iWRITE
chapter 2
the LIVING and the DEAD
-->sorry about the squinting errors
-->have a happy new year.
-->please don't kill me for my mistakes..
-->peace!
CHAPTER 1: THE LIVING MEETS THE DEAD
**sorry for the wrong grammar and the likes.. not yet edited..
CHAPTER 2: TIME TRAVEL FOR THE LIVING
Thousands of years ago . . . in the wonderful place called Orb. . .
“Where’s this lady? Princess! Princess!!” a pretty girl with purplish-red irises whined like a lost dog. She nervously opened one door after another. She's Stellar and her job--> well, everyday she leads a man-hunt operation to search for the princess of Orb and everyday . . . she fails.
The desperate blonde was approaching the last door of the first floor when suddenly she’s greeted by the beautiful Lacus Clyne with a very sweet smile.
“Miss Lacus, did you see her?” Stellar emphasized the word ‘her’ as she restlessly looked to the right and to the left.
“I’m sorry. Maybe. . ” Lacus wasn’t able to finish for the young blonde dashed and continued searching for the stubborn princess. Ms. Clyne who happened to be the palace’s mystic is the best friend of the girl Stellar was looking for. “I pity your nursemaid.” She said while she closed the door of her room.
“Hehe” a blonde lady wearing a navy blue, knee length dress came out from a huge chest, smiling.
“Cagalli, you should not treat her that way. Remember she is younger than you are.” Lacus frowned. Lacus is kind to all people so she could not take the fact that she lied to that poor pretty creature ‘coz of Cagalli.
“Oh c’mon.” the princess cooed “you know that I should hide from her. If she gets me, she will put so-girly things to me and she will make me act so lady-like . . . ahh,, you know it” Cagalli tired to looked pathetic but it turns out that she not serious.
A playful smile crossed Cagalli’s face “so, where can I find Kira?”
Lacus blushed at the name mentioned. “I did not see him these past few weeks. Maybe he is in his room giving all himself to science. sigh ” she started to think about the guy.
“I really am looking forward to the day that someone like him would fall for me. I mean, I mean he really is handsome but I can’t see our future even if I am a ‘prophet’ that can see the future. Don’t you think it’s a sign?” the pink-haired turned to ask her friend but . . . well, apparently while Lacus is having her little day dreaming, Cagalli whispered thank you and started her way into her twin’s pod. The pink haired is consumed by her thought so she didn’t hear that her friend is leaving.
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The princess tiptoed her way in her brother’s room. It is better to be careful to safely run off Stellar. ‘Stellar, that’s what friends are for’ she thought. Cagalli found the door unlocked so she helped herself. ‘Sorry for the intrusion.’
“Kira? Kira?” she called as soft as she can but there is no response. ‘I wonder where he is’ she thought.
Cagalli sit in one of the expensive sofa in the room. The room is huge. It is also cozy but spooky. Kira’s room is dim, has one window, full of test tubes with colored solutions, gem stones, chemicals, papers with calculations.
The blonde princess saw something new inside her twin’s room. And it attracted her attention. She looked at the center of the room closely. She kneeled down to the floor to study it further. There is a necklace.
It was a necklace with a green stone, hanging inside a prism. The prism on the other hand was illuminated by small green stones that were attached on each corner. Below the prism, a sphere rotates quickly creating a high voltage. The princess examined it more. Her eyes flickered as she watched the green stone glow. She was really bewildered that she didn’t notice the presence of magenta eyes glaring at her.
“There . . . you . . . are . . !” a cold, very cold voice sent shivers on Cagalli’s spine. It is a matter of seconds when the princess knew she was in great trouble.
“this time . . Victory’s mine.” Stellar poised herself for attack.
The orb princess faced the magenta eyed blonde. A mischievous smile crossed her face as she playfully said, “go ahead, make my day. . .”(a/n: yeah)
Cagalli’s reflexes were good and luck was on her side. She dodged every attack Stellar made and run for the nearest possible open passage leading to freedom. The window! She run and run and she made it! The princess successfully escaped the young pitiful girl.
