Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed/Destiny.
Author's note: Finally finish part six. Happy reading:D By the way, Kisaka in this fiction is not Cagalli's bodyguard. He's a leader of a military squad……or something like that….Hehehehe…
Special thanks: May – for helping me to type this part! XD
Athuran - NP! I love answering that question though:D Well, here's my like and dislike pair in GS/D list:
Like: AthrunxCagalli, KiraxCagalli, YzakxCagalli, ShinnxCagalli, DearkaxMirillia, YzakxShiho, ShinnxStellar, MwuxMurrue, KiraxLacus, ReyxLunamaria……umm…Does yaoi pairing counts? XD
Dislike (no offense for the fans): AthrunxLacus, AthrunxMia, AthrunxLuna, AthrunxMeyrin (which I dislike most! XP), ShinnxLunamaria, YuunaxCagalli
Hmm? Yeah! Cagalli is my favorite female character in GS/D! XD Then Stellar, Miriallia, Lacus and Murrue. I like Mia a little too, but hate it when she messed up with Athrun…..hehehehe… XD
Strata Dragonfire – Yeah! AsuCaga RULEZ! XD XD Thanks for reading and the review!
Allie NightchineigurlKandida – Thanks! I sure hope so. :D My exam is in October though…..hehehehe…… XD
mariadjenniferseedloverMyouseiSeedgseedlover, asga, animegirlfan, and everyone who read and review this fiction – THANK YOU! XD
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SPINNING A DREAM
Part six: New Bodyguard
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"My new bodyguard?" Cagalli asked her brother.
Kira nodded. Rie tugged on his shirt.
"Papa Kira does this mean that you're not going to play with Rie again?" she asked.
Kira smiled and patted her head.
"Of course not. Papa will still play with you."
"But Kira, what about you?" Cagalli asked again.
"Mr. Kisaka asked me to take over his job since he's being promoted to a higher rank," Kira replied.
"Oh… "
Kira turned to Athrun.
"Well Athrun, please take care of my sister and Rie," he said to him.
Athrun smiled and nodded.
"Have no worry about it, Kira I'll take good care of them," he said to him.
The brown haired man smiled.
"Okay. I have to go now. Mr. Kisaka's probably waiting for me," he continued.
"Wait! Don't you want to go to the cafeteria with us?" Athrun asked.
"No, thanks. I promised Mr. Kisaka to meet him this lunch break," Kira said. "See you all later."
Kira waved goodbye to Rie, Cagalli and Athrun before he turned and leaved.Rie stared at Athrun. Athrun, who noticed the blonde haired girl staring at him, smiled.
"Come," he said. "I'm sure that you're starving right now. Let's go to the cafeteria."
Rie just nodded without saying anything. Suddenly, Cagalli turned back, walking towards her table. Athrun's eyes followed her.
"Representative Attha?" he called.
"Don't bother about me," Cagalli replied, switching on her computer monitor back. "Just go with Rie."
"But…"
"I'm not hungry," Cagalli cuts his words.
Athrun stared at the blonde haired woman who was busy facing her computer.
"I'll bring your lunch later," Athrun said, knowing how stubborn the woman was.
Cagalli did not answer anything since she'd had placed her concentration to her computer. Athrun sighed. He looked down to his daughter. Rie was staring at her mother, with a sad look on her face. Athrun frowned. This isn't right, he thought to himself.
"Representative Athha," Athrun called out.
Cagalli made no move. Athrun sighed again. He walked towards her and did the same thing Kira had done before, switching off her computer monitor, which finally caught Cagalli's attention.
"I'm sorry," Athrun apologized. "But it's my job."
Athrun pulled Cagalli by her hand. Cagalli didn't do anything to protest, instead blinked for a while before turning her head to Rie who was smiling happily. Cagalli smiled at her daughter back. Oh well, she thought. I should spare some time with her though.
"Fine," Cagalli said. "I'll go with you."
Athrun smiled and let go of Cagalli's hand. He opened the door, allowing Cagalli and Rie to walk first and followed behind them.
"Mama! Mama! Can I go to the park after this?" Rie asked cheerfully.
"Sure, Rie," Cagalli smiled. "Mr. Zala will accompany you."
"Um… just call me Athrun…," Athrun voiced, feeling a little awkward when Cagalli addressed him as Mr. Zala.
Cagalli turned to Athrun. She smiled.
"Then just call me Cagalli, not Representative Athha."
Athrun blinked. "But... That's…"
"No need to be too formal with me, Athrun," Cagalli cuts in.
"Very well," Athrun smiled.
Cagalli smiled at him back. They chat with each other while walking, and Athrun took this opportunity to apologize about his behavior yesterday, without noticing a purple haired man running towards them from the back.
"Cagalli!" he shouted.
Athrun, Cagalli and Rie turned. Cagalli knew exactly who the owner of the voice is.
"Yuuna? What is it?" she asked.
"Haah… Why didn't you wait for me?" Yuuna asked. "I've told you in the phone before, that we're going to lunch together, remember?"
"Ohhh! Uh… sorry… I forgot…," Cagalli lied. Why he keeps on bothering me, she thought to herself.
Yuuna turned to the raven haired man beside Cagalli. His eyes widen in shock.
"Alex Dino?"
Cagalli looked at Athrun, then at Yuuna before raising an eyebrow.
"Alex?" she questioned. "Who's that, Yuuna?"
"Why, him, of course!" Yuuna answered, pointing to Athrun.
Cagalli laughed a little.
"What are you talking about? He's Athrun. Athrun Zala."
A small frown creased on Yuuna's forehead.
"Isn't that right, Athrun?" Cagalli asked the raven haired man.
"Yes," Athrun replied simply. It's just not my luck to meet Yuuna Roma Seiran here, he thought bitterly.
