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Ireland

Lyle Dylandy stared at the man before him before his green eyes narrowed.

"Who the hell are you? You just appear before me and then state that you're apart of Celestial Being," when Setsuna cut him off.

"Neil Dylandy, was a gundam meister," stated Setsuna and Lyle's eyes narrowed at the younger man's words.

"My brother, was a gundam meister?" and Setsuna nodded.

"He piloted a gundam for Celestial Being," at his words, Lyle's eyes widened when he noticed that the raven-haired man was using past tense.

"Piloted? Wait, you don't mean my brother's-?" and Setsuna slowly nodded.

"In a battle four years ago,"

Lyle's eyes widened for a second before the instantly narrowed at Setsuna

"You're telling me that I should follow my brother's legacy?" and the Krugis meister slowly shook his head before he looked up and crimson met green.

"I'm not forcing you to but if you really want to change this world as much as Neil Dylandy always wanted to. And, if you're willing to fight for that," stated Setsuna before he handed a crystal flash drive to Lyle. "You'll find all the information about us on that," and Lyle smirked as he took the flash drive from Setsuna and waved in the younger man's face

"Are you sure? How do you know I won't turn this into the authorities?" he joked but Setsuna's face remained emotionless before he spoke again.

"The Security Agency is about to launch an attack on Katharon's European base,"

"What?" yelled Lyle and Setsuna's face turned serious as he looked at Lyle.

"These people are serious,"

Katharon Base

Staring at the screen, Rina's eyes narrowed before she closed her eyes for a second. When she reopened them, her eyes were pupils were dilated and were glowing a dark gold hue. Her eyes scanned the screen when she heard the door open behind her.

"Is there something that you need Klaus?" she questioned and the older man inwardly flinched at her tone. He looked over at the younger woman with great interest as her eyes refused to leave the screen.

"What's the situation like out there?" he asked and Rina slowly closed her eyes.

"The federation forces are probably on the move, they're going to attack the European base," and Klaus' eyes widened when he heard her information.

"But how would you-?" he started but Rina just turned around and left the room. When she was gone, Klaus turned back to the door with a concerned expression on his face.

It had been a year since they took her in. When they first found her, she had already sustained multiple injuries. She had been in hysterics crying and screaming in pain and despair. The wound on her stomach/abdomen was gruesome that even the medic cringed when he saw her. She held a little boy close to her, protecting him with everything she had. She begged for them to help her and her son who was unconscious due to a heat stroke. When they took her in, she was dying from her injuries along with dehydration and severe blood loss but she refused to be treated until her son was treated first. Only after her son was claimed to be perfectly fine by the medics, she finally went through treatment. Everyone expected her to die within the first couple of days after they took her in. But surprisingly, she recovered from her injuries and after a week of treatment, she was on her feet.

For a few weeks, she had locked herself away from everyone. The medics had diagnosed her with depression. No one could blame her, she was traumatized by everything that had happened. She had almost died, her child had almost died. The only person who saw her was her son, a little boy of three years. He would just sit with his mother, his hand holding hers or sometimes he would cling onto her for dear life. After a two months, she had come to the him and Shirin and thanked them and offered to join Katharon. When they questioned her, she simply stated that she no longer had a place to go. Due to the fact that the Federation had destroyed so many places in the Middle East, they took her in without complaint.

What surprised them the most was that she had combat experience. Even though she refused to say anything of her past, the girl had helped multiple times by giving accurate tactical forecasts which had saved Katharon multiple times. Even though everyone had warmed up to her, she still refused to give them her name so everyone just called her by whatever they wanted to.

Klaus sighed when he heard the door open and turned around to see Shirin walking in with a grim expression on her face.

"I'm going to assume something happened," and Shirin nodded.

"Gene-1 contacted us and warned us about the Federation forces, they're going to attack Europe," she stated and Klaus' eyes widened before he turned his head to the screen the girl was looking at earlier. His eyes widened even more when he saw that the screen was focused on the world map and the location that Katharon's forces were located.