She rejoiced for a moment then she scowled. She’ll be really dead when her brother returned and found out that all the chemicals spilled in the prism making the sphere rotate faster. gasp
“I wonder where he is” the amber eyed said while finding her way to her secret place in the woods.
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“acccchooooooo.” sneeze
“It is getting dark. . . I wonder if Cagalli is in my room. . ” Kira Yamato the twin of the Orb princess is one of the palace’s minister and wise man. He is in to scientific discoveries and the likes.
The handsome guy was having a very hard time deep in the woods near the palace. He actually was 12 ft above the ground well ‘coz he’s hanging right now. It is because he tripped over one of the traps set for huge animals while searching for a rare metal for his invention then all of a sudden it happened. No body is aware that he had gone in the forest so he was stressfully hoping for someone to pass by.
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“Dearka, have you seen Athrun?” Miriallia Hawwe nervously approached a very-busy-reading-blonde. This pretty lady searched for the green eyed archeologist an hour ago just before dawn, still, there are no signs.
The tan blonde put down the material he’s reading, “Athrun?” his brows furrowed “Why are you so concerned about him? And . . . do I look like someone who knows all his whereabouts?” ‘Not a good idea’ Dearka thought he shouldn’t have answered. His voice came out colder than he intended it to be.
Millaria couldn’t believe what she heard. She glared at him. ‘how cold!’ she thought. “Are you nuts? He is OUR leader and we should know where he is!! Argh! What’s up with you?”
She angrily turned and walked out of Dearka’s tent.
“Hey wait. . .” Elthman was also surprised for what his actions were. “I’ll help you search for him. Wait! Hey, I’m sorry. . . ”
‘Where is that guy anyways?’
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“What the . . .” a pair of green eyes wandered in the darkness, “. . . hell” Athrun’s eyes widen as he realize that the dark place where he is, was not the tomb site.
Archeologist as he was, he felt his heart beat increased - not because of fear but ‘coz of excitement.
He helped himself up as he brushes off dirt on his shirt. Since he’s wearing a blue v-neck shirt with white imprints on it and black denims, it was not that hard to remove some dirt.
He guessed he’d been lying around for about an hour or so after he collapsed. As he became accustomed to the dimness of the place, he examined his surroundings. There a leaves and it smelled like soil, maybe a forest ?
“Eek-eek” above him, birds screeched followed by the slow movement of the clouds passing thousands of glistening stars. The moon’s radiance shed light on everything. Athrun can now visibly see his environment.
There are evergreen bushes, energetic squirrels, and tall trees - all in wild life. He was right. He was situated deep in the forest of an unknown place.
He heard rush of water, ‘maybe the river’ he thought. He decided to follow the serene sound of the river as if there is something important pulling him closer to it.
On his way, he reflected on the weird things that happened. First was the necklace, maybe there is some sort of prayers or orations given to it that’s why strange things occurred. Second, what happened to him? There is a great possibility he is not on his time, something’s wrong. . He gave a very deep troubled sigh.
Whatever it is that happened, wherever he is, he should be thankful he’s alive.
The river must be near. He can hear the refreshing sound of it. Athrun‘s instincts and sense of direction told him where to go. He passed lots of shrubs and bushes. There are times he stumbled causing him scratches on his arms.
When the blue haired guy reached the shore of the tranquil body of water, he stopped. Speechless.
His eyes sparkled, reflecting the moon’s rays. The river possesses beauty and peaceful scenery that one can be really amazed.
Athrun Zala sat beneath a tall, leafy tree near the shore. There, he stared at the clear water reflecting the moon’s radiance. All of a sudden, something snapped out of the water few meters away from him that made his jaw dropped. It was a beautiful creature that held back its arms as if it has wings to fly. Its hair shines like the stars above. Its contour was perfectly illuminated by the moonlight. Athrun couldn’t help but admire the creature.
The creature is a goddess.
One-two-three- Athrun snapped back to reality. He winked several times. ‘This is not a dream!!’
He jumped to his feet and glanced around searching for any hiding place. His heart almost plummeted down his toes as green eyes met the amber ones.
Both of them stared for some time like it was never-ending and then, a piercing scream boomed deep in the forest disturbing all kinds of creation.
