Hello all.

Once again, so sorry for the sad chapter.

But it had to be done.

Hopefully will this chapter cheer you up. :)

Happy reading.

Chapter 10

10 Years later

The air was cool but quickly turning into a scorching heat from the morning sun, the birds were already out and flying about and the kids were out on their bicycles in the neighbourhood but none of that distracted the 29 year old Hikari Hanazono as she completed her morning run with her son , 19 year old Jason. "Beat you!" Jason panted laying on the grass. His mother laughed at him while giving him his third bottle of water.

"Mooom!" Jason whined. "It's not funny" Hiakri looked at him and started to laugh again, she challenged her son today in running 10 miles more than what they ran each morning, he obviously agreed on one condition. If he won his mother must spend a whole day with him in any activity he chose to do but if he lost he had to go and work a full day in the admin office. " It is funny Jason" glaring at her he retorted back "Not a 10 Miles extra, it's not" Hikari started to laugh again while unlocking the door.

Walking into the house Hikari walked to the kitchen, while Jason went upstairs to shower. Hikari started on breakfast, hearing the water shut off, she put bread in the toaster and hummed to a song that recently got stuck in her head. " Jason, can you please set the table" she asked while grabbing two plates from the cupboard and began filling it with eggs, sausages, sliced tomato, bacon strips and toast. Jason came in and took the two plates to the dining room that is connected in the open plan kitchen design. Hikari poured Juice into two large glasses and took it to the already set table and one drooling Jason.

"So are you excited?" Hikari asked her son excitedly while biting into her toast. Jason nodded while gulping down the food only to choke on it which resulted in him grabbing his juice and downing it. "Jason! How many times do I have to say to chew before you swallow" Sighing in relief he smiled at her. " Just one more time" She couldn't help but laugh. Looking over at the clock she saw she had thirty minutes to get ready. A squeak escaped her lips and she dashed upstairs yelling "we are going to be late!" Jason could only smile after his mother, walking into the kitchen he started on the dishes.

When he turned twelve, he and Hikari moved into this house, that was then newly developed after the great disaster but they also improved on the house self, his bedroom and his mother's bedroom each has its own unsuits, then there is the guest bathroom. Their house had a small lobby where they would discard of their shoes and jackets. The dining room and Kitchen area is connected and then there was the entertainment area. It was not a big house but it was safe to say that they lived comfortably.

Looking at the pictures on the wall that lead up the stairs, he remembered that when he would go to school, his mother would be off working somewhere just to earn money so they could survive. She would both help build new housing or help at the first aid centre and entertain children on the weekends with her amazing abilities. A man in his late sixties saw Hikari and what an amazing person she really is and made her his business partner what is now one of the biggest growing organisations. After the man died. Hikari inherited the organization and renamed it 'Mirai o kochiku' that means: "building the future". Grabbing his graduation cap he yelled "c'mon mom! I don't want to be late for my own graduation" and in a flash she was down stairs with the camera in hand.

13000ft above ground Hikari found herself in first class on a plane going back to Japan. Jason surprised her with two flight tickets to Japan as a thank you for never giving up on him and not running out on him, even thou she didn't want to go back, she could not say no to her son. "Excuse me miss" Hikari looked up at the smiling flight attendant "would you like some champagne?" Hikari smiling back shook her head "No, Thank you. Do you have some juice?" The flight attendant gave a smile from ear to ear as it were her first flight and wanted to please her customers. "Yes, we do have some juice. What would you like?" Hikari thought for a moment "Do you have any mango juice?"

"Yes mam, we do and what about your son?" Hikari looked over at Jason sitting in a seat just opposite her. "Jason?" the said boy looked up and gave a smile which made the flight attendant weak in the knees. "Yes please, the same as my mother"

"y….yes…si…sir" the said girl struggled wither tongue and left them. Hikari quirked an eyebrow and Jason only laughed. He definitely got his late father's charm and looks. "How is your Japanese?" his mother talked breaking into his train of thought.
"Excuse me?" he said looking a bit dumbfounded. Hikari giggled. "Your Japanese son, are you still fluent?" Growling he glared at his mother, obviously offended. "Why do you ask, are you afraid that you lessons weren't good enough?" he said smirking. Hikari closed her eyes and hold up a finger to make her point "O no, my teachings were excellent and always will be. Your mother is just afraid to walk in shame of her dear old son not being able to speak Japanese properly." She quirked an eye open, knowing she riled him up and she just loved teasing her son like that.

"I'm still at the top of my class in langue and you know I'm good, no, excellent in Japanese language!" He could feel his blood boil by the minute. He knows his mother is just doing that to get him all excited and riled up for who knows what reason. Huffing he crossed his arms.

"Want to test it out?"

He gave a smirk "Is that a challenge?" He asked with a daring voice. Hikari leant forward "Yes, it is" Nodding he said "Okey. Just say when and where."

Looking around Hikari saw a girl just further down with shoulder length brown hair and is fairly well dressed. She was reading what seems to be the latest Japanese fashion magazine. Looking at her son, she gave a smile, which he in return knew all too well and gulped. "Go and introduce yourself to that girl over there". Looking behind him, he saw her and felt his heart stop. "Go on" His mother was urging him on and before he knew it, his feet were walking over to her. 'What the hell am I doing' He mentally screamed but it was too late as he was already in front of her.

