Warning…this chapter may be a bit confusing and contains no fighting or action whatsoever. Only teenage "I hate you daddy" drama and romantic shit. If that isn't your thing you get to wait. Also gonna put this here again, I don't own gundam seed or build fighters or any of the machines…also the paladin gundam is not based on my own design. EX-caliber is but I still don't actually own the model yet lol….still working on getting parts.
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Noah stretched as he took in the sunlight. It was 4 in the afternoon but after everything that had happened so far…god was he happy to stretch his legs. He and Nicol were taking a stroll through orb's capital. Earlier in the day they had helped fulfill the archangels half of an agreement that would allow the tech students some time off the ship.
Earlier…
Noah tapped his finger on the long meeting table as he listened to the same meeting as what happened in the anime. Literally, it was almost word for word except when the mobile suits were brought up. Noah finally stopped listening and started searching his GP-base for pictures of the celestial being uniform from season 2. He wanted to find a tailor and see how much it would cost to have a few of those uniforms made in various colors. He assumed Dearka was on the large side so he'd order his in extra-large just to be safe. Nicol and him could have their measurements taken…and maybe flay. He still was warty of having her join his crew but her father and sai were in orb and he figured they`d find out eventually and try to get her out of continuing onboard the archangel. The only way at that point for her to stay with them would be for her to join celestial being, which Noah would then be her father's contact in terms of relieving her from duty.
And he'd tell him straight up his personal policy for slacking off work or completely ditching it. You better be dying, or in a woman's case, pregnant, or betray him in a manner for which he could not forgive. And even then, if you're sick enough to be dying he'd leave you alone to pass on in peace, pregnancy Noah respected the ideal of bringing new life into the world and would never expect anyone to work during that so long as they could provide proof. And then betrayal…well if the sickness didn't make it obvious…once you were under Noah's command it was like working for a communist. You only left through death. Or old age, Noah would not deny someone retirement.
He was still working up rough drafts of all this and to Nicols despair occasionally had him sign new variation of the contract. But the green haired coordinator certainly seemed happy to be a part of celestial being.
"Noah…Noah…HEY EARTH TO NOAH!" shouted mu into Noah's ear as he hadn't realized he had completely forgotten where he was. To that point he jumped practically five feet out of his chair and threw his GP-base into the air. He caught it and looked around. "What? Are we done?" he asked, blinking and uzumi couldn't seem to help but laugh.
"no no…I do apologize for pulling you from your thoughts but captain Ramius has informed me the blitz as well as its pilot Nicol almalfi have been taken into your organizations custody. Therefore it is up to you to decide if you will comply with my request to borrow him along with Mr. Yamato for technical assistance with morgenroete. Also... I would need the combat data from the blitz." he said and while he waited for Noah's response he seemed to have something else on his mind.
"You also want your lead engineer to have a look at EX-caliber…"he said bluntly. The man simply nodded and Noah sighed. "I'll make you a deal. I will provide EX-caliber to Miss Simmons if she will repair it to the best of her ability through spot welding, filler, whatever. I will also offer EX-calibers OS…" that got a shocked gasp from the three archangel officers. "But in return I have a project I'd like her to work on that will sadly be a secret between me and her with certain conditions that may be met to allow her to discuss them with you." He said before looking down at his GP base. "One more thing…" said Noah with a smirk.
*current time*
So with that meeting Noah and Nicol were heading to the best tailor in town and with a letter stating that the lion of orb himself authorized whatever request that Noah made and that the bill be sent to morgenroete.
"So what exactly are we going to a tailor for? I mean I'm fine in the earth alliance uniform. And it's not like I'm gonna need a new set of clothes when this will be the only shore leave we will get till Alaska." Stated Nicol as he looked around. He had to admit earth was beautiful, even more so then the pictures he had seen in his classes.
