JC: Imagine the cast of Gundam SEED as regular high school students. High school usually marks the start of romance and deeper friendship. Let's see how the Gundam SEED characters will lead their average student life. There would be certain twists along the way. I do hope you enjoy reading this. Please review in the end, okay?

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed. All rights belong to Sunrise.

High School Life

Phase 01: New Guys

The bell had just rung and all the students rushed towards their respective classrooms in Minerva High School. In Class 1-D, a blonde girl with sharp amber-colored eyes was seated next to the window on the third row. Her name was Cagalli Yula Athha, also known as the Goddess of Victory by most of the students. Why was she called that? Since she was good at sports, she always joined competitions to represent their school and she would win the gold several times. She was only a member of the Running Club, but every sports club wanted to get their hands on her. That didn't bother her at all since she liked to do all those things.

The gentle-looking girl seated right next to her was her best friend, Lacus Clyne, the Pink Princess. Lacus was the campus heartthrob and the school's number one singer. She had the voice of an angel and the beauty of a goddess. Every guy would want her for a girlfriend. Too bad, though, Lacus was not interested in boys for now.

After class, Lacus and Cagalli went to an ice cream parlor for some deserts. Cagalli ordered a double scoop of chocolate ice cream, while Lacus went for the strawberry flavor. Their ice creams sounded delicious.

Cagalli glanced at her notes to see if they had homework to do. She sighed since she spotted one. It was to solve Math problems. Cagalli hated Math—even though she managed to get good grades with that subject. Lacus never considered Math as a boring subject. Sure it was hard sometimes, but it can be fun for her.

The blonde finished the ice cream first. She ate it so fast that it gave her a brain freeze. She held her head for a moment.

Lacus giggled a bit at her reaction. She did tell Cagalli to eat it slowly, but she didn't listen.

Cagalli lowered her head until the pain went away. She then placed the notes back inside her backpack. "Hey, I have to go now," she said.

Lacus nodded and waved a hand at her. "All right… Don't run into trouble, okay?"

"I'll try to stay out of trouble if I can," Cagalli said with a shrug. As she left the ice cream parlor, she suddenly saw a mechanical bird past by her rather quickly. It almost hit her on the face. As the bird flew away, Cagalli ran after it. The mechanical bird led her to the park, and strangely the park was empty. Not even a single child was playing on the swings nor there was a couple dating. She wandered around the place and came across a sign near the slide. It was saying that the park's closed. The government was planning to build a new office building on that spot. Too bad… I really liked coming here before…

She turned around and saw a guy with brown hair leaning against a tree. He was wearing a white polo shirt and dark blue pants. The mechanical bird that she was chasing a while ago was perched on the guy's shoulder. Curious about the bird, she approached him slowly. The moment the guy made eye contact with her, she stopped. She then noticed that he had amethyst-colored eyes. By staring at his eyes, she could sense something from him. An unexplainable feeling rolling in her heart as if she knows him but she hasn't seen him before in her life, she felt a strong connection with that person. Cagalli took a deep breath. She wanted to befriend him for some reason, so she approached him. She smiled and greeted him. "Hi! I'm Cagalli Yula Athha. I was kinda following your bird a while ago. I was curious."

"I see… This little guy's name is Tori," he replied.

Cagalli somehow felt relieved to hear his voice. She thought he was the anti-social type. The type who doesn't want to talk to anybody and prefers to be left alone, but she was totally wrong. Lacus once told her not to judge a book by its cover and she was right. She looked at the bird and she badly wanted to hold it in her palm. The guy handed Tori over to Cagalli, and it hopped onto her palm. Tori was so cute and adorable. She patted it on the head. Truthfully, she wanted to hug it, but she figured that she would break it if she did that. "This is well-made. Where did you get it?" Cagalli asked.

"I didn't buy it," he replied. "A friend made it for me."

"You're friend must be talented in building machines," Cagalli said.

"He is," he told her. "By the way I'm Kira Yamato."

"Well then, Kira, it's nice to meet you," she said. "I'm Cagalli Yula Athha."

"Nice meeting you too, Cagalli," Kira said.

Meanwhile, Lacus was at the grocery store running errands for her aunt. When she got everything she needed, she paid for the stuff and exited the sore. That was when she saw Fllay Alster with her friends, Sally and Mica. She didn't want them to see her, but Sally spotted her before she tried to hide behind a post. Sadly, she sighed and faced them.

"If it isn't Lacus Clyne… the pink-princess," Fllay said. "What are you doing? Running errands again…"

"Yes, I'm doing this for my aunt," Lacus told her.

"I don't understand it… You're rich but you're doing errands?" Mica said.

"I just want to help out. Even if you're rich, it doesn't mean you can't do stuff like this anymore," Lacus told them.

"You're pathetic Clyne," Fllay said. "Let's go girls."

Fllay bumped into Lacus' shoulder which caused her to drop the grocery bag. All the contents got scattered on the ground. Fllay and her friends laughed out loudly at her.

