DISCLAIMERS/NOTES:Go look at the past chapters. It's all there.
A/N:Dudes/Dudettes, Athrun and Cagalli NEVER separated! They never specified that they did. Besides, Athrun said that they didn't have to take it so fast and that he would wait for her before they left to space. Also, they have a pic of the official couples and they were KxL, AxC, and SxL. Although I prefer Shinn and Stellar than with Luna. She's too old for him.
REVIEWS
AsuCagafan (chap.14-15): Yes! YES!! -screams- Isn't that exciting?! AWW! I cry too when a really good story comes to an end. And THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for reviewing all this time since i started and for commenting on my story being the greatest. You have no idea how much that means to me... Yes, Dullandal is UGLY! I have no idea wht Talia saw in him. GROSS! He's like a walking corpse or ugliness... Rey die in the end? Hmmm... read and find out! LOL! I don't really like good characters dying, but when i have to write that in, i have to. He is cute though. LOL!... Yep! Ur the only person who noticed it was from Yu-Gi-Oh! I think 'Necrophades' sounds really cool and great for the story! Thank you again for reviewing since the beginning of the story! -muah-
i love hershey (chap.14-15): HEHE! I'd punch the doctor too! Yep! The hideously screwed up Jona is finally dead! I was trying to make him have the most brutal death ever! I thank you for waiting for the next chapters. I hope these chapters are worth your wild and wait.
Stephanie Jelly: AWWW! Ur name is cute! I went to change the places where it hit. Thank you for letting me know! You saved me from people who would nag me about the accuracy. I love Escaflowne! Folken is sooo cute!! Kira is very protective over Cagalli. Especially since she's the only live and only related family member he has.
Hades.Throne.Heiress: HAHA! I got the Georgie Porgie thing from God Child. I thought it would be cool to show how demented Dullandal is.
GK-Hayabusa (chap.14-15): Yeah, to be honest, i didn't want Meer to die in the fic but it was essential for my storyline. Yep! The gamma rays is exactly like the G.E.N.E.S.I.S. only deadlier. OoO HEHE! I've been dying to write that Cags gets pregnant with Athrun. It's destined for them! Omg! I can see little junior now running around! KAWAII!!... Hey, when a man gets his first time, they always want more. LOL!... I was trying to make the fic sound realistic with the battle since my aim was to rewrite DESTINY's storyline my way. If only the writers and producers read my fic. Maybe they wouldn't have screwed up the show.
566bravo (chap. 7): Oh really? Damn! I knew Fllay's father was something else!... Not kidding you buddy, it's true! I can't believe they did that too! Such a god damn waste! That's what's wrong with industries now adays. They're suppose to give the consumers what they want. Not give them what's crap and a complete waste of time and money to make. For god sakes Cagalli is like the GRAND HEROINE in the story! Stupid people. I agree with you 100 percent! They are fcuked up!
phoenixblaze07: AHHHH!! I'm' screaming with you!! It was good and suspenseful wasn't it?! For me, it was like i was watching the actual events happening in the show! If only they read my fic. LOL! ... Ur question is answered...NOW!: Meyrin and Luna felt jealous cause they're not experiencing or more like getting any kind of love and care like Shinn and Stellar have.
girlsniper: Thank you!! You know what girl, go and write FF! Trust me, it feels sooo good to voice out on what you think should happen on shows or what you think would be cool for the characters! Don't let your sibs get to you. I ignore mines and although my stupid little bro still laughs at me about it, i try to hold it in and continue on on what i want to do. I started writing FF secretly. I always have ideas in my mind that forms the moment i watch an anime. Once again, who cares what they think! Only me and my best friend read FF. We don't care and we love what we do! You should do the same! I'm throwing at you my two big thumbs up!
HaroTaro: OMG! I rely on fics to make up to the disappointing ending they did for AsuCaga. I've been reading and i think only AsuCaga fics since! OoO! I'm soooo happy that I've wrote what you wanted to see on the show. I believe that this is how the show should've went. I thank you sooo much! Omg! It feels sooo good to hear that from you! You know what's dumb? They do a crap ass ending for GSD, but then they bring out official pictures of the couple. Like WTH?! Why screw the ending and then bring pics out of those two after? Might as well make a better ending! Maybe they're using the suppose "movie" to make up for it after realising they angered the fans. And i just have no freaking idea on how the hell people came up with AsuMey. Like HELL NO! They don't even look right!... Vampire Knight is sooo good! I think the graphics look movie like and scary. LOL! I love it! The opening title was long. And u noe what?! The artist are twins too just like Zero and Ichiru!! Have you read the recent chapters?! I can't believe Kaname and Yuuki are ..incest! Gross! I want Zero with Yuuki! OMG! I cried when Ichiru died! ToT Now he's finally at peace at least. I just love VK!!
ACysDMkl: I was laughing at the doctor part too! It seems that everyone loves that part.
MixedBeautyNDanger: Well, Kira only did all that because he was angry. I would've done that too if i was that angry. I mean, Cagalli is his ONLY family member alive. It's not a surprise for Kira to be extremely protective of his sister. And sometimes, Lacus has to loosen up too. Yep! True that Kira is slow in the relationship with Lacus. I'll say what i said to another reviewer. Echem..."When a man gets his first time, they will always want more." LOL! Athrun is a pervy boy. I think he hangs with Dearka too much! LOL! Yzak is just putting up a front. Dearka is just too damn funny! Hmmm... Rey and Luna... there might be something... hint hint... nudge nudge... ;)
orb90: Hey! Cags is the first woman to be pregnant in space on a ship! Kira is slow in his relationship with Lacus but they somehow show more affection for each other. No kissing like Athrun and Cags, but definately more affection... Everyone loves the doctor part! I'm sooo glad i wrote that in there! HAHAHAH! It makes me laugh sooo much to hear you voice out a !(#!! and say that you feel good after that. It does feel good saying all that! LOL!
