Chapter 11 The Unexplainable

A/N Hehe, this chapter's going to be a little angsty, and it's going to get worse, hehehehehe. (Laughs evilly). Ok fine, I'm evil I know, but it's the story's plot, and needless to say, the ending will be happy, it's like that in all my fanfics. However, I can say this fanfic's ending will be very different from the rest of my fanfics. Anyway, happy reading!

There were three loud knocks on the oakwood door of Cagalli's bedroom, and didn't startle or shock her as Athrun and her had already been awake for at least half an hour already. The loud knocks were followed by Miriallia's voice calling out Cagalli's name, and requesting for the Orb Princess to open the door.

"Coming, Mirre!" yelled Cagalli, hopping off her bed, sill in her undergarments, but she couldn't care less, since it was Miriallia at the door, and not some Orb management official.

"Ah, good morning, Cagalli. You're due for a meeting with your father and the Orb management later on at 9a.m. Lord Uzumi returned to Orb in the wee hours this morning. He didn't look very happy when he told me to pass you this note earlier on. If I'm not wrong he's going to be discussing the incident of Kyo's casualty, and about Lacus, Yzak and Dearka." explained Miriallia patiently, finally ending her longwinded speech.

"I see, thanks, Mirre." replied Cagalli taking the note from her auburn-haired friend, but before she could close the door, Miriallia poked her head in to find Athrun sitting upright on Cagalli's bed, without a shirt, and with the bedcovers pulled up to his waist, and Miriallia was certain he wasn't wearing anything under the bedcovers either.

Miriallia returned her gaze to Cagalli, "You did 'it' again?" she asked, raising an eyebrow and looking kind of concerned for the blonde girl.

"Relax, he's not infected with any kind of disease or anything. Besides, he's too hot to resist." said Cagalli, winking jovially at the auburn-haired girl before closing the door shut.

"If you say so," muttered Miriallia under her breath, before she turned and walked off, shaking her head and going back to wondering about what the meeting in two hours would be about.

Just as Miriallia turned the corner, she collided into something hard, which made a grunting noise as Miriallia made contact with it. She raised her head to find that she had collided head first into not a wall or a flowerpot, but into the brawny chest of Dearka Elthman.

"Oh sorry," said Dearka, moving to the right and left, finding that Miriallia did the same. "Didn't see you there," he added, his cheeks turning a little red.

"Same here," said Miriallia, her entire face burning red hot, as she tried to hide her embarrassment from her crush, who seemed to be moving in the same way as she did, so that each of them blocked the other's path. "Sorry,"

Just as Miriallia paused for a moment, she noticed that Dearka's arm held a rather deep gash on it, and it was bleeding quite badly, and she couldn't help but ask, "Oh my, what happened to your arm?"

"Had a little bit of a rough time with Mr. Yzak, but I sort of asked for it anyway. Me and my big mouth. I went on to tease him about your friend and him, and he lost his cool and threw a penknife at me, and I blocked it off with my arm. So that's how I got landed in this state. Good thing your friend, Kyo, was there to talk him out of it, or I would probably be lying on a bed beside Kyo right now." explained Dearka, smiling warmly down at the auburn-haired girl, who looked rather worried for him.

"Don't worry your pretty little head over me, I'm not worth it. I'll go bandage it up right away, it's a small wound, no need to shed crocodile tears over me." said Dearka, noticing that Miriallia's eyes were swimming in tears.

Somehow, Miriallia seemed to feel the pain just looking at the gash on the copper-tone skinned young man's arm. The gash was bleeding so profusely and it looked ever so deep, it couldn't be possible that Dearka felt no pain at all. Boy, he sure was a tough guy, he didn't seem to wince or show any signs of pain at all.

"I'll help you with that, I don't think you'd be able to bandage your arm properly with only one hand." said Miriallia, grabbing his unhurt arm and dragging him off into her office, where she reached up for the first aid kit sitting on her shelf.

Dearka couldn't find the right words on how to protest and so just let her drag him away while he just shut up. Miriallia pushed him into a swivel chair before laying out all the needed utensils and ointments on her desk, and beginning to clean his wound with a gauze swab.

