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Mobile Suit

Gundam SEED: Post Chaos

Phase 08: Arrivals

Kira was exhausted. Even though the nursery was finished, there was still work to do. He was nearly out of his mind. He would hardly sit down when he would think of something else he could do for his child to come home.

Lacus was having difficulty staying put as well. She was starting to sleep more than she used to, so, when she was conscious, she would literally play "shadow", following Kira every where. That is, of course until Cagalli told her to sit down and let Kira be.

A normal day would go something like this: Kira and athrun would go out and do the shopping. They would get home, and Athrun would start working around the house, while lacus became Kira's shadow. Cagalli would be desperately trying to get the expectant Coordinator to stay put, and Mu and Dearka would just look out from the kitchen occasionally, see all of the chaos, and chuckle to themselves.

It was on one of these days that Dearka decided that he was going to trade jobs with the blue haired coordinator. But Athrun didn't mind. He actually liked cooking. So he just took it as an invitation, and trotted off to help Mu.

"So… he's… handy," Athrun said to the Blonde natural in the kitchen beside him. "Yeah. He is. So… um… when are you and Cagalli gonna…" he never finished his sentence. The hawk had been stopped by the infamous "I'm-gonna-kill-you-right-here-and-now" glare that he had seen many times during the war. "Okay. I won't go down that road again." That problem averted, the two vets returned to the task at hand: dinner.

Dearka was vacuuming the living room. He was going along fine until… "Hey!" The Blonde Coordinator looked away from what he was doing, only to realize what exactly it was that he was being chastised over. And he saw it immediately. Or, to be politically, and grammatically, correct, who he was offending. A very exhausted looking Lacus Clyne was giving him a death glare.

"What'd I do?" the blonde was just slightly confused. "Oh," Lacus growled, "I believe that you know what you did." This comment at first puzzled the Buster's pilot, but then he noticed the blanket, and the light went on in his brain. He had interrupted her nap.

"Oh," he apologized, while backing out of the room, "sorry about that." The "maid" bowed and fled the scene, vacuum in tow. This of course was followed by laughter coming from both the hall way and the kitchen.

Aside from that incident, the rest of the day went on pretty smoothly, save for the occasional pouting from Lacus. This was mainly over what she was not allowed to do, so it was ignored, for the most part. Basically, everybody was having a wonderful time. They would see to it that Dearka never lived down the taunting that he had received, but that would be later.

The next two days went by almost unceremoniously. It was Wednesday at dinner when more complications arose.

"You lying bastard!"

Athrun and Cagalli had started again. Since it happened every few weeks, the household had taken this as an indicator of what they could say around Cagalli. For, since these outbursts generally happened once a month, they took it to mean that Cagalli was on her period, and made special note of it. And a very accurate indicator it was.

After that night, the rest of the week passed without any problems what so ever. Finally, on Sunday, the day that new life was supposed to enter the world, the did all of their preparations for the long night that would be awaiting them. They had a strange feeling that it would be that way no matter what Lacus had to say about it.

However, life, as always was making other plans. About three more days worth.

Monday was hell Lacus was in pain, but, as they could not give her any medication, the pink princess had to suffer through it. "You had better be worth all of the pain and suffering that you just had to put me through," she grumbled to the "mountain" that was her abdomen. Originally, when Kira had first seen and heard her doing this, he thought that it was slightly weird. That is, of course, until lacus convinced him to try it for himself.

He had found it to be very relaxing.

Mir was jealous, and rightfully so. She still had a few months to go, and she was exhausted so she was thrilled when Kira and Lacus told her that she could move in at their house until her own pregnancy was over. That same day, Dearka and Mir had been invited to a party, but turned it down in favor of "staying home".

Tuesday was nice. Unknown to Kira and Lacus, Cagalli and Murrue had decided to give the mother of the so-obviously-late-one a baby shower. This was really to serve as a distraction, but it was a wonderful excuse to have a party. Murrue excuse the guys, since this was going to be a "gal's only" event. Luckily, Mu had been tipped off, so he had made plans.

Mu was the proud owner and manager of a laser tag arena. In fact, the entire building was an abandoned military complex, so Level 56, as it was called, had every thing. Literally. The blonde went into his office, and called for an immediate lock in, and added that games for the rest of the day were on the house, which brought forth cheers from those people who usually just showed up to screw around in the arcade.

The group decided that going on separate teams just might open old wounds, so they all went on one team. Dearka, brilliant strategist that he was, had decided to tag team with his wingman from the second battle of Jachin Due, leaving Kira and Athrun to be the leaders of the second wave for the Red Team. Mu explained the rules, and the game began.

It wasn't long before the first "kill" had been made. This was followed closely by Dearka screaming something about Pharaoh Atemu's wrath, and hitting four other players. It was like that the entire day. Every time Dearka would make a "kill" he would scream out "Fear the wrath of Pharaoh Atemu!", and run off to fight again.

At the end of the game, Dearka had the second highest amount of tags. This was only because Athrun and Kira, who had used the Freedom and Justice with the METEOR units during the war had a little more practice aiming. And Mu, who had decided to play "sniper" the entire day, was in third.

