Manhattan, New York

Kai Miyagusuku & Mao Jahana

Kai had laid in the infirmary of the new joint Company/Red Shield HQ. Apparently, Bob had forgotten to tell Kai that many of the Company's agents have all sorts of special abilities. Like Peter Petrelli, Kai was starting to feel the toll of having all of these powers. The boy only had to be around those people to absorb their abilities. Upon meeting Bob, Kai was able to turn objects into different types of metal by touch and focus.

He had demonstrated it in front of Bob and Mao. While Bob didn't look surprised, Mao had an astonished look. But now, Kai was resting on the bed of the infirmary with Mao sitting at his side. She had a very concerned look on her face. It was like Mao didn't know what to do in a situation like this. Kai was exhausted from having all these powers. Like Solomon had said to him in that one dream, Kai had to work in order to master all of these abilities he had gained.

"What happened?" Kai asked with a groan.

Mao let out a sigh, "you didn't know?"

"Know what?" Kai asked with a groggy tone of voice.

"You passed out. You've been absorbing way too many powers," Mao explained. She shook her head and continued, "Bob forgot to mention that many of the Company's agents are evolved humans just like you. "You've gained quite a lot of them," she added while grabbing a clipboard from a nearby table.

"What did I absorb?" Kai asked as he sat up from the bed.

"Let's see," Mao answered as she was reading from the clipboard provided by Bob. Reading aloud, Mao said, "You came across one agent with the ability of PH Manipulation letting you change the PH solution on the fly letting you use all sorts of acids offensively and defensively..."

Kai blinked, "I can turn liquids into acid?"

"Just don't do that when I'm taking a swim or something," Mao threatened.

Kai laughed nervously, "right."

"You came across a prisoner named Marcus who has the ability to crumple things... You crumpled the trash can nearby just by touching it," Mao explained reading from the clip board.

"Was anybody hurt?"

Mao shook her head, "unless you count the trash can." She took a sigh and continued reading the clip board, "You also ran into an agent with superhuman eyesight." The girl shook her head, "Just what are you, Kai?"

"That's what I'd like to know," Kai answered.

Mao continued to read the clip board, "Kai Miyagusuku interacted with agent with ability to send psionic blasts… Kai developed headache afterwards… Kai Miyagusuku ran into another agent with optical camouflage… Kai interacted with another agent with photokinesis and made a bright light..."

Kai was silent.

"Let's see, you've ran into an agent night vision... You ran into a wall because you turned that on in broad daylight," Mao explained.

"No wonder my head hurts," Kai commented rubbing the front of his head.

"You absorbed cryokinesis... You can freeze anything you can touch," Mao explained reading from the clipboard. She then threw the clipboard into the wall with a sigh of frustration.

"What's going on?" Kai asked.

"I can't take this anymore!" Mao exclaimed as she rose from her seat and kicked the chair out of anger. She then turned to face Kai, "I can't stand the way they're treating you. They're treating you like some sort of freak. They're treating you like Saya's being treated!"

Kai bowed his head down in shame, "Mao... You didn't have to come with us... They're the only people that can-"

"Help?! They've done nothing to help you, Kai!" Mao lashed. "I swear that Bob person just wants to keep you locked up somewhere."

"Maybe that wouldn't be so bad," Kai replied.

SMACK!

Kai sat frozen in shock as Mao smacked him across the face without hesitation. Her hands were balled up in a pair of fists. It looked as if Mao was ready to punch Kai's lights out.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Kai?" Mao asked. She was seething in anger at Kai's response. It was like Kai had given up or something. Mao was breathing hard and heavy as she was overwhelmed with emotion and grief. "I...I...just want to punch you in the face so hard!"

She would turn her back Kai and place her right hand on the side of the wall.

"They're treating you like you're not human... It's making me sick to the stomach," Mao huffed.

Kai still in a somewhat exhausted state sat up from the bed. As he stood to his feet, Kai would fall back to the floor. He still hadn't recovered from the effects of absorbing all of these abilities.

"Kai!" Mao shouted as she quickly turned to face him. There, she would place his right arm over her shoulder. She would help Kai stand back on his feet.

"Sorry," Kai weakly apologized.

"You're still recovering... You need to rest a bit more," Mao explained.

Kai shook his head, "let's leave this building. I'm getting sick and tired of waiting around. There's a place I have to check out. I need to see the place before it gets dark."

"We'll go together," Mao suggested.

Kai nodded and smiled.

"Let's get out of here," Kai replied with a smile. Mao nodded as she helped Kai walk out from the room. As they left the room, they ran into the group of Mohinder Suresh, Matt Parkman, and Molly Walker.

