The car went fast through the almost empty highway towards Atlanta's airport, it was unusually calm for the weekend.
They were all in silence, Yuki and Akira were sleeping on the back of the car and Kaname was looking at flights on her cellphone. Every nerve on Sousuke's body was on high alert after that call. He knew that there where more things at risk if the enemy found them. Kaname saw his look of worry, so she hold his hand to calm him down, "We will make it through this, as we have before", she said to her husband. He just hold on tight to her grip and gave her a kiss in the palm.
Because of the flight, Sousuke was not going to able to get a gun on board and that just made him more nervous, he wanted to get out of Atlanta as fast as he could. They park the car closed to the terminal, took down the bags and changed clothes. Sousuke took out a screwdriver from his bag and change the plate number to the car.
"Help me out Akira", he said to his son as he started pulling out the paint from the vehicle, from black to a bright red color. The boy was more and more confused about his parents behavior that morning. Taking them out of their house, picking up their survival bags, taking them out of the country and now acting like fugitives?
As they walked towards the front desk, Sousuke stop for a second and hold his son's arm. "Alright here are you passports! Akira your name now is Higurashi Tomoe, you have your same age and birthday, but you are a Japanese citizen now, do you understand?", he said to his son in Japanese as he handed him the document. Normally they will speak in English out of the house and only in Japanese when the family was together.
"Enough Dad! Please tell me what's going on!", he said to his father in an angry tone. Sousuke could see his son was scared, and he had every reason to be, after that odd behavior..
"We are in danger and we need to leave. Honey, you have to do everything you father says. That's all you need to know for now", said Kaname as she gave his son a kiss on the forehead. Akira could see his mother was as nervous as he was because of the way her hands shaked as she took the passports from his father's hands, so he didn't ask anything else.
"Baby, we will play a game", said Kaname to her daughter, "You are called Sakura, if they ask you your name, you say Sakura. If you say your real name, you lose! All of us are playing the game and have different names. Call us mom and dad, don't call us by our name"
"Your name is not mom? I don't know your name!", said the little girl. Sousuke laughed at her daughters words.
"Then you won't lose Sakura", said Sousuke, winking at her daughter.
"OK Daddy, not daddy!", she said with a smile.
"Just daddy, OK?", he said to her daughter and hold her in his arms, "Now, what's your name?"
"Sakura!", she said with a smile.
"Good girl", said Sousuke and gave her a kiss on the cheek,"Please, I'll explain everything Akira. Just help us out".
The young boy was nervous, but he trusted his parents enough to do as they said. Something inside him made him worry about their immediate future. "OK Dad", he answered in Japanese.
"Not Dad, just daddy!", said Yuki with a smile in English, "let's play again".
"No one can know we are playing baby, it's a secret! And speak in Japanese, please. We will tell you when we stop playing", said Kaname as she closed her daughters jacket.
They all made a line towards the front desk and a tall police officer was going to register them. As they got closer, they seemed even more nervous. There was still the possibility that they could get caught by the enemy or by the authorities.
"Did you enjoy your stay?", he said to the family with a serious voice.
"Yeah we did!", said Kaname with an accent, "we loved the aquarium"
"In Japanese, mommy!", screamed Yuki happily to her mom.
"Not now baby, stay quiet!", said Sousuke to her daughter in Japanese. Yuki made a mean face because of her father's reaction.
"What did she say?", asked the police officer to Kaname as he could not understand the language.
"That she is tired", said Kaname as she looked at her daughter and back to the police officer with a smile. The young girl just stayed quiet in her father's arms.
"What's your name girl?", asked the police officer at Yuki who had an angry face and kept her arms crossed.
"My name is Sakura", she answered in a perfect american accent.
"Are you excited to go back to Japan?", he asked again.
"I don't know nothing anymore", she said in a sad tone and the police officer noticed her reaction.
"Where are you from?", asked the officer and kept a close eye on the family as if he suspected something odd. Kaname and Sousuke hadn't prepared Yuki for that answer and got even more nervous.
"I don't know! I don't want to play anymore!", she screamed at her father in Japanese with tears in her eyes. Sousuke hold her tight in his arms and consoled her.
"She's mad that we woke her up so early, I'm so sorry about her behavior", said Kaname.
"Aright", said the officer and handed their passports back with hesitation. Kaname took the passports and hold her son's hand. That was a close call, if it wasn't for Yuki's reaction, it was going to be a problem.
After reaching their gate for their flight, Kaname talked to her daughter as she hold her in her arms, "I know you are angry baby, but we have to this so bad people wont hurt us. I thought it will be easier if we made it a game but that was not fair. Just listen to mommy and daddy for now and everything will be alright".
Yuki wiped away her tears and hugged her mom, after a few minutes she was sleeping again. Kaname heart was in pain, she never expected to put their children through that kind of situation. She thought it will be over with her and that she didn't have to go through that all over again.
Where they destined to keep on fighting forever? From the day she met Sousuke until now, there had been no peace in her life.
As they boarded the airplane, Sousuke gave a sigh of relief. They had been able to scape without any major complications. Soon they will be home.
"Dad, will you now explain to me what's going on?", asked Akira during the flight to his father, who was sitting next to him.
"It's hard to explain, but you deserve to know. Your mom and Yuki where born with a special skill that makes them a powerful tool to create weapons of mass destruction", said Sousuke.
"I told you! No lies!", said Akira in anger.
"Is the truth", he said looking into his son's eyes, "I know is hard to believe but it's the truth. Your mother has learned to control that ability so it's harder to obtain information from her. But Yuki is too young so she can't control her whispered and that makes her more valuable for people who wish to obtain information. That's why your mother and I got separated, to avoid putting you two in danger"
Akira stayed quiet and looked at his little sister across the aile, she was playing with her Bunta doll next to his mother. Both looked happy. "So what do you have to play in all this?", asked they young boy to his father.
"I was your mother's protector. I kept her away from people who wished to harm her. After some time we feel in love and I made it my personal goal in life to keep her from all harm, and that includes you and your sister", answered Sousuke and gave his son a hug. Kaname was looking at them from across the hall.
"I left everything, my friends… Will I see them again?", asked Akira with a sad look on his face.
"I can't guarantee that", answered Sousuke with a sad look. Form the moment his son was born, he had wished to keep him safe and give him a better life that he had, but it seemed that his ideal was farther away form him.
Akira closed his eyes and a couple of tears fell from them but he wiped them off immediately, "I understand. Let's keep them safe", he said with conviction to his father, who responded with a smile.
