Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Autobots and Decepticons, mechs and femmes, and all other forms of life in this or any galaxy, you've waited patiently, you've counted the days until its arrival, and now, I am proud to say, that at long last, you shall wait no longer. For now at last, I am proud to present, the first chapter in the final adventure of the Cybertron Cosmic Era! Yes, that's right, it is here at last, and we are back for the third and final round of Gundam SEED Prime! And now, here's your host, and author of the story himself, the man behind this and many other epics, lyokoMARVELanime!

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AN: Hello fanfiction readers, reviewers and more! It is great to be back on this grand tale after so long, and let me just say that I did not expect to not be able to do all that much with most of my other stories. I mean, sure I did some updates for Code: Avengers, and MegaMan: The First Net Saver, but beyond that, the only thing I really seemed to do was post and work on my newest story, Keyblades of Future Past, which also happens to be my very first Kingdom Hearts story. I sincerely hope you'll all check out each of those titles and all my other stories, but you don't want to hear me go on and on about all that or the little bit of a writer's block I had encountered for most of my other stories, you just want to get on with the show here and now.

Shinn: You got that right, so stop wasting all our time and get on with it already!

Kira: Come on Shinn, just let the guy talk and get it out of his system.

Optimus: Agreed, after all, it has been some time since we were all last here like this.

AN: Thanks Kira and Optimus, at least someone gets why I babble so much in these things. Now without further ado, my friends, join me in saying...

Everyone:Let's roll out to the first chapter of Gundam SEED Prime: Chaos Hunters!

AN: I do not own anything from any of either the Gundam or Transformers franchises or any other franchise mentioned in this story.

Chapter 1: Dark Prophecy in Times of Peace

And so it was foretold in the Covenant of Primus that in an age of great light, when the twelve celestial spheres aligned with two worlds of life, two shadows of darkness would rise up to cover the galaxy, and expand to the worlds that were lost to the ages. As dreaded beings of ancient times rose to wreak their terrible destruction across the stars once more, a new change would come about and bring an even more terrible might with it. In the terrible days that would follow, a dark being long thought lost would rise again, threatening to consume all of existence, and plunging the universe into darkness once again, as his heralds paved the way for the Chaos Bringer's return.

"Well, as nice as that story is, I'm not seeing any cataclysmic events happening anywhere on Cybertron, and I have yet to meet anyone who would fit the description of Unicron's herald," the red and silver Autobot known as Ironhide told his long-time friend and commander as said leader had just finished recounting an old legend from Covenant of Primus to the Autobots that were gathered in the Autobot Command Center on Cybertron. Optimus did not blame the weapons specialist for his skepticism, as many Transformers of today still considered many of the stories in the Covenant that foretold of future events to be nothing more than urban legends and myths, but still, Optimus could not help but be reminded of that particular prophecy.

"Be that as it may, old friend," Optimus said as he turned to Ironhide and the others who had gathered before him. "The timing of the events and the fact that the twelve celestial spheres the prophecy spoke of are nearly aligned with both Cybertron and Earth is too great of a coincidence to be ignored."

"Optimus, are you sure you're not just thinking that because you're feeling a little on edge," Silverbolt asked his commander. "I mean, it's been nearly three years since we last heard anything close to a peep from the Decepticons or any other rogue faction of Transformers now, so maybe the lack of their activity is starting to get to you."

"Nah, that'd be Grimlock who you're thinking of," Hound immediately rebuffed in good humor. "Not that I can blame the guy. What's the point of keeping my guns ready for action if I've got nothing to shoot 'em at?"

"I am well aware of how things currently stand my friends, never the less, I cannot help but feel that we have yet to have seen the worse from the Decepticons," Optimus then interrupted, putting an immediate damper of the humorous mood that Hound had brought to the impromptu meeting. "I feel in my spark that we may yet face our darkest hour, along with the rest of the universe itself."