"My organization had their own uniforms planned. They were to be handed out upon completion of my unit and our carrier. Sadly…I never got mine…"he stated. In truth he just never found a good place online to buy a decent gundam 00 costume in his size and then have it dyed to match his personal colors.
"Plus these uniforms aren't just so that you won't have to wear the earth alliance uniform. It's so we have a symbol of our organization. Besides…I have a few more to order rather than just yours and mine. What size would you say Dearka is?" he asked as they turned the corner. As they did so Noah ran into someone as he was looking to Nicol when they did so.
The two of them went to the ground and Noah found his face between a pair of rather lovely sized breasts. He blinked for a second before he was soon standing as the girl seemed just as shocked. Finally she got up and stood close to who she had been walking with. This person Noah instantly recognized and refrained from glaring at him. Nicol however seemed to recognize him but didn't say anything.
"Watch where you are going next time!" shouted the woman. She was about Noah's age, fit but her clothes betrayed she enjoyed the occasional extra slice of cake or scoop of ice cream. Her hair was snow white, a sign she was a coordinator. The man next to her was none other than Heine westenfluss. He glared at Noah though likely because he ran into the girl. Was she a zaft pilot too? And why were they in orb?
"My apologies miss. I didn't mean to run into you. "Said Noah, nodding his head to which she huffed. "Fine…come on Heine…lets go." She said and they walked past Noah and Nicol, who turned to watch them.
"Heine westenfluss…guess we know who is piloting the guaiz…but that girl…could she be piloting that tallgeese?" said Noah out loud to which Nicols eyes went wide.
"Wait you know him? I`ve heard that name before but…you think he's piloting the prototype guaiz? What makes you think that? And tallgeese? I`m confused…"stated Nicol as he turned around with Noah and they continued on to the tailor. "I'll explain later. Suffice to say if they are here…it means the rest of your team is trying to locate the archangel…"he said as they finally found the tailor shop and went inside.
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Murrue couldn't help but sigh as she sat on the bridge. Most of the crew had left to go see orb or visit family in the case of the tech students. Meanwhile the bridge staff was still forced to stay onboard and oversee repairs that included herself and natarle. She had to admit it would have been nice to get some shore leave of her own but it would have to wait. Meanwhile mu had decided to cross the borderline of harassment after she reminded him of it when he patted her on the back and rubbed it even for a moment when natarle stormed out of her office. She didn't want to admit it then but it felt more assuring to have his hand on her back then it did knowing they not only had the strike and blitz onboard, but supposedly the "angel of death" the most powerful mobile suit in the cosmic era to protect them.
Now he had left to supposedly seek out orbs best burger joint. For what purpose she had no idea aside from just getting some nonmilitary rations.
Her mind wandered to Noah and Nicol. She had once again given them what two of the G unit pilots would have accrued by now in terms of pay and sent them off to meet with Erica, orbs top engineer and the lead engineer of morgenroete. She was curious what they would buy while they were out. Noah no doubt would buy a few nonmilitary rations, having protested her denied request for a food budget so he could load up their mess with food that would just go to waste on a military vessel.
She sighed once more and closed her eyes, deciding perhaps a few minutes of rest would ease her mind.
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Erica had just gotten off her phone call with her son and restarted recording her verbal report on all the data she had gathered so far on the three mobile suits now in her care. EX-caliber was her first and current report.
"According to the report submitted by Colonel Leonard kisaka, the power of EX-calibers armor is not much different from the GAT series phase shift armor. After observing it in combat he reported noticing a sign of it powering down in a way when it would, for lack of better words, take a beating. The eyes would begin to fade in brightness while the moment the assault finished the eyes flashed back to their full color and the machine would resume its original capabilities." She stated before taking a sip of her coffee.
"It would then come to reason that the particles that the cone on its back produces are not only how it propels itself but are the power source itself. In relative comparison I would estimate the clear panel on its chest hides behind it a tank of sorts that these particles are stored in, similar to a self-recharging battery that then funnels them throughout the body somehow and strengthens the armor. "She said and set down her coffee before picking up the GP-base that Noah left with her as well as a death threat of leaking the password to it.
