Yua groans as something disturbs her sleep, swatting at whatever dared poke at her before rolling over in her bunk. Noin rolls her eyes. "Yua Fowler!", she yells just above her ear. In response, the girl sits up in shock, knocking heads with Noin. "Aw! What the heck Noin?" "Ugh, your head is as hard as a rock.", she says, rubbing her sore spot. "What did you wake me for?", Yua questions. "It's your turn to pilot." "Why didn't you say so?", Yua replies, getting from her seat which is quickly taken by Noin who closes her eyes to get some sleep.
Sinking into her new seat, Yua looks at their heading. "Winner satellite resource." It seems Noin wanted to go there to finish making adjustments to Quatre's suit as it isn't really equipped for space. Sighing, she looks out into the darkness of space thinking it looks so depressing at the moment.
Yua blinks as a figure takes the seat next to her. She is surprised to see Trowa there. "Hey Trowa, aren't you tired?", she asks unsure. She can't help but feel awkward, knowing how well she knows him, but to him she's a whole new person. "No, I feel like I've been sitting still for so long, that it left me with too much energy.", he responds. Yua nods. "Understandable." She continues her job until she notices she's being stared at. He quickly looks away when her eyes fleet towards his in curiosity.
"Something wrong?", Yua asks when he catches him looking again. He shakes his head. "Nothing is wrong. I'm just… trying to figure out…", he pauses. Yua looks at him softly, "You shouldn't force yourself." "I know." After a moment of silence, he speaks up again. "If it wasn't for you and Quatre, I don't think I ever would feel strong enough to start searching for my memories again. I would forever stayed afraid of what I would find. I guess I should thank you for that." Yua takes it in before saying, "Well, I'm glad I could help. I mean, that's what friends are for.", she tells him, making him smile a little of her acceptance. "Did we always get along?", he questions. She shrugs, "We had a bit of a rough start, but I would say we got along great. Like two peas in a pod." Trowa smiles again. She makes it easy to do so, so somehow he feels like what she's saying must be the truth.
The two kept each other company, talking occasionally without turning to a sensitive subject, until Noin and Quatre got up and joined them. Since they were just about to reach their destination, they all suited up. Suddenly they encountered a lot of debris, the remains of a recent battle.
"This is from the colony arming themselves. It was probably used as an OZ station as well and was attacked by the White Fang rebels. This is how battles turn out these days. This isn't unusual", Noin says with much distain. "It's been wiped out.", Trowa comments surprised as he analyzes the debris. "Is outer space headed in the wrong direction?", Quatre wonders to himself. "It was the former Alliance that brought the first weapons to outer space, then the former OZ made weapons in space. Romefeller oppressed and controlled the citizens. If everything happened sprung from the seed seeded by the Earth's organizations, including the uprising of the White Fang, then it's truly pathetic what men's intervention has led to.", Noin says. "So who would pick the buds sprouted from those seeds?", Trowa questions. "That is what miss Relena surrendered herself to Romefeller for and we must be the warriors that help to execute her plans.", Quatre says determinately. Yua nods in agreement.
Suddenly an alarm goes off in the cockpit. "Energy detected.", is all Noin can say before a blast skims past them. Yua grabs onto a seat before she falls over. "Who the heck was that?!", she shouts in alarm. "Our power source's been hit. They've attacked without confirming our id.", Noin says, still holding on. "OZ.", Quatre realizes. As the shuttle stabilizes, Yua looks around. "Where did Trowa go?" The other two look back in surprise before a signal tells them that a suit is departing from the docking bay. "I'm on it!", Yua tells them before running to the back of the shuttle. As she straps herself in, she can hear Quatre talking to him. "I think I remember what to do. I'm giving it a try.", Trowa says before clashing arms with the enemy.
Yua quickly manages to catch up with him and joins him in the fight. She is surprised to see how well Trowa is doing. He must be letting his fighter instincts guide him and it's working well for him. Thankful for that, Yua can concentrate on her own opponents that keep coming like there is no end. No matter how many she shoots down they just keep on coming, but she continues as she knows there will eventually be an end to it.
After a while she notices her suit running low on energy. Looking over, she sees that Trowa is in the same predicament, only he already ran out. Having nothing to defend himself with and at gunpoint, he seems to accept his faith when Quatre's suit suddenly knocks the other suit away. Instead of tumbling away, they seem to crash into something. Yua's eyes widen in surprise as another Gundam suit appears from the darkness. It quickly gets rid of the OZ suit. "You guys playing games with these brainless machines?", comes a familiar voice from the suit. "Duo? Is that you?", Yua questions. "You got it." Before more talk can be made, they are attacked again. Duo takes them on as he's the best suited pilot at the moment while Yua, Quatre and Noin get rid of those that slip passed him, which are few and it isn't long before all enemy suits are destroyed.
