Chapter 13- The Truth:

Third Person:

When Carmen first woke up, the first thing she realized was that Ritsu's face was right in front of hers. The second thing she realized was his arms wrapped around her tightly.

She was in a hospital room, dressed in a hospital gown. Her side was wrapped tightly with bandages. There was an IV in her arm and along with her team (in civilian clothing) was the hosts. Her sister stood there with a few bandages on herself.

The one thing everyone had in common- the solemn look that they wore on their faces. Ritsu still held onto her.

"I'm glad you're okay," he whispered before kissing her forehead and letting go.

"Aye, I'm hurt, but that doesn't mean I'm dying," Carmen joked slightly, though it just made everyone wince.

"On the contrary," Kyoya said as he pushed up his glasses, "According to the doctors, that wound could have very well killed you."

"Kind of like how your mouth is going to get you killed one day," Carmen grumbled as she crossed her arms, only to wince from the pain that shot in her sides.

"Carmen," Gemeni cheered as she hugged her sister, "We so glad that you're okay! Why did you take that hit?"

She hit Carmen's arm slightly in protest and Carmen smirked,

"I couldn't let my lil' sis get hurt, now could I? Especially by shitty-ass ex."

Ritsu raised an eyebrow and Carmen shrugged in response. She turned to Gemeni,

"Do they know?"

"Pretty much since they saw everything, but did we explain? Not exactly. Agent Coulson said it was best for us to wait."

"Remind me to thank Agent Fanboy later."

Sam and Peter started to laugh,

"Agent Fanboy! That's perfect!"

Ava nudged them in the sides harshly to shut them up. Carmen gave Ava a small nod,

"Thanks for hitting the idiots. They're too far away for me to do it myself. Damn it, why the hell am in a gown anyway?"

"What's wrong with a hospital gown," Gemeni asked innocently.

"It's thin, it doesn't flatter anyone, who the hell changed me, and what the hell happened to my bra?"

Carmen lifted the collar of the gown slightly to look down at her bare chest with a frown. Ritsu, who stood beside her, turned pink and Gemeni laughed,

"The nurses changed you, don't worry!"

"That's supposed to make me feel better? Ah hell no. Next time, don't let them change me."

"Noted," Gemeni gave a small salute.

"Ehem," Kyoya said, "The explanation?"

"They're superheros," the twins said as they cheered, "Isn't that obvious? That's so cool! Think of all the stuff we could sell and-"

Carmen used her shadow powers to shut their mouths,

"If you tell anyone, you will get thrown away for a long time, simple as that."

"Oh, guess what!" Gemeni said, bouncing up and down slightly. Carmen rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"I went full dragon!"

The twins grinned evilly.

"We got pictures," they chanted, holding them up.

They all but threw the pictures at her. There were shots of her roaring at Draken, then one with Draken embedded in the wall, then when they were in they air. The rest of them were of Gemeni and Takashi leaning over the unconscious Draken. Carmens eyes widened. In the last few pictures, Gemeni's clothes were torn to hell. She barely had a shirt, and her shorts were almost completely gone. She glared at Takashi who started blushing.

"You try anything..." she said, pointing at the host, letting the threat linger.

He nodded, holding his hands up in defense. Gemeni nudged her.

"Stop it, you're scaring him."

"And that's our job," a deep voice announced.

They turned to the door where Captain Fanboy and Nick Fury were.

Th twins saluted while Kyoya nodded politely.

"Director," he said.

Fury nodded back. Everyone saw how Coulson was glaring at everyone but Haruhi and the team. All of the guys on the team nodded in a silent agreement.

"Oh relax, Captain Fanboy," Gemeni said.

Carmen nodded in agreement.

"We can take care of ourselves."

Ava rolled her eyes and moved next to Kyoya.

"So do what do I owe the pleasure, Fury," Carmen asked as she unconsciously grabbed Ritsu's hand with a tight grip.

Ritsu held her hand tightly as Takashi grabbed Gemeni's hand at the same moment. The couples stood together as one, close together.

"Well, there's a few options at this point," Fury said, crossing his arms, "They saw everything. So, as a team, you're to go back to America- stay in contact with them or not is your choice. Either way, we'll be keeping an eye on them."

"Or," Carmen and Gemeni pressed on.

"Or," Fury continued, "Anyone who wants to come to America is welcome too... Or anyone who wants to can stay here. I always thought Japan could use some superheroes."

Carmen and Gemeni gave a look of disbelief and happiness. Then Fury continued,

"No matter what the verdict, all of you will have plenty of training to do to make up for this."

