Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FUTURE

Story:
Sequel to The New Coordinate. Twenty years later, a new force rised to threaten the peace forged over the years and intends to sent the whole world succumb to its knees. How will the children born in this era of peace cope with the chaos?

Notes:
ChibiRulz: The main characters from the prequel WILL fight to teach their children a few things. Since this is the sequel to Xander's story, he will play a significant role in this one. As for the cast for the war ahead, I have a few more faces to introduce; like Mwu's son. You have no clue of who's Yzak's wife is? Well, read this chap and you'll know. As for the bad guys' reason in waiting for 20 long years to commence their plan, keep on reading. You already like Zack, huh:D

NukeDawg: Thanx for the input, friend. The kids will have their own mobile suits soon though not all of em.

GodNo127: Glad you like the first chap. Hope to see more of your comment.

Centurious: Glad to hear you're not quitting, my friend. Carry on!

Blitz12: Woot! First reviewer! I'm truly honored. :D. I'll try to update them frequently.

Depressed suicidal writer: Thanx for the comment. I have certain obsession with bats to tell the truth. About Laura being a singer; I have reasons for that. As your suggestion in caps, I'll try and make it happen. Nice name by the way. XD

Five reviews for the first chap! Ain't too shabby, ain't it? Thanx a lot!

BTW, I did some research on the meaning of Xan; the protector and helper of mankind. Fitting, isn't it?

Minor spoilers: Some characters from SEED Astray/SEED DESTINY Astray will feature at some part of the story.

I don't own SEED, SEED DESTINY their characters or anything else aside from numerous OCs I created.

Chapter 2: Calm Before the Storm

After the ruckus happened earlier, the students finally got into their respective classes. Sarina, Zack and Elena were in the same class in their final year of high school life. However, another student was about to be introduced in front of them and they knew her well. The class teacher was introducing Laura in front of the class.

"Class, as you all might know by now, Miss Laura Clyne was just transferred from PLANT to complete her high school days here."

Laura then stepped up. "Please, I wish to be known as Laura Yamato here. And do treat me as a normal student and a friend."

"Let's see..." The male teacher said as he looked for empty desk for her. He noticed one. Beside Zack who was sitting near the window. Zack blinked and looked around the class. His male classmates glared daggers at him while the females looked at him sadly. He sighed.

"Yay?" He finally said, tilting his head sideways. Sarina and Elena giggled.

"You can seat beside Zachary there." the teacher finally said.

Laura nods. "Thank you."

In his office at Aprillius in PLANT, Yzak Jule was flocked with tons of paperwork and started to curse on why did he agreed to represent Athrun while the PLANT Chairman was in Orb.

"That bastard. I have to strangle him the next time we meet..."

Then, his phone rang and Yzak picked it up. "What?"

"Representative Jule." A female voice on the other end (half scared) said, "Your...daughter is here to see you."

"What the f---!" Yzak almost cursed out loud before regaining his composure. "Just let her in."

"Yes Sir."

Moments later, a young woman in ZAFT Elite Red uniform entered. She purposely let her brown hair unkempt to prevent anyone from confusing her with her mother. "Father, I have some news that I thought you should know."

"Don't play pranks on me again, Sylvia. Another one of that and I'll beat some sense into you."

Sylvia smiled and shook. "This is not a joke, I assure you. Our scouts just found an unknown space colony located in between PLANT and Earth. Here are the photos taken."

She put the photos of the colony taken for Yzak to look on. He took a closer look and was shocked to see how big it was.

"This is as big as Junius Seven! How come we never noticed it before?"

"It wasn't there in the first place, father. I assumed that this is a mobile colony."

"A mobile colony..? A colony capable of moving places, huh?"

"What should we do, father?"

Yzak paused, thinking of what he should do. "You return to the Athena. I'll issue a standby order to the rest of ZAFT."

Sylvia nods and left. Yzak sighed as he leaned back in his seat.

"Another war coming up after all these years?"

His thoughts were interrupted by another call. "Now what?" he growled.

"Representative Jule. You wife is on the line. Shall I put it through?"

Yzak smiled. "Shiho? Put her through."

At Morgenroete factory, Xander entered the mobile suit hangar and he was greeted by a familiar face. He still maintained that spikey hair and that bandana despite his age.

"Hey Xander!"

Xander smiled. "Lowe. This is a surprise. I assume you have completed the designs I sent you?"

"Yeah. I already asked the guys to load 'em in. Come and have a look."

Xander nods as they proceeded further inside. After passing various of Orb's mobile suits, they came across three new mobile suits. Xander whistled.

"Looks better than I thought."

Lowe laughed. "Haha. I think so too."

Xander looked at the one on the left. "This is...MBF-X09K Neo Justice, right?"

"Yeah. Like you said in your design, this one resembles the Infinite Justice in many aspects with one exception, it is equipped with the combat knife 'Rassiermesser' which can be extend into one anti-ship sword, 'Urteil'."

Xander grinned. "Nice one, Lowe. I bet Athrun will smack my head when he sees this."

