Summary: Cagalli has been crushing on Athrun since she met him 4 years ago, except she hasn't realized it yet. Her twin brother, Kira, is coming to Orb to spend his last year of high school and is Athrun's childhood friend. Athrun's fiance, Lacus, only regards him as a close friend, but nothing more. The engagement will be broken if both Athrun and Lacus fall in love with someone else. AC, KL, YS, DM, and SS.

Disclaimer: Gundam Seed/Destiny belongs to Sunrise, not me .

Warning: contains mild swearing

Spoilers: some

Orb Union Destiny High
Session 1
Reunion

"Mistress Cagalli, get your lazy butt off that bed of yours this instant! You're going to be late if you don't hurry up!" Merna yanked the covers down and exposed a half-sleeping blonde haired teenager.

Cagalli groaned loudly as she tiredly opened one eye after the next. She picked up her cell phone and glanced warily at the screen, "It's only 6:00AM. I have 1 hour and 30 minutes until school starts! Can't I stay in bed a little bit longer?" Cagalli complained.

Merna smiled sweetly, "How much more time do you want?" Cagalli didn't notice the bit of slyness in her nanny's voice.

Cagalli's eyes lit up, "Only about an hour or so. It's not like that's a lot anyways, I don't need to apply make-up or do any of those girly morning rituals." She pulled her golden fleece blanket to her chest and closed her eyes.

"Fine, go ahead. Do what you think is best." Merna left quietly and came back a few seconds later. In her hands was a bucket filled with ice cold water. There were about a dozen ice-cubes floating around inside it.

She swung the bucket back slowly and then SPLASH!

Cagalli leaped out of her bed instantly and jumped up and down like a bunny. She pulled out an ice-cube that went beneath her pajamas and glared angrily at Merna.

"What -" she was about to yell something, but then her cell phone alarm rang. She opened it and her calendar popped up on the screen. The reminder read:

Date: October 10

Time: 0630

Pick up Kira from the City Central Airport.

Notes: Don't be Late!

The gears inside Cagalli's brain began to turn on and she rushed into the bathroom with her school uniform in hand. It consisted of a forest green mini-skirt and a white, long sleeved collar shirt with a matching color vest and a big, black bow instead of a tie.

She liked to wear black leg warmers instead of tights on colder days such as this morning. She never approved of the length of the skirts, but her suffering was better than losing participation points for not wearing her full uniform.

Maintaining perfect grades was a very, very important issue to her. She did not want to disappoint her adoptive father Uzumi Nara Athha since he was this country's representative and was held in high regard by many. She would most likely take his place one day in the future and surely a measly fancy piece of clothing would not hinder her efforts.

Rushing herself, Cagalli finished taking a shower and dressing within 10 short minutes. She grabbed her school bag and other important belongings. Merna was by the front door waiting patiently with a chocolate chip muffin and a glass of strawberry milk.

Cagalli finished the warm pastry in 5 bites and downed the cold milk with 3 gulps. She thanked Merna who opened the front door for her. "Now don't forget to stay out of trouble today!" a voice called after her.

Cagalli slipped on her green and gold Mary Janes and walked to the front driveway. Her butler was standing next to the driver's seat of her black Mercedes, waiting patiently.

"Miss?"

"I'll drive myself today, you can take a break," she decided.

He tossed her the keys and closed the door behind her as she fastened her seat belt. "Thanks Tamaki!Tell Merna I might be a bit late tonight." Cagalli drove through the wrought iron gates and Tamaki followed to close it after her.

Cagalli drove to the airport at a record speed and her car screeched to a halt as she parked near the front of the main entrance in a spot where there was a sign saying RESERVED. She called Kira on her phone and he picked up after 2 rings,

"Cagalli! Where are you?" Kira's voice was quite calm despite the loudness in the background.

"Ummm, I'm at the front of the main entrance. Where are you?" Cagalli countered.

"I told you that I was going to wait at the EAST entrance. Don't you remember?" Kira asked.

"Oh yeah, you told me like last week, right?"Cagalli guessed.

"Actually it was two days ago", Kira corrected.

"I'm there. What are you wearing?" Cagalli scanned the area.

"A black collared shirt and umm black jeans too." Kira spotted Cagalli's car and waved to its driver.

