Asuka walks in the halls of the academy. On her right is a view of the mountains and on the left is the white walls that display some portraits of incursions Overwatch has ended like the Omnic crisis. She looks around the halls for Taisuke but to no avail...Asuka then spots Maria looking outside admiring the view as she sketches them. Even in uniform Maria still wears her hat. Asuka walks up to Maria who looks up at her and smiles.

"Howdy, what do you want?" Maria asks.

"You've seen Taisuke anywhere? Something...happened during simulation and he's all worked up about it. For the right reasons obviously." Asuka replied to Maria.

"Oh great, what happened this time? Let me guess, those snobs decided to do something."

"Yes, they injured two students which caused Mari and Taisuke to attack them. Taisuke always did have a short temper as I remember he's very passive aggressive." Asuka wonders how long it has been since she saw Taisuke when they were only kids and recovering from the fallout of the death of Kyoko. How much has he changed really?

"Damn...I don't know but I think you should leave him alone for awhile till he cools off." Maria reasoned before continuing the sketch.

"I know yes but I'm his older sister after all...We're family. We only got each other."

"Let me guess, mom or dad died then left you for an Overwatch agent to take care of you right before becoming an apprentice?" Maria guessed.

"I never had a father really. But my mom said we did and he was a horrible person. Apparently he was a politician that made deals with Talon to spare his life. We only had Widowmaker to substitute him and she basically played the role of the father...Well, basically we had two moms." Asuka explained.

"And Widowmaker...What happened to her?"

"Gone really...She left our lives but came back all of a sudden." Maria puts down her sketch book and faces Asuka.


Taisuke walks in the halls while grumbling to himself. It wasn't his fault that those students decided to injure two Overwatch agents! They had it coming! He kicks a trash can on the ground in irritation. He sighs and continues walking. Taisuke realizes that he needs some air before he heads into the balcony. He spots an old woman drinking some tea while sitting on a chair with a table in front of her. She has white hair and brown skin...Taisuke realizes who it is: Ana Amari. Taisuke gulps since its been so long he hasn't seen Ana for a long time.

"Um...Ms. Amari." Taisuke greeted causing Ana to look up with a smile on her face. Its been so long since she had seen Taisuke, she always was busy being Overwatch's commanders. He still looks young as ever...

"Long time no see Taisuke, how's Faheera?"

"Good, she taught me a lot of things..." Ana observes Taisuke knowing that something is wrong. She always knew Taisuke was the honest one so she'll get information off of him real easily.

"What happened?"

Taisuke sighs before pulling a chair to sit in front of Ana. The Amari's are always the people Taisuke turns to when he has a crisis on his hand though Faheera seems to be in the yelling kind of mood to him.

"An...Incident happened in the VR room. The regular course kids wanted to make themselves look better than us so they cheated and got two of us injured...So I decided to take revenge as another special course student agreed with me. I...I almost killed them."

The confession doesn't surprise Ana, Taisuke had a temper ever since Kyoko died but that temper will lead into murder. His rage will destroy him.

"And do you that you are all about revenge?"

Taisuke looks up.

"No...I always wanted to help people."


"My mentor McCree told me that anything can be family...I remember I was alone when he found me. I was just a street thief doing anything for herself...That is until he told me that I wasn't alone, that anyone can be family."

Asuka stands still at Maria's explanation. The girl always struck Asuka as that wise western girl so she had to listen.

"When he took me under his wing..."


"And by using good intentions, you justify the thing you just did? What is worse? Fighting hatred with hatred or fighting hatred with tolerance?"

Taisuke stops at Ana's question and thinks over his decision for a moment.

"I...I couldn't stand them cheating at a price. They got two people hurt."

Ana smiles and sighs.

"I've seen your kind of rage before. I've seen it destroy others...Like an old friend of mine. He had that. That rage destroyed us...It destroyed him and our family. The family that was Overwatch."


"Seriously? You trusted a complete stranger who just saved you? Why?"

Maria chuckles and takes off her hat at Asuka's comment and question.

"Thing is, I had the same thought as you. I didn't trust him...So I just kept secrets. But no matter what I did, he still trusted me. I didn't know why though. It wasn't until McCree and I reunited with the rest of Overwatch..."