The three Autobots all fell silent at that, as they had learned over the years that if Optimus had a feeling in his spark about something, then it was usually right. They honestly did not want to think about it that much though given all that had happened since Cybertron had been brought back to life nearly three years ago after the Second Bloody Valentine War, which had somehow earned the name The Terrible Autobot Civil War. In the time that had passed, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead had all returned to Earth so that they could stay with their respective human friends, Kira Yamato, Cagalli Yula Athha, and Shinn Asuka, and also so that they could start up an official Earth Division of the Autobots, with Ratchet serving as the representative between the two planets as both the liaison for the Earth team and as the official government representative in Earth's new Sol Federation Government. A few Earth days after they had arrived back on Earth, Bumblebee, who had been promoted to Warrior mere days before his departure from Cybertron, was named as the Earth Division's commander, and Cagalli had been able to help the team set up a new base of operations that quickly expanded to become an entirely new city on Earth, which was proudly named New Iacon City. It was only a few Earth months later that the three received the fourth member for the Earth Division, who they all knew quite well and welcomed with open arms upon his arrival.

After he had completed his community service, Smokescreen had been immediately reinstated to his old ranking in the Autobots and had asked to be transferred to Earth so that he could serve there in order to make up for his mistakes in serving the late Sentinel Prime, and also so that he could reunite with Athrun Zala and become the Orb Soldier's official Autobot Guardian. After Smokescreen had done so, most of the other former members of Sentinel's team who were not part of his inner circle had followed his lead in doing the same along with Wheeljack, with the only ones to remain on Cybertron being Blur and Blaster and his Mini-Cons. Upon reuniting with their old human friends, Crosshairs and Drift were immediately named as the Autobot Guardians for Lunamaria Hawke and Dearka Elsman, both of whom became the Earth Autobots' primary human partners sometime before the former Xanthium Autobots had arrived on Earth. Of course, the good news did not end there.

The good news continued to progress onwards to the wedding ceremony of Mu La Flaga and Murrue Ramius, and of course the wedding of Athrun Zala and Cagalli Yula Athha, both of which the Autobots had happily attended at the request of the two couples. To say that the ceremonies were lovely would be a great understatement, as the Autobots had never seen either of the two couples looking so happy in all the time that they had known them. It was a sight that truly made them grateful to have known their human friends and allies, and it was not one that they would tire of seeing anytime soon, especially since they were about to see it once again.

They were all quickly reminded of this fact when Jazz came running into the room saying, "Yo, guys, you can talk about all the doom and gloom stuff some other day. Right now, we've gotta get rolling to Earth, or did you guys forget that this was supposed to be a happy day?"

"How could we forget," Hound asked rhetorically. "This is something that we've all been waiting to see for ages. One of Earth's most famous couples is finally tying the knot and getting hitched."

"Yep, after three long years of waiting, we'll finally see Kira and Lacus get married," Silverbolt said with a small sigh. It was really no surprise to anyone that Kira had proposed to Lacus, but it was more of a surprise that it took him so long to do so. In fact most of them had half expected Kira to propose to Lacus during the reception of Athrun and Cagalli's wedding, considering that Lacus had been the one to catch the bouquet and Kira had caught the garter, and yet it still did not happen until a few months ago after Kira had taken Lacus out for what he had claimed was a simple dinner date. Naturally, most of the girls did not stop gushing over the story of how Kira had proposed to Lacus for weeks, but after waiting for so long, the big day had finally arrived, and the Autobots of Team Prime and the Earth Division were all honored guests.

"Perhaps it would be wise to put such thoughts on this prophecy on hold for now," Optimus smiled to his friends. "After all, we do not want to spoil such a momentous occasion. Jazz, is the ship ready to depart?"

