Homecoming

by ShadowSteel18

Part of the 5th Anniversary Celebration: It's has only been a few weeks since Saito and Louise have come to Japan in the hopes have finally having some peace and quite, but sometime life isn't that easy. Everything from a Mysterious Girl with Superhuman powers to a new threat to the world they had just left, Adventure seems to always find them. (Rating and Story-Type may change)

1. There is No Learning Curve

Chapter 1: There Is No Learning Curve

Author's Note: Hey guys. I know that It's been awhile since I have either updated or publised a new Anime fan-fic, but today we are dealing with a new prequel to the next fan-fic. This particualr fan-fic is based in another one of my fan-fics, "The Evolution of Haruhi Suzumiya". Though it's still being worked on this prequel is supposed to set things up for one of the many sequels to "The Evolution of Haruhi Suzumiya". This means that "Homecoming" is only going to be a maximum of 10 to 15 Chapters. Hopefully by this time "The Evolution of Haruhi Suzumiya" would reach a point where I can start working on the sequel.

Naturally there will be a few references to "The Evloution of Haruhi Suzumiya" (Some of which are still a ways off), but the bulk of these references are mainly from the anime and manga of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". There are also going to be a lot of references to the anime "Zero no Tsukaima" (A.K.A. "Familiar of Zero" in the US). In fact this is the first time that I have based one of my fan-fic on the anime rather than the manga. Much like with "Closing the Gap" I will explain this in a video on my YouTube Channel.

Oh! On a side note, the name of this chapter has a bit of a hidden reference. I will reveal this reference in the next chapter.

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It had only been a few weeks since Saito and Louise came to live on Earth. Since then Saito and Louise had been trying to adjust to living in a modern world. For the most part Saito had kept both his return and Louise's appearance a secret. The only people that knew he had returned was his mother and father. In fact he had little choice but to explain to his parents that he had married Louise as well as become a hero in another world. Even though his mother seemed to believe him to an extent his father was an entirely different matter.

His father had severed in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and didn't tend to joke around. What's more was that he was still close with a United States Air Force Pilot who was stationed at the Misawa Air Base, so he was still very much involved with the military. It also didn't help that Louise couldn't speak any Japanese, but instead a language that to most people on Earth seemed to be made up made things a little harder. Every time Saito would translate for her his father would start to get fairly pissed off. As a result Satio didn't want to tell anyone else that he had come back until Louise could speak Japanese. However Saito knew that there was a major obstacle that he was going to have to deal with sooner or later.

After only a few weeks of living in Japan, Louise started to practice her magic. Unfortunately because natural mana on Earth was almost non-existence it was very hard for her. She knew she had to be extremely careful because if she failed to cast a spell there would be a massive explosion. Back on her world of Halkeginia this wasn't a problem as magic was a normal part of people's lives. However on Earth she was the only mage on there.

One day while she was practicing a simple transmutation spell she was suddenly jumped from one of Saito's neighbors. "Hey! Whatcha ya up to?" the girl asked. With in a matter of seconds Louise lost concentration and as a result there was a massive explosion. Saito as well as his mother and father rushed outside to see what had happened. As the smoke cleared they could see that Louise's clothes were singed, but nothing seemed to be damaged. Saito quickly rushed over to Louise and asked her if she was okay. However another voice quickly turned his attention away from her. "Wow... Was that a bolt of lightning?"

He whipped his head toward the sound of the voice and could see that a young girl his age was just as singed as Louise. "Maeko!?" he exclaimed. Louise looked over to the young girl. She had short black hair, light blue eyes, and a prominent fang-like tooth in the left side of her mouth. In fact for Louise the girl looked a lot like Siesta in a lot of ways.

Maeko climbed over the fence and dropped into Saito's backyard. "Heya! It's been awhile," she said. Louise looked over to Saito then over to Maeko. "Do you know her Saito?" she asked. Naturally Louise was speaking Halkeginian which was a bit of a problem for Maeko. However Saito could still understand her perfectly. "Yeah she is an old childhood friend Maeko Sasaki. She lives next door," he said.

