Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night, how are we all, it is the 24th where I am Christmas eve so I am really pumped for it and all. (All the food that is) But enough about that, this chapter will take place in ORB and will cover the events of their first two days in ORB. The next chapter will also be in Orb, but will reference Panama falling. The battle for ORB will take place on what it does in cannon in SEED. But that is a few months after this chapter. So not next Chapter, but the Chapter after that we will have the start of the battle. Also I won't be updating for a little while sorry about that. Christmas and new year things going on so sorry.

Please Review and let me know what you think! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Opening Song (Hologram)

"Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sosowarete" Bright Vermilion light shines from the eyes of the Agito Zero as the camera pans down to the torso to reveal Anthony with his eyes closed.

"Boku wa yuku no mada minu sekai e" Anthony opens his eyes and begins to move his suit. As he does this the entire screen is now engulfed with Vermilion light and the Logo of Gundam Agito SEED appears.

"Maigo no mama tabi shiteita" Anthony is sitting with his back to the Agito Zero, flipping through pages of his book.

"Nezumiiro no sora no shita." Anthony turns his head slightly to look in the direction of the camera.

"Higawari no chizu ikutsumo no yume ga nijindeita." This scene shows Kira sitting and looking at earth while Lacus comes from behind and places her hands over his eyes and then removes them as she smiles.

"Itsuka wa sa." The scene now shows Delilah as she now gets into a mobile suit and prepares to launch.

"Chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo." This Scene show Andrew Waltfeld looking over the desert at night while the winds blows. The Camera pans out to show that Ashia and DeCosta are with him.

"Ano kumo no mukou made yukeru kana." The view now shows a line of the crew of the Archangel. It pans to the left showing Kuzzey, Flay, Sai, Miriallia, Tolle, Natarle, Mu and then it zooms in to show Murrue. Behind Murrue there is a flag of the Atlantic Federation.

"Tsuyogatte" Anthony looks straight ahead at a man, the wind blowing his crimson cape behind him, his eyes are narrowed and his face is empty of emotion.

"Kizutasutia" Rau Le Creuset Now turns his mask on and his hair being blown in the wind, he has a smirk on his face as he faces Anthony.

"Kokoro sukashita youni." The two of them are standing off and the image of the Earth's sphere is in between the two of them.

"Furidashita" A feminine hand reaches out for Anthony and he does the same, only the hand that is reaching out for him fades before the two can make contact.

"Amastubu tachi ga" Anthony wakes up in his mobile suit and holding a picture in his hands. The camera zooms in on during the last word to show him standing and smiling with a young woman.

"Ran hansha Kurikaesu" The scene shows a sign saying extend then three Mobile suits one Grey tinted Green, One Black and the last a Grey tinted Blue. A Man with Blonde hair in white stands smiling at them as the scene breaks to show Rau Le Creuset in front of the Dominion.

"Massugu na hikari ga, Kousa shite" The scene shows Kira in the Freedom cutting down to GINNs, the first it passes him, the other he uses the cannons on the Freedom to shoot down.

"Yukusaki mo tsugenumama" The ground is on fire and the Blitz, Duel and Buster emerge out of the flames to take on an unseen enemy.

"Doko made mo, Tsuknukeru" The view pans past Delilah in a custom GINN that is coloured bright yellow and turns to show that she is firing at an unseen enemy in space.

"Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete." This scene pans to the right as it reveals the Clamity, the Forbidden and the Raider, above the ocean trying to land a hit on the Agito Zero and each one being thrown back.

"Kono sora no shita" The scene shows Rau's Custom white GINN flying forth with its beam sabre.

"Donna toko ni itemo" This scene show Mu face and the Strike clashing beam sabres with Rau in his GINN. The scene is lit up with the light coming from the class.

"Tokoku hazu nanda, mada minu sekai e" The scene is of that when Anthony is facing the camera, he turns his head closes his book stands up and moves towards his cockpit.

Chapter Twenty Four

"How many people you killed, or how many you let live, it doesn't matter to me. You people incurred my wrath... That's reason enough, for you to meet your demise." Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Kou no Rettousei)

The Archangel had docked at ORB in one of the secret hangars that was stationed there.

The Winston was on the other hand was forced to dock at one of the regular docking bays due to it not being a space ship.

ORB medical teams now rushed to the ship so they could get to and treat the injured as soon as it was possible.

Among these teams was a girl in a formal white uniform, she had blonde hair and golden eyes and many knew her as the princess of ORB.

She had come to see if any of the crew she had met were still alive, she also had news for them to boot.

She did not know what she had expected to see, but when the doors opened a line of wounded upon medical begs were now being pushed ahead.

It was no surprise to her that some of them were in pretty bad shape.

But what did catch her eye was the fact that there were many of them, too many to be exact, there was more to this than Cagalli knew.

She was able to get a good look at most of the wounded, it made her feel sick in her gut, all of this, it was war.