Shirin noticed the older man's silence before she walked up and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Is something wrong Klaus?" she asked to which Klaus snapped up and looked over at Shirin and shook his head.

"It's nothing, contact the other bases, we cannot let another base fall to the Federation," and Shirin nodded before she walked out of the room.

Klaus stared at the screen again with narrowed eyes before he walked out into one of the meeting rooms. When he walked in, he saw the girl standing in the corner with her arms folded over her chest. A few minutes into the meeting, one of the messengers burst into the room and alerted everyone about the Federation's attack on the European branch. Klaus snapped up and he looked over to see the girl slowly open her eyes and stare at the ground as the messenger then stated that the European branch was damaged but not destroyed due to the warning they had send a few minutes prior to the attack. Klaus looked back at the girl as she looked up and slowly nodded her head at him before she walked out of the meeting room. Sighing, Klaus looked down at the map on the table and inwardly laughed.

Once again, she had saved them.

Once she was out of the meeting room, Rina collapsed onto the ground as waves of excorticating pain hit her. Taking deep breaths, Rina clenched her fists and forced herself to breath in and out. When she opened her eyes, her pupils were dilated and glowing a dark gold hue as her eyes narrowed in pain as the waves of pain intensified. Gritting her teeth, Rina put her hands in her pocket and pulled out a bottle of pills. Popping two of the said pills into her mouth, Rina hugged her arms as she forced herself to breathe as the medicine took effect. A few minutes later, the pain started to fade and Rina started to breathe normally as sweat ran down her face. As she took a few minutes to regain her breathe, Rina saw something flying towards her from the corner of her eye. Before the object hit her face, Rina snatched it out of the air and brought it in front of her to see a bottle of water. Hearing laughter, Rina looked up and her eyes narrowed to see a blonde haired man laughing at her. When he calmed down, the man opened his eyes revealing a pair of bright red eyes staring back at her before he laughed again.

"Fon Spaak," she stated and Fon stopped laughing and his eyes turned serious when he saw that Rina's eyes were glowing. Walking towards her, he knelt down and glared down at her.

"What," he snapped and Rina just stared at him blankly before she got up and waved the water as if to say thank you before she started to walk away. Fon watched as she walked away before he closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head.

"They're back," he stated and Rina paused before she looked ahead.

"Then why are you still here?" she whispered and Fon snapped up and laughed at her question.

"Same goes for you! You were a meister of Celestial Being! What the hell are you still doing here?" and Rina flinched before she faced Fon, her gold eyes wide and Fon stopped laughing when he saw the anger in her eyes.

"You know nothing," she hissed. Fon's eyes narrowed at her before he yawned and started walking. Just when he was standing shoulder to shoulder, Fon leaned in until he was right next to her ear

"Better watch yourself, by the looks of it, you're not going to last much longer," and Rina's eyes widened as they returned t o their normal blue-violet hue and she looked over at Fon with wide eyes. Noticing her glance, Fon just smirked again before he walked off. As he walked away, Fon turned his head and his eyes narrowed when he saw Rina collapse and grab her arms in an attempt to stop her body from shaking.

"Idiot," he whispered as he walked away.

Ptolemy

The door to the cell opened and Milena popped her head in with a smile while Lasse just looked at Saji with a blank look on his face.

"Hi! We bought you your meal! I'll leave it here, so please eat," she stated as she placed the tray of food in the room before she smiled again at Saji. "We'll leave Red Haro with you if you want to look at our data bases or get in contact with us!" and a red Haro floated into the room.

"Please to meet you! Pleased to meet you!" it greeted as it flapped its wings/ears.

"How long are you going to keep me in here?" demanded Saji and Milena and Lasse both looked over at Saji who was curled up with his face in his knees.

"We know that A-Laws are looking for you," stated Lasse when Saji snapped up at his words and glared at Lasse and Milena.