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“hey!” A blonde man poked Miriallia’s cheeks.
“Please. I’m sorry about what I did. Look. .” his index finger pointed at Shiho Hahnenfuss who was busy checking the data on every computer they have. “She said she can find Athrun with that. Ok?”
Milly gave a cute pout. She’s still disappointed on Dearka’s attitude. She walked behind Shiho and gazed at the computer.
It had been concluded that Athrun had been missing for about 18 hours. A witness, - one of the workers, said that he saw the ‘boss’ walking into the direction of the tomb site. After hearing this statement, Shiho ran for her computer and checked any recorded energy release. Milly thought she’s acting weird ever since they found the tomb.
“This is it. . .” Shiho stated firmly. Her face stern but uncertainty could be seen in her eyes.
“what??” Dearka hurriedly approached the two scientists.
Shiho faced the two, “there was a great energy released that was recorded by our device. Not only that, there was also an intense light emitted from the inside of the grave site that was captured by our camera. . .”
Dearka cut her out, “so? What’s your conclusion? What is it that you’re trying to say?” he scratched the nape of his neck. He is beginning to be very confused.
“Athrun. . . there is a great possibility that he’s somewhere. . . either past or future.” Hanefuss’s eyes flashed both with excitement and assurance.
Before the blonde man can speak, Milly abruptly asked, “You mean . . . time travel? That’s impossible.”
“Yeah, that’s insane.” Dearka commented.
“Yes, what I mean is he time traveled. And No, it’s not insanity.” Shiho explained. “And it’s like . . . sigh . . . hello, we successfully made mobile suits?! So a time travel is possible.”
Dearka tried to argue more while Milly was trying to absorb all Shiho’s talking about.
“Earth to Shiho,” the blonde mumbled “we talk -science- here.”
“SCIENCE is what I’m talking about!!” Shiho’s becoming impatient explaining this and that. She’s with two ‘scientists’ but neither of them can understand this immense event. ‘Of all people, why couldn’t they understand?’
“Look,” she once again tried to explain, staggering to be calm, “a great energy was released and according to theories and calculations, that amount of power is needed for a time machine to work. Therefore, Zala might have been consumed by this energy and he eventually time traveled.” A/N: what a very odd explanation
The three scientists stood firmly. Dearka and Miriallia were considering all information about time machines and were being more open-minded this time. Both looked at Shiho and said “he time traveled . . . but where??”
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“You!!” Stellar waved as she comes near to a lad sitting under the groove of a sycamore tree. “Have you seen your princess?” she asked dreadfully.
The lad glanced up at her expressionlessly with his red orbs. “The stubborn, noisy amber eyed blonde? No.” he said firmly and looked away.
“How dare you say awful things to the princess?” she put an emphasis on every word she said. “Not because you are her knight doesn’t mean you can treat her that way!!”
The nursemaid’s cheeks were flamed up both by anger and depression. She stood against the star-strewn sky. She gave a very disheartened whimper. Everyday of her life she chased for the princess. It seemed like a game for them but this day is very different for she was really tired. She managed to give a blood shot glare at Shinn. Stellar was really disappointed on this arrogant knight of Princess Cagalli.
She turned and was about to leave but because of her drained energy due to running and searching, she lost her balance. Shinn attentively caught her with his strong arms and held her close to his heart.
Shinn thought that they would stay like that only for a moment but it turns out that he’s wrong.
Stellar couldn’t move so she just let Shinn cuddle her. She hoped that he wouldn’t notice that her heart beat faster. She closed her eyes for a while but that action lured her into a deep slumber.
The blonde girl was unaware that Shinn was staring at her. The ruby eyed take note of every details in this wonderful night. ‘Coz this won’t last a lifetime.
“My princess . . . is right here with me.” He leaned and kissed her cheeks. Before carrying Stellar to the palace’s chamber, he looked at the stars above and wished that they would stay like this forever.
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--Splash--
Cagalli defensively plunge down in the water again. Her face was lit up by the moonlight. Her cheeks were fired up while her amber eyes glimmers under the moonlight, showing rage.