"Yep, the Omega III is good to go at anytime," Jazz confirmed. Shortly after returning to Cybertron, talks were held on whether or not they would decommission the Omega II until Bumblebee said that he and his team would rather use the old ship themselves both for their return to Earth, and for the foundation of their new base. A few months later, construction of ships with miniaturized Space Bridge Generators were immediately underway, since the decision to make the device a standard issue on all Autobot ships was also made unanimous, and the first of those ships to be rolled out was a new model of the old ship that had served Optimus's team so faithfully in their time on Earth, hence the reason for naming it the Omega III.

"Then let us be off," Optimus declared. "Autobots, prepare to roll out!"

The team of heroes all then headed for the massive gold and red colored ship that so greatly resembled their old ship for their time on Earth, aside from the additional wings on the back and the added shield generators and scanning equipment for exploration purposes, and as they were headed there, they could already see the Dinobots, the Aerialbots, and all the other remaining Autobots from their time on Earth preparing to board the ship along with them. As he walked up the boarding ramp, Hound had to wonder aloud, "You know, even after all he's been through I have to wonder if Kira's feeling nervous about getting married yet?"

"Ask me that again when I'm at the altar," one Admiral Kira Yamato of Z.A.F.T. told Dearka Elsman when the blonde had asked him the same question that Hound had just asked.

"Kira, are you for real," Dearka asked in disbelief. "You've fought in mobile suit battles, gone toe-to-toe with numerous Decepticons, ace mobile suit pilots, and even Megatron himself, and helped lead the way to ending two wars. Getting married should be no problem for you."

"In all honesty, I think I'll probably be wishing that I was facing Megatron when I get up there," Kira admitted.

"Dude, relax, you'll be fine," Shinn assured his superior and friend. "I mean, this has been coming for ages, and if it doesn't happen now, then it'll likely happen later, assuming you guys don't plan to make us wait until after we're all dead or something."

"Thanks a lot Shinn," Kira told the crimson-eyed pilot flatly. "By the way, how are things going for you guys in the way of the romantic life?"

"Great on my part," Shinn replied proudly. "I mean, I guess you could say that everyone seems to think that it would be strange if things weren't going well between me and Luna. I know that she was really busy in the early days of the Autobot Earth Division's start up and all that, but all-in-all, they really couldn't be any better."

"Sure they could," Dearka corrected. "They could be leading to you guys doing the same thing that Kira and Lacus are doing some day."

"Sh-shut up Dearka," Shinn snapped at the blonde as his face began turning the same color as his eyes. "But before that, how about you fill us in on how things are between you and Miriallia?"

Dearka just groaned a bit before saying, "Don't even go there, man. It's honestly hard for us to tell how things are going sometimes. To be honest, I still feel like I'm walking on eggshells with her after she finally agreed to get back together again, and sure we still have a few fights every now and then, but to be honest, I'm just glad that they haven't led to us breaking up again."

"Speaking of which…" Shinn started to say.

"No, I'm not telling you guys why we broke up before," Dearka immediately cut him off, knowing that was the likely question that the Destiny pilot was going to ask.

Shinn merely raised his hands in surrender to that, just as Athrun Zala entered the room in his dress uniform with a proud smile directed towards his childhood best friend. "Kira, it's time to get out there," Athrun informed the Z.A.F.T. FAITH admiral.

"Right," Kira nodded as Dearka and Shinn stood up and followed him to the door. "Are they all here yet though?"

"Yep, all Autobots are now present and accounted for, and are all seated inside in their Holo-Forms," Athrun nodded. "You know, if you wanted them to be here as themselves, you could've just held the ceremony outside like Cagalli and I did."

"I know Athrun, but Lacus wanted to keep this as simple as possible," Kira replied. "Besides, I honestly think it's better this way, and at least they won't have to use their Holo-Forms at the reception."

Athrun just gave a small chuckle in agreement with his friend who he was serving as best man to today as he followed the groom into the chapel with the two groomsmen right behind them, happy that Kira did not seem all that nervous about today.

