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Chapter Three: Allies and Enemies
Ichiru's POV
"I am an orphan. And now I am looking for my family." I told the people that were sitting comfortably in front of me as I was tied down to a chair with rope. What a great way to wake up after being hit in the head by someone's foot, and it was no accident! "There I've answered your question, now answer mine. Why am I tied to this chair?" I repeated my self. "That's not the answer we wanted, onna, and you know it." Wufei barked. "It's Ichiru. I-chi-ru. Come say it with me." Wufei glared at me as I mocked him but hey! I have a name! "Fine." I rolled my eyes before telling him that the sisters back at the orphanage decided to teach me some self defense, so what? "Sisters?" Duo's had popped out of nowhere when I mention the said word. "Yes sisters, as in nuns. Why?" I said quickly. "What orphanage?" "Maxwell Church." I said and muttered a, "You should know." under my breath. "What was that?" He asked. "I said could you let me go?" I said quickly. Duo quickly checked with the ot
hers and then untied me. "How did you know Duo had a gun?" Heero asked. "He's a gundam pilot." I said as I rubbed my now freed wrists. Then Heero whipped out his own gun. "How do you know that?" He asked. 'Oh god the nuns were right!' I thought and then shrugged as I answered his question. "The nuns at the church told me all about the founders of the orphanage. Which so happens to be Quatre and Duo. I know all about their past thanks to those girls." It took awhile for him to put his gun away but when he finally did, the girl called Hilde walked in. "Hey! You're awake!" I nodded my head. "You wanna see those guys that you knocked out?" She asked. I let a smile grin creep onto my face again as I remember what fun we had had earlier. "Yes, I think I should." I said and she led me out of the tent and into another neighboring one. Inside the J partners were just starting to wake up as well. I let my grin turn into a big smile as I greeted them. "Hey guys! Long time no see, eh?"
I asked and went to give Josh a big bear hug but he freaked a jumped back and pulled out an imaginary gun and pulled the trigger. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Missing something?" I asked. He smiled a nervous smile and quickly grabbed his friend and head out the tent. "Hey!" Hilde yelled after them and was about to run after them but I held her back and shook my head. "Don't worry they'll come back soon. Trust me as much as they fear me, they're like a moth to fire, can't stay away from me." I said and looked at the dust trail they had left and sighed. "Poor guys, I kinda feel sorry for them sometimes." I thought aloud and left the tent after grabbing Heina's hat. I looked around as I was almost out of the circus. 'Odd, they aren't following me. Hhmm.. Oh well! I'm free!' With that thought on my mind I kicked up speed and ran away from the circus and from all those weird people whom resided in the circus. "Man, Ryan was right! The circus is a strange and scary place! I think I
might just go back some time." I said aloud as I walked on the sidewalk, contemplating my next move.
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Normal POV
* beep beep vroom vroom whoosh * Ichiru's ears twitched and flatted underneath the cap as all the noises around her nearly crushed her eardrums. Once the noise seemed to get a little softer her ears popped back up and she continued walking to her gate. When she finally arrived she showed the guy her ticket and quickly walked to her shuttle. When she finally found her seat she sat down next to the window since no one else was in her row. 'Lucky me, I always imagined shuttles to be crowded.' She thought as she got comfortable and asked one of the flight attendants for a drink of water. "Excuse me? Is this where I sit?" Asked a girl that looked to be only ten. "Yes it is." The attendant said and went off to get Ichiru's drink. The girl then sat next to her. "Hello." She said. "Hi!" I replied in a cheerful voice. She smiled and said that her name was Tiyu. And Ichiru told the girl her name in return. As the two waited for the plane to get going, they became friends and enjoy
ed each other's company. It ended up the Tiyu was actually the same age as Ichiru and was also leaving Colony L2. "Why are you leaving?" Ichiru asked her newly found friend. "I'm going to meet my father. It was my mothers dying wish." At the mention of her mother's death, the girl looked down and tears threatened to shed. "I'm so sorry." Ichiru said and the girl whipped the tears from her eyes and shook her head. "No, it's ok." And a smile formed on her face as the pilots announced that they'd be lifting off soon and everyone should buckle up. The two girls did as they were told and then Tiyu asked Ichiru the same question. "Oh, no reason. Just getting away from life for a while." She said. "Have you ever been on a shuttle before?" Ichiru asked her. "Yes I have." Ichiru nodded her head and then during the rest of the flight the two talked about what their plans were for when they landed, or more of Tiyu telling her what she was going to do.
