Two: Family Reunion

Meanwhile back in the States, Kanzaki Reito worked away on his laptop in his room, his eyes lit up at the result that he quickly placed a call to his grandfather: Minagi Jijirou. It has been on both their minds for some times now, for Reito was his aunt but for Jijirou was his youngest daughter of eight kids. Minagi Mira left the Minagi Estate to be her own person, but it had led her to death from child labor and her baby was then put into orphanage. The trace died with her death, no one know which orphanage took the baby in or if the baby still alive. Reito worked tirelessly for the sake of his own curiosity as well as his grandmother's wish to find her baby girl or her child.

"Minagi speaking," the voice was calm, cold and tired voice answer the phone.

"Jiji, I found her."Reito said, unable to hide his excitement of what he'd just discovered.

"That's wonderful. What's the kid's name? Is it a boy or a girl? And how old?" Minagi Jijirou's tone changed immediately.

"It's a girl and her name is Mikoto, and she's twenty-seven. Jiji, she looked a lot like you, but her hair is short and spiky though." Reito couldn't help but chuckled at his own answer.

It was all that Minagi Jijirou needed to hear; the next day he got on his private jet and headed right over the States to meet Reito. Unlike the average Joe, Reito signed up for military service only to be recruited by the government after his four years with the Army. Now he worked in a quiet cubicle but he could be on the go and still working as long as he got his laptop or digital phone on him. He was recruited to be the tech and he's damn good at it. Reito took time off from work to meet his grandfather and catch up on his findings.

"She was a former Navy Seal? Why did she do it?" Minagi Jijirou asked as he sat down with his grandson at a quiet restaurant for a late lunch.

"It's either that or prison, Jiji. Life as an orphan here can be tough, most of them ended up dead or in prison. But when her service was over, she got her bartending license and worked at a local bar near the orphanage she grew up in and the money she made went to help keep the place running." Reito replied with a hint of pride in his usual calming voice.

"Ah, I see…" Jijirou said thoughtfully at the idea of his granddaughter doing charitable work.

"I called the place she's working at and they say she's away on vacation and won't be back after next week." Reito said.

"I would like to meet her; she got her mother's eyes." Jijirou nodded his head knowing what Reito means.

The moment Mikoto returned from the trip, Reito visited the bar just to see how different she is from the picture. Much to his surprises, she doesn't looked all that different from the picture, with the exception that her hair isn't that of a nearly shaved style but longer and nicely combed to the right side. He decided to act just like a customer by ordering a drink, and watched with fascination how Mikoto made it looked so easy. Before long, the bar become crowded and most sat by the bar and waiting for her to serve them the drink they asked her to make.

"Hey, didn't know you would be leaving so late…" Reito trailed off when he noticed Mikoto whirled around aiming her handgun at him.

"What do you want?" Mikoto asked calmly and coldly.

"Nothing, I just want to ask you out for dinner. Even though it's kind of late for that," Reito answered as he looked at his watch.

"You called my workplace and checking up on my old home," she paused. "I don't like snooper, so drop it since I don't know you and I rather not kill someone I don't care to know." Mikoto finished.

"Understood, but could I ask you a question?" Reito said and Mikoto wordlessly nodded her head. "Do you know about your parents?"

A shook of Mikoto's head was enough to informed Reito, "You have your mother's surname, and she's the youngest of five kids. She's my aunt, I only saw her three times when I was a kid. In other words, we're cousin."

"What makes you think I believe you?" Mikoto asked, still aiming her gun at him.

"Then let us meet up tomorrow since you're off work," Reito said raising his hands up in mock surrender.

"Nutrients Cafe eight sharp then," Mikoto said as she puts her gun away before walking passed Reito.

That was the end of it, Reito headed home to let Jijirou know of the news. The next day, he was there before the place was open. Minagi Jijirou arrived the moment the store opened up, and Mikoto showed up a few minutes later. Mikoto sits down and ordered herself a sandwich and a cup of black coffee. They introduced themselves to each other before Reito put out information about Mikoto and her birth mother. Two hours later, everything was settled and Reito found it to be interesting that his cousin didn't even flinch at the news of being the grandchild to one of Japan's wealthiest person. All she says was that she's happy with the way things are right now and isn't interested in learning about the Minagi's business. However, Jijirou offered her one thing she can't say no to, and that was helping out the orphanage she grew up in and now taking part in looking after it.

"Yo, mind coming to Tokyo with me? Girlfriend wanted me to go see the parents and all that, I'm thinking about getting a place there and settle down myself. Not getting any younger ya know?" Nao said one day as she met up with Mikoto at a local diner.

"Oh wow, the great Yuuki Nao decides to settle down? Is the world coming to an end?" Mikoto said in an exasperated tone that Nao gave her a glare before she burst out laughing.

"You so lay back lately, got something to do with knowing about your heritage?" Nao asked once she calmed down from her laughter.

"Mm!" Mikoto nodded her head in reply.

"It will be a good time to visit the relatives while you're there with me," Nao said with a grin on her face.

It has only been a few months since Mikoto meet up with Reito and Minagi Jijirou and learned about her heritage. The thought of heading to Tokyo did occurred to her once since she got back from her vacation, but now that Nao wanted to head there with her made the idea more appealing to her. She met a beautiful woman on the cruise ship, and they clicked the second time they met on a casual lunch with their friends. The two remained in contact since, though it was mostly through emails and that was a good five months ago.

So the friends planned out their trip, and Nao didn't forget about a certain doctor by dragging her along with them. Luckily, Yukino only worked as needed and that give her times to go with them, though she liked to call it keeping an eye on Nao. Yukino known Nao for nearly ten years and comes to learn about the redhead's tendency to be reckless tended to end with her needing patch up. On the other hand, Yukino known Mikoto since they're both in elementary school and joined the military together as well. She comes to respect and fear Mikoto while they're in the Navy; the girl was ruthless when it comes to completing her mission. It might be for the fact that Mikoto grew up in the orphanage that it made her such a strong and ruthless soldier in order to survive the harsh reality of not having a family like other kids around her age back then.