Author: Sorry if it took so long to update this. I was on vacation... Well chapter 8 is finally up. Please read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I can never own Gundam Seed.

Forever

Phase 08: Falling for the Enemy

Cagalli was disappointed that Shin doesn't know her at all. She thought that he might be the person to help her. The Destiny pilot let her stayed in his room. She wasn't a soldier and she could get into a lot of trouble if the superiors find out. Nathalie and Kai thought that it's best to hide Cagalli but Shin would never expect that they'll use his room. Nathalie and Kai talked with Shin in the mess hall. They explained further things to him.

"What's the cause of her amnesia?" Shin asked. "Did she bump her head or something?"

"When I found her she had no head injuries but her shoulder was." Nathalie answered.

"Mia must have done something with her." Kai said.

Lunamaria stepped into the mess hall and saw Shin talking to the soldiers. She approached them and greeted them. She sat down beside Shin and introduced herself. Nathalie held out her hand and introduced herself to the red-headed coordinator. Luna shook her hand and smiled. She glanced at the guy sitting next to her. She noticed that he was cute. Kai introduced himself to Luna and shook her hand as well.

"What were you guys talking about?" Luna asked.

"Nothing important..." Shin replied.

"Come on Shin let me in your conversation." Luna pleaded.

Luna started poking his arm. Shin quickly grabbed her hand and told her to stop. She smiled slyly and suddenly hugged Shin. The Destiny pilot brushed furiously. She pulled him closer to her until Shin's face felt her boobs. His face was now as red as a Christmas bulb. He gently pushed away Lunamaria but she stretched out her arms to him. Shin got scared and fell to the floor. Nathalie and Kai couldn't help but laugh at him. Luna gasped and apologized to him right away. She offered her hand to him. Shin grabbed and she pulled him up. He sat down and ignored Luna. She started poking him again but Shin turned away from her. Luna got pissed and wrapped her arms around his waist. He suddenly felt a slight chill. He slowly removed her arms around him. He looked at her angrily but Luna just laughed at him. His cheeks were so red.

"Stop laughing!" Shin yelled.

"I can't help it!" Luna replied.

"Are you two couples?" Kai asked.

"NO!" Luna and Shin said.

Luna told Kai that Shin already has a girlfriend. She described her to be beautiful, sexy and hot. Luna kept blabbering about Shin's girl and their romantic moments. He sighed and covered Luna's mouth. Nathalie wanted to meet this girl so she asked Shin for her name. He told her that his girl's name is Stellar Lousier. Kai excused himself and left the mess hall. He immediately headed for Shin's room where Cagalli was. He came into the room and saw Cagalli sitting on the chair messing with Shin's computer. She was surfing the net, trying to look for information about her. Kai immediately went over there and turned off the computer. Cagalli got upset at what he did. Kai reminded her that she's not supposed to remember yet. Cagalli sighed and told him that she really wants to know who she is. Kai knelt down before her and held her hands. That was a familiar scene to her as if it already happened before. She suddenly heard a voice in her head, uttering her name. She touched her head and closed her eyes.

"Yula, what's the matter?" Kai asked.

"Nothing... I just feel dizzy that's all." Cagalli lied.

PARK

A blonde beauty was dancing happily at the park. People stared at her, wondering what she was doing. She twirled around and bumped into a guy. He knocked the guy's drink. He was about to yell at her but as he glanced at her he stopped. He grabbed Stellar's arm and told her to come with him. Stellar struggled to break free but he held her arm tightly. He pulled him closer to her and touched her face. Stellar got angry and slapped his face.

"I'll pretend that it didn't happen." He said. "How about giving me a smooch?"

The guy was about to kiss her until Shin grabbed him and punches him hard on the face. The guy fell to the ground. Stellar was relief to see him. She quickly hugged Shin and kissed him on the cheek. The guy got up and stared at Shin. The Destiny Pilot looked furiously at him with his enraged red eyes. The guy got scared and ran away.

"Stellar, are you all right?" Shin asked her.

"Yes, thanks to you." She answered.

"So this is Stellar Lousier..." Nathalie spoke.

"Who are you?" Stellar asked.

"I'm Nathalie Lee, a fellow soldier of ZAFT." Nathalie replied.

"Stellar, you could have easily beaten that guy up." Shin told her.

"I was about to but you came." Stellar said.

