Ch. 19: Flirtation
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED nor Destiny.
A/n: You'll find out why it's called "Flirtation" later on.
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During the last chapter:
She hasn't heard her speak in a while. She only nodded as if she was in pain. Cagalli hoped that nothing happened to her.
"C'mon! The portal Lacus opened might close soon!" Kira said to snap Cagalli out of her thoughts.
"Portal?"
"That's how I got here."
Cagalli nodded. "Alright. Maybe I can speak to Stellar on the other side."
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Kira and Cagalli walked put of the portal into the teachers lounge. Inside, Mwu and Murrue were sitting on the sofa, Athrun was reading a book, and Lacus was just sitting on a chair tapping her fingers impatiently on the desk. When Kira and Cagalli came out, the all looked up, smiled, and ran towards them.
"Cagalli, I'm so happy that you're okay!" Lacus squealed as she hugged her tightly; so tightly, that Cagalli couldn't breath.
"Lacus…you're…chocking me!" Cagalli cried. Lacus gasped and quickly let go, only to make Cagalli fall on the floor to pant for some air.
"How was the battle?" Athrun asked as he walked up to them. Cagalli stood up and smiled, "A-Okay! That weirdo girl has just been destroyed." She then winced in pain from her shoulder and fell to the ground. Everyone ran up to her.
"Cagalli, are you okay?" Kira asked in concerned.
"Does it LOOK like I'm okay?" Cagalli asked sarcastically as she groaned.
"No need to be sarcastic…" Kira grumbled as he tried to help Caglli up.
"I--I think it's an effect from all the power Stellar and Cagalli used." Mwu said as he examined Cagalli's back. There were to huge scratch marks on her robe, probably from the wings.
"Cagalli, what happened to Stellar?" Kira demanded as he rested her on the sofa.
"I--I don't know," she panted. "I lost contact with her…after the battle."
Everyone gasped, "Without Stellar, we'll never defeat this thing!" Murrue reasoned.
"Stellar…" Lacus whispered as she looked at Cagalli in pain. "Stellar did everything to help Cagalli fight that girl…what--what if her power made her disappear?" Lacus exclaimed.
"That…that can't be true," Kira defended. "Stellar is part of Cagalli! If Stellar is gone, Cagalli should've been gone too!"
'Let me find Stellar.'
"Shinn?" Kira questioned.
'Yeah, Stellar must be resting within, so that's why she isn't responding to us.' Shinn continued. Kira nodded as he closed his eyes and held Cagalli's hand. Cagalli was fast asleep; tired from the last battle. A red aura surrounded Kira and went onto Cagalli. Cagalli groaned a bit as she felt someone going inside her--she was unaware that it was Shinn. Kira remained still as everyone watched what Kira was doing.
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"Stellar?" Shinn called out in Cagalli's mind, but there was no answer. Shinn walked around the empty void until he felt something splash beneath his feet. Shinn looked down and found himself standing on a puddle of water--that meant the Stellar was nearby. She DID love water.
He continued walking until he saw a girl with blond hair and a blue dress laying on top of the water; he quickly ran towards her. "Stellar!" he called out, but she still didn't respond. Shinn slowly picked her up and continued calling out to her. After a while, she slowly opened her eyes and looked up, only to see a concerned Shinn.
"Are you alright?" he asked softly as he held her hand.
"Y--yeah…," Stellar smiled weakly as she held his hand tighter.
"You shouldn't have pushed yourself so hard." Shinn smiled as he knew that she was okay. Stellar laughed weakly, "I'm sorry, Shinn. But…Cagalli wouldn't be able to win the battle if I didn't summon the wings or her weapons."
"Stellar…" he mumbled.
"Don't worry Shinn. I'll be alright…until we're free." Stellar continued smiling. "Remember what the Sanctuary told us before we were reborn into Cagalli and Kira?"
Shinn smiled and nodded at the thought. "'We'll be free to go to the afterlife. Once we defeat the darkness for good.' It's kind of sad that we'll have to say goodbye to Kira and Cagalli though."
"That's why we didn't tell them, remember?" Stellar teased a bit.
"Well…I've kinda gotten close to Kira." Shinn sighed.
"Yeah…Cagalli and I are kind of close too."
"But…I'm sure that they will understand." Shinn smiled as he helped Stellar stand up. He then hugged her tightly. "They're…really good people."