"Look! I'm not a member of Katharon!" he yelled causing Milena to step back while Lasse's eyes narrowed at him.

"Well then let's just hope that they think the same as well," and Saji flinched at the older man's words.

"Are you people planning on holding those armed interventions again?"

"No, we're just going to destroy A-Laws," and Saji's eyes widened.

"The Federation forces?"

"The A-laws in an autonomous force that serves directly under the government. They've already committed fourteen acts of mass murder which they call 'suppression,'. You were a witness to one of those acts," stated Lasse and Saji's eyes widened at his words as the memories of his detainment at Proud flashed in his head. The memories of the massacre. Grimacing, Saji faced the wall before his eyes narrowed.

"But the Federation was formed in response to your organization's actions!"

"That's why we're going to fight," stated Lasse to which Saji turned around.

"But if you fight, people will die!"

"People will die even if we don't fight, that's just how reality is," Saji glared at Lasse but the older man just remained stoic when Milena's voice cut through the tension.

", the tests will begin soon,"

"Right," and the door to the cell started to close when Saji looked up.

"Where is he?" he asked getting the attention of both Celestial Being members. "What's Setsuna doing?"

"He went to gather some people!" smiled Milena and Lasse just looked at Saji with a blank expression.

"He went to gather our comrades,"

Setsuna stared up at the building before him before his eyes narrowed before he walked in.

"Sumeragi Lee Noriega is here," he whispered before he walked towards the apartment complex.

Sumeragi sighed as she started to pour herself another glass of whiskey when a hand grabbed the bottle and snatched it away. In her drunken stupor, she reached out to grab it but only fell over.

"Come one, that's enough now, I can't keep looking after you like this," sighed Billy as he glanced at all the empty alcohol bottles before he started to clean up. Sumeragi groaned as she blinked a couple of times to clear her head before she stood up.

"I'm leaving," she announced as she slowly started to walk towards the door. At the doorway, she turned to Billy and waved her hand.

"Thanks for the last two years Billy, see ya," she slurred when the older man grabbed her arm.

"Hey, I was kidding!" he justified when the sound of the doorbell cut him off. Pressing one of the buttons to the screen, both Billy and Sumeragi saw a man in his early twenties standing before them. Sumeragi's eyes widened when she recognized the man.

'Setsuna!' she inwardly screamed as her body remained frozen. Billy looked over and smiled at her before he walked towards the door.

"Some one you know? That's great, we should go out to eat then," stated Billy as he grabbed the handle and pushed the button opening the door.

"Wait!" called Sumeragi but the door opened and her amber eyes were met with a pair of crimson orbs.

"S-Setsuna," she whispered before her eyes fell. Setsuna stared at the older woman before his eyes narrowed.

"Its been four years, Sumeragi Lee Noriega," he stated to which Billy laughed.

"What are you talking about? That's not her name! Her name is Kujo-," started Billy when Setsuna cut him off.

"Codename, Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Celestial Being's tactical forecaster," and both Billy and Sumeragi's eyes widened and Setsuna took in the woman's reactions before he stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

"Now you have nowhere to run," stated Setsuna and Sumeragi's eyes widened before she looked away.

Ireland

Lyle's eyes narrowed as the voice on the other end of the phone.

"I see, are the others alright then? I guess the information did come in handy, roger, I'll report a little bit later," he stated as the line was disconnected. Lyle stared at the memorial before him before his green eyes narrowed. Picking up his communicator, Lyle stared at the screen before an image of a girl with brown hair with pink highlights and blue-violet eyes stared back at him.

"Its been a while, Gene-1," stated Rina and Lyle nodded his head before his green eyes locked with hers.

"I have an urgent message, its vital, I would like to talk to someone in person," and Rina slowly nodded her head.

