A/N: I updated! Haha!! Rejoice! So how's chapter two? Like it? This is chapter three. . Again, sorry about the titles. And forgive me that I put heavy sentences. Shoot! That's a grievous mistake in writing.
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CHAPTER 3: THE LIVING IN THE PALACE
CLANKclinkCLONKclunk
"Are we done?" Yzak asked the group for the third time. Impatience could be traced in his voice. He thought Shiho was insane for planning this project. Though he didn't lift a finger to help, he continuously complains making everyone in the room irritated.
Meer looked at him pathetically and chided, "Not yet! That's why YOU have to help US."
The pink haired lass gently raised a big metal plate to be plastered by Dearka.
CLONK!CLINK!CLUNK!
"I couldn't believe you're doing this!" Joule moaned in frustration.
"Yzak!!" Shiho firmly said, "Can you shut your mouth??... just for a while... will you?"
The silver haired guy muttered something very inaudible thinking he could get on Shiho's nerves but the latter didn't give a damn about it and continued to calculate some problems.
CLUNK!!!CLUNK!!!
A scrap metal that slipped off Miriallia's hands hurdled down the ground giving a loud thud. Milly hurriedly apologize for such clumsiness. Dearka took her dainty hands and check if there were bruises making the girl blush.
Her actions were explainable. All of them are very worn-out, well, except for a nuisance who always grumbled. So. . again. . they were tired for they have been working all day and all night just to finish Shiho's 'invention'.
Slightly uneasy, Milly faced the group and asked,
"Are you sure we can bring him back with this??"
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Stellar knocked at Cagalli's room hoping for the blonde princess to answer but to her dismay, there's none. Only silence. She let herself in.
"Princess??" her magenta eyes quickly scanned the room. Seeing it empty, she said in a defeated tone, "Not again. . ." Her eyes flicker with anticipation.
The young nursemaid opened the windows, took a deep breath and shouted, "PRINCESS!!!" this action marks the beginning of her so-called 'daily routine'.
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The Orb palace was kinda peaceful back then.
Cagalli did whatever she wants, like 1 disappearing in daytime. 2 making Stellar tired looking for her. 3 challenging Shinn for a duel. She made fun of everyone in the palace. She was so stubborn that even her father needs a lifetime supply of PATIENCE.
Inside the walls of the mansion, everybody knows their boundaries. Even her egotistical knight, Shinn, knows his limits.
Nobody have the guts to cross the princess really bad. Nobody except her father can 'tame' the princess. Nobody can disobey the princess . . . . Well- that was back then when the existence of ATHRUN ZALA was not yet known.
A month ago everything changed as Athrun came and lived in the palace.
The emerald eyed fellow seemed to be an angel in disguise sent by heaven to help the people who were 'oppressed' and 'depressed' by Cagalli Attha.
Once, there was a moment when Princess Cagalli made fun of the maids. She naughtily put bull frogs inside their locker rooms. It eventually made the pitiful maids scream, jump and run out to the room and burst into the hall. Cagalli mischievously run after them like a little child.
It happened that Athrun was also in the hall amusing his self with the fascinating paintings.
As the princess run after her maids, her eyes laid into the guy standing in the hall. Seeing him, her boisterous mood instantly fades away. It was also remarkable how her face became stern. She turned and walked away without a word, leaving the maids confused about her actions.
Those who witnessed Cagalli's unusual behavior weren't the only ones who observed it. Kira, the twin brother, noticed that the two were not comfortable with each others company. You can feel pure coldness arising when they crossed paths and neither of them dared to look at each other. Nevertheless Kira saw both of them stealing glances.
Kira thought he needs to push Athrun a 'lil bit to be friends with Cagalli.
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"Princess!!!"
"Yiii!!" Cagalli shivered. Her orangey eyes sparkled seeing the hall empty. "Clear!"
This blonde carefully made her way to her brother's pod. Her puny little Stellar was outwitted again. Victory was all she could ever think of.
She can slack off all day without any lesson or guru bothering her. The princess's face showed disgust as the face of her teacher flashed in her mind. She wrathfully remembered what happened last night. Professor Heine of the Orb University unexpectedly visited and taught her literature all night leaving her sleepless!!
