JC: Thanks to Heimdall's dirty trick in making Cagalli his hostage, Shinn is now in a real pinch. Can Shinn save the most important person to him? I'll try not to disappoint you with this story. Please go on and read! I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I don't own the GSD characters. They will never be mine and I can never buy them.

Gundam Seed: Mythical Legends

"Hmph... I'm planning to kill you painfully. To do that, I will start off with this girl." Heimdall held the dagger back, preparing to stab Cagalli.

Shinn watched in horror. "Please, Heimdall, No!" He begged.

Phase 03: Deceiving Appearances

The god of mischief closed his eyes, for he couldn't bear to see the dreadfulness Heimdall did to his best friend. He was expecting his foe to laugh gloriously at him, but he only heard silence. He opened his eyes and saw the goddess of the future shielding Cagalli with her powers. Shinn couldn't believe this. His friend was saved. He felt so relieved. "Skuld, I'm so glad to see you," Shinn told her.

Stellar quickly pushed back Heimdall with her power and cut Cagalli loose from the web. When Cagalli was freed, Stellar took her to Shinn, and he immediately pulled her to a hug. "Cagalli!"

Stellar felt a little jealous, but she understood the situation. She turned back at Heimdall and asked, "Heimdall-sama, why are you fighting Loki-sama?"

"I want my revenge," Heimdall retorted. "Loki stole my right eye, which contained most of my powers."

Stellar turned her head at Loki, with a questionable look on her face. "Is this true, Loki-sama? Did you steal Heimdall-sama's right eye?"

Shinn shook his head right away. "I didn't steal anything from him. This is all a misunderstanding."

"You're one big liar, Loki. Odin told me everything. Being the god of mischief, you have a knack for tricking other gods to please yourself." Heimdall crossed his arms as he landed on the ground. "Why don't you hand over my eye?" He extended his arm.

"I don't have it, because I didn't take it. Odin is the suspect. He is the one who did it."

"The great god Odin could never do such a thing!" Heimdall called out his shadow monsters again and ordered them to attack.

Stellar formed a barrier around them, preventing the monsters from getting near them. "Loki-sama, you better teleport her out of this place," Stellar suggested. "It's too dangerous for her."

"You're right," Shinn agreed. He recited a spell, causing Cagalli's body to glow. When he finished the spell, Cagalli disappeared from his arms. "There she's gone. Now, I can focus on Heimdall."

Cagalli materialized in the hallway on the floor. Her body was still glowing, but it wasn't because of Shinn's power. It was different. It was her own aura, but soon it disappeared.

Passing by was Athrun Zala who was heading to the library to do research. He was about to enter the said place when he saw Cagalli lying on the floor. He went to her and settled her head on his lap.

"Cagalli Yula Athha?" Athrun murmured. Without delay, he rushed her to the clinic and let the nurse checked on her. "Nurse, I just found her unconscious in the hallway. What's the matter with her?"

The nurse told him to calm down. "We'll see about that. Please place her on the bed, while I get the thermometer."

Athrun did so. Once settled in bed, he sat down on a stool beside it. He looked at Cagalli, with his ever luscious emerald-green eyes filled with concern and care. He brushed some strands of hair from her eyes, as he admired her exquisiteness so closely. He felt like looking at a goddess. Somehow, she made his heart pound faster.

"Cagalli, I..." He stopped when he heard the nurse approaching.

After the check up, the nurse was pleased to announce to Athrun that Cagalli was fine. "Cagalli-san might have collapsed from fatigue. She is the star player of her sport's club, right?"

Athrun nodded.

"Maybe you should advise your girlfriend next time to take it easy, Zala-kun." The nurse winked as she giggled.

He blushed. "I'm sorry but she's not..."

"You, Athrun Zala, a girl magnet, plus Cagalli Yula Athha, a popular girl, make one cute couple." She added, making him blush madly.

Hallways

Heimdall retreated, because he was no match against Shinn and Stellar's combined powers. They were teleported back to the school safely. Shinn looked around, sensing if Heimdall was still around, but his aura completely disappeared.

"How can I make Heimdall understand that I'm innocent?!" Shinn growled. His eyes fumed with frustration as he thought of his foe.

"Loki-sama, are you sure Odin-sama tricked Heimdall-sama?" Stellar said. "It's not like him." She had strong faith in Odin.

"I'm sure of it. Odin was the one who banished me from the realm of gods, took away my immortality and let me live as a mortal. What pisses me off is why did he do that? I have done nothing wrong to him."

He suddenly remembered Cagalli. "Where is she? Where's Cagalli?" he asked. He looked around, but she was nowhere in sight. He started to panic. "She was supposed to be here!"

"Rest assured, for I will search for her," Stellar said. She knelt down and touched the floor. She closed her eyes as her hand glowed. A scene of Athrun taking Cagalli to the clinic flashed in her mind and then she immediately informed Shinn.

"Who brought her to the clinic?"

"It's a mortal named Athrun Zala."

"I see... I better thank Zala."

Next day

Because he was still worried, Shinn escorted Cagalli everywhere in school like a bodyguard. Cagalli was pleased with him for doing such a nice thing, not to mention that it was scaring her fan boys away. But she felt like being a burden to him. "Shinn, you don't have to follow me around anymore. I'm okay now."

"I'm not taking any chances. You just fainted without any warning yesterday."