*Speaking Japanese*

"uhm…Excuse me, may I sit here?"

The girl with the brown hair looked up and smiled. Jason felt his mouth went dry. "Sure, you can sit" Looking over to his mother, that was currently now busy on her laptop, he gave a weak laugh. "She says that I'm disturbing her" The said girl giggled and pat the seat next to her "Make yourself at home" "Thanks" he breathed. "So is this your first time going to Japan?" the girl asked while putting her magazine away. "Yeah, although my mother was born and raised in Japan. She is the one that toughed me Japanese." Nodding she concurred with what he said "You speak it quite well I may add, excellent in fact." Jason could feel a blush creeping onto his face and wanted to die of embarrassment because of it. It was the first time a girl, a beautiful girl, commented on his Japanese. Swallowing hard at the dry lump he said "My name is Jason" she nod "My name is Karin, nice to meet you Jason"

Looking at his mother who was still busy he only could shake his head. 'Always busy and on the move' he thought and turned his attention back to the girl next to him. "Your mother seems really busy"

"Yeah, she is always on the move, never standing still. It's like she is always trying to prove something and I could never figure out what it is" The girl looked over at the said woman and frowned. "Where is your father?" Jason smiled a sad smile. "O…uhm… you see. I'm actually adopted. My parents took care of my mother while she was staying in Phuket and after my parent's got killed in the disaster a few years back, she adopted me and we have been family ever since" Karin felt sad and happy at his story.

"I'm sorry to hear about your parent's death, but it seems like you have grown up with much love and the right education, so I guess all is well."

"Yes it is, I must admit it was hard at first and we struggled, but now my mother owns one of the biggest organization and it is still growing at a steady pace, which is good" The girl looked fascinated about it all, he didn't know why he was so open to her about all this but he felt comfortable. "Really? What is the organizations name? Maybe I have heard of it?"

"It's called 'Mirai o kochiku', it means: Building the future" Smiling she nodded. "Yes, yes. I have heard of it. It's quite impressive I must say." Looking at her he couldn't help but ask. "And your parent's?" Sitting back she made her more comfortable. "Well, just like you I also was adopted because my mother couldn't have any of her own. My mother owns the largest food and tea industry in Japan and she is looking into expanding and my father owns a High school." Jason could not believe it, such weird paring.

"That's… odd" he said and she laughed. "Yeah I know, My father told me that my mother was obsessed with exotic teas and delicious food and my mother told me is that the only reason why my father owns a high school is because my grandmother forced him to take over in her place" Jason could not help but laugh, definitely odd.

"What is the High school's name?"

"It's really an amazing High School, It has this special group named S.A." Jason froze at the name and looked as she was going to reveal the school's name which he had a knowing feeling. "The school's name is Hakusenkan High"

Jason sat upright and looked Karin dead in the eyes. "Your mother's and father's name would not be Akira and Tadashi Karino, would it?" Karin froze in her spot. "How did you know that?" She asked in fear and a bit curiously . Jason pulled a photo out of his wallet and it was a photo of the S.A members with Karin's parents in it and his mother. "Yes that's them, they were in the S.A group."

"Then you know all of the people in this photo?"

Nodding she smiled. "Yes, except for her" Karin pointed to his mother, unknowingly that, that girl was the woman sitting just a few seats away from them. Jason looked at her "My mother told me, that this girl was her best friend and girlfriend of Mr. Takishima but went missing and they could never find her" Jason saw her features sadden. "It's very sad. She looks like she could be a very nice person" Jason squeezed her hand.

"I know what happened to her"

Karin could swear she would have gotten whiplash as her head snapped up to look at the boy next to her. "What? How?" He snickered and received a slap on the head. "Okey, okey. Just do not murder me." He pointed to his mother and when she looked at the said woman and to the photo again a very clear gasp was emitted from her mouth.

"t…tha..thaaaa…that is Hikari?!, That's the missing girl in the photo!"

Jason clamped his hand over her mouth. "Yes and she is the one who adopted me, she is my mother" Karin wanted to scream, but only shock resided in her brown eyes. "Listen, I need you to not freak out okey?" The girl slowly nodded and he removed his hand. "I can't believe this. This is… this is… THIS IS AMAZING!" she screamed whispered. Jason smiled, this was indeed amazing. 'Maybe this could work' He thought. "Hey Karin?" She looked at him, barely able to drag her eyes away from Hikari. "I know we have just met, but…." He leaned in and whispered something in her ear which made the girl's expression lit up. Looking at him she gave him a thumbs up.

"I'm in!"

Okey so you probably noticed the massive time leap.

I wrote this chapter in a sense to just give some insight on what happened to Hikari and Jason and where they are now.

So Jason met Akira and Tadashi's daughter on the flight. Strange how the world works ;)

Okey, Question time.

What is Jason and Karin plotting?

Will being back in Japan, get Hikari down and depressed?

Is there a possible future for Jason and Karin?

R&R please.

And as always.

Love ya all.