Notes:

as i said before, english is not my main language, so i apologize if there is any mistake, sometimes the translator can fail

Please don't be too hard on me, I'm doing my best to translate this fic, if you continue to be rude to me, I'll have to cancel the translation of this and all my yutamakis fics

Chapter 03. A Strange Coincidence

"Raindrops would soon fall, as the truth would begin to drench the innocent who were deprived of their happiness."

Yuta sighed when he noticed how the sky had darkened.

"It seems that it will rain son" he commented while he looked at the cloudy sky and a sigh of nostalgia came from his chest.

He had spent almost an hour walking through the center of that city.

In truth, Kyoto had changed little in those seven years. Although it still had its ancient touches, with its temples intact and its large and beautiful pagodas that emphasized the traditional sight, on its border with the modern it was too updated.

There were new shopping malls and modern buildings.

But something that had not changed in those seven years was the humid climate and the traditions of that society.

Being the beginning of July, many people could be seen on the streets due to the upcoming festivals in the city, and that meant that the sorcerers would have more work than usual due to the upcoming summer holidays, meaning a lot of trouble due to the increase in hauntings and curses.

But also all of them had to be attentive aware of the attacks that were being carried out against them. So Yuta should hurry to solve this new case of the sorcerer-killer.

That situation was causing him too much conflict and more than the environment, the memories and the circumstances were not helping him at all.

His mind filled more and more with nostalgia as he felt the tiny soft drops of rain fall on his head.

Seeing couples crossing the street holding hands as they ran to seek refuge or those students sharing an umbrella, brought back some memories of their missions and outings with Maki.

He remembered one or another kiss that had been given in the rain or under an umbrella, those that ended in a smile or in comments that ended in laughter.

Although all those good memories were overshadowed by that stormy memory of the last day he was with her.

Her sad and pale face seemed to want to tell him something with glazed eyes, it still hurt too much.

He wondered if she was still alive and where she would be. He really kept hoping to see her again even if it was one last time, he wanted to know the truth to calm her heart.

The rain began to get intense and Yuta found himself having to run to the stores that were outside a shopping center to find shelter.

He took out his cell phone and noticed that he had some messages from Satoru, who was asking him for an update on everything he had found with the case he had just been assigned.

"I have so many things to solve but I don't have the head to know how to start this..." he said to himself, ignoring that message and putting his cell phone in his pants pocket.

As he watched the rain fall something began to unsettle him.

It was a large amount of cursed energy that seemed to come from somewhere very close to where he was.

A chill ran down his spine, causing his to quickly turn his head to the other side of where he was looking.

His senses were heightened and he realized that this was an evil and dangerous presence.

Following his intuition, Yuta decided to investigate, starting to walk quickly through those streets.

Perhaps that could be a first clue to find his goal within that city.

"Maki, are you listening to me?" Mei Mei asked when she saw how that woman seemed not to pay attention to her and more so when she turned her head sharply towards the heavy rain that was falling outside the cafeteria to which they had currently moved, since they were chasing to their next victim, another sorcerer.

That was a strange feeling to explain. Maybe it could only be compared to the warning your body gives you that danger is near.

"You felt it too, right?" asked Mei Mei seriously.

"Yes, it was like a very heavy aura, a curse may be very close to here and I don't think it's small" Maki said somewhat worried.

Mei raised her hand to her forehead, accommodating her bangs. "Unfortunately, my crows right now can't see the whole situation that's going on out there due to the rain."

Maki sighed in anguish, it's been a long time since she felt this worried "I just hope my children are okay..."

"They will be, they are with Ui Ui, he wouldn't let anything happen to my two beloved gold mines" Mei commented with a smile.

Maki rolled her eyes at that comment. She hated having to trust those two siblings, but she had no choice. That was her contract and she did everything for the good of her little ones.

Something inside her told her that nothing was right and she expressed it by holding her forearm hard to try to calm down and more than that she should be alert in this mission.

"It seems that our target is moving, although it doesn't seem to come alone" Mei lightly touched her hair. "Maybe you'll also have to eliminate his 'guest' and maybe if we find that curse we could plant it as false evidence for this mission" she commented, patting Maki's shoulder lightly to get her to go follow the plan.

Maki took a deep breath. She had to concentrate on her goal, even though mother's instinct told her that nothing was right.

And that instinct was right.

Things weren't going so well with those twins either.

What started as fun shopping with some ice cream, became boring once Ui Ui received that last phone call from his sister, minutes before those two began their mission before entering the cafeteria.

Those little kids rolled their eyes once they saw how Ui Ui was very engrossed with that phone call while they were walking through the aisles of that shopping center. Observing showcases with luxurious dresses and jewelry that he wanted to buy for his dear sister.

Yurika and Yuudai had developed a language that only they understood and so, they decided to play hide and seek and in an oversight of Ui Ui, they took the opportunity to escape from him.

At first it was a lot of fun, running around people and saying some nasty things about their caregiver, but soon after that it became a problem.

"We lost it, right?" Yurika asked with a smile.