The blonde young man couldn't refrain from gazing at her as she worked on his arm, the tip of ehr tongue protruding from in-between her moist lips as she focused on cleaning his wound. Although her hair was short, Dearka could still tell that it was probably silky soft and he couldn't keep from trying to imagine what it felt like in-between his fingers.

In addition, her green eyes, although not as much of a deep emerald like Athrun's, sparkled in the rays of the early morning sunlight as those green-orbs concentrated on the gash on his arm.

Dearka just sat there and enjoyed the feeling of her nimble fingers working on his wound and occasionally brushing against his skin. It was about ten minutes before she declared she was done with dressing his wound and bandaging it.

"Thanks a bunch, Miriallia." said Dearka, pronuncing her name in such a cute way, she giggled as she kept the rest of the gauze swabs and tubes of ointments.

You're welcome, Dearka." replied Miriallia, smiling sweetly at him as he remained standing by the swivel chair he was sitting in, and gazing at her intently.

"Say, can I ask you something?" said Dearka, trying to swallow the lump that was now forming in his throat. He was going to ask her if she was willing to go out with him and let him court her, but just the thought of asking her was making him jittery.

"Sure, what is it?" asked Miriallia, putting the first aid kit back on her shelf, before turning to look back at the copper-tone skinned young man, who was looking kind of uneasy and was shifting his weight from one foot to another.

"I was just wondering, d'you have... a boyfriend?" questioned Dearka, hoping the load on is back would get lighter now that he had at least asked her a question related to what he was going to propose to her. However, he found that the load just weighed down on him even more.

Miriallia giggled slightly at the question, "No I don't, and I've never had one either, Why? You thinking of something?"

"What the heck! She's such an attractive girl, and she's NEVER had a boyfriend!" Dearka thought to himself, "Maybe I'm the first one with enough courage to ask her, hehe. I'm bloody smart."

"I was just speculating, would it be ok if... we went out somewhere... together one day?" asked Dearka, breathing a deep sigh of relief and enjoying the light feeling in his chest.

Miriallia burst into a fit of giggles, her cheeks blushing redder and redder with each second that passed. "That's mighty sweet of you Mr. Elthman, and I shall gladly to the honour of being your girlfriend."

Dearka suddenly felt the cocky beast within him jump for joy and turn into angel. "She said YES! She's AGREED to go out with YOU, yes YOU, DEARKA ELTHMAN!" The blonde young man thought to himself, his eyes glowing excitedly.

"I'm ecstatic, for a moment I thought you'd turn me down because I was a co-ordinator." said Dearka coolly, smiling toothily at Miriallia, who just blushed an even deeper shade of red.

"Whether you're a co-ordinator or not, doesn't matter even the slightest to me. What matters is that you're truthful, loving, gentle and loyal." said Miriallia walking up to him and planting a soft and loving kiss on Dearka's cheek. "If you don't mind, I've got a meeting to attend and I'll only be done at lunch, see you."

Dearka followed the auburn-haired girl out of the office where they went their own ways. "Truthgul, loving, gentle and loyal. 4 things, a piece of cake to remember. But doing it is anotehr thing altogether. Oh nevermind, at least you've managed to ask her out." Dearka thought to himself before returning to his bedroom.

"Hey Mirre!" came a voice from down the corridor as the auburn-haired girl was about to proceed into the lift.

"Oh, Cagalli, hi! Heading to the meeting too, are you? You don't look nervous at all," said Miriallia, rasising a questioning eyebrow at Cagalli, and closing the lift doors the minute the blonde girl stepped in.

"Why should I be nervous? There's an answer to everything, and as far as I know I know everythign that's happened, so I should be able to explain no problem." said Cagalli confidently, standing up straight and smiling widely.

"Alright, I'm just worried Lord Uzumi might send Lacus and the others away. I don't know how I'd face Dearka..." however, the auburn-haired girl stopped in mid-sentence when she realised she had just given away her secret about herself and Dearka.

"Dearka? Oh wow, what's happening between you two? You're going steady, right?" asked Cagalli, bombarding Miriallia with questions.

"I haven't even gone out with him yet, so stop jumping to conclusions, and I'd appreciate it if you'd keep the matter under wraps." said Miriallia biting her lower lip and folding her arms across her chest.