SacredBlade (chap.14-15): Jona ALWAYS dies in my fics. LOL! I hate him! He's sooo ugly and so is his family! You see his mother? GROSS! Alot is happening at this point of the story. The only time i thought Dullandal was funny was the last part as well! HEHEH!
Asucagafans: Thank you sooo much! I'm glad that my story grabbed your attention. I definately agree with you that my fic is a must read for all of those AsuCaga fans out there who are still in angst over the crap ending they did. To be honest, i didn't really intend to throw in comedy but it just somehow happened. It's cause of Dearka! LOL! The website you gave me isn't complete. I think FF blocks that. How about you email it or try to PM me about it? I would love to join the website!
shiloah18: My goodness! You review was sooo long! I'm going to compress everything to what you wrote with a response like this: LOL!! I LOVE YOU!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCHO!! And my gosh! All what you wrote made me laugh at what i wrote! They could've used a coffin, but they're in space and i don't think they could go get a coffin out of the blue. And the part where you said "all they did was bird watching." That was soo funny! Cags in EA or PLANTS uniform looks really good on her! I think Athrun would think she's hot and sexy in it. Athrun is a dog! He wants to let everyone know that Cagalli is his and his only and nobody can touch her except for him. I would have to say that he's being greedy. Well, Kira is portrayed as a dummy in SEED CLUB. I think it's sooo funny that Athrun helps Kira when they're kids. Now Kira helps Athrun when they're grown-ups! I'm glad my fic brightens your day all the time! Hope you like these chapters!
thesoulofthegreatbell (chap.14): Kira is the loveable and overly protective brother. Just like my little bro. He doesn't like it when these guys check me out in a weird way. Little bro always tells me to watch myself and gives off bad vibes of "Don't mess with my sister!"... You're welcome! And i hope that these chapters could make up for the long wait.
Cuteface: HEHE! I'm glad it's breath taking! It was suppose to be! LOL!
DarkestAngel19871: I can read any manga i want! Tee-Hee!! I'm glad you love my fic. If you like Meyrin then that's totally cool with me. I'm more down for Asucaga! WAHOO!!
InOcEnT-schoolgirl: Thank you! And it is totally ORIGINAL! My own idea so NO ONE ELSE TAKE IT! -growls with fury- Thank you! My English teacher always say my writing is crap but i don't think they know what they're talking about. LOL! I hope these new chapters would make you excited to your toes!
nequam-tenshi (chap.11/15): Hmmm... to be honest. I don't think there's anything wrong with that scene being in the 'T' rated section. There are many scenes like that in alot of rated 'T' shows/stories/blablablabla. I only see rated 'M' as a very descriptive thing on those scene. Mines aren't really that dirty. It was just suggestive and there's no problem with that. ... I know you're not rude. At least don't think you're not. But i am only human and can only do so much. I do have a life other than my alter ego. But i'm glad to see that you're giving me a push and telling me to get my a ss on writing! That's what i need to get my work done! Tee-Hee!
Mage666 (chap.14-15): I didn't want to kill off Meer but i had too. I can't believe it either! That bitchin author really blew my head off. I blocked the bitch and forbade her and her sister to do anything with me. Stupid whore! ARGH!... Writing the action in it was really hard. But i'm glad you loved it. I wanted all of you to get the feel as if it was actually happening in the show. Sometimes i picture myself in it. It's crazy!...And to finish what we were talking about previously. My school is a typical CANADIAN High School with a little hint of Americanism in it. I would have to say that our school is full of discrimination by status, intelligence, and nationality. It's sooo stupid. I left the "in crowd" group cause I just couldn't bare the sight of them looking down and bullying others. I gave everything up to help, who is now, my best friend. She had a hard and horrid life. Some say that I shouldn't have given everything up for her. But if it meant to help someone who was suicidal and bring her happiness, then I don't care. I'm willing to make sacrifices for people who just want someone to care and acknowledge them. CANADA IS NOT WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE! Including me, my whole school is just full of asian people, more Chinese though. We were nicknamed the "Chinese and Asian" school. What's sad is that even though we had many asians around, i still can't speak or barely understand my own language. LOL! All that chinese school from grade 1 to 11 wasted down the drain. That's cause in my schools, no one spoke chinese at all so i never used the language. I don't even speak at home... You're not the only one. Someone told me to join an "Athrun's Mey and Cagalli" and "AsuMey" and "Athrun's girls" group. I was like WTF?! I only join AsuCaga and that's it. Man, people are dumb!
oOoO Inner Beauty of Destruction oOoO
oOo Chapter Sixteen oOo
OoO (originally this is suppose to be a really long chapter, but I split it up to two chapters. Fanfiction won't let me underline the titles! ARGH!) OoO
The battle with Lord Djibril was finally over and everyone cheered with joy. The Earth Alliances weapon of mass destruction, REQUIEM, was finally brought down and as of now, the JOULE team is deactivating whatever energy remnants and source of threat the Requiem still has within its rings.
It took a while to get back to the Minerva and Archangel as they were so far out in space when they were battling with the Necrophades. After what seemed like hours, they finally docked into their ships.
Engineers and Murdock awaited them after they landed. Kira was the first to come out and floated to where Athrun was with Murdock while the crew was checking on their gundams to assess the damage they sustained as well as the ship.
"Athrun!" Athrun turned towards the direction of Kira's voice and placed a hand on his shoulder to steady him. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"You guys!"
They all turned to the sound of that voice and it was Miriallia and it seemed like she was distressed by the look on her face. They steadied her and told her to calm down as she was catching her breath.
"Miriallia, what's wrong? Are you hurt?"
