I'm sorry about the wait, December was kinda hectic for me.
Chapter 6
Shinn and Athrun was hastily making their way through the earth atmosphere, both of them doing everything possible to keep their now almost bright red mobile suits together.
The ZAKU had already lost both of it's legs, because of the extreme temperature they had been exposed to, and the left arm was now slowly melting away.
Not that Athrun cared much about that, in his eyes it was actually a good thing, that way the Impulse wouldn't have nearly as much to carry around.
"Damn it we better get there soon, our else both of us will be toast!" Shinn yelled loudly, somewhat worried that even the Impulse wouldn't be able to handle the heat much longer.
It had after all been exposed to it for quite some time now, and as much as he hated to admit it, there was a limited to how much even a gundam could take.
He did however not have to worry for long before Athrun called out to him. "We are almost through Shinn, so just hold on a bit longer!" The blue hair teenager said, over from the ZAKU.
Just as the right arm Shinn was holding on to snapped in two, which meant that Athrun was now falling straight through the atmosphere, with nothing to slow him down, and there was no doubt in both of their minds, that if he hit the earth surface, with the kind of speed he would get from falling at this high, he would surely get killed.
So without think about it at all, Shinn hurried throw both the ZAKUs arm away and his shield, then took of full speed towards the hasty descending mobile suit.
That he fortunately still could see in the distance. "To hell with it, I damn well hope that this is the last time, I have to fly through the atmosphere like this!" The boy complained loudly, as he carefully reached out and once again took a hold on the almost glowing red ZAKU, this time making sure that his mobile suit would take most of the heat.
"Hey are you all right in there?!" He asked in a frustrated tone.
But unfortunately he couldn't get in contact with the ZAKU.
The only thing he could hear was the static, and that could only mean that the communication was down, which made him yell out a few more curses as the two of them continued on their little trip through the atmosphere.
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Meanwhile far above them the Minerva was yet again firing it's main cannon, this time actually succeeding in blowing Junius Seven apart.
Which of course meant that a great deal of minor piece was now heading for earth, and it was quite obvious that they would still cause a lot of damage when they hit the surface, but not nearly as much as before.
Seeing that Arthur turned and looked back at the captain with a small smile on his face. "We did it captain!" He called out in a loud exciting tone.
But she on the other hand just took a small glance over at him, with a somewhat sceptical expression on her face, even true each of them there had done everything they could to stop the colony from falling, there was no doubt that much down there would still be destroyed by all the pieces.
She did however not think about that for longer, it wasn't like they could do anything else now.
So after taking one last look at the rest of the once so big colony, she slowly turned her eyes over towards the red hair girl up there.
"Meyrin are there any signals from that ZAKU and the Impulse?" The woman asked, truly hoping that the two young pilots was ok.
Hearing the captain ask that, Cagalli quickly turned her attention away from her lap and over at Meyrin, that was quite clearly doing everything to track down their two mobile suits.
But she kept all of them in waiting for a few very long tense seconds, before she finally looked up from her controls.
"I found them, they are both flying around far below us and it looks like they are getting ready to land on the ocean surfaces!" The girl explained, not doing anything to hide, how relieved she was that both of them where all right.
And it was only shortly after that, when the main monitor showed the two mobile suits, it was kinda hard to see what they where doing from this distance.
But it really did looked like Meyrin was right about where the two of them where planing to land.
"Ok make sure to bring us down, as close to them as possible, and get a medical team on standby, if they are hurt in there!" The captain order in a loud tone, as she took a small glance over at the blond girl, where she noticed that she still looked a tiny bit concerned.
Which wasn't really a big surprise to Talia, she already knew that the former Zaft pilot and the Orb Chief Representative had very strong feelings for each other.
And even true she would never say anything about it, she honestly did thought that the two of them where quite an adorable couple.
So after watching the young woman a bit longer, she slowly opened her mouth and began talking in a reassuring tone.
"I really don't think you have to worry, I'm sure he is all right!" Talia said while smiling a bit at the blond girl, that was now looking directly over at her with a slightly confused expression on her face.
Which made it kinda obvious that the blond girl had been far away in her own thoughts, when Talia had began talking to her, and now she was clearly trying to figure out what she should said back.
It did however take a few minutes, before Cagalli found her voice again.