To hold the item that would not only start the dangerous machine, but apparently held all the knowledge of its operating system and construction…. She had to take a moment to pick her words carefully.
"The unit's pilot, Noah Carson, has given me sole authorization to view confidential knowledge of the machine. While I am unable to divulge the information within, after taking a glance at some of it…well I think this would be a good place to end my report. My last comment on EX-caliber is that it hold more secrets then I think even Noah Carson knows of, the GN drive as it is called in its back does far more then power the machine or propel it, to clarify I'm not even sure it propels it…but as stated previously I cannot make any further comment without potentially crossing a line I have sworn to Noah I would not cross in terms of making any records of this information." She said before setting the device back down.
"Command: end recoding, label report as "EX-caliber" and send a copy to lord uzumi." She told her computer before picking up the control device once more and talking to her office window which overlooked the hanger containing the three machines. Specifically she looked to EX-caliber. Just as murrue had felt she saw it, battered and beaten even as her technician's welded cracks, applied phase shift armor where Noah had not realize entire panels had fallen into disrepair….but still…
Seeing it standing between the X-105 strike and X-207…it still looked ready to shove them both aside and put itself in harm's way and before even any smoke clouds dissipated to tear through them and trash anyone who stood in its way. And when she heard there had been 3 more intended to fight alongside it, each just as specialized, each commanding just as much respect…
The earth would have shaken at their presence and both zaft and the earth alliance would have wept as they showed the cosmic era the problem with war. There will always be someone better…someone stronger…and maybe do as Noah stated and rid them of the desire for war.
Taking a breath Erica walked back to her desk and got ready to give her report of the X-105 strike.
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Kira was currently continuing his work on the OS for the M1-astray. He had to admit it felt like a sting of betrayal when he saw his home nation was building mobile suits. But when Erica explained it he had to admit it made sense. Even more so when Noah and Nicol had chimed in.
"The war is slowly coming to a close. With the revelation of the gat series construction, and the fact orb technically helped build them, once either zaft has removed the earth alliance from the play field or made them a minor threat they would eventually turn their eyes to orb. And in the same manner if the earth alliance is backed into a corner such as if they ran out of mass drivers they would turn to orb with the intent to essentially blackmail them into joining them, with the strike and the gat series as the blackmail." Noah had stated to which Nicol had nodded.
"Noah is right and how else was orb going to fight back and defend themselves? Once we get the archangel, blitz and strike to Alaska the earth alliance…or worse blue cosmos will likely find a way to mass produce them and then both sides will has MS. If orb didn't build these they wouldn't stand a chance." Nicol continued for Noah.
Still though…it also felt odd making this OS for naturals to use. While it merely meant lowering certain parameters and making the mobile suit require less effort to pilot, it would take likely their entire stay in orb to finish this.
It didn't help that after only a few hours of work Noah had used his position as Nicols direct commander as a reason to pull him away from helping him. Still the progress Nicol and him had made at least had set a good base for the OS. Still…he had delete each line of code and rewrite it and sometimes even had to go back and alter other portions to account for other factors.
He took a glance to Erica as she sat at her desk, seeming to work just as hard. On what he didn't know and likely it was the one thing Noah had requested from her aside from repairs to EX-caliber.
He had to wonder what the gundam would look like with its repairs…or if maybe she was working on making new weapons for the machine…or she was trying to find out how to recreate its GN drive. Whatever the case he was glad the machine would likely be brought to full strength again finally.
Then he recalled the demonstration as to why they needed help remaking this OS so badly.
*earlier…sorry for all the flashbacks, really didn't intend to include this stuff…just finding it fun to add my/Noah's 2 cents into everything*
Kira, Nicol, Noah and cagalli were all lead into an observation room. Outside the large window was a large testing grounds, obviously used for MS. Inside that arena like area stood three of the astrays.