"Kai, are you all right?" Mohinder asked. He was surprised to see Kai in an exhausted state. "You look exhausted," he added with the tone of concern in his voice.

"I'm all right," Kai answered.

"This is Kai?" Matt thought in his mind.

Kai blinked as if his head was hurting. With his left hand, Kai started to massage the side of his skulls as if he was trying to relieve soe sort of headache.

"Kai?!" Mao asked.

Kai blinked again and turned to face Matt, "you... I can read your mind..."

Mao blinked, "what's going on?!" To Mao, this was now getting ridiculous. Now, Kai was able to read people's minds. "Who are these people?"

"You were asking who those people are," Kai said to Mao.

Mao froze in horror as if Kai really did read her mind. She was starting to hyperventilate at the possibility.

"Oh no... Oh no... He can read my mind? Have to think happy thoughts..." Mao thought to herself.

"Relax, Mao... I won't probe your mind. You know me," Kai assured as he started to breathe hard.

Mao's breathing slowed down, "if you say so Kai..."

"This is Matt Parkman. He's an NYPD detective," Mohinder explained. He added, "along with me, he's also guardian of Molly here."

Mao turned to face Mohinder, "that's nice and all; but, it doesn't explain how Kai can read minds."

"I'm a telepath," Matt answered. The detective added, "I can read minds."

"What?" Mao asked. "Is he serious?"

Matt gave Mao that look, "I'm serious."

Mao gasped. "Alright… Pick a number between one and two."

Matt raised an eyebrow as if Mao was insulting his intelligence.

Mao huffed, "Okay. Pick a number between one and one-hundred."

Matt sighed, "Alright."

"Twenty-five," Mao thought.

"It's twenty-five," Matt answered.

"No it's not," Mao said. "Forty-nine…"

"You changed it to forty-nine," Matt said glaring at Mao.

"It was a lucky guess," Mao replied getting all defensive. Matt had still glared at the girl until she relented, "Alright, you can read minds…" She then turned to face Kai.

"I don't want to peer into your mind," Kai said a bit exhausted. He then looked at Molly, "does she?"

"Yeah, she does," Matt answered.

"Molly has the ability to track anybody as long as there's a face to go with the person," Mohinder explained.

Kai nodded. He then turned to face Mao, "c'mon, let's get out of here before I start absorbing more powers…"

"Yeah," Mao replied. She was concerned for Kai, scared for Kai, and a bit scared of Kai. "Let's get out of here…" Mao would turn back to face Mohinder and the other two, "we'll be back at Joel's penthouse."

"Kai, are you sure you're in any condition to be moving around?" Mohinder asked out of concern. He seemed a bit nervous.

Kai would shoot Mohinder a look, "Yeah, I can handle myself." He would proceed to try to walk on his own two feet. Frankly, he wanted to get away from those Company people. "Mao, let's get out of here."

Mao nodded.

"Where are you going?" Mohinder asked.

Kai narrowed his eyes at Mohinder, "where I go is none of your business. Like I said, if you need me, we'll be at Joel's penthouse later tonight."

"Let's get out of here," Mao said.

Kai nodded.

"Saya…" Matt mentally projected.

Kai paused a bit and looked to Matt. He would look away and proceed down the hallway to leave the building where the Company was headquartered.

Mao and Kai quickly proceeded to make a turn at the corner to the right. They wanted to get out of here before somebody decided to stop them. If that was the case, Kai would have to "test" out his powers on those that would try to stop him.

But, Kai didn't want to resort to that option.

"Are you going to be okay?" Mao asked as she continued to help Kai walk down the hallway and towards the elevator.

"Yeah… I just need to better train my powers," Kai said weakly. "I don't feel like training with those people watching me."

Mao nodded, "I have a bad feeling about these people. Call it girl's intuition."

The elevator doors opened as both Kai and Mao quickly entered inside the car.

"Where are we going?" Mao asked as they were inside the elevator car as it descended downwards.

"I ran into a woman back in Arizona… I absorbed her ability of talking to ghosts… I was told to go to a place called Jittetsu Arms," Kai explained as he leaned back against one of the walls of the elevator car.

"You know where it is?"

"Yeah," Kai answered. He would recall the ability of Hana Gittelman as she was a walking wireless internet hub. What he could see, nobody else could see unless they had the ability. "I ran into another person who could intercept electronic messages and signals…"

In front of Kai was a map of the current location and the path towards the weapons place.

"Got it," Kai said.

Mao blinked, "that was fast…"

"Yeah, it is," Kai replied.

"What is it like to get these messages?"

"It's pretty interesting, for the least," Kai answered. "But, I don't want to be reading people's love letters… You got any idea the sickest things that roam the net?"

