1: Crossed Paths
Geelong, Australia
Jack Rygan was sitting on a wall, talking with his friends. "Ok guys, so all of us except Joseph are going on the Japan trip tomorrow?" Jack asked, confirming his doubts. Richard nodded. "I'm going to Japan!" Richard said, his still unbroken voice squeaking. Matt laughed. "Richard, your voice needs to break, you still sound like a very tomboyish girl." Matt joked. Richard went red. "I'll get you in the public baths in Japan, just you wait." Richard threatened. Matt looked at Jack, ignoring Richard's threat. "Yeah, I'm going." Matt replied. Jack nodded. The tallest of the group of friends, Jake, nodded his reply. The blonde of the group, Alex grinned. "Yes, I'm going." Alex said, his blonde hair blowing easily in the wind. Jack nodded. "Right, that settles it," he began, jumping off the brick wall. He walked up behind Joseph and put his hand on Joseph's shoulder. Joseph raised an eyebrow. "Joseph, don't have too much fun without us." Jack said, letting go of his friend. Joseph grinned. "Whatever Jack, I just hope the plane you're on doesn't crash and you all fall to your deaths." Joseph joked. The group of boys laughed at Joseph's joke. "You should come up with better jokes while we're gone as well." Richard said, giggling like a girl. The group of 15 and 16 year olds decided that they should head home to pack. Alex watched as his older brother pulled up in their new Land Rover. "Cya tomorrow guys." Alex said, waving as he entered his car. Joseph got on his bike and began to ride to his place, waving at his mates. Richard got on his bike and rode off as well. Jack sighed. "It'll be a long 3 weeks without the whole gang." Jack mentioned as Matt left. Jake looked at Jack. "Catch you later mate, gotta start walking." The giant youth mentioned, walking off. Jack waved and began to walk back to his own home…
New York
Peter Petrelli read Ando's email, his eyes flicking back and forth as he read.
Peter,
I'm in Tokyo, and Hiro is nowhere to be found. Is he with you guys?
Yours,
Ando
P.S. I have his sword in my care
Peter shook his head, as if Ando could see his movement. Peter turned to Micah. "Thanks for telling me Micah, you did good." Peter said, ruffling the young boys hair. He quickly typed a reply, and hit the send button. DL looked at Peter. "Do you have any idea of what we should do next?" DL asked, deciding that Peter should be their unofficial leader, for the time being. Peter shook his head. "Not a clue, we have no urgent matters, except for finding Hiro." Peter replied. Matt Parkman nodded his agreement. "He's right, I remember seeing Hiro get flung into a building and teleporting away at the last second. But I was too wounded to be sure then." Matt mentioned. Noah Bennet sighed. "Hiro could be anywhere, anytime right now, we can't search for him, it's too hard, we would only find him by fluke." Noah said. Niki nodded her agreement to Noah. "If Hiro is still alive, then he'll find his own way back." She said. Molly Walker broke into tears. The assembled group looked at her. "What's wrong?" Claire asked, walking over to the young girl and hugging her. Molly sobbed. "The bogeyman knows where I am, he wants to hurt us!" Molly wailed. Mohinder looked at the girl with sympathy. He had no idea what she was going through, but he could imagine it was terrible. "Molly, we'll deal with the Bogeyman when he comes, and when he does, we'll protect you." Mohinder promised the young girl. Peter nodded. "We'll do our best, when we know how we can beat him." Peter said, worried that if Molly thought this guy was worse than Sylar, how could they possibly beat this, 'Bogeyman'?
Unknown Location
The 'bogeyman' as he was referred to, looked at the data screen in the laboratory. A scientist walked past him. The scientist stopped. "You want to kill them already, don't you Hunter?" The man asked. Hunter looked at the scientist. "It's how you made me doc." Hunter replied, a sadistic grin on his face. The scientist shrugged. "Well, you have to wait until Subject 2 has filled up his DNA sequence with powers first. Oh, and remember Hunter, call me Rowan." Rowan answered. Hunter nodded at the doctor. "He has three powers left to absorb, then his DNA sequence is complete." Hunter mentioned. Rowan nodded. "Yes, then the trigger we placed inside him will go off, making him want to kill anyone else with powers." The doctor replied. Hunter nodded. "Will he be controllable? Like me?" Hunter asked. Rowan shrugged again. "We can't be sure, his DNA trigger was rushed, and the lab where they changed his original DNA sequence didn't have as good quality utensils, even though the trigger was implanted 10 years after yours was." The scientist replied. "How old is he?" Hunter asked. The scientist shook his head. "We don't know, they didn't give us that information." Rowan answered. Hunter sighed and left the room…
Outside Kyoto, 17th Century
Hiro looked at the group of Samurai whose leader was Kensei and decided he should take his chances with them, the other group looked a little savage. Hiro teleported so he appeared in front of Kensei. Takezo Kensei raised an eyebrow. "Who are you, that you can teleport from place to place, are you a demon?" The samurai asked in Japanese. Hiro shook his head, answering in Japanese. "I'm not a demon, I'm a hero, like you." Hiro replied proudly. The samurai hero sighed. "Well, use your powers to aid us in this battle, hero." Takezo answered. Hiro grinned, nodding. "Kenji, give the man a sword." Takezo ordered. The samurai on Takezo's right hand side nodded, taking one of the three swords from off of his back and handing it to Hiro. "Here, you'll need this." Kenji added. Hiro nodded his thanks. Hiro was about to teleport when Takezo stopped him. "What is your name?" he asked. "My name is Hiro, you are Takezo Kensei." Hiro answered. Takezo grinned. "Well, Hiro, you know me, but you do not know my second in command, Kenji Nakamura." Takezo said, indicating to the samurai who had given Hiro a sword. Hiro grinned, and teleported. As soon as Hiro teleported, Takezo ordered his men to charge their enemy…
Tokyo
Ando looked at his computer screen as it indicated he had a new message. He opened the message quickly, and began to read…
Ando, Hiro is not with us, the last we saw of him, he teleported to escape crashing into a building. We have defeated Sylar, so do not worry about him. Stay in touch, we may come and get you soon.
Peter
Ando frowned. "Where is Hiro?" he murmured, concerned about his friend.
Claude Rains walked along the streets of Tokyo, still stealing. He grinned, as he began to make his way back to the place he called home, an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the hectic city.
Claude had a nice stash of items there, which he would eventually sell, and hopefully he could settle down. "I wonder what happened to that Peter bloke?" he murmured.
Outside Tokyo
Two figures appeared out of nowhere, seeming to just pop out of thin air. One of them was kneeling on the ground, tired and exhausted. The other was standing up. Nathan Petrelli was the man on the ground. He looked around him. "Where am I? how come I'm not dead?" Nathan asked himself. The standing man grinned. "Nathan Petrelli, you are in Tokyo, and you are very much alive. I saved you from your brother's explosion, just in time." The figure replied. Nathan stood, looking at the figure. "Who are you?" Nathan asked. The figure took off his hood, revealing a Japanese face. "I am Hiro Nakamura, from the future," Future Hiro began. Nathan looked at him. It was definitely Hiro. "I'm from the future, in which you died saving New York. I saved you because I believe you are needed in the events that will happen, Nathan." Hiro added. Nathan stared at Hiro. "What events?" Nathan questioned. Hiro smiled. "I cannot tell you, it would wreck everything. For now, you must stay here, you need to meet some important people, heroes, in fact." Hiro added. Nathan sighed. "I'll stay, I just hope that these, heroes, don't take to long." Nathan replied…