She was so tired she didn't bother to examine the newest discovery inside the room. She silently latched the wooden door and groggily sneaked to Kira's huge fluffy bed.
Cagalli was so determined to get her sleep that she mechanically put her guard down. She was unconscious that someone was inside the room, with her in Kira's bed, who was also unaware about the situation.
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In the spacious garden of the palace, where beautiful flowers bloom and useful herbs grow, two of the prominent people of Orb was having a good time with each others presence.
"You're back! How's your trip?" A brunette bashfully asked his childhood friend, who was busy picking up flowers.
Lacus straighten up and sat alongside Kira, "my apologies for not informing the royalties about my trip last month." She said.
"It's okay." Kira gave her a smile and waited for her to continue.
"The trip was fine!! People warmly welcomed me and we discussed lots of problems arising in the rural parts of the kingdom. I was really surprised that a news from the palace spread in that area." She narrated while arranging the fresh flowers in a stylish woven basket.
"What's the news?? Or rather rumor??" Kira cunningly tucked a flower behind the sorceress's left ear. Lacus slightly blushed.
"…that a new guy in the palace made every maiden's heart beat wildly. May know who he is?" She glanced at her companion expecting a response.
"Ah. . . He is a friend of mine named Athrun Zala." He plainly said. The brunette looked around and wondered if his friend was still fast asleep. "I'll see to it that you'll be friends with him. He's such a fine man."
"How did you met?" the sorceress admired her flower arrangement and looked at Kira with an inquiring eyes.
Kira was having a hard time in avoiding the enthralling eyes of Lacus. "Umm, well" he was starting to speak incoherently. "He helped me out in the woods." He flushed in shame as he remembered the animal trap. 'Clumsy me' he thought.
The pale-red-headed lady stood and nodded to herself. "You should be careful next time when you go alone in the woods. You're lucky that guy was there to help you. " she said without even glancing at the brunette. She knew Kira since childhood. This guy was not careful that's why he got bruised several times when they were playing. It made her worry though.
"Princess!!!" a shrill voice cracked the serenity of the garden. Kira and Lacus looked at the direction of the voice.
"The nursemaid." The mystic of the palace mumbled. "Cagalli" she sighed.
"Aha!" the brunette exclaimed. "Hey, Miss Clyne, did you know what happened to my room a month ago… before you leave?"
"No. why?" she shrugged gracefully.
"nah. Never mind." He waved his right hand. He should have thought of that! It was Cagalli and her nursemaid who ransacked his room a month ago leaving his invention spinning madly.
Kira ruffled his hair and heave a sigh. He thought it was only a big cat!
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"Princess???" a pair of magenta eyes gazed around the evergreen bushes. The blonde lady hoped that the Orb princess was hiding there but to her surprise, she found an arrogant knight sleeping.
She kneeled down and looked at him closely. "hey... hey…"
Shinn tousled his hair and opened his eyes hazily. "whoa!" he stammered.
Stellar didn't even flinch. She was still looking at him not noticing that their face were too close.
"What the…." He wheezed. "What are you doing?" his cheeks evidently turned crimson red like the color of his eyes...
"I'm looking for princess Cagalli. Have you seen her?" she mischievously asked.
Shinn stood and offered his hand to the blonde girl, literally. "c'mon! I'll help you!! Move faster. "
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"Oh, crap! It's locked!!" Shinn was losing his patience. It's been an hour since he accompanied Stellar and yet, no signs of the blonde mulish princess.
"Hey wait!!" the purplish eyed lady blocked the door to prevent the impatient knight on banging it. She hoisted her index finger and pressed it to her lips. "Shhhhh. If ever she's inside and she heard us, she'll sure flee."
Stellar dug in her pocket and pulled Shinn's hand with outmost care. The Black haired knight looked at her. "It's a skeleton key." Stellar muttered.
They opened the door and peered mutely. They crept inside the room, there's no sign of any 'getaway' made.
"I knew it!" the masculine voice of Shinn shuddered Stellar.