She now entered the legged ship and began to search for Kira, what she had heard, from Athrun, it could not be true, Kira could not really be dead?

As she now ran down the almost empty ship she began to look left and right for her target.

"Kira, he can't be dead, his friend, Tolle his is still in hospital, but he is alive, is Kira, is Kira alive as well?"

She caught sight of him walking in the corridor to her left, she managed to stop herself and turn just as she called out his name "Kira!"

She now sped down the corridor to him and turned the corner to see that Kira was just turning around.

But she did not care, she jumped at him and gave him a hug, that knocked the Co-ordinator over.

Kira was barely able to say "Cagalli" as she did this.

Now that she was on top of him her hand turned into a fist as she now hit his chest in both joy and anger.

"You are such an idiot, your just, you're so-!"

She was unable to finish as she now broke down in tears while she was on top of him.

She then managed to say through gasping breaths "I never, though I'd see you again, how could you do that to me?"

Yeah it was a little bit unreasonable, but then again Cagalli was a young teen aged girl.

To be slightly over the top was in her nature as well, Kira for his part just closed his eyes.

He then opened them as he calmly stated "Sorry."

He then gave her a smile as Cagalli now gazed into his eyes and asked him "So you're really alive?"

Kira in turn said "Yeah, I'm alive."

He gave a pause before he said "And I did come back."

The tears stopped and Cagalli gave him a nod and now got of him as she said "Well, you are alive and you're here, that is what matters."

Kira now got up and said "Yes, it is, I am here and I can fight for what I truly wish to fight for."

Cagalli at this point said "You almost sound like Anthony?"

Kira shook his head in reply "No, Anthony has never said that, he only said he chose to fight."

Cagalli in turn gave him a nod and said "Yeah, I guess he did, hey Kira, where are you friends I have some news that all of you would like to hear."

Kira now asked "Is it good news, if it's not, then it would be best to leave them alone, we have all been through a lot in the past few days, them more than any one."

In reply to this Cagalli said "It is good news, well good for all of you, Kira your friend Tolle, he is alive, he is in one of our Hospitals, they say a black and white Mobile Suit took him there."

Kira gave a blink as he said "A black and white MS got him all the way here?"

Cagalli gave him a nod "I am sure you know, there is only one suit in the world that is black on top and has white or was it cream legs?"

Kira felt really shit at this point, there was no doubt about it, Anthony had by some means saved Tolle.

To add to it, Kira knew that he and Anthony had some sort of falling out due to the fact that Kira had said nothing during that event."

Kira let a tears roll down from his eyes as he said "I guess, Anthony really does care about us?"

Archangel Bridge

On the bridge stood Lord Uzumi with Kisaka and a few of the other ORB leaders were on board at the time.

Murrue was now in front of Lord Uzumi and gave him a polite bow as she said "I would like to thank you for coming to our aid once again, sir."

As she now stood up straight once more Lord Uzumi said to her "Given the circumstances, I'm sure you'll understand, if for the time being, we can't make you or your crew a true welcome here."

That was to be expected, but now he went on to say "But in any case, you will be finally able to get some rest."

Murrue was grateful for this and with a slight smile she said "Thank you for understanding."

Now Lord Uzumi said with his hands behind his back "With the destruction of the Earth Alliance's HQ, the world is once again shifting in a new direction."

He now turned to Mu and said "Once you're all rest, I'll give you an update on the latest news coming in, you'll see for yourselves, I am sure it will provided you with more than enough food for thought, you might even question why you wanted to wear that uniform in the first place."

That last part was a little more concerning for them all?

Mess Hall

Miriallia now stood up and said "Wait, wait hold on, are you saying, are you saying that Tolle is, that Tolle is alive!"

Sai, Flay, Kuzzey were in shock as well, Cagalli and Kira had come and broken the news to them, to say it was too good to be true was an understatement.

In reply to her Cagalli said "He is alive and is okay now, had we not been given him when he were, he may not be with us."

Miriallia now said "We have to go, we have to go see him, I have to go see him!"

Sai at this point was the voice of reason and he said "Miri, I know you are both happy and in shock, but right now we can't were stuck on this ship for just a little more time."

Miriallia now turned to him "But why, if Tolle is alive, we have to see him!"

In reply to her Kira now said "As it is, there is a lot of politics going on, we aren't yet allowed to set foot in ORB just yet Miriallia."

Sai gave Kira a nod and said "Kira is right, about that Miriallia, we do need to just wait Miri."

It was at this point that Sai caught on to what Cagalli had said "Wait hold up, he was given to you, you did not find him?"

Cagalli gave him a nod and said "He was given to us by those who saw a black and white MS."

It was at this point that Anthony just walked into the Mess Hall and all eyes turned to him, he had just been asleep so he had no idea why they all were looking at him.

"Do I have blood on my face or are you just staring at me for no reason?"