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Ichiru's POV
* one hour later * "So, where are you going to be staying at?" Tiyu asked me. "To tell you the truth, I don't really know." I said. She then looked at me wide-eyed. "You don't have a place to stay?" I shook my head slowly. "No why?" "I can't believe this! What did you do just buy ticket for the heck of it and hop on a shuttle with no plan what so ever?" Tiyu exclaimed. I nodded my head. "What!?" "Well you see I'm an orphan and well I've been saving up some money for a while and I just decided that I didn't wont to live on L2 any more so here I am!" I said, bending the truth a little bit. The girl shook her head and looked at me sadly as if she knew something that I didn't. "What?" I asked. "You can't just jump into things like that. You might get into something you wont like." She said as she if she had seen a vision or something. "Yea, sure. What ever you say." I looked out the window into the darkness of space and was about to go to sleep when Tiyu spoke up again. "Here, h
ow about you stay with me?" "Really?"
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* two weeks later * "Are you ready yet?" Tiyu hollered from the kitchen. "No not yet! I can't find my shoe!" Ichiru yelled back as she stomped around upstairs. "It's down here! And don't forget your hat!" Tiyu yelled back but was too late. So Ichiru had to run back up the stairs to get her hat. "Honestly, that girl.." Tiyu sighed and shook her head in defeat. "You make it sound as if you're my mother." Ichiru commented as she hopped up and down on one foot while trying to put on her shoe and tie it. "Sure it does. Are you sure you want to do this with me? Once we get there, there is no turning back." Tiyu asked her. Ichiru looked as if she was putting some deep thought into this question but then quickly answered with a big smile, "Of course I want to! But the only question that really should be asked is, can you kill your father?" and began to walk out of the kitchen to the front door. 'Thing about this house is that it takes ten friggin minutes just to get from here to the
drive way!' Ichiru thought as she went down the long hallways of the mansion that Tiyu lived in. Her father had given it to her when he found out she was her daughter. The fact about Tiyu being his father was true but the assumed loyalty to him wasn't. Tiyu's loyalty remained with her mother, whom in the end hated Tiyu's father for abandoning her with the young child and no money what so ever, or so that is what Tiyu says happened. It also happened to turn out that her father is one of the suppliers for Oz's weapons and uniforms, being a millionaire and all. And Tiyu is against Oz, she hates Oz as did her mother. "I can't believe that you didn't know who Oz was." Tiyu said as they finally got to the driveway and got into the car. Ichiru shrugged and closed her door. "Hey, are we aloud to do this? We don't even have a permit or anything." Ichiru asked. "If you've got money and good connections then you can get away with anything, and that's what my dad is for." Tiyu said and
started the black mustang. "But what about after he's dead?" "We won't need to drive alone after he's dead." Tiyu said with a smirk and an odd glint in her eyes as if she knew something that Ichiru didn't, again, and sped off.
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Ichiru's POV
* that night * "Do you think he knew?" I asked my friend as we sped off to our meeting spot, in case we got separated. "I don't know. Maybe. That was to close!" She said and winced as I tried to clean her wound. I know he saw it coming.
