Ch. 18:Sorrow

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED nor Destiny.

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"CAGALLI!" Lacus screamed as she saw her falling from the handles of the stairway.

"CAGALLI!" Athrun and Kira exclaimed as they just entered the room, only to see Cagalli falling about 50 ft. in the air.

"…goodbye…" Arisa muttered as she saw her fall.

'Is this…the end?'

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Cagalli thought it was the end, Kira, Lacus, Athrun-no one can save her. But…there was one person who could, but she wasn't answering her.

"Stellar…I'm sorry…" Cagalli muttered as she knew that she wouldn't be able to complete their mission. Cagalli was ready to die, until…

Void

"What?" Cagalli felt like she was absorbed into something. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw that she was in a void of white. There was nothing and no sound; she was alone.

"Hello?" Cagalli called out, her voice echoed; but there was no response.

'Am I dead…?' she thought as she kneeled down. 'I can't be! This can't be over!'

'You're not dead.' answered a girl's voice in a comforting tone.

"Who's there?" Cagalli demanded as she quickly stood up and looked around, only to find no one.

'Was I gone that long?' the voice giggled.

Cagalli's eyes widened, she finally knew who the person was. "Stellar?"

'About time! I thought you forgot about me completely!' Stellar laughed.

"Where are you?"

'I'm right here.'

A flash of light came from behind Cagalli. She felt someone behind her, it was Stellar. They were back to back, hands laced together.

"I'm…still alive?" Cagalli questioned as she tightened her grip on Stellar's hand.

"Of course you are. I saved you in time," Stellar replied as she loosened the grip a bit.

"But…how did you save me? I thought you were gone for good after the incident." Cagalli muttered sadly.

"Please, as if the intruder can get rid of me quickly!" Stellar laughed.

"Yeah…" Cagalli chuckled weakly.

"Cagalli, don't feel so sad. I'm still here, so you haven't failed me yet!"

"But…I'm being defeated by this weird girl!" Cagalli exclaimed. "And I've been wounded! There is no way that I could fight her in this condition."

Blood dripped from Cagalli stomach. She clenched it in pain; trying to stop it from bleeding-but it was pointless.

"Cagalli, you won't die from that wound." Stellar assured as she kneeled down and touched the floor. In a flash, they were in the middle of the ocean. "Cagalli, wash your wound with the water."

Cagalli did what she was told and cupped her hands, reaching for the water. She winced in pain a bit, but a blue aura covered her stomach and the wound was gone.

"What?" Cagalli exclaimed as she felt no pain. Even the scratch on her uniform was gone.

"See? You're better already!" Stellar smiled as the water faded away.

"Stellar, what do you want me to do?" Cagalli asked as she tried to reach for her hand, (they are still back to back).

"Don't worry about that. Right now, I want you to destroy Arisa."

"Destroy her?" Cagalli exclaimed. She has never destroyed anyone before!

"She is a pawn of the darkness." Stellar reasoned.

"But…she's in the air! I can't fly!"

"Don't worry about that." Stellar smiled. "Right now, we have to destroy her."

"But…" Cagalli turned her head to face her, but a flash blocked her.

End

When Cagalli opened her eyes, she saw that she was still falling. She has just spoken to Stellar, and she said that she was going to be alright.

"Stellar…you better be right!"

'Don't worry! Just close your eyes…' Stellar instructed. Cagalli did what she was told. She felt a pain in her back that eventually disappeared. She didn't feel herself falling…in fact…she was floating in the air! Cagalli looked back and saw angel like wings behind her. She gasped in amazement.

"Cagalli…has wings!" Lacus exclaimed as she looked below the balcony; only to find Cagalli flying in the air.

"NO! My sister is dead and now she's an angel! She's going to heaven and leaving me all alone!" cried Kira. Athrun hit him on the head.

"NO! Cagalli just had wings! She ain't dead!" Athrun shouted. Kira wiped a tear off his eyes.

"Really?"

Athrun nodded.

"If you say so…but how did Cagalli get wings?" Kira asked in confusion.

'Stellar…' said a voice within.

"Shinn, is that you?" Kira asked.

'Of course! Stellar just used her power to create wings for Cagalli.' Shinn said rather bitterly, but his voice softened up a bit.

"Stellar…she's a wonder." Kira sighed.

"You're going down!" Cagalli screamed as she flew up. Her wings were surrounded in a blue aura as she flew up. She then summoned too blades from her wrist and slammed right into Arisa. Arisa groaned in pain as she was thrown right into the wall.

"Kira. I want you to get Mwu and Murrue out of here." Cagalli demanded. Kira nodded and grabbed Murrue- along with Mwu who was still in the closet- to another room.

"I'll stay here and watch over Cagalli!" Lacus said as Kira and Athrun nodded. The two boys and teachers ran out.

'Cagall…please be careful.' Lacus prayed.

"Damn…she's too strong!" Arisa groaned as she clenched onto her wounded shoulder. "I'll have to take her on outside." Arisa then opened a portal and entered it, Cagalli then flew in and followed.

"They're gone!" Lacus exclaimed as she tried to look for them, but no one was there.

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"Uh-oh," Rau muttered as he looked up at the ceiling. Rey walked closer to him in curiosity. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"They're coming." Rau answered as he opened a secret door next to his bookcase.

"Who's coming?"

"Cagalli and Arisa."

Rey's eyes widened, "Where are they going?"

Rau shrugged. Obviously he didn't know, but he had a good feeling of where they would be. "I'm guessing Arisa is taking Cagalli to where she was created."

