Fandom: Gundam Seed

Genre: Romance/General

Rating: PG-13

Type: Multi-part, chapter 22

Pairings: Nicol/Melody (OC), Athrun/Cagalli, Kira/Lacus

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Gundam Seed.

Author's Notes: As usual, this was my latest written version. I had managed to salvage certain parts from the original version and fits them in - the rest were in the trash can.

Chapter 22

C.E. 71, October 6 - October 12

It took four days for the Archangel to finally arrive and landed in ORB, the moment they landed safely - Cagalli was met up by the remaining members in the Ministry and Parliament of ORB.

Although, it was a pressing matter to fix the new identity of Athrun Zala - it would have to wait until Cagalli was done with the government issues. In the meantime, it was decided that Athrun would have to join Kira and Lacus over at the Yamato's residence - until further notice.

Nicol Amalfi, on the other hand - already had his fake identity ready; since Melody had taken effort into arranging it for him before the start of the ORB battle with the Earth Alliance Forces. His living quarters were situated at the Military hostel temporary - until proper housing could be arranged.

Mirialla and Melody were met up by their father, Matthew Haw - the moment they stepped down from the Archangel. Their father then told them to enjoy their next two weeks with their mother, whom was waiting for them back home. For now, he would handled the Ministries affairs single-handedly. For some reason, Matthew Haw did not questioned them on the whereabouts of Michelle - which both sisters were glad. Since, they had no idea how to answer the question if their father were to enquire on the whereabouts of the said female.

"Athrun, go with Kira... I'll call for you at a later point of time, when I had the time to deal with your immigration documents." Cagalli told the blue-haired Coordinator, over her shoulder as she followed the lead of Kisaka over to the Parliament House for the long over-due meeting.

Turning to Captain Ramius and Andrew Waltfield as well as the other crew members of the Archangel, Cagalli regarded them with apologetic expression as she told them to wait for further instructions on board. As for Sai whom was no longer enlisted with the Military - he was free to go back home.

Another three days passes by, before Cagalli finally attended to the remaining crew of the Archangel. After assigning them forms to fill in for their immigration record that was to be input into the system, each of them were given new identity - for it would not be too easy to go around with their previous identity due to their involvement in the war.

Eventually, Captain Ramius ended up aiding Erica Simmons in the daily running of the Morgenroete. The new Morgenroete was still in the process of rebuilding, and the underground Military facilities was in the process of construction. Until then, nothing much could be accomplished.

As to the public sectors, schools and hospitals had been up and running - fully rebuilt during the period while Cagalli had been away in space. Since, those establishments does not involved the Parliament too much - and had more to do with the civilians daily living situations and routine. That, the interim government had dealt with - immediately, following the end of the war.

Andrew Waltfield, on the other hand, was given freedom to roam the city until they had some idea as to what the man would be doing. The rest of the crew were more than welcome to blend into the crowd and find jobs that will suit them within the public sector.

It was during the afternoon hours of the 12 of October, did Athrun Zala finally being summoned to the office of the Prime Minister - with regards to his latest identity. Over the past one week that he had spent in ORB, he was mainly hanging around the Yamato's residence - spending time with Kira's adoptive parents. Otherwise, he spent his time modifying the 'Haros' which belonged to Lacus, and fixed the 'Torii' to improve its' abilities.

C.E. 71, October 13 - October 19

The following one week, Athrun found himself being brought around the Island of ORB as he followed dutifully behind Cagalli as they surveyed the area which was still under construction. Nicol, joining him in the trip, occasionally - but otherwise, it would be only him and the blonde for company.

Nicol Amalfi, on the other hand, was seen frequenting the Haw's residence - if not visiting, then simply for the piano which he missed having been around so much. Melody Haw, had taken up on the hobby of playing a duet with Nicol whenever the boy was around her family residence.

The elder sibling of the Haw family, Mirialla - had simply opted to take up a short term course on photography. Recently, the said female could be seen anywhere on the Island taking photographs and mostly based on the re-building process of the country. That would eventually ended up in the official files for the government rebuilting work.

As for the twin sister of Michelle, Melissa Haw could hardly be seen nowadays. According to what Matthew Haw had revealed, he had literally force the girl to head over to Alaska - as part of the voluntary rebuilding work for the Alantic Federation on behalf of the ORB Union.

