Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is related in anyway with the popular Japanese Anime known as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, including its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. I only own my own story, the plot of said story, and any characters that I have created. So please no lawyers I have no money to give them.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Resolution
A Mobile Suit Gundam SEED AU Novella
Written and brought to you,
by William R. Woods
aka "Deathzealot"
With input and ideas from SethMKlein
Chapter BGM is Kimi ha Boku ni Nite Iru (You Look Like Me) the Fourth Ending to Gundam SEED Destiny
Phase Five: Familial Relations
The Lambridge Class Special Decoy Ship was built by the Earth Alliance during late Bloody Valentine War to help protect their convoys resupplying the bases on the moon from the newly captured Mass Drivers. These ships were heavily based on the new Cornelius Class Fleet Tenders just equipped with new weapons and the ability to carry mobile suits into battle. These ships would continue to protect the various supply convoys running between the moon bases and the planet-bound massdrivers for the rest of the war and after. After the war…
- Taken from The Ships of the First Bloody Valentine War
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Observation Lounge
Main Dock
The Factory
August 4, CE71
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In one of the main Observation Lounges overlooking the main dock of The Factory, Kira Yamato and Cagalli Yula Attha watched as the three Peacekeeper Faction ships and the two newcomer ships slide into their assigned docking berths. The brother and sister however only had eyes for the single modified Agamemnon Class carrier along the group of ships. The reason for their intense watching of the ship was that according to an earlier message that came in a day before their older brother was onboard said ship. The two had known they had an older brother only for a few days when that all important message came in, so they had no chance to get use to the idea. It was like those early days all over again when the two found out they had been brother and sister. The two of them could still remember when they had found out about having an older brother when Cagalli had sent her trusted former bodyguard Colonel Ledonir Kisaka and a team to the Mendel Colony to find any further information on the Ultimate Coordinator Project, as well as any further information on their real biological family the Hibikis. The twins could remember when Colonel Kisaka and his team returned from the Mendel Colony with the information they managed to glean from the GARM facility.
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Main Pilot Lounge
The Factory
July 30, CE71
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The Factory's Main Pilot Lounge while called a Lounge was in fact a series of rooms with several simple relaxation lounges with various chairs, couches, and tables for the pilots to relax in, as well as a few rooms that various games systems packed in including simple pool tables, and finally a full bowling alley. All of this was to make the various mobile suit pilots of the Faction comfortable as well as serving as a major hang-out for them. However for the moment both Kira Yamato and Cagalli Yula Attha were not all that comfortable as they waited for the man they were supposed to meet with in one of the smaller lounges. Finally after a few intense moments of waiting the door opened and Colonel Ledonir Kisaka walked in with a couple members of his team he took to Mendel Colony. After looking at the two Orb Nobles sitting looking up at him for a brief moment he sighed and retrieved a small note-book from a jacket pocket of his uniform before sitting down across from the two teens.
"Lady Cagalli, Lord Kira. My team has found a large amount of information on the Ultimate Coordinator Project. First up, Lord Kira apparently those fetuses you found are in fact not really your siblings, but straight up genetic clones of another child which we shall get to later on. For now Lady Cagalli you asked for a large picture of your real birth mother and any further data we can find on her, well we found one picture. Simmons if you please," the Colonel started before turning to look at one of the men of his team who nodded before opening the bag at his feet and handing over a large picture complete with frame before the Colonel handed it over the young leader of their country. Both teens looked down and gasped for it was indeed a picture of the women they saw in the pictures they both now had, with Cagalli's given to her by Lord Uzumi while Kira's he retrieved from Mendel Colony itself after his quick exploration of the said colony after Rau Le Creuset left. However what was different was that the women was slightly younger then the picture they had, and she was standing with another young woman who Kira immediately recognized no matter if she was younger then the last time he saw her.
"That is my adopted mother, Caridad Yamato!" he exclaimed in surprise before looking up at the Colonel who only nodded before looking back down at his notebook.
