Chapter 14

"Who did they think they are? Requesting to meet you and then saying that nonsense to us. Did they think we will believe their silly tale? Please. You didn't believe them, right Raito?" Narumi asked desperately while looking at her lover. Raito looked distracted while walking.

"Raito? RAITO?!"

"What?!" He growled when his train of thought had been interrupted. He glanced at his companion who took a step back in shock. He took a deep breath before he addressed her.

"Sorry. What is it?" He asked calmly.

"You…you didn't believe them, right?" She enquired him meekly.

"Truthfully, I don't know." He said honestly. She spun around and gripped his arms in desperation.

"They were wrong! You're my fiancée whom I have known for several years. We're going to get married and open our own clinic. Their tale was absurd! Don't trust them!"

"Alright, alright!" He said quickly when he saw she's became hysterical. She buried herself on his chest after she heard his affirmation.

"Don't leave me again." Her body shook with silent sob. Instinctively, he put his hands around his shoulder to hug her firmly when he saw her condition.

"You are becoming more emotional the longer I know you. Calm down, alright?" He tsked at her. He was feeling uncomfortable with her display of emotion. She took a few deep breaths to control herself. Reluctantly, she stepped back after she had calmed.

"Much better. Now, let's go home and forget about this matter altogether, okay?" He raised one of his eyebrows to her. She smiled weakly and nodded at him.

"Okay." She croaked out.

"Good. Now, let's go home." He wrapped his hand around her shoulder to guide her home. When his attention had shifted from her, she silently clenched her fist and took a peek of her beloved beside her.

'They will never take you from me. Never. Over my dead body.'

GUYS Headquarters

"Sirs! You're back. How is it going?" Mirai asked enthusiastically towards the Ultra Brothers. They glanced at each other and shook their head.

"We met him but he still didn't remember. I suspect that his head had impacted with the ground with so much force that made him loss his memories somehow." Dan sighed.

"Not to mention that he had tied a knot with a human female here." Goh almost chuckled before he sobered up when he realized the situation that they were in.

"Ultraman Taro have a human girlfriend?" Teppei said with a dumbstruck awed at them.

"Not just girlfriend. Fiancée." Hayata corrected. They gasped. Captain Sakomizu widened his eyes.

"That was…unexpected." He said while frowning.

"Not just for you. For us too. If only we can find his Ultra Badge, it will be much easier to convince him." Hokuto sighed in regret.

"But I thought every transformation item is part of our lives. So that means that it can't part with us, right? It must be near him or he will be restless already." Mirai spoke aloud.

"Yes you're right. But I suspect that woman hide it from him. But I can't fathom her reason or why Taro believed her in the first place." Goh huffed.

"It's pointless to think about that now. We're tired and frustrated. We better get some rest before we think of anything." Hayata got up. The others followed suit albeit grudgingly. "Mebius, I want you to monitor Taro's movement from now. I'm worry that our action today will make that woman to take drastic measure to hide Taro from us. We can't let him to slip from our grasp again. Got it?"

"Yes sir. Don't worry sir. I will make sure to monitor him all the time." Mebius said determinedly. Hayata gave a small smile and proceeded to get out of the control room.

With Raito

Narumi crept quietly to the storage room. Raito was napping on the couch so she knew it was the perfect time to do what she wanted to do. She struggled and lifted a heavy box from on top of a drawer. She stole a glance behind her to make sure that her fiancée didn't decided to suddenly appeared. With a deep breath, she opened the box and took out the item that she had been concealed at the bottom. She stared at the jacket and the strange star intently.

"I won't let anyone take Raito from me again. Over my dead body." She vowed and took both of the items outside. She lit a fire and threw the jacket onto it. She smiled, satisfied when the fire consumed the jacket effortlessly. She almost threw the strange star onto it when a voice spoken behind her made her froze.

"Narumi? What are you doing?" Raito spoke in confusion. She spun around wildly and tried to smile at him although it was more like a grimace.

"Raito! I didn't saw you there!" She walked towards him. She managed to hide the star in his back pocket before she looped her arm around him.

"What did you burn?" From his position he could discerned that it was a piece of fabric. There was a tug in his heart when he saw the item and he frowned. He took a step towards it but her hands stopped him.

"Nothing! It's just my old cloth. You don't need to see it!" Her voice pitched higher and she laughed awkwardly.

"But…"

"Hey let's go for a walk together." She looped her arm around him and guided him away. He looked back once at the cloth and frowned. He didn't knew why but he felt drawn to it. It's liked the cloth called to him.

They walked around the park while chatting quietly. It's more like she's the one who did the talking and he only listened half-heartedly. He still couldn't shake the feeling that he's living a wrong life somehow. He was jerked out of his thought when he felt she touched his shoulder lightly.

"Raito? You're spacing out. Is everything alright?" He could heard worry evident from the tone of her voice. He opened his mouth to assure her that he's alright before he snapped it shut. He frowned and stalked quickly to a stall. She looked alarmed for a moment when he walked away without telling her but calmed down when she saw his direction.

Raito walked purposely to a stall. From everyone point of view, it looked like he wanted to buy something urgently. Unknowingly to all, he had set his eyes to a certain man who's back to him. That man was conversing cheerfully with the stall owner while buying some food. The stall owner smiled to Raito but he ignored it. He clapped his hand to the man's shoulder to get his attention. The man turned while still smiling before he froze when he realized who's behind him.

"We need to talk." Raito said grimly.