"Roger that then,"

As the two stepped into the train, Setsuna looked around before he started walking. Occupied with is own thoughts, the raven-haired meister failed to notice a little boy until the two collided. The boy fell onto his bottom while Setsuna just stumbled. The little boy looked up at Setsuna with tears in his eyes before he started to cry. Both Setsuna and Sumeragi's eyes widened as they tried to console the little boy with they both heard the boy's mother calling for him. When she arrived, the mother apologized to Setsuna before she carried the boy away. Sumeragi looked over at Setsuna and her eyes widened when she saw the pained look on Setsuna's face before the meister wiped off the emotion on his face and dragged her to their private car.

When they were inside, Sumeragi collapsed onto one of the chairs while Setsuna leaned against the door in case she tried to escape. As the train started its ascent, Sumeragi sighed before she looked over at Setsuna.

"What do you plan on accomplishing by dragging me back? The Federation was made yet the world hasn't change one dam bit," she whispered, her hands clenching. "Even with all those sacrifices we made, we weren't able to change the world, the Aeolia plan isn't worth anything!"

Setsuna just stared at Sumeragi before he opened his mouth.

"Is that why you've been drowning yourself in alcohol the past four years?" he asked and Sumeragi let out a small laugh.

"What's so wrong about that? I've had enough, I can't go on anymore. There's no way that I can," she stated, the volume of her voice dropping at each word before she turned her head away.

Setsuna paused at her words before he looked down at his hands. When he saw the ring on his left hand, his eyes narrowed before he clenched his fists and looked up.

"I. I mean, all of us will fight. If changing the world into what it is now is our sin, then we have no choice but to change it again and make up for that sin," and Sumeragi closed her eyes before she curled up into a fetal position.

"That's impossible for me," she whispered and Setsuna's eyes narrowed at her words.

"Are you running away?"

"What's wrong with that? I just want to escape from all of this. I'm not as strong as you are. I don't have anymore strength left to fight this world,"

At her words, Setsuna looked down and closed his eyes.

"There was a time I thought like that as well," and Sumeragi's eyes widened before she looked up at Setsuna.

"What?" but the meister ignored her as he continued.

"I also thought that everything we did was hopeless, when the destruction of Celestial Being was announced, I was recuperating from the final battle. All I wanted to do was die. Everything we did, all the lives we took, all the lives that were lost, were for nothing," and Setsuna paused for a minute before he looked over at Sumeragi with determination in his eyes.

"Rina pulled me out of that darkness. It was thanks to her that I was able to stand up again and start anew. That's why I am able to stand today, I'm going to fight to change this world, just like before," he stated and Sumeragi's eyes widened at his words when an announcement came on the intercom stating that the train had landed. Grabbing her wrist, Setsuna dragged Sumeragi towards the door and to the lobby of the low orbital station.

"Setsuna, just leave me be," pleaded Sumeragi as she tried to pull away and in response, Setsuna's grip on her wrist tightened.

"A new meister is coming," cut Setsuna

"A new meister?"

"Yo!" called a voice in which caught both Sumeragi and Setsuna's attention. Looking over, the forecaster's eyes widened when she saw a man with wavy brown hair and green eyes waiting for them. A smile adorned the man's face as the two stopped infront of him. "You guys showed up a little bit late, I was worried you wouldn't show up,"

"Lockon? You're alive?" whispered Sumeragi and Lyle started to laugh.

"Come on, do I look that much like my brother?

"What?" gasped Sumeragi and Setsuna looked at before he pointed to Lyle.

"I'll introduce you, this is Neil Dylandy's younger twin, Lyle Dy-," but Lyle shook his head and pointed at himself with a grin on his face.

"That's not it. My name is Lockon Stratos, I'm a gundam meister for Celestial Being,"

Katharon Base

"Gene-1's made contact with Celestial Being, even though we're unsure if they'll join us," stated Shirin and Klaus looked up from the papers he was reading with narrowed eyes.