* Flashback * Tiyu got up from her chair at the table that the three were eating at and got the whine from behind her father like he asked. "I hear that you supply Oz with weapons and military uniforms. Is this true? If it is, we just might be able to help each other out, seeing as I'm sure those gundam pilots might be a problem for you." Ichiru said as Tiyu slowly aimed her gun at the back of her father's head. "Yes." He said and Tiyu's finger itched towards the trigger. "Oh well then perfect! All the less guilty we will feel then." Ichiru continued and Tiyu was about to pull the trigger but Oz officers and bodyguards fled into the room and surrounded them. "Tisk, tisk, tisk." Tiyu's father said while shaking his head. "One's own daughter betraying me!" He stated. "I don't recall pledging my loyalty to you!" Tiyu said and spat in his face. * slap * Tiyu flew to the ground. "Tiyu!" Ichiru was immediately at her friend's side and helped her up. "Guards! Ge
t rid of them!" Her father ordered and left the room. "No way in hell!" Ichiru shouted and threw one of her homemade bombs. * End Flashback*
"We got lucky." Tiyu said and stopped at a red light. "Where are we?" I asked and put the stuff back into the first aid kit and threw it onto the back seat. "I don't know. Far away from any Oz bases I hope." She answered and turned right when the light changed. "Where did you learn how to make bombs? And those specialized bullets?" Tiyu asked me. I thought about that for a second. "Man, I really don't know. When I was in the orphanage I just kind of started playing with a few explosive stuff and then it all went boom! Once I learned how to put it all together and actually remember what I did, I just couldn't stop making them! It's fun!" I said. She looked at me as if I just said the weirdest thing in the world but then shrugged it off and sped up. 'She sure does speed a lot!'
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Tiyu's POV
"We're here." I said and got out of the car. This is the place that I used to live at with my mom. Coming here brings back so many memories, but now is not the time to bring up the past. I grabbed the spare key to the house that my mom always hid inside the lantern above the door and unlocked the door. "Wow! This place is huge! Not as big as the place your father gave you but it's still pretty big!" Ichiru said with a lop-sided grin. "Yeah. This is my home, well one of them. My mother was always on the move for some reason and she never sold any of the houses. I don't know where she came up with the money to pay off the rent and all for the houses but she did." I explained as I went into the kitchen to get a bite to eat. "Hey! You want something to eat?" I asked her. "Nah, I have to get something real quick. Can I borrow your car?" She asked as she came into the kitchen. "What for?" I asked not really wanting to give it up to her. Not that I don't trust her, but she doesn't
really seem to have any limits. "We need a cover." She said with a scary look on her face and took the keys from the key rack and left. "Okay." I said to myself and began to make a sandwich.
I suppose that this is the time that I should pause and tell you a little bit about me, seeing as you probably can't really grasp the reasoning for my hate towards my father yet. My full name is Tiyu Renée (A/N: pronounced Ren-ay) Johnson, Ichiru calls me T.J. sometimes but never when I'm a bad mood. I was raised by my mother from when I was one till she died; one year ago. Mother told me that my father took me away from her after I was born but she tracked him down and got me back. Ever since, we've been moving here and there. I believe my mother was running from him but whenever I'd ask she'd just say that she didn't like it when something stayed the same over a period of time. And when I'd ask about my father she'd just say that he was a very evil man and just wouldn't really talk about him that much unless she had to or if she was she got drunk. All that I really ever got out of her was that they had me when they were very young and he promised to marry her after I was
born but when the wedding came he kidnapped me and my mother didn't hear from him again until she finally found him with the help of my uncle, whom I've never met, and got me back. To some it all up, I hate him because he killed my mother. He got some one who worked for Oz to do it and then killed the guy. Police didn't find any evidence but when I checked into it, Oz and my father's name was all over it. They said it was suicide. My mother did not kill herself. Add it all up and the case is closed, but my father has money and good connections, just as I said. He could blow up Colon L1 and then confess but still be found innocent! Well that's a little bit about my past.
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Ichiru's POV
"Hey Juan! You think you can give me a hand here?" An old man asked his grandson that was the same age as me. "Yeah, sure Pops!" The boy replied and ran past me. 'Good to see that he appreciates what he's got.' I thought as I took the stuff that was in my hands to the cash register. A few boxed of hair dye, five lighters, a box of matches, a box of pale blue colored eye contacts and black colored, a few packs of gum, a bag of chips, and scissors all together cost less than $130. Thankfully I grabbed just enough money before I left.