“Who are you?” she growled eyeing furiously at a man few meters away from her who stood flabbergasted. “I said, who are YOU?!!” she repeated.
The man whose cheeks were also in deep shade of red gradually turned his back. He tried to control his shaking voice, “I’m sorry. I mean. . I don’t. . . I actually. . . I just happened to be. . . ” He kept moving his hands up and down for explanation which evidently showed that he’s flustered. He sighed. “Sorry.”
He waited for any fuming reactions from the lady but there was none. Moments passed and the river’s rush was the one that could be heard. He decided to break the ice between them. “My name is Athrun. Athrun Zala. Umm, I swear,” he raised his right hand; “I’m not pervert or whatsoever. Aaahhhh, I’m sorry. Are you . . . okay now? I mean . . . okay. Okay?”
Still, there was no response. He slowly turned around. He’s surprised to see that he’s all alone. “Huh?” he glanced around “Where is she?” he shrugged.
An innocent smile crossed his face. “Well, so nice to meet you!!” he shouted. He gracefully rubbed his cheeks, wondering who she is.
He put his arms up as he stretched and he jumped into the water.
Behind some rock formations not far away from Athrun, who was actually enjoying the refreshing water of the river, Cagalli was watching him. She hid behind these steep rocks while the green eyed stranger was talking. She successfully rose up and got out of the river without attracting any attention. When she got up to the shore, she quickly put her clothes on . . . remembering the earlier events made her madly blush. She’s too careless. It’s her fault why this stranger saw her well, . .naked!! ‘Why in the world would someone dare to get near the palace’s property?’ she thought.
Cagalli was really flustered about what happened. That place was supposed to be her secret place!
She angrily returned home leaving Athrun in the river.
This night she vowed that if she saw him again, he’ll be really dead. Well, that is if she sees him again. .
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“Cagalli, it had been reported that Ms. Stellar is sick. May I know what happened?” Uzumi, the King of Orb asked the princess nicely.
“I’m sorry. It’s my fault. I made her tired searching for me - again.” She plainly explained. This amber eyed blonde quietly eats her dinner which was unusual for her attitude. Her father can clearly see her across the long dining table.
“Is there something else I needed to know?” the king asked. He has noticed her daughter’s strange attitude.
Cagalli lift her face and smiled, “nothing.” she said to assure her troubled father. This blonde was in fact thinking of a certain green eyed guy. She was wishing that the guy would have a severe head injury and will have amnesia and eventually forget what he saw . . . but she really didn’t mean that ‘wish’.
The King now faced his ministers and asked, “Where is the prince? Kira?” He then looked at Cagalli who shrugged.
The two royalties continued eating. After a minute or so, the officer guarding the hall bow and announced, “the prince of Orb and. . . ”
“a friend. He’s a friend of mine.” Kira helped the guard in introducing him and his friend to the king as they entered the huge, well lit hall.
The officer cleared his throat and gave another introduction, “the prince of orb and his friend.”
Kira and his friend stood at the right side of the King. As a sign of respect, they lowered down their heads and Kira started, saying “Father, he is a friend of mine and I am asking for your kindness to let him stay in the palace for a while.”
Cagalli, still consumed by her devilish thoughts was unmindful of what’s going on. She simply finished eating and was about to leave the table when all of a sudden she heard a very familiar masculine voice that made her wobbled.
“Good evening sire, I am Athrun Zala.”
Cagalli gape in horror as she saw the man bowing to her father.
Uzumi promptly agreed to Kira’s beseech to let Athrun stay in the palace and then he left the hall.
Cagalli sat horror-stricken. She couldn’t even move a limb to get out and hide.
“Ah, there you are.” Kira said, drawing closer to her. “I have a twin sister yah know.” He motioned to Athrun who was walking behind him.
Cagalli panicked. Heart beat raced. All color drained from her face.
“Hey, Cagalli. Meet Athrun Zala.” Kira introduced his new found friend.
Athrun blinked, Cagalli tearfully blinked and then both of them blinked again.
“Hi” they said in chorus.
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A/N: sorry if the time travel thing is unbelievable. And sorry for the odd titles . . . weird isn’t it?
