"Are you showing me this for a reason?" Taykoe asked.
Keiichi smirked.
"Nah. But, you're all so convinced she's all bad. Arisa has been losin' it since I met her. But she's got her reasons. Those two are it."
Taykoe's eyes narrowed.
"Detaining innocent people because of their occupation cannot be justified. For some reason, I think you know more than your sharing."
Keiichi faced her, smiling.
"Of course I do. I can read minds Taykoe. Only few can block me. You are not one of those few."
His pupils shrank a bit.
"I know you once had an older brother who went missing a few years ago."
Taykoe went rigid.
"I'm leaving," she declared.
She turned to go.
"I also know that he'd be excatly Kei's age. In fact, I have every reason to suspect he is your brother.."
Taykoe took a few steps forward.
"Shin was his middle name."
Now she stopped, looking back at him.
"He disappeared on his 20th birthday which you were celebrated at your parents house, wearing a dog tag you made for him with his full name. The metal you made the dog tag out of was probably flimsy and would have easily broken if he'd been, I don't know, hit by a car."
Keiichi smirked.
"Well?" he asked. "Am I right?"
"Where's Kei?" Taykoe asked.
(speaking of which)
"Kei slow down!" Ariha yelled, jogging after him.
He was ignoring her. No way could he, with his top notch senses, not hear her. Luckily for her, he had to stop at the crosswalk which flashed its Do Not Walk sign. She grabbed his arm, making him turn around and face her.
"Jealousy doesn't suit you," she joked, panting.
"You keep making jokes out of what I consider serious matters," Kei said.
Ariha rolled her eye.
"You keep making serious matters out of what I consider jokes," she retorted.
Kei turned away from her, walking away. It was then that Ariha realized the Do Not Walk sign had changed. She hurried after Kei.
"Please, stop," she begged.
Kei sighed deeply but stopped. Right there in the middle of the street.
"Keiichi and I are just friends. He's been my only friend for so long I can't image us as anything else. You can hate the idea but we're barely apart. We've seen sides of each other that other people will never see. I like you as more than a friend, Kei but-"
Kei turned a bit and she stopped, looking at her.
"Groveling doesn't suit you," he said.
Ariha smiled and hugged him, feeling his arms wrap around her.
"You're an ass," she whispered.
"Hope it suits me better than being jealous," he purred.
And then he kissed her.
"Where the hell is everyone?" Ana inquired.
She flopped down onto a chair beside Ahsim.
"Hachi! Sandwich!" Ana yelled.
"NO!" Hachi yelled from upstairs.
Ana looked over at the twins who both had sandwich's in front of them. They looked at her.
"Mama Hachi loves us," they both said.
Ana smirked.
"Loves you does she?" she asked.
Hachi peeked out from between the slants in her closet, shivering as she did. Her blanket was pulled tightly around her. Ana was so goning to kill her.
"HACHI!"
The closet door flew open and there stood Ana. Hachi screamed, covering her head with her blanket.
"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" Hachi cried.
"Give me a good reason not to," Ana ordered, yanking off Hachi's blanket.
Hachi gulped.
"I'll make you a sandwich?" she tried.
"I'm not hungry anymore," Ana said. "But I did bring something from the kitchen."
She held up a butcher knife. Hachi's eyes widened in horror.
"Uhhhhh," she began.
It was then the doorbell rang.
"COMPANY!" Hachi announced, running past Ana.
She zoomed to the door, flinging it open and looking right at Nobu.
"HACHI!" he greeted.
Hachi screamed, slamming the door closed.
"Not suspicious at all," Haru mumbled, coming up behind her.
He opened the door.
"Hello, Yamaguchi-san," he said.
Nobu smiled.
"Hello there," he said. "Do you have it?"
"Of course," Haru said.
He handed a pouch to Nobu.
"Good luck," he said.
Nobu nodded and waved at Hachi before he left.
"What was that all about?" Hachi asked.
Haru closed the door.
"I was ordered to create something similar to Project Mew," he replied.
"You didn't give them Project Mew, did you?" Hachi asked, panicked.
"Of course not."
He turned to face her.
"It could still create a mew but not as strong as you guys."
"And you just gave it to him? All willy nilly?" Ana yelled from the top of the stairs.
Haru pulled out his phone, fiddling with it.
"I'd never just give them something like that without being completely sure that they'd never have a chance to use it."
"And this chance blocker is?" Hachi prompted.
"Kei."
Taykoe ran. What else could she do? All she had to do was assume she was heading in the right direction.
Keiichi's words were in her head.
'Is it possible,' she wondered. 'Could Kei really be my brother?'
She sped up, fueled by hope.
"Damn it Kei! Where are you!?"