It was at this point that everyone heard a knock at the door. They then heard a voice calling out to them. "Hey! Is everyone alright?" the voice called out. Saito's father quickly rushed to the front door. He then opened it and allowed the person inside. They then rushed back to the backyard. It turned out that the voice was of the US Air Force Pilot that Saito's father was good friends with. He simply took one look at the situation and just smiled. "To be honest I was expecting something a lot worse," he said.

Saito, Louise, and Maeko all looked over to the US pilot. They were a little surprised by him but for different reasons. "Uh... Hey Mathew, what are you doing here?" Saito asked. Meanwhile Maeko was more surprised by the fact that Mathew was in the area at all. After all the air base he was usually stationed at was at the far north of Japan. Louise on the other hand was surprised to see a man in a military uniform. To her just the sight of a solider was a bit of a worry. After all she had thought that Earth was a peaceful planet, and the fact that there was a solider usually meant that there was a threat of war.

It was quickly becoming apparent that Saito was going to have to explain in detail what had happened. Everyone started to gather in the living room, prepared to listen to Saito. Louise went upstairs to go change while Maeko simply wiped off the soot from her face. Once everyone had gotten comfortable Saito began to explain what was going on. He first introduced Louise to both Maeko and Mathew and told them that she was from a world called Halkeginia. He then told them that the reason he had been gone for a year was because he had been summoned as Louise's familiar. He explained to the two of them how he and Lousie were regarded as heroes in the world of Halkeginia, as well as how he eventually married Louise.

After he finished explaining everything he ended up getting two responses that he wasn't expecting. The first one to respond was Mathew. He just started to laugh quietly to himself, which shocked Saito and his father. "This is nothing new for me," he said. "To be honest this isn't even the craziest thing I've been involved it." The look on Saito's face said it all. The fact that Mathew seemed to think that this was normal was shocking. "What do you mean?" Saito's father asked. Mathew smiled as he began to explain, rather cryptically, why he wasn't surprised. "You may not know this but for the past four years I have been involved with a segment of the US Armed Forces called the S.O.U. So stuff like this is almost an everyday thing," he said.

Suddenly Maeko jumped into the fray. With a sly smile on her face she looked over to Saito and said, "You know... Am-Chan isn't going be happy about this." Saito rolled his eyes as he shook his head. However Louise pulled his arm and asked him who this "Am-Chan" was. Once again she was speaking Halkeginian so no one other than Saito could understand her. "Maeko is referring to a friend of mine. Am-Chan is a nickname, her real name is Rebecca White," he said.

Mathew then started to speak up again. "It sounds like she is speaking a bastardized version of French," he said. He then looked over to Louise and began to try and speak to her. "Do you understand what I am saying right now," he asked. He was speaking full on French hoping that Louise would understand just a little bit. "AH! You can speak our language!" Louise exclaimed.

Saito looked over to Mathew. He was a bit surprised by this development. After all ever since Louise failed to cast her silencing spell on him one year earlier he was the only one who could properly understand her. "You are actually speaking a bastardized version of French, so it isn't that hard for me to understand you," Mathew said. He then turned Saito's father. He was a bit confused on why he wasn't able to understand Louise one bit. His answer was pretty blunt. "It was because I never learned French when I joined the JASDF," he said.

Mathew then turned back to Louise. "You know you might end up being good friends with another girl I know. After all she is into all that strange and mysterious stuff," he said. It was at this point that Saito's mother who had been fairly silent the entire time interjected. "She and Saito will be attending North High soon," she said. Mathew turned to Saito's mother and smiled. He then said that he would see to it that Louise would be taken care of when she started attending. "Well that's cryptic," Saito said. Mathew laughed it off and said that it was all apart of the S.O.U.