ZAFT BASE

Athrun and Jean arrived at the base and immediately went to see Minerva. Meyrin spotted them and immediately went to them. She was quite happy to see Athrun again. She noticed that she has a girl with him. Meyrin asked who she was. Jean stepped forward and introduced herself to the red-headed girl. Meyrin did the same thing and then invited them on the ship. Jean never would have imagined going on the Minerva. She met a lot of ZAFT soldiers along the way. They've reached the bridge where Captain Talia Gladys was. Meyrin saluted the captain and presented Athrun and Jean to her. The captain stood up and shook hands with Athrun.

"It's nice to see you again, Athrun Zala." Talia said.

"I see Minerva is still doing fine." He replied.

The captain and Athrun talked about their experiences in battle. Jean explored around the bridge. Meyrin volunteered to give her a tour around the ship. Jean was delighted and agreed to with her. The red-head girl first showed her the hangar. The hangar was filled with ZAKUs and she managed to spot Luna's Core Splendor. Meyrin brought her to a white ZAKU Phantom. She opened the cockpit. Jean went inside and sat on the pilot's seat. It felt really good to be in a mobile suit.

"Are you a soldier?" Meyrin asked.

"Huh... well... um... Yeah..." Jean replied.

"From ORB right?" Meyrin asked. "What's your rank?"

"Second class crewman under Archangel, I'm actually a military nurse." Jean answered.

"I'm in charged of the Minerva's CIC before and now I'm a ZAKU pilot." Meyrin told her. "This Mobile Suit you're sitting on is mine."

The two coordinators talked for a while and soon they agreed to become friends. Jean went back to the bridge. Athrun told her that it was time to go. Jean bid good-bye to her new friend and followed her superior. They headed for a hotel and booked a room there. Jean felt uneasy sleeping in the same room with him but he was the one paying so she had no right to complain. Luckily their room had two beds.

MIA'S HOUSE

Mia was in her room singing one of Lacus' songs. Until now she was still a big fan of the Pink-haired princess. Van came into her room and informed her that Athrun was seen at the ZAFT base. Mia was delighted that Athrun finally came to PLANTS. She stopped the music and faced the mirror. She brushed her rose pink hair. She got out a dress that was similar to what Lacus wore (the civilian clothes she wore in Destiny). She put it on and looked just like Lacus now. Only one accessory was missing, the hairpin. She removed her star-shaped hairpin and placed the original Lacus hairpin.

"The fake Lacus is back and ready to make her move." Mia said.

The danced around while singing a song. Now that she looked like Lacus, she was ready to face Athrun. Mia commanded Van to find Athrun immediately. She was so excited to meet him. She crashed on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She began to laugh maniacally.

"Athrun, I'm coming for you..." She whispered.

The next day, Athrun and Jean visited Leonora Zala's grave. Athrun brought flowers and placed it on the grave. Jean looked around the place. There were a lot of graves. Athrun told her that his mother died on Junius 7. Jean knew how he felt. She walked around the place looking for something. Athrun noticed that she wasn't at his side anymore. He searched Jean all over the area. He found her kneeling before a grave. Athrun approached her and glanced at the grave. The name Lesley Corda was engraved on the tomb stone. A tear fell from Jean's eyes as she touched the stone. It's been a long time since she last visited her mother's grave.

"My mother also died on Junius 7..." Jean told Athrun.

"I'm sorry..." Athrun said. "If your mother was living in PLANTS then that must mean you're..."

"A Coordinator? Yeah..." She replied.

"But your records back in ORB states that you're a Natural." He said. "Why did you lie?"

"After my mother died a lot happened..." Jean started.

Flashback

I was in ORB living with my father and brother. I heard the news on TV about Junius 7. It was totally destroyed because of a nuclear attack. My father suddenly cried tears of pain and sorrow. He told me and my brother that mother is dead. Josh was still too young to understand but me I knew what he meant. I ran to my room and began crying. After a week I went back to school but the pain was still in my heart. I stayed quiet in class and I didn't even listen to my teachers. My classmates and teachers knew what happened. One of my friends, Lisa wanted to cheer me up but I just ignored her. Soon she stopped talking to me. I can't blame her. I treated her coldly. Day by day I was losing friends, they stayed away from me. Later one of my classmates found out that I was a Coordinator so the other kids began picking on me. It was horrible. I couldn't take much more of their insults and bickering. I stopped going to school so just that I can't avoid all them. I realized that what I did was wrong. I regretted the day I started ignoring all my friends. I wanted to start over. My father decided to enroll me to another school but this time he classified me as a Natural. I sort of gotten used to it by now.