-shin-
the LIVING and the DEAD
-->sorry about the squinting errors
-->have a happy new year.
-->please don't kill me for my mistakes..
-->peace!
CHAPTER 1: THE LIVING MEETS THE DEAD
**sorry for the wrong grammar and the likes.. not yet edited..
CHAPTER 2: TIME TRAVEL FOR THE LIVING
Thousands of years ago . . . in the wonderful place called Orb. . .
“Where’s this lady? Princess! Princess!!” a pretty girl with purplish-red irises whined like a lost dog. She nervously opened one door after another. She's Stellar and her job--> well, everyday she leads a man-hunt operation to search for the princess of Orb and everyday . . . she fails.
The desperate blonde was approaching the last door of the first floor when suddenly she’s greeted by the beautiful Lacus Clyne with a very sweet smile.
“Miss Lacus, did you see her?” Stellar emphasized the word ‘her’ as she restlessly looked to the right and to the left.
“I’m sorry. Maybe. . ” Lacus wasn’t able to finish for the young blonde dashed and continued searching for the stubborn princess. Ms. Clyne who happened to be the palace’s mystic is the best friend of the girl Stellar was looking for. “I pity your nursemaid.” She said while she closed the door of her room.
“Hehe” a blonde lady wearing a navy blue, knee length dress came out from a huge chest, smiling.
“Cagalli, you should not treat her that way. Remember she is younger than you are.” Lacus frowned. Lacus is kind to all people so she could not take the fact that she lied to that poor pretty creature ‘coz of Cagalli.
“Oh c’mon.” the princess cooed “you know that I should hide from her. If she gets me, she will put so-girly things to me and she will make me act so lady-like . . . ahh,, you know it” Cagalli tired to looked pathetic but it turns out that she not serious.
A playful smile crossed Cagalli’s face “so, where can I find Kira?”
Lacus blushed at the name mentioned. “I did not see him these past few weeks. Maybe he is in his room giving all himself to science. sigh ” she started to think about the guy.
“I really am looking forward to the day that someone like him would fall for me. I mean, I mean he really is handsome but I can’t see our future even if I am a ‘prophet’ that can see the future. Don’t you think it’s a sign?” the pink-haired turned to ask her friend but . . . well, apparently while Lacus is having her little day dreaming, Cagalli whispered thank you and started her way into her twin’s pod. The pink haired is consumed by her thought so she didn’t hear that her friend is leaving.
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The princess tiptoed her way in her brother’s room. It is better to be careful to safely run off Stellar. ‘Stellar, that’s what friends are for’ she thought. Cagalli found the door unlocked so she helped herself. ‘Sorry for the intrusion.’
“Kira? Kira?” she called as soft as she can but there is no response. ‘I wonder where he is’ she thought.
Cagalli sit in one of the expensive sofa in the room. The room is huge. It is also cozy but spooky. Kira’s room is dim, has one window, full of test tubes with colored solutions, gem stones, chemicals, papers with calculations.
The blonde princess saw something new inside her twin’s room. And it attracted her attention. She looked at the center of the room closely. She kneeled down to the floor to study it further. There is a necklace.
It was a necklace with a green stone, hanging inside a prism. The prism on the other hand was illuminated by small green stones that were attached on each corner. Below the prism, a sphere rotates quickly creating a high voltage. The princess examined it more. Her eyes flickered as she watched the green stone glow. She was really bewildered that she didn’t notice the presence of magenta eyes glaring at her.
“There . . . you . . . are . . !” a cold, very cold voice sent shivers on Cagalli’s spine. It is a matter of seconds when the princess knew she was in great trouble.
“this time . . Victory’s mine.” Stellar poised herself for attack.
The orb princess faced the magenta eyed blonde. A mischievous smile crossed her face as she playfully said, “go ahead, make my day. . .”(a/n: yeah)
Cagalli’s reflexes were good and luck was on her side. She dodged every attack Stellar made and run for the nearest possible open passage leading to freedom. The window! She run and run and she made it! The princess successfully escaped the young pitiful girl.