"Yes, ma'am!" saluted Cagalli, before stepping out of the lift once the lift door had opened, however, she had to stop in her tracks when she came face to face with Kisaka.

"You two are a disgrace, mixing around with co-ordinators. Especially you, Princess Cagalli, having one of those weird enhanced homosapiens for a boyfriend." hissed Kisaka sarcastically eyeing Cagalli and Miriallia angrily.

"What's it got to do with you jerk? Since you don't want any connections with any co-ordinators, don't even speak about them then. Besides, Kyo is a co-ordinator too, and you used to like her, didn't you?" asked Cagalli, placing her hands on her hips and sneering at Kisaka.

"Well look at the state she's in now! Shameful! To think she's even made the guy who caused her to be like this, her boyfriend!" said Kisaka, laughing madly and shaking his head.

"Shut up, Kisaka, you ought to show some respect to Miss Cagalli!" exclaimed Miriallia hotly, glaring ferociously at Cagalli's former bodyguard.

"Whatever, Misses. Sayonara!" greeted Kisaka maliciously, waving to Miriallia and Cagalli as the lift doors slid shut.

"Asshole, speaks as though he's the king of the world, when actually he's nothing more than a snot of a man!" snapped Cagalli heatedly, before parting ways with Miriallia and entering the meeting room, and taking her place beside her father, Lord Uzumi.

"Good Morning to all! I'm sure you know the reason to why I summoned all of you here today. We're here to discuss the matter of the three co-ordinators who have been granted permission to stay here at Orb." said Lord Uzumi grandly, sitting down before the people at the meeting.

"Why were they granted permission in the first place? Look what's happened to Kyo Yamajika because of one of them! And yet they're still allowed to stay!" shouted one of the Orb officials, obviously a friend of Kyo's.

"I'll have you know that what happened was a mere accident that was also an act of impulse! In addition, the young man who landed her in this state has repented and is rarely seen out of the company of Miss Kyo, in the medical unit!" defended Cagalli, knowing that what she said was a mere fact.

"Still? D'you think he should be let off that easily? Besides, what makes you think those co-ordinators couldn't be putting on some long term act and then strike when we're all off-guard!" asked the very same lady who had fired the earlier question.

"That is a risk we'll have to face if it is decided that they would stay here. However, I do not think that they are such people, as if I'm not wrong they are all close friends of Cagalli's, and I'm sure there are people here besides Cagalli who can prove that." said Lord Uzumi wisely.

"It's true, Lord Uzumi. Miss Cagalli and I trust them fully with our lives, and not even the fact that they are co-ordinators will deter us from communicating with them." said Miriallia determinedly, looking at Cagalli who smiled widely.

"I hear from one of the management officials that a young woman by the name of, Lacus Clyne, came to the office accompanied by Mr. Kira Yamato to ask for permission to stay here, and that permission was granted." said the Lion of Orb, "I've given this situation a lot of thought, and have decided that the three outsiders shall be allowed to seek refuge here. However, I will step up on security measures. Case closed."

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"You know, you really shouldn't try to walk yet, it could be dangerous." said Lacus knowingly, smiling kindly at Kyo who was standing on her feet by her bed, with Yzak supporting her.

"Dr. Ishida didn't say anything about me having to have my bum rooted to the bed. Besides, I need to walk a round for a bit, my legs are getting numb." retorted Kyo, feeling delighted at the fact that she could walk around normally now, although the stitches at her wound still hurt a bit when she used her left leg.

"Yzak, you sure you're not hungry? You skipped lunch yesterday, and skipped breakfast this morning. It's not good you know, I'm already on the road to recovery, and I don't want to see you lying on the other bed beside me in time to come." said Kyo concerned for her platinum blonde companion, who just pursed his lips and furrowed his eyebrows.

"You'd better be glad she cares this much for you, if I were her, I'd have ditched you a long time ago." snorted Kira, folding his arms and rolling his eyes at Yzak, who just glared back.

It seemed that through the two days Yzak had spent with Kyo, he had sort of learned to manage his temper better. He didn't lunge at people over a simple remark or curse them under his breath, the most he'd do was glare back, which was overall, a tremendous improvement.