"Hey!" she hissed under her breath. She was about to spank Shinn's mouth but seeing him intently looking at the bed made her follow his gaze. " gasp " Stellar blushed madly. She can't stop herself from tugging Shinn's sleeves. "Are they? . . . I thought they. . . "
"…they don't like each other??"" he finished the sentence for her. "The evidence is right in front of us." He whispered. "They have a relationship! See..." he playfully pointed the two sleeping forms. Ohhh… he can't wait till Cagalli woke up and saw him chuckling!!!
Two identified people were found sleeping together in a huge bed. That's an issue!!! Shinn and Stellar looked at them with huge smiles on their faces.
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Cagalli's left limb was casually thrown across Athrun's thigh, so was her left arm in the latter's body making it looked like she enveloped him into a very affectionate embrace. Since the princess was clothed in a gold knee-length dress, her slender flawless legs were exposed.
Their faces was so close, the crimson-eyed bet they can feel their breaths mingle. Shinn waited a minute or so before he went to the side of the bed where Cagalli was. He used his knuckles to poke the princess's cheeks.
"Hnnnn…. " Stellar supposed that Cagalli muffled closer to Athrun.
The knight poked her again. This time, he put more muscle on it.
"Hnnnnn…" Cagalli garbled.
Athrun dreamily opened his eyes when a scent of cool mint fragrance hit him. The azure-top guy shivered slightly as warm breath tickled his neck. To clear his vision, he blinked his eyes several times. Athrun, who can now visibly see, was startled to see a sun-kissed haired lady clinging to him. He can't help but grinned. It was because what dawned on him was pretty unbelievable.
"princess. . . . Wake up!" Stellar timidly muttered in a soft commanding tone.
Cagalli ignored the two familiar voices bugging her. She just buried her face deeply into her 'pillow'.
Wait a minute. . . . PILLOW??
Reluctantly, her fingers moved slowly through the figure lying next to her. She stopped as her fingertips lingered upon soft lips. The Orb princess slowly opened her eyes and saw Athrun staring at her in the most baffled expression.
Cagalli felt her cheeks burst into flames. She yanked away and hurriedly pulled a blanket to cover her.
Shinn burst into laughter! "wow! Don't be shy my princess!! It's okay. . we can pretend we didn't see anything." He put his arms around Stellar and with his free hand, he gestured to them, "as you were . . . as you were. . ."
Stellar, still blushing suggested, "I think we should leave. ... Pardon us princess. .. " She lowered her head and gave the two a huge mischievous smile.
In an instant, the knight and the nursemaid disappeared, leaving Athrun and Cagalli totally embarrassed.
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The weight of silence was undeniably heavy.
Athrun was now seated at the edge of the bed while the princess was on the other side.
Cagalli sneaked glances at Athrun, who was sighing heavily. Little did she know that Mr. 'Blue hair' was also glancing at her. She bit her lower lip and rubbed her cheeks. She can't believe her self-control deteriorates just because of certain events. For the last time she shot a deadly gaze at the green eyed guy but much to her surprise, the guy swiftly took off his gray shirt. Her eyes widen as she saw his masculine body.
"What indecency are you doing?!" she snarled.
Athrun looked at her inquisitively.
The princess wants to run and scream, for heaven's sake! What kind of noble man will do such thing! She stood up and started trotting towards the door.
"Hey, wait!" Athrun called out but Cagalli ignored him.
'Grrrr... What was he thinking???' she thought.
"Hey, wait princess" He caught her arm and grasped it carefully.
"What's the matter with you??" the princess shrugged off his hand but he didn't let go. Losing her temper, Cagalli rapidly turned and jostled him. Unluckily the outcome she's expecting failed. Athrun didn't cringe.
The blonde princess stood there with her palms landing square into Athrun's chest. She can feel Athrun's heartbeat. . . . Cagalli madly blushed, still oblivious that the guy in front of her was as red as her.
She bowed her head and removed her soft hand. "What do you want?" she said coldly. "And don't you dare give me bullshit!"
Athrun let go of the blonde's arm. He cleared his throat.
He must admit that this trick of fate was really outrageous. He was well aware that his cheeks were heating up prior to what dawned on him. He thought the event was very hilarious. He wants to laugh however, he need to show his calm expression in front of this Orb princess. For history's sake.
"Ehem" he awkwardly smiled.
Cagalli stood there impatiently, grimacing.