He then started to make his way toward the door with Saito's father accompanying him. As they reached the door Mathew leaned in toward Saito's father and whispered something to him. "What Saito said is true. Louise is from another world called Halkeginia. But by the sound of it she is the first one to come here willingly," he said. He then left the house, leaving little doubt in Saito's father's mind that he knew more than what he was letting on.

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After Mathew had left Saito, Louise, and Maeko were all sitting in Saito's room. Louise was trying her best to get to know Maeko, but because she could speak any Japanese just yet it was still very difficult for her. What's more Maeko didn't know any other languages other than Japanese so she would have to rely of Saito to translate for her. "So you are from another world, huh?" Maeko asked. After Saito repeated the question Louise responded. "Uh... Yes, I am from the country of Tristain," she said. Once again Saito relaid the information to Maeko. However before Maeko could ask another question Louise leaned over to Saito and said, "You know Saito, she looks a lot like Siesta."

Naturally Maeko was a little curious on what Louise said. When she asked Saito about it he began to scratch his head. "Well, it is just that you seem to remind Louise of a friend of ours back on Tristain," he said. Maeko was made even more curious about this mystery person. She quickly asked Saito who it was, however she was not expecting the answer that he gave her.

"Well, her name is Siesta. She is a maid back on Tristain. She says that she came from a world with one moon, though I am not sure if that is true," Saito explained. Maeko was pretty confused by the term "one moon". It was only when Saito explained that in the world of Halkeginia there were two moons in the sky did the term make any sense. However it was what Saito said next that nearly threw Maeko over the edge. "Though sometimes I wonder if her great grandfather was from this world. After all his grave stone was written in Kanji. Plus her great grandfather had an old Zero fighter," he said.

This caught Maeko's attention. "What do you mean?" she asked. Saito could see that Maeko was a little unnerved by his statement. However he couldn't figure out why. "Well Siesta's great grandfather had what many people on Tristain called the Dragon's Raiment. What it actually was an old A6M2 Zero with the Kanji for Dragon written on the front cowl," he said. Suddenly Maeko shot straight up. Her fist was clenched and her eyes were covered by her hair.

"LIAR! THERE IS NO WAY HE WAS THERE!" she shouted. She then stormed out of the room. Saito and Louise were stunned. In a split second Maeko's cheerful personality disappeared. They had no idea what had happened. All they knew was that something they said made her upset. "What do you think that was about?" Louise asked. Saito shrugged and shook his head. "I don't know, but I am going to find out," he said.

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Saito quickly rushed out the door and was heading to Maeko's house when he heard another familiar voice. "Saito!? Is that you?" Saito turned to the direction of the voice and could see a young girl with long hazel brown hair and pale blue eyes. "Uh... Hey Rebecca," he said. Saito could tell that the girl was stunned to see him. "When did you get back?" the girl asked. Saito looked back toward Maeko's house then back toward the girl. "Can we talk later? I have to clear up something with Maeko," he said.

Saito then tried to head over Maeko's house but then the girl grabbed his arm. "Like hell you are! Just where the hell have you been?" she shouted. It was at this point that Louise stepped out to see what was going on. What she was a little strange to her. "Saito who is that?" she asked. Both the girl and Saito looked over to Louise. The let go of Saito's arm and Saito introduced the two of them to each other. "Louise this is Rebecca. Rebecca this Louise," he said.

Suddenly both Saito and Louise noticed that Rebecca was starting to back away from the two of them. "No... How... How did you get here?" she asked. Saito and Louise looked at each other, a little confused on what Rebecca was talking about. "She is a member of the Vallière family isn't she," she said. Saito stumbled backwards in shock. After all he hadn't told her Louise's full name. "How did you know..." Rebecca clenched her fist then slapped Saito across the face. She then stood over him and shouted, "Asshole!" After that she stormed off.

Louise helped Saito back to his feet, confused on what was going on. Neither of them knew what happened. However for Saito the fact that Rebecca knew Louise's last name was a big red flag. He turned to Louise and asked her, "Hey, you are the only member of your family to come to my world, right?" Louise gave him a skeptical look. She had no idea what Saito was trying to say. When she asked him why it even mattered the answer Saito gave her was a bit of a surprise. "It's because Rebecca knew your family's last name," he said.

Louise thought about it for a few seconds before she shook her head and said that she was the only member of the Vallière family to travel to Earth. She then turned her attention to Maeko's house. She was more concerned about Maeko than she was for someone she barely knew at that point. "Do you think that we can still apologize to her now?" she asked. Saito shook his head. "It's getting late already. Well have to apologize tomorrow," he said. "Though I would still like to figure out why everyone was so out of it today." Louise nodded her head and suggested that the four of them hang out together.

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The next morning Saito, Louise, Maeko, and Rebecca decided to meet up at Akihabara. It was a way to both show Louise the Otaku Culture as well as get to know Maeko and Rebecca a little more. As they walked down the main street Saito decided to ask Maeko about her outburst the previous night. Maeko glanced over to Saito then turned her head away. "You know what you did," she said. Saito just rolled his eyes. He knew that she was trying to get him to do something that he would later regret.

Knowing that she would end up talking to him later, Saito then turned his attention to Rebecca. The entire time they had been together she had been keeping her distance from Louise. It was pretty obvious that she didn't like her for one reason or another. The question was why. "So... Rebecca? You knew Louise's last name, right?" he asked. Rebecca stopped in her tracks and turned to face Saito. "Yeah... What about it?" she asked.

Saito could see that she was very annoyed by his questioning. After all it almost seemed to be a personal thing for her. The look in her eyes seemed to bore a hole through his head as her pale blue eyes seemed to show very little life in them. Louise on the other hand could see that Rebecca was a bit angry at Saito. The cold stare alone seemed to cause Saito to freeze. "Just what do you have against Saito!?" she shouted.

Rebecca turned to Louise and actually responded to her. "I don't have a problem with him. I have a problem with you and your family," she said. Both Saito and Maeko were shocked by this. Mainly because Rebecca had spoken full on Halkeginian. The only person who was unfazed by this was Louise. In fact she continued like nothing had happened. "What do you mean by that? I am the first one within my family to even come her," she said. Rebecca clenched her fist and shook her head. Saito could see that Rebecca's body was starting to shake as she started to become more and more pissed off.

"It's obvious that you don't know the first thing about your own family!" Rebecca shouted. "After all my great grandmother was a member of the Vallière Family and she came here well before you did!" Louise and Saito looked at each other in shock. They had thought that Louise was the only mage on Earth. So the fact the another member of the Vallière Family had managed to travel to Earth a full three generations prior to Louise was a bit of a shock to say the least.

"Do you know what her name was?" Saito asked. Rebecca turned to face him, but the look she gave him sent chills down his spine. "If you must know, jackass, her name was Anastase de La Vallière," she said. She turned back to Louise keeping the same glare that she had give Saito. "My great grandmother was trying to get out of an arranged marriage, but when she finally escaped she was disowned by her family. We've had to struggle to survive for the past 90 years all because of the both the Vallière family and the Anhalt-Zerbst family," she said.

As soon as she said that Louise immediately started to laugh. This took Rebecca off guard as she had no idea why she was suddenly laughing at her statement. It was only after Saito explained to her that Louise's biggest rivals at Tristain Magical Academy was a member of the Anhalt-Zerbst family that she realized why she was laughing. For once Rebecca could see that Louise wasn't so much different to her, and to some respect she could even see her as a sister. For the first time that day Rebecca finally cracked a smile.

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As the four of them continued to explore Akihabara Louise and Rebecca started to talk about what life was like in the modern world. Rebecca explained to Louise that Japan was very different to the "Western World" and the even she had yet to get adjusted to life in Japan. It was right at this point that Maeko pointed to a large crowd of people. "What's going on over there?" Louise asked. Rebecca rolled her eyes and looked over to Saito. "It's probably a cosplayer," he said. Suddenly Maeko made a beeline for the crowd, camera in hand. Both Saito and Rebecca groaned and shook their heads. "I guess we're gonna have to go after her," Rebecca said. Saito nodded and the three of them started to brave the crowd.

"Jeez, why does she always have to do this crap," Rebecca said. Saito shrugged and looked over to Louise. He wanted to make sure that she was doing alright and that she was sticking close to him. To his surprise she seemed to be extremely excited. He couldn't help but smile as he watched her. "It kinda reminds me of my first time to Akihabara," Rebecca chuckled.

"Yeah I remember that. That was the first time the three of us got to know each other," Saito said.

It was at this point that they could see Maeko trying to make her way back to them. She was waving her camera around as she pushed through the crowd. "You guys won't believe this!" she shouted. "There is an amazing maid cosplay going on over there!" Saito rolled his eyes and turned to Rebecca who shrugged. However neither one of them realized that Louise had gotten away from them. It wasn't until Maeko ask where she was that they realized that she had disappeared.

"Maybe she went to the front of the crowd to see the cosplayer," Maeko said. The three of them all agreed and tried to make their way to the front. But before they could even get there they started to notice that the crowd getting more restless. Then Saito heard Louise's voice. She was trying to disperse the crowd for some reason, however he could hear that she was starting to desperate.

Without hesitation Saito rushed to Louise, shoving anyone who was in his way. Rebecca and Maeko saw this and realized that something was wrong. The two of them looked at each other and knew that whatever was going on was somewhat serious. However once they got to the front of the crowd all three of them were a bit shocked. In front of them was a young maid with Louise standing in front of her in a protective manner. "What the heck is she doing?" Maeko asked.

"Siesta!" Saito shouted. He then rushed over and stood by Louise. He then started to help with dispersing the crowd. In a commanding fashion Saito started to shout at the crowd, even going so far as to take a fighting stance. Seeing this Rebecca realized that the maid was someone Saito and Louise knew personally. She quickly made her way beside Saito and Louise. "Someone you know from your time away?" she asked in a sarcastic manner. Saito chuckled and nodded. "What was your first clue?" he asked.

The two of them quickly made short work of the crowd as they shouted at them and waved them off. As soon as they were gone Saito and Rebecca turned their attention to the maid. The maid looked up at Saito and without warning hugged him. While she was hugging him Louise decided to hug the maid in response. This in turn cause Saito to fall backwards and hit the ground. "I am so glad I found you Saito," the maid said.

She was speaking in the same Halkeginian language that Louise tended to speak. Because of this Maeko had no idea what she was saying. However Rebecca could understand just a little bit. Even though she could speak the Halkeginian language she was still learn quite a bit of it. There were still a few things that she needed help with.

"Honestly Saito, what were you doing there for the past year?" she asked. She was speaking Halkeginian so she could get the attention of the maid who was in the middle of a human sandwich. Rebecca reached her hand out to help the three of them back to their feet. The maid looked up to Rebecca and took her hand. She then turned to Saito and asked him who Rebecca was. Saito turned to Rebecca as she rolled her eyes.

"My name is Rebecca White," she said. The maid began to smile as she introduced herself. "It is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Siesta," she said. She then turned to Saito and asked where she was. Saito looked around trying to figure out what to say, but before he could Rebecca chimed in. "You are in Akihabara. It's a shopping district in Japan," she said.

Siesta looked around the city, her eye wide with wonder. While she was looking around Maeko walked over to Saito and asked him what was going on. Saito looked over to Louise. He knew that it was going to be a problem Maeko couldn't understand Louise or anyone from Halkeginia for that matter. He then asked Louise if it was possible to use the same spell that she had used on him to help Maeko understand her. Rebecca heard this exchange and asked him what he had meant by it.

"Well when I first came to Halkeginia I wasn't able to understand a word that anyone said," Saito said. It was then that Louise jumped in and finished explaining the story. "Naturally Saito was in a panic and wouldn't shut the hell up, so I tried to cast a Silencing spell on him," she added.

"Then did it wear off?" Rebecca asked. Saito shook his head. He then explained that Louise had messed up the incantations and as a result failed to cast the spell. "Instead of casting a Silencing spell I ended casting a spell that allowed Saito to understand the Halkeginian language," Louise said.

"So you want her to try and recreate that?" Rebecca asked. It was obvious by the look on her face that Rebecca wasn't happy about the idea. However Saito had no idea why. He knew that if Louise did recreate the events that allowed him to understand the Halkeginian language would result in an explosion, but he assumed that Rebecca didn't know this. "I rather you not purposely fail at saying the incantations," she said.

Louise started to glare at Rebecca. She was starting to get the impression the Rebecca thought she knew better than her. "Well, considering that I am the only mage here, I think that you have no real say in the matter," she said. Rebecca just rolled her eyes. She then walked over to Louise and took her wand. "You have no idea, do you?" she said. "Keep in mind that I am a part of your family, and I won't be taking crap from a Nobel who has never set foot onto a world like this!" Louise could see that Rebecca was one not to be pushed around, but she still felt like she knew better than her. Especially when it came to magic.

Saito on the other hand was starting to realize that Rebecca was speaking from experience. He could see that she was speaking from the heart, that she had a reason to keep Louise from casting her spells in public. "I may not have been here for very long, but I am the only mage here!" Louise yelled. Saito quickly stepped in at this point. He stepped in between the two girls before they could start tearing each other's throats out. "That's enough from both of you!" he shouted.

Louise quickly backed down, but Rebecca just started to ramp up even further. "This doesn't involve you Saito! So stay out of this!" she yelled. Saito stood his ground, hoping that Rebecca would calm down. After all he knew that Louise would get mad she would suddenly cause an explosion. He wasn't entirely sure whether or not the same thing would happen to Rebecca, but he was hoping that it wouldn't. "I am just trying to keep you guys from killing each other," he said.

"That's not the problem!" Rebecca shouted. By now she was on the verge of tears. Everyone could hear her voice as it started to break apart. "You have no idea just how hard it is not to have anywhere to go! Not to have any friends!" she shouted. Finally she then turned away from both Saito and Louise and started to walk away.

It was at this point that they heard another voice call out to them. "Rebecca! Is that you?!" The five of them looked toward the direction of the voice and could see a man who looked to be in his mid 20s or so. He had short brown hair with dark brown eyes. He was a little over six foot and was wearing a graphic tee-shirt with a locomotive on the front of it. Upon see this man Rebecca was immediately taken aback by his appearance. "Andrew? What are you doing here in Japan?" sh asked.

The young man smiled as he started to laugh. "To be honest I wasn't actually expecting to see you here in Akihabara," he said. Rebecca simply clenched her fist. It was obvious to Saito and Louise that Rebecca knew this man personally and that she wasn't fond of him. But there was a reason for this. "Seriously, why are you here?" Rebecca asked.

"What? I can't enjoy myself in Japan with my wife and kids?" Andrew asked sarcastically. This statement shocked Rebecca. However no one else other than Rebecca and Andrew knew why. When Saito asked her who Andrew was she gave a frustrated sigh and told them that Andrew was her cousin from her dad's side of the family. When they heard this both Saito and Maeko were thrown for a loop. They simply looked at each other in shock. This actually infuriated Rebecca as she never wanted to talk about her past.

She turned to Andrew and started to glare at him. She then sighed and rolled her eyes. "Why don't we go somewhere to talk," Andrew said. Almost immediately Maeko jumped in and made a suggestion on where they should go. "I know a prefect place for us to go an eat!" she exclaimed.

"Before we go anywhere we need to cast that spell to allow you to understand Louise and Siesta," Saito said. As soon as he said this he looked over to Rebecca. He knew that she was still a bit angry over this decision. However what happened next was a bit of a shock to him. "Let me cast it then. I don't want an explosion on our hands," she said.

In quick succession she took Louise's wand and started to mouth the incantations of some sort of spell. It was only then that Saito and Louise realized why she had gotten so upset. "Wait! Your a mage?!" Saito exclaimed. Rebecca looked over at him and shook her head. It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about what or who she was. Saito could see from the look on her face that she was very ashamed of the fact that she was a mage.

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A few minutes later Saito and the other made their way through Akihabara to a small Maid Cafe. In fact it was the very place that Maeko had suggested. However for Rebecca she viewed it as an insult to Siesta, who she knew was a real maid. Thankfully Siesta didn't seem to mind. In fact both Louise and Siesta kept looking on with wonder as they walked through Akihabara. For Saito it was simply another Maid Cafe that Maeko had dragged him to during a trip to Akihabara.

Andrew was the only one who seemed to have no feelings what-so-ever about being at the cafe. This was a little odd for Rebecca as she knew that her cousin was a big Otaku when it came to anime. When she asked why he didn't seem to care Andrew looked at her and started to laugh. "It's mainly because my wife cosplayed quite a bit in High School. Mostly against her will though," he said.

Rebecca and Saito looked at each other with confusion. Things were made only more confusing when Andrew commented about the High School itself. Maeko quickly asked what High School Andrew's wife attended and the answer that he gave them shocked them all. "Oh. My wife attended North High. It was the leader of the club she was in that usually forced these costumes on her," he said.

The fact the he had mentioned North High shocked everyone at the table. After all the four of them were going to be attending North High in a few weeks. "In fact this will be the fifth year we've been married," Andrew said. Rebecca suddenly jumped up from her chair. The look on her face suggested that she had no idea that her cousin had been married for five years. For her is was pretty shocking as she had only been in Japan for three years.

"So you were married when that happened?" Rebecca asked. Andrew nodded. The look on his face turned from a cheerful appearance to one of seriousness. It was obvious that he knew something. "My wife was told about by both the Bureau and the S.O.U. seconds after it happened," he said. Saito was shocked to hear the term "S.O.U." used for the second time in a matter of hours. "What exactly is this 'S.O.U.'? I have heard the name before from an Air Force Pilot name Mathew, but I have no idea what it is," he said.

Andrew turned to him and started to chuckle. He then took a deep breath and started to explain what he could. "The 'S.O.U.' is a secret branch of the US Armed Forces that deals with the paranormal. Their full name is the 'Special Operations Unit Paranormal Division' and they work on the same level as a group here in Japan called 'The SOS Brigade'. My wife was a part of this brigade and in turn I was added to the 'S.O.U.'," Andrew said.

Saito turned to Maeko and asked her if she knew about this "SOS Brigade". To everyone's surprise Maeko nodded. "Yeah I think so. I think Sakura talked about it back when I met her," she said. "Though she kept saying it was a High School Club." Andrew nodded and explained that the "SOS Brigade" did start off as a High School Club at North High, but that it grew from there.

Suddenly Andrew got a call on his cellphone. As he looked at the caller id his face changed drastically. When he picked up the phone, asking the person on the other end what was going on. It was only then that Saito noticed the look on Rebecca's face as she looked on her phone. The color seemed to drain from her face. "It looks like I have to go," Andrew said. He then turned to looked at Rebecca and could see that she knew what had happened.

As Andrew left he said one last thing to Rebecca. "Rebecca, just remember, I am here," he said. He then left the cafe, leaving the Saito, Maeko, Louise, and Siesta to wonder what was going on. And when Saito asked Rebecca what just happened, she looked him straight in the eyes and said, "We need to go to Halkeginia."

To be continued...

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Author's Note: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Don't worry I won't leave you guys hanging for long, but hopefully I did managed to get you attention.