Skipping forward a bit. Duo decided to join them in their cause and it wasn't long after that, that they were contacted by Howard, a friend of Duo apparently. He offered them shelter in his spaceship and promised to help them in whatever way he can. Eventually they agreed to take him up on his offer for Duo said he could be trusted.
As her suit was being fixed and refueled, Yua thought it a great time to refuel herself. It's been a while since she had something decent to eat. While happily munching away one sandwich after the next, she looked up at the TV when a familiar face appeared on the screen, alerting her. It's the White Fang guy. The mess hall goes quiet as everyone listens closely.
"The space colonies had hoped to establish its right to self-govern in peace, but the earth has ruled over us with its military power. This was true for us in the time of the Alliance and OZ and its true for us now that the earth has formed the World Nation. The earth has been using the Gundams as their pawns. We had hoped to unify the people of outer space and the earth attacked us with the Gundams." As he says this, footage is shown of Wufei's Gundam as he is fighting against White Fang. Yua swallows hard, not liking where this is going.
"They are supporting the OZ space force. The OZ space force will soon be annihilated. As I speak a large fleet is headed out to attack and destroy them. Outer space belongs to us colony citizens." The screen now shows an attack on a number of shuttles and suits belonging to OZ and the Romefeller Foundation. They are whiped out in no time. Yua frowns at that. White Fang is being very aggressive. "When the space colonies become one, the only enemy of ours will be the earth. We have a righteous cause and we have welcomed a new leader that will help us fight for and realize our cause." Yua can't help but feel shocked when she sees Zechs without his mask on appearing on the screen. He joined the White Fang? "Earth and space, the two exist together and form a path of confrontation. My name is Milliardo Peacecraft. I declare that we will eliminate the earth force that conflicts with space.", he finishes before the broadcast is shut down. "Holy crap.", Yua whispers before running out of the mess hall to find the others.
When she found them in the hangar, she could tell they already heard the news. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Noin, knowing how much she cares for Zechs. Him switching sides must hurt her. "I guess they're going all out now.", Yua mutters as she takes her place with them. "This is insane.", Duo says, still shocked. Quatre turns to the girl next to him. "Yua, this could get really dangerous. Are you sure you still want to fight?", he questions, worry in his voice. "I'm sure Quatre, my objective hasn't changed.", I tell him before looking towards the two Gundams that are docked in the hangar. "I just hope that Heero and Wufei will join us soon though." He nods in agreement.
"Well, as much as this turn of event might turn out for the worse, you kids are not ready to go anywhere.", Howard says. "I suggest you just relax until we are finished. There is nothing you can do but wait." "I hate waiting.", Duo mumbles, kicking at the floor before sighing in defeat. They all know he's right though and eventually they all go their separate ways.
Later, Trowa blinks confused when he enters the mess hall as he sees Duo leaning over a sleeping Yua, completely unaware that she's being messed with as her head lays flat on the table in front of her. "What are you doing?", Trowa asks wearily. Duo quickly stands up straight to shush him, leaving his work visible to Trowa's eyes who could only gape, not believing that the other boy just did that to the sleeping girl. He doesn't know much about Yua at this point, but his gut tells him that Duo is taking his life in vain by taking out his boredom on her.
Duo grins as he pops the lid on the marker. "A masterpiece if I say so myself.", He says proudly as Noin walks into the room. The woman almost chokes on her drink that she was carrying, but tries to keep it quiet. "She's going to kill you!", she whispers harshly to the boy. "No way. This is Yua we're talking about, I'm sure she can take a joke. Right?", he asks, getting less confident with each sentence. Noin glances at Trowa who shrugs. How should he know? "I guess it would be a good idea to take some precautionary matters.", she says going for the kitchen.
After a moment she returns with a bowl of water and a clean cloth and gently places it near Yua before backing off quietly. "I suggest we get out of here. She's armed after all.", Noin suggests. Duo quirks a brow, "She doesn't carry a gun.", Duo states confused. "She doesn't need one.", Noin says as a matter of fact. "Now let's scram."
They were just gone before Yua yawns loudly before stretching. Her neck pops in protest of the angle it was left in before. She blinks at the bowl of water and cloth that stands close by, wondering what it's for. Looking around, she notices she's alone in the room, making her wonder what the time is. She glances outside at the endless sea of stars before getting up, wanting to find something useful to do, but wait…
Looking back at the window, her eyes don't return to the stars but at her own faint reflection. "What the…", she mumbles still sleepy as she walks closer. Her eyes widen as she recognizes the shapes of suns and flowers painted on her face. In shock, she wipes at her face with her hands before coming to the realization that their stuck there and a loud frustrated groan sounds throughout the room. "Who's bright idea was this?! I'm going to….", she starts, already thinking of ways to repay the person before she realizes that there is only one on this ship who would dare try to mess with her. An evil grin breaks out on her face, "Duo Maxwell, you won't know what hit you."