Stellar returned the hug, "I agree." The two hugged a bit longer until the finally let go, but they still held hands.
"We should return to out regular hosts or they might worry." Stellar suggested sweetly. Shinn nodded in agreement. "I'll see you on the other side."
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"How much longer…?" Lacus sighed out of boredom as she rested her head on her arms.
"Shh! It takes time!" Mwu answered impatiently. Finally, Kira gasped as Shinn returned to his body. Cagalli slowly woke up as well.
"How are you?" Athrun asked Kira; who was rubbing his head. "I'm alright." Kira replied as he stopped.
"Cagalli, are you alright?" Lacus asked. Cagalli jumped up. "Yeah…in fact--I feel better then ever!" she exclaimed.
"Shinn must've awakened Stellar!" Kira exclaimed.
"Yeah, I feel as if I've been restored!" Cagalli continued as she stretched a bit. Everyone sighed in relief.
"Hey, Cags, Why don't you talk to Stellar a bit more?" Lacus suggested. Cagalli nodded, "Yeah, even though I feel great…a I guess a little sleep wouldn't hurt." She could talk to Stellar while shewas asleep anyways. Cagalli then walked out the wooden doors and down the hall. Everything was quiet until…
"Umm…I think I'll go with her." Lacus yawned as she too went out the door. Now only Athrun, Mwu, Murrue, and Kira were left.
"I'll take Mwu to his room. You guys need your rest." Murrue sighed as she and Mwu left.
Kira glanced to the corner and saw Athrun crossing his arms as if he was mad. Curious, Kira walked up to him. "Hey Athrun, is something wrong?" he asked.
"We're acting like nothing happened." Athrun replied simply as he didn't face Kira. Kira sighed. "I know. But we need to focus on the spirits of Shinn and Stellar, so we can't just reminisce on what happened."
Athrun nodded in agreement. "I guess you're right…but…I'm just worried about what will happen in the future."
Kira laughed a bit. "Yeah, me too. I mean, who knows how long Shinn will remain in me?"
Athrun laughed a bit as well after what he said.
"C'mon Athrun, let's go."
Athrun followed Kira out the door, for another eventful day has passed by.
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Cagalli was sleeping peacefully in her room--that is until someone kicked her off the bed. Cagalli looked up in shock as she saw a grinning Fllay looking down on her.
"Morning Cagalli." she greeted as if nothing was wrong.
Cagalli yawned, "What do you want? It's two in the morning…"
"I just wanna know about this whole 'darkness' thing." Fllay answered simply as she crossed her arms and glared at Cagalli. Cagalli narrowed her eyes at her suspiciously. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't pretend that you don't know! I heard you and Athrun talking about it a few days ago!" Fllay practically screamed at her, causing the other students around the room to wake up.
"What happened?" what student asked as she rubbed her eyes sleepily. She looked around as saw Cagalli on the floor and Fllay arguing with her. "Hey you guys, stop!" she shouted as she ran towards them and held Fllay back; knowing how violent she can be when she loses her temper.
"Ah! Let go, Asagi! I'm not done talking to her!" Fllay demanded as she flailed her arms around.
"Fllay, you should be asleep by now! Don't disturb the other students!" Asagi reasoned. Asagi's friends, Juri and Mayura hopped out of bed and went to Asagi.
"Asagi…did Fllay lose her temper again?" Mayura asked blankly.
"Duh! Why do you think I'm trying to calm her down?" Asagi asked sarcastically.
"Hibiki, tell me what's going on!" Fllay demanded as she stopped squirming from Asagi's hold.
Cagalli remained silent, she didn't want Fllay involved in what was going on at the school.
Juri called a teacher to help calm down the situation, and that teacher was Natarle.
"What's going on here?" Natarle shouted at the girls.
Everyone shrugged. "Fllay just started screaming at Cagalli, that's all I know." Juri shrugged.
Natarle sighed. "Alright…break it up everyone. Just go back to sleep." Natarle then glared at Fllay. "Ms. Allster, you're coming with me."
Fllay nodded slowly and walked out of the girls dorm with Natarle. When she was gone, all the girls started to surround Cagalli.
"So why did Fllay snap?" Mayura asked.
"Did you guys almost kill each other?" asked Juri.