No one said a word for a whole minute, until Miriallia said "Is it, true, did you, did you save Tolle?"

Anthony asked "Where did all of you get that idea from, please tell?"

Cagalli now said "A MS that fits the Agito Zero was the suit that got him to ORB, as per your own words, there are no other suits that are like it or a copy of it."

Anthony gave a sigh and said "If I say yes, will all of you leave me be?"

This earned him a punch from Miriallia and Cagalli, he caught both of them with ease.

He now saw that Miriallia was in tears as she said "You knew, you knew the whole time and you did not tell us, how can you be such a jerk!"

In reply to her Anthony just said let got of her hand and pulled her in to a hug.

Now patting her back he said "It is alright you can get through this."

To all who saw it, it may be seen as if his touch was able to calm the anger that was in her heart.

"I know the pain of losing the one you loved the most."

Miriallia just sobbed into his shirt as Anthony said "I did not tell you not to hide it from all of you, I did not tell you due to all that was happening around us at the time, I too can get caught up in the moment and for that I am sorry."

For the first time, ever they were seeing a side to Anthony that they had not seen or rather had not noticed before this, a side to him he rarely showed to anyone.

Letting go of Miriallia, Anthony asked "Are you okay, do you need a glass of water?"

Miriallia just shook her head and "No, no I am fine, thank you, thank you for saving Tolle and understanding."

In reply to her Anthony just said "I did what I saw to be right and I would do it again even if I had to repeat it for as long as I live."

He gave them all a nod and left the Mess hall.

This caused Kuzzey to give a blink and say "Well that is a side to him that I have never seen before, I could swear at that point he could be our big brother or even Dad?"

Kira at this point said "There is more to him than we known, I'd go as far to say there is a lot to him we don't know and most of it we may wish we didn't know once we learn it."

Sai gave Kira a nod as he said this.

"You can say that again, when I first met him, I did not think he would be like this at all?"

Flay gave a nod "What did we think of him, when we all first met him right here in this room?"

In response to that Kuzzey said "Well I do recall that you pissed him of Flay, I also do recall he said that he did not believe in things at first sight?"

Miriallia who was now wiping away the last of her tears said "If I do recall, he also said Rau Le Creuset would have let him use the rest room?"

Kira gave him a nod "If I had to take away a deeper message from that, it is the fact that he is still human like all of us."

Sai gave a nod to that and said "No doubt about it, Tolle thought he may be an alien and that he was suspicious to say the least."

Flay at this point said "He also said that us being on a shop and winning was as well?"

It had been months since that day, but it felt like years had come and gone since then.

Kira gave a smile "I guess it is good that we can all look back and see how far we've come."

Sai then added "Though it would be nice to think that we are friends with Anthony now."

Kira fell silent at that point and Cagalli who up till now had no idea what they were all talking about asked him "Kira, is there, did the two of you fight?"

Kira shook his head "No it is not that, I just, I just did not speak up for him when I knew I should have, I just feel like a failed in a sense, now it is even worse that he saved Tolle in my place."

At this point Sai asked "Hey what do you mean by that, can you tell us, we are your friends right, you can trust us?"

In reply to Sai, Kira siad "I can't go into it too much, but when a person was asking too many things of him, I did not see that he was not taking it well, I just let it happen and he walked out on all of us and did not speak to us for a while."

Sai gave a blink as Miriallia asked "How long did he not talk to you for?"

Kira in reply said "It was not too long, just 5 or so hours, but I felt terrible, when he did speak to us, he had no emotion in his voice, he only did tell myself and those who had saved me about JOSH-A."

Sai gave a sigh as he said "Well had you not spoken up for me, if a person was pestering me, I may have taken it badly, I don't know about the whole no emotion thing, but I guess I can understand, why'd he be upset over it?"

Kira now said "I can as well, but for me that just makes it all the worse, it is as if he has shut part of his soul off in a sense."

Cagalli at this pointed had to point it out to Kira "He did not seem hostile and void of all emotion then?"

Kira gave her a nod and said "Well, I am not sure about it, it is just, the way he now well walks gives off a feel that he wants to be alone?"

Sai did not know what to say to that, but Flay did "I think that is not true Kira, he just feels well hurt, that is all."

Kuzzey now said "Well he did save Tolle, so if he is mad at you, well I guess he kind of has a right to be?"

Both Flay as well as Mirriallia now said to him "That is not helping us?"

Kira at this point said "I think, I think I just have to earn his trust back, if I can do that, it he'll be fine with me."

Cagalli gave a sigh and said "To gain his trust once you lost it, that will be a lot and I mean a lot harder than it is the first time, do you even know what you will have to do now Kira?"

Kira in reply said "I can't gain anything if I do not be who I am, so if I just do what I see as right, I am sure that Anthony will trust me again."

Kira was sure of that much at least, the others were not, but they did not tell him so.

