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Pairings: AthrunxLacus, KiraxFllay, CagallixYzak, DearkaxMiriallia, ShinnxLunamaria and many others

Gundam SEED: Another War
Chapter 11

After a couple hours, the shuttle arrived at the PLANTs. In the docking port, people from ZAFT were lined up waiting for the new recruits to arrive.

The shuttle landed and the door opened. People with their luggage slowly walked out.

" Would everyone please line up in to a line so we can assign you to a place to stay!" some person from ZAFT ordered.

Erica, Hil and Aya walked out and saw that there were a lot of people who were on the shuttle.

" Oh boy, we're up against a lot of people," Aya said.

" They're going to only pick the best to fight in this war," Hil explained.

" But since we're all coordinators, that shouldn't be a problem," Aya replied.

Jin stood where he was boredly, seeing all the people he thought were stupid and weak, line up like they were asked. Then all of a sudden, he saw familiar pink hair.

" Erica?" he thought.

He saw her stand with two people he didn't know.

" See anyone you know Ensign?" Alison asked.

Jin turned around and saw a smiled on her face.

" Uh... no ma'am," he turned back around and looked straight a head.

Alison looked at her him and laughed.

Erica looked around curiously and then looked at the ZAFT soldiers.

He eyes grew as she saw someone familiar.

" Jin!" she squeaked.

Aya and Hil looked at her.

" Is something wrong?" Aya asked.

" Do you know that person?" Hil pointed to Jin.

Erica quickly shook her head and looked at the ground with her face turning red.

They lined up in the line and it slowly got shorter and shorter.

Erica looked at her watch and saw it was 4 in the morning. Hil yawned it and he slowly started to dose off.

Aya nudged him side and glared at him.

" Stay awake you idiot," she snapped.

" Why did they have to make it midnight? Why couldn't it be in the morning?" Hil whined and yawned again.

" They didn't want to make it in the morning because Orb would've not allowed them," Aya replied," they're not happy that ZAFT attacked Orb."

Erica looked at the ground as she heard that.

" Excuse me miss," someone said.

She quickly looked up and saw Jin. Erica's face started to turn pink again.

" Uh... y... yes?" she asked.

" Could I have a word with you?" he asked formally.

" Sure..." Erica replied.

Both of them walked off away from Aya and Hil.

They left the area they were in and Jin just looked at Erica.

" What are you doing here?" he asked.

Erica looked at the ground.

" I... I came to join," she said and Jin just looked at her," I want to end this war."

" What can you do help?" he asked and put his hand on her shoulders," you're too kind and soft to fight."

Erica looked at him surprised.

" You'll get your self killed out there in one second," Jin proclaimed," and even being on a ship is dangerous."

He quickly pulled her in to a hug which made Erica squeak.

" I'm sorry if I held a gun to you," Jin apologized.

Erica's eye grew big and pushed him away, Jin looked at her surprised.

" Father shot you in the arm," Erica said touching Jin's left and he winced," I'm sorry."

Jin smiled.

" It's alright, when I got back to the Dakovrah, the doctor took the bullet out and stitched me up, he said I won't be doing any M.S. battling for a while," he explained.

Erica looked at him, he smile was sweet and kind.

" What about your face? Reese hit you in the face," she asked worried.

" It's fine, who was that guy anyway?" Jin asked.

Erica looked at the ground sadly.

" He's my cousin... well I don't know... he's not even related to me..." she replied and her eyes grew big.

She fell to her knees and started to cry while hugging her self. Jin quickly bent down and looked at her.

" He... he hurts me..." she said and shook her head," I don't want to be hurt... no more..."

Jin hugged her and Erica sobbed in to his chest.

Later Erica was taken dorms near the training grounds of the ZAFT Military Base.

" Thanks for walking me here,'" Erica said with her face a little pink.

" If you had come here by your self, you would've gotten lost and wandered in to some secrete place and gotten your self shot," Jin explained.

