Athena looked at the blue bobble, which had just popped into existence out of nowhere. The blue bobble, oddly enough, looked back.
And turned into a handsome man, who turned into a dog, who turned into a car of all things, and then...
"...Oh. Mercury - or rather, Miss Mizuno! It's been long since I've seen you..."
"And it's been a long time since I was Mizuno Ami and you were Kido Saori, my Lady. Cosmos popped up in my dreams, and hinted that you might like some company. Some of us are helping Her Avater on her Quest, but we're taking turns on that, and now I'm free, so..."
Oh. Well, that was nice...
Athena was amused to see that She-Who-Had-Been-Sailor-Mercury had actually recreated her Mercury Computer. Well, any extra help was good, she supposed...
"OK, then, my Lady. Any hints so far?"
**Timeline Branching A-1
Shinn Asuka ran, his sister and his parents running ahead. The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
"Aaah...Mayu's mobile!"
His sister shrieked as her pink mobile phone went hurtling down the slope. Damn, damn, it would probably be faster to just get the damn thing but -
"Leave the mobile, I'll get you another one, promise! Now run!"
Mayu struggled for a moment, but whimpered and began to run again. Not a moment too soon, as a stray blast nearly decimated where the Asuka family had been just a moment before. Shinn, Mayu and their parents all ended up on the grassy knoll, shaking their heads and trying to get the ringing out of their ears. Mayu's ankle was twisted, as was Shinn's wrist.
The Asuka family never went to PLANT at all, in the end. They stayed right in Orb, and Shinn and Mayu, like many Coordinator children, eventually went to Uni quite a bit earlier then the majority of their Natural counterparts.
War eventually did come again, but that is another story.
**Timeline Branching A-2
Shinn Asuka ran, his sister and his parents running ahead. The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
"Aaah...Mayu's mobile!"
His sister shrieked as her pink mobile phone went hurtling down the slope. Damn, damn, it would probably be faster to just get the damn thing but -
"Leave the mobile, I'll get you another one, promise! Now run!"
Mayu struggled for a moment, but whimpered and began to run again. Not a moment too soon, as a stray blast nearly decimated where the Asuka family had been just a moment before. Shinn, Mayu and their parents all ended up on the grassy knoll, shaking their heads and trying to get the ringing out of their ears. Mayu's ankle was twisted, as was Shinn's wrist.
The Asuka family eventually went to PLANT as planned, and Shinn joined ZAFT, despite the misgivings of his parents. They put their foot down with Mayu trying to join, however. She could when she was fully of age, not before.
War eventually did come again, but that is another story.
**Timeline Branching A-3
Shinn Asuka ran, his sister and his parents running ahead. The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
"Aaah...Mayu's mobile!"
His sister shrieked as her pink mobile phone went hurtling down the slope. Damn, damn, it would probably be faster to just get the damn thing but -
"I'll get it, I'll get it, just go!"
"No, I'll get it, you go!"
Shinn saw his sister clambering down the slope after him, and would have shrieked if there was any time for that kind of thing. Idiot is thee, little sister mine...
The blast threw both of them hurtling down the knoll, into a brook. Mayu's ankle was twisted, as was Shinn's wrist.
Of their parents, there was barely enough left to run a genescan afterwards. What they buried under their graves eventually was mostly dirt, though not all.
Shinn and Mayu never did go to PLANT at all. and Shinn and Mayu, like many Coordinator children, eventually went to Uni quite a bit earlier then the majority of their Natural counterparts, on a Scholorship set up especially for children orphaned in the War. Though they could have gone to Uni at least even without the Scholorship, as their parents had left them a fair amount of money, as it turned out.
War eventually did come again, but that is another story.
**Timeline Branching A-3
Shinn Asuka ran, his sister and his parents running ahead. The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
"Aaah...Mayu's mobile!"
His sister shrieked as her pink mobile phone went hurtling down the slope. Damn, damn, it would probably be faster to just get the damn thing but -
"I'll get it, I'll get it, just go!"
"No, I'll get it, you go!"
Shinn saw his sister clambering down the slope after him, and would have shrieked if there was any time for that kind of thing. Idiot is thee, little sister mine...
The blast threw both of them hurtling down the knoll, into a brook. Mayu's ankle was twisted, as was Shinn's wrist.
Of their parents, there was barely enough left to run a genescan afterwards. What they buried under their graves eventually was mostly dirt, though not all.
Shinn and Mayu eventually did go to PLANT, and both of them ended up joining ZAFT, though Shinn would have prefered his sister didn't. He did make a minor name for himself as the most over-protective big brother in the ZAFT Academy in his year.
War eventually did come again, but that is another story.
**Timeline Branching A-5
Shinn Asuka ran, his sister and his parents running ahead. The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
"Aaah...Mayu's mobile!"
His sister shrieked as her pink mobile phone went hurtling down the slope. Damn, damn, it would probably be faster to just get the damn thing but -
"Leave the mobile, I'll get you another one, promise! Now run!"
Mayu struggled for a moment, but whimpered and began to run again.