"I see you! With the black hair right?" Cagalli parked by the curb and unlocked the doors.

"Yeah! Pop the trunk for me." Kira carefully tossed his luggage into the back of thee car and then walked over to the passenger side.

As Kira got into the car, Cagalli laughed, "Did you become emo or something? I haven't seen you wear all black since we were born."

Kira smiled in response. "Nope."

"Is anyone looking in our direction?"

Kira glanced around nervously.

"No. Why? Taking crack or something?" Cagalli looked at Kira curiously as he chuckled and took off his black wig that Cagalli thought was his real hair and black contacts.

"Kira, do you have a secret identity or are you a criminal on the run? I promise not to tell a single soul." Cagalli gave Kira a serious and concerned look.

"No, it's just…this girl followed me from Heliopolis. I saw her on the plane and she kept on sending me these seductive looks. Just thinking about her gives me the creeps. And I'll tell you my other reason why later today."

Kira took his one of two cell phones and opened the back. A case popped out and he put his contacts in there. Then he closed the case and put his cell phone back into his back pocket.

"Okay, whatever, but you sure owe me a hell of an explanation tonight"

Cagalli stopped at her manor and left her car in the front. She followed Kira into a custom-made red Ferrari across the street and got in the front passenger seat. Kira put on a pair of black, Gucci sunglasses and handed a similar one to Cagalli. He switched his cell phone with a similar looking one. He stuck his keys into the ignition hole and started the engine.

They made it to Orb Union High-school, a high-school for only the brightest and/or richest students in the country a few minutes early. Cagalli and Kira got out of the car at the same time and noticed a couple students looking in their direction. The number of people around them increased quickly. Whispers quickly filled the air around them.

"Who's the new hottie?" "Is Cagalli actually early for once?" "Are those two going out?"

Kira sighed and put his sunglasses in a secret compartment under the driver's seat. Cagalli was about to hand the glasses to him until he said, "I got it especially made for you. Keep them 'cause there's no way I'm going to wear tortoise print shades." Kira gave his sister a small and made a dash to the school's main office while avoiding some girls that were jumping at him.

As he entered the office, he was greeted by the principal, Gilbert Dullidal. "Good morning, you look like unfamiliar face. Can I help you with anything?" Gilbert lifted his hand and gestured to the chair in front of him.

"Well, I'm here to pick up my schedule... Can I get it now or do I have to wait?" Kira sat down nervously.

" You must be Kira Yamato, correct? Your schedule is probably next door. I'll go and see if it's already printed. Stay here and don't leave until I come back, we don't want you to get lost on your first day." Gilbert handed Kira a map of the school and left the room.

Kira looked around the room. Blue and green walls, a stainless steel refrigerator and a microwave in the corner... pretty plain. Then he noticed a square picture frame hanging on the wall closest to him. Inside was a picture of a woman with dirty blonde hair in her mid-20s and a young boy with blonde hair that seemed to be about 4 years old. 'That must be his wife and son.'

Kira sighed and scanned the map slowly. 'The school has three floors. The boy's locker room is outside of the school by the track...' Kira memorized the school map without any problems. The bell rang, but Kira stayed seated in the chair.

A few minutes later, Gilbert entered and handed Kira a thick stack of colored sheets of paper. There was a small book on the top labeled 'agenda'.

"Well, that should be everything you'll need, Kira."

"Thanks Mr. Dullindal," Kira replied.

"Do you need an escort to show you around campus?" Gilbert asked.

"No thank you. I think I can manage by myself." Kira thanked the principal and looked at the first paper. It was a light green shade and contained his schedule. He copied down his classes into his agenda and neatly put the papers in his backpack.

He walked around the school in search of his first class, homeroom with Mrs. Murrue Ramius. He stopped in front of a door labeled ROOM 117 right when the late bell rang. Kids started filling up the halls and Kira was the last person to enter the classroom.

"Please settle down kids! We have a new student today so please do your best to make him feel welcomed." All eyes in the classroom turned to Kira's direction. Murrue also turned towards him, "Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Managing what would appear to be a nervous smile, Kira started his introduction, "hello class, my name is Kira Yamato. I'm a fourth year student and it's nice you meet you all." Kira bowed and Looked at the students. He noticed his sister in the back row and winked discreetly.

