A/N:
At first I want to thank to Destinies Entwined. She is my beta-reader and without her this story wouldn't be published. She is very nice person and she has awesome stories and you must read them. She also inspired the title of the story. Thanks, Bri!:D:D:D
I want to tell that this isn't only Hei/Amber story and there is a couple of more pairings so... Misaki/Hei's fans shouldn't loose hope:D:D:D
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In a small town in England a teenage woman, with long green hair and Amber eyes, walked down the streets, carrying an infant in her arms. Wearing blue pants and a red coat, the young woman walked slowly, holding her baby in her arms, cradling him.
The fake stars shone over the town on the midnight blue sky. The streets were almost empty and that made the town a calm place. There were only few young couples, who were laughing as they walked by.
The little baby woke up and started crying, which made the woman to stop and cradled him.
"Shhh." The woman whispered. "It's ok. It's ok."
The baby calmed down and stopped crying from the woman's warm hug and then raised his little hands at her. She smiled and caught one of his little arms. The baby wrapped his little fingers around her index finger and looked at her orange eyes.
The woman continued on until she arrived at a white church. She stood in front of it and looked at the baby again, as a tear fell from her left eye. She wiped away her tear with her hand and entered the church .
The place was spacious and there was an altar at the bottom. The woman walked down the aisle between two rows of pews and headed to the altar.
As she did, a nun dressed in traditional garb and looking to be in her thirties, walked over to her.
"May I help you?" The nun asked kindly.
"Yes." The woman answered. "Can I ask you something very important?"
"I will help you with anything I can, dear."
"I want to give you my baby." The woman continued. "Can you find him a good family to live with?"
"Oh, my dear child," the nun started slowly. "I can, but why?"
"Because…" The young woman started to reply , as tears began falling from her orange eyes. "I-I can't take care of him."
"Of course you can take care of him," the nun said. "You don't need to fear ."
"I-It isn't that. It's just that…I would be putting him in big danger ."
The nun looked at her strangely. She wondered what the woman was talking about and how she could put him in danger.. To her, the woman seemed to be in her early twenties. Maybe she was getting pregnant from some unknown man and then her parents threatened her to give up the child for adoption. However, that wasn't her business and she just wanted to help the woman.
"Alright." The nun finally agreed . "I'll help you with everything I can."
"Thank you."
"So," continued the nun. "Is there anything that you want to give him?"
"Yes." The woman answered and gave to the nun a letter. "Please, if he finds out anything about me; give him the letter."
"Alright. I'll leave you two alone for a while."
The green-haired woman nodded, as the nun headed to a little room and entered. The woman sat on a bench and looked at her baby. He was awake and smiled at her. The fact that that were her last moment with her broke her heart on a million pieces. She closed her eyes and held back her tears.
After a few seconds the church's door opened to reveal a young couple. They entered and walked down the aisle, through the pews. The woman had long red hair, green eyes and she was dressed in purple shirt and white pants. She had a ring on her finger and she seemed a little sad. The man had short brown hair, green eyes and she was dressed in black jacket and black pants. They looked around their late twenties and they obviously were married.
As they approached the green-haired woman, the red-haired woman stopped and looked at the baby. She noticed that the woman with the baby was very sad. Suddenly a thought crossed her mind. She came closer to her and complimented the child.
"What a beautiful baby."
"Thank you."
"Is it a boy?"
The green-haired woman nodded.
"Are….you here to give up the baby for adoption?"
The orange-eyed woman looked at her quizzically and finally replied, "Yes."
"Why?"
"I don't want to reveal that." The woman answered. "Why do you ask?"
"Look…. my husband and I….we want to have child, but I can't get pregnant." The red-haired woman said hesitantly. "Can we….adopt him?"
The green-haired woman looked at her and thought for a second. If she gave them her son she was going to be sure that he will be in a nice family. Besides, the eyes of the red-haired woman seemed to be filled with hope.
"Alright," said the green-haired woman and took a last picture of her son.
She put the baby in the woman's hands, as tears threatened to fall once again . The man sat next to his wife and stared at the baby.
"How can we repay you , miss?" The red-haired woman inquired .
"Take good care of him." The woman answered and stood up to walked out.
"Does he have a name?" The husband asked, stopping her momentarily.
The woman paused , turned around and replied , "Drew."
She exited the church, closing the door behind her. The young couple looked at the baby and started playing with him.