"Yes Lord Kira. In fact Mrs. Yamato is not only your adopted mother but your Aunt. For your real mother one Via Hibiki was Caridad's older sister. I don't really known why either your Aunt or Uncle told you of your real relation to you, but they are in fact still your family. Now moving on, like I mentioned Via Hibiki is the name of your real mother. We out further information on her, like she her birthday, her date of marriage to Doctor Ulen Hibiki, and we even found her dairy which had this letter inside it," the Orb colonel continued handing over a folded piece of paper and a small book to the two who both looked at them before setting aside for now was not the time to read them. After a moment of silence Kisaka continued with a nod at the two.
"We also managed to find out something the two of you in fact have an older brother one Canard Hibiki, he is only fifteen months older then you. We also know that he is like a prototype Ultimate Coordinator and Doctor Hibiki used him as a test-bed for his project. That is only after he had tested and perfected the procedures on genetic clones of Canard which are the fetuses you found during your time there Lord Kira," Kisaka said looking down at his notebook for stopping to look up at Kira and Cagalli to see them shocked at this. With a nod he stopped and reached over to lay a large hand on both of their free hands, while their other hands were clasped with one another as the two siblings comforted one another.
"So that is what Le Crueset meant about many of my siblings being sacrificed," Kira mentioned in a shocked tone before shaking his head with an angry scowl before looking at Kisaka.
"What are these so-called procedures he tested on the clones, and what is the complete Ultimate Coordinator? I know that it was something to do with an artificial womb thanks to a mother's womb being an inadequate environment to support the intended genetic modifications of a Coordinator. But I take it there is more to the Ultimate Coordinator Project then just the artificial womb isn't there?" he asked Colonel Kisaka in a frosty tone making the Orb colonel flinch back before nodding and sighing as he flipped a page on his notebook before continuing his little briefing.
"Yes Lord Kira. In fact according to the records we recovered Doctor Hibiki was not just happy with putting you through the artificial womb, he also added several genetic modifications to you that had either never had stuck during the stages of a Coordinator's development, or those that were deemed to risky. You possess a strength that is about 10% better then a normal Coordinator, as well having far-better reaction times then anything else, you also sport modified genes taken from the La Flagga family which is family that possess something called the Newtype Effect of Situational Awareness a freak genetic phenomena that allows these people have very high situational awareness. This would allow you to control something like Gunbarrels or something similar. The so-called prototype Ultimate Coordinator your older brother Canard doesn't have these genes due to it being a last minute addition, but he has everything else," Kisaka reported with a tone of distaste while Kira blinked in surprise before nodding in sudden understanding.
"So that is how I have been having some sort of sixth sense, I have wondered how I gotten it, but I understand now," Kira mentioned with a small relieved smile on his face. Cagalli smiled as well before squeezing Kira's hand and looking back at Kisaka.
"Kisaka did you find anything further on Canard, like is he even alive and stuff like that?" she asked with a frown, and was surprised at the angry frown appearing on the face of the usual calm and collected colonel.
"Yes I found plenty of stuff about him, but not all of it from Mendel, in fact the data I did find at Mendel filled in some holes of some information I had from my brief time serving in Orb Intelligence. First of all, your mother Via never knew that Doctor Hibiki used Canard as a test-subject. In fact she believed him to have died thanks to miscarriage, but she didn't for the good Doctor only let her believe that for he took Canard right out of Via's womb while she was sleeping and used it as a source of material for clones so he could test the Ultimate Coordinator Project without worrying about killing any of his children. So after repeated failures he managed to prefect it enough that he took Canard out stasis were he had kept him for a few months and put him through it," Kisaka said taking a small breath and looked over at the two to see them really into the story.