"Thank you captain Gladys, you are right I am worried about him, but there are just so many things that a bound to happen after everything that has happened, and I most admit I'm also a bit worried about the worlds reaction!" The blond haired girl said, while thinking hard about what the other politicians back in Orb had to say about this.
She already had a pretty good idea about, what that idiot to Yuna and his father would say to all of this.
Those two had really been on her case for the last few months.
Especially about the whole arranged marriage thing to Yuna, had been taken up more then it's share of times now, and it seriously was getting old, she might not have said anything about it to anybody, not even Athrun.
But she had really been working her butt off, trying to find away out of that stupid engagement.
There was just no way in hell she would marry that purple hair moron, she would rather drown herself then live together with him for the rest of her days.
And she really wonder why the hell her father thought it was necessary to punish her by arranging a engagement, with someone who Cagalli seriously believed hadn't been able to use his brain even once in his entire life.
But her thoughts about how worthless and pathetic the purple hair man was, got brought to a hold when one of the ships crew members, told them that they where just about ready to land, near the Impulse and the ZAKU.
Hearing that Cagalli immediately turned her attention away from her lap and over at the man who had just spoken, she was just about to ask him how the pilots was doing, when Talia beat her to it.
"So any sign of life from our two daring pilots?" The woman asked, with a serious look on her face that made it very clear, that she was just as concerned about the two teenagers, as the rest of them.
"It's hard to tell captain, Nicol is already heading out there to pick them up!" The same man as before explained in a loud tone.
Just as the hangar was open and they could now all see the yellow GOUF slowly leaving the Minerva and heading over to where the gundam and the rest of the ZAKU was.
And it was only a few short minutes later, when they saw the GOUF reached down to pick up the two other machines.
And once it had a good hold on both of them, it began flying just as slowly back towards them.
Seeing that Cagalli couldn't get herself to stay up there any longer, she quickly jumped up on her feet and ran full speed out of the bridge, before anybody up there had the time to say anything to her.
And it was actually first after the door flew shut behind her, that the crew realized that she was gone.
Seeing that their blond passenger had now disappeared, Arthur slowly blinked a few times, he just couldn't help but feel a bit surprised that the girl had been able to leave the bridge, without anybody seeing it.
"Hmm I guess she was pretty worried about her bodyguard!" The man said, as he slowly looked away from the door and out at the GOUF.
Just as it once again enter the hangar, carrying both the Impulse and the rest of the ZAKU.
Hearing him say that Talia looked down at him for a few seconds, a bit baffled over the fact that he hadn't realized yet, that their two guests had a much, much closer relationship, then a normal bodyguard and a client had.
But now that she was really giving it some thought, it didn't take long for her to realize, that he really wasn't the brightest person when it came to stuff like that.
And she wonder a bit if she should tell him that the two of them where a pair, but once he asked her what they where suppose to do now, she quickly got her mind over on the matter at hand.
"We ain't really that far away from Orb territory, so I think it would be best that we get those two home first, and it should be easy enough to get in there, when you think about who we have on board, and it's not like the Minerva can handle a long voyage, in the condition it's in now" Talia said, thinking about how much damage the ship had taken, while flying through the atmosphere.
Going over all the captain's words in his mind, Arthur got a somewhat thoughtful look on his face, as he wonder slightly, if it was really a good idea to let somebody that was not a part of Zaft, look the Minerva over.
There was just so many important things on the grey space ship, that might get copied and somehow used against them.
But one small look at the captain's face was more then enough to tell him that she wasn't really that concerned.
It was almost like she hadn't given it any thought at all, and that made him decide that once, he was alone with the woman, he would make sure to bring all of his concerns about Orb looking over the ship, to her attention.
But for now it was most likely best not to say anything about it, he did not want to worry the rest of the crew, all of them truly did deserved some rest after all of this.
But even as he made that decision, he still couldn't help but ask the captain one small thing.
"Do you really think it's a good idea, to let Orb repair the ship?" He asked in a quiet tone, that made it quite clear that he was still thinking very hard about all of this.
Hearing that question Talia again looked over at him, where she gave him a small smile.
"I'm sure it's going to be all right Arthur, it's not like we ain't going to be there to keep an eye on them, you can be certain that I wouldn't even let them near the Minerva, if we and the rest of the crew where not on board" the captain explained, in a calm tone.
But even turn those words did calm him down a bit, she knew her Deputy Captain was still worried.