They had just gotten home and into bed when…

"Kira…" The brunette was in the white void that he always found himself in whenever Flay wanted to talk to him. This had been the first time since Sai's death that he had been here, but he still felt used to the emptiness. "Flay… I…" She was most definitely back, and as nude as ever. This time, though, Sai was with her. The blonde looked at his friend. "Kira," he said, " there was nothing that you could have done." Kira looked back at them, tears in his eyes, "But I let you both die! I wasn't strong enough. I failed both of you!" Flay looked at Sai, and went over to Kira and kissed him. "Kira, don't worry about it. We're happy here. We're with our families now." The red head then went back to Sai.

The Blonde Natural looked over at his coordinator pal. "Besides, Kira. Your wife needs you now." He then looked at his red haired lover, who looked back and said, "Kira, honey, its time." This last statement confused Kira, as Flay had sounded exactly like Lacus.

Kira awoke with a start. Lacus was shaking him. "Kira! Its time!" The brunette pondered this for a moment and then jumped out of bed so fast that he wound up hitting his head on the door. This woke Athrun and Cagalli, who, upon investigating, gave Kira an eyeful.

The two Coordinators helped Lacus into Mu's SUV, which Cagalli had mystically acquired the keys for, and drove off to the hospital.

Upon their arrival, the nurse, whom Yzak had been kind enough to have waiting by the door, led the group up to the maternity ward and relieved Athrun and an extremely nervous Kira of one very pregnant Coordinator. "Don't worry," she said in a reassuring voice, "She'll be just fine."

This was said to calm Kira down, but nothing could reassure the worried Coordinator. Save for the sight of Yzak rushing past the door to help with the delivery. Then, all that they could do, was wait.

And wait they did. They had arrived around 10:30 PM, and it was now getting to be midnight. Murrue had arrived, bring Dearka, Mir, and Mu with her. She was up and about bringing coffee to everybody except for Mir, who they had decided needed the sleep. Dearka and Athrun were busy keeping Kira from going insane.

When Yzak came in and asked Mir, who was now fully conscious, to assist him, they all knew the reason why. She had been secretly working as a nurse for the Orb military, all while posing as a photojournalist. This meant that she had the experience needed to help out.

The next time they saw the silver haired Coordinator, his lab coat was off, and he had bruises all up and down his left arm, where the sleeve of his shirt had been ripped off, his tie was partially undone, and he was sporting what would later be a very black eye. They would later learn that this was from Lacus pushing him into a bunch of monitors that she was hooked up to when he had instructed her to "push". So, apparently, Lacus had succeeded in beating the shit out of him. The exception was from the fact that Mir had given him the black eye. He saw Kira and asked him to wait just a little longer, and returned to the delivery room.

It was now almost 2 AM.

Finally, at 3:30 AM, after five hours of waiting, Mir came out and collected a very nervous Kira.

Upon his entry to the room, Kira saw the same nurse that had ushered them in when the y had arrived holding a clip board. In the bed, was an exhausted, and sleeping Lacus, holding what, to them anyways, was the greatest thing that he had ever seen. She was holding their children.

Apparently, one of the twins had been hiding behind the other, and therefore, didn't show up on any of the ultrasounds. Twins Kira thought. There was only supposed to be one child, but they decided then and there to just say that nature is unpredictable, and leave it at that. They were also fraternal. The boy was the spitting image of Kira, and the other had Lacus's hair color with his eye color.

To Be Continued…

When hatred brings fighting, it is the children who suffer. When the TRF resurfaces, Kira is once again forced to take up arms. But this time, the enemy has an advantage. How will Kira handle this new development? And who is the pilot of the new Mobile Suit? Next on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Post Chaos: Presently Occupied. Blaze a trail across the sky, Gundam!

A.n./ - Okay… just a minor note: up till now, all of the chapters have been a flashback. The remainder of the chapters will take place in the present. Now, just to give you an idea of the ages, Kira and Lacus are around 36, which would make their children around 15-16 years old. This was about how old he was when he first met Lacus, so… the rest should be interesting.

Shin: Hey! This means that I might actually get some screen time next chapter!

athrun: Not always. But I might consider it.

Jessica: Jon, come on… what are the kid's names?

athrun: um… uh… what are you… how did you… hello… er… uh… I love you?

Jessica: Right. I thought so.

athrun: But thanks for the reminder! Kira's children are named Lise and Sai. Yeah, couldn't resist.

Dearka: Yeah. Plus, I'm naming my kid after a Coordinator.

athrun: Who's the author here?

All: You are…

athrun: That's right. Now relax, chill out, or… whatever it is you guys do with down time.

All: Okay.

athrun: And as for you.. turns to Jessica … How did you get in here?

Jessica: Easy. You left the door open.

athrun: Oh. Oops. --'

A/n. (2) – Okay. So now you met my girlfriend. She really is my inspiration, so I won't screw this relationship up. And you will find out what Dearka named his child in the next phase.

See ya then!

- athrun