Kazuya and Umika laid next under the covers in Kazuya's room. Umika rolled over and placed her hand on Kazuya's chest, "Wow..." she said a little winded, she smiled and wrapped her other arm around him. "What are you thinking about Kazuberry?"

"Nothing."

"Mm," She smiled, "Well I've been thinking a lot."

"About what?"

"Well...Haruo and Yuko had their baby a couple days ago...so maybe you and me could have a baby."

"Are you telling me you're pregnant?"

"No, I'm not pregnant. But I could be."

"I don't want you to be," He said as he rolled over facing away from her, Umika frowned and sat up and looked at him.

"What's wrong babe?"

"Don't. Call me that."

"What has gotten into you?"

"Nothing has gotten into me, this is just how I've always felt."

"What do you mean?" She asked confused,

"I don't care about you in that way Umika."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't like you. I don't have feelings for you and I never have."

"Wait..." she paused and looked at him. "...you don't love me?"

"No," he said, "I don't care about you."

"...so this whole time I've just been your object for sex this whole time?"

"Yes." He said sitting up and facing her, "I am telling you this now because you can't get it through my evasive behavior. I do not like you. I never did."

"Then why did you say yes...?" Umika asked as tears fell down her face.

"Because you seemed happy and I didn't want to hurt you."

"Yeah...I was..." she then got up and started to get dressed, as soon as she was decent she turned and faced him. "If you don't love me then who do you love? Yourself?"

"No, Maina." He responded quickly, "I've always loved Maina. Get that through your head, and get out of my room." Umika just shook her head, she then turned and left. Kazuya sighed, he then got up and got dressed. He then walked down to Miana and Miana's room. He knocked on the door. Soon he was greeted by Maina's signature glare, "Hey Maina." Maina nodded, "Is Miana here?" Maina shook her head, "Good." He then grabbed the sides of Maina's face and quickly leaned forward and planted his lips on hers. Maina glared and then suddenly her eyes widened. She didn't know what to think, she then decided to close her eyes and kiss him back. She then pulled away.

"Like Maina?" She asked, Kazuya nodded.

"Yes, very much so."

"Why? Maina doesn't like anyone."

"I think you're beautiful Maina, you look angry but deep down you're sweet and cautious. You always do what's right especially for your sister."

"Oh." She said a little flattered. She then looked at him and then looked back into her room, her room was a mess due to all the wrappers she left on the floor. He then looked at her hair, it had grown out and she had it tied into a bun on the back of her head.

"Did you do something new with your hair?"

"Yes."

"I like it, it's very cute." She nodded, she then sighed.

"Maina likes Kazuya." She said,

"Why?"

"Kazuya hates Haruo, Maina hates Haruo."

"Hm," he said, "Well, I'll take it." He then wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close to him and the two started kissing, they then walked into Maina's room. Meanwhile Naomi was patching up Hanabi, which Hanabi didn't like. The room was silent as Naomi wrapped a bandage around Hanabi's forearm.

"..." Yuko looked at Hanabi, "So...Hanabi...how are you?" Hanabi looked over at Yuko with a glare, Yuko swallowed and then turned her attention back to Haruka.

"...I for one think you've grown into a beautiful young woman." Naomi said,

"Shut your mouth woman." Hanabi said,

"Hey!" Haruo snapped at Hanabi, "None of that."

"What do you want me to say?" Hanabi asked, "Gee thanks mom. Thanks for locking me in the basement my whole life mom. Thanks for never being there for me mom. Thanks for abandoning me in the apocalypse mom. Thanks for treating Haruo like a god and me like dirt mom." Naomi sighed, "Did you care after you left me alone? Did you care? Did you cry?" Naomi just said nothing and quickly tightened the bandage, "Of course." Hanabi said wincing.

"Hana...I-" Naomi started,

"You've lost the right to call me Hana." Hanabi said with a glare, "You've lost the right to call me anything. You don't have a daughter and I don't have a mother."