Erica nodded.

" Yeah," she said.

" I'll see you later," he waved and walked off.

Erica smiled and opened the door to her dorm.

" Erica!" she heard Aya call her name.

She was pulled in the dorm and the door slammed shut behind her.

" Aya?" Erica asked confused.

Aya grinned at her.

" So you do know that ZAFT soldier!" she exclaimed and nudged her in the side," so is he your boyfriend? He's really cute!"

Erica blushed and shook her head.

" N... No!" she cried and looked at the floor to hide her face turning beet red," he's... he's just someone I know..."

Aya continued to grin.

" So you wouldn't mind me going out with him then?" she asked.

Erica looked at her surprised.

" What?" she asked.

Aya laughed.

" I'm kidding!" she said and waved her hand," he's not my type any way."

She sat down on her bed that was left wall from the door.

Aya sighed amd laid back.

" We'll be starting training tomorrow at 6 in the morning, so the rest of the day..." she looked at her watch," starting after 10 in the morning 'cause I'm going to get some sleep, we can explore around."

She sat back up.

" So, what are you going to do for today?" Aya asked curiously.

Erica shrugged while putting her bag down on her bed that was apart from Aya's.

" I think I'm just going to stay here," she replied.

Aya looked at her and shrugged.

" Ok, Hil and I are gonna head out and look around Aprilius City," she said," I've never been to the PLANT's before... well that I actually remember."

Erica smiled.

" My mother told me she took me to the PLANTs when I was 5 for one of her concerts and I would sit up front in awe watching her sing," she explained and giggled," but I don't remember."

Aya looked at her curiously.

" Since your the daughter of Ms. Lacus Clyne, are you going to be a singer just like her? I hear you sing in the auditorium sometimes after school," Aya explained.

Erica quickly looked at her surprised.

" H... How do you know?" she asked nervously.

Aya smiled.

" Because sometimes Reese and few of us listen... you're not bad for being Ms. Lacus's daughter," Aya replied," and then there are times where Reese just listens... by himself."

Erica just looked at her and looked at her bag.

" I hate Reese..." she said and opened her bag.

" Erica!" Mr. Purple jumped out of her bag and on to her head.

Aya laughed and grabbed her bag from the floor and opened it.

" Anyways, I'm gonna change and head to bed," she proclaimed.

Erica nodded and went back to her bag.

After a few minutes, their room was silent and dark.

Around 10:30 in the morning, Erica was being shoved to get up.

" Erica..." Aya said softly and shoved her again," Erica... ERICA GET UP THE ROOM IS ON FIRE!"

Erica sat up and looked around frantically.

" What! Fire!" she shrieked.

Hil and Aya burst out laughing.

" We're kidding," Aya smiled.

" Oh," Erica said and fell back down on her bed.

Aya frowned.

" Erica wake up, we were wondering if you want to come with us to look around?" she explained.

Before she could reply, there was a knock on the door.

" I'll get it," Hil said.

He walked up to the door and opened it.

" Ah! It's you!" he said surprised.

Aya looked at Hil confused.

" Who is it?" she asked.

" Can I come in?" the person asked.

Erica's eyes opened at the familiar voice.

Aya walked over and grinned.

" I remember you!" she said, looked over to Erica," Erica, we have company. Please come in."

The person came in and Erica quickly sat up.

" Jin!" she cried surprised.

Jin wore a pair of track pants and white tank, his left arm was wrapped with a bandage.

He looked at her and tried not to laugh. Hil and Aya also tried not to laugh while Erica saw where she was confused.

" Huh?" she said.

Aya pointed to her head, Erica blinked and then Aya grabbed some of her own hair and pointed again. Erica's eyes widened and she fell back down and covered her self with her blanket embarassedly.

" My name is Aya," Aya said to Jin, holding out her hand.

" Jin Asuka," Jin replied.

