Count to Ten

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed... Only the characters I add and the plot.

Summary: Kira is haunted by the dead. He doesn't know why they are but he has learned to live with it. How will meeting a new girl help his little problem? And why are all his friends still looking for him three years after he disappeared? Kira OOC.

(A/N)- Author's Notes

(Lalala)- Ghost Speaking

-Devine Speaker-

Chapter Twenty: Epilogue

A young woman stood before a lone tombstone alone with tears in her eyes. She glanced at the life sized statue nearby with a sad smile. It had been two long years since her father had died. So in his honor she had a statue of a young Kira back to back with an older Kira. The young Kira was in civilian clothes... The older one had a military uniform on. The young Kira staring out over the ocean with his head tilted up slightly to look up at the sky. The older Kira stared straight at the large monument of the Freedom Gundam. This cemetery is the final resting place for most soldiers.

The young woman looked at the other ten tombstones on this hill which was reserved for those who ended the war. She looked over her shoulder with a sad smile to be met with tired green eyes. Kira with the only father she ever knew besides the fatherlike one that stood ten feet away.

Lyra turned away from Uncle Athrun, the one person she trusted more then any person alive today. He had raised her these last two years. Kira had indeed survived the battle sixteen some years ago. Lyra had been two years old but she remembered Kira's sadness.

Lacus, Yzak and Athrun had gotten Kira to the hospital in time to save him. Jasmine died before she even left the building. Lacus, as it were... was the angel of death. She was sent to help Kira because she knew Jasmine would die. Jasmine knew she was to die but she was determined to help Kira. She faked being Hibiki's henchmen in order to keep her own life for a little longer.

She fed Kira information about the ghost activity in a way that it took Kira a long time to figure out what was going on. Like when she showed him the article about Doctor Youngling. She had died peacefully knowing full well that Kira would survive. She felt regret because she did love him and didn't want to leave him but it couldn't be helped.

When Kira learned of what happened to Jasmine he fell into despair once more. He was free of the curse that had plagued him for years and yet he couldn't seem to relax. When he saw Lyra he brightened but there was always that dead part in his eyes.

Later on that same year Kira told everyone what happened to him from beginning to end. What Jasmine helped him with and finally he concluded with the final battle. He told everyone how Rau and Ulen could have gone back into there own bodies at any time. His experiments helped him figure out how to revive his own body. Though both wanted stronger bodies. So in the final battle after there spirits were nearly destroyed they went into there own bodies. In the end Kira had killed them for good.

After he was well enough to move around on his own he realized just how chaotic the world had become since Lacus' death. Kira formed the Peace Keepers whose base was in ORB. All of his remaining friends joined him in the battle to keep the peace.

Lyra took over as leader when Kira had been killed in battle two years ago. He finally had his wish to be free and he was with his lover at long last. Lyra stilled remembered the peace on his face when they found his body in his beloved Freedom.

Now she lived with Athrun. Cagalli and Athrun had kids and Lyra told them all about her father and dad. She would never forget her birth father Yzak. Kira had told her when she was a child that her mother and father and aunt was watching over her. It always gave her peace to know such strong angels were watching over her.

Lyra looked down at the tombstone once more time before placing a red rose next to the yellow rose that Athrun had placed. Athrun called her name and she turned to go. As she was leaving something at the edge of her vision caught her attention. Turning to look, she saw nothing. She turned back and was going to continue to walk away when she saw it again. This time she smiled and left the cemetery.

There stood a young Kira with his arm wrapped around a young Jasmine's shoulder with smiles on there faces. A young Yzak held a young Lacus with both his arms draped over her shoulders and her right arm wrapped around his arm with the other waving at her daughter. Each of them looked as they had before Heliopolis was destroyed. Carefree and young. The angels waved at Athrun as the two left the cemetery.

In Loving Memory.

Father, Friend and Brother.

Rest In Peace Kira Yamato.

May 18th, 55 C.E.-May 20th, 92 C.E.

A/N I Hope you all like the epilogue. I didn't want to leave you all hanging. Thank you to everyone who reviewed for this story. I'm happy and yet sad to say... Its done. Finished. The end. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear what you think of this even if its years after its been finished. I guess its time to say goodbye for now. Thanks again. Ciao for now. See you in the next great fic. Please check out my other Gundam Seed stories. Merry Christmas everyone.

Karone

PS: Oh and he was 37 when he died and yes it was two days after his birthday. I couldn't think of a good day for him to die. Also I got that birthday off the Internet. If its wrong I'm sorry but I'm not going to change it. Buh bye!