"No…Not me. I'm fine."
"What?"
"It's Cagalli." Athrun and Kira's face morphed into a concerned and worried one. "She fainted right after Yzak and his team destroyed the ring."
"What?!" Athrun exclaimed almost immediately after Miriallia told them what happened.
"Come on! Let's go! She's in her room! Lacus' with her!" Miriallia shouted as she went to the door from where she came from. Athrun soon followed.
"I'll take care of things here. You go on ahead."
"Thanks Murdock."
Kira joined Athrun and Miriallia in the hallway as they were running really fast to Athrun and Cagalli's shared room. Athrun was so intensely worried for his dearly beloved that he used all his strength to run as fast as he could to their room, passing Miriallia. Kira and Miriallia caught up with Athrun as best as they could. Kira could've easily caught up but he didn't want to leave Miriallia behind.
They finally made it to where Cagalli was and Athrun punched in the numbers so fast that the computer almost couldn't read it but it opened. They entered the room and they saw Lacus and the Doctor with Cagalli. Lacus held onto one of Cagalli's hands. The Doctor flipped through his charts, wrote something in it and placed the chart under his arm and was about to make his way out when he encountered two scary looking males.
Athrun passed the Doctor before he could even breathe out his gasped air. Athrun sat down on the chair hastily and held onto Cagalli's other hand. He immediately demanded an answer. "What happened?! How is she?!"
The Doctor took a breath to recover from his shock at the sight of Kira and Athrun's expression. He cleared his throat and explained. "She's just fine. The Princess just fainted from stress. I have to say, she should not be under so much stress, especially in her condition. It's not good for the baby or for herself. She has different genes as you all may know and we still do not know what her type of genes can or cannot adapt to. You all must take very good care of her. I don't know what will happen to her or the baby if she were to be placed under a huge amount of stress again."
Kira sighed, "We understand. Thank you Doctor."
The Doctor nodded his head. "You are welcome. I suggest she gets lots of rest and proper eating. I can tell she hasn't been eating a lot lately. She's not only feeding herself you know? The baby needs to eat too."
"We understand."
The Doctor was half way out the door and before he left, he turned and looked at Kira and Athrun. "And I'll be seeing you two later," and out he went.
The people in the room were confused by that but let it pass. Their concerns were now on Cagalli.
Kira took a seat beside Lacus and Miriallia wanted to stay but the crew needed her so she told them to tell Cagalli that she was here. Kira rest assured that he would.
Kira placed his hands on top of Lacus and Cagalli's and gave a little squeeze. Kira hugged Lacus with his other free hand as she rested her head on his shoulder. They glanced at Athrun and couldn't help but feel for him. His face was full of worry and it seemed like he was going to cry.
Kira called on Athrun and Athrun slightly turned his head to him, enough to see his face. "Athrun… She's going to be fine. She's gone through worst than this."
" I know…But what about my baby?"
Lacus smiled at him. "It's okay Athrun. I can feel that it's just fine. They both just need some rest."
Athrun smiled at her and turned his attention back to the sleeping Princess. He kissed the back of her hand and entwined it with his. Holding her for dear life as if she was going to leave him.
An hour went by and Cagalli started to stir and that caught everyone's attention. She blinked a few times adjusting to the dimmed lights in her room. Her eyes were finally in perfect focus and she looked around and found herself on a bed, again, with Kira, Lacus and Athrun beside her.
Athrun stood up and brushed a bang away from her eyes and asked in a flash, "Cagalli! Are you alright?!"
Cagalli breathed calmly first and said, "…I had a dream."
The three looked at each other with confusion.
"What did you dream about, Cagalli?" Lacus asked serenely.
Cagalli kept looking at the ceiling and took a moment before she spoke. "I…I saw them. I saw all of them. They were talking with me."
Kira was beginning to be concerned that his sister had somehow lost it. But he didn't want to jump to conclusions yet until he hears what she had to say. "Who, Cagalli? Who were you talking too?"
"…our parents and friends."
Each eyeball in the room went wide and Kira's mouth dropped to the floor. None said a word and Cagalli continued to speak in her calmed state.
"They're happy. All of them." Cagalli turned her head to Athrun and smiled at him as she told him, "Your mother is very beautiful."
Athrun began to have tears in his eyes as he whispered, "…Cagalli."
She turned to face Lacus next and said, "As yours too Lacus."
Lacus had tears in her eyes and it fell as she too whispered Cagalli's name.
Cagalli closed her eyes as she moved her head back to face the ceiling. She spoke as she rested her eyes. "All our parents were there and our friends that we lost."
…CAGALLI'S DREAM…
"Where am I?"
"Cagalli…"
"Hmmm? Who's calling me?"
"Cagalli! Over here!"
Cagalli ran to the direction of the voice and she came upon a field of flowers and she saw a woman standing in the middle of the field. She ran towards her and stopped a meter from her.
"Who are you?"
The woman turned around slowly revealing an image that only Cagalli saw on a photograph and never thought she would never meet until the day she dies.
"Oh my god…" The woman smiled serenely at her and held out her hand. Cagalli ran towards the brown-haired woman and flew into her arms. "MOTHER!"
The woman smiled as she hugged Cagalli. "Cagalli…my dear daughter."
"Mother! I missed you so much!" Cagalli cried. Even when she didn't really know her mom, for some reason, she felt as if her mom had always been there for her and as if her mom had raised her.
Via stroked her daughter's bright blond hair and cooed her. "I miss you too, Cagalli."
"Am I dead?"
Via giggled and faced Cagalli. "No my dear. Do you think you are dead?"
"Ummm… no."
"Then you are not dead."
"If I'm not dead, then where am I?"
"Your dreams."
"I'm in my dreams?"
"Yes, you are."