After I finished paying for my stuff at the small grocery store I stopped off at a small cyber café that was next door. I went up to the counter and asked for hot coco, since I don't like coffee, and paid for the fee to use the net and I went to one of the computers. First I made sure that no one was looking, I slipped a disk into the computer and started to find out some more information on what Mr. Walt was up to now. When I finally found his whereabouts I quickly jot it all down on a napkin that came with my coco that a man that worked here brought me a little earlier. I quickly glanced at the clock and it read 8:45, which left me twenty more minutes to find out what I needed. Then I brought up the net and looked for any places in this area that might be owned by the old fart. I was surprised when I found that he didn't own a thing here, nothing. Not even a small gas station or restaurant. 'Strange, that man usually has to have at least something.' I thought and was broug
ht out of my train of thoughts when a familiar voice spoke to me. "I'm sorry, what?" I asked as I turned around and came face to face with the boy that was at the grocery store with his grandfather. "I know that man." He repeated himself. "Yeah, I'm sure you do. That old guy owns a lot of stuff, now if you'll excuse me." I said and turned around and faced the computer and started typing away again. "He's Mr. Walt. My father used to work for him."
I closed my eyes but kept typing as I listened to him talk about how he was so weird and how the guy would always keep his father at work late and made him work constantly. "Why are you talking to me." I said, tired of trying to get him off my case the polite way. He looked around and pulled up a chair next to me and leaned in close to me. "He killed my father." He whispered and then sat back in the chair. "Really?" I asked, starting to feel a little bad about how I was talking to him. "Yeah, that man will do anything for power. And personally, I think he is with Oz!" The way the guy said that made me laugh. "What you don't believe me?!" He asked me with his Spanish accent as if he was offended. "No, I believe you. Just, is everyone against Oz?" I asked trying to joke around with the guy. He leaned in close again and put an even serious look on his face and asked, "Are you with them?" and he scooted his chair closer to mine. "Whoa man! Getting a little too close to my person
al space!" I said avoiding the question. The fact is, I still don't really know who these Oz people are. I don't get it, what are they fighting for that everyone has to whisper when they say something about them? I tilted my head until it popped, which was a sign of my annoyance and frustration. I glanced at the clock again at it was five minutes till the place closed and I still wasn't done! "I just need to ask you some questions if you know this guy." He said, dropping the subject involving Oz. "Look, I've got to finish this, if you want you can wait until I'm done, which is when this place kicks me out, I'll answer whatever questions you've got." I said while looking him in the eyes. He nodded and laid his head down on the table next to the computer that I was at. I nodded and got back to work. 'I need to find his location, learn about the whereabouts of his son, find out what they're up to, and figure out if they are connected with that chick that keeps following me aroun
d.' I thought as I pulled up multiple windows with the information that I needed. I love it when the rhythm of my fingers typing away on the keys starts to go faster as I get more familiar with the keyboard. The keyboard back at the orphanage was much different from this one here in front of me.
Finally I got enough information. I saved it all to the disk that I had previously put into the computer so that way I can read it all later, since with the given time all I could do was skim threw it all as I searched. 'Hopefully I've got all that I need.' I thought as I took the disk out. I heard the footsteps of someone walking up from behind me and I quickly got out of everything that I was in and turned off the computer just in time. "Miss, we're closing up now." A guy told me politely that looked to be in his early twenties. "Yes, of course." I said and put the disk into the pocket of my oversized black jacket. I stood up; pushing the chair in as I looked at Juan who had fallen asleep while waiting for me. "I didn't take that long." I thought aloud and poked his neck a little to hard. "Owe!" He grumbled as he woke. "He he, sorry." I apologized, forgetting that I wasn't supposed dig into the muscle. 'Hhmm, I wonder why I always seem to do that?' I asked myself mentally
as I waited for Juan outside.
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A/N: Cyber cafes! Coolio, only café we got is a Black Dog Café, whish is actually pretty nifty. Okay I'm getting off subject here, there isn't much for me to say here except a review is most welcome and appreciated ^^ for we authors live off of em!