Lacus Clyne, on the other hand, was often seen helping Caridad Yamato in preparing meals - probably learning the ways of a housewife. That was often used as an excuse to poke fun at Kira's relationship with the pink-haired songstress.

Kira Yamato, was another matter entirely. During the two weeks back in ORB, he either spent time conversing with Andrew Waltfield or Athrun Zala. After some time, he went on to help Reverend Malchio with the orphanage management. In short, he was slipping into a stage of mild depression and withdraw himself into an empty shell.

Although, he had appeared peaceful on the outside but those who knew him thought otherwise. The impact of the war had finally came tumbling down on him, for during the war - he was often forced to fight in situations which he had no way of controlling. Now that the war was over, it was finally taking its toll on Kira's mental health.

His inability to save Fllay Allster from a certain death seemed to be the key factor in his depression state, and it was only due to Lacus Clyne's constant support did he not broken down entirely, in both emotional and physical state.

C.E. 71, October 20 - October 24

Over at the PLANTs, things were slightly more busier than usual. With Representative Canavar as the temporary Chairman - the council were able to calm the public down in the shortest time ever as they continued doing their respective tasks at damage control. The former council members were removed from positions and the Clyne Factions members had taken control of the majority running within the council itself. However, this was not a long-term solution and they need to elect a new council with a new Chairman - as soon as possible.

Yet, that could not be done in a day or two. So, until the suitable figure appeared - Representative Canavar would have to continue doing the duty of the Chairman until otherwise stated. Meanwhile, Yzak had his own trial coming up soon - Dearka, was already done with his since he was merely on trial for his betrayal actions against the ZAFT.

Yzak was another case entirely, for his was a result of following the orders of Patrick Zala - that was more complicated.

Yzak had arrived home late on the 23 of October, after finishing his trial and was looking forward to have a good night rest when his cell phone blared to life, telling him to head over to the hospital - immediately for Michelle was send in earlier due to an early labour.

That was what reminded him of his failure to tell his mother of Michelle's existence, mentally wincing at what his mother would do when she discovered about the truth. Yzak sighed as he headed out to his car - driving down the lanes swiftly as he headed to the direction of the hospital.

He arrived just in time to fill in certain details on Michelle's admission forms, he was in the delivery room with Michelle for moral support until mid-night, when the wails of his first-born son made his way to join the world of living. By the time, his daughter was born - his hand was already numbed and probably cracked due to the strength of Michelle's grip as she delivered the twins after several hours of labour.

Since he had been too stunned by the sight of his son and daughter being born, he hardly raised any objections when Michelle decided to name his first-born son as Miguel Jule, after his late team mate - Miguel Ayman. Thankfully, he regained his senses in time - to name his own daughter as Regina Jule, otherwise - who knew what name Michelle would have given to his /precious/ daughter.

Yes, he had mentioned Regina being his /precious/ daughter - for he was smitten with the girl as soon as Regina made her first cry after being delivered by the doctor in charge. Despite having being born two weeks in advance - on the 24 of October, since it was mid-night when they arrived. Both Regina and Miguel were healthy and lively. After being fed, bathe and weighed - the two were brought to the nursery where they slept soundly and peacefully.

Michelle, in the meantime, was transferred into a private room - where she slept away like a baby after her hard day of being in labour. Yzak had stayed with her all the while, until early next morning - his mother had stormed into the room, having received information about the twins' existence somehow, in one way or another.

Yzak winced inwardly, as his mother launched into another lengthy rant about him being irresponsible in his actions - getting some poor helpless girl pregnant and in a middle of a war, no less.

/Poor helpless girl?... Mother, if you only knew how wrong you were ... Michelle was anything but poor and helpless.../ Yzak thought silently to himself, as he endured through another hour of lecture before his mother finally let him off the hook.

After his mother asked about the twins' names and time of birth, his mother had went off somewhere else - and thankfully, before Michelle awaken from her slumber. Sometime during mid-morning, Dearka had arrived with Representative Canavar in tow - congratualating him on his promotion to being a father.

"Representative Canavar!" Yzak started to stand as he greeted the temporary Chairman of the PLANTs when the said person entered the room.