Cagalli observed her surroundings for a while. The environment around her was so peaceful and it felt so good. The light breeze that danced in the air blew around her and Cagalli felt like she could fly. She suddenly felt someone take her hand and dragging her somewhere.
"Come, I want you to meet some people."
Cagalli didn't say a word and just followed her mother past the fields. They had a short walk and came upon a large house. They walked up to the door and Via opened it and Cagalli walked in behind her.
"This way." Cagalli followed her mother into a large room and she gasped at the sight.
"Oh my god."
Not only was the living room huge and decorated with a lot of nice things. It was occupied with a lot of people. People that she never thought she would ever see again. She gazed around with tears in her eyes. Ahmed, Asagi, Aisha, Sting, Auel, Fllay, Tolle, Lieutenant Badgirel,her other friends she made in the past and even Meer was there. They were all talking amongst themselves and laughing. They were happy.
She recognized some of the older ones with the similarity of her friends' image in them. "Dearka's parents, Yzak's father…" She then saw a little girl who looked like someone she knew. The girl was laughing with her parents. The similarity then hit her. "…that must be Asuka's little sister." As her eyes were scanning the room, she came across someone she dearly loved and was for sure would never, ever see again in her lifetime. Cagalli ran towards him.
"FATHER!"
Uzumi turned around and almost fell backwards when Cagalli lunged at him for a hug. He placed a hand on her head and hugged her. "Hello to you to Cagalli."
"Oh father… you're alive."
"Well, not really. I'm alive only in your dreams."
"I don't know if I should feel jealous or not."
They turned towards a man. Cagalli tried to study who he was but couldn't put a finger on him at all. She noticed that her mother was beside him and was holding his hand in hers.
Uzumi nodded at her and introduced the man to her. "Cagalli, this is Ulen Hibiki, your biological father."
Cagalli was speechless. I mean like, who wouldn't?! This was the very man who perfected the Coordinator race. And not only that, he was the one who went mad and destroyed countless lives while trying to make the Ultimate Coordinator. Cagalli didn't know what to think of him. She didn't know if she should hate him or not.
Via broke through her train of thoughts. "Cagalli, I know exactly what you are thinking. Please, sit down."
The people in the room all took a seat while Cagalli sat on a couch beside Uzumi and her biological parents sat across from them.
"Cagalli, I know how you're thinking about your father but listen to me. He didn't mean to do what he did." Cagalli looked up at Uzumi. "He is a different person now."
"Different? Are you sure? How can HE be different?! He killed many innocent lives over some stupid experiment!"
Ulen looked down while Via placed a hand on his. She looked at Cagalli and spoke. "Cagalli, he might have done terrible things when he was alive but he has changed. Don't forget that I too was part of that project."
Cagalli looked angrily at Ulen. Ulen took all the courage he had and faced her. "Cagalli, my dear daughter, I know what I've done and I've paid the price for it. I didn't realize what I was doing until I was dead. I didn't know how much I've hurt your mother until I passed. I know it'll take a while for you to forgive me, but I hope someday you will. I am truly sorry. Please forgive me."
Cagalli stared down at him for a while and then as quick as it happened, she replaced her angry face with a smile. "…sigh… I know you didn't mean too. You were just so caught up with your head that you lost it. I understand. Really, I do. But I have to say, your experiment product is a huge pain in the ass."
Her parents chuckled. They both thought how amazing it was that someone so hot-headed could easily forgive someone. Even with the most inhumane sin they've committed, their daughter still forgave them. She was just like Lacus. Both a princess sent from the heavens. "Yes… well… how is our son, Kira? I see he's found himself a fine lady."
"Don't you already know since you guys can see from above? Even if he's a kind-hearted, gentle person, he's a total cry baby and a shy boy."
Ulen looked at Via, "It looks like he took after you."
Via slapped him playfully, "I do not cry like a baby nor am I shy. Besides, I think our daughter's feistiness and fire came from you."
"Guilty. But she has your face and touch, as do Kira. Both had inherited our genes equally." Via blushed as she smiled and Ulen chuckled at her.
"Uhhh… can you guys not talk about me in front of myself. It's weird."
Just then Uzumi got all their attention back. "I'm really happy for your reunion but we can't keep her here for long."
"That's right."
Cagalli held a confused look and looked at everyone in the room and recognized a lot of them. "Mister Zala? Mister Clyne?"
They locked their eyes with Cagalli's and she felt a little scared of Patrick cause of the last war. But in the same time, he held a different face. It was more gentle and serene. Then two ladies stood by the men's side and they looked quite familiar to Cagalli somehow.
One of them came forward to Cagalli, held out her hand and introduced herself. "Hello, my name is Lenore Zala. It's a pleasure to finally meet you."
Cagalli's eyes widened as she whispered, "…Athrun's mother."
Then the other woman came forward and introduced herself. "And I am Emeline Clyne. Pleasure to meet you."
"…Lacus' mother."
"Cagalli, I'm sure you know who they are by now. But there isn't much time right now."
"What?"
"Cagalli, you're here for a reason. You needed guidance, am I right?" Cagalli didn't say anything. "You were so full of confusion, guilt and didn't feel you could do anything. You got yourself into a real bad mess. You were crying out for help." Cagalli didn't move a muscle and Via walked over and embraced her. "We brought you here to relieve you."
Ulen came over and embraced Cagalli too. "The war is still going on."
"How?…How do I stop it?"
"With the help of your friends." She looked at Ulen with confusion. "You and your friends can help bring this war to an end. You all need to help each other. That bond that you all share together is the key to end it all."
"That doesn't make sense. We are helping each other. How do we stop it by helping each other in what way? How do we stop future wars and everything else?"
"You will know. Follow your heart and you will know how to battle those conflicts. But it's time for you to wake up now."