"Mr. Yamato, please take a seat behind Miriallia Haww and next to Athrun Zala. Please raise your hand so Mr. Yamato can find his spot." A bluenette and brunette on the left side of the class raised their hands.

Kira sighed and walked to his seat. He could still feel some eyes focused on him. He sat down and felt his cell phone vibrate in his pocket. He checked the text message without anyone noticing except for the guy next to him.

What class do you have next?

Kira texted her back.

Mandarin with Ms. Aisha in room 203. It's on the second floor right?

Cagalli frowned and replied within the minute.

Awww, i have HomeEc with Ramius again so im stayin here. yeah, take the stairs. the elevator is too crowded.

Kira smiled.

Thanks Cags, ur the best

Kira put his phone away and heard someone whispering to him , "Hey, who were you texting?", Kira glanced at the bluenette, Athrun.

"Cagalli." That was his simple, one-word answer.

"The blonde girl in the back?" Athrun moved his chair a bit closer.

"Yeah, that one. Is there another Cagalli in this school?" Kira asked jokingly.

"I don't think so. What were you guys talking about?" Athrun lowered his voice.

"She was just asking about my next class. Nothing much," Kira shrugged noncommittally.

"Oh, I see. I'm Athrun Zala my the way." Athrun sounded jealous at first, but then he shook Kira's hand.

"Well you already know, but anyways, I'm Kira." Kira released Athrun's grip.

The bell rang and the classroom filled with noises as students zipped up their bags and the chairs scraped against the tile floor. The two deskmates took their time to put their notebooks away. They were in no rush.

"Do you wanna hang out at break?" Athrun offered.

"Sure, where?" Kira asked.

"Just meet me on the roof then. I'll introduce you to some of my friends." Athrun handed Kira a crumpled piece of paper.

"Thanks."

Kira walked to his next class and stood out because he wasn't wearing a uniform. He found it without much difficulty and entered. He sat in an empty seat in the second row by the window. There was a girl with long, pink hair sitting next to him who seemed to be focused on the whiteboard. She was really pretty even from a side view.

The teacher was seated in the front, "I see we have a new student today. Please make him feel welcomed. I will be taking role now." Ms. Aisha read out the names.

"Lacus Clyne."

"Present!" the girl raised her hand.

Kirs was the last person to be called. The class officially began and Kira and Lacus ended up sharing a book since Kira didn't get his yet.

In PE, they we currently playing football and Kira was put on Athrun's, Dearka Elsman's, Yzak Joule's and Nicol Almafi's team. They easily beat the opposing team with a score of 66 to 0 even though the other team had an extra person. Kira had made 4 touch-downs from intercepting the throws.

Break was next and Kira followed Athrun to the roof. The three other boys came along as well. On the roof, Kira recognized the girl in front of him from homeroom, Miriallia. The girl named Lacus Clyne was sitting on one of the benches reading a romance novel. Cagalli was on the same bench as Lacus and was busy texting on her cell phone.

Kira was about to greet his sister but then he noticed a small shift in his surroundings. Shit, she's coming. "Cagalli, I know I don't usually ask you for many favors. But please just cover for me when she gets up here, I'll be on the other side of the roof so tell me when she leaves." With that, Kira jumped over the railing of the lower roof and crouched so that he was hidden from view.

All eyes turned to Cagalli, "Uhh, I don't know anything..." She immediately explained.

Then, the door slammed opened revealing an unfamiliar face. She had burgundy red hair that was tied up in a pony tail. She had dull, gray eyes and pale skin. She was wearing a really short, pink mini-skirt and a tight fitting white shirt that was almost transparent and had hearts all over it. It obviously did not comply with the uniform standards policy.

Cagalli looked at the girl and quickly analyzed her. She was horribly disgusting and was probably a slut. "Have you seen my Kira-weee anywhere? He has brown hair and amethyst eyes. He's a new student here and so am I." The girl turned in a full circle and frowned. "I thought I saw him going up the stairs..."

"What relationship does he have with you anyways?" Athrun asked brashly.

"He's my future husband of course! Have you seen him?" Flay looked at Athrun with hopeful eyes.

