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Chapter 10- Father Aido

"It has been about one month since the death of Zero Kiryu. I say we cancel this search party!" A man, in a black suit, in the back said.

Kaito Takamiya watched the man and he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from saying something rude. Toga Yagari, who was next to him, was doing the same.

"He is dead! We haven't been able to find him and his ashes were found in an alley!"

"Do you think we can believe what that bastard Kuran said?" Yagari said, standing up.

"Well, he was right about where to find Zero. I mean it's not hard to believe that he killed himself. I'm sorry about his death. I knew he was a pupil of yours but the answer is ineviatable. He is dead and I think we should just accept that."

The Hunter Soceity President spoke up. "I think we should still search for a few more months. If we still don't find him then we will proclaim him as dead, is this understood?"

Everyone muttered yes or nodded their heads.

Aido watched Little Zero attempt to walk. Little Zero looked about five. Emiko said that because he is growing fast it means that the real Zero Kiryu is getting better.

"Seiji you can do it." Machiko muttered words of encouragement.

Wakamura-San was also muttering words of encouragement. Wakamura-San was an elderly woman. She was about sixty or something. She had a warm feel. Little Zero or Seiji had taken a liking to her and he refused to have her out of her sight.

Little Zero fell on the floor and his hands went up to his face. Wakamura-San went to him and tried to stop him from crying.

Aido stood up and walked over to them. "Oh come on, don't tell me he's crying again."

"Now, now, Hanabusa. You don't have to be so mean. He's just a little boy. Oh look, he's calmed down." Wakamura-San said.

Aido didn't mind Wakamura-San call him Hanabusa. "I think he's faking it."

Little Zero looked at him and raised his arms which signifyed that he wanted to be picked up. Aido shook his head. "No. I will not pick you up. You have to learn how to walk. Again. Come on, I know you can do it. You did it once what's to say that you can't achieve it again."

Little Zero looked at him confused and raised his arms again. Aido looked at him frustrated and he could see another crying fit about to start. Aido picked him up. Little Zero opened his mouth and then he closed it.

"Still won't talk?" Aido said.

No matter how much they urged Little Zero wouldn't talk. Emiko thought that something went wrong with the procedure. Aido thought that Little Zero just didn't want to talk. Lately, he hadn't been growing and so now it seemed that he would stay as a five year old forever.

Wakamura-San looked at him thoughtfully. "I think you'll become a great father when you're older."

Aido made a face.

Machiko clapped her hands and smiled. "Yes! He'll be Father Aido."

" 'Father Aido' " Aido repeated, raising his eyebrows in disbelief.

Little Zero squirmed wishing to be let down. Aido put him on the floor. They were in one of the gardens. Little Zero stood up balancing himself and he took a step. Wakamura-San and Machiko gave words of encouragment and they clapped as Little Zero walked across the garden to the rose bushes. Aido ran and stopped Little Zero from walking inside of them. Little Zero gave him a smile. Aido nodded.

"Yes, yes. You can walk. I knew you could. Just don't walk into anything. You can't walk through things."

". . . " Little Zero looked at him and went right through his hands and landed on the floor. Floating a bit before his feet made contact with the ground.

"Oh, great. He has another ability." Aido said, taking a piece of paper out of his shirt pocket. He wrote on it,

He can go through solid objects.

Also on the list was:

He can make plants grow.

He can partually make things float.

He can float.

Aido looked up and saw a shadow. It had come from Maria's room.

"Maria?"

Little Zero looked up as they heard a crash. Maria was falling out the window. Aido rushed forward.

"Maria!" Aido raised his hands and ice sprung from them. Little Zero stared and he raised his hands. Maria stopped falling and Aido made a ladder and got Maria down. She was still sleeping, still in a coma. She gave the slightest twitch as he touched her cheek. It was bloody like it had been slashed. It had three fingernail marks.

Little Zero walked toward them and he touched Maria's cheek. His little fingers came away bloody. He licked them and his eyes widened. "Level E."

Little Zero collapsed.