She rejoiced for a moment then she scowled. She’ll be really dead when her brother returned and found out that all the chemicals spilled in the prism making the sphere rotate faster. gasp
“I wonder where he is” the amber eyed said while finding her way to her secret place in the woods.
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“acccchooooooo.” sneeze
“It is getting dark. . . I wonder if Cagalli is in my room. . ” Kira Yamato the twin of the Orb princess is one of the palace’s minister and wise man. He is in to scientific discoveries and the likes.
The handsome guy was having a very hard time deep in the woods near the palace. He actually was 12 ft above the ground well ‘coz he’s hanging right now. It is because he tripped over one of the traps set for huge animals while searching for a rare metal for his invention then all of a sudden it happened. No body is aware that he had gone in the forest so he was stressfully hoping for someone to pass by.
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“Dearka, have you seen Athrun?” Miriallia Hawwe nervously approached a very-busy-reading-blonde. This pretty lady searched for the green eyed archeologist an hour ago just before dawn, still, there are no signs.
The tan blonde put down the material he’s reading, “Athrun?” his brows furrowed “Why are you so concerned about him? And . . . do I look like someone who knows all his whereabouts?” ‘Not a good idea’ Dearka thought he shouldn’t have answered. His voice came out colder than he intended it to be.
Millaria couldn’t believe what she heard. She glared at him. ‘how cold!’ she thought. “Are you nuts? He is OUR leader and we should know where he is!! Argh! What’s up with you?”
She angrily turned and walked out of Dearka’s tent.
“Hey wait. . .” Elthman was also surprised for what his actions were. “I’ll help you search for him. Wait! Hey, I’m sorry. . . ”
‘Where is that guy anyways?’
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“What the . . .” a pair of green eyes wandered in the darkness, “. . . hell” Athrun’s eyes widen as he realize that the dark place where he is, was not the tomb site.
Archeologist as he was, he felt his heart beat increased - not because of fear but ‘coz of excitement.
He helped himself up as he brushes off dirt on his shirt. Since he’s wearing a blue v-neck shirt with white imprints on it and black denims, it was not that hard to remove some dirt.
He guessed he’d been lying around for about an hour or so after he collapsed. As he became accustomed to the dimness of the place, he examined his surroundings. There a leaves and it smelled like soil, maybe a forest ?
“Eek-eek” above him, birds screeched followed by the slow movement of the clouds passing thousands of glistening stars. The moon’s radiance shed light on everything. Athrun can now visibly see his environment.
There are evergreen bushes, energetic squirrels, and tall trees - all in wild life. He was right. He was situated deep in the forest of an unknown place.
He heard rush of water, ‘maybe the river’ he thought. He decided to follow the serene sound of the river as if there is something important pulling him closer to it.
On his way, he reflected on the weird things that happened. First was the necklace, maybe there is some sort of prayers or orations given to it that’s why strange things occurred. Second, what happened to him? There is a great possibility he is not on his time, something’s wrong. . He gave a very deep troubled sigh.
Whatever it is that happened, wherever he is, he should be thankful he’s alive.
The river must be near. He can hear the refreshing sound of it. Athrun‘s instincts and sense of direction told him where to go. He passed lots of shrubs and bushes. There are times he stumbled causing him scratches on his arms.
When the blue haired guy reached the shore of the tranquil body of water, he stopped. Speechless.
His eyes sparkled, reflecting the moon’s rays. The river possesses beauty and peaceful scenery that one can be really amazed.
Athrun Zala sat beneath a tall, leafy tree near the shore. There, he stared at the clear water reflecting the moon’s radiance. All of a sudden, something snapped out of the water few meters away from him that made his jaw dropped. It was a beautiful creature that held back its arms as if it has wings to fly. Its hair shines like the stars above. Its contour was perfectly illuminated by the moonlight. Athrun couldn’t help but admire the creature.
The creature is a goddess.
One-two-three- Athrun snapped back to reality. He winked several times. ‘This is not a dream!!’
He jumped to his feet and glanced around searching for any hiding place. His heart almost plummeted down his toes as green eyes met the amber ones.
Both of them stared for some time like it was never-ending and then, a piercing scream boomed deep in the forest disturbing all kinds of creation.
