Author: Thanks for the reviews from the last chapter. I give you Chapter 11 of Forever. In the previous chapter Kira saw Cagalli again and she remembered him thanks to Stellar's help.

Dicclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.

Forever

Phase 11: Remembering

Cagalli finally met and remembered her brother again. She thanked Stellar for helping her. Kira wanted to call Athrun and Lacus and tell them the good news but he remembered what Stellar told him. He talked sincerely to Cagalli for a while. Stellar saw a car coming. As the car was nearing, she could see the driver which was Athrun Zala. She tapped Kira on the shoulder and pointed at the car. Kira can see that was his best friend coming. He quickly grabbed Cagalli and brought her into the house. Cagalli questioned his actions but Kira didn't reply. He peeped through the window. Athrun arrived in his car. He took of his shades and got off. He saw Stellar standing near the door and smiling at him.

"What are you doing here?" Athrun asked.

"Just visiting... Kira's inside." Stellar replied.

Stellar opened the door for him and he entered. She slowly closed the door on her way in. Athrun headed towards the living room and found Kira together with the children. Kira greeted his friend and told him to sit down. The children greeted the visitor and went out to play.

"Athrun, what brings you here today?" Kira asked.

"I just came here to relax for a while." Athrun replied.

Cagalli peeped into the living room and saw Kira talking with a guy with blue-hair. She couldn't see his face but the back of his head. His voice was familiar to her. Stellar saw her peeping and pulled her.

"You shouldn't be snooping." Stellar told.

"Uh.. Sorry..." Cagalli replied.

ARCHANGEL

Josh found her sister in the medical room of the Archangel. Jean happily greeted her brother. He suddenly banged his fist on the table and yelled at her. She was surprised by him.

"What's up with you?" Jean asked.

"You didn't call or emailed me!" Josh replied. "Have you got any idea how worried I was!"

Jean remembered her trip to the PLANTS with her commander. She realized that she made her brother like this. She didn't inform him on what he was doing or what happened to her. Jean bowed her head and closed her eyes. She apologized to her brother sincerely. Josh can see how sorry she was and decided to forgive her. He gave Jean a headlock and started rubbing her head. Jean got pissed and started tickling Josh to death. He laughed so hard that tears started to appear. The siblings acted like a couple of 10 year olds after a long time.

"I'm glad you're back sis." Josh said.

"Thanks..." Jean replied.

Milly was at coffee shop, looking at pictures she took at the Archangel. There was a picture of her and Dearka. She smiled at the sight of it. She scanned for more pictures and saw the picture of Lacus, Kira, Athrun, and Cagalli all together. They were wearing their uniforms and they looked so happy. Milly sighed and thought about Cagalli. Dearka arrived and sat down at the table with her. He noticed that she looked sad. He took the picture and glanced at it. He realized the she was upset because of Cagalli. He held her hand and smiled at her. Milly stared at Dearka and she gently lifted his hand and placed it on her face. She closed her eyes and smiled weakly. Dearka blushed and shook his head. He noticed people staring at them.

"Milly...um...you...see..." Dearka spoke.

"Dearka, if you were in Athrun's place and I died, would you feel sad?" Milly asked.

"Of course... I'll feel terrible if something bad happens to you." Dearka replied.

Milly felt relief as he said that. She quickly stood and suggested they go for a walk. Dearka agreed and immediately held Milly's hand. She pulled Dearka out of the shop and led him to the park. She made Dearka posed for a picture. The coordinator had no choice but to obey. Milly took quite a few shots of him and felt happy. Dearka can see her smiling again.

Athrun was still at the orphanage talking to Kira. Cagalli wanted to see who the guy is but Stellar stopped her. Stellar brought her upstairs and into a room. Cagalli sighed and sat down on a chair. She was feeling dizzy all of the sudden. Soon she started to feel pain in her head. She placed her hands on her head as she trembled. Stellar went to her and tried to calm her down. One of Cagalli's memories was starting to come back. She saw herself piloting Strike Rouge and going into battle. She was launching from a blue ship. As she went out she saw hundreds of Mobile Suits fighting each other. She saw the Freedom Gundam and knew that it was Kira. But there was another mobile suit that caught her attention. It was a red one. The pain in her head grew severely so she fainted. Stellar managed to catch her and placed her in bed. She immediately went downstairs to inform Kira but as she entered the living room, she stopped at the sight of Athrun.

"Stellar, is something the matter?" Kira asked.

"Um... Nothing's wrong." Stellar lied.