Lacus fell to her knees and wanted to cry. But she knew if she would cry, Fllay and her friends would mock her even more. So, she stayed strong. She started picking up the stuff and placing them back into the bag. When she was about to grab the apple, another hand reached for it. She glanced at the owner's face. It was a girl with crimson red hair and emerald green eyes. The girl smiled at Lacus and helped her with the stuff. Lacus thanked the girl for the help she did and gladly introduced herself. "My name is Lacus Clyne, and you are…" Lacus said.

"I'm Jean Corda, and you're very welcome, pink-princess," Jean replied.

"Huh? How did you?" Lacus asked.

"Um… I'm from your school too… I belong in Class 1-B," Jean told her.

Lacus shook hands with her newly found friend. As payment for helping her, she invited Jean over to her mansion. She liked inviting friends over and she felt that Jean was a nice girl. As soon as they were in the mansion, Lacus showed Jean her huge bedroom, which was enermous.

The red-haired girl thought of Lacus as a very lucky person. She was beautiful, smart, and very rich. Well, too many, Lacus seemed to be the luckiest girl in the world. However, Lacus stated that she was like a caged bird. All the rich and luxury never seemed to bring happiness to her. As a child, she would always stay at home and do nothing. Sadness almost swallowed her fragile heart until a light of hope came into her life. That light was Cagalli, her best friend. Through Cagalli, she made many friends and tried out new things. She was forever grateful to the blonde girl.

Jean noticed Lacus spacing out, while she was wandering around the room. She waved her hand in front of Lacus' face which snapped her back to reality. "You okay?" Jean asked.

"Yes, I'm fine. Do you want something to eat?" Lacus asked her.

"I don't know… Is it okay with you?" Jean said.

"Don't worry we have lots of food," Lacus assured.

Next day in School

Cagalli was waiting for Lacus at the school gate. She glanced at her watch and noticed that there was only fifteen minutes left before class will start. She looked around to see if somebody was coming. Asagi Caldwell suddenly appeared in front of Cagalli and took a picture of her. The flash from the camera hurt Cagalli's eyes a little, and she quickly rubbed her eyes. As she removed her hands from her eyes, Asagi showed Cagalli the new camera she bought. Cagalli gently pushed the camera away from her face and shoved a fist at Asagi's face.

"I'm sorry about that Cagalli," Asagi said, sticking out her tongue playfully. "I thought you would be used to it by now."

"How many times did I tell you not to do that?" Cagalli asked, narrowing her gaze at Asagi.

"Let's see about 35 times already," Asagi answered teasingly.

Cagalli slammed her forehead and sighed. Her friend Asagi, the head of the school's Journalism Club, was also an official photographer of the school. Normally, she would take snap shots of Cagalli and Lacus. She has loads of pictures at home like she was collecting them. Cagalli didn't mind this at all, but sometimes it was just plain annoying.

"I better head of to class now," Asagi said, waving a hand at Cagalli.

"See you later," Cagalli said, grumbling under her breath.

Lacus was sure taking her time. When she was about to leave that spot, Lacus finally arrived in her pink limo. The limo pulled over at the gate, and Lacus stepped out and greeted her blonde friend. Without gretting back, Cagalli grabbed Lacus' hand and pulled her towards the school. She was in a hurry, since it was almost time for class. Lacus apologized to Cagalli when they've reached the hallways. She was late because she overslept. Well, Cagalli assured the pink-princess that it was alright.

Principle's office

Talia Gladys, the head principal of Minerva High, was talking to two new students of the school. One guy had navy blue hair and emerald-green eyes, while the other one had brown hair and amethyst eyes. "Here are your schedules and room number," Talia told them. "I'll call for a student here to bring you to your class." She turned on the speaker phone and called on Cagalli Yula Athha of Class 1-D.

Cagalli didn't know what the principle wanted from her. But she immediately went to the office. When she stepped into the said place, she was surprised to see a familiar face. The new student with brown hair was actually Kira Yamato, the guy she met at the park yesterday. She glanced at the other guy standing next to Kira. Gosh, he was so handsome and his emerald eyes were to die for. Cagalli's cheek lightly turned red and her heart began pounding fast. She couldn't say a word— not even a simple hello or hi.

The green-eyed guy locked his gaze on the blonde. He found her to be fairly attractive and cute. He smiled at her, which made Cagalli more nervous. She never felt that way below. She was so tensed. There was complete silence in the room, and Kira decided to break the silence. He took a few steps forward and greeted Cagalli.

"Cagalli, I didn't know you went to school here," Kira said. "It seems like we're going to be classmates."

"Uh? Um… Yeah, that's good," Cagalli said, finally snapping back to reality.

The green-eyed guy elbowed Kira on the arm, signaling Kira to introduce him to the girl. Kira first narrowed his eyes at him before he turned to Cagalli. "This is Athrun Zala," he said. "He's my best friend."

"I'm Cagalli Yula Athha, and let me be the first one to welcome you the Minerva High School," Cagalli said cheerfully and confidently as her lips curved into a beautiful smile.

To be continued…

JC: That's the end of the first chapter. I've finally had time to revise this. I know the first one had so many grammatical errors on them. I felt bad for neglecting the errors for a long time. I've introduced many characters so far, including my own character, Jean Corda. In addition to that, Cagalli and Athrun seemed to be interested in one another already. They're so cute. Please review my story! No flaming!