"I am going to get off track here but it is important to get some sort of background. Anyways moving on when Canard lived through the artificial womb very well with the majority of the planned genetic modifications he then took you Lord Kira out of Via's womb to start making you the first full Ultimate Coordinator. This time though somehow Via found out about it and challenged Ulen with it. Of course her husband refused to turn away and he continued on with the project no matter what Via tried to tell him. About a few month later both of you where born with Cagalli born at Mendel's General Hospital and Kira via the artificial womb at the GARM facility. Ulen at this time went through a sort of epiphany since Kira nearly died during the treatment process and he arrived at the Hospital with Kia and apologized to Via. He promised Via that the Ultimate Coordinator Project would be shut-down for Ulen realized the cost of such a project, he also came clean about the fate of Canard. For Canard had been taken in by a nice Mendel family, the Pars, with had connections to GARM, since Ulen's mindset at the time considered him a failure," Kisaka continued his story but paused to take another breath and flipped his notebook to the next page of notes.
"It was around this time that Blue Cosmos arrived at the colony which had somehow found out about the project. They stormed the GARM facility and killed the vast majority of the staff as well as the various parents looking to make their children Coordinators, and started to look through the records there. Thankfully the Hibikis had been meeting the Pars and Canard at this time so they avoided the slaughter at the GARM. It was only thanks to a warning they received from a friend that they found out about it. Ulen then told the Pars to get Canard out of the colony, and then told Via to get you two out while he went back to GARM and activate the self-destruct. Via protested this but Ulen knew he had to do something to make up for his tunnel vision on the results of the Ultimate Coordinator Project," Kisaka once again paused before sighing knowing the story is going to get a bit darker, before he continued on.
"Via took the two of you to the hotel that her sister, your Aunt Caridad, was staying in since she had been there to help Via through her pregnancy and her unruly marriage. There she gave Caridad Kira since Via knew that Blue Cosmos would be looking for a women with two infants not two women each with an infant. Caridad would return to her husband and the rest of their family living at Copernicus City, while Via went to Orb for one of her friends had married into the Attha Family there. Via then gave her friend, the Lady Serenity, Cagalli before she left knowing that she had to keep moving, she finally returned to GARM which did not get destroyed by the facility's self-destruct. There she found that Blue Cosmos had unleashed a poison gas throughout the colony for they didn't find what they were looking for and wanted to make sure that the children could not be easily hidden in the colony itself. There she placed her diary which she had written all about her little adventure, but before she could complete what Ulen had started destroying the facility she was found by Blue Cosmos agents. Before she could be captured by the agents and revealing were she had hidden the children, she opened the face-plate of her normal suit letting the gas kill her," Kisaka finished with a frown looked at the shocked and saddened faces of the twins. Cagalli shook her head with tears starting to trail down her face before she looked up at Kisaka.
"What about Canard? You didn't mention what happened to the Pars?" Cagalli asked in a saddened voice, jolting Kira out of his own thoughts as he nodded in agreement. Kisaka sighed at this before taking out yet another small note-book out of his uniform jacket pocket. This one however looked older and more aged then the previous one.
"All of that I managed to find out by reading some Via's diary and looking through the security footage of the GARM facility. However like I mentioned earlier what I found out at GARM filled in some large holes of some other information that I had kept from my days in Orb Intelligence. I don't know what exactly happened to the Pars, but I do know that Canard somehow managed to get into the hands of the Atlantic Federation. There he would undergo several years of brutal testing and be trained to be a Special Operative for them. However he would then somehow be handed over to the Eurasian Federation and assigned to their Special Operations Unit X most specifically the then Commodore Emile Delancy, who instead looking at Canard as a weapon or something to be used and thrown away like the Atlantic Federation would, he looked at Canard as a boy who needed someone to guide him. That is all I really know but I do know Canard is still alive and part of some sort Black Project the Eurasians are running," Kisaka finished with a sigh looking over at the two who only nodded pleased to hear that their brother was indeed still alive.
"Thank you Kisaka, is there anything else?" Cagalli asked after several moments of recovering from the shocks she had received during this strange briefing. Kisaka only sighed before he leaned back and eyed the two.
