A/N: Kinda left you guys hangin' last chap, eh? This one will be the real, hopefully-not-rushed ending.

Vague Rebirth
I never really got to know you. You were just a schoolmate the first I met you. But, those times brought about interesting events in my life...about us, Lacus, and Athrun. Then, you disappeared, until we met again in space, but not long after that, you were gone again. I acted selfish then, knowing that if you disappeared, Athrun would try to take your place for Lacus. I so wanted you to live but honestly, I really wanted you to live. Sounds redundant, yeah? I know. It's just this abnormal feeling within me when I heard you gone. Now, don't get me wrong, it's not anything romantic. I didn't even realize it myself until father gave me that picture…the picture of us and mother together…

"Cagalli?" a voice called.

The blonde snapped out of her trance and turned to face the origin of the voice.

"You know what to do while I'm away, right?" asked her father.

"Yes" she replied as the two walked towards a shuttle on the runway.

"Don't worry, Kisaka and the other representatives will be helping you out" he said, stopping before the stairs.

Uzumi ruffled his daughter's hair and smiled at her, receiving a kiss on the cheek in return, before boarding his transport.

"Father's never home for 2 days straight. After GENESIS, and now during the Inquisition, everything just ran a mock. EAF is weakened rapidly and probably would end up being just a name. Most of the earth citizens are left without a nationality or affiliation, and a few had started pushing for ORB to take over. It's a very busy time just for domestic diplomacy, so the military has been placed pretty much on high alert," she thought while being driven off from the spaceport, "I have not heard from Lacus also…Lacus...poor girl, she probably is more stressed than I am. I hope we can get together soon…at least until the situation settled down a little"

Best friend, confidante, brother…can I refer to you by that? I can, huh? Silly me, how could you answer that…but maybe you could, as long as I trust you're still alive. Compared to all those times we were separated, those 9 days seemed longer than usual. I didn't expect you to pull off that hero move, really stupid, but then again, you were never the predictable one…only this time you didn't consider my feelings, Lacus' feelings, and maybe Cagalli's…well, perhaps you might pop up somewhere, sometime later, eh?

"Commander" Athrun saluted, "Sector B3 to C9 had been sweeped, no strange activities detected"

"Thank you, Athrun, but I'm fear I need to get you on a new assignment" said Waltfeld behind tall piles of paperwork on his table, "nah, better get you rested up first, you have worked non-stop for a week now since GENESIS."

"I'm alright, sir. I can do it"

"I knew you would say that," he said, standing up and stretching.

Athrun could almost immediately discern the fatigue on his face.

"Probably all of us are almost burnt out too, but guarding the Inquisition Conference is the least we can do for Lacus for taking us in" he continued.

"I'll get on it then, sir" said Athrun, walking out towards the hangar.

"Confusion. That sums it up for the condition now. Especially with the Inquisition going on and the truth slowing surfacing itself to the already hysteric public, most people would not know what to believe anymore" he thought, launching out of Kusanagi despite his vision occasionally blurring out, "even ZAFT is not that trustworthy as I thought it would be. Andy knows that but he didn't mind because DARTH needs that much needed help and we received it indirectly through Lacus…She is one strong person. Keeping ZAFT's citizens together like that in this difficult time…I almost wonder if she's human…Cagalli too, such a young age and already leading a nation in place of Uzumi's absence…this world really needs women"

I love you. There I said it...did I? I...it's…it's all your fault! All your fault! You never gave me the chance to do that, why? Why did you leave me? You promised to be with me forever but now…you left me behind to carry this burden alone. I hate you, I despise you…I love you...…Pathetic, am I not? Yeah, I am. But maybe your passing had a purpose, no? It may have made me stronger…I think…Still, I wished we could have spent more time together. Now come to think about it, I had no idea of your childhood nor your adolescence. Neither do you about mine. Or maybe you do, I don't mind. I knew you spied on me when we first met, but I don't care as long as it's you…Strange, no idea why. I had never believed in love at first sight, but everything, even beliefs, can be such a fickle thing…I can go on about this forever…heh, look at me, tears again…I miss you, eventhough I feel you in my heart…Your ideals, I will carry on…

"Lacus, I need to stress the importance of this final Inquisition hearing. It will not be friendly, but depending on our answers, the world can either stabilize or spiral down the path of destruction." Eileen Canaver, the provisional chairwoman of PLANTs, said.

"I understand. The treaty signed at the end will set the path of our world" the younger woman, Eileen's assistant, replied.

Politics is never simple. Mankind's desires can never be as one. There will always be someone waiting to pounce on the mistakes and weakness of others. The fact of PLANTs' contributions to the existance of GENESIS was already revealed. The Cities are under martial law to preserve security. Various rallies of activists called for justice for the perpretrators of the tragedy. But is further revenge really necessary? The very act we should be doing is moving on to prevent future tragedy. Just in a week, the number terrorist attacks reported is closely approaching that of the time span during the war. ORB is doing its part too. However, there's so much an island country can do...I'm really tired, Kira...

A/N: Now that Destiny had ended, maybe I should do a sequel…heh, heh….