"Aren't you going to hit Fllay or something?" Asagi continued. Random questions were asked at Cagalli, but luckily Lacus came by and told them to stop.
"Alright everyone, let's just do what Natarle says and go back to sleep."
Everyone groaned in disappointment, the wanted to know what was going on--but they just went back to sleep. Lacus walked up to Cagalli who was getting ready to sleep.
"So why did Fllay snap?" Lacus asked with concern in her eyes.
"…she snapped 'cause I didn't tell her what was going on with me." Cagalli sighed in exhaustion.
"Just because you didn't answer one question?" Lacus asked surprised.
Cagalli shrugged. "That's Fllay."
Lacus laughed a bit before saying goodnight and going to bed. Cagalli pulled the blanket up and laid her head comfortably on the pillow. She looked up at the moonlight that glimmered through the window and sighed. 'Fllay's going to kill me if I don't tell her what's going on…' Cagalli thought to herself. But that was for the best; at least when no one else is involved, no one will be killed. She took a deep breath and turned to her side, asleep.
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"But it is true, Ms. Natarle! I swear that I heard Zala and Hibiki talking about this 'evil thing'!" Fllay exclaimed as she was trying to reason with Natarle--who of course knew of the darkness thing and pretended that Fllay was talking nonsense.
"Allster, are you feeling alright?" Natarle sighed.
"I AM NOT CRAZY!" Fllay practically screamed as she stomped her bare foot on the floor.
"…" Natarle didn't say a word, but she fiddled with her fingers a bit.
"NATARLE! Those two are hiding something and I just want to find out!" Fllay practically cried as she continued to persuade the teacher.
"…just go to bed." were her last words.
Fllay groaned in frustration and stomped back into the dorm room. She swore that she was going to find out about Cagalli's little secret…and she knew just how.
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Rey was sound asleep as Rau was working on some papers. He sighed, "It is such a same that someone that powerful is practically gone…oh well, she was just a weapon to begin with." He was thinking of another way to destroy the Hibiki's and their friends.
"Can't sleep?" said a voice. Rau looked up and saw Rey, who was awake.
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm just trying to find a way to destroy the Hibiki's as usual." Rau laughed as a set his pen down.
Rey shrugged and went back to his room. Rau could care less about what he was doing in there. Besides, all he wanted to do was continue Gilbert's legacy.
Suddenly, Rau smirked as another plan came into mind. And that was going to happen soon.
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It was November 3 at the academy. It was only two days away till the students can go home and spend some time with their parent.
"I can't believe that it's almost the weekend where we can visit our parents!" Kira exclaimed excitedly as he walked out of the academy.
"Yeah. It has been about two months since those events. I wonder how mom is doing…," Cagalli became lost in her own thoughts until Athrun hit her lightly with some text books to return to reality. "What was that for?" Cagalli whined.
"You weren't paying attention to where you were going." He replied simply as he looked into his book. Cagalli growled at him a bit; along with a deadly glare.
The four friends then relaxed at the fountain, laughing and reading a bit; until a voice interrupted their moment.
"Kira, can I talk to you?" yelled a flirtatious voice. Kira looked up and saw Fllay waving sweetly at him. Kira just gave an awkward look. 'What does she want?' he thought bitterly before walking up to her.
"What do you want…?" he groaned out.
"I just wanna ask you one question…." she grinned at him a bit. Kira cocked his head to the side a bit, obviously confused. "Is there….anything going on? Y'know, between you, Cagalli, Lacus, and Athrun?"
Kira glared at her for a bit. "Nope. Nothing is going on." Is she on to us?
Fllay whimpered at bit. "Really?"
Kira nodded. "O-kay…I'll be on my way then." Fllay twirled around and walked back to her friends, Kira did the same.
"What did Fllay want?" Athrun asked as he looked up from his book.
"I think Fllay's onto us."
Somewhere along the academy, Fllay was cursing a bit on her failure to make Kira tell her what was going on--in a flirtatious way. But she swore that she would find out; you know why? Because she's Fllay--and when she is curious about something, she won't stop until she finds out.
END CHAPTER
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A/n: Well, Fllay is getting more and more curious about Kira and Cagalli, Arisa is dead after being in only 2-3 chapters, and Rau has something up his sleeve! Hope you liked this chapter and thank you Tetsuni, IYGU, EternaWave, and N for reviewing the last chapter!