"The Federation uses its access to the solar power system to coerce their member nations to do as they please. They also abandon the non-member nations to just crumble. With the way things are going now, it'll only be a matter of time before the Federation turns in a dictatorship, if it hasn't already,"

"Also, by forming the autonomous peacekeeping force A-Laws, the Federation's keeping on iron grip on things by completely annihilating any of its enemy forces," stated Rina as she walked up to the meeting table. Her eyes linger around the area before she looked over at Klaus.

"I propose a mission plan," and Klaus looked up at her with interest.

"Please allow both me and another member to infiltrate a Federation HQ in order to hijack some of their newer machines, even if we have mobile suits," and Rina pointed to all the Tiereins, Heilions, and Flag machines around the base. "They will be nothing against the Federation's and A-law's machines,"

"But who will accompany you?" asked Shirin when the sound of a man's laugh cut her off. Snapping around, Shirin and Klaus' eyes narrowed when they saw Fon Spak laughing as he walked into the hangar.

"I'll go with her, it'll be my pleasure!" he laughed and Rina's eyes narrowed at him before she silently turned around and walked away.

As she watched the news broadcast, Marina Ismail, the first princess of the Kingdom Azadistan, looked down with a worried look in her eyes.

"The gundams have made a reappearance, do you have anything to do with this? Setsuna?" she whispered when the door to her suite was suddenly opened and two soldiers holding guns ran in.

"Princess Marina Ismail right? You're coming with us," stated one of men causing the woman's blue eyes to widen.

Ptlomey

"We just received a message from Wang Lieu Mei! A-Laws knows our locations!" announced Feldt and everyone's eyes widened.

"What?" yelled Lasse before his eyes narrowed and he ran over to his station. Tieria stared at the screen before he looked at the other crew members.

"I'll take Seravee, Feldt, go help Ian finish the 00's matching sequence," ordered Tieria and the pinkette nodded.

"Roger that,"

..

As the shuttle made its way to Ptlomey, an urgent coded message appeared on the screen.

"From Ptlomey" questioned Setsuna as he opened the message and his eyes widened at the content.

"A-Laws found us!" and both Sumeragi and Lyle's eyes widened before Sumeragi looked at Setsuna.

"Setsuna, what's our fighting strength?"

"Its just Tieria's machine, but there's one machine that'll be rolling out real soon,"

Sumeragi's eyes fell at his words.

"Just two machines," and Lockon looked over at Setsuna with a small smile.

"Quite a small group you've got here," he stated and Sumeragi's eyes fell before she reached over and pressed one of the buttons on the screen.

Milena's violet eyes scanned the screen before she looked over to Lasse.

"Mr. Aeon, I've got an urgent coded message from Miss Noriega,"

"Noriega? You mean Miss Sumeragi?

"It's a mission plan, It will start at 0032," and Lasse smiled before he looked out at the shuttle approaching them.

"Not bad Setsuna, you really got her back!"

..

As she walked into the room, Rina scanned the room until her gaze set on Sora laying stomach side down on the only bed in the room.

"So-," she started when she noticed the four year old staring at the screen of her communicator.

"What are you up to?" she asked as she sat down next to him and her eyes narrowed at the photo Sora was looking at. The photo was taken a year before everything had happened. In it, Setsuna and Rina were holding onto Sora as she and the little boy were smiling and a small smile adorned Setsuna's face.

"I miss him," whispered Sora and Rina looked down at the boy to see tears threatening to fall down his cheeks. "I miss papa," he whispered again before tears fell down his face and he buried his head into the pillow. Rina's eyes fell before she gently took Sora and held him close to her, tears falling down her face as well.

"I miss him too Sora," and Rina looked down at her left hand at the sapphire stare ring before she clenched her hand and tightened her grip on Sora.

"I want to see papa!" cried Sora to which Rina's grip only tightened.

"I know Sora, I know," she whispered as she patted her son's head as the four year old cried out his sorrow. A few minutes later, Rina looked down to see Sora fast asleep. Careful not to wake him, Rina placed the little boy on the bed and tucked him in before she headed towards the door. At the doorway, Rina looked back and a small smile appeared on her face as she saw her son sleeping on the bed, his head near the communicator still displaying the family photo.