"Yes we did managed to find the remains of Via, and several of the staff. The staff we buried at the colony itself, but Via's remains we brought back with us. What would you like to do with them?" Kisaka asked with a frown shocking the teens once more. However Cagalli looked thoughtful before nodding.
"Kisaka can you arrange for them to be burned like my mother… I mean Lady Serenity was, we can have a final funeral for her after the war is over?" Cagalli asked looking at Kisaka who nodded at this. Since Orb was an island nation they like many other island nations over time did not bury their dead instead burned the remains for spreading the ashes either over the water around the islands or even bury the ashes themselves.
"Yes I agree we will have some sort of late funeral for our mother after this is all over. I hope she can final some need peace with this," Kira mentioned agreeing with Cagalli. Kisaka nodded at this before turning and grabbing the bag that was being carried by one of his team.
"Anyways this is all we could retrieve from what we believe was the house the Hibiki's stayed in, as well as several other stuff we found around GARM," Kisaka mentioned setting the bag on the table, before he got up from the seat.
"Thank you Kisaka, you may go. But please tell us if you hear anything about Canard through your old Intelligence channels," Cagalli said looking up from the bag at Kisaka.
"Yes Milady! I shall. Let's go," Kisaka replied with a salute before leading his team out of the lounge leaving the two siblings alone. After a brief moment of silence Kira got up and walked up to look out the large window that looked out to the outside. It was one reason why it was Kira's favorite. Cagalli after taking a few moments to collect herself got up and stood beside her brother.
"Finally we known the whole true, and one day we shall find Canard and bring him back," Kira mentioned with a soft sad smile as he watched the flowing debris that surrounded and protected the Factory. Beside him Cagalli only nodded before looking out at the debris and the stars as well.
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However with what could only be luck and destiny the three Hibiki Siblings would be reunited sooner then anyone thought. For Canard was on board the ship they the twins were watching as it docked in its assigned docking berth. The two were quite surprised to receive the message from Admiral Gloval telling them about Canard being on the ship. What was even more surprising was that Canard knew all about the Ultimate Coordinator Project as well as whom his real parents happened to be. It was quite a surprise for the twins, and they both wondered how he knew.
"This is just unreal. If I was told about this after we were told by Kisaka, I would just think it was some sort of story or lie. But the Admiral didn't even know what Kisaka found at GARM nor did he know about Canard. So it has to be true," Cagalli mentioned with a frown as she watched the docking arms locked onto the damaged ship.
"Yes I would think it is Fate that Canard found his way to us by himself," Kira mentioned with a sigh and finally turned away from the view-port.
"Anyways let's go meet our estranged older brother and found about his story shall we," Kira mentioned as he walked away. Cagalli only nodded before following Kira out of the observation room.
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Meeting Room 2-A
The Factory
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After making sure the Ortigia was secured and everything was taken care of there, Canard let an officer in Orb uniform lead him to meet with his siblings. He had been shocked to find that both of them are part of the Peacekeeper Faction. Granted he knew that Cagalli was the heir to the Orb ruling family, but he did not know that Kira was actually alive. The information he received had mentioned he died protecting the Archangel but he indeed lived through it finding himself on the PLANTs where he received the Freedom G-Weapon from Lacus Clyne. With a shake of his head Canard stopped by a door where the Orb officer stopped in front of.
"Here we go Lord Canard, both Lady Cagalli and Lord Kira waiting for you in this meeting room," the officer mentioned with a wave of his hand. Canard nodded but suddenly stopped when he realized what the officer called him.
"Wait! Lord? What are you calling me that?" he asked confused and a little embarrassed at this title. The officer simply smiled and lightly chuckled before shaking his head.
"Well sir, you are the brother to Lady Cagalli. Since Lady Cagalli is lawfully the rightful heir to Lord Uzumi even though she is adopted, and you are her biological brother your title would be Lord it is the same with Lord Kira," the officer explained with a small smile. Canard only shook his head at this but understood.