As they all stood in front of the window cagalli and Erica both put on head-sets to speak with the pilots.
": asagi, juri, mayura…start your drills." stated Erica and a moment later the mobile suits began to move. Originally they walked in a straight line though they veered off into their own spots and began to go through almost a martial arts like movement series, clearly a series of moves to test the mobile suits movement.
Kira winced as he watched the astrays move as if they were in thick goo, he noticed Nicol crack a smile as he tried not to laugh and Noah was the same.
Cagalli put her hand to her forehead as finally Noah began laughing and the three astrays stopped moving, likely hearing him laugh and wondering if it was at them. "Those three are the same as before I left."
Erica couldn't help but crack a slight smile, proud to say, "yes but they are twice as fast."
That statement had Nicol laughing along with Noah. The engineer, brunette coordinator and blonde princess all turned to glare at the two pilots.
"What are they laughing at?" finally asagi asked.
"You three. Your machines are so slow. Knowing Noah he's already watched EX-caliber chop each of you up a hundred different ways in his twisted imagination and Nicol is probably laughing just because he's a former zaft pilot and knows just as well as I do you`d all get killed in an instant at this pace!" shouted, cagalli, seemingly annoyed at the girls ignorance.
"Well at least we can get them to move." Said mayura
"The enemy won't care about that, you're still their enemy and an easy target." Exclaimed cagalli.
*back to Kira's current moment*
The coordinator shook his head and sighed. They were right in all aspects. Orb would need mobile suits of its own to defend itself and if it meant helping defend his homeland then it wasn't such a bad thing to develop this OS.
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"What do you mean you have to go back!? Your finally home and yet you still insist on being a soldier!?" exclaimed George allster. Flay had been home for only a couple hours before her father had started in on her leaving the archangel and returning to her engagement with sai…who was also there as they had been enjoying a lunch in their manors backyard.
Flay could only look at her plate and grip her form hard enough to start to bend the handle. "Yes father. I officially enlisted in the earth alliance and I have my duties to perform on the archangel. "She said. she was trying to find some way to get out of staying here…but her father was the vice foreign minister…and apparently a member of blue cosmos as the way he spoke of Kira and being glad she was long longer around him indicated a hatred for Kira purely for him being a coordinator.
"I shall not hear any more of this. I`ll see to it that the earth alliance is informed orb IS harboring the archangel and that they and that ship are refusing to release you from your commitment to the armed forces so you can return to your life here." He said as he finally calmed down, not expecting to continue the conversation.
She had to do it…as much as she liked sai…well as a friend really, but as much as didn't wanna break his heart or her fathers….she had to try this before resorting once more to joining celestial being.
"I'm pregnant with Kira's child!" she practically shouted as it caused sai to do a spit take with the orange juice he was sipping on and her father to nearly choke on his bite of his sandwich.
"WHAT!? YOU…YOU SLEPT…MY DAUGHTER SHALL NOT BE CARRYING SUCH AN ABOMINATION ANY LONGER!" he declared before standing up and reaching to grab flays hand but she pulled it away.
"I've also joined celestial being. Touch me or your unborn grandchild and you`ll have Noah and EX-caliber to contend with…"she said, her voice taking a menacing tone as she stood up. Now she was in deep. She either had to actually conceive with Kira…or join celestial being. She just hoped Noah would take her.
But her father was still even further enraged. "So…that young man has gotten into your head with all this anti-war, coordinators and naturals co-existing bull? And even more so your womb is tainted with the spawn of that…that THING!? I think I need to have a word with him…but first we need to get you to the hospital. Sai is to be your husband and you`ll bear his children…NOT a filthy coordinators." Stated George but now said had to put his foot down.