Lowe flashed a smile before turning towards the one in the middle. "Next is the MBF-X105K Neo Striker. Based off the original Strike and Impulse, this is an all purpose combat mobile suit where it is equipped with a jetpack for air manuverability, a hyper impulse cannon for long range attacks and one anti-ship sword for pure melee combat. Oh yeah. The cannon and the sword were made from the same material I used to make the Gerbera Katana. Hence, they are light and durable at the same time."

Xander whistled again. "Phew. Thanks for the detailed explanation. Now let me explain the last one."

"My pleasure." Lowe said. Xander looked up at the last unit and breathed in before he begin.

"MBF-X00K Valiant. All out assault mobile suit. Equipped with various beam cannons and capable of a wider range of HiMAT attack. Like Neo Justice, its combat knife is capable of turning into an anti-ship sword, Valiance. PX System was installed and when it is activated, Valiance will change into its second form, Blaze. During this time, the suit's power and speed will increase rapidly but with a limited time and extending it further will damage the suit and the pilot itself."

Lowe turned to Xander. "Hey, do you want to ask Shinn to test all these suits?"

He shook. "Nope. True, the results of the mobile suits he tested was outstanding but he is far better when using Destiny."

"Who will be using them then?"

Xander grinned. "I have a few in mind..."

It was recess and Zack was dozing off under a tree with a Maths textbook covering his face. With his amazing ability to memorize things, he really didn't need to study much. Him and Sarina were very popular among the students. While his twin sister loves all the attention from the male students, Zack couldn't care less about what the females felt about him. Until he sorted out on what he wants to do after graduation, he will set aside about having a girlfriend for now.

"I'm bored..." he muttered.

He then heard footsteps approaching him. Zack raised the book to see who it was only to see the smiling face of Laura looking down at him.

"Hello, Zack."

"Laura." Zack got up as she sat beside him. "It's been a while hasn't it?" she said.

"Two years." Zack stated.

"Yeah. I'm sorry for leaving all of you in a hurry."

Zack shook. "That's alright, Laura. To be honest, I never thought Aunt Lacus would let you be a singer. I thought she strongly opposed it."

"She was but she respects my wish. And I'm grateful of that."

"So, how does it feel to be famous?"

Laura chuckled. "I like it. But the feel of being watched is really getting to me."

Zack laughed. "Hahaha. I know how you feel."

Strolling around the city in ordinary clothes, Valten and Roy were searching for their friends.

"There they are." Valten said, pointing at a group of three sitting outside a cafe.

Roy nods as they approached them. The group consisted of a male and two females. The man hailed them.

"Hey boss! Over here!"

Valten smiled at them. Aside from the one who called them, the other two females seemed to prefer to keep to themselves. He and Roy took a seat as the seven of them sat around the table.

"Now that since we are already here, might as well we introduce ourselves." he began before continuing, "I'm Valten Eckehart. Call me Valten. Or Eckehart. Whichever works for you."

"Roy Le Gard." Roy shortly said.

"Anton Van der Wille." The friendly one said. His hair was dyed in red and neatly trimmed. The only noticable feature was a scar on his left cheek.

"Maya...Almonia. Pleased to meet all of you..." the woman beside Anton said, hesitantly. Her long, dark blue hair draped beautifully down the shoulders and Valten found himself staring at her gentle face for a few moments before he nods.

"Irene Isolder." The other female who was sitting beside Maya said. "Me and Maya are best of friends. That is all I have to say."

Irene was totally the opposite of Maya. Her hair was rather short and spikey. From the way she dressed, she was clearly a woman with attitude and doesn't seem to afraid of anything.

"Alright. Now we know why we're here, right?" Valten said.

"To cause havoc to the world..." Irene replied.

"I just wanna have a good fight." Anton continued.

"To return the world to what it was..." Maya finished.

Valten smiled. "Good. Now let's make our presence official."

The 20 years old Kei El Flaga was walking by the cafe when he was alerted by a strange presence. Usually, he could detect this kind of presence from his father. And he was sure his father wasn't nearby since he was supposed to be at Morgenroete.

(Who is this? Where is he?)

He looked around and his eyes fell on a man with shoulder length, pale blonde hair. It was Roy and he turned to Kei when he too, detected his presence. Both stared at each other for a while until Kei smiled politely and left.

"Who... is he?" he wondered.

At the living room in his home, Athrun was briefing Kira, Lacus, Shinn, Yvonne and Andrew about the current situation at PLANT.

"A mobile colony?" Shinn said, astonished. "How in the world did it even exist?"

Athrun shook. "I have no idea. Currently, the colony has vanished from the point we spotted it."

"There's no way something that big to just disappear. Maybe it is using some sort of Mirage Colloid and it still at the same point." Yvonne said.

Athrun shook again. "Yzak thought of that too and sent out a few battleships to check it out. It turned out negative."

"It's puzzling." Andrew muttered.

"And dangerous." Lacus added.

"Until we know about its intentions, we are sitting ducks." Kira stated.

Athrun nods. "The least we can do is prepare for the worst. I already told Cagalli about this. And she will tell the Earth Alliance about it."

"Does Xander knows about this?" Yvonne asked.