"Wait! I still have so many things to ask!"
"You can tell us later."
"But how?"
"In your dreams, Cagalli. We all might not be there in person, but we're always in your dreams." Cagalli's tears began spilling out her eyes.
Ulen and Via stared at their daughter. "How about giving us one more hug before you go?" Cagalli looked up with tears still in her eyes and smiled. She embraced them with so much love as her parents placed a kiss on her head. "I'm so proud of you, Cagalli. You and your brother. You'll all have a great future. Don't be reckless though." She turned to Uzumi and gave him a loving hug too. Uzumi placed a kiss on her head.
"I love you guys."
They smiled at her. And just before she was going to make herself wake up, Via stopped her for a second and Cagalli gave a confused expression.
"One more thing." Via kissed her daughter's forehead. "Take really good care of our grandchild." Cagalli blushed really hard. She then went up to Lenore and Patrick and without a thought, embraced them lovingly as well. They returned the hug.
"Take care of my son. And… tell him I'm sorry I couldn't be a better father and that I'm very proud of him. Please forgive me for what I've done."
"You are a great father Mister Zala. And you can tell him that in HIS dreams, but I'll tell him anyways. Also, you're already forgiven. If you weren't forgiven, then you wouldn't be in this place. Right?" Patrick smiled at her.
"Oh! I can't wait to see what our grandchild looks like! Still, I didn't think my son would be a father so soon. I thought he was a gentle boy."
"He's not what you think he is Misses Zala."
"Oh! Call me mom. You're our daughter-in-law now." Lenore smiled lovingly at Cagalli and she returned it. "Can you also tell my son to stop being a worry wart? I didn't raise a son to be so worried over every little thing."
"And I thought I made him into a better man by being tough on him. Guess it didn't work. He's such a softy."
Cagalli giggled. " Sure thing…Okay, I guess it's time to wake up. Oh yeah, one more thing." She walked up to Lacus' parents and hugged them. "I'll give Lacus a hug from you two."
They smiled at her. "Please tell her that we love her so very much. And what a fine gentleman she has found."
"I will."
"WAIT!" Dearka's parents walked towards her. "I just have to ask this…" Cagalli looked confused. "Whose hair is better? Mines? Or my son's?"
Cagalli almost laughed really hard. "Now I know where he got that from… I would say both."
"Damn, I gotta work on my doo." He received a smack from Yzak's father.
Cagalli chuckled and so did everyone else. "Like father like son."
"Cagalli, look after Stellar for us." Cagalli faced Sting and Auel. She smiled at them and gave them a thumbs up. "Absolutely!"
"Cagalli…" Cagalli turned around and Meer approached her. "…I..I just want to say…Thank you."
Cagalli smiled sweetly at her. "You don't have to thank me for anything. I'm just glad that you're happy and free now. By the way, you look really beautiful."
Meer blushed at the comment. Her image wasn't the same as Lacus' anymore. She was back to her original self but totally revamped and looked so much better than what she was. She still had Lacus' singing voice though.
"SEE YOU ALL LATER!"
… END OF CAGALLI'S DREAM…
The three present in the room with her were completely speechless. Tears streaming, silence in the air and a whole lot of mixed emotions rose.
Cagalli's eyes were closed as tears streamed the sides of her eyes as she finished telling them her dream. Her hand still enclosed within Athrun's as he let out a silent cry.
Kira stayed silent as Lacus quietly cried into his chest. He didn't know what to think. Was what Cagalli said true? Did the faint cufuddled her head? No…of course it's true. If it wasn't true, how did Cagalli know the name of Lacus' mother? Cagalli would never say anything stupid. And dreams are a powerful thing. They say that when you fall asleep, your soul comes out of your body and you travel through places and time. Your adventures, also known as your dreams, would sometimes be out of the ordinary or sometimes ordinary. The ordinary is what is known as the future. Sometimes these dreams come true and sometimes it doesn't. When it's time to go back, your soul finds its way to you and gently goes back into your body just before you wake. That's why it's so very important not to deface someone when they're asleep, either wise that person would not wake up cause the soul doesn't recognize it's own body that it a floated from. (A/N: In my culture, that's what we believe. And I am VERY superstitious.)
Breaking the silence, Kira caressed Lacus' cheek and spoke, "Don't cry anymore." Athrun and Cagalli turned their attention to Kira. "There will be no more tears to shed. Cagalli had this dream for a reason. Our parents and friends are counting on us to end this war. They said that our bond is the key, right? Then let's use it and end this war."
Lacus' smiled. "Kira's right. We don't have time to cry. The people needs us."
Cagalli nodded and she tiredly sat up with the help of Athrun and let out a huge sigh. They all looked at her and couldn't help but feel for her. She looked so exhausted and yet she still tries to help.
"Cagalli, you need to rest. I'll go get you something to eat and drink at the cafetaria."
"Thanks. Oh! And can you get me something warm for my tummy. I think the baby is getting cold."
They all couldn't help but awe at her comment. It was soooo unlike her to act like that and they all took the moment to savor it.
Athrun couldn't help but make a face at her. "You're not going soft on us are you?"
A fist landed on his arm as fast as he said his words and Athrun winced in pain. Lacus and Kira both had a wide-eyed look.
"What you say, Zala?"
Athrun squeaked, "…nothing."
"I thought so…" Cagalli then noticed that Athrun seemed to be in a great deal of pain. It made her worry that a punch from her could've hurt him really bad. "Athrun… are you okay? It wasn't that hard was it? What's wrong?"
"I don't know, but it's killing me."
Suddenly Lacus sprung from her chair. "Oh! That's what the Doctor meant. You two were both in space and the pressure in space and within the cockpit makes your body a little more sensitive than usual. You're supposed to get treatment every time you come back from space." (A/N: Learned that in Science. Except that, if you don't do it the moment after you land, you could die. Just like scuba diving. It's about difference in pressure.)
