Yoru was very busy when the Eternal met up with the Archangel and Kusanagi. She was especially busy when Cagali found her and gave Yoru an ear full of her disappearance. It didn't hurt Yoru that Cagali was yelling at her, it made her feel loved.

Yoru had gotten to know Kira more and helped him upgrade the Freedom since its almost identical to Escalus. Kira was so fascinated about Escalus and how it was faster and slightly stronger than the Freedom.

Then there was Athrun. Athrun had disappeared from everyone and who could blame him. His own father shot him in the shoulder in pure rage about the Justice and the Freedom gundam.

Yoru was finishing up with the last programming of the Strike for Mu La Flaga.

"I know I have seen you somewhere but I can't place it." Mu said as he floated up to the cockpit of the strike.

"Try Heliopolis. I was with Cagali as her body guard for Uzumi-sama." Yoru said as she shut down the computer on the strike.

Mu gave Yoru a confused face as Yoru climbed out of the cockpit.

"I dyed my hair baka (idiot)." Yoru said flatly, "I had blue hair back then and now it's a deep purple. I will probably be changing my hair color once this battle is over with."

"Why?" Mu asked in curiosity.

"I have far more enemies than you do." Yoru said as she pushed off the gundam and floated in the air toward a door out of the hanger.

"I am sorry but I can not stay to chit chat, I am needed somewhere else." Yoru said with a smile and she neared the door.

Yoru knew Athrun would be somewhere on the Archangel probably over looking the Justice from an observation room.

Yoru floated through the halls and found Athrun where she thought she would find him.

"The last time I saw that expression was when Junis Seven was hit." Yoru said as she entered the room. Athrun didn't turn to her as he simply stared out through the window at his gundam.

"Have you ever felt like you were worthless because you didn't have the strength to fight back?" Athrun asked her.

"When my brother died and his gundam was stolen by Zaft. I felt as if was someone had broken me into." Yoru replied as she floated toward the glass window.

Athrun remained silent as he took in what she said.

"Yoshi always told me that you never truly lose the will to fight. Even when you are broken into pieces. As you lose the feeling to fight you find a new purpose to fight again." Yoru said soothingly to Athrun.

"I don't know what to think about my father. Fighting against him makes me for what he has done, but I don't want to murder him either." Athrun said to her.

Yoru looked toward the justice as she took in what Athrun said. It kind of made her sadden.

"I remember when I was little, my father was always working on new designs for Japan's military. I would ask him if he would go to the park with me. He would say yes but in the end it never happened. One day I went into his office at home and begged him to take me to the park. I begged so much that he yelled me at for disturbing him. I ran out of the house in tears to the park. Yoshi was so made at my father for yelling at me. Yoshi told my father that all I wanted was a father that would take the time to play with his daughter. My father never came looking for but Yoshi did. I never truly hated my father but it made me so angry." Yoru told Athrun.

Athrun was facing her as he listened intently to Yoru.

"You see Athrun, fathers do things that make their children so made but in the end you still love them in our hearts." Yoru said as she stared into his green eyes.

There was a long silence until Athrun threw his uninjured arm around Yoru.

"Thank you Yoruichi. I think I understand." He said to her.

Yoru felt her shirt was getting wet on her shoulder and knew instantly that Athrun was letting his tears show themselves.

"I am always here for you Athrun. We are still the friends we were when we were kids." Yoru said as she gently wrapped her arms around him.