As the landing crew came back onto the ship, Haruo went to his room. Yuko was there asleep on the bed. He looked down at her and softly smiled. Yuko's face scrunched up a bit, she then opened her eyes for a split second and then closed them. "Hey..." she said softly.
"Hey, I didn't mean to wake you."
"It's ok..." she yawned and rolled onto her back and slowly opened her eyes, "I was just napping..."
"It's three in the morning."
"Well I've been teaching Miana all day," she said rolling onto her side to look at him. She then looked up at him, "What's with the sunglasses...?"
"They help me with pain."
"Mm..."
"You alright?"
"Yeah no just..." she yawned, "Found out that we're having twins..."
"Great."
"You don't seem enthusiastic about that..."
"I am, just tired."
"Mm...well you smell, so go shower off before you come to bed..."
"Alright." Haruo then turned and headed for the men's shower room. Once there he got undressed and started to take a shower. He rubbed the bar of soap up and down his body, he winced once he touched certain areas. Baragon had left quite a few bruises all over his body.
"Son." Hikaru came, "Your arm's broken, come down to the medical bay once you're done."
"My arm is fi-"
"Haruo. Come down. We need to talk."
"...alright." Haruo finished cleaning himself. He then went to the dressing room, he had never wore any of the Gotengo's clothes. He grabbed some underwear and some black combat pants. He put them on and then looked around at everything else, he grabbed a black t shirt and started to put it on, he groaned in pain as he put the shirt on. He then grabbed a crew member jacket, they were made of leather and were mostly black and silver. They had the logo for the Gotengo on the front and then a red image of the Gotengo on the back. He put the jacket on and zipped it up. He then looked and found a belt, on the back of the belt was a holster for medical items, but it seemed big enough to hold Haruo's buckle. Haruo grabbed the belt and put it on, on his way out he grabbed the buckle and placed it in the holster and then he headed to the medical bay.
"I'm here." Haruo said as he entered the room. The door shut behind him and locked. "What's up?"
"There's something I need to tell you. But first get into the drawer on the far left." Haruo did as he was told, "Inside should be a black arm sleeve, it helps with broken bones put it on your arm."
"Thanks," Haruo unzipped the jacket and pulled his arm out, he then pulled out the black sleeve and placed it on his arm. Haruo sighed.
"Was that it?"
"Yes, my arm feels much better. Thanks." He then put his arm back in the sleeve of the jacket and zipped it back up. "What did you need to talk to me about?"
"I've been deceiving you."
"How so?"
"Your mother, she's alive."
Haruo glared, so this person claiming to be his brother was right. "Really?"
"Yes, she's here with me."
"Why'd you keep this from me?"
"I thought it would be best for the time being. But I hid it from you because your mother has to tell you something."
"Tell her to go ahead."
A few seconds of silence passed, "Haruo." Naomi's voice came. Haruo gasped slightly and some tears fell from his eyes. "Haruo listen to me, your father and I have worked on something. We wanted your input on it."
"What is it?"
"It's called Project Genesis. We've created several thousand pods, in which several people sleep cryogenically frozen. Men and women of all sorts. When you defeat Godzilla, would you be willing to find them and wake them up?"
"Yes..."
"Another thing," she paused, "One of us...we might be able to get our physical body. Either your father or myself. We wanted to know which one you would want to come back and be with you."
"Neither of you."
"What..?"
"First, dad kept his existence a complete mystery to me for a majority of my life. Second, you didn't tell me you were alive until just now, and now I'm finding out that I have an older brother. And third, both you made me believe you were dead, my whole hatred, my whole purpose for fighting is now for nothing!"
"Haruo-"
"No! And then finally, you made me the controller of some extra terrestrial god which I never asked for!! Stay the hell away from me and my family. We don't need your lies and deceit." Haruo then turned and left the medical bay. He went straight to his room, he removed his jacket and placed it on the chair near the desk. He then went and laid down in bed met to Yuko, he rolled over and faced her. He then started to kiss her lips softly.
"Mm...Haruo...I'm trying to sleep..."
"I need to tell you something."
"Can it wait until tomorrow..." she groaned and rolled over onto her other side. Haruo then got close to her and wrapped his arms around her, "Haruo...are you ok...?"
"I love you."