"Sir that's enough!" he shouted. The elder allster seemed perplexed by the outburst. "I apologize sir but as much as I am surprised at these turn events and even more so that flay turned to Kira rather than coming with us…I can't let you continue to talk about my friend like that. Kira and I may not have been close but he was a good person…and he deserves some respect." Stated sai before he looked between flay and George. "I'm not going to tell you how to parent your daughter but if you're going to talk like that about our friend and…"it left a bad taste in sais mouth to say this, "and potential father of your grandchild any further then I'm going to have to call off the engagement myself. I don't wish to be married to someone whose family so blatantly hates coordinators when one of my friends is one."
George seemed surprised by such words. Realizing his plans for his daughter could be ruined if he continued to speak him once again grabbed at flays wrist, this time catching it and beginning to drag her away. "If this Noah Carson boy believes he can keep you away from me and allow you to make such a threat he is forgetting who I am. An attack on me is an attack on the earth alliance and tan amount to a declaration of war…and a true one…not just some speech in space." He stated as his grip held firm on flays hand even as she struggled to get away.
No daughter of his was going to be the mother to a Halfling or even worse a full coordinator….
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Finally Noah and Nicol stepped out of the tailor shop. The tailor had taken their measurements and was preparing a black version of the celestial being uniform from season 2 for Nicol, and a red one for Noah. She also had a general idea of the measurements for Dearka and flay and was making a desert brown and a pink uniform for them respectively.
Of course Noah left detailed pictures of the uniforms for her to work from.
"So what now?" asked Nicol as they just stood in front of the door to the shop.
Noah shrugged. " I'm gonna explore the town, maybe hit up a bar or two…your free to do whatever, maybe even go back to the ship or go help Kira some more." said Noah as he looked around then pulled out the small envelope holding his money. He had plenty of money…
"If the captain asks why I don't return tonight if I don't…I rented a hotel and am enjoying a night of leisure. Take that as you wish." he stated before walking away to the right, clearly intent on enjoying all orb had to offer.
That left Nicol with...well really with nothing better to do then see what orbs legal drinking age was and maybe grab a light drink and relax. So…he walked the opposite direction of his commanding officer and went to find himself a nice cocktail…maybe near the beach. He had never been to the beach…
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A few hours after splitting up from Nicol Noah found himself in a small club, loud music playing, and a dark room aside from all the colorful lights. He sat at the bar with a new sketch pad and a set of art pencils along with a glass of whiskey in front of him.
He had already re-created the sketches of EX-caliber as best he could from memory, now he was working on a new machine. Something about his time here had him feeling like his time in the cosmic era was almost up and he wanted to build a new suit. Screw upgrading EX-caliber. It was obvious that it had its flaws.
So currently he had a rough sketch of the 00 gundam. He had the back and the front drawn on one page and was currently making lines connecting to notes. So far he planned to reinforce the joints, the base model would be a master grade this time, a 00 seven sword/g to be exact. That way he had two GN condensers to work with and he planned to modify them to be what he would call "deep well" GN drives. Essentially the condensers would be containers for spare particles…like they were meant to but rather than just be tipped with a GN drive cone and only have whatever was in the condenser, they would be capped with a true GN drive, allowing him to store more particles then just in the condenser in his torso while still having the unlimited power of twin GN drives.
Just as he took a sip of his whiskey a somewhat familiar face took the stool next to him.
He glanced to look who it was as the…woman…the woman ordered a simple martini…he couldn't help but chuckle as she almost quoted James bond likely without meaning too, telling the barkeep that she wanted it shaken, not stirred.
But the reason she was familiar was it was the woman from earlier. Her snow white hair was unmistakable.
She must have heard him chuckle cause she turned to him and raised an eyebrow. "Something funny?" she asked. She didn't seem to recognize him.
He shook his head. "No…well kinda. You ever watch James bond flicks?" he asked before sitting up straight. "Martini please. Shaken…not stirred." Said Noah in his best attempt to honor the accent of Sean Connery.
That got her to laugh. "No I haven't. But if they have that bad a Scottish accent I kind of want to now. "She stated as she was served her drink and paid for it.