END

Athrun pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to green-eyed girl. Jean wiped the tears from her eyes. She gave the handkerchief back to Athrun and thanked him. He placed a hand on her shoulder and comforted her. Jean never knew that he can be so caring and understanding. She took one last look at her mom's grave.

"Good-bye mom..." She said.

As they were about to ride the car, someone called Athrun's attention. It was Lacus and she was running towards them. He thought that Lacus was back in ORB with Kira but there she is standing right in front of him. Jean got suspicious with her.

"What are you doing here, Lacus?" Athrun asked.

"I came here to visit the grave of your mother." Lacus replied.

Lacus looked at Jean and greeted her. Jean pretended to be nice so she smiled back at her. She viewed Lacus carefully. She dresses like Lacus, has the same hairpin and she sounds like the Pink-princess herself. But Jean felt something different about her. Lacus suddenly suggested that they should have lunch together. Athrun and Jean agreed so the pink-haired girl took them to a restaurant. On their way there, Jean noticed a black car that was following them. She let Lacus and Athrun into the restaurant and pretended that had to go somewhere else. Jean hid behind a tree and watched the car. A man in a black suit with sunglasses came out. He went inside the restaurant. She decided to check his car. She looked through the car and found something in the glove compartment. It was a picture of Mia Campbell. She realized that girl wasn't Lacus so she went into the restaurant. She saw Mia at the table but no Athrun. The guy approached her and handed her a drug. Jean hid herself under the table. The guy soon left the restaurant. She came out of hiding and went to the table. Mia smiled at her in a friendly way but her smiled didn't fool her. Athrun came back from his trip to the boy's room.

"I already ordered for us so sit." Lacus said.

"I wonder what that drug is." Jean thought.

Athrun reached for his glass and began drinking. Mia grinned as he finished his drink. She told Jean to drink too. Jean looked seriously at her. She lifted the glass and drank it. Soon she and Athrun felt sleepy, they're vision became blurred as they slowly closed their eyes and fell asleep. She placed a sleeping drug in their drinks. The waiter came in and asked for her payment for his services. Mia gave the man lots of money. He started carrying Jean outside. Mia brushed through Athrun's hair. She had him at long last. She summoned Van. He came in and carried Athrun to her car. Mia brought the captives to her lair. Her lackey tied up the red-haired coordinator and threw locked her in the basement while he brought Athrun to the impersonator's room. As Athrun slept soundly on her bed, she lifted his hand and placed it on her face. His hand suddenly moved. Mia gasped as she saw Athrun slowly regaining consciousness. When he saw Mia, he pushed her aside. He got off the bed and grabbed her.

"Athrun, you're hurting me..." Mia said.

"I can't believe that I let you trick me again." Athrun said. "I won't let you get away this time!"

"Athrun dear is that a threat?" Mia teased.

He got angry and slammed her against the wall. Mia noticed that his eyes were full of rage. She began shaking in fear. Her hand reached for the gun that was in her drawer. She quickly pointed it at Athrun. He slowly backed away from her.

"Why don't you pull the trigger?" Athrun asked.

"Do you want to die so easily?" Mia replied.

"I rather die than to live my life forever without Cagalli." He said.

"Why is it always her!" She yelled. "I killed her, thinking that you might forget her. But still she rules your heart!"

Tears came out from her blue eyes as she fell to her knees. Athrun took the chance and swiped the gun from her. She crawled up to him and cried on her chest. She wrapped her arms around him and tried to kiss him. He suddenly slapped Mia. Her eyes widened in surprised as she felt her swollen cheek. Van barged into the room and attacked Athrun. He dodged his attack and landed a hard punch on his stomach. Van collapsed and fell to the floor. Suddenly Mia hit him with another gun and knocked him out. Athrun fell to the floor beside Van.

"I think it's time that you forget Cagalli once and for all." Mia spoke.

Author: END of chapter 8... Mia has Athrun, oh no! What do you think she'll do to him? How about Jean? Find out on the next chapter. Don't forget to review and no flaming... Chapter 9 will be updated soon.