"Well I better be going now. See ya, Kira!" Athrun said.

Athrun left in a hurry and as soon as he was gone Stellar immediately told Kira about what happened to Cagalli. Kira immediately went to the room. He sat down beside her and held her hand. She moved a bit and started to open her eyes.

"Cagalli, are you all right?" Kira asked.

"I think so..." She replied. "I remembered a Red Mobile Suit."

"Just don't force youself okay Cagalli." Kira said. "Red Mobile Suit but which one... It could either be Aegis, Justice or Savior." He thought.

Later that night, Kira secretly brought Cagalli to the mansion. Cagalli thought of the place to be familiar. The Freedom Pilot quickly brought her to his room and made her stayed there. He went out to search for Lacus. As she waited in his room, he saw a picture of Kira and Lacus. She looked closely at the girl in the picture. She started hearing a wonderful voice in her head. It was a wonderful voice. She closed her eyes and in her mind, she saw the Pink-princess singing a song.

"La...Lacus...Clyne..." Cagalli uttered.

She remembered the Pink-princess now. She opened her eyes and smiled. It was the Lacus Clyne, one of her good friends. Suddenly Kira and Lacus entered the room. The songstress gasped in surprise as she saw Cagalli. She clasped her hand and approached Cagalli. The ORB princess immediately embraced her and started crying.

"Lacus! You're Lacus right? I'm so happy to see and remember you." Cagalli said.

Lacus as well started crying. She hugged Cagalli back feeling so relief to see her friend again. They looked at each other and laughed. Kira handed them a tissue to wipe their tears. Cagalli asked Lacus to sing a song. She was eager to hear her voice again so Lacus agreed. The songstress started singing "In the Quiet Night". Cagalli felt so calm and relax as she heard her song. It was truly like the voice of the angel. She was happy to have remembered her. After singing, Lacus started entertaining Cagalli with a few questions. Cagalli gladly answered them all and Kira informed his wife that she's suffering from amnesia. She doesn't remember her past clearly yet but she does remember Shin, Stellar, Kira, Lacus, and a few others.

Kai and Nathalie were still searching for Cagalli in ORB. They were now dress in civilian attire. It was already night time so Nathalie suggested that they should continue in the morning. Kai refused the offer but the coordinator girl insisted. They booked a room in a hotel. Nathalie removed her coat and lay down the bed. She was exhausted. Kai threw his jacket on the bed and sat on the chair. He looked out through the window.

"Cagalli, where are you?" Kai spoke.

"Don't worry Kai... I'm sure she's fine." Nathalie told him.

"Can't you see? I'm worried sick about her." Kai said. "Maybe something bad happened to her."

"Kai get a grip! Cagalli's a strong girl!" Nathalie assured him.

Nathalie decided to call her friend. Jean's cell phone rang and answered it. Nathalie informed her that she and Kai were in ORB right now in search for Cagalli. Jean was walking through the hallways in the Archangel. She saw Milly coming and greeted her. As Milly passed by she continued her talk with Nathalie. Jean was telling her friend that she hasn't seen Cagalli either. Milly overheard this and immediately stopped. She quietly followed Jean.

"Don't worry if Cagalli's here then I'll inform you right away." Jean said.

She hung up and placed the cell phone in her pocket. She entered the medical room. Milly wondered if she was talking about the Cagalli she knew. The CIC officer of Archangel crossed her arms and decided to do a little investigation.

Next day, Cagalli woke up in Kira's room. She glanced at her side and saw the Lacus was still sleeping. She saw Kira still sleeping in the couch. She grabbed her robe and walked out to the terrace. She breathed in the fresh morning air. She saw the garden full of flowers. She stared at it for quite a while. Suddenly somebody startled her that she almost fell off. She turned around to only see her brother laughing.

"I almost fell, Kira!" Cagalli told him.

"Sorry about that..." Kira replied. "You're up early Cagalli."

"That garden down there is beautiful... I want to go there." She said.

"I wish you could but you can't." Kira told her. "Remember you can't let anybody see you."

Kira and Cagalli went back inside. Lacus was already taking a shower in the bathroom. Kira went out to get breakfast for Cagalli. As she sat down on bed she heard Lacus singing again from inside. She was singing "Fields of Hope". She approached the bathroom door and leaned on it. Unexpectedly, she remembered Eternal and Kusanagi, the two ships from the previous war. She could see herself piloting the Strike Rouge. She saw the crew of the ships and she remembered Kisaka and Erika. It came by so fast.

