"Had I been less selfish I would've done the right thing and just lived mostly blind and physically disabled instead of having continued."
-Natalia Baldoni, Of Brains & Brawns
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{No POV}
After the canon ball shot Takashi and Natalia shared a look before they nodded at each other and then went to two different very deadly weapons and fired them expertly at the ships.
"Takashi! Steer us away from our originally set direction for a bit. I'll have to take them out one by one." Natalia said with an annoyed sigh as she soothed the crying baby doll while she sank another ship.
"You got it." Answered Takashi using his walkie talkie just as she had.
So he raced to the steering system and steered them off course.
-Meanwhile-
"What are they doing?! They are going off course!" Exclaimed Yuri Fushikima as she saw her best friend's yacht getting off course.
"They must have been spotted and are working on taking out their enemies before they get close to land." Mitsukuni said cooly.
"Is there any way we can help them?" Kyoya and Tamaki questioned.
"No." The elder Kasanoda answered. "They need for us to keep track of the safety of our loved ones and close friends. For now we must wait. They can handle themselves. We must trust in their capabilities." He finished.
-Back on the Yacht-
Natalia smiled as she took out the last of the boats chasing them and Takashi took them finally to land.
Once on land in a very secluded and discrete area they blew up the yacht and destroyed all evidence of their actions. They then switched into another set of disguises.
This time Natalia hid her red locks under a wig of blonde curly hair and made her eyes look green. She then changed into a very fancy looking outfit and put on some sunglasses and a beautiful sun hat never taking off her engagement ring.
While Takashi, however, removed the make up and dressed up like a stereotypical rich guy out with his wife would. He straightened his hair with the help of Natalia and slicked it back.
Then off they went with new Fake Ids and their fake baby.
They then made their way discretely to the mansion Natalia had under this fake identity and went inside Natalia soon putting the place into lockdown after they checked for intruders. Then they went down into a top secret safehouse underneath the mansion where their friends would be.
"Who... Who are you?" Their friends questioned on alert.
Natalia and Takashi chuckled and undid their hair back to normal, soon removing the disguises.
"NATALIA-SENPAI/NAT-CHAN?!"
"MORI-SENPAI/TAKA-CHAN?!"
"We finally made it. But enough chatter. I need to get to work on that particular device but I can't do it alone on such a time crunch." Natalia said finally turning serious again.
"Takashi, Mitsukuni, Ritsu, and Uncle Reiki keep a close watch on the surveillance cameras and on the security of this place. I'm not taking any chances." She instructed.
"Kyoya, Haruhi, Yuri, with me. I can use all the help I can get on developing this device." She continued.
"What about us Natalia-senpai?" Asked Tamaki as Natali approached a computer and began to play music with a song called "I'm A Mess".
"Tamaki, Twins, I need you three on one of the most important jobs. Coming up with effective traps up above in the mansion to slow down any enemies aka Twins, and charting them on this blueprint aka Tamaki. It may seem unimportant right now but it could really save our lives should our enemies find this place." Natalia said handing Tamaki a blue print and a marker.
They saluted her and rushed out.
The song then changed as Natalia finally finished drawing the blueprint for the memory eraser she had developed.
A song by the title of 'Heavy' which they all sang a long to.
But was then followed by a song called Kids Again that only Takashi and Natalia sang this time.
I know a girl who likes to drink her coffee black
Cause sugar, no, she don't got time for that
Leaves her desires at the welcome mat when she walks in
Takashi challenged with a wild smirk causing Natalia to roll her eyes.
Yeah, I know a boy who likes to keep his burner on
He's always running with no one to keep warm
It's like he's flirting with the smoke alarm, his fire's fading
Natalia retaliated with elegance and confidence making everyone else slightly gasp at them.
But still we laugh, we cry, we fall, we get high
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids
And when I, I'm feeling small you get me through it all
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
As their voices melded together everyone felt their love radiate across the room bringing smiles to every face in the room.
I know a girl who's never tried to settle down
She wears her loneliness like a crown
But when she smiles all the kings will bow down, down, down
Takashi challenged once more amused.
And I know a boy who's broken every vow he's made
Who's spoken every capped phrase
But he can listen like a rainy day and drown it out
Natalia retaliated happily.
But still we laugh, we cry, we fall, we get high
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids
And when I, I'm feeling small you get me through it all
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Natalia took the lead and left the room speechless.
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Just like we were kids
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Takashi sang taking over as he loaded what seemed like the millionth gun with ammo.
So we laugh, we cry, we fall, we get high
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids
And when I, I'm feeling small you get me through it all
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
They sang together as they continued to work respectively. Sparks flying slightly from where Natalia and Kyoya were delicately piecing together parts of the device they had been recreating.
But still we laugh, we cry, we fall, we get high
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids
And when I, I'm feeling small you get me through it all
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Takashi took lead as he quickly began to sharpen sword after sword while examining the safety of their location closely.
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Just like we were kids
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Natalia sang taking lead as she began examine her blueprints to be certain they followed all the steps properly.
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Just like we were kids
Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again
Then they finished together as she put the final touch on the device.