Everyone was struck with the realization. And just as they mentioned it, the Doctor walked in.
"Oh! Miss Cagalli, I see you're awake." Cagalli nodded and thanked him for treating her. The doctor looked at Athrun and Kira and frowned at them. The two looked confused and the doctor then pointed at the door and gave them a demanding low tone. "Treatment room. NOW!"
The two best friends nodded with fear. They may be Coordinators but as always, the elders are scary. They were just about to walk out when they both turned around and asked, "But, what about you two?"
Cagalli smiled at them, "Lacus and I are going to have a woman to woman talk. Now go or I'll make you cry." The two boys nodded and left with the Doctor. Cagalli faced Lacus and they both said in unison, "Men!"
…Yzak's Office…
"So it seems the Princess fainted."
"Duh, she IS carrying a child."
"Oh Yzak! You know about motherhood?"
A pen was thrown towards Dearka and he barely dodged it.
"Shut up. We got more important matters to deal with."
"Yeah, no kidding. The Chairman's followers took possession of the Requiem and its rings. He's even having it repaired. I have a bad feeling about this."
"He used us to defeat Djibril just so he could take the Requiem. Damnit!" Shiho placed a hand on Yzak's shoulder. Yzak looked at her with caring eyes not forgetting that she was almost killed.
Dearka took note of this moment and tried really hard not to make a comment or a face. He struggled to hold his lips together as he noticed that Yzak was giving him a glare.
"..Echem…Uhhh… Anyways, what are we going to do now?"
"I…I don't know."
Dearka tried not to diss Yzak so he kept to himself. "Did you contact the Archangel yet?"
"Just did. They're as stuck as us. We're going to have to keep our eyes on him and see what he wants with it. Although I have a pretty good idea on what he's going to do. He gave a complete bullshit story to the people that he's examining how advanced and what the Earth Alliances' technology knowledge is."
"He's going to blast it isn't he?"
Yzak sighed with hopelessness, "It seems so."
"We can't just sit here!"
"You don't think I know that! I want to bust his ass up as much as you do!"
Again Dearka tried hard not to make a joke of that statement. "I don't know about you, but I think it's best that we infiltrate his borders and stop him for whatever he's doing before anymore lives are going to be lost."
For once in all of Yzak's years of knowing Dearka, Yzak completely agreed with him. Completely meaning one hundred percent. "I never thought of the day that I'll be saying this but, Dearka… you're right. Let's get him instead of waiting for him to make a move."
That was it. The sanity that Dearka tried really hard to keep within was broken. "AHAHAHAHHAHAHHA! I can't believe you said that! OHHHH!! I never thought I see this day!"
Yzak gripped his hand into a fist. "Shiho! Contact the Archangel and tell them that we're going to go after the Chairman before he starts anything with the Requiem!"
"Yes sir!"
The moment Shiho left, a scream of shriek and anger noised within the office.
"DEARKA! YOU'RE DEAD!"
"JOULEY CALM DOWN!" laughed Dearka, pushing Yzak to the edge of murder.
"ELSMAN!"
…Three days later…
"Chairman! The repairs are fully complete!"
"Excellent." Dullandal grinned evilly as he gazed at the monitor. "How about we try this little toy out, hmm?"
"Whatever your orders, Sir!"
"Okay….how about there?" Dullandal touched the monitor screen and a section was highlighted.
"Ch..Chairman….are you sure?"
"Positive."
"B…B..But sir, there will no more Ear-"
"Do it!"
"…yes sir"
Just then a face came within view. "Chairman! The Archangel and Team Joule are heading towards us!"
"So they want to come and play huh? Well, by all means go right ahead. Maybe we can get them to join the party over there too. Hehehe… Get me the Minerva!"
It took a couple minutes and Talia's face appeared on the screen.
"Talia… how are your crew and ship?"
"It's just fine."
"That's great…. The Archangel and Team Joule are heading towards my territory. It seems that Team Joule have sided with the enemy. Do whatever it takes."
"Yes, Chairman."
Dullandal smiled serenely at her. "I knew you would never betray me."
Talia looked away and lowly replied, "Gil… of course I wouldn't." Dullandal smiled at her. "Over and out!" The screen went blank.
…Minerva…
"Captain… what do we do?"
"We go according to the plan. Don't let him know that we're fighting against him and only disarm the gundams. Try to spare the pilots. Also, when you get the chance, try to destroy the Requiem and make it look as if it was an accident. Got it?"
"YES MAAM!"
"He doesn't know that we know, from the information we got from the Archangel, that he's using the Requiem to destroy a colony. He's more or likely going to aim at Orb so don't screw up!"
"YES MAAM!"
"Dullandal… what the hell happened to you?"
…Archangel…
"Alright everyone, you read what Yzak wrote, we have to stop the Chairman whatever it takes. Minerva is already on its move and so is Yzak. We don't know which colony he's going for so don't screw up! We cannot let a single soul be lost!"
"YES MAAM!"
The door suddenly slid open and Cagalli appeared before them with Lacus.
"Cagalli!" Athrun went to her side. "You're supposed to be resting. It's not-
"It's not good for the baby… yeah yeah… I know. But I'm not going to just sit here and do nothing while you guys are out there. Besides, I had three days of rest already. Three BLOODY days of my life wasted laying and sleeping on the bed like a sack of potato. So don't tell me that I need anymore rest."
Kira whispered in Athrun's ears, "Mood swings." Athrun nodded in agreement. Even if it is her mood swings, he still can't let her walk around like that. They still didn't know about her ability due to her mixed genes.