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Chapter Three: Allies and Enemies
Ichiru's POV
"I am an orphan. And now I am looking for my family." I told the people that were sitting comfortably in front of me as I was tied down to a chair with rope. What a great way to wake up after being hit in the head by someone's foot, and it was no accident! "There I've answered your question, now answer mine. Why am I tied to this chair?" I repeated my self. "That's not the answer we wanted, onna, and you know it." Wufei barked. "It's Ichiru. I-chi-ru. Come say it with me." Wufei glared at me as I mocked him but hey! I have a name! "Fine." I rolled my eyes before telling him that the sisters back at the orphanage decided to teach me some self defense, so what? "Sisters?" Duo's had popped out of nowhere when I mention the said word. "Yes sisters, as in nuns. Why?" I said quickly. "What orphanage?" "Maxwell Church." I said and muttered a, "You should know." under my breath. "What was that?" He asked. "I said could you let me go?" I said quickly. Duo quickly checked with the ot
hers and then untied me. "How did you know Duo had a gun?" Heero asked. "He's a gundam pilot." I said as I rubbed my now freed wrists. Then Heero whipped out his own gun. "How do you know that?" He asked. 'Oh god the nuns were right!' I thought and then shrugged as I answered his question. "The nuns at the church told me all about the founders of the orphanage. Which so happens to be Quatre and Duo. I know all about their past thanks to those girls." It took awhile for him to put his gun away but when he finally did, the girl called Hilde walked in. "Hey! You're awake!" I nodded my head. "You wanna see those guys that you knocked out?" She asked. I let a smile grin creep onto my face again as I remember what fun we had had earlier. "Yes, I think I should." I said and she led me out of the tent and into another neighboring one. Inside the J partners were just starting to wake up as well. I let my grin turn into a big smile as I greeted them. "Hey guys! Long time no see, eh?"
I asked and went to give Josh a big bear hug but he freaked a jumped back and pulled out an imaginary gun and pulled the trigger. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Missing something?" I asked. He smiled a nervous smile and quickly grabbed his friend and head out the tent. "Hey!" Hilde yelled after them and was about to run after them but I held her back and shook my head. "Don't worry they'll come back soon. Trust me as much as they fear me, they're like a moth to fire, can't stay away from me." I said and looked at the dust trail they had left and sighed. "Poor guys, I kinda feel sorry for them sometimes." I thought aloud and left the tent after grabbing Heina's hat. I looked around as I was almost out of the circus. 'Odd, they aren't following me. Hhmm.. Oh well! I'm free!' With that thought on my mind I kicked up speed and ran away from the circus and from all those weird people whom resided in the circus. "Man, Ryan was right! The circus is a strange and scary place! I think I
might just go back some time." I said aloud as I walked on the sidewalk, contemplating my next move.
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* beep beep vroom vroom whoosh * Ichiru's ears twitched and flatted underneath the cap as all the noises around her nearly crushed her eardrums. Once the noise seemed to get a little softer her ears popped back up and she continued walking to her gate. When she finally arrived she showed the guy her ticket and quickly walked to her shuttle. When she finally found her seat she sat down next to the window since no one else was in her row. 'Lucky me, I always imagined shuttles to be crowded.' She thought as she got comfortable and asked one of the flight attendants for a drink of water. "Excuse me? Is this where I sit?" Asked a girl that looked to be only ten. "Yes it is." The attendant said and went off to get Ichiru's drink. The girl then sat next to her. "Hello." She said. "Hi!" I replied in a cheerful voice. She smiled and said that her name was Tiyu. And Ichiru told the girl her name in return. As the two waited for the plane to get going, they became friends and enjoy
ed each other's company. It ended up the Tiyu was actually the same age as Ichiru and was also leaving Colony L2. "Why are you leaving?" Ichiru asked her newly found friend. "I'm going to meet my father. It was my mothers dying wish." At the mention of her mother's death, the girl looked down and tears threatened to shed. "I'm so sorry." Ichiru said and the girl whipped the tears from her eyes and shook her head. "No, it's ok." And a smile formed on her face as the pilots announced that they'd be lifting off soon and everyone should buckle up. The two girls did as they were told and then Tiyu asked Ichiru the same question. "Oh, no reason. Just getting away from life for a while." She said. "Have you ever been on a shuttle before?" Ichiru asked her. "Yes I have." Ichiru nodded her head and then during the rest of the flight the two talked about what their plans were for when they landed, or more of Tiyu telling her what she was going to do.