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“hey!” A blonde man poked Miriallia’s cheeks.
“Please. I’m sorry about what I did. Look. .” his index finger pointed at Shiho Hahnenfuss who was busy checking the data on every computer they have. “She said she can find Athrun with that. Ok?”
Milly gave a cute pout. She’s still disappointed on Dearka’s attitude. She walked behind Shiho and gazed at the computer.
It had been concluded that Athrun had been missing for about 18 hours. A witness, - one of the workers, said that he saw the ‘boss’ walking into the direction of the tomb site. After hearing this statement, Shiho ran for her computer and checked any recorded energy release. Milly thought she’s acting weird ever since they found the tomb.
“This is it. . .” Shiho stated firmly. Her face stern but uncertainty could be seen in her eyes.
“what??” Dearka hurriedly approached the two scientists.
Shiho faced the two, “there was a great energy released that was recorded by our device. Not only that, there was also an intense light emitted from the inside of the grave site that was captured by our camera. . .”
Dearka cut her out, “so? What’s your conclusion? What is it that you’re trying to say?” he scratched the nape of his neck. He is beginning to be very confused.
“Athrun. . . there is a great possibility that he’s somewhere. . . either past or future.” Hanefuss’s eyes flashed both with excitement and assurance.
Before the blonde man can speak, Milly abruptly asked, “You mean . . . time travel? That’s impossible.”
“Yeah, that’s insane.” Dearka commented.
“Yes, what I mean is he time traveled. And No, it’s not insanity.” Shiho explained. “And it’s like . . . sigh . . . hello, we successfully made mobile suits?! So a time travel is possible.”
Dearka tried to argue more while Milly was trying to absorb all Shiho’s talking about.
“Earth to Shiho,” the blonde mumbled “we talk -science- here.”
“SCIENCE is what I’m talking about!!” Shiho’s becoming impatient explaining this and that. She’s with two ‘scientists’ but neither of them can understand this immense event. ‘Of all people, why couldn’t they understand?’
“Look,” she once again tried to explain, staggering to be calm, “a great energy was released and according to theories and calculations, that amount of power is needed for a time machine to work. Therefore, Zala might have been consumed by this energy and he eventually time traveled.” A/N: what a very odd explanation
The three scientists stood firmly. Dearka and Miriallia were considering all information about time machines and were being more open-minded this time. Both looked at Shiho and said “he time traveled . . . but where??”
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“You!!” Stellar waved as she comes near to a lad sitting under the groove of a sycamore tree. “Have you seen your princess?” she asked dreadfully.
The lad glanced up at her expressionlessly with his red orbs. “The stubborn, noisy amber eyed blonde? No.” he said firmly and looked away.
“How dare you say awful things to the princess?” she put an emphasis on every word she said. “Not because you are her knight doesn’t mean you can treat her that way!!”
The nursemaid’s cheeks were flamed up both by anger and depression. She stood against the star-strewn sky. She gave a very disheartened whimper. Everyday of her life she chased for the princess. It seemed like a game for them but this day is very different for she was really tired. She managed to give a blood shot glare at Shinn. Stellar was really disappointed on this arrogant knight of Princess Cagalli.
She turned and was about to leave but because of her drained energy due to running and searching, she lost her balance. Shinn attentively caught her with his strong arms and held her close to his heart.
Shinn thought that they would stay like that only for a moment but it turns out that he’s wrong.
Stellar couldn’t move so she just let Shinn cuddle her. She hoped that he wouldn’t notice that her heart beat faster. She closed her eyes for a while but that action lured her into a deep slumber.
The blonde girl was unaware that Shinn was staring at her. The ruby eyed take note of every details in this wonderful night. ‘Coz this won’t last a lifetime.
“My princess . . . is right here with me.” He leaned and kissed her cheeks. Before carrying Stellar to the palace’s chamber, he looked at the stars above and wished that they would stay like this forever.
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--Splash--
Cagalli defensively plunge down in the water again. Her face was lit up by the moonlight. Her cheeks were fired up while her amber eyes glimmers under the moonlight, showing rage.
