"Ehhh?!" Reito exclaimed after Elisa had finished talking about Suou Mira.

"No kiddin' she's a clone of you?!" Jason exclaimed. "I thought you looked a lot like her! But a clone?! Why would they clone you?!"

"So she could be fertile and mate with Reito," Elisa answered.

"Did they do the same for the other three males?" Reito asked.

"No," Elisa answered. "I guess they did not have enough time to do that. Although in their case, they did not have any woman who was special to them who happened to suffer from sterility."

"Makes sense, I guess," Jason mused. "But cloning? That's pretty serious. I wonder if that was the reason why that Minister of General Relations betrayed her colleagues?"

"Probably," Reito said. "Cloning is a very serious issue. You are essentially making a copy of the original person; even if it is only the physical copy."

"Yeah," Jason agreed. "I know I wouldn't like it if there were a copy of me out there somewhere."

There is a moment of silence.

"How are we going to get back into Japan if the UW now knows what you're up to?" Jason asked. "They could very well have the country's airspace heavily monitored ready to shoot us out of the sky the moment we enter."

"We will be landing in Vladivostok," Elisa answered. "It is a port city in Russia on the Sea of Japan. From there, we will take a ship to Toyama, Japan. And finally we will take a car up into the mountains to our hideout."

"Ah, yeah, I should've known that," Jason mused. "And of course, Izunami will be providing the service?"

"Of course," Elisa said.

"Of course," Jason echoed with humorous unease.

"What is the matter, Jeeson-san?" Reito asked.

"I think he is worried that the group with the final male might end up getting their hands on him too," Akane answered teasingly from nearby. "Although I do not understand why you are worried, Jeeson-kun. There is no doubt that they would take very good care of you." Then chuckles and takes another gulp of liquor.

"It is just that you can have too much of a good thing," Jason said.

They land at their destination by sunrise and are soon on a ship to take them across the Sea of Japan. They reach their destination and Elisa is soon driving their way up into the mountains of Japan in the Kyusho Prefecture. It is nightfall and due to the exhaustive events, Mahiru, Akane, and Sui are asleep while Elisa is driving them, with Reito and Jason still awake. Given the size of the vehicle, he is sitting in the back with the rest. Sui is sitting on Jason's lap as she lies back against his chest and Akane snuggles into him.

"So how much longer?" Jason said lazily.

"We are almost there," Elisa answered.

Another moment of silence.

"We're here," Elisa announced.

The headlights illuminate a cave.

"Quite the hideout," Jason mused. "Hey, we're driving in?" Upon noticing that Elisa is not stopping.

"That we are," Elisa answered.

The group drive into the cave as it is big enough to do so. Inside, there are electric lights in the rock wall and a doorway up ahead. The van stops and the engine shuts off, awakening the others.

"Are we here?" Sui yawned as she rubs her eyes.

"That we are," Elisa answered.

"We're inside a cave," Jason explained.

They all get out and Elisa leads them through the door and down a lit hallway branching out into more lit hallways.

"Here we are," Elisa directed as they walk up to a wooden door.

Reito opens the door and they enter a room with a table, sofas, refridgerator, microwave. They are amazed.

"Wow," Reito gasped. "A place like this inside a cave!"

"We have been expecting you," Suou Mira said, getting their attention. Rea is also there as well.

"Suou-san!" Reito gasped with relief.

"Mizuhara-san," Mira said as she clasps his hand. "You have done well staying alive!"

"Yoo!" another voice proclaimed, looking to see Hino walk over to them. "Well if it isn't the Savior of Mankind!"

"Hino-san!" Reito exclaimed.

"Mizuhara-kun!" Hino exclaimed as he hooks his arm around his neck. "I'm so glad you're okay! You did well getting here! And Mahiru-chan's as cute as ever, isn't she!" As he makes the heart gesture to her, much to her chagrin.

Hino next regards Jason and walks up to him. "Ooh, so you . . . Jeeson . . . ? Weersh . . . ?! Wow, you tall . . . ! You . . . mate?"

"Ah, no," Jason answered dryly.

"Remember, Jeeson-san, Hino-san does not know much English," Reito explained.

"Yeah, I remember the first time we talked to him," Jason answered. "So I guess being a translator is in order."

"That it is," Reito said.

Jason turns to Hino. "I am still a virgin," he said through Reito.

