Chapter 6
"Hello Ryu." Mizuki greeted him once she approached him. "Mizuki." Ryu replied and nodded slightly. Canna then came from behind him and ran into her mother's leg. "Mommy!" She called as her mom knelt down to give her a hug. "I've missed you Canna." She told her, releasing their embrace.
'She's happy with her mother..' Ryu thought as he glanced over at them. He then thought over his and Hitomi's conversation and walked over to the girls. "Canna, do you ever think about having a father?" He asked her, kneeling down beside Canna.
"Yes but,.." She paused and frowned slightly. "Ryu, are you saying-?" "I've always thought about you and your mother back at home. Do you remember the day back on the ship?" He asked and Canna nodded. "I've been thinking a lot since I left..and I bet you'll be happy with my decision." Ryu explained, looking into her glossy blue eyes. Canna smiled and looked over at her mother. Mizuki nodded and walked over to her daughter. "Your dream came true, didn't it Canna?" She asked and tapped her nose. The little girl smiled and wrapped her arms around Ryu, which he did the same.
"But..what about Hikaru? Can she be my older sister?" Canna asked. Ryu released their embrace and turned to see lightning strikes behind them. He narrowed his eyes at the sight but then let out a small sigh.
"She founded where she belonged..back to her family." He said and turned back to Canna and Mizuki. Ryu then took out a necklace, with a lightning bolt chain, from his pocket. He put it around Canna's neck and placed his hand on top of hers.
"To remember her." He stated. Canna quickly nodded and hugged him once more. "Thank you...daddy." She whispered in his ear then walked over to Mizuki and whispered something to her. Soon, Canna left to let them have time to talk.
"Ryu, it's been a while." Mizuki said and walked over to him. Ryu did the same and looked into her amber eyes. "Mizuki..after saving Canna, I wanted to go back down there. But decided to go against it. You and her seemed better off..." He explained and took her hands into his. Mizuki then looked down at Ryu, who was starting to get down on one knee.
"Ryu..ever since you've left, it felt some part of me was missing. But the missing part was you." She said and faintly smiled.
"Working with you was one of the most memorable missions I've ever went on. And I can't leave you and Canna again.." He paused and looked up at Mizuki. "Will you marry me Mizuki McCloud?" Ryu asked.
Mizuki hesitated for a moment but then nodded. The dragon ninja then pulled his scarf down and rose from the ground. Then he pressed his lips against hers and wrapped his arms around her waist. Mizuki responded and wrapped her arms around his strong neck.
Their kiss was long and passionate, which made Mizuki's knees numb. Ryu then pulled her closer to him and placed one hand on her cheek and the other on her back.
After several seconds, their lips parted and Mizuki rested her chin on his shoulder. "I..I love you Ryu." She whispered into his ear. He smiled and embraced her. "I love you too. And I'll always be here to protect you and Canna, no matter what." He whispered back.
Just then, he felt someone hugging his left leg. Ryu looked down and saw Canna burying her face into his leg.
"I was scared without you Ryu." She said and looked up at him. Ryu smiled and kneeled down to be at her level. Mizuki did the same not long after.
They both then embraced the small girl. "Oh Canna." Mizuki said and let out a small chuckle.
'I knew he would say yes Canna..I was right all along.' Hikaru thought as she watched from the shadows of the lab. She then faintly smiled and disappeared, leaving a cloud of lightning behind.
Betrayed
Hikaru appeared at a dark forest that leaded into some hideout. Areas were marked off with bloody arrows and knives leading a path. She decided to follow each bloody weapon as she checked her surroundings. Since no one was following her, she started into the forest.
Mizuki then released their embrace as her phone make a buzzing noise. She took it out of her pocket and started to push several buttons on it.
"What is it?" Ryu asked as he rose from the ground.
"The organization..I have more work to do." She told him and put her phone back into her pocket. "I need to figure out who created this lab..." Mizuki explained and glanced up at the higher levels of the lab.
Ryu then picked up Canna in his arms and walked to Mizuki. "Donovan..if I'm not mistaken. He would have some part in this." He told her. Mizuki then thought for a second and pulled out some sort of small device out of her back pocket.
"Victor Donovan? I thought Kasumi killed him." She asked but whispered the last part then turned to Ryu.
"She went to go look and destroy him. But her mission was a failure..Donovan disappeared destroying all his creations." He explained to her.
"Then what was the point of creating more clones?" She asked, putting the device back in her pocket.
"He wasn't the only one creating them," Ryu paused and took an ID out of his pocket then handed it to Mizuki.
"Lisa Hamilton was the scientist that was a part of MIST helping out Donovan." He said and looked over Mizuki's shoulder to see the woman, that was with Hitomi, starting to regain her balance and started to walk over to their direction.
"Lisa Hamilton?" Mizuki questioned while observing the ID.
"We have to go, now!" Ryu ordered and grabbed Mizuki's hand and started to run out the lab.
Once they were almost to the door, he heard someone reload a gun. He turned to see the white haired woman a few inches away from them.
"No one leaves unless we get the girl!" The woman called and aimed the gun at Ryu and Canna.
"Protect me daddy.." Canna whispered to Ryu, halfway sleeping.
He looked down at Canna and glanced at Mizuki, who was getting out her own gun.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." The woman as a cloned Kasumi and Victor Donovan appeared behind the woman.
"Which girl are we taking? Christie, I need my creation sooner or later. Keep one and kill the other with Kasumi A." Donovan ordered and walked out the back doors of the lab.
"You won't even get your hands on neither of them as long as I'm here." Ryu told Christie.
"Fine, have it your way, Dragon ninja." Christie told him as Kasumi A started to form itself into a fiend.
Ryu turned to Mizuki and placed Canna in her arms. "Take her. Leave this place as quickly as you can." He told Mizuki.
"Ryu, what about you?" She asked as he unshielded his Dragon sword.
"I'll be okay. Go now!" He yelled as he started to attack the fiend. Mizuki ran out the lab, trying to not look behind her.
'Don't die on us Ryu.' She told herself.