"Good night," she whispered as turned off the lights before she walked out. When she was outside, Rina looked down at the ring on her hand as tears started to form.

"Setsuna," she whispered as tears fell down her cheeks and she buried her face into her hands.

"Ian! Launch 00," ordered the raven-haired meister and he ignored the mechanic's protests before he stood up and looked over at Lockon.

"Take care of the controls," he stated and Lockon's eyes widened before he grabbed the controls and glared at Setsuna.

"What the hell!" he yelled but Setsuna ignored him as he walked out of the shuttle and headed towards deck two of Ptlomey. When the deck opened, Setsuna's eyes widened in awe when he saw the blue and white gundam before him.

'00 gundam. 0 gundam and Exia's solar reactors in the machine. My gundam,' he thought as he jumped into the cockpit.

"The twin drive system, will it work?" he whispered and Ian's face appeared on the screen.

"Setsuna, 00's not ready!"

"I'm commencing Trans-Am!" reported Setsuna and Ian's shouts fell on deaf ears as Setsuna stared at the screen as the read lights read his biometrics.

"Activating Trans-Am!" he yelled as the machine started to glow a red.

.

"Dammit!" yelled Ian as he stared at the screen before him and Feldt's eyes widened at the synchronization rate on the screen.

"Its still no good, the synchronization rate can't get past 73%!" she yelled and Ian's eyes narrowed at her words.

"Not even Trans-Am could start it up,"

.

Tieria groaned as Seravee took a direct attack from one of the A-laws machines before he looked over at Ptlomey.

"Where's 00!

..

"Wake up 00," whispered Setsuna as he stared at the screen of the gundam as an A-Laws GnX machine appeared before he looked up with wide eyes.

"The 0 gundam is here, so is Exia, and me!" he yelled when the gundam's eyes started to glow and as the GnX fired, the two solar reactors moved forward and the released Gn-particles, blocking the shot.

"It started!" yelled Ian as his eyes widened. "The synchronization was a time lag!" and Feldt smiled as she looked up with bright eyes.

"The Twin Drive system as reached a stable operation range!"

As he watched the battle through the mission recorders of one of A-Laws mobile suits, Ribbons Almark's eyes narrowed when he saw the bright lights of an original Gn-Drive.

"Now what? What kind of system is that?"

.

All the members of Celestial Being watched with wide eyes as the sight of the bright green particles of a Gn-drive emitting from the 00 gundam. Inside the cockpit Setsuna smiled for a second before his grip on the controls tightened.

"00, Setsuna F. Seiei, launching!"

.

Rina snapped up when she felt something in the back of head and her eyes widened as they started to glow a dark gold hue.

'What is this?' she thought as a sudden warm and nostalgic feeling filled her and she failed to notice Sora walking up to her with wide eyes.

"Mama?" he questioned and Rina slowly looked over with a blank expression at Sora and the little boy's eyes widened when he saw Rina's eyes were glowing.

"Mama!" he yelled as he ran up and grabbed Rina's legs. Rina remained silent for a few seconds before her eyes returned to normal and she blinked a couple of times. When she looked down, her eyes widened when she saw Sora gripping her legs tightly as if she was going to disappear.

"Sora, what's wrong?" she asked and she saw Sora's eyes widen before he looked up and saw Rina's eyes were now back to normal. "Sora?" She asked again but the little boy just ignored her as his on her leg tightened. A small smile appeared on Rina's face as she knelt down and took the boy's hand in hers. Looking up, Sora saw the smile on Rina's face as she pulled her son into her arms.

"What's wrong?" she asked again but Sora shook his head as he buried his head into Rina's neck.

"Mama," he whispered.

..

"What the hell is with that new machine!" yelled the pilots of the A-Laws machines as they tried to shoot down the 00 gundam to no avail. Setsuna's eyes narrowed before 00 pulled out its Gn-sword and sliced off the head of one of the machines.