While Kira may not have seemed nervous, the same could not be said for Lacus as she paced frantically in her dressing room. "I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this," Lacus panicked aloud.

"Lacus, calm down," Lunamaria told the pink bride in an attempt to calm Lacus's nerves. "You can do this. You're just getting married to the man of your dreams. There's nothing to be afraid of, and if anyone can do this, it's you."

"Easy for you to say. You're not the one getting married to the man of your dreams! I'd like to see how calm you are when you're about to get married to Shinn," Lacus immediately retorted.

Normally, Lunamaria would have blushed at that last comment, but after spending a few hours trying to calm down the chairwoman of the PLANTs, she was more annoyed and exhausted than anything else. With that in mind, Lunamaria simply just let out a tired sigh as she plopped down in a nearby chair and threw her fellow bridesmaid, Miriallia, a look asking for help. Miriallia immediately nodded in reply and stood up to take her shot at calming Lacus's pre-wedding jitters, saying, "Lacus, just relax. Take a deep breath, and then think about all that you've been through in comparison to this, and then think about the one thing that has been constant in all of that ever since you met Kira, and you'll find that one thing is Kira. Like Luna said, you can do this. You've been ready to do this for years now."

Lacus took a deep breath as Miriallia suggested and closed her eyes for a minute as she did as the freelance photographer had suggested, allowing a small smile to reach her face as she did before she finally opened her eyes again and said, "Okay, I'm calm now."

"No you're not," Lunamaria immediately argued as she pointed downwards. "You're still shaking."

Lacus took a small glance down at her arms to see her hands were in fact trembling a bit, and she immediately wrapped her arms around herself until her shaking finally stopped. "Okay, now I'm calm," she then said with an unconvincing smile that neither of the other two girls bought.

It was at that moment that Cagalli walked into the room, and Lacus nearly jumped five feet into the air while letting out a small 'eep' in fright. Cagalli merely glanced between the bride-to-be and the two bridesmaids before she finally asked, "Pre-wedding jitters?"

"Yep," the two girls both replied in unison. Lunamaria then speed-walked over to the blonde as she half-pleaded, "Can you please do something to help us out here, you know, since you're the only one of us here that's actually married and gone through all this?"

Cagalli just nodded before walking over to Lacus and placing both hands on the pinkette's shoulders, forcing the chairwoman to look directly into her maid of honor's eyes. "Lacus, I know you're nervous, and you're probably freaking out all the way from here to Cybertron and back," Cagalli told her friend. "You're probably having all these doubts that are making you ask if you're making the right choice in marrying Kira, or if Kira's really willing to go through with this. Well believe it or not, Kira's going through the same thing with the same questions running through his head as well…and that's perfectly normal."

"Is that supposed to be helping," Lunamaria whispered to her fellow bridesmaid.

"Well it's not making me feel any better, and I'm not even getting married today," Miriallia whispered in reply.

"Every couple goes through those doubts about marriage," Cagalli continued after she threw a small pointed look to the two whispering girls for a minute. "I know because I went through the same thing with Athrun, which you should know since you were there as my maid of honor."

"Really," Lacus asked. "But I thought you had completely calmed down by the time that the ceremony had started."

"I only seemed like that on the surface, but I was freaking out on the inside," Cagalli admitted. "And I kept freaking out like that until I finally started walking down the aisle to see Athrun standing there, looking at me with the most loving look in his eyes that I had ever seen him give to me. The minute I saw him standing there, I knew that my heart was telling me that I made the right choice in saying yes to Athrun when he proposed, and I've never once had those doubts since then. So what's your heart telling you behind the pre-wedding jitters and the small panic attacks, Lacus?"

Lacus took another deep breath as she placed one hand over her heart with her eyes closed once more, and she listened for what it was trying to tell her behind the nerves as Cagalli had asked her too. Upon doing so, Lacus found that all she could see as she looked through her heart was Kira's smiling, loving face from everyday of their lives since they had met, right up to the day when he had smiled even more brightly than she had ever seen him smile after she had said yes to him when he had proposed. After taking another moment to enjoy this feeling, Lacus opened her eyes once again and looked Cagalli directly in her eyes as she smiled a genuine smile saying, "I want this more than anything. I've never been more sure of anything else in my life."