And she had no doubt that it wouldn't be long, before she would need to get in to a serious conversation with him.
But as for now she would really be grateful if she could just get out of there, and go get a nice warm cup of coffee, unfortunately there was still a few things she need to do before she could leave.
So after just sitting there for a few seconds, in her own thoughts.
She slowly lifted her head and gave the crew a few orders.
And it wasn't much later before the Minerva was slowly making it's way to Orb, while Meyrin was busy telling her about all the things on the ship, that need to be looked over, before it was once again, fully ready for combat.
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At the same time Cagalli had just gotten down to the hangar where she saw Shinn on his way down from the Impulse, where the red hair girl and a few others was waiting for him.
Seeing that he was all right, she hurried walked over to the green ZAKU that was laying on the floor.
And it didn't take more then a few minutes, before the ZAKU was open, and she saw the person she loved come out of the machine.
Holding on to his helmet with the left hand and using the other to try and wipe away some of the sweat on his forehead.
And even true she was still standing a bit away from him, she could still clearly hear that he was breathing quite hard, it almost sound a bit like he was having trouble getting air down in to his lungs.
"Athrun! are you ok up there?!" She asked loudly, not doing a thing to hide, how worried she was about him right now.
Hearing her question, he turned and looked down at her, where he nodded yes a few times, and once again trying to remove some of the liquid, that was still running down his face.
Seeing what the problem was Cagalli quickly turned and was about to ran of to find something cold for him to drink.
But she didn't even take a single step, before she noticed that Nicol was standing right behind her handing her a bottle full of water.
"Here you go miss Cagalli, now please hurry up and give him some of it!" The green haired man said, in his usual kind tone.
Quickly taking the bottle Cagalli nodded her thanks and ran over to the long ladder some of the mechanics had placed up against the ZAKU. it didn't take her much time, before she too was up on the mobile suit.
Immediately making her way over to Athrun, that was now sitting quietly on the machine, obviously still trying to cold down, after everything he and Shinn had been through.
Once she got over beside him, she hurried hand him the bottle full of the refreshing liquid.
"Here you go, please drink!" She told him in a loud tone, that made it clear that she was still very worried about him right now.
Not that Athrun noticed, he was far to busy at the moment satisfying his thirst, so while he was doing that, Cagalli slowly reached up and used her sleeve to gently wipe away some of the sweat that was still on his face.
Feeling that Athrun removed the bottle from his mouth and gave her a grateful smile, before he again took a big mouthful of the cold liquid, truly enjoying having it ran down his almost completely dry throat.
Then after drinking just a bit more, he slowly reached out and took Cagalli's hand in a tight grip, where he immediately gave it a soft squeeze.
"I'm sorry that I worried you" he said in a small tone, that only she could hear.
Hearing him said that, Cagalli couldn't help but smile a bit, as she moved over and slowly moved both of her arms up around him.
"I'm just so happy that you are ok!" Cagalli said, now sounding much more calm then before, he however just nodded a few times, as the two of them continued sitting there for a long time, just holding each other in their small embrace.
It was just about the same time, that they both heard someone let out a loud exhaust sigh, which made both of them turn around just a bit, where they each noticed Nicol was sitting beside them, having a small tired smile on his face.
"So Athrun other then being almost boiled alive, are you ok?" The green hair teen, asked as he slowly laid down on the ZAKU, looking straight up at the ceiling.
So after thinking a few seconds about what his friend had just asked him, Athrun got a somewhat sad look in both of his eyes, as he thought about what the last of the terrorists had said about his father.
All of those guys they had just been fighting with, where all people that truly had believed everything his father had said two years ago.
And even true it had been that long, it was still somewhat painful for him to think about what the man who had raised him had want to do.
And he wonder slightly if he would ever be able to think about his father again with the same kind of respected he once had for him, but as he was sitting there thinking about that.
Both Nicol and Cagalli of course noticed the strange look on his face.
Which made Cagalli tighten the grip she already had on his hand.
"What's wrong Athrun?" She asked in a gentle tone.
Which immediately made him turn and look right over at her, where he saw that she had a caring yet somewhat concerned look in both of her eyes, and it was clear that no matter what was bothering him, she was ready to listen to everything he had to tell her.
Truly happy to know that, Athrun gave her a sad smile, as he tried to figure out if it was really a good idea to tell her and Nicol about it.