Sai now said "Well it is good that we are all back, Tolle will be soon, at least we are all in this together still."

Flay gave him a smile and said "Yes, I am glad that all of us are here, it just would feel wrong if we weren't."

Miriallia now said "It is a good thing that we are like robots, we are still us and we will can do what we choose to do."

Kira at this point gave a blink and said "Choice?" All eyes turned to look at him.

Kira gave one more blink then said "Choice, that was what Anthony always went on about to use when he spoke, he kept on telling us that it was his choice to be here and to fight."

It was not clear to them yet, but Kira now got to it, he was going tell them about the conclusion he had just come to.

"Miri, you just said you chose that all of you chose to take action right?"

All of them gave a nod and Miriallia "I did, Kira where are you going with this?"

Kira gave her a nod and said "Well, if we had not at least met Anthony, do you guys think, do you guys think that you would have done that?"

Sai who was still not sure where this was going asked "Kira, wait hold on, what do you mean by that, are you saying that it is because we met Anthony that we chose to do what he chose to?"

It was then that it his Sai, he was able to recall what Flay had said and repeated it "I guess, I guess without Anthony, we really did just fall apart."

All of them now gave a blink as Kuzzey now said "Holy shit!"

Kira gave them a nod and said "I was right, he did have a hand in your choice, it may not be him doing it, but the memory of him, it is what lead you to do what you did?"

Sai and Kuzzey gave a very reluctant nod, while Flay and Miriallia did too.

Kira now said softly "One can say we owe him that as well as Tolle, just who are you really?"

Kuzzey was able to catch this "Kira what do you mean by that?"

Kira in reply said "Just thinking out loud Kuzzey."

With Anthony

Anthony had gone to sit inside his suit and just, be alone, it was quiet he was able to mute all that was going on.

It was his own private quiet time, this meant that he could just rest and did not have to worry about the world.

"This is not even my world to worry about, it has Kira, Athrun and a few others to do that for it."

But in his gut, he knew he had to at least try to be a part of it, if he did not, then he would be betraying all the ideals that he was taught.

"Ideals, they sound nice, but are a pain in the ass in real life, I do feel that I am almost trapped by them."

But that was not true that was not entirely true and he knew it, all that he had done, he had chosen to do, it had been his choice and he did it because he felt that it was right.

"I guess in a sick sense I am a slave to what I believe in or at least that is how I feel, man all I want to do is get the hell home."

Yeah that did not look to likely to him at this point, home was far away.

It was now that one of his screens gave a flicker and it showed Lord Uzumi now entering the hangar. If he had to guess, he had come to see him.

"Agito Zero, run simulations of what he is going to say, wait don't do that, I'll just ass pull my way out of this or at least be honest as much as I can to him."

The MS Agito Zero gave a flash of all the screens in reply and Anthony now opened up the cockpit and began to get down from it.

When he got down, Lord Uzumi said "I see that you are here with them once more."

The man now went on to say "Mr Quattro Bajeena or should I say Anthony Hitoro?"

In reply to that Anthony saw the best way to come back and said "I am here once more, did you by any chance give the EA any more MS since last we met?"

Lord Uzumi gave a frown but the let a laugh slip as he said "I guess there is no getting past you, your guard is never down, at least when I am around."

In reply to this Anthony said "I could pull out better lines while in battle, care to jump into a MS and take me, I won't kill you, you know."

In reply to that Lord Uzumi said "I have read the reports of what your suit can do and I will have to refuse your offer."

Anthony gave a shrug "That is your loss, I take it that you came all the way down here to ask me or more like clarify some things for you."

Lord Uzumi said "There is a lack of, energy to your eyes that they had when we last me, but can I ask you, why you are here?"

Anthony at this point gave a sigh as he now said "Why did I come back here you mean, well do you really want to know, there is no short reply I can give you?"

Lord Uzumi gave him a nod "If I have to have an answer, I would like the full one."

With a grin Anthony said "You're going to regret saying that, but in any case, I'll tell you, why I chose to return to them, aint no fancy thing like love so I'll get that out of the way right now."

Lord Uzumi just nodded.

"Well you see, right now, all of them, they all have targets on their heads, be it from ZAFT or the EA, it is there."

Lord Uzumi did not say a word as Anthony now said "I won't as well as can't say this war is bad, on second thought, I will, but I won't say all the people in are bad, the crew of the Archangel are proof in a way."

Anthony now went on to say "All of them accept Kira for who he is, he is their friend as well as their comrade, to them he is not a Co-ordinator as most of the world would say."

"Fact is that, both are still just weak and as human as the other, fact that many won't admit it, is a main reason for this war." Lord Uzumi could agree with that part, what Anthony had said, it was all true.

"I just, I guess I really just did not wish to let people die, it is kinda of sad to think that I kept them alive to just let them die, you know the feeling as if all that you did, it did nothing in the end, like nothing changed, I really, I just really hate that feeling."