"Cagalli, I know you want to help. But you're going to make us worry for you more if you stay here and stress yourself out."
"Are you saying I'm in the way?"
"No no… that's not what I meant. I meant that, if you fainted again or something else happens, I wouldn't know what I would do out there."
Cagalli sighed. She understood what he meant. But still… she's not going to sit around. "Fine… but I want to stay at the bridge. I can sit with Lacus and she can take care of me."
"Cagalli-"
"I think that's a good idea," Lacus intervened. "I'll make sure she won't get so worked up. Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Athrun sighed in defeat. "…fine. But I don't want you to get all stressed out. It's not-"
"It's not good for the baby. I know. God! You're such a pansy!"
Kira chuckled at them. "Anyways…Athrun, she'll be fine. Besides, she has a lot of people around her. They'll make sure she won't do anything stupid. Now we don't have much time so let's go."
"Alright…" Athrun hugged Cagalli tightly and whispered, "I love you."
Cagalli smiled and returned the hug, "I know. I love you too." They stared into each other's eyes and met with a simple kiss. "Don't die." Athrun smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"Echem…" The two lovebirds looked at a slit-eyed Kira and shrugged at him. "Anyways… let's go Athrun, Mwu."
"It's Neo! God! Do you all have problems getting my name right?!."
Kira and Athrun ignored him as they walked out the door. But seconds after they left, Kira rushed back in and confronted Lacus.
Lacus held a confused look and before she had a chance to say anything, Kira gave her a quick sweet kiss on her lips and whispered into her ear, "I love you," and ran back out to join the two other men.
Everyone looked at Lacus. Cagalli smiled, "…finally!" Lacus touched her lips and smiled. She then turned towards the shocked crew and held her head up high.
"Let's do this!"
…the battle…
The battle was in session as gundams after gundams were being disarmed. There were sooo much debris in the way due to the number of disarmed gundams, making the situation worst. It takes away precious seconds just to dodge debris after debris. It was taking too long. The amount of time they wasted disarming Dullandal's gundams could be deadly against them. Time was running out.
"How is the preparation going?"
"Good. We're almost powered up. We're at ninety-percent."
"Good. I want it to be a full one hundred. I want this show to be an unforgettable one."
"Son of a bitch! They just keep coming!"
"Language!"
"Oh shut up!"
"Hey! You're still only a kid and I'm an adult. When I'm around, you listen to me."
"Says you old man."
"I'm insulted."
"You guys! Stop babbling and get to it pronto!"
"Look what you did, Sunburn!"
"WHAT?! I didn't do anything!"
"HAHA! You gotta love these clueless kids."
The battle was almost like the last battle they had with Jibril. The goal: take down the Requiem. The problem is that this battle was suppose to be easier. They didn't have the newly advanced NECRO gundams so everything should be easy as pie, right? Wrong…. Dullandal clearly had this all figured out. He's got more men on his side than the others and even though they didn't have the crazy gundams like Djibril had, the pilots were still Coordinators. In a way, the situation is equal. The pilots are like the NECRO with the Extendeds.
Shinn and Yzak were the only ones close to the Requiem rings as they were pretending to fight each other. Shinn threw Yzak towards one of the rings and Yzak used his hyper beams to blast at the rings. Yzak then went after Shinn and in return slammed into him and the force of impact sent Shinn towards the ring and he took out his saber and sliced the ring only denting it.
"We can't keep up with the charade! It's taking too much time to fake ourselves fighting!"
"Just keep doing it! We have to wait for the others to finish off the gundams!"
"Where's Rey?"
"I'm here! I'm close to the second ring!"
"Who are you fighting with?"
"The Akatsuki!"
"That's good. You both are equal in power. Try to unify your blasts on the ring!"
"Got it!"
Shinn and Yzak continued their charade while Rey and Neo did the same. Minerva and Archangel were blasting each other when really, their blasts were passing each other in order to hit one of the rings.
Kira and Athrun were the only ones disarming the gundams since they were the only ones that were faster and they didn't have to hold up a charade. They cleared out almost seventy percent of Dullandal's gundams. But the rest of the thirty were still here and they were the really skilled ones. Almost like a red-suit class.
"Kira! Over there!"
Kira looked to where Athrun mentioned and saw a tiny orb of light beginning to form. His eyes widen in shock and immediately he grabbed his keyboard and fiercely typed as fast as his fingers could hit the keys.
"Captain! It's a message from Kira. It says-"
"Oh my god! The rings are moving."
"Yzak! The rings!"
Yzak looked at his screen and saw that the rings were moving. "Where is it pointing at?" Yzak studied the position and his eyes went wide and his skin paled. "…Oh god."
"Yzak! Kira says to fall back and get the hell outta there!"
"EVERYONE! FALL BACK NOW!"
"Hehe… it's time for our spectacular show!"
"Chairman! We're at full one hundred percent!"
"Excellent… Take aim and light the fuse!"
"Understood…"
The rings of the Requiem took position and centered on its target. All forces were immediately evacuated from range. The ball of light began to emerge and grow bigger as the light of power began to come together.
"Heh… let the show begin!"
Then it happened.
"Heh…"
The concentration of light shone its way straight and fast and reflecting off each of the rings towards its target. The light smashed onto the surface and annihilated all inhabitants who only watched as they themselves witnessed their own brutal death. The biggest target ever known and witnessed in history, a situation worst than the Bloody Valentine Tragedy, this place was the Moon.
"Hurry! Move the ship!"
"I'm trying!"
"We're not going to make it!"
Murrue watched in horror as the beam of light darted its way towards them and whatever that was in its way. Suddenly, the ship began to move faster to its side as if some force was trying to push it out of the way.
"What was that?!"
"Captain! It's the Freedom and Justice!"
"They're helping us move faster out of range!"