But finally after sitting there for a few long minutes.
He decide that it wouldn't really hurt that the two of them knew about it, so after letting out a small breath, he slowly began telling them about what the last GINN pilot had said.
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Meanwhile down on the floor, Shinn was busy telling a few of his friends about how it had been flying through the atmosphere, a small part of him just couldn't help but feel a bit proud, that he had been able to do something that dangerous, while carrying an almost destroyed ZAKU at the same time.
It really made him feel like he was getting better.
And he was already looking a bit forward to the next time, he would be able to test his skills against somebody powerful, most preferably the three stolen gundams.
But for now he wouldn't mind getting a little shut eye, fighting all of those morons was really exhausting, and he could truly use a good night of sleep.
But as he sat there thinking about that, his eyes land over on the Athha girl, that was busy talking with Athrun and Nicol.
Even after all of this time, having her on board he still couldn't stand the sight of her.
She just sat there talking like such a good little girl, like there was nothing wrong at all, like everything was just so damn perfect, but even true he honestly want to tell her just how much he hated her, he knew it was a very stupid idea.
Nicol had told him very strictly after his last fight with the blond girl, that he shouldn't bully a leader of a country, if it had been anybody else, other then Cagalli it could have turned in to a international incident.
And that was nothing something Shinn would like to have hanging over his head, so if he didn't have anything nice to say to the girl, it was best for him to just leave her alone.
But even after being told all of that, he still hated her with a passion.
And it was only when Luna asked him, what in the world he was glaring at now, that he got his mind away from the stupid blond bitch, and back to the people he was still in the middle of a conversation with.
"Ohh sorry about that Luna, I just had my mind over on something else" he explained, while scratch his neck a few times.
Hearing that excuse Luna slowly rolled both of her eyes a single time.
"Yeah right, just don't do anything stupid, I seriously don't think the captain would be happy to know, you got in to another fight with her!" The red hair teen said in a slightly bossy tone, that told Shinn that she was serious about what she had just told him.
That however did not mean he had to be happy about it.
"Ahhh damn it, why can't you guys just relax, I already promised Nicol that I wouldn't go near her, so will you please get of my case Lunamaria, truth is I was just wondering why the hell somebody would want to go out with her?" Shinn said. using the first thing he could come up with as an excuse for glaring at the blond hair girl, that even now was busy talking with Athrun and Nicol.
Those few words did make Luna turn, and take a small glance in the same direction as Shinn, where she immediately noticed that both Athrun and the blond girl was holding hands.
And even true it wasn't much, she couldn't help but feel just a tiny bit jealous, her interested in the young Zala had raised quite a bit. Especially after seening how well he was doing against the Chaos and the Gaia.
"Ok I would actually like to know that too Shinn, I mean how in the world did a former Zaft pilot end up together with a person like her?" Luna asked, while the two of them continued standing there watching the young couple.
Each of them obviously trying to figure out, the answers to their own questions.
It did however not take long, before somebody that had been listening to everything the two of them had said, gave his opinion on the subject.
"Well I really don't get why the two of you are complaining, I for one think she is cute, and I honestly wouldn't mind having a pretty girlfriend, just like her" Vino said from where he was standing next to them.
Which immediately got the two pilots attention over on him, where they each gave him an angry glare that looked very much like it could kill him any minute now.
And just seeing the looks they where sending him, he hurried took a big step away from him, he really didn't want to risk getting hit or something like that, fortunately there was somebody nearby that agreed with him.
"Ahh stop glaring you two, I also think she looks cute and there is not a damn thing you two can do about it, me and Vino have the right to our own opinion!" Yolant said, giving the two pilots the same kind of look back.
Which was apparently was enough, to make the two of them turn around, and walk of with very loud steps, that could be heard all over the hangar.
Seeing them leave like that both mechanics couldn't help but let out a small sigh, as they watched Luna and Shinn began talking with Rey, that was busy looking over his ZAKU.
"Some times I really don't get those two, before we got in to the last battle, Luna seemed to be ready to kill Shinn at any moment, but now just because we said that miss Cagalli looks cute, they are friends once again, and now it almost seems like they are just about ready to take out their anger on us!" Vino said, truly wondering how the two pilots could make up so quickly.
Think a few short seconds about his friend's words, Yolant nodded a few times in agreement.