Yuko's heart nearly jumped out of her chest. She froze and was now wide awake. She swallowed and then smiled, "I love you too." She paused, "Haruo?" She turned looked over her shoulder, Haruo had fallen asleep. "Goodnight my handsome prince." She smiled and then rolled back over and fell asleep. By the time the sun came up everyone onboard was awake, all except for Haruo. Yuko walked to the command center, no one was there yet.
"Hikaru?"
"Yes Yuko?"
"Is Haruo feeling alright?"
"He seems healthy, why?"
"Last night he told me he loved me."
"I see," He said, "Maybe he's finally warming up to you."
"Maybe..." she then went and sat in the large chair in the center of the room, "It's just that...I don't know, him saying I love you is really out of character."
"Maybe he's changing, a lot has gone on for the past couple of weeks if not the past month."
"Mm." She then placed her elbow on the arm of the chair and rested her head on her hand. She looked at the screen that was showing everything outside. Her mind was going several places. "Can we go to Okinawa next...?"
"Of course, I can plot a course."
"Thank you." Soon the doors opened, "Sorry Akira, I didn't mean to steal your-" Yuko got up and turned, "Oh...Kairi." Kairi turned and looked at Yuko, Yuko swallowed. No one exactly knew how to talk to Kairi without possibly getting punched in the throat.
"No good morning?" Kairi said,
"Good morning...?" Yuko said,
"Mm, Thanks." Kairi then went and sat down in the cockpit, "So what's going on today?"
"Um...we were going to Okinawa...?"
"Ok, that's a half days flight from here."
"That's fine..."
"Alright."
Yuko cleared her throat, she didn't know what to say. "So...um...how's life?"
"It's fine, but I've been better and certainly not worse."
"Alright..."
"So tell me, why is everyone on the ship afraid of me?" She asked pressing some buttons doing engine checks.
"Whaaaat? No. No ones afraid of you."
"Everyone jumps when they see me coming into the cafeteria."
"Well I Uh-"
"I'm really not that scary. Right?" She asked turning around. Yuko froze, she couldn't tell if Kairi was glaring at her or if that was just her face.
"Of course not..."
"Mm."
"So...do you have a..." Yuko looked around the room. Kairi frowned, "Boyfriend...?"
"No." She said turning back around, "I'm not really into boys. I'm not into girls either. I just am. I prefer being alone."
"But...didn't you lose a boyfriend...?"
"No, that was Umika."
"Are you sure...?"
"Of course I'm sure. I would know if I lost someone."
"Alright..." she said, "So...whyare you the Pilot...?"
"I've always been a pilot, but I was shoved aside when we got the Vultures up and running."
"I see..."
"Yep."
"So...what else should I know about you?"
"Trust me kid, you don't want to know anything about me."
"But...we're the same age...?"
"Oh. Really? Hm. Thought you were 12."
"Why 12?"
"You're pretty short."
"Sh-Short...?"
"Yeah, you're the shortest one here."
"Oh..." Yuko said, "My god she's blunt." She said in the back of her mind.
"Well no." She paused, "Those two twins are probably shorter."
"...but they're my height."
"So the three of you are the shortest."
"So harsh..." Yuko said in the back of her mind. Yuko swallowed, she then stepped away slightly. "Um...i think I'm gonna go and get breakfast."
"Have fun." Kairi said waving over her shoulder. Yuko then turned and left the room.
"Yeesh, no wonder everyone is scared of her." She then went to the cafeteria, Yuko froze when she walked in, "Oh god..." Miana had somehow found a permanent marker and had wrote her name on every surface she could, "What have I done...?" She then saw Miana in the corner writing her name some more, "Miana..." Miana turned around.
"Look!" She said showing off what she had done.
"Yes, I see that...where's your notepad?"
"Room."
"Ok, why don't you write on that?"
"Full."
"Oh...why didn't you get another one?" She shrugged, "Miana...there's no way this is going to come out."
"Come...out...?"
"Yes, you see the marker you have?" Miana looked at it, "It's permanent, so it will be there forever."
"Forever?"
"Yes, for a very long time." Yuko sighed and scratched her head looking around at everything. "There's no way this is coming out..." she walked over to a wall and tried to wipe it off with her hand, "Damn..." Yuko then turned and glared at Miana, "Miana why would you do this?!" She said a little upset, Miana frowned, "I taught you how to write on paper not on the walls!" Yuko growled, "You need to be more careful with these things! You can't just write on everything you see! I'm very disappointed in you!!!" Miana then sighed, she hung her head and walked over to Yuko. She then brought Yuko into a hug.
"Sorry..."
Yuko growled, she then sighed and quickly let off steam. "It's ok." She then looked at Miana, Miana was almost a head shorter than Yuko, which made Yuko slightly happy. "Just...please tell me before you write anymore."
"Ok..."
Yuko then backed away, she took the marker from Miana and put the cap on it. Miana looked up at Yuko, Miana had some marker on her face. "Oh...ummm...maybe you should shower off."
"Shower?"
"Yeah, it's where you clean your body off. You have marker on your face." Miana was clearly confused, "Ok, come with me." Yuko took Miana's hand and took her to the shower room. "Ok, take off your clothes."
"What?"
"Take. Off. Your. Clothes."
"What..?"
Yuko frowned, she really didn't want to undress Miana. She then grabbed ahold of Miana's too. "This. Off." Miana glared.
"Pervert."
"I'm not a pervert! I'm trying to get you clean! Clean damn it! Do you understand clean!"
"Oooooh," She then started to remove her clothes. Yuko sighed, once Miana was naked Yuko took her to a shower stall, she put Miana in it.
"Now you turn on the water."
"...what?" Miana asked looking over at Yuko,
"This," Yuko jumped up slightly and bent over the stall. She then turned on the shower. Miana suddenly screamed. "What?! What happened?! It's just water!" Yuko said getting back onto her feet.
"COLD!!!!!"
"Give it a second, it'll warm up."
"COLD!!!!"
"Yes Miana, it's cold." After a few seconds the water started to warm up.
"Warm..."
"Yes, See I told you." Yuko then sighed, "Wash your face."
"...what?"
"Wash. Your. Face." Yuko said gritting her teeth, she was slowly starting to lose it. Miana only looked at Yuko through confused eyes, "Clean. Your. Face."
"Oooh." Miana then started to splash water on her face. After a while the marker slowly started to come off. Yuko sighed in relief, once Miana was cleaned she then looked to Yuko for further instructions.
"Ok, turn the water off."
"What..?"
"Off." She pointed to the handle for the water. Miana grabbed it. "Turn it." Miana looked at Yuko confused, "Turn! Twist! Go sideways! Off!" Miana then turned it soon the water shut off. Yuko sighed, "Ok, now let's dry you off." Yuko then opens the door to the stall and Miana walked out. Yuko went and grabbed a towel, she then came and started to dry off Miana. She then wrapped the towel around Miana and pulled some of it over her head making Miana look almost like an Eskimo. "Come with me, we're going to get you clothes." She then walked into the changing room and Miana followed, one inside Yuko looked around for clothes for Miana. "What's your size?" Yuko asked turning to look at Miana. Miana then put her hand near the top of her head showing off her size. Yuko frowned, she grabbed a small t shirt and handed it to Miana, "Put this on."
"On?"
"Yes," Yuko went to take off the towel.
"NO! PERVERT!!!"
Yuko growled, "Off!" She said pointing to the towel. Miana then took off the towel, "Hopefully Kazuya doesn't use the word off around her..." Yuko thought. She then handed Miana the shirt, "Put this on." Miana took the folded up shirt, she then put it on top of her head. Yuko took the shirt off her head and unfolded it, "Up." Miana looked up, Yuko took Miana's arms and put them in the air, Yuko then put the shirt on Miana's body. Miana looked down at the shirt.
"Oooooo..."
"Yes, it's very cool." She then went and grabbed some underwear for her, "Underwear, put them on." She said grabbing them and giving them to her. Miana grabbed them, "I'm not putting them on you. They're underwear."
"Under...wear?"
"Yeah, like a bra, or panties."
"Bra...? Panties...?"
"They're underwear." Yuko then showed her how to put the panties on. "Like that." Miana nodded, she then put the underwear on. "Good," Yuko then looked around, there wasn't any pants left so she just grabbed a skirt. She wrapped the skirt around Miana's waist and then buttoned it in the back. "There you go. All dressed."
She nodded, "Know...Kazuya?"
"Yes, I know Kazuya. Did he hurt you?"
"No.."
"Ok, then what about him?"
"Maina...love...Kazuya."
"Really? Maina likes someone? That's...odd..."
"Maina...love...Kazuya."
"Have her tell him how she feels."
"How...?"
"Um..." Yuko paused, "I don't know." She took Miana's hand, "Look, let's go Alright?" Miana nods, the two of them then walked into the hall. "Anyways, I need to go learn a song, will you be ok on your own?"