Anthony now said "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity, it is doing the exact same thing, every day, every day and then you think that this time it will be different."

"Like if you were to do it, one more time, just one more time it will all change, your life, your family, you friends all of it."

Anthony now said "I will tell you, I did not believe it at first, I was like, no what do you mean by that, I did not think that it was true until I saw it first hand."

"I saw all these guys and girls just doing the same thing, with no change in their lives, yeah now that is insane."

With a deep breath Anthony now said "So that is the reason why I came back, I do not like to think all I did was a waste and I do now want them to die, it would be as if I let them die, for if I could save them and I chose not to, is that not the same as killing them or worse betraying them?"

It was safe for Lord Uzumi to say that he got a clear picture of what Anthony disliked, one was to do see that all he worked for go to waste.

The second thing he got was that Anthony Hitoro did not like betrayal, the young man was yet to say why, but it was clear that he did not like the concept of it at all.

At this point Anthony said "I guess we are done here, I'll be in my suit, later."

Before he got to get back into his cockpit Lord Uzumi said to him "Your words here and now, they are both of a man who has seen all there is to seen and come of better for it and a man who has gotten worse."

In reply to him Anthony just said "There are many things that War can do to a person, some go mad, some find killing more easy, but by far, by far the worst thing you can do is get smart, that is why I do not kill, Lord Uzumi, no one is able to leave War the same as when they entered it, trust me I can tell you that much with no doubt."

In reply Lord Uzumi said "I will, I will also like to extend the same invitation that I gave to Ms Murrue, Mr La Flaga and Mr Yamato."

Before he could say another word Anthony said "I got it, just tell them that I am meant to come as well so they can come get me from my suit."

Lord Uzumi did not ask him why and just said to him "I will make sure to get someone to come and get you, until then."

With that said Lord Uzumi left and Anthony got into his suit and said to himself "I guess I will have to sit down with them this time."

19 hours later

Lord Uzumi now narrowed his eyes as he said "A Cyclops system?"

If it was true the EA were much bigger monster than they were before.

"But even if the details of the enemy's invasion plan had been leaked to them, that seems like a rather extreme course of action to take."

Kisaka now said "You can't deny what went down in Alaska eliminated eighty percent of ZAFT's fighting strength with one blow, to the people who planned this it was a logical conclusion and sacrificing unwanted forces was an added bonus."

At this point Anthony chose to speak and he said "I think you will find that it was not a sacrifice, but more of a purge of any who could oppose what they will do next."

All eyes in the room turned to Anthony, Mu as well as Murrue had to admit, the fact he knew all of this was sick.

But he was right, it would take care of any opposition the Atlantic Federation had up until that point.

Lord Uzumi did not say a word, no instead he just moved to turn on a TV so that all in the room could see what was being made of the situation.

A man by the name of C-Ris semann on the TV now said "To the last our defence forces fought heroically, the destruction of JOSH-A and the sorrow that accompanied that loss shall forever be marked in history as a day of infamy."

The whole that is now JOSH-A was shown on the screen and now images of injured as well as dying soldiers and civilians now came onto the screen.

"But despite this loss, we shall never submit to them, what right do the Co-ordinators to threaten the security of our skies, the sacrifice that was made was immense however."

"We must over come this great loss and confront our enemies where ever we may find them."

The images of people rioting over the gene manipulation was now shown as this was said.

"We mas gather our strength and fight against the arrogant Co-ordinators in order to protect the peace, the security and future of Earth!"

The image now showed soldiers all lining up to march off to war and now the people who were leading Earth.

It was war propaganda no doubt about it, it was sick.

To make matters worse Mu and Murrue had been told this by Anthony, or at least a variant of this in total.

Mu now said "I understand why it's happening, but it is sure tough to swallow."

Lord Uzumi now said "To go along with the tone of that, the Atlantic Federation has been increasing its political pressure on all the neutral nations."

Lord Uzumi now went on to say "They're being told any nation that doesn't join the alliance, will subsequently be considered an enemy nation."

It was sick, all this was a way to get more and more people into this war since they could not win it on their own.

Lord Uzumi now said "The nation of ORB is no exception."

Cagalli gave a frown and said "They just want to get their hands on ORBS power." It was now that Anthony cleared his throat and said "May I?"

Lord Uzumi gave him a nod so now Anthony said "I believe it is your Mass Driver, what ever that is, that they want to get their hands on the most."

It came as no surprise that the EA wanted this, but it was a surprise that Anthony knew this much already.

Lord Uzumi now got back on topic and said "I'm sure you're all aware of this, but our nation does not refuse entry to Co-ordinators, we are one of the few countries that will allow anyone to enter and reside within our borders as long as they honour the ideals and laws of our state."

That was fair for a nation, might not always work in practice, but it was fair enough for now.