Murrue sighed in a huge relief.
Once they were out of range, all the forces watched in horror as the people who were on the Moon were being devoured by the blast. You could almost hear their screeching screams as they were dying.
Talia slammed her fist on the armrest. "Damnit! Dullandal…why?! How could you do this?!"
Lacus and Cagalli watched as their tears threatened to fall. Lacus supported Cagalli as she was leaning against her chair. They both hugged each other as their tears finally flowed from their eyes.
"Why? Why would he do this?!" screamed Shinn.
Meyrin and Luna was trying to hold back their tears as they held on to Stellar who was too shock to even respond or say a word as she was witnessing a huge number of deaths at once.
"Damnit!" yelled Yzak. Dearka only looked down as he and his best friend watched the scene before them.
From a far, the Akatsuki and Destroy stood at its place as the pilots within clenched their hands into a fist. "Dullandal… you won't get away with this."
"We have to stop him immediately right now!"
"We know!"
"Then why are we standing here talking?! He's getting ready for the next blast as we speak!"
"You don't think we know that?! We don't know what to do at this point!"
"Everybody shut up!"
All people present went silent as they heard Neo's shout.
"There's no point in arguing right now. We need to devise a plan immediately so we could stop that madman."
Murrue nodded her head. "He's right. Talia is speaking with the Chairman as we speak. And to be honest, I don't think she's going to take it anymore."
"You mean she's going to rebel?"
"I don't know, but she might. We're going to have to wait till she gets back to us."
"Yeah… That's the only thing we could do right now."
"No it isn't." Everyone looked at Kira. "We can still think of something as she's speaking with the Chairman… Okay, we know that sticking with the charade that we're battling the Minerva is taking too long to destroy the rings. If Captain Gladys is rebelling as we think she is, then there's a higher chance to stop the Chairman faster than our rate now. To be honest, I think it's better if the Chairman knows that Minerva is going against him. We can't stop him with the charade we're doing."
"Exactly, what ever the outcome with the conversation they're having, we're gonna have to drop the charade and go full force."
"Yes. And all we need to do is destroy one ring so the energy blast has no where to deflect to, therefore, shooting out towards nowhere in space. We need to all concentrate on one ring. The more fire power we have on one ring, the faster we can destroy one and the next."
Neo slapped his hand on his head. "Why didn't we think of that before?!"
"We did think about it, but because we couldn't risk the Chairman knowing that Minerva is on our side, we had to use the other plan."
"Right…" Neo took a glance at the two girls who were silent the whole entire time. "Hey… how are you guys doing?"
Lacus and Cagalli slowly turned their heads towards him and he could see that they weren't doing so good and wanted to slap himself for asking them. But the two girls only nodded their heads as they looked down.
"We're okay. Just… still a little shocked."
Kira and Athrun went to their sides and embraced them both as they let out a silent cry onto their chest. Everyone looked at them with sadness. It must be really hard on two young princess and nation leaders to witness such tragedy before their eyes. Not only that, but the thought of innocent people who wanted nothing to do with a senseless war, caused by air-headed old farts, die a brutal death is just beyond these two angel's reach.
Everyone just stood and watched as the two angels's cried out their silent tears.
"How could you do such a thing, Chairman?!"
"Talia, it was an accident," Dullandal replied with a careless tone.
"Was it?! Can such an accident occur and somehow destroy the whole of the Earth Alliance?!"
"We were probing our research on the Requiem and it somehow went off. We might've triggered a set off. These things happen."
"I don't believe you."
"Talia, I'm telling you the truth. You know that I would nev-"
"Don't tell me that you wouldn't." Dullandal looked at her with concern eyes. "I know you were repairing the Requiem and I know you aligned the rings towards the Earth Alliance's main base."
"Talia, it's not what-"
"What happened to you? You're not the same person I knew all those years ago."
"Talia, let me explain-"
"It's over."
"What?"
"I'm not going to sit here and watch you destroy countless innocent lives."
"Talia-"
"I'm sorry."
The monitor went blank.
"Uhhh… Chairman, the preparations are at fifty percent."
Dullandal looked at the blank screen with dark cold eyes. "…Good. Let us prepare for another show," he replied with an emotionless tone.
"Ummm… yes Sir."
A fist was formed as it trembled on the cold metal desk. A shout could be heard in a distance behind closed doors.
"Is that so?... sigh…."
"Now we can do things at full throttle."
"Talia, you didn't have to do this." Murrue knew how she felt about Dullandal.
"Yes, I had to. I'm tired of all of this. If I didn't, more innocent lives would be sacrificed for his selfishness. It's alright, I'm fine. Kill one, save millions."
Murrue nodded, "Yes… "
Kira sighed heavily, "Well, now that the Chairman is aware that the Minerva will no longer support him, we have to be even more careful and alert. His soldiers are very skilled and adding to the Requiem situation, things are still pretty much at the same pace."
"That's true, but it's a little better. We can easily defeat his men with us around."
Kira smiled at Athrun. "Athrun's right." Kira reached over to Lacus which caused her to tickle pink a little. He was reaching for the phone and pressed a button. "Mr. Murrdock, how are things down there?"
"Hehe… all's good, kid. Everything's good to go."
"We can always count on you, Mr. Murrdock. You're the fastest engineer I know."
"Yeah…yeah… don't make me blush, son. Hehe… Hurry it up then!"
"Understood." Kira hung up the phone. "Alright guys, this is it. This is going to be the last final battle that we're gonna face. Everyone get ready, let's end this."
"YES!"
"Yzak, Dearka … thanks for being there."
"Teh! I didn't do this to help you. It was for the people." Dearka shook his head from side to side as he said his farewell and turned the screen off.
Athrun smirked. "That Yzak, it's so much fun to push his buttons."