“Who are you?” she growled eyeing furiously at a man few meters away from her who stood flabbergasted. “I said, who are YOU?!!” she repeated.
The man whose cheeks were also in deep shade of red gradually turned his back. He tried to control his shaking voice, “I’m sorry. I mean. . I don’t. . . I actually. . . I just happened to be. . . ” He kept moving his hands up and down for explanation which evidently showed that he’s flustered. He sighed. “Sorry.”
He waited for any fuming reactions from the lady but there was none. Moments passed and the river’s rush was the one that could be heard. He decided to break the ice between them. “My name is Athrun. Athrun Zala. Umm, I swear,” he raised his right hand; “I’m not pervert or whatsoever. Aaahhhh, I’m sorry. Are you . . . okay now? I mean . . . okay. Okay?”
Still, there was no response. He slowly turned around. He’s surprised to see that he’s all alone. “Huh?” he glanced around “Where is she?” he shrugged.
An innocent smile crossed his face. “Well, so nice to meet you!!” he shouted. He gracefully rubbed his cheeks, wondering who she is.
He put his arms up as he stretched and he jumped into the water.
Behind some rock formations not far away from Athrun, who was actually enjoying the refreshing water of the river, Cagalli was watching him. She hid behind these steep rocks while the green eyed stranger was talking. She successfully rose up and got out of the river without attracting any attention. When she got up to the shore, she quickly put her clothes on . . . remembering the earlier events made her madly blush. She’s too careless. It’s her fault why this stranger saw her well, . .naked!! ‘Why in the world would someone dare to get near the palace’s property?’ she thought.
Cagalli was really flustered about what happened. That place was supposed to be her secret place!
She angrily returned home leaving Athrun in the river.
This night she vowed that if she saw him again, he’ll be really dead. Well, that is if she sees him again. .
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“Cagalli, it had been reported that Ms. Stellar is sick. May I know what happened?” Uzumi, the King of Orb asked the princess nicely.
“I’m sorry. It’s my fault. I made her tired searching for me - again.” She plainly explained. This amber eyed blonde quietly eats her dinner which was unusual for her attitude. Her father can clearly see her across the long dining table.
“Is there something else I needed to know?” the king asked. He has noticed her daughter’s strange attitude.
Cagalli lift her face and smiled, “nothing.” she said to assure her troubled father. This blonde was in fact thinking of a certain green eyed guy. She was wishing that the guy would have a severe head injury and will have amnesia and eventually forget what he saw . . . but she really didn’t mean that ‘wish’.
The King now faced his ministers and asked, “Where is the prince? Kira?” He then looked at Cagalli who shrugged.
The two royalties continued eating. After a minute or so, the officer guarding the hall bow and announced, “the prince of Orb and. . . ”
“a friend. He’s a friend of mine.” Kira helped the guard in introducing him and his friend to the king as they entered the huge, well lit hall.
The officer cleared his throat and gave another introduction, “the prince of orb and his friend.”
Kira and his friend stood at the right side of the King. As a sign of respect, they lowered down their heads and Kira started, saying “Father, he is a friend of mine and I am asking for your kindness to let him stay in the palace for a while.”
Cagalli, still consumed by her devilish thoughts was unmindful of what’s going on. She simply finished eating and was about to leave the table when all of a sudden she heard a very familiar masculine voice that made her wobbled.
“Good evening sire, I am Athrun Zala.”
Cagalli gape in horror as she saw the man bowing to her father.
Uzumi promptly agreed to Kira’s beseech to let Athrun stay in the palace and then he left the hall.
Cagalli sat horror-stricken. She couldn’t even move a limb to get out and hide.
“Ah, there you are.” Kira said, drawing closer to her. “I have a twin sister yah know.” He motioned to Athrun who was walking behind him.
Cagalli panicked. Heart beat raced. All color drained from her face.
“Hey, Cagalli. Meet Athrun Zala.” Kira introduced his new found friend.
Athrun blinked, Cagalli tearfully blinked and then both of them blinked again.
“Hi” they said in chorus.
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A/N: sorry if the time travel thing is unbelievable. And sorry for the odd titles . . . weird isn’t it?
-shin-