"Come in."
A soft voice came from a man that was sitting working on paperwork at a desk in the corner. He didn't even look up at the two women who entered, and the two just stood there uneasy, awaiting his next command.
"Please...sit."
He gestured them to the empty chairs that sat in front of the desk. Shizuru instead walked over to one of the chairs off to the side and took a seat, allowing the older researcher to take the most heated spot.
The man finished the paper he was completing and sat his pencil down on the desk, bring his gaze up to meet Yohko. He smiled at her and cleared his throat.
"I guess you know why I called you here today?"
A nod came from the woman who sat across from him.
"Excellent. I have no need to draw it out any further then."
He grabbed a pot of tea that was sitting and poured himself a cup, looking at the two women.
"Help yourselves."
Eyeing the tea, Shizuru bit her tongue.
Clearing his throat, he took another sip of tea. "Very well then...let's continue."
"The reason I have called you in here is because the research isn't progressing to the Prince's expectations. If we don't get some results shortly he will pull the plug." He looked at Yohko who was frozen in place.
"Please tell me you have something significant."
Eying the older researcher, his eyes searched for an answer. They had a staring contest for a few minutes before she finally made herself speak.
"I have something." She replied, a look of stone and ember rose from her eyes. "I have found the gene."
He ran his fingers through his honey hair and smiled slightly.
"Incredible. I want all the details." He grabbed a pad of paper and quickly jotted down a few notes. Yohko looked at him and shifted uncomfortably.
"Well ambassador Yuuichi...I have made a breakthrough and have finally found the gene of the deviants of the world. Inform the Prince and sound the bells...I myself have been giggling inwardly at this most unexpected turn of events." A glint passed through her eyes as the words escaped her mouth. The ambassador just sat there in amazement and looked back and forth from Shizuru to Yohko.
"That's great! I always believed in you. Please tell me the details of the gene...I will jot them down and pass them onto the Prince when I see him. Surely our project won't be abandoned if he knows what a breakthrough you have made!"
Yohko and Shizuru threw each other a quick look and the older of the two shifted in her chair.
"Well you see ambassador...there is the R-979696 aspect that is found in the deepest most organ of the mitochondria...is where the breakthrough really came through. You see..." she coughed and again looked at Shizuru who was looking at her lap, the crimson eyed woman glanced up and down in the flash of an instant. Yohko looked again at the ambassador and twirled her hair around her finger.
"Yes you see...that's where the breakthrough really came into play. You see...it's the gene that determines deviants such as Natsuki...and that Sir George Micha some years back. It also determines the violence that rests in human beings as a whole...proving that it was indeed the Natsuki's of the world that were the cause of the explosion in Tantanum." She straightened her shoulders and looked at the older man confidently, he just sat and looked at her with amazement until finally speaking.
"Well that's great Yohko...in a week I want you to give me the papers for the research. Once I get the panel to review them, I will make a presentation to our Prince. In the meantime don't feel a stranger...I have always believed you to be the best scientist we have in the kingdom." He signed a paper upon these words and handed it to her.
"Here, it's a get out of jail free pass. You can access any of the mainframe computers in the basement...to aid your research." Smiling, Yohko gracefully took the paper and motioned Shizuru to follow her out the door.
When the two women had made their way out Tate looked at the door and smiled sweetly.
'I know you're lying Yohko, but I promised you that I would always support you in finding the truth...I plan on doing just that.'