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Ichiru's POV
* one hour later * "So, where are you going to be staying at?" Tiyu asked me. "To tell you the truth, I don't really know." I said. She then looked at me wide-eyed. "You don't have a place to stay?" I shook my head slowly. "No why?" "I can't believe this! What did you do just buy ticket for the heck of it and hop on a shuttle with no plan what so ever?" Tiyu exclaimed. I nodded my head. "What!?" "Well you see I'm an orphan and well I've been saving up some money for a while and I just decided that I didn't wont to live on L2 any more so here I am!" I said, bending the truth a little bit. The girl shook her head and looked at me sadly as if she knew something that I didn't. "What?" I asked. "You can't just jump into things like that. You might get into something you wont like." She said as she if she had seen a vision or something. "Yea, sure. What ever you say." I looked out the window into the darkness of space and was about to go to sleep when Tiyu spoke up again. "Here, h
ow about you stay with me?" "Really?"
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* two weeks later * "Are you ready yet?" Tiyu hollered from the kitchen. "No not yet! I can't find my shoe!" Ichiru yelled back as she stomped around upstairs. "It's down here! And don't forget your hat!" Tiyu yelled back but was too late. So Ichiru had to run back up the stairs to get her hat. "Honestly, that girl.." Tiyu sighed and shook her head in defeat. "You make it sound as if you're my mother." Ichiru commented as she hopped up and down on one foot while trying to put on her shoe and tie it. "Sure it does. Are you sure you want to do this with me? Once we get there, there is no turning back." Tiyu asked her. Ichiru looked as if she was putting some deep thought into this question but then quickly answered with a big smile, "Of course I want to! But the only question that really should be asked is, can you kill your father?" and began to walk out of the kitchen to the front door. 'Thing about this house is that it takes ten friggin minutes just to get from here to the
drive way!' Ichiru thought as she went down the long hallways of the mansion that Tiyu lived in. Her father had given it to her when he found out she was her daughter. The fact about Tiyu being his father was true but the assumed loyalty to him wasn't. Tiyu's loyalty remained with her mother, whom in the end hated Tiyu's father for abandoning her with the young child and no money what so ever, or so that is what Tiyu says happened. It also happened to turn out that her father is one of the suppliers for Oz's weapons and uniforms, being a millionaire and all. And Tiyu is against Oz, she hates Oz as did her mother. "I can't believe that you didn't know who Oz was." Tiyu said as they finally got to the driveway and got into the car. Ichiru shrugged and closed her door. "Hey, are we aloud to do this? We don't even have a permit or anything." Ichiru asked. "If you've got money and good connections then you can get away with anything, and that's what my dad is for." Tiyu said and
started the black mustang. "But what about after he's dead?" "We won't need to drive alone after he's dead." Tiyu said with a smirk and an odd glint in her eyes as if she knew something that Ichiru didn't, again, and sped off.
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* that night * "Do you think he knew?" I asked my friend as we sped off to our meeting spot, in case we got separated. "I don't know. Maybe. That was to close!" She said and winced as I tried to clean her wound. I know he saw it coming.