"Song?"
"Yes, a song. Like for Mothra, remember the one I hummed?"
"Hum..." Miana then gasped, "Yeah."
"Will you be ok on your own?"
"Song...with you..."
"You want to learn the song with me?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm..." she placed her hand on her chin. "Alright, let's go." They then headed to her and Haruo's room. Haruo was still asleep, "He's still asleep, so be quiet."
"Quiet?"
"Yeah, shhhh." She said quietly.
"Ssshhhhh.."
"Yes." Yuko nodded. She looked over at Haruo and smiled. Miana looked up at Yuko, then looked back to Haruo and then returned to Yuko. She couldn't tell what Yuko was looking at.
"Sister."
"Hm?" Yuko said not breaking her loving gaze off of Haruo.
"Song?"
"Hm?" She looked at Miana, she then jumped, "Oh yes! The song!" She grabbed the tablet off of the desk. She went threw a few things, "Ok, I got the lyrics here. If the song is anything like the tune I remember then we should be fine." Miana nodded, "Though, let's go to your room." Miana nodded, Miana took Yuko to her and Miana's room, they opened the door and all over the floor was packages for all sorts of cookies as well as empty bottles of water. Though they were far from home Maina had become quite accustomed to her new lifestyle. Yuko looked around the room, Maina and Miana had bunk beds, which seemed fitting, Maina was asleep on the top bunk. Yuko sighed, "Hopefully Maina is a heavy sleeper."
Meanwhile, Glenn, Kazuya, and Yujo were all in the cafeteria. Kazuya touched the burn on his face, "Careful, if you pick at it then the scar will get bigger." Glenn said, Kazuya just glared at him. Glenn then turned to Yujo, "Yujo, it's been a while, where have you been?"
"Busy, I've been spending most of my time familiarizing myself with the weaponry on this ship."
"Weaponry?"
"Yes, Pulse Rifles, Pistols, Blasters, and even a few heavy weaponry."
"Like shotguns and rocket launchers?"
"Yeah," Yujo said with a nod, "There's also swords."
"Swords? Hm." Glenn put his hand on his chin.
"There was even torpedoes with drills on the ends of them, which got me thinking." Yujo pulled out some technology, he pulled up a hologram of the torpedoes. "See, this is what they look like now, they're just torpedoes that can be used to drill into something, but then if we reroute some things...we could make the torpedoes EMP weapons, and use them against Godzilla."
"Wow, that's genius." Glenn said, "How long do you think that would take?"
"With the amount that we have on board, probably a couple of days."
"Then let's get going." Glenn said,
"Let's leave Mr. HotShot out of it." Kazuya said, "Haruo doesn't need to know, we've been just fine without him."
"I don't know about that Kazuya, Haruo seems to have a lot of knowledge in EMP technology. Let's not forget that it was both of his plans that helped us kill the first Godzilla, and then almost kill the second one." Glenn responded,
"Yeah, But he choked on the second one. Godzilla was nearly dead but then he stopped everything for some girl."
"Kazuya you'd do the same for Umika." Glenn said through grit teeth. Kazuya glared at Glenn, Yujo then looked at Kazuya.
"Kazuya, we get that you and Haruo don't get along, and that's partially your fault, but Haruo has the drive to get these matters taken care of." Yujo said,
"I see, so I'm the asshole." Kazuya just shook his head, "Fine, let's do this." The three of them got up and went down to Haruo's room. Kazuya then pounded on the door, "Haruo, wake up." A few seconds passed, Haruo then came to the door.
"What do you need?"
"We're onto something." Yujo said, "Come with us." Haruo nodded, he grabbed his jacket and put it on and followed them to the weapons room.
"Nice jacket, where'd you get it?" Glenn asked,
"In the changing room connected to the showers."
"Ah."
The four of them walked into the weapons room. "Anyways, these are the torpedoes." Yujo said walking over to one and picking one up, he showed it to Haruo, "This is something we can use to defeat Godzilla, we can reroute things and make it an EMP weapon, we were hoping you could help."
"Mm," Haruo walked over to Yujo and placed his hand on the torpedo. "How many of these do we have?"
"Six."
"I see," Haruo then looked at Yujo, "I think in a couple of days we can get it all done. But we'd have to start now." Yujo nodded. The four of them instantly started going to work. Haruo say quietly as he worked on the torpedo in front of him.