"Don't be so bad, Kira. I like him just the way he is, and I won't dump him over a small issue. I think he's sweet," said Kyo heatedly, defending Yzak and contradicting Kira's statement.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You've certainly got a weird point of view! To think you find an aggressive brute, sweet?" snapped Kira, sneering at Yzak, whose breathing was becoming deeper and louder with each second.

A pillow hit Kira squarely in the face, causing him to fall backward onto his bum. However, it wasn't Yzak who had thrown the soft, though large object at the brunette young man, it was Kyo. She looked just as infuriated as Yzak now, and Kira was only grateful she was recovering or she'd probably pounce on him, like how she used to when he annoyed her in the olden days.

"Shut up, Kira Yamato! Yzak is NOT an aggressive brute! In addition, so what if I find him sweet? Not all girls like guys who are soft and annoying, you know? You're behaving just like the Kira, who's Cagalli's younger brother. Over the past few days you seemed to have been handling things in a more mature manner, who'd think you'd revert to your old annoying self?" scolded Kyo, apparently looking rather furious with Kira.

"Alright, fine! I'm sorry! I just find it kind of hard to believe that you can actually put up with him!" apologised Kira, although hardly sounding sincere at all, and feeling Lacus tug at his arm as a signal to him to stop the dispute.

"What's all the racket? We could hear you from outside!" said Miriallia, stepping into the ward and saring around at the quartet of teenagers in there. Her eyes widened when her gaze rested on Kyo, "You can walk! That's brilliant! You'll be well in no time with the progress you're making!"

"Yeah, she's determined to get well as soon as she can, it seems, and yeah, she's definitely on the road to a speedy recovery." said Lacus grinning at Kyo, who had settled herself back on the side of her back, Yzak standing beside her.

"Back to what I was saying, what was all the racket about? It sure was noisy. People would think there was a gang fight going on in here!" exclaimed Miriallia frantically, throwing her hands up in there and looking from Kira to Yzak.

"Kira was just commenting about Kyo and Yzak, and seemed to have offended them both in the midst of doing so, but everything's alright now, no need to fuss about it." explained Lacus, looking at Kira disappointedly, as his behaviour moments ago was unacceptable.

Kira just bowed his head, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared at his feet, feeling rather embarrassed and pissed all at once.

"Kira, can you go and get Athrun here for me, please? I want to spend some time with Kyo," said Cagalli, sitting on the opposite side of Kyo's bed and smiling warmly down at the attractive redhead, who seemed to be making friendship bands out of coloured string.

"Lazy bum," hissed Kira, turning on heel and walking out of the medical unit, and holding the unit door open for Lacus to accompany him on his little errand.

"I heard that, Kira!" barked Cagalli defensively, rolling her eyes before returning her gaze to Kyo and starting a conversation about what Dr. Ishida had been telling her, and approximately when she would be discharged.

"Can't stand Cagalli, she's such a snob. Wish she'd stop bossing people around," snarled Kira, punching his fist into the corridor wall as he walked alongside Lacus, who sighed and just stared out of the passing window panes.

"Maybe the both of you could try and be nice to each other for once. Maybe if you'd stop annoying her she'd treat you better." advised Lacus wisely, looking at Kira, whose eyebrows were still furrowed in fury.

"I won't stop annoying her till she stops bossing me around like a maid! I'm her brother and she treats me like some piece of crap or maybe even a pile of shit!" exclaimed Kira, feeling rather annoyed and unhappy.

"That's the problem that lies between the both of you. Typical sibling rivalry, one of you has to take the first step to making things better between the both of you. She thinks the same way you do, none of you want to make the first move, and the fastest way to start off is for you to make the first move." said Lacus knowingly, reaching up to stroke Kira's cheek with her long slender fingers, knowing that her touch would restore some peace to the brunette young man.

"Otherwise, this dispute between you and Cagalli will never end." continued Lacus, ending her explanation with a deep breath.

The duo passed Cagalli's oak bedroom door and turned the corner to Athrun's room. To their amazement, the door was half ajar, and a sweet and pungent smell was afloat in the air.

"I smell something fishy," said Lacus worriedly, looking up at Kira who had the same anxious playing upon his boyish features.

"It smells fishily sweet to me," said Kira, stepping forward and pushing open the room door, his hand flew to cover the lower half of his face as the pungent aroma grew stronger with each step they took into the bedroom.

"Athrun? Are you here? It's us, Lacus and Kira." Lacus called out, hand still covering his nose and mouth, just like Kira was doing.

There was no answer, and the bedroom was dead silent, the curtains were drawn making the atmosphere seem gloomy and spooky at the same time.

"It smells like chloroform gas in here. If it is, then Athrun might've been knocked cold out by it. But who would throw a can chloroform gas in here, and for what reason?" muttered Kira, walking cautiously into the bedroom.

Just as Kira looked over the other sideof Athrun's bed, he found the blue-haired co-ordinator, lying flat on his stomach, unconscious. There was blood flowing from the back of his head, and his forehead was bleeding badly.

"Oh my, dear lord, Athrun..." gasped Lacus, tears coming to her eyes as she saw the bloody sight of her former fiance, lying unconscious on the ground, what's mroe, she wasn't even sure if he was still alive.

Kira groped around Athrun's neck, searching for his pulse, and finally finding it. Athrun was still alive, but he needed medical attention immediately if he was going to make it.

"We've got to get help quickly! You stay here and watch him, I'll run back to the emdical unit for help!" instructed Kira springing into action and sprinting back down the corridor and turnign left to the medical unit where he burst in without warning, startling his fellow friends.

"KIRA YAMATO! HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF KNOCKING THE DOOR!" yelled Cagalli, who had been startled out of her wits when her brother had just burst into the unit like that.

"There's no time to knock and sashay in like a model! Athrun's hurt, and badly too!" yelled Kira, a line of three nurses followed by Dr. Ishida jogging out of the medical unit, their equipment in hand.

Cagalli's face turned deathly pale at Kira's last sentence, and immediately she sprang to her feet and darted out of the ward toward Athrun's room, Miriallia following suit. As much as Kyo wanted to tag along, she knew she couldn't, and Yzak would've stopped her anyway.

Cagalli darted into Athrun's room before coming to an abrupt halt by the foot of Athrun's bed, her eyes wide as teacups and her entire frame trembling at the sight. Miriallia gasped before supporting Cagalli on the back, as she looked as if she would collapse any second.

"Bad head injury, patient unconscious, assumingly knocked out by chloroform fumes! Bring him to the unit immediately and get him ready for surgery! Hurry!" exclaimed Dr. Ishida, following his fellow nurses as they wheeled Athrun out on a stretcher.

Kira, Lacus and Miriallia had to guide a stoned Cagalli back to the medical unit to wait, as the blonde Orb Princess looked as though she had never learnt to walk before. Kyo and Yzak were still by Kyo's bed, and Kyo was looking rather worried, and Yak was just looking anxious for his fellow friend.

Moments later, Dearka entered the unit looking frantic and worried. "I heard the news from one of the Orb management officials, how's Athrun? Oh yes, Lord Uzumi is on his way to investigate the scene now, but no one knows who did it."

"They're performing sugery on Athrun at the moment, but we're all praying he makes it." said Miriallia, looking on the verge of tears, as she whispered soothing words to Cagalli, who looked as pale as a sheet of unused white paper.

"Athrun! You can't leave me now! You said you'd die on the inside without me, so how can you leave me for good?" wailed Cagalli, falling to her knees on the floor, her weight bringing Miriallia along with her.

"It was Kisaka! He's the only one who hates me as much as he hates co-ordinators, only he would be cunning enough to do something like this!" wailed Cagalli, crying bitterly, her tears falling to the floor.

"Cagalli, we've got no evidence that Kisaka did this. Although I have to agree that only he would do something like this, if there's no evidence, we can't sentence him. Besides, for all you know, someone who was against Athrun here might have done it." said Kyo, her voice trembling as she sat on Yzak's lap on her bed.

Kyo snuggled in closer to Yzak, as she felt goosebumps form on her skin when the ar-con blew in their directions. The platinum blonde responded by wrapping his strong arms around her, and burying his face in her soft hair.

"I DON'T CARE ANYMORE! I WANT TO KILL MYSELF! MY LIFE'S OVER, IT'S NOT WORTH LIVING ON WITHOUT ATHRUN!" screamed Cagalli, pulling her hair as streams of tears ran down her cheeks.

"Cagalli, brace up! There's still a chance that Athrun might make it! If you kill yourself now, and he survives, he won't get to see you and neither will you get to see him! So hang in there, a candle of hope still burns for the both of you." said Lacus knowingly, kneeling down beside Cagalli and rubbing the distraught blonde's back.

A bout of nausea had engulfed Cagalli's entire body, and she felt like throwing up everything inside her, from her stomach to her intestines. The Orb Princess suddenly wretched, throwing up her stomach's contents, as Miriallia grabbed a box of tissues to clear up, and for once in his enitre born days, Kira actually took his sister in his arms and cradled her.

Cagalli clung on to her brother, crying uncontrollably into his chest as her hands grasped his arm, hugging it. Lacus looked worriedly down at Kira, who looked equally anxious and saddened by all that had happened.

Everything had happened all too fast, Kyo getting wounded, and was now recovering, each and every one of them finding someone to love, and now Athrun's casualty and Cagalli's wailing fits of depression.

Uzumi Nara Athha swerved tightly into the medical unit a few officials trailing along behind him. The Lion on Orb stopped before Kira, Cagalli, Lacus and Miriallia, who were either sitting or kneeling on the floor.

Tadoritsuku basho saemo wakaranai

Todoku to shinjite ima omoi wo

Hashiraseru yo

Katachi kaete yuku kokoro mo

Kono machi mo

Dakedo kienai negai ga aru

"The culprit has left nothing at the crime scene. Not even fingerprints, it seems that he or she was well prepared and plotted to make their plan foolproof." stated Lord Uzumi sighing and crouching down to see Cagalli eye to eye, as she sat cradled in her brother's lap. "I'm very sorry Cagalli, what happened was beyond my power. But rest assured I will find the culprit."

"It... was Kisaka. Every one... was at the meeting... except... except for him." stammered Cagalli, taking in jerky breaths of air as she stared helplessly up at her adoptive father, who looked absolutely sympathetic.

Chigau yume wo mite onaji sora

Nagameta ano hi chikatta

makenaikoto

Zutto futari kono te tsunagezuni

Umaretekita imi wo

Sagashiteta

"He's our prime suspect for now. Before we atteneded the meeting, Miss Cagalli and I saw him leaving in the lift to one of the lower storeys of the building, and Mr. Athrun's room is on one of the lower storeys. As much as it may seem coincidental, it's a fact that he was the only one not present at the meeting and that he does dislike Miss Cagalli." said Miriallia sternly, looking at Lord Uzumi.

"Yes, but like I have just mentioned, the culprit left no evidence. So we cannot just pinpoint anybody and blame them like that." said Lord Uzumi, his statement making perfect sense and logic.

"When I find the culprit I'll bash him to pulp. Whatever did Athrun do to him?" snarled Dearka, punching his fist into his palm and gritting his teeth.

"Dearka, violence is of no means to solve problems or a way to get revenge. Hurting the other party won't change what has happened." said Kyo knowingly, playing with Yzak's long fingers.

Tadoritsuku basho saemo wakaranai

Todoku to shinjite ima omoi wo

Hashiraseru yo

Ayamachi mo setsunasa mo koeru toki

Nagai ga hikari dakishimeru

Mirai wo yobisamashite

"I'm going to send word to Murrue at PLANTs to tell them what's happened. From there they can pass the news to Chairman Patrick Zala. As much as Chairman Zala hates the lot of us, he still has a right to know about Athrun's condition, he is after all, Athrun's father." said Lacus knowingly, borrowing a laptop from a nearby table, which she assumed belonged to Yzak as the platinum blonde nodded to her.

"There's only one way to find out if it really was Kisaka who did this. Go find him and interrogate him, he has nothing to fear if his conscience is clear." said Kira, tucking a few strands of hair behind Cagalli's ear, as she stood snuggled in his lap, her entire frame still trembling violently.

"As much as I don't want to say this, the first person who came to my mind when I was at the crime scene, was indeed, Kisaka, and I did send one two of my men to search for him, but it seems that he has fled Orb. He's no where in sight, and he didn't any trail either." sighed Lord Uzumi, reaching out and stroking his daughter's cheek.