"Yeah no kidding, it really is strange that they can be quarreling at one minute, then be ready to beat the crap out of us the next" the mechanic said, still keeping an eye out for Luna and Shinn.
Just in case they where coming back, he truly didn't feel like getting hit by any of them right now.
Truth be told the only thing he really want to do, was get out of there and get a few hours of sleep.
And just the thought about getting in to his bed, was more then enough to make him let out a big yawn, that he didn't even bother to cover up.
It was just about the same time, that they all heard the captain's voice over the speakers, telling the crew just where exactly the Minerva was heading, and that all of them should use the time to get some sleep.
Hearing that, Vino immediately thrust his fist up in to the air.
"YES! That's just what I want to hear, I'm out of here!" The boy yelled in a loud tone, as he ran full speed out of the hangar, determined to get something to eat, then sleep until he was just about 50 years old, or at the very least until somebody woke him up.
Seeing his friend leave with such a hurry, Yolant slowly shook his head as he walked after Vino out of the hangar, muttering something about that he could at least, have wait for him.
"Well I guess, I'm not the only one who is tired!" The boy said, just as he stepped out of the hangar, walking in a much more calm pace then his friend, that had left so fast, that he almost trip over a few things.
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At the same time over by the white ZAKU somebody wasn't really to thrilled about knowing where they where going.
Just the whole idea about setting foot in that damn country again was almost enough to make him sick.
He truly hated Orb with every single fiber of his being, and if he had a choice in the matter he would much rather jump in the ocean right now, and swim to some place that had nothing to do with that idiotic country.
"Damn it! Damn it all!" He cursed loudly, while giving the tool box he was standing next to a hard kick, making everything inside it fly out over the floor.
Not that he cared much about, the only thing on his mind right now was getting out of there in a hurry, before anybody could began talking to him, he especially need to get away from a certain dumb blond girl, he despised almost as much as he despised Orb.
So without giving anybody down there a second look, he marched out of the hangar, with loud steps that could be heard all over the place.
Which wasn't really much of a surprise, seeing as everybody down there had pretty much stopped whatever they where doing, when he had taken out his anger and frustration on the tool box.
It was only once he was out of sight, that people began talking again, this time a bit more quietly then before.
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Seeing the Impulse pilot leave in such away Cagalli couldn't help but let out a sad sigh.
It wasn't really the whole thing about him hating Orb, that made her feel a little depressed, it was more the thing with him blaming her for losing his family.
That really made it hurt inside.
It was not like she was happy with everything that happened two years ago, she too had lost so many people she cared about, her father and three of her best friends.
And not that she would say anything about it, but she did honestly hated those guys that took them away from her. So it wasn't really that strange that Shinn despised her as much as he did, if she had been in his shoes, she would most likely had felt exactly the same way.
"Hmm he really does hate me and Orb a lot!" Cagalli said in a somewhat quiet tone, as she again looked up at her two friends.
Hearing her say that, the two boys beside her looked over at her, where they immediately noticed the depressed expression on her face.
Seeing that Nicol couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her. "If you want me to, miss Cagalli I could got talk with him about it" the former Blitz pilot offered in a kind tone.
Which made Cagalli slowly lift her head and look over at the green hair boy, where she slowly shook her head.
"No it's all right Nicol, he did after all lost his entire family back in Orb, and even true I'm honestly deeply sorry it happened, it doesn't really chance anything, so I can understand why he hates me so much" the blond haired girl said, thinking back to what Shinn had said to her the first time she had met the boy.
Looking at her for a few a small minutes, Nicol nodded slowly in understanding.
"I see miss Cagalli, I just seriously hope he doesn't continue staying mad like that, the whole time we are in Orb" the green hair man said, as he thought about what kinda nightmare that could be.
It wasn't really that entertaining being around Shinn too much when he was on a rampage.
Quickly going over everything Nicol had just said to him, Athrun gave his friend a sad smile.
"I'm sure he will be fine Nicol, once he gets some rest and colds down a bit. After everything we been through, it's not really surprising that we are all a bit on edge right now, and it's certainly not like he is the first short temper pilot the two of us has meet" Athrun said, thinking briefly about how Yzak had behaved whenever he was in a bad mood.
"Yeah you are properly right Athrun, but now that I think about it, I do believe that it would be wise to follow miss Gladys advice and get some rest, I might not have gone through the atmosphere like you and Shinn did, but I am quite exhaust" Nicol said, while using his right hand to cover up a big yawn, he just couldn't keep in any longer.