Lord Uzumi now went on to say "We believe that no one should be judged whether or not his or her gene's have been engineered."

"The only thing a label such as Co-ordinators and Naturals do is create friction between people."

As her father had said this Cagalli turned to look at Kira, well only turned her head.

When Kira looked back at her she moved away from him slightly as if she did an act that she was not supposed to, Kira in turn just gave her a smile.

Lord Uzumi now turned to his daughter and said to all of them "Cagalli is a natural and Kira of course is a Co-ordinator."

Mu and Murrue now turned their heads to look at the pair as Lord Uzumi now said "These are facts, they have absolutely no control over."

With the spot light on her and Kira, Cagalli gave a rather deep blush that was rather unlike her wild as well as out going nature.

Kira now turned to Lord Uzumi, the smile still on his face as he said "You're right sir."

Lord Uzumi now said "I cannot support the policies of the Atlantic Federation, because it labels every Co-ordinator as evil and an enemy, insisting on attack them for that biased reason alone."

Lord Uzumi now asked "Who is really fighting whom and what is the real reason behind it."

Mu now said "But sir, I understand the point of what you're saying."

He now straightened up as he said "And excuse me for arguing, but isn't your position, kind of idealistic, those all sound like wonderful ideas, but Co-ordinators will continue to look down on Naturals and in turn Naturals will be jealous of Co-ordinators, that's just the way things are."

It was Anthony who replied to him and said "And that is why the war is still going to this day?"

Mu looked at Anthony, did the young man just tell him what he said was part of the problem at hand?

Lord Uzumi in turn said "I am aware of that, it goes without saying, that out nation has diffculty living up to this."

He now stood up and began to pace around the room as he said "But if we gave up on trying to improve are situation, then in the end we'd be left with no other choice but to eliminate each other, at that point it will be too late to do anything except reflect and regret what has passed."

Lord Uzumi was about to say some more but Anthony beat him to it "You don't expect all those who live here to bend knee, be silent and follow just because the rest of the world does so, do you?"

Lord Uzumi was a little shocked, but he did not show it, he was about to say word very similar to what Anthony had just said.

But no he chose to follow on from what Anthony had said instead of say them "From this point, you can choose your own path in life, I can understand if you still feel loyalty to those whose uniform you wear."

He now turned away as he saw both Mu and Murrue thinking about what he had just said.

"But you're all young and capable, make your decisions carefully, be sure to choose the future you truly desire, there's still time."

It was Kira who now spoke up and said "What's your view on this Lord Uzumi?"

Lord Uzumi in turn looked to Kira and saw that he was not the same boy who had come here once before or the same on who had lived here.

Lord Uzumi now gave a sigh as he now said to them "I believe we are entering a time, where I believe our swords can no longer be simply for display."

Anthony now said "That is true, I suggest that you get use to them, as well as find a way to improve on what you have."

Now it was Murrue who said "You know many things, that others do not, can you share with us what you think may or may not go down?"

Anthony now said "As a cadet out in the field, I could not possibly have access to such date, but if I did, one may say that ZAFT will be eager to take revenge for JOSH-A and attack a certain Mass Driver with e Gungnir to get rid of the new Mobile Suit Corps."

He now went on to say "With there Mass Driver gone and not wishing to take the beast head on, the eyes of the Atlantic Federation will turn here, they will likely ask your current Government to resign as well as make a few more demands that you will never comply with."

"With that done, they may invade your nation to try and if it does not go so well as they planned they may decided just to kill all of you rather than talk."

Kira looked Anthony now in the eyes and saw that Anthony was not bluffing about of this, all of it was true.

Cagalli now looked at Anthony as she now said to him "You're scary at time Anthony, you know that?"

Lord Uzumi now said "You called it a Gungnir, what is that exactly?"

Anthony just said "I do not have all there is to know about it and what I do have is like less than a line of text, but that line of text tells me that it is a EMP weapon meant to disable the Earth Alliances weapons and systems."

In reply to him Lord Uzumi said "That is a useful piece of text then isn't it."

Anthony gave a shrug "Still have no idea what EMP stands for, but I do know what it does so I guess that don't matter."

In a sense he was right, yes it did not matter what the name stood for as long as they all knew what it could do.

Mu now said "Um, will this all really come to pass like that?"

In reply to that Anthony just said "I do not know the dates, well not any more, but I do know that, it is the most likely if not the most recurring scenario that I have seen so far."

Mu gave him a slow nod and then said "Okay, so I guess it is the best we have to go on for now."

Lord Uzumi picked up on the fact that Mu had an idea of how Anthony knew all of this so he asked "Is there something you want to share with us, do you have an insight into all of this that Anthony does not have?"

Mu now turned to Anthony who just gave him a shrug that may mean just about anything, so Mu decided to just say "Well Anthony has a super computer in his suit as well as he can gather data while he is in it so, that may be how he gets all of this done.