The nun showed up from the little room and looked down at the baby in the woman's arms . She looked around for the green-haired woman and asked, "Where did the other young woman go ?"
"She handed us her son and left." The red-haired woman answered, while playing with the baby's tiny fingers.
"She gave me a letter," said the nun, as she approached the couple. "She wanted her son to read it when he's grown up. I will give it to you to hold onto."
"Don't give it us now," the man requeste . "Keep it safe here. When the time comes, we'll look for you."
"As you wish."
Eighteen years after Izanami:
On top of a rundown building in Tokyo, there stood an orange-haired man. He had green eyes and was dressed in official black suit. He also held a little bag containing folders. The orange-haired man looked at the illuminated landscape and wondered what the city's future would be after a couple of years.
He shook the thought from his mind and concentrated on his main mission. He had to meet with one of the most famous contractors and to give him information for some unknown Contractors. He heard steps behind him and turned around to see a black-haired man in a black coat and mask that was marked with a purple lightning bolt on the eye.
"Are you Hei?" the green-eyed man inquired
"Yes," answered the masked contractor and looked at the man's bag. "Do you have the information I need?"
The orange hair man nodded and approached Hei, opening his bag.
"The two contractors you are following aren't from any organization," The man informed Hei as he gave him two yellow folder. "I don't know what their mission is, but I guess they want to attract attention and hope to be hired by some organization."
"Sounds logical," Hei said, taking the folders.
"I don't know either their real or code names, but I have pictures of them," continued the man. "Their powers and payments are also unknown."
"Do you know anything about the cases in which they are involved?"
"Yes." The man answered. "They are robbing small stores, but they don't use their powers. They are also involved in the murders of high-ranking members of the Syndicate. There are many other cases, as well, but the police don't have enough information. This is everything I know."
Hei took a little white envelope with money in it from his coat and gave it to the orange-haired man. He quickly put the envelope in his bag. Suddenly Hei heard noise from the emergency stairs and turned toward them.
"Nobody move!" A brown-haired woman yelled and pointed her gun at Hei. "Put your hands up and turn around slowly!"
The woman had brown eyes and she wore glasses. She was dressed in a blue pantsuit with her hair tied back in a ponytail. Her hair was a little faded, but her face was beautiful. Behind her appeared a dozen cops in uniforms with their guns pointed at the both men.
Hei looked at them and started planning his next moves. There wasn't any way to get out from there without being hurt or killed. If he turned on the police he would be tortured for information and probably killed at the end. Or even worse; he was going to fall into the Syndicate's hands.
The woman in the blue suit gave the signal to the other cops to approach their targets. Suddenly Hei dropped a smoke bomb on the ground, making the cops cough from the white smoke.
Some of them raised their guns to shoot at their targets.
"Stop!" ordered the woman in the blue suit, but the men in uniforms ignored her.
They continued shooting for a few more seconds and then finally stopped. The man with the orange hair was dead, but the masked man was gone.
"Impossible!" Yelled the woman in the blue suit, as she looked around for any traces of the masked man. "Check the area!"
The uniformed officers started searching the area carefully. The woman went over to the dead body and check for any pulse, but she didn't find anything . She was furious that the other cops didn't perform her order, but she was going to yell at them later.
"Chief!" Yelled a fat man with gray hair, as he ran toward the woman . "Are you alright, Chief?"
"Saitou," said the woman as she turned to him. "I'm alright. Don't be so dramatic."
"Eh," replied Saitou, while smiling. "I'm not dramatic. I just…eh, never mind. What happened here, Kirihara?"
"I was just going to capture BK201, but he dropped a smoke bomb and some of the men started shooting. BK201 got away and the other man was killed."
"That isn't good."
"I know," replied Kirihara. She then looked at her uniformed men. "Any traces of him?"
"No, chief," one of them answered.
"Keep searching," she ordered, and then turned to Saitou . "Where are Kouno and Otsuka?"
"At the HQ ."
"Let's go."
Kirihara and Saitou went down stairs and reached their cars. They got into Kirihara's blue Porsche, Saitou taking the passenger seat, and drove away.
Kirihara thought about the missed opportunity to catch BK201. She was so close to catching him, but her team had failed her. She frowned, and Saitou had noticed.
"Is there something wrong, Chief?" He asked.
"No." She lied.
"Eh, you are lying."
"You got me." Misaki confessed. "I'm just thinking about BK201. He always manages to escape before we can catch him."
