Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Seed: An Alternative Universe ❯ Trouble At Heliopolis ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter One:

Kira Yamato sat quietly all alone under one of the university's
numerous pavilions, completing the work that Kato- sensei gave her the
day before while listening to the news. She giggled softly when she
felt something cold lightly brushed her cheek as a small green
mechanical bird landed on her shoulder. Torii is being a pest again.
She held a finger towards the little bird jumping around on her
shoulder and waited for the bird to perch on her finger, still
continuing to type with one hand.

"Tori?" Her mechanical pet cocked his head at her as he landed on
her finger. Kira only smiled at Tori and transferred him on top of her
computer's monitor as the reporter began about the ZAFT's attack to
Kaoshiung, an Earth Alliance colony near them, that occurred last week.

"Kira!"

Kira looked up, pushing away her shoulder-length hair from her
eyes as a strong wind blew by, and smiled at the couple standing on the
path leading to the pavilion.

"So, here you are hiding! Kato- sensei was looking for you." A
guy in plain white shirt said to her, his gentle green eyes looking out
from behind his wavy brown hair.

"Again?" Kira sighed softly, pouting slightly.

"Kato- sensei said to drag you over to his laboratory once we
found you." A girl in a plain orange dress smiled at her, leaning
forward and regarding her with green eyes full of mirth. "What is it
now? Does he need your help with something again?"

"Anou yaro. I haven't even finished the one he gave me
yesterday." Kira placed her computer on the table and leaned back
against the railing surrounding the pavilion, Torii still perched on
her shoulder. She stared at the news being shown on her portable
computer's monitor.

"Ore? Something on the news?" Tolle approached her and looked at
the news with a hand propped against the table.

"Ee, about Kaoshiung." Kira whispered, magnifying the small
window to occupy the whole screen with a single press of a button, as
Miriallia also leaned forward to watch the news.

"Ehh?" Tolle exclaimed, drawing back from her computer. "If this
is from last week's information, then Kaoshiung has probably already
fallen."

"Sou ka ne." Kira whispered, turning off her computer before
closing the monitor.

"Isn't Kaoshiung very close to us?" Miriallia turned to her
boyfriend. "Will be all right?"

Kira barely flinched when Torii took off from her shoulder, still
staring at her computer. She raised her eyes to follow Torii's flight
as Tolle reassured Miriallia that she should not worry because even
though Kaoshiung is near, their country, Orb, is neutral and there is
no chance that Orb would get involved in the war.

Kira smiled inwardly. She also remembered something that someone
very special once told her nearly six years ago.

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"You are leaving?" A then ten- year old Kira stared at the blue-
haired boy standing in front of her, dressed in formal travelling
clothes, holding out a small green toy bird to her.

"Ee. Chichiue and Hahaue just want me to be home." The boy
smiled at her. "There really won't be a war between PLANT and the
Earth."

Kira quietly accepted the bird, staring at it softly, as tears
swelled up in her eyes, and gently pressed the bird against her chest,
as Athrun continued on.

"I don't think there's a reason to take refuge, but... Kira,
you'll also be coming to PLANT sometime in the future, right?"

Kira looked up in surprise, only to smile softly at Athrun and nod
her head. "Arigatou, Athrun," she whispered before running up to him
and pressing her lips lightly against his cheek.
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"Kira?"

Kira jerked back in surprise as Tolle's face popped right in front
of her, hitting her head against one of the pavilion's wooden posts.

"What were you blushing about? Anyway, let's go." Tolle motioned
her to hurry up as he and Miriallia turned around.

Kira quickly pressed a hand against her cheek and felt it hot
under her touch. She always blushes whenever she remembers that one.
She then stowed her computer inside her bag and ran up to Tolle and
Miriallia with Torii following them.

Kira followed Tolle and Miriallia to the automated public
transport car terminal near their university, listening to Miriallia's
talk about Tolle's good grades. Then, they all stopped talking when
they all heard familiar voices from in front of them.

"Ore? Miriallia?" An auburn- haired girl standing with two other
girls in front of them waiting for a public transport car exclaimed
when she caught sight of them.

Kira turned her eyes away as they walked up to the girl and her
companions. She knew the girl, Frey Allster, the only daughter of one
of the Earth Alliance's Minister. She knew Frey too well because she
and Frey shared a common enmity over one guy.

"You know, Frey got a letter from Ssigh Argyle."

Kira jerked back in surprise and stared at Frey. The onna managed
to get one through her again but then, Frey is Ssigh's fiancé. Then,
she heard someone ehmmed from behind them. She turned her head slightly
and stared at the short-haired woman dressed in formal business
clothing standing behind them.

"If you aren't getting on, may we go first?" The woman smiled
slightly at them, motioning towards the already waiting car.

"Sumimasen. Dozo." Tolle was quick in his apology as she and
Tolle stepped aside from the way.

She, Miriallia and Tolle watched as Frey and her friends took the
next car. She almost flinched when Tolle said, "A letter from Ssigh...
How surprising for Frey Allster." Kira blushed furiously as Tolle placed
his hands on her shoulders and continued, "That sounds like a
formidable point. Kira Yamato- san." Kira only tapped Tolle's head with a
finger and said, "As if Miriallia did not do the same with you?"

With a slight smile, she boarded the next car and waited for the
two to board it. She thought that she managed to get Tolle to shut up
with that remark, but even after they got through the security check at
the Morgenroete and off the car, he would not shut up about it. It was
only when they stepped into Kato- sensei's laboratory that the guy
finally shut up.

"Ahh! You finally came, Kira."

Kira stopped in her tracks and smiled awkwardly at the blond-haired
guy working behind one of the machine, before turning to someone that
caught her eye. A blond- haired boy stood leaning against one of the
wall with his eyes covered by a black beret caught her eyes. It was
like though she knew him. She quickly looked away and followed Tolle
and Miriallia to the dark- haired guy working at the computers.

"Sensei doko wa?" She asked Kuzzey as he looked at her after
explaining to Tolle that the stranger is a guest of their professor.
Kuzzey only motioned to the door behind him.

"Kira." Ssigh called out to her, holding out a disk to her. "I
have been keeping this for you. An appendix. I think."

"Ehh?" Kira groaned softly as Ssigh approached her.

"What is it? It's probably the work on Morgenroete."

"Not interesting. Just improvements on the Frame- Set module."
Kira replied, taking the disk from Ssigh. "Anyway, program analysis."
She looked up hopefully at Ssigh. She did not hear Tolle creep up from
behind until she felt him hold her in an headlock.

"Let's hear about the letter first." Tolle grinned at Ssigh.

"Letter?" Ssigh blinked at them.

"It's nothing." Kira quickly yelped out, stepping on Tolle's toe.

"What is it?" Ssigh persisted.

"Like I said." Tolle said, only to be silenced when Kira stepped
on his foot again while yelping, "Nan de mo nai."

"What is it, Tolle?" Ssigh insisted once again. "Just tell me!"

"Yamette nasai." Miriallia butted in.

"Hanase. You're choking me." Kira stepped on Tolle's feet again.

"It won't go that way."

Minutes later while working as they waited on Kato- sensei, they
heard something loud before the laboratory shook and equipment fell
down. Kira braced herself with the help of the computer monitors as she
heard Ssigh whisper ,"Meteorites?", from beside her. But she quickly
felt that was not.