Mao laughed a bit nodding in agreement.

"You ever think about Saya if she saw you like this?" Mao asked with a more serious tone of voice.

Kai bowed his head down, "sometimes… I really don't know what she would think." He then sighed, "It's strange really… It's nice having these powers. But, I'm frustrated."

Mao nodded, "because they didn't kick in…" She blinked and then decided to address Kai's power of talking to ghosts, "did you ever?"

Kai nodded, "yeah… Dad, Riku, Soloman, and Karl…"

"Soloman and Karl?" Mao asked in an astonished tone of voice.

"They're no longer Chevaliers. So they don't have allegiance to Diva," Kai explained. "In fact, they told me to be careful about Diva…"

"Diva? Isn't she dead?" Mao asked.

Kai nodded, "yeah… She haunted my dream back in New Orleans…"

Mao gaped at what Kai had just said, "She haunted your dream?"

"She knows about my powers. I think her spirit is watching me…" Kai said. He blinked, "even in my dream, I couldn't use my powers on her. Diva was too fast…"

"You have super strength and can fire bolts of electricity…"

"I know… But Diva still has speed and reflexes. I can't hit what I can't touch," Kai explained. He took a sigh. Mao could sense a hint of fear in Kai's voice.

"You're afraid, aren't you?" Mao asked rhetorically. She would place her hands on Kai's shoulders and shake him a bit. "Kai, what's wrong?"

"I'm scared… What if there are other people with abilities that can you know…" Kai was said. He didn't want to say it out completely. Hopefully, Mao would've gotten the idea.

"No, I don't know-," Mao was about to finish. She froze and what Kai was getting at. "Can a person really have the power to bring back Diva?!" Mao had thought in fear. Now that Mao thought about it, the same fear that ran through Kai's body was now running through her body.

Kai looked up and faced Mao. He was reading her thoughts.

"Now you know how I feel…" Kai explained.

Mao looked away from Kai as she took a calm deep breath, "Yeah, that is a scary thought. If it's inevitable that Diva will be brought back to life, then you're going to have to train your heart and soul out."

"I don't know if-" Kai said.

"Listen, Saya's in hibernation. You can't depend on Haji either. Everybody else isn't able to fight those monsters on. You expect a little girl like Lulu to take those things on by herself? It's up to you," Mao said. She then added, "think about your daughters. Diva's obviously plans to take back your daughters. You want that to happen?"

"Diva knows about the list," Kai added.

"The list?" Mao asked. She then recalled that memory, "The list of the "evolved" humans?"

Kai was silent.

"Diva wants that list," Kai explained. "With that list, Diva can create an effective army of Chevaliers… You'd have Chevaliers that can shoot fire, electricity, and everything else."

"That means we can't let Diva get the list," Mao said.

"She's right," said George's voice. Before Kai could answer, George cut him off, "Don't talk. Just listen or Mao's going to think you're delusional…"

Kai nodded to George who was standing behind Mao. Mao would initially think that Kai was nodding to her.

"Mao is right; you can't let Diva get a hold of that list. If Diva does, all hell will break loose. Only thing you can do is train as hard as you can and as much as you can. Train with every power that you had gained so far," George explained.

"Dad's right, Kai," Riku said who stood right next to George. "Kai, you're stronger than this. You even filled in for David after what happened. Quit beating yourself up over what happened to me. Protect our kids," Riku added.

"Head out to that weapons store. You'll know what to do next," George explained.

The elevator doors had opened revealing Bob to be standing on the opposite side. Both Kai and Mao froze as they saw Bob standing there as if he was waiting for them.

"Bob..." Kai addressed the man.

"Feeling better?" Bob asked in a calm tone of voice.

"Getting there," Kai answered. "If you have any thoughts of stopping me from-"

Bob shook his head, "I'm not going to stop you. You could fry me in my tracks before I could even think. Just be careful with your powers."

"Yeah... I will," Kai replied.

"I would've given you an iPod but you probably won't need it. You had absorbed Hana Gitelman's ability," Bob explained.

"Would I be able to replicate any motion I see by accessing all that stuff with Hana's ability?" Kai asked.

Bob shrugged his shoulders while keeping his serious look, "I cannot answer that. Tell me when you find out." He would then move out of the way as Kai and Mao left the elevator.

"Where are we going?" Mao asked.

"A place called Jittetsu Arms," Kai answered.

"What's there?"

"Only way to find out is by going there," he answered.

"What's so special about the place?" Mao asked.

Kai shrugged his shoulders, "I had a vision. Told me to go to that place once we got here."

"If you trust your visions, I guess I can trust you," Mao replied. She gave him a smile. In a sense, it felt like the two of them were getting closer. But she had concerns about Kai's affection towards Saya.