Cue the groans from the team and the curses from Carmen. Still, it didn't matter either way- they were all happy. Gemeni and Carmen could stay in Japan- probably with someone like Agent Hill with them as a guardian or maybe Coulson. The others were sure to go to America, but it would be alright since Carmen could shadow travel her and Gemeni to America if they were absolutely needed. While their relationships may or may not last forever, their love for Japan would be eternal and so- Carmen and Gemeni eagerly accepted to stay in Japan.

"Don't get into too much trouble. We have a hard enough time as it is cleaning up your messes like Draken," Fury said as he headed out of the room.

"As for you," Agent Coulson said to the hosts and Ritsu, "You will all be under the strict watch of SHIELD. If any of this information should get into someone else's hands, and we will know if you spread the word, you will be taken into SHIELD custody."

He smiled, but the threat held such solemn-tone that no one smiled back. Carmen just rolled her eyes, if they tell anyone I will personally hurt them myself. Damn it.

Carmen:

The second that Ritsu and I were left alone, I was thankful beyond relief. There was only so much tension that I could deal with at a time in such a small area of space. Gemeni had left with her new boyfriend and the hosts to go explain everything to them somewhere else since I wanted to speak to Ritsu alone. The team, after so much worrying and teasing, left back to the house to pack up since they were going to go back to America.

"You're a hero," Ritsu finally said, "How the hell did you become a hero?"

"Fell into a pot of toxic waste."

He just started at me and I rolled my eyes,

"That was a joke. Look, there's not much to say. I've always had my powers, if that's what you mean. I can manipulate shadows, turn them solid, and shadow travel- using the shadows to travel places. When I was like thirteen, my parents got into a car accident- Gemeni and I were in the car at the time. That's what gave me a scar on my chest and Gemeni has one like it. Anyway, I didn't want to go to Foster Care so I left. I shadow traveled from America to Japan and that's when I ran into Draken. We dated. We loved each other and we were villains- at that time I mean."

Ritsu tensed beside me as he laid down in the hospital bed with me. I wasn't one for romance- normally- but when I was in a relationship, romance was appreciated. So, I grabbed his hands and gave him a deep kiss before I pulled away,

"I don't anymore, by the way... When we were villains, SHIELD sent the team to take care of us because of the Tokyo incident. We fought and... I almost killed her."

Tears bristled in my eyes and Ritsu looked at me with sadness. He took his thumb and wiped away my tears with a slight blush on his face.

"I almost killed my sister," I whispered, "I didn't know it was her until right at the end... That was when I broke up with Draken and turned on him. I went good and I've been good for a year now so that's good, right? I'm not evil..."

Ritsu kissed me,

"You're not evil... Not to me."

With that, I laid my head down on his chest with a smile on my face.

Gemeni:

"I really appreciate it but you didn't have to do that," I told Takashi as he carried me into the open doors of the club room.

Why we were here, I didn't know. At least it was better than Sam's teasing... And his laser pointer.

He set me gently on the couch and propped my foot up with a chair while the twins started having a sword fight with my crutches. I rolled my eyes.

"Didn't you have a tail and stuff?" Tamaki asked as he poked my shoulder. I nodded sheepishly.

"Yeah, but I don't want to freak any of you guys out."

Haruhi shit me a confused look.

"Why would you freak us out? I mean, come on, we've all seen the way Hunny-senpai eats cake."

I nodded.

"True, very true. Well I really don't have anything to lose so..."

I trailed off as I changed onto my normal form. Takashi smiled at me as my ear twitched.

"I like this you better," he said in his low toned voice. I blushed.

"That's very nice and all, but I believe you do owe us an explanation."

I sighed and leaned against Takashi, and he wrapped his arms around me and ricked me back and forth slightly.

"I'm a mutant. I have the X-Gene. So does Carmen. Anyway, when I was about thirteen, we got into a car wreck and it killed my parents and Carmen and I were put into separate orphanages. She ran away from hers and met Draken in Japan, while I stayed in mine until about a year ago when Coulson found me. I had been rejected for two years because the adults didn't want a mutant for a daughter, or, if they didn't care about that part, a scared kid. I have a scar on my chest from the wreck, and I have one on my side from Draken."

"And what about Carmen? Why did she suddenly go good?"

"I think she blames herself about Draken hurting me, probably thinks she did it herself. If I hadn't seen her matching scar from the wreck then she would still be bad and I wouldn't be here."

Kyoya was writing furiously in his notebook as Hunny played with her whiskers.

"So what do we do now?" The twins asked.

I shrugged.

"Good question. How about we just enjoy each others company for the time being."

The others nodded in agreement, except for Takashi who leaned down and kissed me, making the moment even sweeter.