"Don't you know? This is our! Gundam!" he yelled as 00 sliced one of the GnX machines in half.

..

As all the dust and gas cleared away, the crew's eyes widened when they saw 00 standing in the middle of space.

"That's the power of a gundam," whispered Lockon in awe and Sumeragi's eyes fell downcast.

"Setsuna,"

.

Saji's eyes narrowed when he saw the battle and the end to it as he took in the newest gundam.

"Gundam,"

..

Regene Regetta smiled as he walked towards the green-haired man sitting in the center of the room.

"Ribbons, what kind of system was that?" he asked and his smile widened when he saw the frustrated look on the Innovator's face.
"You don't know? Even you, who has access to level seven?" he taunted and Ribbon's eyes narrowed at the screen.

"Aeolia Schenburg,"

.

When the door to the bridge opened, Setsuna walked into the bridge and Sumeragi soon followed.

"Welcome back Miss Sumeragi!" smiled Feldt

"Its been a while Miss Noriega," cheered Milena and Lasse smiled.

"As reckless are usual," to which Sumeragi's gaze fell.

"I-," she started when everyone gasped at the sight of Lockon.

"Well, isn't this a welcoming party?"

"Lockon? What hell?" yelled Lasse and Lockon sighed as Sumeragi started to explain.

"This is the original Lockon's twin brother," and everyone's eyes widened as the brown-haired meister smiled at them.

"Yo!"

"Lockon Stratos," whispered Feldt, her blue-green eyes wide.

Tieria's eyes narrowed as he headed towards his quarters.

'No, that's not him,'

.

"Setsuna!" and the raven-haired meister turned to see Sumeragi walked towards him.

"What is it?" he asked and Sumeragi looked around before she looked back at Setsuna.

"Where's Allejiuah?" and Setsuna shook his head.

"We haven't been able to locate him yet," and Sumeragi looked down.

"I see, then ,what about Rina?" asked Sumeragi and Setsuna flinched for a second before he looked straight ahead.

"She was killed a year ago by the Federation," and Sumeragi's eyes widened when she noticed that Setsuna had clenched his fists.

"Something tells me that not all that happened," and Setsuna's eyes widened before he looked ahead with a pained expression on his face.

"They killed our son as well,"


Chapter completed... Happy Dance!

Also, I decided to add what was Chapter three as a side so here you go!

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When she opened her eyes, Rina slowly blinked before she sat up and looked around. When her blue-violet eyes turned to the male figure sleeping next to her, a small smile appeared on her face before she reached over and pushed some of the hair from the teenager's face before she looked at the baby curled up next to her husband. Sleeping next to each other, Sora looked like a younger version of Setsuna. The only difference in the two other that the obvious age factor was the fact that Sora had blue eyes instead of crimson like his father. Rina smiled as she remembered when Sora was first born how both she and Setsuna's eyes widened when they saw their baby for the first time. Words couldn't explain all the happiness they had felt when Sora opened his eyes revealing the most beautiful pair of blue eyes ever. Smiling, Rina reached over and gently patted Sora's stomach and stared at the star ring on her left hand. Rina looked down and fingered the ring before she looked over to see Setsuna's ring on his left hand as well. The rings were a sign of their bond, their relationship. The bond that the two had created when there were children in a nation that was being destroyed. Looking over to Setsuna, Rina's eyes narrowed when she saw a scar on his chest that was now slowly fading away. Reaching over, she lightly traced the scar before her eyes fell downcast.

"We've been through so much," she whispered and a small smile appeared on her face as she looked at the two sleeping figures before her. Suddenly, a wave of pain hit Rina whose eyes widened as she gripped her arms and fought back a scream. Rushing over to the drawer on the other side of the room, Rina's hands shook as she quickly took out a bottle of pills that was stuffed into one of the drawers. Pulling two pills out the bottle, Rina swallowed them before she gritted her teeth as she waited for the medicine to take affect. Soon, the pain dwindled down until there was on a slight throbbing in her head. Collapsing onto the ground, Rina gasped for air before she looked down at her hands.