"If he wasn't the one who did it, then why did he flee from here? I'm certain it's him," said Kyo, fidgetting slightly on Yzak's lap, and playing with the tiny hairs growing on his forearms, though she was careful not to pluck any of them out, or her platinum blonde boyfriend would make a big hoo-ha over it.

Dr. Ishida swerved out of one of the doors in the medical unit, and threw his blood-stained disposable gloves into a trash bin. Kira helped Cagalli to her feet as the others swarmed around the doctor, even Lacus, who had finished sending her email to Murrue.

"Ryuichi Ishida, Orb's most reknowned doctor, I trust you were able to save the young man's life?" asked Lord Uzumi, looking at Dr. Ishida anxiously, waiting for the answer both he and the others were hoping and wishing with all their hearts for.

Dr. Ishida nodded firmly, however, his face still held an apprehensive expression. "The young man is still alive. However, he may go into coma, and I'm afraid, he has lost his memory too. It seems like he was knocked out before being hit by something hard on the head. Although the odds of him waking up are equal to the odds of him going into a coma, his condition is still unstable." explained Dr. Ishida, looking sadly at Cagalli, who had silent tears rolling down her cheeks as she felt constant pain shoot through her chest.

"However, if he does wake up, he may not recognise any of you, but do not be put off my this. Talking to him about the past and explaining his condition to him may help him remember his past, and I advise those who were generally close to him to spend the most time with him." continued Dr. Ishida, looking especially at Cagalli, who just burst into a fit of noisy tears once more.

Athrun was wheeled out of the operating theatre minutes later, his head bound up and his left wrist bandaged, probably because it had fractured when he had tried to break his fall earlier on when he was attacked.

"Lord Uzumi, I have some friends who might be coming over to see Athrun? Can you grant them permission to enter Orb when they arrive?" asked Lacus politely, thought her voice was still shaking with worry.

"Rest assured I will, though I will have the security check them thoroughly." replied Lord Uzumi, smiling down at the pretty pink-headed girl, who held on to Kira's forearm.

Cagalli, Miriallia, Lacus and Kira remained by Athrun's bedside, whispering words to him as he remained unconscious. Of course Kyo and Yzak were present as Kyo was on the bed just beside Athrun, and Yzak wouldn't leave her either.

"Keep talking to him, he might be able to hear you. Just like me, I was able to hear things, but was just to weak to wake up." said Kyo softly, before turning to smile at Yzak, who had been the one talking to her. The redhead attempted to give the platinum blonde a peck on the cheek, however, the platinum blonde looked at her sharply, putting her off.

"Athrun, please come around, I feel so lost without you. If you can hear me please open your eyes and say so. Dr. Ishida says you've lost your memory, and even if you have I will make you remember me, and not only me but everyone else as well." whispered Cagalli, kneeling by his bed, and stroking his cheek and forehead, tucking his blue hair behind his ears.

Whether or not Athrun could hear her, Cagalli didn't know. However, she wished and hoped with all her heart that Athrun would come around.

A/N Ok, I have been cursing myself for making this happen to Athrun, but it's the plot! Poor Cagalli, I feel so sorry for her. The next chapter will come in with a burst of three new characters, can you guess who they are? Also, the song was"Realise" the "Everlasting Mix" by Nami Tamaki. Anyway, sorry for typo errors. Pls review!

In the next chapter: Since every patient is forced to draw the curtain around each of their beds at night, Cagalli and Miriallia remain with Athrun, while Yzak remains with Kyo. However, in the middle of the night Yzak has a nightmare about the two people he loves and cherishes most, Ezaria Jule and Kyo. Kyo wakes him up and looks worriedly at him and asks him what happened, and finally in the midst of being alone together, the duo finally kiss without regrets, and maybe go on to more than just kissing.In the morning, Lord Uzumi calls Cagalli to his office, and although she's reluctant to leave Athrun, Kyo, Miriallia and Lacus manage to persuade her to do so. However, when she returns to the medical unit, no one is in there with Athrun besides Lacus. However, Lacus seems to be acting a whole lot differently, and refuses to let Cagalli see Athrun. Even the others find it strange, what exactly is going on?