"I tried to get to him but he turned off his cellphone." Athrun replied. "Maybe a few of you could tell him about it?"

"I'll go. I have to do my routine maintenance for Destiny anyway." Shinn volunteered.

"Good. I think I have to get back to PLANT as soon as possible to get a closer look at this situation." Athrun said.

School ended for the day and the gang were on their way out of the school when Sarina reminded Zack and Ashton about their 'assignment'. The rest decided to come along.

"We have to go to Morgenroete right now."

"Why? I thought you're scared of dad about what happened earlier?" Zack teased his twin sister.

"Oh, shut up!"

"The factory is quite a distance from here. Should we go by cab?" Ashton asked.

Then, a golden sports car arrived in front of the gate. It was Kei and he was waving at them.

"Oi. You guys need a lift?"

"Speaking of cab..." Adora said.

"I always wanna ride in that one!" Elena giggled.

Zack turned to Laura. "Laura, are you waiting for Andrew to pick you up?"

Laura shook. "No. I told him that I'm going back with the rest of you." she replied.

Elena smiled. "Great! Hey Kei! We need a lift to Morgenroete!"

Kei's jaws unhinged as he counted his would-be passengers. "Uh, all of you?"

"Why? You can't give us a lift?" Sarina pleaded, showing her feminine side to the new mobile suit test pilot.

"Ahh...that's not it..." Kei replied as he mumbled for answer.

"It's okay then!" Sarina beamed. "Let's go!"

With that, the whole gang quickly got into the golden vehicle before its owner could say a word.

Being a chief editor of a tabloid supposedly to be easy. But not for Jess Rabble. With a massive pileup of stories and news in front of him waiting for his approval, he found himself craving at what he did best; taking pictures.

"Aaah. The good old days..." he muttered.

Suddenly, the telephone on his table rang. He picked it up.

"Jess? You there?"

Recognizing the male voice, Jess replied, "Yeah, Xan. What's up?"

"Still in a slump?"

"Ugh. More or less..." he groaned.

"I think I've got some stuff you need to know. Come over to Morgenroete. On the double."

Hidden inlet at Onogoro Island

As the group of five got into their respective units, Valten stopped and cosidered on what he must do next.

"Master Eckehart, you're not following us?" Maya asked from her mobile suit.

"I have something to do before we begin." he replied. "Roy, you take lead while I'm gone."

Roy nods. "Very well."

Valten winked at Maya before he left, leaving the latter beet red. "Master Eckehart..."

Anton moaned. "Uh-uh. Looks like Miss Almonia already..."

"Watch your tongue, der Wille. Or I'll have you killed." Irene said before he could finish.

"Okay, okay. I was only kidding. Sheeesh."

Ignoring the friendly chat, Roy said, "Everyone proceed according to plan."

"Aye, aye. Sir." Anton replied as he turned on the Phase Shift of his unit to green. "Anton Van der Wille, Starchase. Hoping to have a good battle!"

"You and your battles..." Irene muttered. Her unit turned into dark blue upon the activation of Phase Shift. "Irene Isolder, Galaxy. Heading out!"

"I hope Master Eckehart will be alright..." Maya said.

"He'll be fine." Roy said, assuringly. "You go ahead and launch."

Maya nods and turned on the Phase Shift to turned the dull grey color into pure blue. "Maya Almonia, Nova. Launching!"

Xander was having a talk with Mwu, Shinn, Lowe and Jess by the time Kei's overloaded sports car arrived. The elderly Mwu laughed. The scar across his face still remained and he purposely grew his facial hair despite protest from Murrue.

"Kei, you're the 'cab driver' Sarina told me?"

"Aww, dad! Stop that!" he moaned. Sarina giggled.

"Adora, why are you here?" Shinn asked his only daughter.

Adora mumbled for reply. "I...ah..."

Shinn glanced at Ashton who was looking up at the Neo Justice. He smiled. "I see."

"Dad! It's not like that!" Adora almost shouted, blushing.

"Wow. It's been a while since I came here." Elena said. "I swear this factory wasn't here before."

"This factory was built only last year. It supposed to store some top secret mobile suit units for testing." Zack stated.

Lowe nods in approval. "True, true."

"Nice for you to come, kids." Xander said. "But I remember of calling only Zack, Rina and Ashton for this."

Laura stepped up and bowed politely. "It's been a while, Uncle Xander."

Xander and the rest took a moment of looking at her. Then, they gasped.

"Laura! Now this is a surprise! I never knew Kira could hide this secret so well." Xander sarcastically said.

"It's hardly a secret, Uncle Xander." Laura stated, sheepishly.

"Hahaha. Well, if you say so." Xander then turned to his children and Ashton. "Now, I want you three to test these units in a virtual environment I just set up."

"I'm taking this Justice unit, I assume?" Ashton asked.

Xander nods. "Right. Rina will take the Neo Striker and Zack, you take Valiant."

The three teenagers nodded. As they make their preparations, Xander called out to Sarina. "Rina, I still remember what you did this morning..." he said in a shallow, ghostly voice.

Sarina could only managed a moan. "Uh..."

Zack laughed. "Told ya."

To Be Continued...