* Flashback * Tiyu got up from her chair at the table that the three were eating at and got the whine from behind her father like he asked. "I hear that you supply Oz with weapons and military uniforms. Is this true? If it is, we just might be able to help each other out, seeing as I'm sure those gundam pilots might be a problem for you." Ichiru said as Tiyu slowly aimed her gun at the back of her father's head. "Yes." He said and Tiyu's finger itched towards the trigger. "Oh well then perfect! All the less guilty we will feel then." Ichiru continued and Tiyu was about to pull the trigger but Oz officers and bodyguards fled into the room and surrounded them. "Tisk, tisk, tisk." Tiyu's father said while shaking his head. "One's own daughter betraying me!" He stated. "I don't recall pledging my loyalty to you!" Tiyu said and spat in his face. * slap * Tiyu flew to the ground. "Tiyu!" Ichiru was immediately at her friend's side and helped her up. "Guards! Ge
t rid of them!" Her father ordered and left the room. "No way in hell!" Ichiru shouted and threw one of her homemade bombs. * End Flashback*
"We got lucky." Tiyu said and stopped at a red light. "Where are we?" I asked and put the stuff back into the first aid kit and threw it onto the back seat. "I don't know. Far away from any Oz bases I hope." She answered and turned right when the light changed. "Where did you learn how to make bombs? And those specialized bullets?" Tiyu asked me. I thought about that for a second. "Man, I really don't know. When I was in the orphanage I just kind of started playing with a few explosive stuff and then it all went boom! Once I learned how to put it all together and actually remember what I did, I just couldn't stop making them! It's fun!" I said. She looked at me as if I just said the weirdest thing in the world but then shrugged it off and sped up. 'She sure does speed a lot!'
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Tiyu's POV
"We're here." I said and got out of the car. This is the place that I used to live at with my mom. Coming here brings back so many memories, but now is not the time to bring up the past. I grabbed the spare key to the house that my mom always hid inside the lantern above the door and unlocked the door. "Wow! This place is huge! Not as big as the place your father gave you but it's still pretty big!" Ichiru said with a lop-sided grin. "Yeah. This is my home, well one of them. My mother was always on the move for some reason and she never sold any of the houses. I don't know where she came up with the money to pay off the rent and all for the houses but she did." I explained as I went into the kitchen to get a bite to eat. "Hey! You want something to eat?" I asked her. "Nah, I have to get something real quick. Can I borrow your car?" She asked as she came into the kitchen. "What for?" I asked not really wanting to give it up to her. Not that I don't trust her, but she doesn't
really seem to have any limits. "We need a cover." She said with a scary look on her face and took the keys from the key rack and left. "Okay." I said to myself and began to make a sandwich.
I suppose that this is the time that I should pause and tell you a little bit about me, seeing as you probably can't really grasp the reasoning for my hate towards my father yet. My full name is Tiyu Renée (A/N: pronounced Ren-ay) Johnson, Ichiru calls me T.J. sometimes but never when I'm a bad mood. I was raised by my mother from when I was one till she died; one year ago. Mother told me that my father took me away from her after I was born but she tracked him down and got me back. Ever since, we've been moving here and there. I believe my mother was running from him but whenever I'd ask she'd just say that she didn't like it when something stayed the same over a period of time. And when I'd ask about my father she'd just say that he was a very evil man and just wouldn't really talk about him that much unless she had to or if she was she got drunk. All that I really ever got out of her was that they had me when they were very young and he promised to marry her after I was
born but when the wedding came he kidnapped me and my mother didn't hear from him again until she finally found him with the help of my uncle, whom I've never met, and got me back. To some it all up, I hate him because he killed my mother. He got some one who worked for Oz to do it and then killed the guy. Police didn't find any evidence but when I checked into it, Oz and my father's name was all over it. They said it was suicide. My mother did not kill herself. Add it all up and the case is closed, but my father has money and good connections, just as I said. He could blow up Colon L1 and then confess but still be found innocent! Well that's a little bit about my past.
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Ichiru's POV
"Hey Juan! You think you can give me a hand here?" An old man asked his grandson that was the same age as me. "Yeah, sure Pops!" The boy replied and ran past me. 'Good to see that he appreciates what he's got.' I thought as I took the stuff that was in my hands to the cash register. A few boxed of hair dye, five lighters, a box of matches, a box of pale blue colored eye contacts and black colored, a few packs of gum, a bag of chips, and scissors all together cost less than $130. Thankfully I grabbed just enough money before I left.