The three girls all nodded happily to Lacus upon hearing that before Lunamaria jumped up from her seat and said, "Okay, now that Lacus is done freaking out, which is still something that I find completely surprising, let's get the show on the road. I could hear our good, big, metal friends from space arriving outside, so that means it's almost time!"

The instant the violet-red haired girl said that, Lacus began to panic once again, leading Lunamaria to place a hand to her forehead as the other two girls led the bride-to-be out of the room. Okay, I guess Cagalli was right when she said that she won't be done freaking out until she sees Kira up there, Lunamaria thought to herself before she followed the other girls out of the room.

Inside the church chapel, Kira had started to fidget in place a little before he finally leaned over a little to Dearka and whispered, "Hey Dearka, remember when I told you to ask me if I was nervous after we got up here?"

"Yeah," Dearka replied.

"Well in answer to that, I'd honestly rather be fighting Megatron, Sentinel, and Rau Le Creuset all at once right now," Kira then said, his nervousness seeping into his voice like a flood.

"Relax, will ya," Dearka told him. "We all knew that this was going to happen, just like we all know that you and Lacus are meant to be together."

"Dearka's right, Kira, as shocking as that may seem," Athrun assured his friend, while getting a small, pointed look from the blonde. "What you're feeling right now is completely normal, so stop worrying. You'll be just fine. Take it from someone who's been where you are now."

Kira nodded in thanks to his best man before Shinn then added, "Yeah and besides, you've already fought all of those guys and more, and you've come out on top just about every time. You can handle getting married."

"Thanks Shinn," Kira then nodded to the crimson-eyed pilot, and he then proceeded to scan the audience in the church as he moved back to his original position. Even though most of them were chatting amongst themselves, Kira could instantly tell who was here at a mere glance, the first of which being the Mu La Flaga and a pregnant Murrue Ramius La Flaga who were both smiling up at him happily. When everyone had found out that the former Archangel Captain was pregnant, they were all ecstatic at the news, and they were all laughing a minute later when they found out that Mu had fainted when he first heard about it, but even so the two were both very excited about becoming parents. A short ways away from them, he could easily see Sai Argyle sitting next Meer Campbell, who had let her hair grow out to the point where it now stopped just short of her shoulders before changing her name to something that Kira could not quite recall off the top of his head at the moment. After he heard that Sai and the former false Lacus had started going out, Kira was admittedly surprised at first, but he was still happy that his old friend had finally found a new love interest since Sai's relationship with Flay had ended so long ago.

Continuing on, Kira was able to spot all of his other friends from both the Archangel and Z.A.F.T., including Yzak and Shiho, Natarle Badgiruel, Flay Alster, Andrew Waltfeld and Aisha, and many others along with nearly every single Autobot that he had met and fought alongside of in their Holo-Forms, which were all sporting either an Orb Navy or Z.A.F.T. Forces dress uniform in their respective colors, including a few new Autobots that had recently arrived on Earth and of which he had yet to meet. Before Kira could think on that for much longer, the music began playing, courtesy of Nicol Amalfi, and everyone immediately fell silent as the ceremony began. A moment later, the Maid of Honor and the bridesmaids had entered the room coming down the aisle before taking their places across from their male counterparts, each decked out in beautiful, sleeveless light-pink dresses that almost seemed to be the same shade of the color as Lacus's hair while being neither too simple or too elegant.

As soon as the ring bearer had reached the altar and taken his place next to Athrun, Lacus entered the room being led down the aisle by none other than the Holo-Form of Optimus Prime, and the minute Kira's eyes saw Lacus, he could feel his face light up with a brilliant smile. Though he had always said that Lacus was beautiful before, right now, Kira thought that Lacus looked like a goddess in her long, flowing wedding dress that seemed to move like a calm sea when she walked. The feelings that Kira was having at that moment were immediately shared by Lacus when she saw him standing up there and giving her such a loving gaze, and she could swear that she felt her heart stop for a moment at the sight of him as any sign of her previous nervousness seemed to vanish into thin air.

"Kira, you might want to close your mouth," Athrun whispered to his best friend, leading Kira to immediately realize that his mouth was in fact agape from the minute he saw Lacus, and he immediately snapped it shut before allowing a bright smile to illuminate his face when Lacus was finally standing before him while Optimus stepped back to sit with Elita One.

At that very moment, as Kira and Lacus both gazed into each other's eyes, the two felt the world, no, the entire universe disappear around them and leaving only each other in its place, as they both realized once again how much they loved each other, and how strong their bond truly was, for they were now more certain than ever that their love would last for a lifetime if not a million lifetimes. Neither of them had barely even once registered anything being said as the ceremony went on until they each exchanged their vows and said "I do", and they then heard the pastor finally say, "I pronounce this couple, husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

They did not need any more prompting beyond that, as they both immediately wrapped each other in a loving embrace and kissed one and other passionately while their friends and loved ones clapped and cheered happily, while Murrue let a few tears of happiness fall just as Mu had handed her a handkerchief, with Sai doing the same for Meer a short while later. Each of the other couples and husbands and wives that were in attendance had soon wrapped their partners with a loving, one armed embrace, or a simple handhold as they watched the two happily; glad to know that Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne were now husband and wife at long last. When they all moved to the reception later, at which Shinn and Lunamaria had caught the garter and bouquet respectively, much to their blushing surprise, Optimus himself could not help but smile and let a few tears of joy fall down his face along with Elita as they watched the newlyweds and all the other couples among their Earth friends and fellow Autobots dance, feeling that all was right in the universe for the moment.

Somewhere out in a distant asteroid field was a secret, Autobot facility in which the peace defenders of Cybertron had long stored many of the most dangerous artifacts and weapons that had been captured from the Decepticons during their long war, or which they had created or discovered themselves and deemed too dangerous in the wrong hands. The facility, known as Alcamor, had long held a grand reputation of being completely impenetrable due to the fact that the asteroid field it stood in was too hazardous to traverse without utilizing the special protection field that the Autobots had set up as a direct route into the facility, and which had a specialized security system in place that immediately disabled the field should anyone that was either not an Autobot or did not have special clearance from the Autobots try to pass through it. That record of being impenetrable had now ended today.

Alarms were sounding all throughout Alcamor as Decepticon forces walked over the empty shells of dead Autobot soldiers that had been guarding the facility, all led by none other than Demolisher, Starscream, Quicksilver, and the new leader of the Decepticons, Galvatron. After glancing around the facility for another moment, Galvatron's eyes finally fell upon one vault in particular, prompting a dark, sinister smirk to reach his face before he blasted it open with his left palm. "At last, it is mine again," Galvatron stated in a soft, dark tone of voice as he removed the object that lay within the vault.

"Well if that's all we really need here, then perhaps we should be going," Starscream commented. "After all, the Autobots will know that we've been here when they find that little trinket of yours is missing, so why let them find out it was us sooner rather than later?"

"Silence Starscream," Galvatron snapped at the Seeker as he slammed his free hand into Starscream and sent him flying into the wall. "The Autobots will know that someone had broken in here, but they will not know who it was, assuming everything was done correctly."

"Sir, Soundwave reports that all security feeds were completely disabled a mere minute before we were even within range," Demolisher said with a salute. "And there's something else that you should know, sir."

"What would that be," Galvatron demanded.

