Trusted Hearts


Chapter One: The Mission




"Did you call me, sir?" a woman asked as she opened the door.

"Yes, Mira," he told her, "Come on in."

The woman did as she was told. She entered the large room and looked around her. Beautiful paintings were hanging on the wall and a red carpet was on the floor. The fire inside the chimney was on and it gave a warm feeling as she passed it. In the middle of the room, there was only a large desk, where the man waited for her to come.

"Here." he handed her some files, where she took it, looking surprised.

Once she opened it, she saw a picture where three boys were standing. She narrowed an eyebrow and looked closer.

On the left side of the picture, there was a boy with brown hair. He had a gun in his left hand and another one, but much bigger in his right hand. Next to him stood a blond haired boy, he was a bit smaller than the first one. In his hand, he held an arch and it looked like he was preparing for battle. In the right side of the picture, a boy with blond spiky hair stood ready with his sword. He was taller than the other one.

The woman narrowed her eyebrow again.

"Who are they?" she asked, looking at the picture, then to him.

"These are the peoples we're searching for." he told her with his heavy voice.

"Why them? What's so special about these boys?" she asked, looking back at the picture again.

"They have something unique." the man said, "Something unnatural."

The woman looked at him surprised "You mean... They have it too?" she said slowly.

The man nodded, "The boy with brown hair is Taichi, he's almost 18 years old, he's an expert in guns and other lots of heavy weapons. Next to him, stands Takeru, he can beat his enemies from afar.... But the other one...is very special..."

"The one who's holding a sword?" Mira asked.

The man nodded again, "He's not just only an expert in swords, but he's also good at fighting skills. I've seen him in battle before and he never lost a single one. His moves are so strange..." he explained to her.

"So what do you want from them?" the woman asked, looking at him.

"They must cooperate with us."

"And what if they don't want to?"

"Then will use the hard way."

"Who're you going to take for this mission?"

"I think I will acquire Mimi and Sora to do that."

"But why them," Mira said in disbelief, "They already have a mission today "

"Let Hikari and Miyako handle it." he told her sternly.

"Yes sir!"

And with that, she walked off.


***


"Yeah! I won again!" Sora yelled cheerfully.

"That's not fair..." Hikari complained to her.

"Yeah, I agree with Hikari," Miyako told her, "You're probably cheating Sora."

"Of course not!" Sora yelled in defence, "Let me proof it. Okay let it be a 6-5!"

She throwed the dice in the air and once it stopped turning, it stopped on the numbers 6-5. Hikari and Miyako glared at her.

"That was only pure luck" Miyako said, handing her the money they had bet earlier.

"Hey quiet you girls!" Mira yelled as she entered the room, "What's going on in here?"

"We were just playing" Sora told her, hiding her money on a safe place.

"Or rather gambling" Hikari replied and started to giggle.

"Look, we don't have time for jokes," Mira yelled with a serious voice, "We have a mission to accomplish! Hikari, Miyako, you go to Mr. Hirotashi, he will tell you your next mission. And you Sora and Mimi...," she then stopped talking and looked around the room, "... Where's Mimi?" she asked.

"Oh, she's been training in the Challenge Room" Hikari explained her.

"She's been there for almost three hours now" Sora replied sighing.

"I'll better go check on her. You come with me, Sora."

Sora nodded her head and followed her from behind. They walked inside a long hallway, when they suddenly stopped. Mira opened the door and saw Koushiro sitting in front of different computers; they were in the Computer Room. Inside the Computer Room, you could see anything what's happening in the headquarters.

"Hello, Koushiro," Mira greeted him as she entered inside with Sora behind her.

"Oh. Hello Ms. Hanya," Koushiro greeted, "If you're looking for Mimi, she's been there for many hours now." he said, pointing towards a large window.

Mira and Sora walked towards the window and looked down. Mimi was sweating; she had been jumping, running and battling for three hours.

"Pff...," she said puffing. "What was I thinking to take on the Ultimate Level?" she asked to herself.

As a Monster approach towards her direction, Mimi pulled out her sword. She waited till he came closer and closer....and closer, till she jumped high above him and slashed him in a few seconds...

"Okay, that's enough, Mimi" a voice called out.

"Huh?" the Monster disappeared and the Room came back to normal.

"Mira, Sora!" she cried out as she left the room and walked to the Computer Room.

"So how was your training? Pretty hard isn't it?" Sora asked.

Mimi nodded, "I never thought the Ultimate Level would be so hard."

"You can discuss this later, you guys. You two have an important mission to accomplish" Mira told them.

The two girls were silent and Koushiro was listening to what Mira was talking about.

"This mission is not like the others," Mira started "You have to bring three peoples to our headquarters."

"Three? Who are they? " Mimi asked.

"And why us?" Sora demanded.

"Because you've been selected by Mr.Hirotashi. The three peoples you will bring here are boys. Here's a picture of them," she handed them he picture she saw in the room earlier together with Mr. Hirotashi.

"So that's them?" Sora asked, looking closer to the picture.

"What's so special about them?" Koushiro asked who's getting interested.

"They are like you."

"You mean..."

Mira nodded; "Now if they don't want to come with you, you two know what to do?" she said winking to them.

Sora and Mimi smiled, "Okay" and they both walked outside the Computer Room.


***


"Say...Yamato," Taichi asked as he was walking behind. "When do we get there?" he complained, putting his arms around his head.

"For the last time, Taichi! We'll be there soon enough, just stop complaining!" Yamato yelled at him.

"You said that an hour ago. Don't you think we're lost?"

"Maybe. But so what. We don't need to hurry?"

"Yeah… We don't have any place to go…" Taichi sighed.

Suddenly, noises came out of the bushes. They stopped talking and listened to the sound.

"Did you heard that?" Yamato asked as he pulled his sword up.

"Yeah..." Taichi said as he loaded his gun and waited.

Then a bush made a heavy noise, causing them to jump over it, with there weapons ready.

"SSTTTOOPP!!!" a blond boy shouted out.

" Takeru?" Yamato asked, "What are you doing inside the bushes?"

"I just wanted to scare you guys" Takeru told them, grinning.

"Well don't do it again..." Taichi warned him as he turned around, "If you ever do that again, I swear I w-w ….. Aaaahhh!!" Taichi cried out.

A monster stood in front of him, without knowing it. His sharp teeth are ready to take a bite from one of the three boys. But before they could attack, he vanished...

"What the...." Yamato couldn't finish his sentence when he saw what's standing in front of him.

Two girls were standing there with a grin on there faces. The one with orange hair had a gun in her hand, where she fired the Monster behind his back.

"We finally found them"


***


"Hmmm... So they found out..." a dark and sinister voice talked, "Send some monsters in there!" he commanded.

"Yes Sir!" a female's voice answered.


~°TBC…


 Aoi Tenshi