Ch.7 A sneak peek at the future 2
(This chapter takes place when Kasumi is five years old)
Kasumi itsuka was starting her first day of preschool (her clock eye had manifested at birth so her hair is still styled similarly) and Shido alongside his wife (Who will be a mystery for the time) are joyed at their daughter starting school.
"Kasumi are to be a good girl to your teachers?"
"Yes daddy I'll be a good girl"
"That's good so tonight I'll make your favorites for dinner if you behave"
Kasumi exits their home to get to her bus, and start her first day of school as her parent's wave goodbye.
""Sigh" there she goes Shido our little girl is starting school"
"She sure has grown since that day I first her"
Shido and his wife spend the morning sitting and watching TV together since he has the day off from his job, and about two hours later the news shows a report about fire that broke out at a house on the other side of the city last week. Apparently the wife was cooking something when a gas pipe leaked and the stove caught fire, and the only survivor was the son of the family 4 year old Yukio Kirishima.
"And the child is currently being cared for at the local hospital and being treated for minor burns, he will then be put into foster care…"
Shido puts on a look of sympathy and looks at his wife.
"Let's adopt that boy"
"Shido are you sure?"
"Yeah I kind of know what that kid is going through"
"You mean the fire from years ago?"
"Yeah that one"
Shido's wife nods and they decide to go the hospital to talk with Yukio about their plan. Upon entering the hospital they have to talk with the doctor in charge of Yukio, and after some convincing they get access to the room, and see him wearing bandages around his left arm, Shido is the first to talk to him.
"Hey are you Yukio?"
The young boy looks at the young couple and nods his head.
"Yeah"
"Hi my name is Shido Itsuka and this is my wife"
"Hi Yukio"
"Are you here to tell me how sorry you feel for me and give me a toy or something?"
"No no listen we want ask you something, will you listen?"
"Okay"
"Now I know this is sudden, but how would you like to come live with us?"
"What?"
"Me and my wife saw what happened on the news and let's say I kind know hoe frightening that can be"
"…."
"I know it won't be the same, but we promise to give you a nice home, warm food, and a loving family"
"….."
"You don't have to answer now, but just so you know we also have a daughter so you'll also have a big sister"
Shido and his wife begin to walk out of the room when Yukio stops them.
"Wait!...are you serious?"
Shido looks back and smiles.
"Of course I would never lie about something like this"
"Okay but I want to share the same name as you"
"Why would you want to change your last name?"
"Because I want to"
"Okay we'll get that taken care of when you get out"
After that Shido and his wife went to the person in charge of Yukio's foster paperwork since he wasn't officially put in the system yet, and immediately fills out the paperwork to take him home when he got out of the hospital. Elsewhere Westcott also saw the news report while trying to find a way to kill time since he had nothing to do, and upon seeing Yukio's picture he actually looked a little surprise.
"Well I'll be damned"
His then secretary asked him what he saw.
"This, my dear just really made my day a lot less boring"
Westcott turns the TV to show his secretary Yukio's picture.
"If you don't mind my asking who is this boy sir?"
"Can't you see the resemblance? He's my son, I thought he was dead"
"Why would you think that sir?"
"Because I threw him in the garbage...Guess that Kirishima family found him"
"Excuse me!?"
"Yeah a few years ago my old number 1 Ellen got damaged beyond repair, so I decided to reproduce her since cloning was too expensive, and ultimately a waste of my time"
"How did she feel about that?"
"She was in a coma at the time, so dunno, and I don't care"
"So then little Alice is…"
"You guessed it, Ellen was only supposed to produce one girl, two would have been okay, but a boy I had no use for, so I did what anyone would have done and got rid of him. Fun fact I actually wanted to name Alice, Ellen 2.0 or Ellen Mk2 but they said it would dehumanize her"
"So what happened to Ellen after giving birth?"
"What else I had her put down, she wasn't coming out of that coma that nightmare put her in; besides Alice seems to be showing far more potential, guess it must be my genes at work"
For the next thirteen years Yukio and Alice were ignorant to the fact they were twins, and both their lives were obscenely different. Yukio grew up as Yukio Itsuka a high achieving student who was one of the many prides of his family, while Alice grew up as Alice Mira Mathers the daughter of Westcott and also a victim of extreme abuse at the hands of her cruel and demanding father eventually becoming Alice the golden Excalibur the most powerful DEM wizard since her mother. The only person who ever had a clue at the time however was deceased, Mana Takamiya she had seen Ellen enough times to see Yukio's resemblance and his high intellect at his young age. Yukio had only met Mana a couple of times during his life and one his memories of her had always stayed in him since he was seven, and he wanted to know something.
"So Yukio I hear you've doing well in school from what my brother told me"
"Uh huh I got straight A's…aunt Mana why does Kasumi hate you?"
"Well…it's complicated you see I did something stupid, and you might not understand"
"Why's that?"
"Because you're aunt made a stupid decision when your sister was tiny, and now I have to live with it"
"Well that's too bad, but I still love you aunt Mana"
Mana smiled at her nephew's response.
"I love you to Yukio and I'm glad you're part of the family, I really am (And I hope you don't turn out like your birth parents)"
Mana had passed away some time shortly after this due to her body giving out from DEMs work on her, and she took her knowledge to the grave. Yukio carried Mana's locket in his pocket from that day on since he wanted something to remember her by, and he worked harder to become a medical and spirit researcher to prevent more people from dying the same way, and to save spirits like his father true father Shido.