"My body," she whispered when suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around Rina's waist from behind causing the coordinator's eyes widened before she turned her head to see a pair of worried crimson eyes staring down at her.

Setsuna's eyes narrowed when he saw the pained look on his wife's face before he helped her stand.

"Are you alright?" he asked and Rina slowly nodded before her eyes suddenly closed and her vision turned black. Before her body could hit the cold, hard, floor. Setsuna caught her in his arms and his eyes widened when he saw cold sweat on Rina's face as her breaths slowly started to even out. Carrying her bridal style, Setsuna walked over to the bed and gently laid Rina down next to Sora before he sat down next to her and wiped the sweat off of her face. As he wiped the sweatdrops from her face, Setsuna's eyes narrowed when he saw countless bruises on Rina's arms. Pulling up her shirt, Setsuna's eyes widened when he saw a bruise the size of a football on her stomach and he tried to pull up her shirt even more to see if she had more bruises before a hand stopped him. Looking up, Setsuna's crimson eyes met with Rina's blue-violet as she held Setsuna's hand before she slowly sat up. Looking down at her hand, Setsuna's eyes narrowed at the ring on her finger before he looked away.

"They're getting worse aren't they," he stated and Rina's eyes widened before she looked over at Sora and nodded.

"How long?" whispered Setsuna and Rina looked over to see Setsuna staring at her with a serious expression on his face. Looking down at her hands, Rina refused to meet his gaze.

"Two, three years," she whispered and Setsuna's eyes narrowed before he grabbed Rina and pulled her into his arms. Rina's eyes widened as she felt Setsuna's grip on her tighten before she silently closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around him. The two remained that way until Rina pulled back and lightly pecked Setsuna's lips.

"I'll be fine Setsuna," she whispered and Setsuna stared down at her before he placed his lips on hers.

When the two pulled away, Rina blushed before she looked over at Setsuna who had a small smile on his face before she looked back at Sora who was fast asleep. Following her gaze, Setsuna looked over to their two year old son curled up into a fetal position sleeping before he looked over at Rina and pecked her lips.

"Go to sleep," and Rina smiled up at him before she laid down and closed her eyes. After a few minutes, Setsuna looked down to see Rina fast asleep before a frown took over his face as he remembered a conversation the two a few days earlier.

:/

"Setsuna," called Rina and the Krugis meister looked over to see a grim expression on Rina's face before she looked up and her eyes met with his. Sitting down across from her, Setsuna looked at Rina as she continued.

"If there is a day, if, I lose my mind due to my body's deterioration, I want you to kill me," she whispered and Setsuna's eyes widened before he stood up and glared down at Rina.

"What," he growled and Rina flinched before she looked up with a pleading look.

"I want you to kill me if I lose my mind," she repeated and Setsuna felt anger boiling in him before he walked over and grabbed Rina's arms causing the coordinator to wince.

"What did you say?" he yelled this time and Rina looked up at him unfazed.

"I want you to-."

"There's no way in hell I'm doing that!" he yelled and Rina's eyes fell before she wrapped her arms around Setsuna and the meister's eyes widened when he felt Rina's body trembling and he felt tears falling onto his shirt before he looked down at Rina to see tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Please," she whispered and at that moment, Setsuna understood. She was scared. She was scared of what was going to happen. She was scared of the fact that she might lose her mental stability and then he understood. She wanted him to end it for her before she became someone that was not her. Wrapping his arms around her, Setsuna pulled Rina into his arms before he closed his eyes and tightened his grip.

"I will," he whispered and Rina's eyes widened before she slowly closed them and buried her face into Setsuna's chest.

"Thank you,"

:/

Reaching over, Setsuna gripped Rina's hand before he looked at both Rina and Sora before he slowly closed his eyes and let sleep seep in.

'I will protect them,'


Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading!