"Read it, memorize it, live it, if any of my fellow agents start asking questions about the sniper that's been involved in the past few months from the PSB tell them the backstory in that file and nothing else, if they've been asking questions I hope you've given them some sort of excuse that doesn't make them question the backstory or start destroying their trust in you James"

"Don't worry whenever I've been asked I've said that I haven't met the PSB sniper and as such don't know their backstory on how they became so good"

"If they find out you've lied..."

"They won't find out"

"Okay, now then there's something I want all of you to be alert for, including you Kazami"

"Oh?"

"Hattoruba Kaishin, any movement he makes I want to know about it, there's a reason behind that that unfortunately I can't get into however..."

Suddenly the door is slammed open

"I thought I told you..."

"It's urgent Kazami, the person who saved your life recently Hattoruba Kaishin...he just arrived at headquarters and collapsed before he could speak a word...we're taking him to the police hospital however..."

"Right, Haruto you're in my car...unless you want to ride with the FBI?"

"No thanks, I saw one of the agents driving recently and their driving is insane"

(Thinks) "you were the one who chose me for the Kir mission Akai...unless that's just a cover to continue to speak with Kazami about something you deem important" (out loud) "It got everyone to safety so I don't think my passengers were complaining too much"

The group goes to the hospital in separate cars where Akai does indeed talk a little more with Kazami about certain things that he needed to know regarding the whole Curacao incident and finally they arrive at the hospital and are told that Hattoruba was still in surgery

"His chances aren't currently the greatest but the doctors are going to do their best"

"Understood"

Five hours later and they found out that he made it through surgery but was currently in the ICU and unable to receive visitors. Three days later and the PSB and FBI were allowed to visit Hatoruba for the first time

"Now then, he's still pretty weak and will have to remain hospitalized for a bit longer, but he's able to answer any questions you may have regarding what happened to him"

"Thank you"

As soon as Akai (in his Haruto identity) enters the room Hattoruba speaks up

"I'm afraid that civilians can't overhear this conversation"

"Sorry Hattoruba, if that's who you truly are, but that's not the case this time, for the record you're extremely late and if you don't have a valid excuse you're going to be getting yelled at by two other people who have mourned your apparent death for way too long, that is if you're who you're saying you are"

"Who are you?"

"Oh, taking that route then, not that I can blame you really all things considered but still...very well all I have to say to you is this crows lose"

"Stubbornness and creativity win, so what's this identity known as?"

"Haruto Itsuki, PSB sniper by the way, and like I said Furuya you're months late, the three of us have been mourning your loss for months so unless you have a really good excuse there's two others who are also going to be yelling at you, we thought you were dead, killed by the Organization"

"That very nearly happened Haruto, if not for some sort of miracle my apparent death would have been real as would the funeral"

"Wait...what's going on? Why...why did you call Hattoruba by Furuya's name?"

"Say hello to Furuya Rei, supposed dead PSB member who also used to go by Amuro Toru or in the Organization he was known as Bourbon, by the way Kazami, James, Jodie and Camel all know the full truth about me"

"Full truth about you Haruto?"

"None of your business Bill"

"Yes sir"

"As I was saying this had better be good Furuya, you have no idea how much I want to punch you right now after what you've put us through"

"Oh I have a good excuse alright, near death coma in an unknown facility for two and a half months after my body was switched out and the rest of the time spent regaining my strength and escaping my captors...who aren't part of the Organization by the way but have very...brutal methods to keep the people they have under their control, I got lucky in my escape in all honesty"

(Sighs) "fine you win a pass from being punched by everyone, but they are finding out about you being alive and you can expect to be questioned still by them"

"I know"

"By the way Asakura is trying to speed things up on his end because his charge has gotten severely hurt a few times and his mortal enemy is getting more and more bold, almost to original levels according to him"

"Okay, that's bad news"

"No kidding, but for now you have other questions that need to be answered and our cryptic talks are probably going to be questions too so we need to have a private discussion about our next move"

"No kidding, but anyways here's the full report that you definitely are owed as my subordinate Kazami"

"Then...then it's really you Furuya?"

"Yes Kazami, it's me"

"But I saw you die...I was there when...when...I don't believe it's you, even if Haruto believes it for some weird reason of your two speaking in that weird code of yours I don't believe it, I can't believe it not after so long"

"Kazami...do you trust me?"

"Haruto?"

"Do you trust me?"

"Yes...I trust you"

"Then believe me when I say it's him, Furuya Rei is alive, he needs time to recover but eventually he'll be back in the fight against the Organization...though how he's going to do it I have no clue since he'd be at huge risk in his actual identity...oh by the way Kir, also known as Mizunashi Rena, actual name Hondou Hidemi is back in the States with her brother and both are currently being hidden by the CIA, it's for the best considering..."

"Right, did you fake Kir's death?"

"Yes we faked Kir's death"

Suddenly Kazami clears his throat

"Not that this isn't interesting...but story...now"

"Right, does anyone have a recorder first? I only want to say this once for the record, at least for now, I know I'll probably be asked clarifying questions later but...right now I just want to get everything over with"

"Sure, just give me a few minutes to get said recorder and we'll hear out your story"

"Thanks, and Haruto, I truly am sorry about putting you through what I did, I never intended on being away for so long"

"Wait...are you saying that you knew this was going to happen?"

(Sighs) "not exactly once I woke up from the coma I had intended on regaining my strength quickly and returning within a month however..."

"I see, guess I'll just have to wait until you tell your story"

"Yes you will unfortunately"

Ten minutes later and the person who left had returned

"Here's the recorder"

"Thanks, now then Furuya you can explain what happened to you that day and up to when you suddenly returned collapsing in front of the PSB, and that includes saving your fellow agents without telling anyone who you actually were"

"Guess I owe you guys that much, especially you Kazami, I took a bullet for you and didn't even tell you who I really was despite knowing that you were most likely missing me terribly"

"I was, I thought...between the last text you sent and the fact that I got there only moments after you were shot..."

"It wasn't your fault Kazami, besides that even with my car breaking down I should have never put you at risk like I did, and in all honesty I began the whole thing nine and a half months earlier by acting the way I had been around certain members of the Black Organization, primarily Gin, Vodka and Vermouth, however with my car breaking down the day before and not wanting to ride with Vermouth that day...well I put you in a position I never wanted to put you in"

"What happened Furuya?"