Chapter 23: Complete Restoration
"Are you serious?" Mutaru asked.
"Yes," was Sonnet's reply, "What do you think?"
"I think it's crazy, to tell you the truth. But, if we do this correctly, it should lead Chronos to the wrong conclusion about you."
"I wouldn't be at all surprised if they suspect I'm already involved with the Guyvers somehow. If this works, they will believe that for sure, but they won't believe that I am Guyver Blue."
"What about Mizuki?" Mutaru asked.
"We wait until she has fully regenerated, and for your sister to return home, then I'll tell them the plan I just told you. Based on her progress so far, she should be fully regenerated within the next couple of hours. Midnight, at the latest"
"Didn't you say that the Guyver, in self defence mode, can't distinguish between friend and foe?"
"It was one of the things I listed on that printout I gave to you and your sister."
"So what do we do?"
"You don't do anything. When she has fully regenerated, you will go to the other end of the room, and let me wake her up."
"Since the armours only go into self defence mode if the host is unconscious."
"Well remembered. So I should be able to hold her back without activating my armour. And you three should be safe, because you won't be acting in a threatening way to her, so she'll leave you alone."
"I see what you're getting at."
"You'll do as I say for this?"
"Yep. I trust you judgement in this situation, since you've been a Guyver longer than myself and Ran."
"Thanks."
Sonnet then took her hairpin from the computer desk, and slid it into her hair. She held her hand over it for a second before turning to face Mutaru again.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
"Nothing. I was just wondering if the hidden feature of this thing still worked. I've not needed to use it since I left Taron."
"What feature?"
"You don't remember what I used to look like when I was telekinetically holding that truck in place, trying to prevent you from escaping from the Taron complex at the base of Mount Fuji?"
Mutaru's face had a blank expression, so Sonnet tried the hidden feature built into her hairpin. It still worked, and two large blue lenses folded out from the pin and covered most of her face, including her eyes.
"Oh, that," He exclaimed, "I remember now."
"I never saw the point in these lenses anyway," Sonnet commented, "Even if someone couldn't see my whole face, they would still remember my voice."
"Only if they knew you pretty well." Mutaru pointed out.
Before Sonnet could reply to that, Ran and Kyriu entered the apartment. Sonnet then retracted the lenses back into her hairpin.
[I saw that.] Ran telepathically said.
[So?] Was Sonnet's reply.
Ran just shrugged her shoulders and moved to sit on the sofa.
"Don't sit there!" Mutaru exclaimed.
"Why?"
Mutaru pulled back the blanket covering Guyver 5. Ran looked a little sheepish as she moved to one of the chairs. Sonnet noticed that Guyver 5s shoulders and upper arms had now regenerated as well.
Not too long now. She thought. She then looked up at Ran, remembering something that Agito had once mentioned to her about hosts after they regenerate.
"Ran, can I talk to you for a minute, alone?"
"Sure Sonnet."
The two young women went to Ran's bedroom.
"What's up?"
"I just wanted to thank you for moving my cases into your room. It makes it easier to retrieve things after a shower now."
"Not a problem. What else do you want to ask me?"
"Am I that easy to read?"
"Only to me," Ran replied tapping the side of her head, "Strong telepath, remember."
"Right. Plus the armour increases those abilities," Sonnet replied, "Anyway, the other thing I wanted to ask you wasn't for me. It's for Mizuki."
"What?"
"One thing I forgot to mention about Guyver armour is that, although it can recreate a host down to the cellular level, it can't do much about clothes."
Ran twitched slightly as Sonnet said that.
"So," Sonnet continued, "Do you have some clothes that you could lend Mizuki, until she gets back to Sho and the others? The two of you appear to be similar sizes, so any of your clothes should fit her quite well."
"I think so. I'll check now. Oh, by the way, Uncle said he had some information for you."
"Thanks."
Sonnet then left Ran's bedroom and returned to the lounge area.
