Yea I totally agree! I like Alex better! Will was just the second name that popped into my head! Ok, this is chapter 5! I hope you enjoy! Thanks for reviewing! This is the longest so far! Two thousand words! Wow!

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Chapter 5

"STAY AWAY FROM HIM YOU MEAN BUNCH OF BULLIES!" a girl with blonde hair shouted as she made her way to Athrun, shoving aside the other boys who were in her way.

"Or else what Athha?" the boy with purple hair countered.

"OR ELSE I'M GOING TO STUFF THESE WORMS DOWN YOUR DISGUSTING THROAT YUNA! NOW SCRAM!" the girl threatened as she scooped a handful of worms and pushed it to the boy's face.

"Ahhh! This girl is crazy!" The boy with the purple hair yelled as he and the other two boys beside him ran for their lives.

"Are you ok?" the blonde girl asked as she stretched her hand out to him.

Athrun took it and replied, "Yes, thank you."

The girl smiled at him, "Your welcome! Say, do you want to play with me?" Her eyes were hopeful and Athrun couldn't bring himself to reject. Her face was also kind and warm. She somehow lifted up his spirits.

"Yea sure!" Athrun smiled back.

Taking his hand, the girl made a dash out of the playground.

"Where are we going?" Athrun asked as he ran alongside the girl.

"Away from here silly!" the girl giggled.

The two children ran as fast as their little legs could take them and finally, they stopped in front of an ice cream parlour. The girl looked around, as if she was looking for somebody, before she pulled Athrun in.

"Come on!" she said.

"But I didn't bring any money..." Athrun frowned.

"Who said you're paying? It's my treat silly!"

"But..."

"No buts! The ice cream won't wait forever! Come on!"

Walking to the counter, the two children were greeted by an old man.

"Hello kids, what can I get for you today?" the old man asked.

"One strawberry and one..." the girl looked at Athrun.

"I'll have the same thing," Athrun said.

"Here you go kids! Enjoy!" the old man smiled as he handed the cones to the children.

"Thank you!" Athrun and the blonde said together.

The girl reached into the pockets of her jumper and handed a few coins to the old man.

The two children both left the parlour and headed for another playground.

"Tag! You're it!" she shouted, tapping Athrun on his shoulder before sprinting away giggling.

At first shock was seen on Athrun's face. It took a while for it to sink down. Finally realising what was happening, a wide grin was plastered on his face before he dashed off to catch the blonde.

Shrieks of laughter were heard as the two darted around the playground. The two children, with wide smiles on their faces, hopped about like playful little imps. A victory smirk was plastered on Athrun's face as he finally caught his new found friend. It took a long time for him to catch her. Boy could she run!

'Time passes quickly when you're having fun.' How true that saying was. Before Athrun knew it, orange and red hues were seen across the once blue sky. It was now sunset. Soon, it was time to say goodbye to his friend.

Suddenly, a black Rolls Royce skidded into a halt in front of them and three men in black came out of the car. On instinct, Athrun jumped in front of his friend, as if trying to protect her from the mysterious strangers that appeared.

"It's alright. Don't worry, they won't hurt us," the blonde told him. "I guess I have to go home now."

Athrun merely stared at his friend. He would miss her but something was stuck in his throat, no sound could come out.

Reaching for the red stone that clung around her neck, the blonde girl took the necklace off and hung it on Athrun.

"This is a Haumea stone. It's a lucky charm and it's supposed to protect you. You seemed to get into trouble a lot so you probably need it more than I do," she said.

She gave him a hug and then she walked over to the men in black. Before she got into the car, she turned around one last time and waved. "Bye! I hope to see you soon! Try not to get into trouble ok? I won't be around to save your butt all the time!" she winked at him.

The car zoomed past him and he watched the car until it was nothing but a dot in the horizon. He watched his friend leave. He didn't even know her full name. She didn't even know his name...

End of dream...

Athrun Zala just woke up. It was day light already. He had been dreaming about his childhood friend again. They met only once though. As he was starting to regain his vision, he was disturbed by the throbbing pain around his neck and back. He realised that he had spent the night sleeping on a couch. He looked to his left and for a moment, he thought he was still dreaming. He thought he saw his childhood friend again. She was sleeping next to him on the couch. She stirred in her sleep. Opening her eyes slowly, she turned to lock eyes with him.

"Ahhhh!" Cagalli screamed.

Shocked by her sudden reaction, Athrun jumped up and screamed as well. He had forgotten that he was holding on to the mechanical doll and when he jerked, the baby flew in the air and thudded onto the ground.

"Oh my gosh! You dropped the baby!" Cagalli yelled at Athrun.

"And whose fault is that? You suddenly shocked me by screaming!" Athrun retorted as the two teens rushed towards the baby.

"Is he spoilt?" Cagalli asked.

"At least he's not crying," Athrun replied.

"Oh my gosh! Great job Zala! You spoilt him! This is your entire fault! We are so going to fail this class!" Cagalli wailed.

"Firstly, it is your fault too. And secondly calm down! Don't worry, I can..."

"CALM DOWN? DON'T WORRY? HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO THAT?" Cagalli boomed.

Athrun sighed. "Just let me finish will you? I can fix him. Don't worry, I'm very good at mechanics. I can build and fix robots so this is a piece of cake for me. But I will need some tools. Can you get some for me?"

"Fine then! But you better fix him or you're going to be dead meat Zala!"

... ... ...