It was not the whole truth and the fact was that even if Mu said all that he knew, it would never be the whole truth due to the fact that Anthony had seen their lives on T.V!

Lord Uzumi now said "So I take it this is from some of their plans you have been able to see that this is what will happen?"

Anthony in turn just said "I only said the worst possible scenario, if all that I said does not occur, then ORB will not fall, that or I am missing vital data that I can't get my hands on just yet."

All in the room took not that he said just yet at the end of that, which meant that he did have a way to gather some more data.

Lord Uzumi now asked "I take it, that the nature of this super computer is why you do not want any of us touching your suit?

The reply he got was "The world right now is about to be divided into 2 armed camps, with you caught in the middle, safe to say you have a lot on your plate."

He said no more and Lord Uzumi knew he was going to get nothing else from Anthony on his suit for now.

Archangel Officers lounge

Mu gave a very long sigh and then said "You know, I think am I starting to hate it that Anthony is almost if not always right."

Murrue in reply said to him "Hate is a very strong word Mu, I think if we had to learn at least one thing from all that was said today it is that."

Mu had to admit, she had a point, it was true, the fact that most of the world used the word hate so freely.

"It is as if we got born into the wrong era or at a thing like that."

Murrue gave a sigh and said "All of this has got so complex, it is as if, as if the entire world is now going down in a spiral."

Mu in reply said, that is not the way I'd put it but, you can say that again, not to mention that we are now caught between a rock and a hard place, man I got to say we got our foot stuck in it this time round."

Murrue gave him a nod "At least we're together."

As the words left her mouth she realised what it was she had let slip now turned a bright shade of red as she came to realise what she just said.

Mu did pick up on it, but decided he liked the way she blushed so he kept quiet and let her try to get herself out of the hole she was now in or rather watch her dig herself deeper.

Murrue was at a loss for words as she now managed to say "I mean the crew, yes all of the crew is here, well bar for 1, of us but most if us here."

Mu in reply to here and said "Well at least, I'm glad that we're here together, though I do get the feeling that there will be more problems for us now that we have really big choice to make."

He may or may not have been a tad misleading on purpose or was it that he had a different choice in mind when he said that.

Murrue tried to gain her composure back, but she failed "Mu La Flaga, we are officers of the Earth Alliance, we can't be seen acting like high school kids."

Mu gave a sigh and said "I know I know, but by that logic, we should go back and just show our necks to the Higher ups so they can execute us to cover up their secret."

Mu had a point, well usually he did, but not many people could see it most of the time.

In fact if people just saw him rather than spoke to him, they'd think him an up himself ass who thought he was the best.

Fact was in his field he was the best or at least had been, but in a way, he still had his pride that he was the Hawk of Endymion.

Though he did not feel pride for it as much as he did in the past, the nature of those who had given it to him was now in the open, their mask were off.

Mu now gave a sigh and moved to a more serious topic "If I had to say it out loud, it would seem that the group, Blue Cosmos is now in the high brass of the Atlantic Federation, if that is true, I am unable to see them taking us back in, not after our time with Kira Yamato nor after the fact that we did not die as they wanted us to."

They thought now about Captain Relta and the two Lieutenants Nu and Luymia, all of them were stuck on the Winston, due to the fact that they were all EA officers.

Unlike Mu and Murrue, the 3 of them were not asked to see Lord Uzumi at all, in fact right now they had been left out of the loop by them.

Mu now said "I guess one of us will have to inform Captain Relta of what went down, I can't say that I am looking forward to it."

We can do that together, but we would have to wait till ORB gave us the clear to contact them.

Mu now gave a nod and said "It is official, I hate all the extra bullshit that is in this war, dam it all, I just want to go and punch the person who caused that nuke to be launched in the face."

Murrue looked a him and said "You know, you are starting to sound a lot like Anthony when he is fed up with things?"

Mu froze and said "I sound like him, come on, I mean I am like 9 years older than him."

In reply to this Murrue gave him a smile and said "If you think about it as well as look past the act he puts on every now and again, Anthony is able to display a level of maturity that others are not, I say that he is definitely not 19."

Mu now thought back to when he said that he'd never thought he'd hear words of wisdom from a teen.

"Shit, I think you may be right and to make it worse, I've called him kid this entire time?"

Murrue gave a slight laugh at this "Of all the thing you had to think of, the worst thing was that you had called him kid."

Mu gave her a nod in reply as he said "Oh yes, you recall back when we like first met him, I said he looked 12, I think that is why he made fun of my name."

Murrue gave him a smile and said "If that is his revenge then you have already faced it Mu."

Mu in reply to her said "I am not sure if I want to go through it now that I know why he does it, it really make me feel as if I deserve all of it."

To reply to that Murrue just said "I can't say for sure, but perhaps you should stop calling him a child now?"

Mu gave her a wink and said "Only if you desire it, my Captain, I'll do whatever you ask me to do for you."