"Eh?! Are you gay?" Hino asked through Reito.

"Why do people assume that?!" Jason snapped. "And no, I'm not gay. And besides, those five women who were in charge of the Japanese Branch were not going to have me take part in that Mating Program."

"Ah, I understand," Hino said abashedly through Reito as he rubs the back of his head while closing his eyes then gestures with open palm. "It is just that back in high school, there was this American guy named John Matthews who came to our school for the semester. He had sex with several different girls during his time with us."

"Then I guess John Matthews would have loved this brave new world," Jason sighed as he squints his eyes while making a large sweatdrop.

"Ah, Hino-san," Reito said to him. "How did you manage to get away from Chroe Mansfierd-san?"

"My agent was the one who got me and Yukari out. Neneko-chan is amazing. She manage to time everything and secure a truck to drive us out to this place by getting into contact with Izunami. I guess that Chroe Mansfierd-san is not as confident as she makes herself out to be."

A woman screeching gets everyone's attention.

"Yukari!" Hino exclaimed as he runs toward the screeching.

"She must be going into labor!" Akane stated as she hurriedly joins Hino. "Rea-san, Elisa-san, come help me!"

"On it!" Elisa said as she hurries after her, followed by Rea.

Reito, Jason, Mahiru, Suou, and Sui are left alone. Jason, Reito, and Suou have a seat as Mahiru and Sui remain standing. They listen to Yukari shouting as Hino shouts words of encouragement.

"I wonder if Yukari-san will be okay?" Mahiru asked fretfully.

"All we can do is wait," Reito answered.

"What if the baby," Mahiru said as she walks up to stand alongside Reito with a tremble in her tone. "What if the baby were to be infected by the MK Virus?"

"What are you talking about, Mahiru?" Jason asked her.

"Ah, well," Mahiru sighed, feeling flustered that Jason called her by her given name so casually. "I am worried that the baby might be born with the MK Virus."

"The baby is a boy?!" Jason gasped as he tenses while sitting forward.

"Yes," Reito verified.

"I know pathogens can be passed on such as the AIDS Virus," Jason said. "But what about immunity? Can that be passed on too?"

"That is a precarious situation," Reito answered.

"Listen," Suou suddenly said after being quiet for so long.

"What?" Reito asked and they all listen intently.

"It has gotten so quiet," Suou explained.

"Yukari-san is not crying out anymore!" Sui exclaimed.

"That means her baby must be born!" Jason added eagerly.

"What should we do?!" Mahiru asked fretfully.

"We should wait here until we are called in," Reito answered.

Minutes pass in silence as they stare down the hallway of doors. They hear the sound of a door opening and Akane emerges.

"Reito, Jeeson," she said. "Come."

Reito gets up and does so, followed by the others. Reito walks into the room as the rest stand in the doorway looking in at the woman lying covered up in one of the twin beds. Hino stands back on to him holding something in his arms as a blanket can be seen hanging down. Sobbing sounds eminate from him as he shudders slightly with each soft sob. Jason tightens his lips with dread.

"H-Hino-san?" Reito asked tentively.

Hino lifts a hand to wipe his eye, then places it back under the bundle in his arms and turns with teary eyes.

"Mizuhara-kun," his tone strained. "This kiddo . . ."

"No!" Jason mouthed as the softest whisper.

"He looks just like me!" Hino exclaimed joyfully as he cradles the live squirming, now crying baby.

Jason gasps with relief as he breaks into a broad smile.

"So he's alive and well," Reito sighed, "despite being exposed to the air?!"

"Yes," Elisa verified. "This child," as her voice cracks, "has immunity against the MK Virus!"

"That's a relief," Reito sighed. "That's truly a relief!"

"Are you saying that his son is immune?!" Jason asked adamantly.

"Yes!" Reito and Elisa stated simultaneously.

"So there is hope!" Jason sighed with relief.

"Yes," Reito verified. "Hope."

They each take a look at Hino's newborn son.

"So how long are we going to be down here for?" Jason asked.

"Until safe passage can be secured to a hideaway where the UW do not have any authority," Elisa answered.

Sui yawns, causing Mahiru to yawn as well.

"Yeah, I think we should get some sleep," Akane noted.

Rea's "little sister" gets them some blankets so that they can sleep on the couches since they are large enough. Mahiru and Sui sleep on one, with Sui sleeping upright.

