Chapter 15

"Mebius."

Mirai who had been lounging on his chair snapped at attention towards his superiors.

"Sir?" He asked questioningly. He saw the four Ultra Brothers entered the control room with grim look on their faces.

"Mebius, I want you to follow Taro wherever he go. Protect him at all cost."

"Did someone targeting Master Taro?!" Mirai widened his eyes in shock at Hayata's words.

"We don't know yet. But we have feelings that something's going to happen sooner or later."Hokuto sighed.

"Alright! I will protect Master Taro. You can count on me." Mirai said determinedly. He started to run out of the control room before he remembered and turned around to face his captain.

"Captain, permission to carry out that order?"

"You have my permission. Go!" Captain Sakomizu gave his permission. Mirai nodded and ran out.

Mirai wandered to the park not too far from Taro's temporary residence. He had spied the house earlier but there's no one there. He decided to go to the park and bought some refreshment while waiting. He waited patiently for the stall owner to prepare his order when he felt someone tapped his shoulder. He smiled and turned around. His blood ran cold when he saw who's standing behind him.

"We need to talk." He gulped when he saw Raito's forbidding expression. Raito clapped his shoulder and steered him away. He could do nothing but to follow him. From his peripheral vision, he could saw a woman looked at them while furrowing her brow. From her expression, he could deduced that the woman was his mentor so-called fiancée.

"Hey, hey slow down. What do you want to talk to me?" Mirai tried to shake him off. A glare from Raito had shut him down. He sighed internally and just let his instructor to drag him away. Raito brought him a few paces more. Still noticeable from some distance but a bit further from eavesdroppers.

"You're Mebius, right?" He widened his eyes when Raito cut straight to the point. He couldn't squashed the hope that blossoming his heart when he heard the question.

"Yes!" A grin broke out of his face. "Do you remember now?" He looked up hopefully.

"No." Mirai deflated a little. "But the others, there were four old men yesterday. They claimed that they were the Ultra Brothers. Is that true?"

"Mmm. They are my superiors. You too."

"Me?"

"You are Master Taro, one of the Ultra Brothers. Your parents are Ultra Father and Ultra Mother, two of the most powerful and influential warriors from the Land of Light. Your parents miss you so much. You need to remember, Master Taro." He pleaded earnestly.

"He's not your Taro!" Out of the blue, Narumi stood in front of Raito protectively. Mirai took a step back in surprised. He almost cowered in fear from the furious expression on the female face before he remembered that he's not the guilty party. He straightened himself and stared back without flinching.

"You are wrong. He's Master Taro. There's no doubt about it." He said confidently.

"Oh yeah? Prove it." She crossed her hands in front of her chest and returned his stare. She won't surrendered Raito willingly, even if he somehow could proved her wrong.

With lightning speed, Mirai grabbed Raito's hand and closed his eyes. A soft glow was emanating from their joined hands to her surprise.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Her shrilled voice didn't fazed him. He just furrowed his brow and concentrated on whatever he's doing. Raito tried to snatch his hand back but gasped in shock when an intricate pattern suddenly appeared on his hand. He watched mesmerized even after the pattern faded back from his hand.

"Sorry. I can summon my own signature with ease but to bring forth others signature is still a struggle for me." Mirai said sheepishly. He recovered from his own bout of embarrassment in a second and looked to his mentor intently. "But you see that, right? Every one of the Ultra Warriors have their own signature. And that's yours." He said fervently. Raito still watched his hand in numbed exhilaration. His mind told him that he still needed more proof before he could trust him. But his heart was adamantly persistent that the young man was speaking the truth.

"Bullshit!" He snapped his gaze towards his companion. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion when he saw she was shaking slightly. She took a step and raised her hand to strike Mirai who stood unwavering. A hand stopped her just before it made contact with his cheek in a mere inch. She gasped and stumbled backwards when she saw who stopped her.

"You're lying." Raito said softly without looking at her face.

"Raito…"

"My name is not Raito, right?" He raised his head and looked at her sharply.

"Your name is Tohsaka Raito…"

"Stop lying to me!" He roared angrily. He pushed her hand with so much force that made her tripped and fell on her backside. She widened her eyes in shock.

"You lied to me? All this time, you lied to me?!" He curled his hands at his side to prevent him from doing something that he would regret later.

"Raito, please. I just… I want…"

"You want what?!" He yelled, cutting her stammering words. "I trust you! I believe everything you said! But this is how you repay me?!" His glare intensified. He watched her scrambled to her feet and clutched his arm in desperation.

"Raito, please. Listen to me first." She begged. He shook her hand from his arm and stepped back. He turned around.

"No. I'm done listening to you. Get out of my sight." He hissed furiously. The tears that gathered flowed freely from her eyes. She took one last look at the back of her beloved before she fled from there. He took a deep breath to center himself. True, he was furious but he was sad at the same times. She treated him with care after he's awaken. He could called her a friend, or possibly more if time was on their side.

"Are you alright, sir?" He jolted from his thought to see Mirai looked at him worriedly. He nodded. He wiped his face from any traces of emotions that present on his face.

"Now tell me. If I'm really Taro, what exactly happened? I want to know everything."

"Very well sir." Mirai took a deep breath and started telling him the story.