"It's finished! Now to program it! Kyoya, get me a list of everyone here's particular skills from the files I have here and then Haruhi incinerate the files so that if the enemy finds this place they can't find this place. Yuri prepare a spot for us females to change in should the need arise at any given time away from the boys. Ritsu, Uncle Reiki, Mitsukuni work out a battle strategy with the list of skills for us attack the Yazawa Syndicate. Haruhi, Yuri once your done, work on disguises, same goes to you Kyoya. Takashi, I need you to use those hacking and tracking skills you got hidden upthose sleeves. Find Kosaku so we can take him down. I have something very important to do to make sure this goes well. Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru, I need you guys to work on a subtle financial take down." Natalie said working on several things at once very efficiently.
"Twins and Tamaki, each one of you will go into one of these computers i just set up and buy up stocks slowly and steadly. Nothing too obvious. I already pulled it up on the company I want you to buy stocks from. Leave no stock for anyone else to own." She instructed before moving to a door on one end of the lab.
"Yuri, Kyoya, Haruhi. When you get to the disguises part of your role, you should find everything you need in here." She said before heading to a table in the lab and placed several map scrolls on the table.
"Once Takashi gets us a location, pull up the according map and begin a sturdier topographically suitable battle strategy AND a backup plan." Natalia stated.
"Takshi on that computer in front of you find us the location of Kosaku and no doubt the strongest members and the current heads of the Yazawa Syndicate."
"Is this for revenge?" Asked Takashi suddenly.
"No. I may hate that they were the ones who sent the hit out on my parents and on me, I am not petty enough to want revenge. I'm only doing this because they already declared war on the Kasanoda Syndicate earlier today..." Said Natalia with a sigh.
"When was this?!" Questioned Reiki Kasanoda.
"You remember when my phone rang while I was working on the semi-final touches on the memory eraser?"
"Yes.."
"That was Akio, he was calling to inform me that 32 houses were bombed simultaniously all of which belonging to loyal members of the Kasanoda Syndicate. All of which with no survivors. The media is going insane." Natalia revealed using a projector to show them the internet going insane with reports from news sites and news channels reporting about the 32 bombings.
Everyone gasped in shock except for Mitsukuni, Yuri, Takashi and Natalia.
"64 children, 1 unborn child, 1 pregnant woman, 31 other women, and 32 men, all members and family members of members of the Kasanoda Syndicate. The only thing that made it identifiable as a crime by the Yazawa Syndicate, all were Kasanoda Syndicate Members or Affiliated with Members of the Kasanoda Syndicate. The police doesnt know thankfully for all involved in this mess but we are running quickly out of time." Natalia said with a defeated sigh.
"They did this to lure me and Uncle Reiki and Ritsu out." Natalia finally revealed.
"I thought they were only after you?" Asked Mitsukuni curiously.
"The truth is after Takashi got knocked out that night ten years ago I rushed in and took the remaining attakers out. That's when I saw the marking they all had in common on their arms. The mark of the Yazawa Syndicate. The police was about to rush in so I immediately got one of the guys to spill everything they knew to me and left." Natalia explained pausing to steady her breath.
"The member that I spoke to revealed that apparently The Yazawa head was bent on getting revenge on the Head of the Kasanoda's by making sure that the head suffered thoroughly, first the rape and gruesome murder of his closest familymembers, than that of his son, followed by that of his most trusted and loyal members, and then their strongest. Thankfully the rest of the men quickly fled into much better hiding after the bombings earlier today. But the question is they are waging war and their intention is to destroy the Kasanoda Syndicate once and for all." Natalia revealed sadly.
"Them discovering my project, that only further gave them reason to waste no time on setting this plan into action. Eventually they can use my project to run the world should they wish to..." Natalia said softly revealing that she was releasing tears.
"Had I been less selfish I would've done the right thing and just lived mostly blind and physically disabled instead of having continued." Natalia whispered in the deathly quiet room.
"I was an imbecile. A selfish imbecile." Natalia said before standing up and heading to a punching bag and kicking it out of commission.
She breathed heavily and then steadily calmed herself.
"Anywho. Back to work, we've wasted enough time." Natalia said acting as if nothing had just happened.
Everyone chuckled a bit and quickly got to work.
-With Tamaki and Haruhi-
"Be careful Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi said to Tamaki discreetly when no one else was paying attention.
"I will, but I need you to be careful too Haruhi, I can't loose you." Tamaki answered after some hesitation.
Haruhi smiled awkwardly with a light blush.
"Neither can I loose you, Senpai." Haruhi admitted before getting back to work.
Tamaki smiled.
-With Yuri and Mitsukuni-
"You are amazing Yu-chan... But do you think that you could still love me when all of this is over?" Mitsukuni asked Yuri discreetly.
"Of course I do... But do you think you could love me after everything is said and done." Asked Yuri.
"Of course I can." Mitsukuni said with a smirk. "If I couldn't I wouldn't be able to sleep at night like a baby." He finished.
-With Takashi and Natalia-
"You ready to kill a bastard?" Natalia questioned with a smirk.
"With you by my side? Always." Takashi answered.
"You think they can handle it?" Natalia asked curious and concerned.
"Yeah." He replied.
"You know we are leaving Haruhi, Tamaki, Kyoya and The Twins back here right?"
"Yeah."
"You have nothing against it?"
"No."
"Should we tell them our plans now?" She asked with a sigh.
"After." He replied.
"Hey Takashi, I have something to tell you once everything is over, so promise me you'll survive okay?" She said softly as she began to finish up building something.
"I promise, but promise me the same." Takashi said.
She smiled and kissed his lips lightly.
"I promise."
TBC...