Talking about yesterday, she remembered something before she fainted. It was a memory she didn't experience before. Her mind showed her an image of an unfamiliar place, where flowers bloomed endlessly beyond the field. She also saw a giant tree and a magnificent eagle soaring through the skies. During her daydreaming, Cagalli walked over to her locker and found a sticky note stuck on it. It was addressed to her from Athrun. She smiled, because the note says:

Cagalli,

I hope you're feeling better now. Please take care of yourself.

Athrun

Shinn noticed her reading the note. "It's from Zala. Why the hell is he writing to you?" he asked, feeling a little jealous.

"He's just telling me to take care," Cagalli ironically responded. "Is that so wrong?" She slammed her locker closed.

"Hmph, I think Zala is just messing with you."

"Athrun was kind enough to bring me to the clinic, which you were supposed to do."

"I told you, I got in trouble with some thugs. I just led them away from you." He was lying, because he knew that the real story was hard to believe.

"Which reminds me," she said as she approached Shinn, "are you okay? I mean, you got in trouble with some guys and you..." She placed a hand on his shoulder as she gazed softly at his red eyes.

Shinn's face flushed up. He turned his head away to hide his embarrassing facial expression from her. He roughly answered her, "I'm okay. I never lose a fight. I'm tough, you know." He was still boasting with confidence. I'm glad Skuld used her powers to heal me yesterday.

"Even so, I'm still glad you're not hurt."

"Well, I'm glad to see you okay again."

A girl with honey-brown hair walked up to them and asked them for directions. It appeared that she was a new student, who has yet to know the school. She smiled, revealing a friendly face to them. "Can you please direct me to the library?" she asked politely.

"You just head left and turn right at a corner and you'll arrive there," Cagalli replied.

"Thank you very much," she said as she slightly bowed her head. "By the way, you must be Cagalli Yula Athha-san that I've heard so much about." She looked at Cagalli with keen interest.

"Yes, I am."

"It's very nice to meet you, Cagalli-san. I am Miriallia Hawe. I hope we can be friends."

"Sure, we can."

"That's great."

Miriallia shifted her eyes at the red-eyed god who was eying her suspiciously. "And you must be Shinn Asuka," she said.

"Yeah, that's right." He snubbed. He turned to Cagalli and reminded her of practice.

Instantly, Cagalli excused herself from Miriallia and took off in a hurry.

Now that they were alone, Miriallia dropped the kind act and faced Shinn seriously. As she snapped her finger, an orb of light appeared before her and her friendly smile turned into an evil grin. "It's been a while, Loki-sama."

"First it was Skuld, then Heimdall, and now, you. Urd, as one of the goddesses of destiny, shouldn't you be in Asgard watching over the fate of the mortals? It's very unlikely of you to be here on Earth."

"Personally, I came here to see if my little sister is doing all right. Since the day Skuld left, Verdandi was never at peace with herself. She kept worrying about her little sister, which she cared so much. Her knowledge of the human world has led her to fear cruel and unbearable things created by mortals."

Shinn found her reason to be valuable, but he wasn't convinced with just that. He could tell that Urd was hiding something from him. "Urd," he spoke, "give me the real reason for being here."

"If you really want to know, then I will tell you," she replied, narrowing her gaze at him. "Under Odin-sama's orders, I am going to kill you!" She raised her voice.

"You're another assassin, huh? That's just typical of Odin."

"I won't allow you to insult Odin-sama." Her powers fired up. She created a magic barrier around her, which summoned a strong wind. "Take this!" She blew the wind towards Shinn.

The wind sent Shinn flying towards the wall. This is bad... I have to do something. He concentrated to summon his own powers as well.

"I'm not going to let you," said Urd as she swung her arms. She sent two blades of wind towards him. The wind blades injured his right arm in the process. Although, she was torturing him, she looked awfully depressed. No, I must not pity him. I have to kill him for Odin-sama.

School Yard

Cagalli was heading towards the gym. Upon nearing the place, she was confronted by a blonde guy. She stared at him for a while and noticed that strands of his hair were covering his right eye.

"Hi there!" Cagalli started. "Do you want something from me?"

"No," he simply answered. "But it's an honor to meet you, Athha-san."

Even though it was flattering, Cagalli remained composed. She found the guy to be cute, but not fairly attractive for her.

The guy introduced himself. "I am Rey Za Burrel."

"Are you a new student here?"

"No, I am not. I am just visiting a friend here."

"And who might that friend of yours be?"

"It's someone you know very well, Athha-san. It's Shinn Asuka."

"I didn't know Shinn had a friend like you." It was hard to believe. Rey looked like a total gentleman, and Shinn was not.

"Can you tell me where Shinn is?"

"I'll take you to him. Just follow me, Rey." She turned around and started walking. Suddenly, she was knocked unconscious by Rey.

Instantly, he caught her in his arms to prevent her from falling to the ground. He looked at the blonde and smiled maliciously. Now that I have her, I'm sure that I will succeed. He was planning to put the girl's life in jeopardy again, all for the sake of destroying Loki.

To be continued...

JC: Rey is Heimdall. Most of you got it right! Rey is just perfect rival for Shinn here. He's mysterious and he's so handsome. I'm going crazy just by thinking of him. Rey got hold of Cagalli again. This means more trouble for Shinn. Review! Review! No FLAMES!