"Mr Kyriu, Ran said you had some information for me?"
"Yes," Kyriu replied, "As Mutaru probably told you, we went to visit Bird."
Sonnet nodded.
"He was asking about you," Kyriu continued, "Wondering if you would be visiting Japan anytime son."
"I certainly will," Sonnet replied, "Where is he right now?"
Kyriu passed a piece of paper to Sonnet. Sonnet took a look at it, memorised the address, and then tore it up and disposed of it.
"Also, we passed the Landlady as we came back up, and she had a message for you. She said, 'All you need to do is fill out some forms, and then you can move in.'"
"Excellent. Is it possible to do so now?"
"I suspect so."
"I'm going downstairs then. See you later."
Sonnet left the apartment and headed to the reception area. She then spoke with the Landlady and filled out the necessary forms. The Landlady then handed her two keys, which Sonnet took. She then thanked the woman, and returned to Ran's apartment. When she went back inside, she gave Kyriu one of the keys, in case it was needed, and then decided to move into her own new home immediately. With Ran and Mutaru helping, she moved her cases to her own apartment at the other end of the building. Once there, Mutaru left them to unpack. Sonnet had a little trouble deciding where to put a few of her things, but Ran's suggestions solved those problems. Since the apartment was already furnished, part of the reason for the delay, Sonnet didn't have to worry about buying a sofa and chairs for the lounge area, or a dining table and chairs for the kitchen, or a wardrobe for her clothes. Only one of the two bedrooms was furnished though. The larger bedroom had a double bed, two chests of drawers, a small cabinet on the left hand side of the bed, which was the same height as the bed, and there was a lamp on the cabinet as well.
"That didn't take long." Ran commented.
"No. I'm surprised we got it done so fast."
"I wonder what the time is?"
"At least 21:30," Sonnet guessed, "Do you mind if I stay at your apartment again tonight?"
"No," Ran answered, "But why?"
"Mizuki." Sonnet replied.
Ran and Sonnet then left Sonnet's apartment and returned to Ran's. Mutaru informed them, after they had been back for a few minutes, that Mizuki had regenerated to just below her knees. The four of them then sat around and discussed, among other things, Sonnet's revenge plan. At around 22:30, Ran, Mutaru and Kyriu went to bed. Sonnet stayed up and read through another one of Kyriu's books. It was just after midnight when Sonnet noticed the Guyver 5 had fully regenerated.
Good thing Ran and the others are asleep, She thought, they won't be a concern now.
Sonnet then spoke to her via the Guyver organisms.
[Guyver 5, can you hear me?]
There was no response, so Sonnet increased the power behind her telepathic message.
[Guyver 5, can you hear me?]
This time, the control medal started flashing. A couple of minutes later:
[Yes. I can hear you. What happened to me? How did I get here?]
"This is Ran's apartment. I offered to take care of you after the battle you and Guyver 1 had with those Enzyme IIs. Sho mentioned that you might be moving house, which made it tough for him to monitor you as you regenerated."
"We'll probably go to one of the bases that Agito set up for Zeus Thunderbolt. What time is it?"
"It's just after midnight."
"Do you think Ran would mind if I slept on this sofa for a few hours?"
"I don't think so."
"I'm going to deactivate my armour too."
"Wait!" Sonnet exclaimed.
"What?"
"There are clothes for you on that chair there."
"Oh right," she said, sounding sheepish, "I forgot the armours can't recreate clothes."
Sonnet returned to reading her book, while Mizuki shut down her armour, and got dressed in the clothes Ran had provided. Once Mizuki indicated she had got dressed, Sonnet informed her about the plan she had come up with as a form of revenge. Mizuki asked a few questions, but seemed to like the overall idea. After that, Mizuki lay down on the sofa, covered by the blanket Mutaru had placed over her as she was regenerating, as Guyver 5, and went to sleep a few minutes later.
