The Escalus was caught in a battle with a unknown gundam that seemed to know her every moves. It was a Zaft gundam that was similar to the Blitz gundam that was destroyed by the Strike months ago. It happened really fast. At first she was fighting E.A. and then Zaft appeared from behind and Yoru had to go entertain them. Then suddenly the look alike Blitz gundam appeared. Yoru was starting to struggle with the gundam buut she kept standing her ground.

"Why does the fighting style seem so familiar?" Yoru asked her self as she kept defending herself.

~FlashBack~

I will be the better student than you Yoruichi!" a girl about Yoru age yelled at her.

The girl had long green hair and slate blue eyes. Yoru was standing there by her gundam as she girl yelled at.

"Calm down Kettei." Yoru said trying not to attention.

"NO you are my rival." The girl said

"Fine if you're my rival then you're my friend." Yoru said with a smile.

~FlashBack~

"No it couldn't be her. She returned to the Plants to see her family." Yoru replied to her self.

"Kettei if that is you stop this now!" Yoru yelled into the audio channel she made.

"I thought it was you Yoruichi Kururugi. I told you are my rival and that I will defeat you." The voice on the other side said.

Yoru was in horror that it was Kettei.

"Kettei what are you doing fighting for Zaft?" Yoru asked as there was pause in their fight.

"What am I doing? Fighting the people who killed the one I loved with all my life." Kettei growled as the gundam she was using launched forward at her with a beam saber.

"Stop Kettei you don't want to do this!" Yoru yelled as she defended herself with Escalus's help.

"How can you say that? I want to do this. I want to kill the people who killed Nicole!" Kettei yelled through the audio Channel at Yoru.

"No you don't Kettei. We are best friends you and I. Remember how you declared me as you rival and I told you that you were my best friend.?" Yoru asked Yoru trying to take the offensive position.

"And I told you I would beat you." Kettei said with venom and her gundam disappeared.

"Damn it Kettei think about the friends you left behind in Japan." Yoru said to KEttei as she had Escalus stay still.

"What friends?" KEttei asked.

"WATASHI WA ANATA GA BAKA(ME YOU IDIOT)!" Yoru yelled.

"You?" KEttei asked as she suddenly appeared leaving a norrow time frame to defend herself.

"Yes me. It was me who was your friend. The night you left to go to the Plants to see you family was a sad day because I missed you so much." Yoru explained as she took the offensive position and used her beam saber to cut through Yoru's gundam's arm.

"Don't make laugh. You probably happy that I left." Kettei retorted back," I will take revenge back on the naturals for killing Nicole by using this gundam, Revenge." Kettei said before retreating.

"Kettei…" Yoru said as she headed back to the other see if everyone is okay.

Yoru was on the bridge of the Eternal listening to commander Waltfeld bark orders while she just floated.

Kira had passed out from exhaustion, which didn't surprise her. So Lacus was with Kira while Yoru took care of Lacus's spot while she was away.

"Hey you okay Yoru?" Waltfeld asked her.

"Yea I'm I just need to go think about somethings." Yoru said exiting the bridge.

Yoru headed for the hanger where the Escalus was at with the Freedom and Justice.

Once she was at the hanger she just floated there and stared at the Escalus.

"Know your enemy, know his sword." Yoru said to herself.

"Now that one I know. Miyamoto Musashi." A voice behind her said.

"Yes Athrun. That saying has been seen today." Yoru said calmly knowing she was talking about Kettei.

"Where?" he asked.

"Do you know Kettei Hanasa?" Yoru asked.

"Yea, she joined the team I was one in Zaft about a year ago." Athrun replied, "How do you know her?"

There was a silence as Yoru started to tremble in fear.

"She was my friend in Japan and left to visit her family a year ago." Yoru replied.

"You fought against her didn't you?"

"Yes, she was like me when I lost my brother. I hated Zaft so much. If I was a natural I would have probably joined the E.A. but since I am a coordinator I had to hate from a distance. I was so mad that he was taken from like Nicole was taken from you and Kettei." Yoru explained.

Athrun was dead silent not knowing what to say due to Yoru pointing out the fact about Nicole.

Athrun could remember KEttei so broken when Nicole was killed.

"She was never the same after Nicole's death." Athrun said to Yoru.

"I know and now I have to reach for in the darkness she has surrounded herself in and bring her into the light." Yoru said she turned to Athrun with a sad smile.

"Do you want me to help you?" He asked her.

"No thank you. This is something I have to do by myself just like you having to face your father again." Yoru said to him.

"Yes but that is something I can not do by myself." He said as his eyes showed a hint of sadness.

"Then I will help you since I somewhat have to face him since what happened ten years ago with my family." Yoru ssaid as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Thank you Yoru." Athrun said to her.