"Yes, but now, ummm, I don't see Grandpa Ui" Yuudai said, looking for Ui with his eyes. "Don't you think we've strayed too far?" His smile faded.

"SOOOOO" Yurika's smile also faded.

"Where we are?" Yuudai asked, looking around.

"Let's go back this way" Yurika suggested, taking her brother's hand to try to go back the way they had come.

But that turned out to be worse as they drifted away and lost more and more among that sea of people in that big mall.

They walked for about five minutes until they reached an area where they believed they had been with Ui Ui for the last time.

"I don't remember going through this store" Yurika commented, looking around.

"Now what do we do?" Yuudai asked, very nervous when he saw that Ui Ui wasn't there either. "We're in trouble right? Oh no!, Mom is going to punish us!" He sounded worried. "And if we can't go home?"

"Let's try to go back one more time to where we came from, we must find grandfather Ui soon, I think he must be looking for us too, so I suppose he must be near here" Yurika suggested as she took his hand.

"I hope we don't get into any more trouble..." Yuudai replied with a sigh, as he took his sister's hand again and they began to walk once more.

Both children were still lost in the crowd.

The siblings tried to find their caretaker by searching for more than ten minutes, going back and forth through those halls, unfortunately those twins were also easily distracted that they even ended up playing a bit with other children in the children's play area that the mall had. Thinking that maybe in that area they could be found by their caretaker.

But time passed and hopes began to run out for those two.

And when they had finally decided that they were going to ask a policeman for help, they found themselves distracted by a strange presence that came out of the slide of that children's game.

A small curse, had stalked them and slowly approached them, seducing them with its creepy smile, falling into its hypnotic effect due to theis inexperienced education to identify special grade curses.

And under that hypnosis, both children had once again crossed the sea of people who were on that first floor at that time and ended up leaving that building, reaching the continuous alley of that shopping center.

The raindrops were the ones that got them out of that trance. That storm had begun to gain strength.

"How did we get here?" Yurika asked, somewhat scared, while looking at the place where they were waking up.

"Where are we?" Yudai asked, somewhat stunned and rubbing his eyes.

When both of them reacted, both of them had realized that they had fallen into the trap of a curse.

That little curse was just the bait, which vanished on the floor while a great curse began to emerge from the shadows in the form of a puffer fish, full of thorns and a large mouth with too many sharp teeth.

Those little ones began to take steps backwards while the rain began to fall more forcefully on their bodies.

They both began to cry, they were too scared since that curse was not a common one like the ones they sometimes saw on the way home.

"Leave us alone!" Yurika yelled, hugging her brother.

"HELP!" Yuudai cried, trembling with fear. "SOMEONE HELP US!"

But no one seemed to hear them. People kept walking in and out of the mall, mostly ignoring the presence of the curses because ordinary people couldn't feel or see them and the rain and thunder only drowned out the screams of those two.

It seemed that all was lost for those brothers.

The curse avalanched on the two children, who had been paralyzed with fear.

"Mommy!" they yelled in chorus as they hugged each other tightly waiting for the end.

Suddenly, a figure appeared to their aid. Someone seemed to have "fallen" from the person had crushed the head of that curse, which let out a horrible cry of pain, because a sword had pierced its eye, blinding it for a moment.

That man moved quickly and took those two children in his arms to take them to safety, while another "thing" seemed to fight against that curse.

"Are they okay?" asked that male voice, who had saved those twins, moving them as far as he could from that area, putting them under a covered place and hiding them among some cardboard boxes.

The tears of those children continued to flow down their cheeks. Just as her sobs were uncontrollable.

"Calm down, everything will be fine" Yuta said trying to calm those two down.

"Hide here while I take care of that thing and don't make noise, okay?" Yuta put his index finger on his lips so that those two will try to keep quiet and covered them with his sweatshirt "I'll be right back, I promise."

Both children, still with crystalline eyes, just nodded their heads while they covered themselves with that sweatshirt and hid among the boxes.

Yuta quickly approached Rika, who still couldn't get through the tough skin of that creature that could mutate at any moment.

"Yuta! That thing is very tough!" Rika commented, who positioned herself next to Yuta, while she showed her arsenal of weapons under her arm "Which one will you choose?"

The curse in front of them roared, baring its sharp fangs and pulling out its sharp claws further. It was a huge creature and its threat level was high, so they had to kill it before it escaped and attacked someone else.

"Maybe her weakness is in the soft part of her stomach, we should attack her at the same time, maybe that way we'll be able to kill it" Yuta suggested, taking another sword since the previous one had been embedded in the eye of that curse.

Yuta quickly looked back over his shoulder, and saw how those children were still hiding but he could feel their gazes on him.

"Well, let's go Rika, we must eliminate this curse before it does more damage" Yuta commented, putting himself on guard with that sword.

The first to attack was Rika, who went straight for that curse to distract its while Yuta launched his attack, dodging a few attacks with those sharp claws as he tried to pierce through that tough skin.