"Alright then let's do this," he replied with a deep breath as he got ready mentally to seeing his lost two siblings. The officer simply nodded before knocking on the door after this he waited for a long moment and opening it to let Canard in. With yet another deep breath Canard steadied himself before finally walking into the room and looked around to see two young teens looking at him with similar eyes to his own. He never noticed the door closing behind him he only watched the two teen he knew to be his younger sister and brother. As he inspected the two he noticed the two were wearing similar uniforms, a uniform he knew from various intelligence briefings that is only worn by members of the ruling family of Orb when doing military duties and higher-ranking officers of Orb's Military. He was suddenly broken out of his thoughts as the silence between the three was broken when Cagalli started sobbing and launched herself at Canard to embrace him surprising both boys. Canard blinked in surprise at this before smiling softly as he returned the hug and making eye contact with Kira to see him smiling as well with tears in his eyes.
"Come on Kira you know want to as well," Canard said with a smile waving at him with his free arm. Kira only laughed before joined the hug between the three siblings. The three siblings stayed like this for several moments as they cried together, but soon the three recovered and sat down to talk. Kira started the discussion with a sad smile as he handed Canard another picture, similar to one now owned by Kira and Cagalli, of their real mother Via Hibiki.
"Here you go Canard. Cagalli and I already have pictures of Mother, so I believe you would like one as well," he said with the same sad smile. Canard gasped at this and took the picture from Kira and stared at it. It showed his mother Via Hibiki standing smiling as she carried a baby wrapped in a light blue blanket, that Canard knew to be Kira.
"Thank you. I only knew her name and had a vague description of her," Canard replied with a sad tearful smile as he gently caressed the image of his mother. Both Cagalli and Kira only nodded at this with equal sad smiles, knowing that while the two of them had wonderful adopted mothers to care for them Canard had no one so that picture would be more important to him then the twins.
"Anyways both Kira and I have been wondering how you knew about us and the Ultimate Coordinator project?" Cagalli asked with a frown after a few peaceful moments of reflections between the three. Canard blinked in surprise at this but only sighed and nodded as he sat the picture down in front of him.
"Well Cagalli, I was told by my mentor and commander Rear Admiral Emile Delancy for he is the brother of Mrs. Pars who took me in when I was an infant. So he knew some stuff about it, and after the death of the Pars he looked into how they died. Somehow he managed to find out about me and managed to get me away from the Atlantic Federation. Before he was reassigned to JOSH-A to take over its defenses, he sat me down and told me what all he managed to find about my past. He managed to get your names somehow and the name of my real mother. He also told me all about the Project and how I came to be included in it. I really don't know how he managed to get all that information but somehow he did," he said shaking his head with a sigh at the memory of his father figure.
"I have a lot to thank Emile for, he managed to get away from those damn monsters of the Atlantic Federation, he also gave me the love I desperately craved," he continued with a sad sigh as he looked over at his brother and sister. Suddenly he chuckled and looked over at Kira with a smile.
"He also stopped me from making a very large mistake. You see when I was with the Atlantic Federation, I was told I was a failure and only a failed product. It made me think that I was indeed a failure. It all came to a head when I managed to escape from them and ran away from the testing facility. Of course I didn't make it far, but before I was recaptured I meet a man who told me that if I didn't want to be a failure anymore I should find the real Ultimate Coordinator and kill him to become the complete Ultimate Coordinator. Therefore I had this thought for the next year and threw myself into training so I could stop being the failure I thought I happen to be. This was only till Emile managed to get me away from those bastards and starting to the complete opposite of them that I started to turn away from that mindset. In fact when he heard of my mindset he started to get me away from it, mentioning that I was no failure. No one is a failure especially if they had no control over what made us a failure. Therefore my mindset began to change once more to something better and more healthy. I really owe Emile for starting that," Canard finished with a sad smile as he eyed the wide-eyed Kira who after a moment shook his head with an equal smile on his face. While Cagalli look kind of thoughtful as she stared at Canard.