"Hanabi I should be apologizing." Hikaru's voice came,

"Oh, god no." Hanabi said almost in a laughing tone, "You of all people do not get to address me. A father is supposed to protect and be there for his daughter." Hanabi then pulled her arm away from Naomi as she finished, she then stood up and went to leave.

"Wait," Haruo said grabbing Hanabi's shoulder, "At least shower off first." Haruo then took Hanabi to the shower room. Before Hanabi walked in Haruo stopped her, "Hey, I know they aren't the greatest parents in the world but at least give them a chance."

"Oh hell no." She said, "There's no way in gods earth I will forgive them." Hanabi then pushed past him and walked into the showers. Hanabi removed her spandex suit and then she went to the shower. She turned on the shower and started to clean herself off. Dirt started to trail off of her body as well as dried blood and other things.

"Hey." Hanabi looked over and saw Kairi, "I'm Kairi."

"And I'm not staying long."

"Nice to meet you not staying long. Did you wake up with a stick up your ass this morning?"

"No but I think you did, and you better take it out I think it's wedged pretty tight."

Kairi smiled, "Alright, cool."

"Hanabi." She said,

"What?"

"My name is Hanabi." Hanabi said with a smile, Kairi smiled.

"Nice to meet you Hanabi." Kairi started to wash her hair, "So let me guess, you're a relative of Haruo Sakaki aren't you?"

"Yeah. How could you tell?"

"Mostly in your glare." Kairi said with a chuckle, "Plus you look like his mom."

"I hate my mother."

"Why?"

"She's a monster, So is my father and so is Haruo." She said, "All I need to do is look out for myself and only myself. I can't trust anyone." Hanabi finished cleaning herself off and then shut off the shower.

"Ok, there's a dressing room over there." Kairi said pointing to a door.

"Thanks." Hanabi then went to the dressing room. She walked inside and started digging through the clothes, she grabbed a black undershirt and put it on. She then grabbed some underwear and put it on, she grabbed a combat skirt and put it on followed by some knee high silver and black boots. She then grabbed a jacket that looked similar to Haruo's, she then grabbed a belt with a pouch on the back and put it around her waist. She then put her buckle inside of it and she walked out to the hallway. Haruo stood there with his arms folded, "Well, what do you want now begotten son?"

"We need to plan."

"Plan what? A family reunion? Because if so leave me out of it."

"No." He said, "Orga. The monster that appeared in your city is a massive organism with extreme strength."

"What do I get if I help you?"

"I can get some blueprints to an engine for the ship, you can then go wherever you want. Or you can stay in Tokyo and we will leave you alone."

"Hm," she folded her arms and rocked on her heels, "Tempting, but no." She said, "If I'm helping you then I want something else too."

"Name your price."

"I want a proper fight between you and me. If I win then I take your buckle and you live your life powerless."

"If I win?"

"Then you leave me alone with my ship."

"I'll leave you with my ship, and I give you my buckle. I was wanting to hang it up sincère Haruka was born."

"Oh? Why so? You could be the dad of the century if your daughter knew you were a Peacelandian Warrior."

"I don't want her to know that, in fact Yuko doesn't even know."

"Keeping a big secret like that from your family isn't healthy. Trust me I'm the product of one." She placed her hands on her hips, "How's this? You win, and I'll come back and live with you. But ONLY you. Mom and dad can't find out, in fact I don't even want them anywhere near us. Not even to visit Haruka."

"Deal." Haruo said without hesitation, she smirked and folded her arms.

"So, what's the plan for taking down Orga?"

"They have no real weak spot, many of them have been defeated once something is shot into their mouth blowing their tops off."

"Ok, then we blow it's top off."

"It's not that easy." He said, "First the Orga needs to observe immense energy, it'll then open its mouth really wide almost like a snake to absorb that power. That's when it is most vulnerable."

"I see."

"There's a catch though,"

"What is it?"