After I finished paying for my stuff at the small grocery store I stopped off at a small cyber café that was next door. I went up to the counter and asked for hot coco, since I don't like coffee, and paid for the fee to use the net and I went to one of the computers. First I made sure that no one was looking, I slipped a disk into the computer and started to find out some more information on what Mr. Walt was up to now. When I finally found his whereabouts I quickly jot it all down on a napkin that came with my coco that a man that worked here brought me a little earlier. I quickly glanced at the clock and it read 8:45, which left me twenty more minutes to find out what I needed. Then I brought up the net and looked for any places in this area that might be owned by the old fart. I was surprised when I found that he didn't own a thing here, nothing. Not even a small gas station or restaurant. 'Strange, that man usually has to have at least something.' I thought and was broug
ht out of my train of thoughts when a familiar voice spoke to me. "I'm sorry, what?" I asked as I turned around and came face to face with the boy that was at the grocery store with his grandfather. "I know that man." He repeated himself. "Yeah, I'm sure you do. That old guy owns a lot of stuff, now if you'll excuse me." I said and turned around and faced the computer and started typing away again. "He's Mr. Walt. My father used to work for him."
I closed my eyes but kept typing as I listened to him talk about how he was so weird and how the guy would always keep his father at work late and made him work constantly. "Why are you talking to me." I said, tired of trying to get him off my case the polite way. He looked around and pulled up a chair next to me and leaned in close to me. "He killed my father." He whispered and then sat back in the chair. "Really?" I asked, starting to feel a little bad about how I was talking to him. "Yeah, that man will do anything for power. And personally, I think he is with Oz!" The way the guy said that made me laugh. "What you don't believe me?!" He asked me with his Spanish accent as if he was offended. "No, I believe you. Just, is everyone against Oz?" I asked trying to joke around with the guy. He leaned in close again and put an even serious look on his face and asked, "Are you with them?" and he scooted his chair closer to mine. "Whoa man! Getting a little too close to my person
al space!" I said avoiding the question. The fact is, I still don't really know who these Oz people are. I don't get it, what are they fighting for that everyone has to whisper when they say something about them? I tilted my head until it popped, which was a sign of my annoyance and frustration. I glanced at the clock again at it was five minutes till the place closed and I still wasn't done! "I just need to ask you some questions if you know this guy." He said, dropping the subject involving Oz. "Look, I've got to finish this, if you want you can wait until I'm done, which is when this place kicks me out, I'll answer whatever questions you've got." I said while looking him in the eyes. He nodded and laid his head down on the table next to the computer that I was at. I nodded and got back to work. 'I need to find his location, learn about the whereabouts of his son, find out what they're up to, and figure out if they are connected with that chick that keeps following me aroun
d.' I thought as I pulled up multiple windows with the information that I needed. I love it when the rhythm of my fingers typing away on the keys starts to go faster as I get more familiar with the keyboard. The keyboard back at the orphanage was much different from this one here in front of me.
Finally I got enough information. I saved it all to the disk that I had previously put into the computer so that way I can read it all later, since with the given time all I could do was skim threw it all as I searched. 'Hopefully I've got all that I need.' I thought as I took the disk out. I heard the footsteps of someone walking up from behind me and I quickly got out of everything that I was in and turned off the computer just in time. "Miss, we're closing up now." A guy told me politely that looked to be in his early twenties. "Yes, of course." I said and put the disk into the pocket of my oversized black jacket. I stood up; pushing the chair in as I looked at Juan who had fallen asleep while waiting for me. "I didn't take that long." I thought aloud and poked his neck a little to hard. "Owe!" He grumbled as he woke. "He he, sorry." I apologized, forgetting that I wasn't supposed dig into the muscle. 'Hhmm, I wonder why I always seem to do that?' I asked myself mentally
as I waited for Juan outside.
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A/N: Cyber cafes! Coolio, only café we got is a Black Dog Café, whish is actually pretty nifty. Okay I'm getting off subject here, there isn't much for me to say here except a review is most welcome and appreciated ^^ for we authors live off of em!