Looking a bit at each other both Athrun and Cagalli could only agree with everything Nicol had said.
"That's a good idea Nicol, truth be told I could actually use a cold shower right about now" Athrun said.
As he stood up and stretched both arms up over his head, after that the three of them slowly got down from the wrecked ZAKU and began making their way out of the now almost empty hangar.
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It didn't really take all that long before, Athrun and Cagalli had said good-night to Nicol, and was now walking slowly together towards their own room on the ship, with Cagalli head resting on Athrun's right shoulder.
But even as they where walking down the Minerva's somewhat quiet halls the blond girl could stop herself from taking a few worried glance up at the one she loved.
"Are you ok Athrun, you still look a bit sad?" She asked almost in a whisper, that made him look right back at her with a far away look in both of his eyes.
Which made it very clear for her, that he still had a great deal of things he need to think about, which wasn't really that big a shock, with everything the last of the terrorists had said to him.
And just seeing him look so sad and depressed, made Cagalli feel a small twinge deep inside of her heart. she already knew without a doubt, that she loved Athrun with all of her being.
Yet there was not a single thing she could do, to make him feel better about all of this.
"I....I...think I'll be all right Cagalli, it's just hard for me to believe that there are still people in this world that would do something like that, I truly didn't think that even after being dead for two years, that my father would somehow be involved, in the whole Junius Seven drop!" The blue hair teen said, in a deeply disappointed tone, just as he saw the face of his father telling him that all of the Naturals had to be killed.
Hearing him say that Cagalli stopped and immediately pulled him in to a tight embrace, slowly running both of her hands up and down his back.
"I really wish, I knew what I could say to make you feel better Athrun, I really hate that I can't do anything to help you right now, even true I want to so badly" She said in a caring yet sad voice, that truly showed Athrun how much she want to be there for him.
And just knowing that, he couldn't help but smile a bit, as he slowly lifted up both of his arms and wrapped them around her.
"I'm glad we are together Cagalli, and I know that you want to help me, which I'm grateful for, but you don't have to feel sad about not knowing what to say to me, even I can't find any words to describe how I feel at the moment, I somehow wish that I had done more to try and stop him back then!" Athrun said, thinking about how hateful his father's face had looked, the very last time he had talked with him.
After he had said those words, the two of them stood there for a long time, with their arms wrapped securely around each other.
But finally after a few quiet minutes had gone by, Cagalli pulled just a bit away from him and looked in to his green eyes.
"Please don't blame yourself Athrun, there was no way you could have know that any of this would have happened back then, and I truly do think you did everything you could to stop him" she said, not once moving her gaze away from his.
Seeing the caring look she had on her face right now, was enough to make Athrun feel a little better about the whole thing, so after watching her for a few seconds, he once again moved in and hugged her tightly.
"Thank you Cagalli, that really does make me feel a little better" he said, while he reached down and softly took her hand in a gentle hold, and began leading her the rest of the way, back to their room.
Which wasn't really that far away.
Once they got there Athrun took a look down at himself, he really looked forward to get out of this space suit and get a cold shower, being dressed in this damn thing for such a long time, wasn't really something he liked.
It wasn't really a big secret, that most pilots had a tough time when they where out in battle, and that of course meant that most of them would sweat a great deal.
And Athrun was really no different.
But just as he was about to unzip the space suit, he noticed that Cagalli was looking at him with a small naughty grin on her face.
That both made Athrun roll his eyes a single time, but also his face a little red. "Do you mind looking away Cagalli, I really needs to take a shower now" the boy said sounding just a little embarrassed.
"Ahhh come on Athrun it's not like I haven't seen you naked before!" The girl said, as the grin on her face got even bigger.
Seeing that he once again rolled his eyes at her, as he reached out and took her hand one more time.
Carefully helping her stand up from the bed, she had been sitting on since the two of them enter the room, and once she was up on both of her feet, he gently pulled her with him towards the small shower that was in the room.
"Well if you are really that curious about what's under this space suit, I think it's only fair that I see what's under your clothes too Cagalli" he said giving her the same kind of look back.
And it was only when he opened the door to the shower room, that she let out a light giggled and told him, that she liked his suggestion very much.
With that the two them quickly disappeared in to the shower, and shut the door behind them.
