Illuminati
Chapter IV
Only Spiral will tell you if you are right...
Hikaru was in the highest hill in Tokyo. The cold wind blew and he nabbed his coat. The chilly night air warned of a coming frost and he pulled the heavy wool more tightly around him.
He looked at his surroundings, this was definitely a perfect place for dreaming, and a place for solitude, where the burden that clasped his chest liked an iron bar could be momentarily forgotten. In his complicated life, he treasured such a moment.
But there was exception tonight. Tonight he couldn't stop thinking about his earlier conversation with Eyes. So...the Hunt would begin in anytime. And he...as well as the other Blade Children must fight for their life. It was true what Eyes had said, even if he hid in the wormhole, even if he ran to the end of the world, they would find him and kill him.
Killed him...as he thought of it, the lightest trace of lunatic smile passed across his lips. No...of course that wouldn't happen, not if he did something...such as killed them first.
The problem was he liked his life now. He really did. For someone who used to be in danger for his entire life, it was so enjoyable for him to live as a normal teenager. Going to school everyday, reading manga, watching anime, hanging around, having friends...and playing go. Such a normal life, made him almost forgot who he really was.
And the other problem, the one he worried the most was his aunt. Who could guarantee those Hunter would not use her as bait to their trap? Who could guarantee her safety?
No one. Not even him.
And a momentary anguish flickered deep in his eyes as he was reminded of the tragedy in his life. His parents' death.
His parents were both chemist, his father was a professor, he taught chemistry in one famous university in America and his mother was a chemical engineer, she worked as a scientist in a pharmacy company.
They were happy at that time. Even they were busy they always tried to spend every spare time they had with him. They loved him so much and he loved them too. But like wise people always said, nothing last forever. So the disaster arrived upon him.
One of those Hunter, people who wanted to eliminate Blade Children, couldn't wait any longer and decided to kill him. It failed of course but as the exchange it was his parents who got killed. It was happen when he was ten years old.
After their death, he no longer wanted to live in America. So he came back to Japan. His aunt, who already lost her husband and his child in plane accident, took him and raised him as if he were her own son. He knew his aunt quite well since he spent his summer holiday in Japan every year. That's how he met Akari. His aunt finally found out who he really was but her love never less.
She had become a very important person in is life and he never ever wanted to lose someone important to him anymore. He failed to protect his parents at that time, he also lost Sai, his very best friend, but he wasn't going to lose his aunt. He would not let the same fate happened with her. He would not put her in danger. People he loved and he cared about.
He already thought of all possible moves, it was his nature to carefully consider and examine each other moves before acting. After all it was something he and the other Blade Children must do if they still wanted to stay alive.
Hikaru made out his mind, now the first thing to do was...
He took his cell phone.
"Hello?" His aunt picked the phone after the first ring.
"It's me, Hikaru."
"Hikaru, where are you? Why you haven't gone home yet? I'm worrying about you."
He gave a bittersweet smile. She was always like this, full of concern. "What time you will go home?"
"I won't go home."
"Oh! Are you going to stay at your friend house tonight?"
"No. I'm going back to my apartment."
Silent. She must be shock to hear that. His parents had apartment in Tokyo actually, though he never lived there. But now he could not stay at his aunt's house it would be too dangerous for her.
"It...It can't be!" She was quiet for a few moments before speaking shakily. "So it means..."
"Yes."
"I won't let it!" Hikaru was surprised, not even once his aunt ever yelled at him. "I won't let you Hikaru! Her voice cracked. "I have lost your father and your mother," she was sobbing now. "Please Hikaru, just forget about it," she said pleadingly.
"We know the fact is not as simple as that."
She tried to argue. "You have been living in here for years without anything ever happened..."
"Till now." And who knew what would happen if the curse was true?
"Please Hikaru...I love you..."
His eyes saddened. "I love you too, you're like my mother. But don't worry, I will be back."
"But how if...if you..." she couldn't continue her next words.
"Die?" So instead her it was him who said it. "I won't." This time there was no hesitation, no anxiety, and no sadness. Nothing but a rough, aggressive voice that stated, "I believe of my own strength."
It was the last he said before he hung up his cell phone.
Now he had handled his aunt...the one left was his friends...and...Touya...what would he do about him?
He lifted his head and stared at the black velvet sky, looking at the endless sea of stars. "I believe of my own strength," he murmured. "The happiness for the believer, isn't so Kiyotaka-san?"