With Kira

Kira now had walked up to the MS Agito Zero, it was time he cleared up a few things, one of them was what Anthony was going to do next.

At first when he came to a stop and stared at the Ms Agito Zero there was no sign that Anthony had noticed him.

But then the eyes flashed and Kira chose to say "We need to talk, if you have time right now that would be great."

The eyes of the MS Agito Zero now faded as the cockpit opened and Anthony now got out of it and down to where he was. "So Kira Yamato, what can I do for you?"

Kira now asked "Anthony, I want to know why you are still here, why are you now in a fight that has nothing to do with you."

In reply to him Anthony said "If I did not help a friend out when I could, is that not the same as betraying them?"

Anthony had a point and Kira knew it, it was the same in many ways and it was natural for Anthony to see it that way.

"Anthony we spoke to her, what she said, it is, it is not what any of us had expected, are you sure you can still fight, even you said this isn't your war."

Anthony now said "You make a good point Kira, but as reason or logic had any place in war ever Kira, if it did, I am yet to see it."

Anthony now looked into Kira's eyes as he said "I chose to be here, it is my choice to fight and if I am to die, then it was my own choice to allow myself to be there to do so."

Even he saw that he did not say that right so he said "If I die Kira, it was my own choice to fight so it was my own fault that I died, had I not been there I would be alive."

Anthony now gave a pause then said "Kira I can fight."

"I am ready to fight, I will not kill for I do not wish to unless there is no other choice, I fight for I am ready to be attacked, the I can say that the only ones who should shoot are those who are ready to be shot for it."

Kira could see that there was an almost apathetic look in the eyes of his friend as if he did not care for any of it any more.

"Wait what about your plan to try and put down Blue Cosmos, did you give up on all of it?"

In reply to that Anthony said "I have not given up on it, but this is life move forward or be swept in its current."

Kira now said "That is, that is not true, we can move in any direction we want to."

With a sigh Anthony said "That was not what I meant, what I meant was you have to move on from what you have lost Kira, I have done so already and am prepared to walk the path I have chosen, as are you, I will not bar your path, do not do the same to mine."

Kira in reply just told him "She said that you were fragile deep down and all of this, it hurt you, so when you are hurt by those you did not expect to, you leave them."

In reply to that Anthony said "Is that not the same for all of us, we are all human and it is natural for us not to like pain Kira, the pain I have felt I do not wish to feel it once more do not speak of her or use her to speak to me, do not make me think any less of you that I already do."

Kira gave a blink and now he lowered his eyes "So, so you still hold that against us and me, I'm sorry that I did not speak up when I should have, Anthony I did not mean for things to go that way."

All he got in reply was "I know you did not, but it is how it is, trust is not so easily mended once you have broken it and at this point in time, I am ready to do what I have to do, do not get in my way."

Kira in turn said "I'm trying to help you here."

To his surprise Anthony said "They way you helped me up there, the way you kept silent, I wish you would do it now, they say your real friends will know when you are hurt, you clearly did not, leave me be, I have no more to say to you."

With that Anthony got back into his suit and closed off the cockpit, he also muted the noise outside so he did not have to hear Kira if the young man chose to say any more to him."

Kira closed his eyes and clenched his fists, he was not angry with Anthony, all that had been said was true.

He knew it was his failing, had he only told Lacus to stop had he gone to get Anthony before he had a good lead on him, it was a what if scenario.

"Damn, if only I had seen it, if only I had acted all of this, it would not, be like this."

To top it off, Tolle was alive and it was due to Anthony and his suit that he was to say Kira felt like shit because of it would be putting it likely.

But he also knew that there was a bit of hope in it all Anthony had said that his trust would not be so easily mended, he did not say that it was never going to be mended.

Kira was sure now that Anthony was still in pain and that he was fragile, but he was also unsure about how Anthony kept it all together, how did he smile laugh and make jokes as well as be able to fight if he was fragile like Ayu had said he was.

Was she wrong or was there more at work here than Kira knew, did Anthony have a secret that hurt him, a secret he could not share with them.

Okay why did I put that last part in, as well as the part it Mirriallia in? Well it is to show that Anthony is human and does have emotions that all of us should be feeling. He can empathise with others as well as argue and disagree. Why do I have him with a strained relationship with Kira, well Kira is fond of Lacus and well, Anthony right now is not. Also Anthony does feel hurt that Kira did not speak up for him back at the PLANTS and it has not been too long since then. I'll let some more time pass before they go back to what they used to be. But now just yet, I do need some tension and well since it is ORB, Athrun will not be too happy to learn who the pilot of the Agito Zero is, after all he got his ass handed by that suit along with his squad quite a few times. Right now the only reason why Anthony is on the same ship as Kira is that Anthony wants to be at the battle of ORB and to beat the Extends.

Also it is the 24/12/2015 11:25 am when I am updating this where I am.

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