Mao quickly hailed a taxi. A nearby taxi came to the curbside as Mao and Kai opened the side door and came inside.

"Where to?" the cab driver asked.

Kai would give the cab driver the address of Jittetsu Arms. There, Kai would find the very answers he would be looking for. He would open up his left hand to see the symbol drawn on his hand.

Mao turned to face the symbol, "Kai, what's that in your hand?"

"Godsend," Kai answered. "In my dream, Solomon said I have been bestowed a great talent."

"That you have," Mao replied.

During the car ride to Jittetsu Arms, Kai decided to use Hana's power once again. He would use the powers of being a walking internet hub to find data on Kaito Nakamura. There was something special about Kaito that Kai couldn't put his finger on.

Tapping into the absorbed abilities of Hana Gittelman, Kai could tap into the stream of electronic data that was flowing around. There, Kai had found the information he needed on Kaito Nakamura.

In that data stream, Kai saw that Kaito Nakamura was the former CEO of Yamagato Industries in Tokyo, Japan. Kai learned that Kaito Nakamura was murdered by being pushed off the roof of the Devereaux Building in Manhattan, New York.

Kai further looked into Kaito's death. The main suspect was a woman named Angela Petrelli, the mother of congressional candidate Nathan Petrelli. With this power, Kai could mentally hack into any system and retrieve whatever information he needed. The Petrelli name was very familiar as he heard them talk about Peter Petrelli.

"Petrelli?"

He was shocked to see that Peter Petrelli was actually the son of Angela Petrelli. Kai remembered hearing on how powers can be hereditary. However, there were many things that Bob did not disclose to Kai.

Back to Kaito Nakamura, Kai looked up records on him. He saw that Kaito had a son named Hiro and a daughter named Kimiko. Kaito had said nothing about Kimiko. Kai remembered that Kaito only talked about his son and said that Hiro had a power and a destiny.

Kai decided to dig up all information on Kaito's son, Hiro. It wasn't that hard to find.

After about ten minutes, Kai managed to get Hiro's number. For some reason, Kai was able to efficiently tap into Hana's powers. This had proved to be effective as Kai would further use Hana's powers and call Hiro's number.

"Here goes…"

Kai could hear the ringing on the other line. It was something that Mao couldn't.

After a few rings, someone answered.

"Hello?"

Tokyo Japan

Hiro Nakamura

"Hello?" asked a sleepy Hiro Nakamura. He had the phone by his ear while walking around the living room of his apartment.

"Are you Hiro Nakamura?"

"Yes, who is this calling?"

"My name is Kai Miyagusuku."

"You're Japanese?"

"I live in Okinawa. I'm sorry for calling you this late…"

"Isn't it late in Okinawa, too?" Hiro asked as he took a seat on the couch.

"I'm in New York City," Kai explained on the other end.

"Why in New York?"

"I felt I needed to talk to you… I heard you were like me. With an ability."

"You have ability, too?" Hiro asked. It was the first time that someone had called Hiro in that fashion.

"Mine's complicated."

Hiro was curious and excited about the person that had called him in the middle of the night.

"What can you do?"

"A lot of things."

"Ah, I bend time and space!" Hiro exclaimed excited.

"Bend time and space? Like in freeze time?"

"Yes. Stop time. Go back in time. Visit future. And teleport!" Hiro explained.

"That must be nice."

"How you know about me, Kai?"

"I…I…don't know how to explain. One of the things I can do is see ghosts," Kai explained. He added, "One person told me about you. Power and destiny…"

"Where are you? I go see you immediately," Hiro said.

"I'm going to a place called Jitetsu Arms…"

"I know that place! Yes! Yes, I see you there!"

Hiro quickly hung up the phone. He would rush to his bedroom and get dressed. All he needed to go was simply teleport to that very location that both Kai and Mao were heading.

Manhattan, New York

Kai Miyagusuku & Mao Jahana

"We're here," Mao said slightly tapping Kai on the shoulder.

Kai blinked and turned to face Mao, "we're here?" He had looked out through the window and saw the place called Jittetsu Arms. "That's the place?"

"C'mon, let's go," Mao said as she paid the cab driver the money. Both of them stepped out of the vehicle and took a look at the front of this weapons shop.

"This is it, right?"

Mao nodded as she looked upwards and saw that same symbol. "That symbol," Mao said pointing upwards. "It's the same that you drew on your left hand..."

Kai looked at the palm of his left hand and then at the symbol on the sign that said Jittetsu Arms.

"Yeah, it's the same."

"There's something strange. There's something about that symbol. More than meets the eye," Mao commented.

"Only way to find out is by going in..."