"Kusanagi & Eternal... Lacus lead Eternal and Kisaka lead Kusanagi." Cagalli thought. "I remember it now."

ARCHANGEL

Jean was at the mess hall having breakfast with her brother. Milly hurriedly finished her meal and immediately headed for the Medical Room. She searched the room for any clues. She saw the laptop and opened it. She accessed her email by hacking through. She saw tons of email but one particular mail caught her attention. It was from a girl named Nathalie. She gasped as she finished reading it. She realized that Cagalli was still alive but she has to see her to believe it.

"Cagalli's alive but where is she now?" Milly asked.

Just then Jean entered the room and spotted Milly messing with her computer. She asked Milly about what she was doing. Seeing no way out of it, Milly told Jean about what she learned.

"Cagalli's alive isn't she? Where is she?" Milly asked.

"I...can't tell you." Jean replied.

Milly clenched her fist and grabbed Jean. She slammed Jean to the wall. Jean glared at her who intimidated Milly a bit but she insisted to tell her where Cagalli was. Jean looked away from her.

"If you knew about this all along then why didn't you tell us?" Milly said. "Why didn't you tell Kira or Athrun?"

Jean saw that she was beginning to cry. She felt awful right now. She wanted to tell everyone in ORB a long time ago but she thought about Cagalli's condition. As Milly's grip loosened, Jean pushed her away and escape from the room. She ran out of the Archangel and rode a jeep. Milly quickly went to the bridge and informed the captain. The captain ordered the soldiers to capture Jean. They were beginning to close the gate so Jean stepped on it and managed to get out. Josh wondered what the commotion's about. A fellow ORB soldier told him that his sister escaped.

Kira and Lacus brought Cagalli back to their private beach house. Cagalli was told to hide there. The Princess went outside by the shore and stared at the amazing view of the sea. The breeze was fine. She removed her shoes and raised her pants. She dipped her feet into the cool water and began walking. She saw a small crab being washed away from the water. Her head suddenly felt pain again. She got out the water and tripped. She fell down on the sand and rolled around. She touched her head as the pain grew and grew. "A girl?" A familiar voice uttered those words as she replied in anger.

Flashback

She saw herself in an island with a Mobile Suit. She saw someone, a ZAFT pilot coming out of it. He had blue hair. She fired a shot at him and managed to hit his arm. He quickly hid behind a rock. As she slid down to near him, he pulled out his knife. Before she knew it he attacked her from above and tackled her to the ground. He was about to kill her until she screamed in fear. The boy stopped and noticed that she was a girl. He tied her up and threw her weapon into the deep water. The blue-haired coordinator was trying to contact his comrades but there were radio interferences. As she crawled up on a rock she suddenly fell down into a puddle of water. She couldn't get up because her ropes got stuck. It started to rain and the water came in. The mobile suit moved and covered her from the rain by using its shield. The pilot came out seeing her in an awkward position.

"Whatcha doing?" He asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing? Don't just stand there help me." She said.

"You're in now position to order me around." He told.

"Shut and do it." Cagalli demanded.

He helped her up and stared at her. A little crab came out of her hair and fell into the water. He suddenly laughed. They took refuge in a cave. Cagalli's clothes were soaked wet so she let them dry by the fire. She was wrapped in a long sheet. The pilot offered her some food but she hesitated to take it. Her tummy rumbled and she felt embarrassed. She quickly took the food and started eating it. She and the pilot argued about the war but soon the pilot fell asleep. She stared at her gun and thought about taking it. As she reached for the gun, the fire made a sound which woken him up. She quickly pulled the gun and covered him in the sheet. As he removed the sheet, he saw her holding the gun. He took out his knife and positioned himself.

"I'm sorry but I can't let you kill anymore Earth people with that Mobile Suit." Cagalli said as she started to cry.

"I'm not going to let you take that suit. I'll be a ZAFT pilot till the end." He said.

Cagalli suddenly threw the gun and the pilot jumped onto her. The gun fired and the princess found herself lying on the ground with the pilot on top of her. He stared angrily at her, scolding her for throwing a loaded gun. Cagalli apologized and slowly sat up. She noticed a wound from the pilot and questioned about it. He told her that he was all right and reached for the first aid kit. She offered to help but the pilot declined so she pulled the first aid and insisted. He suddenly noticed her attire and turned away. He first suggested that she should put on some clothes first. Cagalli fell to her knees and hugged the bag. Later, she bandaged the pilot. Next day a rescue helicopter came and contacted the pilot. The rescuer was coming towards the island. The distress signal also reached the Strike piloted by Kira and the Sky grasper piloted by Mwu. They immediately followed the signal. As they were about to part, Cagalli told her name to the coordinator.