The blast decimated the entire Asuka family. Some of their relatives did make them graves, eventually. And planted flowers.
War eventually did come again, but none of them were there to see it happen.
Athena bit her lip. Yes, such things happened in War, but -
Darn. This had to be important somehow, or the Mirror wouldn't be showing her all this...
"Ahh."
"...Yes, Ami-chan?"
She-Who-Had-Been-Mizuno-Ami-once-upon-a-time giggled a bit, at that, but sobered up quite quickly.
"There are also a number of timelines that the sister survives, it seems..."
**Timeline branching B
Mayu Asuka runs with her parents, her brother Shinn running behind her.The nature park they were running through had suddenly and nightmarishly turned into a warzone, with Mobile Suits circling each other in the grey and blue sky, like birds of prey...
She remembers her mobile phone go hurtling down the slope, vaguely. It is the last thing she remembers.
She does not remember the medics finding her, or prying her brother's body off her. It is a miracle that she survived, they say. She wouldn't have survived at all if her brother hadn't tried to shield her with his body.
And she does not remember the blood or smell of her brother's flesh burning along with hers, which is all to the good. Or so her doctors think.
**Timeline branching B-1
It takes months for her to heal, but Mayu Asuka is adamant. She is going to PLANT, like her family had planned to, those few months ago that seem like an eternity.
She goes straight into the ZAFT Academy, once she manages to actually get there.
She wants to be a pilot, like Shinn had wanted once, but the Academy tells her her talents lie elsewhere. She gets training in data analysis and admin, and manages to do pretty well, which is strange. She'd never been able to even keep her room neat, till...
She meets Rey Za Burrel in the cafeteria, when they ended up clashing serving spoons for the last helping of not-really-chicken-but-who-cares salad pasta. She wins that one, but gives him half.
It is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Maybe. Or maybe not.
**Timeline branching B-2
It takes months for her to heal, but Mayu Asuka is adamant. She is going to PLANT, like her family had planned to, those few months ago that seem like an eternity.
She goes straight into the ZAFT Academy, once she manages to actually get there.
She wants to be a pilot, like Shinn had wanted once. The Academy tells her her talents lie elsewhere, but she is like stone, like concrete, like the rocky shoals around far Orb. They finally let her in the piloting course. She works day and night, and manages to keep up, somehow.
Rey Za Burrel is famous, as is Lunamaria Hawke, the gold and red, as somebody put it.
She's a bit shocked when they end up talking in the cafeteria one day, and even more so when he ends up tutoring her. He asks her about life on Earth, and she answers as well as she can. She wishes she had learned more, though, instead of taking everything for granted.
She also discovers that kissing Rey makes him get pink and stuttery and make fluttering motions, later on. Maybe she shouldn't have drunk that mixer-mix cocktail on a dare, even if the Finals were at long last over...
Though she didn't regret it though, not really. Rey was remarkably cute.
**Timeline branching B-3
It takes months for her to heal. Mayu Asuka thinks long and meandering thoughts, before opting to stay on Orb. There are so many less Coordinators living in Orb, now - though still much more then pretty much any other country on Earth, of course.
She takes the Scholorship for children orphaned in the War, and goes to Onogoro U. She could have gone to Uni at least even without the Scholorship, as her parents had left them a fair amount of money, as it turned out, but it was nice not to have to spend that money, nonetheless.
She meets Rey Za Burrel while the Minerva was being repaired, though she doesn't know that part, of course. At a pizza shop, of all places.
He asks her why she didn't come to PLANT when so many Coordinators did, and she says she loves Orb.
It wasn't really a lie, even if it wasn't all the truth. She really did, after all.
**Timeline branching B-4
It takes months for her to heal. Mayu Asuka thinks long and meandering thoughts, before opting to stay on Orb. There are so many less Coordinators living in Orb, now - though still much more then pretty much any other country on Earth, of course.
She takes the Scholorship for children orphaned in the War, and goes to Onogoro U. She could have gone to Uni at least even without the Scholorship, as her parents had left them a fair amount of money, as it turned out, but it was nice not to have to spend that money, nonetheless.
Sometime in her first year at Uni, she starts to do volunteer work at a orphanage near by, and is somewhat shocked to hear that the pink-haired young lady that seems to live there is actually Lacus Clyne. Yes, the Lacus Clyne. Mayu is a bit awed, even though she tries not to show it. She also learns that young man who watched the sea a lot was called Kira, and seemed to be a very nice person, if a bit on the morose side sometimes.
It is pure bad luck that she's there when the pretty damn obviously Coordinator Special Forces hit the orphanage, but at least she isn't dead, even if she is hurt, yet again.
She doesn't meet Rey Za Burrel till much later, but meet him she does.
**Timeline branching B-5
It takes months for her to heal. Mayu Asuka thinks. And screams at the world.
Athena nearly bites her lips through, as the girl's scream echos. Ami looks sad and grim, as Athena can't remember seeing her like in ages.
Darn, darn, darn, darn...
There was something about the, what was their name, the Asuka siblings...
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