"His name was Gabriel Reyes, I fought with him during the Omnic crisis. Him and Jack Morrison were old friends, they were like brothers to me in fact. I held them close...But after what Widowmaker did to me, I disappeared. Soon I found out what happened...Gabriel wanted to be in charge so he staged a coup to take over Overwatch. His jealously and rage brought us down."

Taisuke has heard this story before from basic history. How Gabriel Reyes became Reaper and how he decided to systematically murder all of Overwatch. So what's the point of retelling the same story?

"Now Taisuke, I know you've heard this story dozens of times even millions. But he told me once, revenge is like a poison. Hypocritical when you think about it. After he sacrificed his life to save me, Jack, Lena, and many other agents. I think about it now..."


"I realized that a family can be anything. You and Taisuke are family yes but he needs to seek out his own help rather than you being there for him like a little kid. McCree did that for me. Maybe you should do the same for Taisuke. After all, we learn from the best."

Asuka hangs her eyes then looks up before nodding in agreement. Taisuke does need to be his own person after all.


"I think Gabriel remember those words before he passed. Taisuke, I don't want you repeating the mistakes of the past. Nothing good can come from them at all. Those students don't know the meaning of Overwatch. I want you to know the real meaning of Overwatch. Not just by your abilities but the people that make it up. Those students will look up to you one day and one day they will join you in your fight."

Taisuke sighs and smiles at Ana. There has never been a moment when Ana was wrong.


9:00PM

Asuka enters her dorm while looking at the text book list and class schedule for tomorrow. Zarya was the first one to give introduction soon she'll be seeing Reinhardt, Hanzo, Torbjorn, Pharah, Tracer...and Widowmaker. Asuka looks at the name on the schedule list. Widowmaker aka Amelie Lacroix. Its been so long since they've seen each other and now she just comes back to her life as if the sins of the past didn't happen. She can't tell if she should be angry or happy. They haven't spoken yet also. She notices that Shinji is asleep so she quietly takes off her chronal balancer then goes to the bathroom.

After a refreshing shower, Asuka heads to her bed in her Tracer themed pajamas she hides from her and Emily. She hears a knock on the door causing her to turn around then walk towards the door to reveal Taisuke in his green shirt and blue pajamas.

"Hey Asuka, sorry if I shrugged you off or anything also my outburst. Its been a long time since we saw each other and I couldn't stand another student like us get treated so unfairly...I seriously hope I didn't come off as some sort of psycho or anything." Taisuke apologized.

"What? No, you shouldn't apologize for anything! You should've done the right thing by telling the teachers though but if I was in your place I would've went off at them. Its just...Taisuke, you're the only person I got left when my mom and Widowmaker left too, I don't want you to get in trouble or worse." Asuka explained.

"I guess...I'll agree with that. Faheera says the same thing and her main reason is-"

"We're family and family look out for each other?" Asuka guessed.

"Yeah, I guess Tracer says the same thing to you too when things get bad." Taisuke replied.

"Mhm, in a way...They're pretty much our family. One big and somewhat complex family." Asuka softly laughed alongside Taisuke who places his hands on his hips then looks up to Asuka.

"Well goodnight Asuka. We got a big day tomorrow, don't want Torbjorn yelling at us for sleeping in class or Hanzo shooting an arrow if we do the same." Taisuke gives a soft pat on Asuka's shoulder before heading off. Asuka smiles and closes the door. Little do they know, Widowmaker was watching the whole thing. She sighs and smiles then pulls out a picture of her and Kyoko who was pregnant with Asuka.


Hanzo's classroom 5:00AM.

Hanzo enters his classroom while looking at the stack of books meant for every student. The man is wearing a gray sweater jacket and tie alongside tan pants. He hasn't been the mentor type though training the next generation of students will be a great honor. Especially with his brother's apprentice. Hanzo pleasantly sips some tea while reading his book and sitting on his chair.


Reinhardt's classroom.

Reinhardt looks at the syllabus...All of it...Is so boring! Defensive positions, how to create a barrier, etc, etc. The man always thought out of the box and this isn't thinking outside of the box, this is brainwashing! He pulls out a marker to make a few edits.


Tracer's classroom.

Tracer is busy texting Emily on the phone. Emily sent a very cute picture of Asuka when she was a little girl holding a piglet when they were at the petting zoo. Suddenly, Widowmaker has sent her a message. Its a photo from when Kyoko died...

Don't tell Asuka about this.

She zooms into the picture...Standing there is a black figure barely visible and almost smoke-like.