Both of them shook hands.

Hil quickly held his hand out with a smile on his face.

" And my name is Hilary but you can call me Hil for short," Hil said excited.

Jin shook his hand.

" I saw you're with ZAFT!" Hil said and Jin nodded," it must be so cool!"

Jin looked at him with a unsure look.

" Uh... yeah I guess," he said.

Aya nudged Hil in the side and grabbed his arm.

" Anyways, Hil and I were leaving to wander around Aprilius," she explained with a smile and looked over to Erica, who was still under the blankets," we're going to be gone for a couple hours! Have fun Erica!"

She dragged Hil out the door while he was telling her to stop. The door closed and the room had a weird feeling.

" What are you doing here?" Erica asked all muffled under the blankets.

Jin walked over and sat down at the end of her bed.

Erica blushed under the blankets.

" Commander McGuire told me to come here," he replied.

Mr. Purple jumping around Jin and on to his lap and looked at him.

" Who?" it said.

" She said she wanted me to get a head start on your training, so you won't be going out today," Jin continued explaining," tell you the truth, the training is hard and long, it goes on for three weeks and then it changes for the last week of next month. But this training is more physical, so that's why it's hard and long."

Erica pulled down the blankets and looked at him, he had her back to her.

She flattened some of her bed head hair to a point where she thought it was good and slowly got up. She was wearing a grey thin strap nightgown.

" So you're going to train me?" she asked slightly blushing.

He turned around and nodded.

" So... get dressed in to something that you're going be wearing for training and we can get going," Jin explained, getting up.

He had Mr. Purple in his hands and Mr. Purple jumped out of his hands and on to the bed.

" I'll wait outside," he said.

He left and then Erica looked around.

She sighed and then swung her legs out from under the blankets, she dug through her bag and got out a pair of grey shorts and a long sleeve white shirt.

After a few minutes, Jin heard the door to Erica's dorm open.

However, what Erica didn't know, things weren't what they seem back on Earth at her house.

Athrun woke up at 9:34am with his wife on him. He smiled at her and slowly moved to get out of bed.

He walked up to his bedroom door and got on his dark blue robe. He opened the door and then walked down the hall to Erica's room to check on her.

" Erica?" he called, knocking on the door.

It was quiet so he tried to open the door but it was locked.

Meyrin heard him upstairs, she got up from the couch and noticed she was wearing the cloths from yesterday.

" I fell asleep," she thought and put her hand on her mouth," I have to do something about this."

She put hand down and breathed for an second.

" Ok," Meyrin and walked in to the foyer and up the stairs to see what Athrun was doing.

Down the hall to her left she saw Athrun trying to open his daughters door.

" Is something wrong Athrun?" Meyrin asked.

" Erica's door is locked and I hear nothing," Athrun replied.

Meyrin looked at the door and walked up to it, she gave knock and waited.

" Erica? This is Meyrin, is everything alright?" she asked.

There was silence. Meyrin bent down in front of the door and pulled an hair pin out of her hair, she bent it back and twisted it around and stuck it through the keyhole.

She moved it around and soon they heard and click.

" You were always good at locking and unlocking stuff,"Athrun complimented with an smile.

Meyrin looked at the floor and blushed.

They opened the door and saw that she wasn't in her room and her balcony doors were open.

" Erica?" Meyrin called as they entered her room.

Athrun walked in her bathroom and saw she wasn't there either.

" She's not here," he said.

" You think she ran away?" Meyrin asked worried.

Athrun looked at the floor.

" She has been in her room all week... why would she?" he replied.

Lacus walked down the hall and saw both of them in her daughters room. She walked in and looked at Athrun.

" What's wrong Athrun?" she asked curiously.

He looked at the floor sad.

" We..." Meyrin started and quickly looked at the ground before looking back up at Lacus," we think Erica ran away."

Lacus put her hands to her face shocked once more and fell to her knees.

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