"My name's Cagalli, what's yours?" She asked.

"I'm Athrun..." He replied.

Flashback ended

Cagalli opened her eyes and slowly stood up. She touched her head and thought about the blue-haired coordinator. She now knew his name but still she felt that he's someone dear to him. Her heart pounded so fast as a drop of sweat fell from her face. She viewed the clear blue sea while wondering who Athrun was.

Jean had escaped from the ORB base and drove a jeep to the beach. As she was driving along the road, she suddenly saw Cagalli sitting on a rock at the shore. She stopped the jeep and went to her. She greeted the princess. Cagalli saw her uniform and asked her about it. Jean told her that she was wearing an ORB uniform.

"You're a soldier? Why didn't you tell me before?" Cagalli asked.

"I didn't want to cause pain if you remembered." Jean replied.

"Tell me Jean, do I know you before I met you in Nathalie's Mansion?" Cagalli questioned her.

Jean hesitated to answer at first but she give in and told Cagalli the truth. She and Cagalli were good friends before Mia kidnapped her. Jean explained about ORB, the Archangel, and the crew. Cagalli was happy to tell her that she remembers Kira and Lacus now.

"I don't remember clearly yet but here goes..." Cagalli started. "My father was once the head representative of ORB and he goes by the name of Uzomi Nora Attha. I have a twin brother who's a coordinator and he's the pilot of the Freedom. He once became a soldier of the EA and a pilot of the Strike Gundam. I have friend named Lacus, a singer and coordinator."

She also informed Jean that she remembered the battle at Yakin Due. She remembered most of it except for one person. She doesn't really know Athrun yet. Cagalli asked Jean to call Kira at the base. Jean pulled out her cell phone and called Kira but the line was busy. The ultimate coordinator was out testing his Freedom Gundam. He was up against Murasames. Jean tried calling Lacus but there was no answer.

"Seems like everyone's busy... I'll call again later." Jean said.

"What brings you here anyway?" Cagalli asked.

"I can't tell her that I just escaped." Jean thought.

Now that Cagalli saw her in that uniform another part of her memory came back. She saw herself dressed in an ORB uniform and she was talking to Jean. Her eyes caught Cagalli's attention. The princess smiled as she finally remembered Jean and suddenly hugged her. Jean was surprised by this.

"Let me tell something about you." Cagalli said. "Crewman Jean Corda of the Archangel Ship and military nurse."

"I can't believe it. You remember now." Jean gladly said.

"But why can't I remember Athrun?" Cagalli told her.

Jean was somehow relief that she didn't ask her. Cagalli told her about her encounter with Athrun in an island. It now made sense to Jean. Cagalli couldn't commit to memory because she hasn't reached the part where they had romantic moments. She wished that someday Cagalli will remember him clearly.

MILITARY BASE

Kira was informed by Miriallia that Cagalli was alive all along. She read it in Jean's email. The Freedom Pilot told her that he has already met his sister back in the orphanage. He explained the whole thing to her. Somehow Mirillia felt guilty for issuing the capture of Jean. All along Jean kept it a secret from them considering Cagalli's condition. Milly informed the captain right away about this matter. Kira went to his office and heard his phone ringing. He immediately answered it. It was Jean on the phone.

"Jean? Where are you right now?" He asked.

"Sir, I'm with Miss Cagalli and I have great news." Jean said. "Her memories are all back except for one part about Commander Zala."

"Is she all right?" Kira asked.

"Miss Cagalli told me that she had a major headache a while ago but she's fine now." Jean replied.

Kira hung up the phone and quickly left his office. He called Lacus to meet him at the beach house. Athrun saw him leaving the base in a hurry and decided to follow him. Lacus was getting ready to leave as well but someone stopped her. It was Miriallia. She wanted to go with Lacus to see Cagalli. They both entered the limo and took off.

Kai and Nathalie were nearing the beach in a car. They wanted to make a quick stop at the beach to relax from searching for Cagalli. Little do they know that they were heading straight for her. Jean and the princess waited patiently for Kira and Lacus to arrive.

Author: End of Chapter 11. They're getting close. Wonder what happens next? Cagalli partially remembers Athrun but only as a ZAFT soldier. Everyone was about to gather at the beach. Chapter 12 will be updated soon... Please don't forget to review and no flaming.