"Hey, Jeeson-kun, you want to sleep with me?" Akane said sultrily as she sits on the other couch with the other blanket.

"Behave yourself, Akane, there are children present," Jason said as he sits on the other couch with her. "And besides, this couch is too narrow for the both of us. I mean, look. Sui has to sit up at the end." As he gestures at her.

Jason takes note of Elisa and Suou over in the corner with Reito as they talk to him, then turn to leave together.

"What was that all about, Reito-kun?" Akane asked as she covers up in the blanket to lie at a diagonal in the corner of the couch.

"Elisa and Suou want to have a talk with me."

"Oh really?" Akane crooned provocatively with a big grin. "Then don't keep them waiting."

Reito leaves.

"What was that all about?" Jason asked.

"Reito is about to get it on with the both of them," Akane answered.

"What?" Jason snickered with disbelief. "Reito, Elisa, and Suou are going to have a threesome? He seems too straight laced for that. Then there are Elisa and Suou. They may as well be twin sisters."

"What is a threesome?" Sui asked sleepily.

"Jeeson-san!" Mahiru growled slowly in a quaver.

The next thing Jason knows is that a loud noise is sounding, causing him to gasp with a flinch; then come to the realization that he had been asleep. Reito, Elisa, and Suou are sitting on the floor before him, but are now getting up.

"Wha-What's happening?!" Jason exclaimed.

"That is the intruder alarm," Suou answered.

The alarm suddenly stops. Moments later, Rea and her "little sister" run in.

"Soldiers from the UW are here!" the "little sister" exclaimed.

"Come on!" Suou said as she gets up. "We have to get Hino-san and Yukari-san out of here!"

The group run into Yukari's room where Hino is staying, along with their baby. Hino is up out of bed and the baby is now crying as Yukari cradles her son.

"What's going on?!" Hino clamoured fearfully.

"The UW's here!" Reito exclaimed. "We have to escape!"

"But Yukari's in no shape to walk yet!" Hino proclaimed.

"We're getting a stretcher for her!" Rea stated. "Jeeson-san! Reito-san! Go help her get a stretcher!" Thumbing at her "little sister", who directs the men to follow her.

"Will the doors out there hold?!" Jason asked Rea's "little sister".

"They should! But not for long! We have to hurry!"

She leads them into a room where there is a stretcher and are soon on their way back to the room with it.

"It all makes sense now!" Jason snarled as he his helping Reito wheel the stretcher. "They let us come back into the country and waited long enough so that we would be all together so that they could send their army to kill us all in one blow!"

"Yeah, that makes sense," Reito said dryly.

They re-enter the room with the gang and are soon helping Yukari get onto the stretcher. Akane is cradling the baby in a sling. With Yukari secured, they are soon running down the hallway, with Hino, Reito, and Jason pulling the stretcher all along with Rea's "little sister" leading the way.

"Everyone hurry!" Rea's "little sister" urged. "If we use this secret path, we can escape from the other side of the mountain!"

"You're a lifesaver for hiding in the refugee district!" Rea stated proudly.

"I actually wanted to stay with my Big Sister, but . . . I'm glad I could detect the enemy's attack early!"

"I was prepared for the UW to eventually find us, but," Reito gasped. "This was sooner than I expected, wasn't it?"

"What I don't understand is why they just didn't hit this place with a guided missle?" Jason said. "Not a nuke persay, but a powerful enough explosive to bring the whole mountain down on top of us."

"Probably because it would have caused too much attention," Akane said.

"I can see the exit!" Hino shouted.

The group make it outside. It is partially cloudy with a full moon high in the sky, giving them adequate lighting.

"We did it!" Hino sighed with relief. "We did a great job forestalling them. Let's continue on to the transport."

"I got a bad feeling," Jason stated, not knowing what Hino said but surmising that it must be an expression of relief. But the past five years spent in the forest has raised Jason's sense of awareness.

Sui's yelling and grabbing Reito to pull him down suddenly causes Jason to throw himself to the ground as fast as he is capable of moving. There is a gunshot and the sound of somebody grunting. Jason gets up to look around and gasps with pie eyed shock at the sight of a bloody hole in Hino's left chest, along with the look of surprise on his face. And the look of horror on everyone elses.