"Simply that I have found additional materials required for my project, sir," a deep, monotone voice stated as a large figure stomped into the room. The four Decepticons turned to see a large, purple, black, and silver Decepticon with one eye and a cannon in place of his left arm approaching them, and the sight of this figure immediately brought a sinister smirk to Galvatron's face.

"Shockwave, my friend," Galvatron greeted. "What news do you bring to our cause?"

"I have discovered additional samples that will be very useful additions to my project, sir," Shockwave reported. "I am already preparing them for transport, as I felt it was logical to assume that you would request that they would be transported to my labs as soon as possible."

"You assumed correctly," Galvatron assured the terrible, Decepticon scientist as he made to lead the way out of the facility.

"Sir, might I ask what the logic was behind retrieving that particular item," Shockwave then asked.

"When I last held this blade, it served as the ultimate equalizer to one of the Autobots' most powerful weapons, and now, it shall do so once again, while also assuring our troops that victory is soon at hand and giving them the exact morale boost that they seemed to have been lacking," Galvatron explained. He then raised the item up, and revealed it to be none other than the glowing, purple and black blade known only as the Dark Star Saber, as he then added, "Soon, the Autobots and their precious allies will fall before our might, and that of your Project: Predacon, and then, the universe will immediately follow. Wouldn't you agree, Rau Le Creuset?"

The very minute Galvatron had asked that question, a large, Gundam class mobile suit which bore a very striking resemblance to both the Providence and the Legend entered the facility, and upon opening the hatch, the pilot stepped out to reveal none other than the masked, former Z.A.F.T. soldier himself, wearing a new black and silver colored pilot suit with the Decepticon symbol standing out proudly on its chest armor. "Indeed I would, Lord Galvatron," Rau Le Creuset agreed. "This time, nothing will stand in our way, and the Autobots and their precious human friends shall fall before our combined might."

The two then shared a small smirk in premature victory as they both told each other via a telepathic link, "And then, Master Unicron shall rise again to plunge all into darkness once more." The two then let out a pair of dark, insane laughs that seemed to echo all across the cosmos, almost as if the echo were letting the universe know, that the greatest threat it had faced in centuries, had just begun.

AN: Well, there you have it. The first chapter is up, and already we're seeing a lot of good things that had happened in the time that had passed between the beginning of this story, and that of Destiny Sentinels, and yes, it has been three years since Destiny Sentinels, and Kira and Lacus are just now getting married. Hey, when you've suddenly got a whole new set of responsibilities that seem to come at you one after the other, you'd probably be waiting a while for that too. I'll be honest though, I've never so much as been invited to a wedding before, so I have no clue if I did it justice, but as you can see, I did the best I could, so I hope you'll see that when you review.

Kira: What about that whole prophecy thing at the beginning?

AN: Call it a little preview of things to come in this story, at least when it begins. As you may recall in some previous authors notes for this series, I mentioned that this story would be divided into multiple arcs. That little prophecy that Optimus was telling at the beginning is merely giving everyone a few hints as to what will be a major point for the first arc as well as the overall story.

Optimus: And the new Autobots that you had mentioned?

AN: We'll be giving an official introduction to them in the next chapter. Of course, many of you may recognize some of the faces that will be appearing when they do. Now if there's nothing else to add to that, Onto the preview!...

A mere few weeks have passed since the joyous day of Kira and Lacus's wedding, and at that point, the Autobots inform their human friends of the events that had occurred at Alcamor. Despite none of them reaching a solid conclusion on just what could have happened, none of them hesitate when a sudden Decepticon alert sounds, prompting Kira and Optimus to lead the others into a battle that they think they are ready for, but they soon find that nothing could prepare them for what they are about to face. Even with new Autobot forces joining in alongside them, can the possibly stand up to the first appearance of the newly rising darkness? Next time on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Prime: Chaos Hunters…Chapter 2: Return of Fallen Darkness. Brace yourself for the terrible revelations Optimus and Strike Freedom!

Please read and review, and I'll see you next time!