"Ah. Wait… forgive my actions." Saying this he ran quickly to Kira's closet and pulled any garment that was presentable enough.
He quickly returned and bowed before the princess. He was wearing a faded muscle cut shirt. The princess believed it was one of Kira's old clothes.
"Forgive me." He said.
The blonde princess just looked at him and grunted.
"look." Athrun said flatly. He stretched his gray shirt and pointed a particular area. He pointed the left sleeve of the cloth. Its color was darker then before.
Cagalli bit her lip and deeply moaned. Her head melancholy fell unto her flailing hands. "Oh, no!"
"It's a drool mark, . . I suppose." The emerald eyed pursed his lips and moved his brows up and down.
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"I think we should rest for a while." Dearka suggested.
Milly and Meer was in the other tent and the tan-blonde asked them earlier to have their lunch.
"Go ahead, I'll finish this first." Shiho replied nicely but firmly.
Yzak, who was reading a report, worriedly looked at her. "Hahnenfuss get the hell outta here and eat!" he haughtily commanded.
Shiho snapped. "What the freaking hell is your problem??" She turned and stopped short as Yzak snatched the paper she's holding.
"I'll finish it for you. So get out." He said.
Shiho didn't argue further. She's inwardly happy that Yzak was there to give a helping hand. She was heading toward the door when the two other archeologists emerged and quickly entered the place.
They laid the laptop on the well polished table where Yzak was working. They both give a puzzled look at him and started to giggle.
"What's with the chuckling thing??" the silver haired guy embarrassedly asked.
"Someone finally heard our prayers!!! Look at you Mr. I-don't-care attitude, your doing Shiho's work... " They naughtily chided. "Ohhh… that's something..."
Yzak lowered his head so that his tomato red face can be hidden.
Shiho questioningly drew near them. "What'd you found?"
All archeologists looked at the table. Milly spoke first.
"I received a fax message." She lifted up papers. "The Zaft fossil/ remnants research team that has a base on the west side of Earth sent it. The contents stated that the tomb has two remains. One was the Orb princess and the other was believed as her husband.. something like that.. "
"Okay" all of them nodded in agreement.
Milly continued, "The inscriptions that was found was said to be a protection for the tomb. Those chants were made by the mystic of the palace. We are lucky that the research team allowed us to have a copy of the blue print of the Palace excavated 8 years ago. "
She laid the blue print in across the table. All of them looked at it silently. They were all excited about this new discovery they take no notice of before.
Yzak thought he saw a copy of that from the pile of files in Athrun's tent. He shrugged.
Now, it was Meer explaining, "Well, as you can see, the blue print there is kind of important. Since we haven't excavated all of the rooms and some of it was ruined, we need this map to serve as a guide. . . . but we have to find this" she highlighted an area. "That was the room of the prince of Orb."
". . .And you said it's important?" Dearka asked.
"Yes." Milly replied. "It is because we can find a rare kind of stone there that can regulate the power of our machine here." She tapped the metal machine behind her. "our point of reference will be the tomb site."
"Therefore, we should go and find it. . . NOW." Shiho commanded.
"I won't allow that." The silver haired opposed her. "You better eat first."
Dearka, Milly and Meer looked at the two, shocked.
"You really change bro!" Dearka was amazed by his friend's actions. "Have you told her how much you love her??" he cunningly asked him. He put his arms around him and playfully performed a heart breaking scene.
Yzak silently glared at him. His eyes were flickering with anger. "Jealous?" he cockily said.
"Whoa!!" the tan blonde shivered and hid behind Milly. "Milly, oh, Milly, look at him!!" he touched her shoulders and mournfully used it as a hankie. He shot an accusing finger at Yzak who coolly looked at him.
"he really wants me badly . . ahuhuhu"
"cut it out." Shiho muttered.
"Um.. There's something else…" Meer informed the group.
They all looked at her. "What??"
"I think the identity of the man with the princess in her tomb was her fiancé. . " The pink girl said. Her pretty face was illumined with enthusiasm. " . . named Yuuna Seiran."
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A/N: it's longer ') than the previous chapters. Whahaha… I'll update soon. Hope you like it.. and please tell me what you think…
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