"Don't worry, Chief. Some day we will succeed."
"Isn't it little weird?" She questioned. "Eighteen years ago he killed Izanami and he had no activity since then. And now he appears again. Why?"
"I don't know, Chief."
They reached the police station in minutes and started writing a report about what had happened.
Hei entered in his apartment. The place was small, but comfortable. It had a little bathroom, bedroom and kitchen with table, chairs and TV. Hei entered in his bedroom and started dressing in his usual outfit; white shirt and blue jeans. He put his Black Reaper's clothes in the closet and left his knives and mask under the bed.
He went in his kitchen and started cooking a late dinner. He made a couple of soups and few other meals and put them on the table to eat. He turned on his TV and watched the news while he at .
"This evening around 10pm in Shinjuku Okubo, there was reported activity of BK201. It only lasted for a couple of seconds. We asked the police for information, but they refused to comment. Our sources claim that he had to meet with ex-policeman."
He turned off the news and continued eating. He was sick of the news. Because they always exaggerated, like they did just now, with his activity. He wasn't using his powers; he just dropped a smoke bomb to distract the cops and he succeeded.
When he finished his food he put the empty dishes in the sink and came back to the table. He opened one of the two yellow folders that the man gave him and started reading through it. There was a picture of young girl with blue eyes and brown hair. Her face sharply, but also beautiful. He continued read and found out that the girl was sixteen-years-old. He cursed because there wasn't anything else.
Hei opened the other folder to see a boy with black hair like his and light blue eyes. His face were similar with the girl's. He thought that the boy was trying to look like him so he could be famous. Hei continued to read and found out that the boy was twenty four-years-old and nothing else.
He needed more information on them, because he thought that they could be working for someone who is trying to destroy the Syndicate. If they really did; he was going to join them with pleasure.
However, he left the folders on the table with a sigh, and went to bed.
Later in the night, in a temple, a blue-eyed boy and girl sat on a bench while looking at the city. The girl had brown hair and blue eyes and she was dressed in black pants and purple tunic. The boy had black hair, blue eyes and he was dressed in black pants and black jacket.
"Tomorrow we will start our plan, Lith." The boy said. " Do you agree?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure you can do this?" The boy questioned. "We don't really know what happened back then."
"I'm sure, Drew," the girl replied . "She will pay for all these years."
"Ok."
Lith looked at the stars, thought for a second and then asked, "Did he do the same like me?"
"What?"
"Did he look at the stars?"
"I don't know," Drew answered. "Probably."
After a couple of minutes Lith looked at him and asked, "Do you love me?"
"Of course I love you," he assured her with a hug. "You are my little sister."
"Are we going to win?" She questioned.
"Yes," Drew answered. "We have the double power. We are more powerful than everybody else."
"We just need to stick together," Lith concluded with a smile.
"That is right." He said and returned her with smile.
Lith closed her eyes to relax in her brother's arms. She loved him so much. He was so loving and cared for her all the time; and she tried to return the same kindness. She would never let him die.
Drew looked at her like he could read her thoughts. She was so young and innocent; especially when she was sad. He didn't want to see her sad, but with the current circumstances sometime it couldn't be helped. When that happened he usually took her to the zoo or some amusement park.
"What a nice picture," said a female voice in front of them.
"And hello to you, too." Drew said, as he stood up.
"I was just kidding," said the woman with green hair and orange eyes, as she smiled.
She wore black jeans and white shirt with short sleeves. The woman approached them and asked, "Are we going to start our plan soon?"
"Yes." Lith answered.
"Fine." The woman replied. "I don't want you to hurt anyone, is that clear?"
"Yes." Drew said.
"Hei thinks that you are trying to look like him so you can be famous, Drew." The woman said. "He has no idea what is going on."
"Better for him." Drew added, a little teased by the woman's first sentence.
"Did you learn how to use your power together?" The woman questioned.
"We did." Lith answered.
The woman took a little part of glass and gave it to Drew.
"That will help you." She said.
"We don't need more power," replied the boy. "You are the one who needs more power."
"Don't worry about me." The woman answered. "I should go. Goodbye, Lith. Goodbye, Drew."
"Goodbye, Amber." Lith said.
Drew came up to her, hugged her and said, "Goodbye, mom."
Amber highlighted blue and disappeared.
The siblings left the temple and headed back to their apartment.