Rey didn't reply. He could care less of what would happen- either Arisa or Cagalli, or maybe both would die, Arisa was just a weapon; and Cagalli was the enemy.

"I think I'll see Cagalli after the battle." Rau grinned as he gave a thoughtful look.

"Why do you want to do that?" Rey asked.

"No reason really."

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"C'mon! I know you're out there somewhere!" Cagalli screamed. She was in a dark room; in other words, she was lost.

"We're playing a game." Arisa teased. Cagalli looked around the room, but she couldn't find anyone. "What do you mean?"

"It's called 'Hide and Seek'." Arisa pointed out as she clutched her doll tighter.

Cagalli growled, "I have no time for games!" What the heck is up with this girl?

"I just wanna play…" Arisa whined. Cagalli could hear small sobs coming out of nowhere.

'Stop playing games and just kill her already!' the doll screamed as it's eyes glowed red.

"But…"

'Do it! Or you'll never get your wish from Rau!'

Arisa took a deep breath and nodded. Her eyes glowed red as she spread her arms out and summoned two large shurikens. "Say goodbye…"

'At this rate…I'll never find her!' Cagalli thought as she rubbed her head in frustration.

'Cagalli…I feel something coming.' sensed Stellar as Cagalli felt she was behind her.

"What is it?"

'I think it's…CAGALLI! LOOK OUT!'

Cagalli felt Stellar disappear as she turned around, only to see a shuriken flying at her. The wings appeared again and Cagalli flew back.

"Where did that come from?" Cagalli exclaimed as she summoned to blades to her hand. She looked up and saw another shuriken flying at her-- so she flew back. Arisa swooped down and summoned them both to her hands. She gave Cagalli a deadly glare. "It's about time for you to go, Stellar!" she yelled.

"What?" Cagalli sounded astonished as she heard Arisa call out Stellar's name.

Arisa came flying at her with the two shurikens. She threw one at Cagalli; who was too surprised to move. The shuriken hit a part of Cagalli's wings. Cagalli knew she heard someone wince in pain.

"Stellar, are you alright?" Cagalli asked.

'Y-yeah…just a cut, that's all…' Stellar assured. Cagalli nodded as she launched as Arisa with the blades.

Arisa jumped back and threw her weapon at Cagalli again--who swiftly dodged it and launched at Arisa. The blade cut her on the shoulder. Arisa winced in pain as she clutched it and flew down to the floor. Cagalli launched at her again and cut a side of her waist; since Arisa didn't have her shurikens to protect her. The doll flew out of a small bag Arisa had on the side. She gasped.

"What the?" Cagalli exclaimed as she flew down and grabbed the doll. She looked at it for a while, then her eyes widened in shock…the doll looked just like Arisa! 'That's must be what's controlling her!' Stellar informed. 'Quick Cagalli, destroy it!'

Cagalli nodded as she flew back and grabbed a shuriken on the floor. She held it up, ready to cut the doll. Arisa noticed and warped to her. "Stay away from her!" she screamed as she grabbed one of her weapons on the ground and prepared to launch it to Cagalli. Cagalli made haste and cut the doll in half. The shuriken was near Cagalli's head, then stopped. Arisa's eyes widened as she felt dark ashes falling from her body.

"No…" she whimpered as she pushed Cagalli away and held the broken doll--the doll that held her freedom. "My…wish will…never come true…" she cried as she held it tight to her.

"Arisa…" Cagalli whispered in pity as she watched her fall into pieces. 'It's alright Cagalli' you did the right thing. At least she's free from the enemy.'

Arisa looked up at Cagalli with sorrow in her eyes. She then closed them as she fell face down to the floor and the dark smoke took her body. In a few seconds, she was gone.

"Stellar, let's go." Cagalli said as she felt Stellar nodding. She was about to escape through a portal that Arisa left open, until someone stopped her.

"Tsk, tsk. Poor Arisa, it's such a shame that you had to finish her off that way."

Cagalli turned around and saw Rau standing where Arisa faded.

"Mr. Rau?" Cagalli exclaimed as she grabbed a shuriken on the floor.

"Cagalli, you would hurt one of your teachers?" Rau asked in a sad tone.

"I knew something was wrong the moment a met you!" Cagalli shrieked as she held the weapon up to defend herself if Rau was planning on an attack.

Rau pouted, "Whatever. I just wanted to know how you handled Arisa, that's all."

"I highly doubt that."

Rau shrugged, "Suit yourself." he then warped away.

"Wait!" Cagalli shouted; but he was gone.

"Cagalli?" shouted a voice. Cagalli turned around and saw Kira running towards her.

"I'm so glad that you're okay! I thought you were a goner!" he cried as he hugged her. Cagalli blushed a bit, then smiled. "I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Stellar!"

Her eyes then widened, "Stellar!"

She hasn't heard her speak in a while. She only nodded as if she was in pain. Cagalli hoped that nothing happened to her.

"C'mon! The portal Lacus opened might close soon!" Kira said to snap Cagalli out of her thoughts.

"Portal?"

"That's how I got here."

Cagalli nodded. "Alright. Maybe I can speak to Stellar on the other side."

END CHAPTER

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A/n: Sorry if this chapter was a bit late. I had to study for finals! XP….it really sucks, lol. For some reason, it was a bit hard for me to write this chapter…maybe because of the action scenes. Anyways, review please!

Thank you:

Tetsuni

IYGU

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and Kiheada for reviewing the last chapter!