Cagalli almost snorted, "No he's not, Kira would never marry a whore like you. And what's with that disgusting purple bra that I can almost clearly see underneath that shirt." The girl frowned. "You don't have to go around showing off your chest like that. That bra only covers a little more that half of your breasts!" Cagalli smirked at her comment. The girl winced.

"Do you know who I am? How dare you speak to me like that, you bitch! I am Flay Alster, daughter of the rich and almighty George Alstar, the Atlantic Federation Vice Foreign Minister. Don't you know what I can do to you?" Flay straightened her back and smirked back at Cagalli.

Cagalli started laughing. She kept on giggling until she was on the floor clutching her stomach. All eyes turned to her. "Haha, the Atlantic Federation, you say? This is Orb so your father doesn't have as much power as he would in Heliopolis. You wouldn't want to ignite a war against the two countries, would you? What kind of spoiled brat are you, using your father's name to brag and threaten me. Do you even know who I am? I am -" Cagalli was about to continue on but then Kira came out of his hiding spot, wearing his black wig and placed his hand over Cagalli's mouth.

"Shhh, you wouldn't want everyone to know your identity yet, at least not yet." Kira released his hand and Cagalli didn't continue.

"That's right, better not talk back to me. Do you understand, peasant? Who are you anyways, you didn't come through the door..." Flay looked at Kira suspiciously. She didn't noticed the beads of sweat on his forehead.

"I'm uhh...I'm Kyle Yaminashi. You must be the new sophomore here, it's very nice to meet such a beautiful woman at such a low class place such as here." Kira spoke in a different, deeper voice and hoped that Flay would buy it.

Flay smiled, "Well, since your cute boyfriend here is so good with his words, I'll let you off the hook for now. You remind me so much of my hubbie, except you have different eyes and black hair." Flay turned around and left through the door.

Kira sighed heavily and took off his wig. "Sooo itchy, why can't they be more comfortable?" All eyes curiously looked at Kira. "What?! It's not my fault that she followed me here..."

Miriallia finally spoke, "That Alster girl said that you have amethyst eyes, but yours aren't even close to that color..."

"I do, I'm just wearing colored contacts to hide them." Kira pulled a small packet out of his pocket, used the contents to wipe his hands clean and then carefully took off his contacts.

Lacus blushed slightly, "Flay said that you were Cagalli's boyfriend. Is that true?"

"Huh? Me? No, of course not. I can't be. We're just...good friends, we met each other in fourth grade when Cagalli lived in Heliopolis." Kira replied.

"Heliopolis? I used to live there. I went to Archangel Academy from pre-school until second grade. Then I moved to Zaft and now I'm here." Athrun's statement caused Kira to do some deep thinking.

"I went there too. I met this boy on the first day of school and then we became best friends. He also left at the end of second grade and he made me Torii as a farewell present. Too bad we don't keep in contact anymore." Athrun gasped.

"Is Torii a mechanical bird?" Athrun asked.

"Yeah, why? Do you have one too?" Kira questioned.

"No, but I made one for my childhood friend." Athrun answered.

"But his name was Asuran Zala and you're Athrun Zala." Kira reasoned.

"It is Athrun, but you called me Asuran so much that you thought it was my real name. You had the cutest lisp ever back then," he chuckled. Kira gasped.

"Awwww, how sweet. Friends from elementary school being reunited after so many years. We should have a celebration at my house!" Cagalli suggested.

"That would be a fantastic idea! I'll help prepare the food then." Nicol volunteered.

"I'll help with food too and the rest of you guys can prepare the decorations and props." Lacus got her notebook out and scribbled down some notes in her pink notebook.

Dearka's face brightened up, "Yeah! We can party until 5 AM and then we could make it a sleepover!"

Miriallia groaned, "Who would want to fall asleep in the same house as you, freak?" Dearka frowned and put his hands around her waist.

"Well, why not?" He whispered. Miriallia felt chills going down her back; she was going to scream that she was being abused, but there were only the two of them on the roof when she looked up.

Oh damn it. Some good lot of friends she had.

This was like my LONGEST chapter ever. I wanted to post it today 'cause I burned my finger earlier and I didn't want to disappoint my readers.

Please Review and tell me what you think of it!

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