Summary: A few years post UBS, no one's madogou is destroyed, and Tokiya is given custody of a little sister he never knew he had. A reunion with his former teammates makes him realize he's got a lot to be thankful for. ToFuu.
Heart's Treasures
Chapter 1: To My Brother I Go
The subway train moved smoothly towards its destination. A loud blare over the speaker system woke a little girl of seven from her nap. She bolted upright and perked up her ears to whatever it was the speaker was blasting out.
"WE ARE ARRIVING SHORTLY AT TOKYO CITY SUBWAY STATION."
The little girl clambered onto her seat and reached up onto the luggage rack for her large suitcase. It refused to budge despite her tugging. Panting exasperatedly, she gave it one big yank and down came little girl, suitcase and all.
Laughter erupted around the pitiful sight on the floor: a large suitcase with legs poking out from under it.
"You shouldn't be traveling alone, dear." A lady her late thirties came over and helped the little girl up. "Where are your parents?"
A look of sadness crossed the face of the questionee. It disappeared after a second.
"They're dead." She answered, as she pulled a backpack from under her seat and slung it on.
The lady was about to say something apologetic but the little girl gave her a smile before she started to lug her suitcase towards the door of the already slowing down subway train.
The train finally came to a stop. The little girl alighted and dragged her old suitcase behind her, regretting the fact that she turned down her mentor's offer of buying her a pull-along trolley for it.
Despite the difficulty that her luggage was giving her, she found it strangely comforting. Going slowly would prolong the inevitable moment of meeting him. Looking around, she spotted an empty bench and made her way towards it.
As soon as she put her luggage on the bench, she fished an envelope out of her pocket and removed a photograph from it. A photograph of a teenager with long silvery – black hair and ice – blue eyes. He looked like a younger version of her father.
A name was written at the back of the photograph:
Tokiya Mikagami
"This is your brother." Her mentor, Megumi Kyoza had explained to her a few weeks ago. "He's the nearest blood relative the court could trace and they gave him custody over you since he's already of legal age."
"I have an older brother?" she had asked back then, shocked that her parents never told her.
"Yes. And an older sister too. But she's…. also dead, like your parents."
"Does this mean I can't stay with you?"
"Oh, sweetie, I wish you could, but the custody hearing was very insistent on you going to live with your brother. You're all each other has now. And don't worry, he doesn't know that he has a little sister. This will be a shock for him too. The court said they'll be informing him as soon as possible so they can make the arrangements for you to go live with him."
Her thoughts were interrupted by an old man who was clearing his throat. She looked at him questioningly and realized what he meant. Her suitcase and knapsack took up most of the space on the bench. The rest of the space was where she was standing. She blushed and mumbled an apology as she hopped down and removed her suitcase from the bench and placed it on the floor.
The man gave her a snooty look and sat down on the cleared space.
The little girl shook her head and began to scan the crowd for the person in the photograph she was holding, reminding herself to take a good look at every long haired, male teenager around her.
After about fifteen minutes of double-checking every long haired, male teenager she could see, she sighed and plopped down on the bench, putting her chin in her hands. She let her eyes wander over to the people moving up and down the escalator.
A certain figure caught her eye...
He was looking over at her too, with an unreadable expression.
She reached into her inner jacket pocket and gave her Ensui a quick grip for luck. She scooped up her backpack and picked up her large suitcase.
After a few deep breaths, she made her way towards her brother.