Chapter 12
"How did it go?" Hokuto and Goh rushed forward to meet their brothers with Mebius behind them. Hayata sat down and stretched his body while Dan rolled his eyes.
"It's good. Taro agreed to meet us. We will bring you tomorrow." Dan replied when it seemed his nii-san didn't wanted to answer them.
"And how did you convince him?" Hokuto arched his eyebrow, curious.
"I have my way." Hayata answered smugly.
"You mean your persuasive method, right?" Goh said dryly. Hayata just shrugged his shoulder.
"You don't want to know." Dan told the rest of GUYS crews when they seemed itching to know the story.
"Zoffy nii-san contacted us just now." Hokuto blurted out.
"Oh? So, you had already tell him about our finding, right?" Hayata questioned.
"Yes, but he want your official report as soon as possible." Goh interjected.
"Very well. We will send it right away. Dan." Hayata called Dan and they conjured a sphere of light. They put their hands on top of the hovering sphere and closed their eyes.
"That is our way of communication. Much easier and simple. And that's our language." Hokuto pointed out helpfully to the slack jawed humans. Goh chuckled.
"Done." The two elder ultras stepped back and raised their fist upwards. The sphere hovered for a second before it shot upwards.
"Whoa. Where's that sphere go?" Teppei said, awed. His eyes still glued to the place where the sphere was hovering before it vanished.
"It's on his way to our planet." Hayata explained. He turned towards Goh and Hokuto. "Tomorrow, we're going to see Taro."
"Really? Will it be okay?"
"We need to jog his memory somehow. Maybe with familiar presence, something will click on his mind." Dan told the others.
"Wait! Did you find his transformation item?" Mirai cut them suddenly.
"Transformation item?" Goh frowned. "No. Why?"
"Isn't transformation item part of our lives? It carry our signature. Even if Master Taro didn't remember us, his transformation item can help him remember." Mirai babbled enthusiastically.
"You're right! We completely forgot about it. Good job, Mebius." Mirai grinned shyly.
"We need to ask him with subtle. If there is a miniscule of doubt in his mind, he will lost to us forever." Hayata grim voice shattered the bubble of happiness that spread among them. The Ultra Brothers nodded gravely.
"We need to use our cunning and wit to win his trust. And to get our brother back."
With Raito
"I'm back." Raito knocked politely and entered. He glanced Narumi briefly before plopped down on the couch.
"You're late. Where were you?" She frowned and crossed the distanced between them and sat down opposite him.
"Park." He uttered a syllable and closed his eyes. He could felt Narumi gazed at him unwaveringly and managed to still his body from squirming.
"You know, I met some interesting people at the park today." He tried to strike a conversation, hoping that she would direct her gazed somewhere.
"Oh? Who was it?" She spoke with curious tone.
"Two elderly people. I just met them just now but I swear I know them from somewhere else. But I don't remember where." He spoke with frustrated tone. He snapped his eyes open and looked towards Narumi. For a split second, he could felt that she stiffened when she heard about the news.
"You alright? Do you know them?" He held her gaze for a moment and tried to read her body language.
"I'm fine. I don't know them. And I'm very sure that you don't know them either. What's their name?" She tried to speak nonchalantly but failed. Raito could heard her wavering voice.
"Shin Hayata and Moroboshi Dan." He looked at her sharply. His trained eyes could detect a slight flinch but he didn't knew why. It frustrated him to no end.
"Oh." He waited her for a while if she had any more comment about that but she kept her silent. He huffed angrily to himself and stood up.
"Where are you going?" She spoke hastily and scrambled to stand up.
"To my room. I'm tired." He walked briskly and closed the door to give the impression that he didn't wanted to be disturbed. She sat down heavily and put her head on her hands.
"Oh no. They might be someone from his past. What should I do?" She clenched her hands in agitated manner. She sat still as a statue but her mind ran for miles. She stood up abruptly after a while.
"No one will take Raito from me again. No one." She vowed and walked out briskly.