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At the same time some place else on the Minerva.
Meyrin was slowly walking through the ships halls heading for her sister's room.
She hadn't really had the chance to talk with her since the whole Junius Seven mess had started, which meant it was first now, that she had the time to go talk with her older sibling, she still felt a little guilty about what she had last said to her.
So now she was determined to give her an apology before she turned in, it was just about that time she reached her sister's room, where she stood by the door for a little bit trying to figure out what she should said.
But finally she slowly reached out and gave the door a small knock.
"Sis are you in there? If you have a few minutes, I would like to talk to you" she said, hoping that Luna wouldn't say something like they could talk tomorrow, and that she want to sleep now.
But her big sister didn't disappointed her, as she immediately got a response from inside the room.
"Ok Meyrin come in, I'm just reading right now, and I can always do that later!" Luna said in a tone, that told Meyrin that she was disturbing a bit.
Which got Meyrin to promise herself, that she wouldn't stay in there too long, it wasn't really that strange that her sister want some peace and quiet, after everything that had happened today.
So with that in mind, she quickly opened the door and stepped inside, where she saw Luna laying on her bed dressed in a red pyjamas, and with a thick book in her hands that Meyrin couldn't see the title of.
But if she knew her sister right, it was either a cheesy romance novel or some kind of fantasy story, that was typically what her sister would read, unlike herself that preferred a good Science fiction novel.
She did however not get much time to think about her and Luna's reading habits.
Before her sister slowly closed the book, and placed it on small night desk that was standing beside her bed.
After that she let out a small yawn and stretched both of her arms up over her head, while she slowly turned and looked directly over at her little sister, that had yet to move since she enter her room.
"So Meyrin what is up?" Lunamaria asked not, doing a thing to hide that she was completely worn out, and that she truly want to sleep right now.
And just one small glance at her younger sister, was more then enough to tell her, that she too was pretty much ready to get in to the nears bed, and get a few hours of well deserved sleep.
So Luna seriously hoped that this wouldn't take too long, she really didn't want to get angry at her sister one more time.
Fortunately she didn't have anything to worry about, as Meyrin slowly lowed her head and looked down at the floor.
"I just want to say, that I'm sorry about what I said before sis!" The youngest of the two red hair girls said, still not looking up from the floor, as she stood there waiting to hear what her only family member on board the Minerva, had to say to her apology.
And much to her big relief, she did not have to stand around there for long, before Luna called out to her.
"It's all right Meyrin, I'm not angry at you any more, it's not like you say those things to me on purpose, I was after all complaining a lot about Shinn back then, so I guess that I can't really blame you for not listening" Luna said, while giving her little sister a caring smile.
Seeing that, Meyrin of course smiled right back. "I'm glad we got that out of the way big sis" she said.
Once more trying to see the title of the book, where she noticed that she had been right about the whole cheesy romance novel, which made her wonder a bit how her sister could read something like that.
But she knew that it was a bad idea to ask about it.
She had already done that a few times before, and it always end up with the two of them at each others throats, and there truly was no need to start a new argument, after they had after all just made up.
Noticing just how Meyrin was looking at her book, Luna immediately knew what was going through her little sisters mind.
But she too really didn't feel like getting in to that discoursing right now, she just couldn't understand why Meyrin didn't like books like this, it was always so exciting and interesting to see how, the main couple would end up together.
If they actually did that, sometimes one of the main characters did die at the end, something she really didn't like, she truly preferred a happy ending over a sad one.
But as she laid there thinking about that, Meyrin suddenly interrupted her thoughts. "I think I'll be going now big sis, I hope you sleep well, good-night" she called out, as she turned around and was just about to leave the room.
When Luna call back for her to sleep well too, which made her look back at her sister where she nodded a single time, before she slowly left the room, without saying anything else.
Happy that Meyrin hadn't want to talk for more then a few short minutes, Lunamaria quickly got comfortable in her bed, truly enjoying the feeling of the soft pillow, against her cheek.
"I wonder, what's going to happen when we get to Orb tomorrow, I have never been there before, and I really do look forward to take a small look around, once we get there" she mumbled quietly to herself.
Just as she drifted of in to a deep sleep.
To be continued.
Hey guys, I just want to tell you, that there will be a lot more of Kira and Lacus in the next chapter, not to mention Mayu.
I'll try and hurry up, so it wouldn't take as long as this one.