Cagalli was in the kitchen. She had offered to get something to eat as she left Athrun in the living room to fix the baby. He seemed to know what he was doing. She decided to heat up the food Kira left for her last night, she hasn't touched it yet.

Looking for the appliance they call a microwave, she was shocked to see two white boxes side by side. One was a toaster and the other was the microwave. But Cagalli didn't know that of course!

"Great! How would I know which one is it? Stupid Kira! I bet my life on it that he purposely bought so many of this stuff to confuse me! Oh wait, he said the microwave has a plate inside. There is no plate in here so this must be it!" Cagalli exclaimed as walked over to the microwave.

She looked closer and saw that there were so many buttons to press. Searching for '2', she smiled once she spotted it.

"Ok! Here goes!" Cagalli said to herself as she pressed the button.

She waited and waited. Nothing seemed to have happened. She pressed again and again and again. Her patience was wearing thin. She had seen her brother using it before and she knew it must light up. But nothing was happening.

"Stupid piece of junk!" she mumbled.

"You forgot to plug it in," Athrun interrupted. He was smiling at her. He was amused.

"Oh," that was all Cagalli said. She felt really stupid.

"Don't forget to use the hand muffs! You might hurt yourself," Athrun reminded her as he walked back to the living room.

After plugging in the socket and turning on the switch, Cagalli tried again. And it worked! The white box lit up and the plate inside started revolving around. Cagalli was overjoyed at her tiny accomplishment of using the microwave.

Cagalli was confident of her newly learnt 'kitchen skill' and decided to try and heat up the chicken pie in the fridge.

She then walked over to Athrun, carrying last night's dinner: spaghetti. Suddenly there was an explosion and the sprinklers in the kitchen were activated.

Both teens jumped back.

"What happened?" Athrun asked alarmed.

"How would I know?" Cagalli said as the two ran to the kitchen.

The kitchen was a mess! It was flooded due to the sprinklers and black metal bits were everywhere.

"Cagalli what happened? Oh my gosh! I heard an explosion! Are you ok?" Kira came stumbling into the house worried.

"Kira! You're back!" Cagalli smiled as she jumped into the arms of Kira.

Athrun stood there at the side, sulking at the two teens hugging each other. He didn't know why he felt this bitter. He suddenly felt angry at his friend Kira. As he clenched his fist, he unintentionally spat his words out. "So you two are together huh?"

Athrun was about to walk off when Kira stopped him. "Athrun, what are you doing here?"

"I'm just about to leave. Sorry for intruding on you two." Athrun muttered not looking at Kira or Cagalli in the eye.

"Hold on a second, wait! You think we're a couple?" Kira asked. Suddenly the twins broke into fits of laughter.

"What's so funny?" Athrun questioned them.

"Hahaha! Pft!" Kira laughed clutching his stomach. "W...we're not a...a couple!"

"We're TWINS!" Cagalli continued as she leaned on the wall for support. She was laughing so hard. "And for your information, I am the OLDER one! Hahaha!"

Athrun stared at the twins dumbfounded. "You never told me you had a twin!" he told Kira.

"Long story friend. Long story. I'll tell you another time." Kira said as he rubbed a tear off his eye. "So sis, what did you do this time?"

"Nothing I swear! I only did the exact same thing you told me! I heated some chicken pies and..."

"Let me guess, you did not remove the aluminium foil?" Kira knew her best.

"What? You didn't tell me that!" Cagalli pouted.

"Sigh, what am I going to do with you sis?"

... ... ...

It was now time for school and the three teens walked there together. Athrun had borrowed Kira's uniform as he had no time to go back home and change.

When Kira found out that Athrun had spent the night alone with Cagalli, he went ballistic. He went into his over-protective-brother mode and lectured the two after he tried to kill Athrun with a phone directory. It was only after Cagalli explained that nothing happened and that they were going to be late for school if he continued acting this way that Kira went back to normal. Even so, he sent death glares to Athrun the whole walk to school.

Life skill class was the first lesson for both Athrun and Cagalli. Kira parted his sister reluctantly. Even though Athrun was his friend and knew that he's not the type to harm his sister, Kira still could not relax.

"Good morning kids! How's your project coming along? Did you have much trouble?" Mwu asked the class. The whole class looked like zombies. They were lethargic and had large black rings around their eyes. Apparently, they all had not had much sleep in the last two nights.

"Sir just fail me! I don't care anymore!" a boy whined.

"Me too! This horrid little monster cried the whole night! I lost my precious beauty sleep thanks to it! Now look at this hideous eye bags! What a nightmare!" another girl cried.

"Yes sir! Please stop torturing us! We'll be good and we'll listen to you from now onwards! Please spare us!"

"Yes! We're sorry!"

The whole class erupted into apologies and pleas. They could not take it anymore. The project was just too torturous.

"Alright kiddos." The moment Mwu spoke, the whole class suddenly became silent. They had become good students and listened to the teacher overnight. "I suppose I can cut you kids some slack. You can leave the dolls here for now. If you become naughty, I will assign you back the project."

The whole class went into applause. They were overjoyed.

"Oh thank you Mr La Fllaga!"

"Alleluia!"

"We love you!"

"You're our saviour!"

Everyone just praised the teacher. They were just so grateful that they were able to escape that horrible nightmare.

"Kids these days..." Mwu sighed.

To be continued...

So what do you think? This chapter just like a bit of the last one got into Athrun's past a little bit. I'm thinking of having a female villain. As you know Yuna is the male villain. What do you think? Do you prefer Meer or Meyrin to be the villain? I don't like both of them.