Noah laughed. "No no trust I, the actor portraying that version of James bond is much better with the accent. "He said as he held out his hand. "Noah Carson." He said. That got her attention as her eyes went wide. She didn't say anything but her gaze suddenly became more of a studying look rather than just the kind expression she had a moment ago.
She took his hand and shook it. "Nina…Nina yong…"she stated before their hands released. It was then she noticed his sketches. "What are you drawing there?" she asked. As she looked over at the drawings. She was surprised to see a sketch of a mobile suit similar to EX-caliber.
Noah shrugged though. "I don't know just yet. It's a rough design of my next gunpla…err a plastic model of a mobile suit. I don't have a name for it yet…but I know my current one can't stand up to the pressure it's under." He said as he seemed to get serious when he looked down at the drawing. Taking a sip of his whiskey he kept an eye on her out of the corner of his eye.
"I see…so...this plastic model….are you an engineer or something? Do you run tests on the model to see if it can handle certain situations? "she asked.
She caught on fast…and Noah planned to just roll with it. "Sort of. I use 3d rendering of the model and test certain intended technologies. But it's just a hobby. I could never actually pilot a mobile suit. "He said as he chuckled and reached up to rub the back of his head nervously, trying to come off as a simple engineer.
Nina nodded. "I see…so you don't turn these models into anyone, you don't give advice to like zaft or any actual mobile suit developers? "She asked. She was probing, maybe it wasn't THE Noah Carson…maybe it was someone posing as him but really he helped develop EX-caliber.
Noah shook his head. "Nope…oh…hey I love this song. "He stated as the DJ came on stating the next song would be for couples. Not exactly odd but this early…still Noah wanted her to get away from seeing his new work…after all he may need to fight her in it one day.
Nina blinked as she started to listen to the music. It was an ultra-classic but a classic none the less. She gave a small yelp when Noah pulled her onto the floor. It was a slower song, but not too slow. Still it did have a nice tune to it. Blue moon by frank Sinatra.
Nina blushed as soon she found herself pulled onto the dance floor and was now slow dancing with Noah, one arm around her waist, the other holding her hands. She cleared her throat, "um…isn't…didn't the DJ say this was for…"she couldn't finish her sentence. Mostly because this felt…right. It kind of scared her. Even more so when Noah shrugged and gave a smile.
"I know he said it was for couples. But I can't exactly slow dance…or dance to a "couples" song by myself now can I?" he said. That made her blush more.
This felt too right…too perfect….she wanted to just lean against him and never let go. It was like being in the paladin's cockpit. His touch…his smell. She finally had to push away from him and ran back to the bar, ordering a glass of his strongest whiskey. Her money was on the counter before he handed her the drink, which she downed immediately.
Noah walked over and stood beside her. "Did I say something wrong? "He asked. He was confused as she gave the bartender a tip and headed for the door. Noah quickly finished his own drink and packed his things in his new backpack and followed her out.
"Hey wait…what did I do wrong?" he asked as he followed the zaft pilot. She turned around though and pulled a gun on him. It was late in the evening…sort of. Almost 8 and it was dark so most people were already gone to their homes for the day.
"Stay away from me Noah Carson. You…you had to have spiked my drink or something. I don't know…just…stay away from me." She stated as she backed away from the gunpla battler. Finally after a good distance was between them she turned around and just ran, leaving Noah confused. Didn't she want more information on him? On his thought process? His new machine?
Looking to his watch Noah decided it was time to head to the archangel. So with that he turned around and began to make his way back to the ship…or hoped to. He had to admit to being slightly buzzed and not sure if he'd make it back.
