Standard disclaimer: Not Mine. Not Mine. NOT MINE! But maybe… nope. That's not mine either.
Warning: you probably don't need this, as you are now reading the second chapter, but I don't really care. Yes I do. See first chapter for yer stinkin' warning.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Post Chaos
Phase 02: Rise to the Occasion
The following day was quiet. There was almost an air of uneasiness in the air. The four friends were now nervously awaiting the arrival of a very important date, and they were uncertain as to the future of everything that they did. Even their friendship seemed to be on thin ice. It was as if Kira was walking on eggshells. It appeared the same for Lacus. The pair was trying as hard as they humanly could to control their urges, and this was not easy.
It was like this for about two months, and would have gone on forever if not for the arrival of some unexpected company.
Outside, Murrue Ramias, Mu La Flaga, and three people who were about Kira and Athrun's age were waiting on the porch. The first was about 5'8 ½", with Blonde hair, Light Blue eyes, and tan skin. He was wearing a cream button-up shirt over a dark blue tee, with brown pants. On his right hand, he wore a plain, men's wedding band. Normally, Dearka Elsman was talkative and, on occasion, annoying, but today, he was strangely quiet.
"Listen, honey, we probably shouldn't be here." The voice was female, and belonged to the other woman in the group, Miriallia Hao. She was around 5'6" in height, with Light Brown hair, Light Blue eyes, and fair skin. She was wearing a red denim jacket that cut off at the waist over a white tank top, with a red mini skirt. On her right hand, she wore a wedding band that sported a stunning ruby.
"Mir, if we weren't supposed to be here, then why are we?" Sai Argyle was around 5'7" in height, and had Blonde hair that was combed to one side. He was his usual pair of yellow tinted sunglasses on his face, and was wearing a black button up shirt over a white tee shirt with black jeans.
Murrue was wearing a red sundress that was very form fitting. Mu was quite aware of this. He was wearing a black tank top with black jeans. He and Murrue had been riding in the back seat of Miriallia's car, and had been making out the whole way to the ranch. Sai and Dearka had arrived in a Military helicopter, since they were with the OSDF.
Now they were waiting at the front door to Kira's house.
Inside the house, Lacus was walking towards the door when she promptly turned about and ran to the bathroom. Cagalli took this as a cue to open the door.
The first sound that was heard by the group was Lacus's pained retching coming from the direction of the bathroom.
Cagalli looked slightly embarrassed, until Mu looked away from the bathroom door and said, "Is she gonna be okay?" She looked at Mu, a the bathroom, back to Mu, and said, "Yeah. She's gonna be just fine. She's been doing this every day for the past five months."
The entire porch group was shocked. "WHAT? FIVE MONTHS?"
The female blonde looked back at them and said, "Look. Why don't you let her husband explain it to you." At that moment, almost as if on cue, Kira walked out of the room he and Lacus shared. He was wearing a pair of black pants. And that was it.
Sai was shocked. He hadn't even thought about the fact that Kira could ever work out. He had always attributed the fact that Kira had superior strength to his being a Coordinator.
Kira was almost in a trance until Mu looked in his direction and said, "Hey, kid! How ya doing?" Kira looked in the direction of the voice, and his jaw dropped. Standing on his front porch was the Hawk of Endymion, the man famous for making the impossible possible, Mu La Flaga.
"Mu! I thought you died!" Kira's words were not in vain. The real Mu had died during the second battle of Jachin Due when Murutai Azrael, leader of Blue Cosmos, in a crazed state, had shot Natarle Bagurile, and then entered the Archangel as the target of the Archangel class warship Dominion's Lohengrin cannon. Mu had piloted the Aile Strike Gundam right into the path of the shot, and used the shield to deflect the blast, but lost his life in the process.
"Well, according to the Murrue, I did. But some Orb scientists were able to find enough of me among the remains of the Strike to make a new me. So… here I am. And what the hell is wrong with the pink princess?" Again, almost as if on cue, Lacus walked out of the bathroom.
Kira blushed a little, invited the group in, and said, "You had better sit down. I don't want to rush anybody to the hospital."
When they were all seated, Dearka spoke up. "Well, Kira? We're waiting." Kira looked at them and began to speak. "Well… um… oh boy. Where to start… um… uh…" Murrue, Sai, Mir, Mu, and Dearka were all shocked, Here was Kira, speechless.
Murrue spoke up to offer some advice. "Kira, why not start with telling us when you and Lacus got married." Kira looked back, thanked her, and began to speak again. "Okay. Well, Lacus and I have been married since two months after the war ended. And then two months later… um… uh…yeah."
Lacus, who had been listening from behind Kira, decided to take over at this point. "Kira and I have been married since the war ended, and two months later, of five months ago, I began to feel queasy on a regular basis. So I went to the doctor's office, and he ran a couple of tests, and determined that I was pregnant. So now you have the whole story. I'm pregnant, and Kira is my husband."
Miriallia jumped up out of her seat and ran over to Lacus and Kira. "Kira could you take the guys into another room, please. I want to talk to Murrue, Cagalli and Lacus. You know. girl talk." Kira looked back, smiled, and nodded. He then took Mu, Sai, and Dearka on a tour of the house.
After making sure that the guys were all gone, Mir shrieked. "This is great! We really need to have a girl's night! You know, I could easily…" "Just don't make it too girly. You know how I feel about too much pink and all that." Murrue looked back at Cagalli and said, "I'm sure that she will make accommodations for all of us."
Lacus then looked back at the brunette and said, "When did you become Mrs. Elsman?" Mir was initially shocked at this, but calmed down when she realized that the pop star was asking her as a friend. "Dearka and I have been married for three months now."
"Congratulations to you." Lacus had a way of being extremely formal about things like marriage. Murrue looked back at them, smiled and then went back to reading the magazine that she had picked up off the coffee table.
In another part of the house, Kira was busy explaining to Mu everything that had happened. "So, why didn't you have a bachelor party?" Kira heard this and sighed. "We did have one. We all believed you to be dead, so… well… you know."
Mu looked at the floor, the ceiling, and then back at Kira. "Right. I know how it works. A dead man can't really receive mail, now, can he?" Athrun was shocked to see Mu, who had been, before his death, so vibrant and full of energy, now depressed.
"Mu," Athrun said, "we could have a guy's night!" Dearka looked at Athrun with a shocked expression on his face. "Athrun," he began, "do you have your head screwed on tight?" Athrun looked at the blonde, smiled, gave him a thumbs up, and turned back to Mu. "Well? What do you think.?"
"Mu," Kira said, "You don't have to agree to this if you don't want to." Mu thought about the proposition for a moment before smiling, looking around the room, and saying, "Yeah. That's a great idea! This way, I can catch up with you guys, and Murrue wouldn't have to worry about me."
Little did he know that things would not always go as planned.
To Be Continued…
When plans are made, they don't always go as originally designed. So when the group falls under attack from a group calling themselves the Terran Protectorate, Weapons that have been silent awaken to once again protect. Next on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Post Chaos, Flying Death. Break through to a new horizon, Gundam!
A.n.\ - well? What'cha think? This is after all, chapter 2. I'm not really sure how many more phases I am gonna write for this, but if you haven't yet realized, this fic takes place after Gundam SEED, but is also a replacement for SEED Destiny. Sorry! I won't know about GSD until this fall! Therefore, I can't write any of those characters into the story.