Yuuna's frown deepened. He kept staring at Athrun while Athrun avoiding his eyes from meeting Yuuna's.
"Mama!" Rie called out, tugging on her mother's skirt. "Can we go now?"
"Ah… I'm sorry Rie," Cagalli apologized while patting her daughter's head. "Athrun?"
Athrun startled. He turned to Cagalli and Rie.
"Eh? Ah… O…Okay…," he stuttered.
Cagalli raised an eyebrow.
"Is there anything wrong, Athrun?" she asked.
"No… no… There's nothing wrong. Don't worry about it," Athrun smiled.
They continued their way to the cafeteria, ignoring Yuuna who was still staring at Athrun without moving an inch.
"I'm sure he's Alex Dino," he muttered. "What was he doing here? I thought that Cagalli rejected him 6 years ago, and of course that she didn't remember about it though. And what was Athrun Zala?"
Yuuna keeps on standing there on the hallway muttering something for about 6 minutes before turning back, making his way back to his office.
"I'm going to find it out," he said to himself. "I'm not going to let him ruin my plan and take away Cagalli from me again!"
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Athrun sat opposite Cagalli at the round table. He looked at her from beneath lowered raven lashes as their lunch was served to them. She looked much the same as when he had last seen her six years ago, although her hair did grew a little. She must have cut it again, he thought. She had become more beautiful than before.
"Athrun? You aren't eating," Cagalli pointed out as he gave her a startled look.
Athrun could felt the color warm his cheeks.
"Ah… sorry," Athrun flashed a smile, picking up his knife and fork and began to eat.
They ate in silence, except for Rie that kept on telling the story of her friends in school.
"Ann said that she's going for a vacation with her mom and dad this upcoming holiday," Rie added. "Mama, are we going one too?"
Cagalli paused. She stared at her daughter.
"When will your school holiday start, Rie?" She asked.
"Next week. I thought I've told you before, mama," Rie replied.
"Um… yeah…," Cagalli gave Rie a brightly false smile. Great, she thought. How can I forget about it? I have a meeting at PLANT next week!
"Um… honey?" Cagalli called out. Rie looked up to her mother.
"Yes, mama?"
"Um…mama has a meeting to attend next week… so mama thinks that …"
"You can't take me to a vacation," prompted a perplexed Rie, obviously not at all happy with the answer given by her mother.
"Honey…" Cagalli tried to explain.
"It's fine, mama," Rie cuts in coldly. "It's okay. I understand."
Athrun noticed that the situation had turned to an unpleasing conversation.
"Do eat some more of your food, Rie," Athrun encouraged nervously. "Don't worry. Uncle will accompany you on your holiday."
This was Athrun's way of firmly saying that was the end of that particular subject. Rie looked up at him.
"You will?" Rie asked, her emerald eyes shining with hope.
Athrun smiled and nodded. A wide smile floated to Rie's lips.
"Yay!" she cheered. "Where will we go?"
"Um… that… I'm not sure yet," Athrun replied, happy to see his daughter finally smiling.
"I hope that we're going to somewhere fun!" Rie continued. "Uh… Mama, Uncle Athrun, I need to go to the toilet."
"Want mama to go with you?" Cagalli asked, glad that Athrun offered to go on a vacation with her daughter.
Rie shook her head. "I can go by myself," she said and jumped from her chair, trotted to the toilet.
As soon as Rie disappeared from her eyes, Cagalli turned to Athrun.
"Thanks," she said to him.
"Hm? About what?" Athrun asked, feeling so happy when Rie finally spoke out his name.
"For going to accompany Rie," Cagalli smiled.
"No problem," Athrun smiled back. "By the way, Cagalli, where will your meeting hold up?"
"PLANT," Cagalli replied simply while digging into the food in front of her.
Athrun paused.
"PLANT?"
"Yeah. Why is that?"
Athrun smiled. This is great, he thought. Maybe she'll remember something when she sees Lacus!
"Athrun?" Cagalli called out when she got no reply from the raven haired man in front of him.
Athrun snapped away his thoughts.
"How about I take Rie to PLANT?" he asked.
Cagalli looked shocked. "Eh?"
"Lac… um… I have a friend living there and she had a child same age as Rie. I thought to let them play with each other. What do you think?"
Cagalli blinked for a while before giving him a smile.
"That's not a bad idea," she answered. "It's nice when Rie can have a chance making friend with someone living in PLANT."
"I couldn't agree more," Athrun added.
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Athrun sat on a bench while staring at Rie that was playing happily with a bunch of kids at her ages. He smiled. He loved to see her happy, as that was what he wanted her to be. He looked up to the sky and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes while thinking about Rie's upcoming holiday. He was glad that he came back to ORB, though his first intention was to pay Kira and Cagalli a visit and to return Cagalli's necklace back. But when he found out about Rie, he decided to stay. As long as he could, so he can help Cagalli to get her memory back.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Athrun blurted. "I have to tell Lacus that we're going there."
Athrun rose up and made his way to the nearest public phone, when suddenly a boy bumped into him. The boy fell to the ground.
"Oh… I'm sorry," Athrun get down on one knee, helping the boy to stand up. "Are you okay?"
The boy nodded. Suddenly, a black haired man approached them.
"Shiomi! I've told you not to run around like that! It's dangerous!" the man exclaimed. "I'm sorry, Sir."
Athrun smiled. "It's okay," he said and stood up, facing the man.
Athrun were shocked to see who the black haired man was.
"Shinn? Shinn Asuka?" he recited.
"Commander… Zala?"
To be continue……
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Author's note: Finish part six! XD Sorry for mybad grammar...Hope you enjoy this part:D Next Athrun is going to have a little chat with Shinn. :D