That was when the phone murrue gave him rang. He pulled it from his pocket and looked to see who was calling. It was flay….oh this ought to be good. "What is it flay?" he asked as he stopped where he was. His eyes closed and he sighed. His worst fears were realized…he was being forced to bring flay into his crew. "Fine...fine calm down. Which clinic are you at? Ok…I'll be there in a moment. "He stated as he flagged down a taxi. He then hung up and got in, telling the driver the address he wished to go to. This was going to be a long night…
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Flay stood in the waiting room of the emergency clinic. Not wanting this on public record her father had taken her to a simple planned parenthood like clinic where he had already paid off the doctors and staff to keep their mouths shut. Sadly once flay brought up the fact she was military they agreed to stay silent…but had to follow protocol. Not wanting to bring Kira into this and get his hopes up with her she had called Noah, claiming Kira was in fact the father but out of the country and unable to sign his consent….not that she was signing either.
Her father was getting impatient. Every moment they spent there was another that someone could spot them and turn this into some scandal. No matter how much money he offered the doctor refused to break protocol…especially when he almost had him then flay went and mentioned who her CO was. It seemed Noah's reputation on the battlefield had earned him fear even in the public sector.
Finally the blonde natural walked through the doors and he shot up on his feet. "Tell these people to perform to operation on her NOW! OR HAVE YOU NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THIS SITUATION." Shouted George as he had had enough with this fares. He was beginning to doubt flay was even pregnant…or part of celestial being.
Noah turned to flay then back to the vice foreign minister. "Have you confirmed it with a pregnancy test? Or did she just mention Kira as the father and the fact he's a coordinator made you blind to the obvious?" asked Noah as Georges eyes went wide. God damn it…the boy was right. He had blindly followed his hatred for coordinators and likely fallen right into his daughters plans.
Noah smirked and turned to flay who seemed relieved by his presence. "Flay…are you really pregnant? And if so is Kira honestly the father?" he asked. To which flay shook her head. "No…I'm sorry for wasting your time sir but my father was trying to pull me away from my duties on the ship. I had to do something." stated flay. She made her intentions clear as she stuck her tongue out at her father.
"WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" he yelled and nearly launched himself at his own daughter when he heard the click of a safety being turned off.
"Mister vice foreign minister. I advise you not to harm my subordinate. If you harm one hair on her head I'm afraid I'll be forced to kill you." He stated, trying his best to impersonate heero.
That had sweat on the large man's brow. He visibly ground his teeth together. "You will pay for this mister Carson…I swear it. You shall be the archangels undoing for this." he stated before leaving, not bothering to make sure flay was coming with him.
Once he was gone the brunette walked up to Noah and frowned. "I really am sorry for wasting your time. When we get back to the ship I'll sign whatever I have to to actually join celestial being." She stated as she waited for Noah's reaction.
Once again showing his disregard for the full gentlemen's code flay was quickly feeling the sting of a backhanded slap on her face. With a seriousness to his entire body language he looked her dead in the eyes as she brought her hand up to cover where she had been slapped. "Use me as a scapegoat again and I'll make you regret it. You`ll sign all the necessary contracts when we get back to the ship. But for now…"he said as he looked at his watch. It was almost nine already.
"Right now I'm buzzed from drinking and really don't feel like going back to the ship in this state. Come on…you can point me to the best hotel in the area." He said as he lead flay out of the clinic…no one mentioning they were all quite a bit richer for this near catastrophe.
Flay blushed and nodded. While she felt the…well the "bitch slap" was a bit over the top she understood Noah was making it clear she had overstepped her bounds with him. Never the less she followed him out and started to think what hotels they could afford for the night…and preferably 2 rooms…
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Nina sighed as she got back to her hotel. While athrun and his team were searching for the archangel her and Heine had decided to actually vacation in orb, relax after the tense battles they had had with EX-caliber. Heine was studying the alien machine, working on a plan of attack for the next time they fought the machine.
Butte couldn't stop thinking of Noah…of how having his arm wrapped around her waist…his other hand holding hers…his scent…it made her…well she blushed more thinking EXACTLY what it made her feel but more than that it made her feel more at home then her apartment, even more so then the paladins cockpit and that felt as close to her home as she had thought.