"Hey man," Glenn said to Haruo, "You feeling ok?"
"Just sore that's all." He said softly,
"I see."
"Look, let's try to talk less. I'm really tired."
"Ok, talking less."
"Thanks."
"Mm!"
Haruo continued to reconfigure the technology, and the four of them kept working well into the night. The other three often took breaks to eat, but Haruo didn't seem to want to. Haruo day there finishing the torpedo he was on, "Haruo?" Hikaru's voice came.
"Hm?"
"You should go to bed, you've been working non-stop."
"I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yes, I'll go to bed after I finish this one."
"Alright."
"Mhmm..."
"Is something on your mind son?"
"...twins...she's having twins..."
"Yuko, Yeah."
"I don't know what to do. I don't want any harm to come to her."
"Just have faith in her. You need to be there for her, she's going through a lot too believe it or not."
"Yeah..." he finished the torpedo and then laid it to his side. "Hey...sorry I lashed out last night."
"No, you're fine. Your mother and I deserved it."
Haruo rubbed the back of his neck and then stood up. "Last night...I told Yuko I love her."
"And?"
"I don't know. It felt weird hearing those words come from my mouth."
"Did you mean it?"
"...I don't know." Haruo then started for his room.
"Well, when you do mean it, tell her."
"Mm." Haruo headed straight to his room. Once there he walked inside and sat down on the bed. He leaned forward and hung his head. Soon Yuko walked in.
"Hey," She said with a smile, "You feeling ok?"
"I'm fine."
"Ok, anyways we arrived in Okinawa a few hours ago, Glenn and I are taking a landing party to go down and explore."
"No."
"No?"
"You need to stay on the ship."
Yuko huffed and placed her hands on her hips, "Haruo, it's sweet that you're worried about me but I'm a big girl and can take care of myself. Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm weak and helpless."
"What if something were to happen to you and you'd need medical attention?"
"I'll be fine, the worst that's going to happen to me is scrapping my knee." Haruo then sat up and looked at her, she walked over to him and sat on his lap, she wrapped her arms around his neck and looked into his eyes. "Haruo, you need to put faith in me. I'm going to be just fine. Besides, I need to go outside and get fresh air. Just promise me you won't worry about me as much as you are right now. Okinawa is supposed to be my homeland, which means I'm seeing all of this for the first time and I'd like to have a fun experience so please don't ruin it for me." He sighed, "Haruo. I'm going to be fine." He then looked up into her eyes.
"Can you promise me that everything is going to be ok?"
"Yes. Everything will be fine."
"Alright."
She smiled, she then kissed him softly. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He paused, "So...twins huh?"
She sighed, "Yeah. Twins."
"Have you thought of another name?"
"No, I've been taking care of Miana all day again, she had decided to write her name on virtually every surface in the cafeteria. And after that I had to give her a shower, and after that I still spent the day with her because I didn't want her getting hurt. I love her to death but she's really clueless when it comes to certain things."
"Give her a break, she's never interacted with anyone that's not a part of her tribe."
"Mm." She said, "I also had a lovely conversation with Kairi, which is the first and last time I will talk to her."
"Why?"
"She's really harsh and blunt."
"I see."
"Haruo..."
"Yes?"
"Did you mean it...when you told me you loved me last night?"
"..." he paused for a second, he then told Yuko exactly what she wanted to hear, "Yes." She smiled and then rested her head on his shoulder.
"So are you gonna lay down or what?"
"Not with you on me." She sighed and then climbed off him. Haruo removed his jacket and then put it on the chair. He then removed his shoes and then he laid down on the bed. Yuko then laid next to him, she looked over at him. She then grabbed the pillow beneath her head, she then sat on his lap, he looked up at her, "What are you do-" she then hit him with the pillow. She let a slight laugh, Haruo frowned. She froze.
"I-I'm sorry..." Haruo slowly grabbed the pillow beneath his head and then hit Yuko with it. "Ah! I'm hit!" She then fell over onto her side, Haruo smiled softly, he then rolled over to her side and he proceeded to tickle her, "Ah! Haruo no!" She started to laugh, "S-Stop it!"
"Make me." He said almost in a laugh himself.
"Haruo stop I'm gonna wet myself!" She said in a huge fit of laughter. Haruo then stopped, she then looked over at him and smiled.
"Yeah," he said, "I meant it when I said I love you." He smiled at her and the two of them then kissed.