Rika was still trying to hold onto that curse, trying to get past those sharp and hard spikes, while Yuta managed to successfully slip under this big puffer fish, quickly slashing its soft body, making the thing squeal in pain.

Yurika and Yuudai covered their ears before such a horrible scream, while Yuta gave the final blow and Rika was in charge of splitting that thing in two, causing the blood and remains of that curse to spread in that alley.

"I'll ask Katsumoto to send someone to clean up this mess and find out about this case" Yuta said, brushing the blood off his sword with a fine movement before putting it back in its scabbard.

Both children were surprised to see by their savior. They were used to seeing their mother being this raw when she killing curses, but seeing this man had left them shocked. They even felt a strange connection to him. Something difficult to explain but it was as if "the blood called".

Yuta wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Two children" Rika's voice caught Yuta's attention as he remembered those two little ones.

"True!" The sorcerer turned quickly and walked towards those children, who came out from where they were hiding but with his sweatshirt still over their heads.

"Are you okay?" He squatted in front of them. "Aren't they hurt?"

Both children were still silent and looked at each other, it seemed that they shared some words mentally.

"Calm down, everything is fine now, that thing has already been eliminated" Yuta said, stretching out his hand towards them with a slight smile.

The twins slid the hoodie off their heads, letting themselves be seen. They seemed to be calmer.

Yuta raised his eyebrows a little in surprise when he saw how similar those two were to each other. But at that very moment he felt a strange sensation invade his chest when he saw them carefully and that was because they both shared a chilling resemblance to him when he was a child but with the slight difference that those two little ones had eyes as golden as the Honey.

Also both children were surprised to see that man up close. For some reason it gave them confidence and even more when they saw his physical similarities.

"Very similar between them" Rika said.

"You're right, they're both identical. They're twins, right?" Yuta asked with a smile.

Both children only said yes by shaking their heads.

"Similar to you! Yuta!" Rika screeched "Similar to you!" Her voice rose as she said those strange words, that curse seemed altered.

That made both little ones take a step back when they saw that thing.

"Do not be afraid! My name is Yuta Okkotsu and this is Rika! She won't do anything to them" Yuta made Rika vanish quickly to stop scaring those two.

"We are here to help you" he stretched out his hand towards them again but those children still looked scared and did not utter a word.

"Sorry that we scared you!" he apologized first "Are you alright?" He kept asking but those children only nodded their heads at the same time.

"Did that thing do something to them?" He ask calmly.

They both shook their heads.

"I understand" Yuta sighed a little when he saw that those two didn't speak, he thought that perhaps it must be because of the shock of the situation.

"What are their names?" He ask with a slight smile to try to give them confidence, while he continued to squat in front of them and stretch out their hand, but they exchanged glances with each other again while remaining silent.

"Calm down, as I said I'm here to help you, you don't have to make an effort to speak, take your time" he continued with his hand stretched out towards them and with an open palm to give them confidence.

After a few seconds, both children placed their little hands in this adult's hand. For some strange reason they felt confident with him and they didn't feel him as a threat.

The twins exchanged a few more glances, it seemed as if they were mentally communicating because they even made some faces between them and after a minute of silence, still with their little hands on Yuta's hand, the girl was the first to speak.

"My name is Yurika Fushig..." her brother interrupted her.

"Mom said not to talk to strangers!" Yuudai said in a bit of a panic.

"But I don't think he's a stranger! he saved us from that Monster!" Yurika replied, making an annoyed gesture. "Yudai Don't be fearful and ungrateful!"

"I'm not fearful! I'm just saying what mom ordered us!" Yuudai replied with annoyance.

Yuta widened his eyes upon hearing them, he even felt a chill upon hearing those names. They were the same names he had chosen for his children, if he ever had them and nd only one person knew those names. It was all a very strange coincidence, but he decided to ignore it, thinking that perhaps it was just that, a strange coincidence in a random situation in life.

Then he smiled slightly when he saw how those two were arguing. "I understand and tell me, Are you lost? Where are your parents?" Yuta asked, drawing the attention of those two again.

"We were with Grandpa Ui" Yuudai answered looking at Yuta.

"But suddenly we got lost among so many people and suddenly we were out here next to that thing" Yurika pointed to the remains of the curse.

Yuta thought that those two children were talking about an elderly person when they referred to their guardian as "grandfather"

"Well, it makes sense that they got lost and now that there are a lot of people and surely your grandfather may also be looking for you, we shouldn't worry him anymore" Yuta replied, standing up. At that moment, the stomachs of those children made some noise.

"Good! How about if I help them look for their grandfather? and by the way, how about if I buy them lunch? Would you like the idea? Surely your grandfather must be too worried, come on, we better go inside, it's very cold out here and the rain just keeps falling whit harder" Yuta take his sweatshirt and then extend his hands to them.

"We like the idea, thank you very much!" Both little ones said in chorus.

They both held on to him, each holding onto Yuta's hand as they walked back inside the mall.

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Now yes, the meeting between father and sons happened. Only Maki's and all the others are missing

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In Spanish we say "la sangre llama" (the blood called) when we feel that someone may be related to us.