As she walked inside the lobby she saw Noah again, and this time with a girl. She was confused when she felt a pang of jealousy. Rather than wanting to end the pilot while he was without his suit she more wanted to throw that brunette, young…wait…she blinked. Young?
It was then she noticed the desk clerk handing them two separate keys, her enhanced coordinator eyes catching the distinct shape of two different numbers but still they each had 2 key cards as any hotel gave, one being a back-up in case they left theirs in their room.
So she was a young ward of his perhaps? A natural pilot in training? Or did she work for his celestial being? But to recruit so young. She blinked. Wait…the zala team was made up of teenagers…what was she saying?
In her wandering thoughts she hadn't noticed Noah see her, leave the girl to go to her room and walk over. "Nina? Hey Nina you ok?"He asked, not bothering with the "oh is that you?" routine of meeting someone for only the…well she guessed 3rd time now.
Shaken from her thoughts she looked to Noah. "What oh um…what is it? I thought I told you to stay away from me."She stated with a hostile tone.
Noah quickly threw his hands up. "Hey hey…I was just wanting to apologize for whatever I did before. That's all…but listen…if you're staying here too…I don't know…call it an odd hunch or…love at first sight whatever but…I kinda felt a connection between us at the club. This is gonna seem crazy given we just met but…" Noah extended a hand with his spare key card. "I know it's late and all but…feel free to stop by my room. I`d love to chat, maybe pick back up that conversation about my modeling. "He said
Without thinking Nina took the key card and thanked him. What was she doing? He was the enemy…wait…no this was perfect…she could go to his room, lull him into a false sense of security…then capture him! Force him to give zaft his advanced technology, the location of the archangel…everything. But…that left a bad taste in her mouth and made her stomach do flips, even more so when she thought of sneaking into his room late at night and slitting his throat in his sleep.
Deciding to think on it for a bit she headed for the elevator and looked at the key card. How ironic…his room was between hers and Heine's. They had gotten separate rooms due to Nina wanting some space to herself.
She bit her lip. As the elevator rose it seemed more and more tempting to do exactly as he mentioned. Just go talk. According to him he felt that connection too. Or maybe he was lying? Maybe he knew who she really was…that they were mortal enemies…
Before she knew it as she pondered what to do she found herself in front of his door, the keycard already inserted….
She took an audible gulp and finally made her choice. Fuck zaft…fuck logic…fuck fate or whatever it was that drove the world. She opened the door…and let her heart make her choices for her as the door closed and she alerted Noah to her presence.
Romantic get away
So…not super long but not short. Some of you may have mixed feelings of how I had flay act but I wanted some drama in this chapter. After all if we can't have action why not have some teenage "I hate you daddy" drama?
Also no…unless I have like…20 reviews pop up demanding an M rated lemon scene the next chapter will be starting the morning after this. And yes…Noah and Nina roll around in the sheets in the end of that night.
Also I know the story may be confusing as to when certain things happen. And that's mainly because I wrote the story as I watched like…3 episodes to try and determine how long they are really there. So I skipped parts that I wanted to put Noah's two cents in on as I mentioned earlier.
Anyways there you go…Nina and Noah have met, bonded…and yeah if you don't like the love at first sight screw off. The zero system made Nina to be Noah's rival. She literally was spawned by it, with her own background and whatnot that I have not actually written up. But she was spawned for Noah so why can't she also have an instant attraction to him when she already was meant to be his rival in battle? They were meant for each other in one way, why not in another…well…she was made for him…anyways you get the idea.
Also I know back in like chapter 3 I mentioned I have a thing for making main characters get pregnant for some reason. NO! Flay will not be getting pregnant. Same with Nina. That was just a plot device to create drama.
Anyways thanks for reading, hope you like it. If you're wanting more action then this romantic comedy bit wait 2 more chapters…well a chapter and a half. The next chapter will be short and focus on building the relationship between mu and murrue as well as a bit more on Nicol and flays time in orb and what Noah asked Erica to do.