"X, he hasn't returned, which means he's planning something. After we defeat Orga there will probably be something after."

"If we can grow to the size of the house then why don't we just squish him?"

"No." Haruo said, "X is my problem, I'll deal with him alone." He folded his arms, "Besides, he's the one who set up for me to meet you. He gave me a locator that had your location on it, so he's obviously planning to tear me down somehow."

"Then use something against him." She said, "Does X have any secrets?"

"He told me he had a son, which means he may have had a wife too."

"How do we get information on them?"

"I don't know, that's the tricky part."

"I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually." Hanabi said, she then yawned, "For now, I need a place to rest."

"Come with me, I know where an empty room is." Haruo took her to the empty bedroom. After she was safe inside he then went to the medical bay, as he walked in he heard Haruka crying, "What's wrong?" He asked Yuko.

"I don't know, I just fed her and your mother changed her earlier."

"Maybe she's just missing her dad." He said with a smile, he walked over to Yuko's bedside and picked up the crying infant, he started to bounce her softly, "Hey, it's ok little one." He said softly to her, once Haruka heard his voice she started to calm down. Once she stopped crying she opened her eyes and looked at Haruo, "There you go." Yuko smiled,

"She certainly is a wide eyed little girl isn't she?"

"Yeah," Haruka yawned and then slowly went back to sleep.

"You know Haruo, I never pictured you as the baby type."

"Yeah, me neither." He said to her, "How are you feelings today?"

"Still really sore, but I'm getting better."

"Alright, do you need anything to eat?"

"Sure, I could eat."

"What do you want?"

"I don't care, anything is fine." Yuko said with a smile, Haruo nodded.

"Want to take her while I go get you food?"

"Sure." Haruo then handed Haruka to Yuko and he then left the room. Yuko smiled down at Haruka, "You really are daddy's little girl huh?" She gave her finger to Haruka and Haruka opened her eyes a bit and grabbed onto it, "You've got pretty eyes baby girl."

Haruo stood in the cafeteria waiting for Yuko's food to finish being made. Soon Glenn walked in, "Ah! There he is!" Glenn said walking over to Haruo, "Hey, congrats on the baby."

"Thanks." Haruo said,

"What's her name?"

"Haruka."

"That's nice."

"Yeah, she's a sweetie. She looks like her mom a lot."

"I see," Glenn folded his arms, "So, what's the plan?"

"What plan?"

"Come on, you don't expect us to just sit here and let X take control. We need something to do against him."

"I'm coming up with something." Haruo said, "Hopefully, you, Kazuya, and Kairi can all help."

"You know we will." Glenn smiled, "Don't tell anyone but we all kind of like you Haruo."

"Well...I can tolerate you too."

"Ouch man, that stings."

Haruo smiled, "Yeah, I like you guys too. Don't worry, we'll overthrow him, find the Genesis Chambers, and then head back to Okinawa and start our lives over." Glenn nodded, as soon as Yuko's food was finished Haruo then took it straight to the medical bay. He stepped inside and took the plate of food to her. "Here you go."

"Thanks." she smiled and cradled Haruka in one arm and took the plate with the other hand. Haruo then took Haruka so Yuko could eat. Haruo day in the chair next to Yuko's bed. "Mm, this is yummy." Yuko said with a smile.

"Haruo," Hikaru's voice came, "Once you're finished here I'd like you to go to the lab. There's something I've been meaning to do with your buckle."

"Alright." Haruo said,

"Buckle?" Yuko asked,

"Oh..." Haruo paused, "Yeah, my belt buckle on my belt, it's stuck so my belt doesn't really come off. He's just going to help me fix it so I can take it off."

"Alright." She said going back to eating. Haruo looked down at Haruka and started to bounce her gently. Haruka didn't like that so Haruo quickly stopped.

"Yuko can I ask you something?" Haruo said, Yuko paused and looked at him. She quickly swallowed the food she was eating.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Do you like Hanabi?"

