message." Kira said as he replayed it. "Hello, is this the residence of Kira Yamato? My name is Shiro Hikari. I know you've never heard of me before, but I have an important matter that I would like to discuss with you in private. If…" "Now here's the second one, which details where he wants me to meet him." He finished and played the second message again. "I guess I was cut off. Anyway, if want to reach me then my number is (214) 837-9020. Meet me at the local café, which is about two miles from where you are, at 7:45 p.m."

"Shiro Hikari? I've never heard of the name before, so I don't think he's from Zaft." Athrun said.

"It is really disturbing that he knows where Kira lives. How long has he been watching him?" Lacus asked.

"That is strange. Play it again, Kira." He said. Kira replayed the message. "It's strange, though. The guy's voice doesn't really sound threatening at all, he just sounds like a normal guy. Is that why you called us here?"

"Yeah, I wanted to hear what your opinion on this was. I wanted to know if it would be alright if I were to go and meet with him. But here's the last message that he left." Kira finished and played the final message. "I'm sorry to bother you again, but I have another important favor to ask of you. I would ask that you and your sister, Cagalli Yula Atha, both attend. It concerns her as well." The message ended and the room was left in silence for a few minutes.

"So he wants to see both of you?" Athrun asked.

"Yeah, it seems so. So, Cagalli, what do you want to do?" Kira asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"There's a chance this could be a trap, and if that's the case I don't want to involve you in this. Although, there is a chance that it could be nothing at all. I just want you know what you think of this."

"I think that we should go." She said.

"Wait a minute," Athrun said. "Don't think that I'm going to let you two get yourselves into trouble going by yourselves. If you two are going then I'm going too."

"Yeah, thanks, Athrun." Kira said before looking toward the clock. "It's almost time to go. I'll let this guy know that I'm coming." He said as he dialed the number. After a brief chat with the stranger, Kira and the others drove to their destination.

Arriving only two minutes later, they exited the car and headed inside. The atmosphere in the café gave off an eerie feeling, since there were no other people present besides them. Moving toward an open area they spotted a person sitting alone at a booth. He wore dark-shaded sunglasses that made it impossible to see his eyes, a dark red shirt, khaki pants, had dark-brown hair and tennis shoes. As they came closer he looked up and stuck out his hand to greet them, although they were not going to take him lightly. Shaking his hand they took their seats.

"Sorry to call all of you here so late, but I didn't have much time to set this meeting up. You see I just arrived here about a week ago." Shiro said.

"So who are you exactly?" Athrun asked.

"My name is Shiro Hikari. I am a Coordinator who used to reside in Heliopolis before it was destroyed."

"So what did you call us here for?" Kira asked.

"Well, you see I moved with my family to another colony about two months before the war broke out there. After the destruction of Heliopolis, my family and I fled to Earth where we knew that we would be safe in Orb, but something happened and our ship crash-landed in a remote region. We had managed to find help and decided to stay in there from then on. Later on when my father passed away, my mother gave me this photo and told me the real truth behind my past." He drew out a picture from his pocket and placed it in the middle of the table. "She told me that I was adopted at an early age and taken away from my real family for reasons that she didn't think I should know. She later remarried and that's when I decided to find out my past for myself. I gathered some money and left on my own to find out the pieces to my past. On my way, I met a lot of people who were in either the Earth Forces or Zaft, and grew to become great friends with each of them. Most of them have already been killed during the war, but those that survived helped me get the information that I needed to find the girl that's in this picture." He pushed the photo toward Kira and Cagalli, who stared at it in shock.

"Kira, this is…" She said.

"Yeah, but then…why does it say both of our names on it?" He asked.

"That's why I called you here as well. I got some information from one of my friends about that." Shiro said as he pulled out a folder and handed it to Kira. "It appears that you were adopted into the Hibiki family. Can I assume that you already know about what Dr. Hibiki was doing in his experiments?" He asked Kira.

"Yes." He said.

"Well, as you know he was trying to realizing his dream of creating the ultimate Coordinator. At one point, however, he decided to take the sperm of another individual and placed it in the artificial womb. The reason for this was because he had already had so many failures with his other experiments using his own. The end result was you, Kira Yamato." He looked toward Kira as he said this. "After you were born they took you in as their own."

"But where were you in all of this?" He asked Shiro.

"Well, that's the part that my adoptive mother tried to keep a secret, and for good reason. You see, I was one of the ones that were used in his experiments, and also one of the failures. I was used in an experiment while my mother was already pregnant with me, but it didn't go as intended. I was naturally born and nothing seemed wrong with me, but Dr. Hibiki noticed one small flaw. Unlike both of you, I am incapable of activating the SEED, which I'm sure that you already know of as well. Knowing this, my father put me up for adoption against my mother's will and made sure to not leave any traces of what had taken place in his laboratory. A few years later, I was adopted into the Hikari family and was raised as one of their own." Shiro finished.

"So does this mean that you are Cagalli's twin brother?" Lacus asked the brown haired stranger.

"From all of the records and information I have it seems that way. My friends also told me where to locate you and that's how I was able to find you in the first place." He pointed again to the picture. "Throughout these years, the people who knew about this situation thought that you both were the twins of the Hibiki family. It's true that you two are the twins in the picture, but you are not related by blood in any way."

"This is all so much to take in at this moment." Cagalli said as she went over the papers.

"Yeah, I think that it would be better for us to discuss this tomorrow, when we have more time." Kira looked at the clock. "It's already almost ten and we should be getting back. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Yeah, I do. It's a few miles away, so I'll call a cab. I'll see you all tomorrow at whatever time you like." Shiro said as he got up and followed them.

"Okay, we'll give you a call and pick up where we left off." Kira said as they headed toward their car. Saying their goodbyes they headed back and Athrun and Lacus left from there. Already in bed, neither Kira nor Cagalli could sleep as the thoughts of the day's events kept coming back into their heads.

"Kira, I can't sleep. I'm too confused about everything that's taken place these past few days." He kissed her on the forehead as she turned to meet his eyes.

"I feel the same way, but it's okay. I'll be right there with you if you need anything, so don't be scared."

"Kira…" She said as she kissed his lips as they made love and eventually drifted off into sleep.

That's the end of the third chapter. I'm almost done with the fourth chapter so I'll update when I can. Thanks for the reviews, you've all been a blast.