"Canard that man most likely knew who and what you where, which means he was either on staff at GARM or he was told about it from someone who was," Cagalli mentioned looking thoughtful making the two boys look at her in surprise before almost as one they started to nod in agreement with their sister. Canard blinked suddenly as he nodded again as he remembered something.
"Yes you are right in fact I just remembered he did mentioned he had been on staff for the GARM facility. He is a Coordinator for when I tried to fight him he was way better and just kept avoiding my attacks," Canard mentioned with a frown. Cagalli and Kira looked at him with equal frowns as they thought about his statement.
"Alright then that means he was trying to get you to kill Kira, therefore he was either against the project from the start or he does not want someone like Kira alive to foil any plans he may have in the future. Canard would you remember him if you saw him again?"Cagalli asked with a frown looking over at her older brother, who looked shocked at her statement but nodded in agreement.
"Yes I have a very good photographic memory, which is one thing that those bastards at that laboratory gave me that I enjoy. I could easily find that guy. Anyways that is enough serious talk, let's start talking about our lives shall we," Canard mentioned with a smile leaning back in his seat as the two younger siblings laughed before nodding in agreement before Cagalli started to talk about her live. Canard himself just smiled as he started to listen to his younger sister described her lives, and finally Canard knew that he found the peace he sought for so long. He was finally home.
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Well Folks! NaNoWriMo is almost finished that November 30th finish line is just around the corner, so prepare for an update bonanza as I rush to get 50 Thousand Words. Though I may go over it as I really want to get this story done before November 30th instead of last year where I was at 50K and was not finished. This shall not happened this time. I really want to finish this story if it is the last thing I do.
Moving on, we have Canard Pars as the older brother to Cagalli and Kira. But it does make sense, and I really enjoy doing it. We also explore what really happened during the fateful day when Cagalli and Kira got separated. Also I do believe it is canon that Caridad and Via are sisters, for I think it mentions it in the official time-line. I also further explore Canard's change from canon Canard to my version of him. I personally enjoy this version of him instead of the moody canon Canard.
Other then that I hope you all enjoyed this little piece of fluff and comfort. No worries we shall return to the war next chapter. Enjoy the Omake.
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Omake #6
The Big Brother Talk (aka Poor Athrun)
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With a heartfelt sigh of relief Athrun Zala sat down in a comfy chair in the Factory's main pilot lounge, he like many of the other Peacekeeper Faction mobile suit pilots had just finished a long drawn-out simulation exercise. Therefore he like the other pilots was relaxing in the pilot lounge after the long exercise. However he was suddenly confused when no one followed him into the lounge, granted there were other rooms in the over-all pilot lounge but there should have been some other pilots coming in the same room. With a frown he looked around wondering where everyone went, and suddenly relaxed when he saw Kira along the young man he knew to be his new-found older brother Canard Pars come walking into the room. However he soon frowned to see both of them were eying him with small frown on their so similar faces.
"Hello Athrun. I think it's time that we have a small talk with you about Cagalli," Kira mentioned as he came up behind Athrun's chair. Athrun meanwhile suddenly realized what was going on and started to mentally cursed for he heard what happened to Dearka when Kira along with Commander La Flagga gave him a similar talk. Of course he never expected Kira to give him, one of his best friends, a big-brother talk, but on the other hand Kira did know a few things about him from their time at Copernicus City so it would make sense for him to do so.
"Oh crap," Athrun cursed out-loud eying to the two older brothers as they grinned evilly at him. This was not going to be fun. Not fun at all. He could only whimper as the two brothers advanced ruthlessly onto him.
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Poor Athrun. I really feel sorry for him. /laughs/
Anyway once-more I ask for reviews, I really need the feedback folks. I don't care if I am getting reviews saying this sucks, or this is great. Just please I need some reviews. /double puppy dog look/ PLEASE!