"Good Morning..." Representative Canavar greeted him, before turning to address Michelle.

"Michelle Haw?" The said Representative questioned, as she looked over the files which she had brought along with her for the trip.

"Yes, Representative Canavar... I presumed - you had managed to get hold of my background information, seeing that you are here personally?" Michelle responded, a questioning look lingers in the depths of her blue eyes as she addressed the acting Chairman of PLANT.

"Hm.m... Yes, I have received informations from Representative Ayman - and from the proposal submitted by Lady Cagalli during the negotiations period. She had specifically requested for me to authorize you as a Representative figure for ORB Union - with regards to the recovery work progress for our country... so, what are your views as to her suggestion? Do you have any objection to the suggestion being made? " Representative Canavar stated, as she double-confirmed the information listed on her file.

Michelle shared a common look with Yzak, before shrugging and responding. "Honestly, I have no problem with the suggestion made by the ORB's new Prime Minister. However, I do have a query which I believed you could answer..."

Representative Canavar arched an eyebrow gracefully, as she regarded Michelle warily before signaling for former to ask her question.

"I was wondering... if I could enlist myself within the ZAFT Military, despite my being a Natural..." Michelle started, hesitantly.

"Now why do you want to enlist yourself with the ZAFT? If you don't mind me asking, that is ..." Representative Canavar asked a few more questions of her own, before responding that she could make it an exception for Michelle's case.

However, their conversation seemed to be spoken in riddles - since Yzak had no idea what the two females had been on about. Before long, it was decided that Michelle would be enlisted with the ZAFT as soon as Representative Canavar had the time to see to the matter - personally. In the meantime, it was decided that Michelle should rest well and recover her strength.

With that Representative Canavar left with Dearka in tow, ending their visit to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Eriza Jule had re-appeared with Shiho in tow. Yzak gulped, suddenly grateful that his mother was done with her lecture earlier on in the day. However, he wondered about Shiho's reason for joining his mother for the visit. Yet, he dared not voice his doubt - for fear of his mother's reaction.

"Good Morning, Representative Jule." Michelle had greeted his mother, politely before nodding to Shiho in acknowledgement.

"Good Morning to you too, dear... How are you feeling? Why didn't you tell me before - about the fact that it was my son, whom knocked you up? " Eriza Jule regarded Michelle, with a stern expression on her face.

Yzak's eyes widen, as he stared at Michelle in shock - wondering how they knew one another without his introduction.

"Yzak... I know what you are thinking... Honestly, have the knowledge of my Uncle being part of the council ring any bells to you? That and the fact that he was serving under your mother for the past few years... oh and did I forget to mention that your mother had monthly dinner over at the Aymans' before the start of the final battle?" Michelle told the silver-haired man staring at her in shock.

"... Michelle..." Yzak half-groaned, if only he had known about this information earlier. Then, he might not have to suffer through the lecture - that morning and could have be done with it, as soon as he came back to the PLANTs and met up with his mother.

However, that was soon forgotten as Michelle responded to his mother's question from earlier. Throwing a look of annoyance at Yzak, Michelle told his mother that the reason why she had kept the knowledge of Yzak knocking her up from Eriza Jule - was simply because she did not want to trouble the said Representative, for she knew that the council had a lot of situations to deal with - during that period of time. -

One month later, on the 24 of November - Eriza Jule announced their engagement to one another. That was met by cat-calls from half the ZAFT Forces who knew either one of them, and Michelle was officially inducted into the ZAFT Military Forces and appointed as a ZAFT elite soldier by Representative Canavar, personally.

By the month of December, Yzak Jule was promoted to the rank of the Commander and was offered a seat within the council. However, Yzak turned it down and directed the seat to his own mother - instead, claiming that politics had never been his cup of tea. Soon, the Chairman baton had been passed officially over to Gilbert Durandul as Representative Canavar stepped down from the role of the acting Chairman.

to be continued in Part 2

Date started: 06/06/07

Date completed: 06/06/07

Notes: This is the end of the Heaven's Will, Part 1. However, there were more to come in the Part 2 - Fates & Destiny. Which I will begin with Fates, followed by the 'Destiny' which will go according to the time-line of the series Gundam Seed Destiny.