"Not really, she's really rude to your parents."

"Yes, but look past that. It's not really her fault that she's rude to them."

Yuko sighed, "I suppose you're right, but even so she still said some harsh things even if she was locked in a basement." Yuko then thought for a minute, "I don't know if I like her, it's going to take some getting used too."

"Yeah..."

"What about you?"

"I guess...I feel her pain," he said, "I spent a majority of my life knowing that my parents were dead. Getting them back suddenly was scary and I didn't trust them and everything like that. I understand where she's coming from when she says she hates them. Granted I wasn't locked in a basement, but I still feel her pain, almost like she's a part of me."

"I see." Yuko said, Yuko then went back to eating, "I've always wanted a sister."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, although I'd like a brother too. Growing up an only child was lonely."

"Yeah, I know. I grew up thinking I was an only child as well." He just shook his head, "I can't imagine what Hanabi had to go through."

"She must've been so lonely. Especially for 20,000 years."

"I think she's a bit like me..."

"What makes you say that?"

"She's just lost and confused...and in a lot of pain."

"Yeah I can tell..." Yuko then finishes her food and puts the plate at her side, "Anyways, I'm finished so you can hand her back and go fix your belt."

"Alright," he kissed Haruka's forehead and then handed her back to Yuko. Haruo then turned and walked straight to the lab. Once he reached the Hanabi was in there digging through everything she could. "Hanabi?"

"Hey,"

"Weren't you going to lay down and rest?"

"I did. Then I got bored."

"Alright," Haruo then took out his buckle and placed it on the work desk. Hikaru then proceeded to work on it. Haruo looked to Hanabi, "So What's your favorite color?" Hanabi paused and looked at Haruo, "I'm going to be here a while so you might as well talk to me." Hanabi sighed,

"It's Maroon."

"That's nice."

"Yep..." she then went back to digging through stuff,

"Hanabi...I'm sorry, I know that's the last thing you want to hear from me but just listen." He sighed, "I didn't know you existed prior to meeting you, I never knew you were there and mom and dad never told me about you. I'm sorry that they didn't ever pay attention to you because of me, I'm also sorry they locked you in the basement it must've been traumatic."

"...do you know why they locked me in the basement...?"

"No."

Hanabi sighed and suddenly stopped digging, she stood up and went and sat in the chair next to Haruo. "...they locked me up because when was about three...I made my first murder..."

"What?"

"It wasn't a person or anything...I just..." she sighed, "I took a stone from mom's rock garden...i then found a bird and I proceeded to bash its skul in...after that I crushed the rest of its body until it was a pile of flattened organs, blood, and ground up bone." She folded her arms, "The sad part was...i liked killing that bird...and so mom and dad thought that I would like killing other things...like people...it's a darkness that sleeps inside me."

"I have that same darkness." Haruo said quickly, Hanabi looked at him confused, "I killed someone named Metphies, I did it with my bare hands, I enjoyed every second of it."

"Do you regret it?"

"No." He paused, "And everyday goes by where I would happily murder him all over again." He sighed and leaned forward, "We all have a darkness Hanabi, I have it, Mom has it, dad has it, you have it too. Yuko has one, and so does every living thing in the universe. But we can't let that stop us from achieving our main goals in life. There is no darkness that can't be reached by the light."

"Makes sense..." she then looked Haruo in the eyes, "Are you planning to kill again?"

"Yes." He said,

"Who?"

"X."

Hanabi paused for a minute, she then looked around to see if anyone was watching, she then looked Haruo back in the eyes, "Can I help?" They sat there in silence for a while before Haruo responded.

"Sure."

A/N

Back again! Things are going to get pretty damn dark these next couple of chapters! And hopefully I can release one every day now that I've finished the first chapter of my freaking One Piece fanfic (that took so much out of me Jesus Christ) so now I'm mainly focused on this!!!! Hooray!