Mimics

by Fallen Crest

Trion soldiers with the ability to transform into deceased loved ones have made their way to Japan. Border will have to face their worse enemy yet...the ones who created Border: Mogami Soichi and Kuga Yugo. In the face of Mogami and Yugo, can Jin and Yuma find the strength to destroy the ones they already loss once before?

54. Chapter 54: Yuma vs Mogami

A/N: I don't own World Trigger

Mimics

Chapter 54: Yuma vs Mogami

"It's my win."

Mogami threw himself up into a sitting position as the wounds on his chest healed. "That was just one round, Yugo! This fight isn't over yet!" Scooping his sword up, Mogami climbed to his feet and pointed his blade at his friend. "We're going again."

Yugo crossed his arms in front of him, keeping his sword pointing down towards the ground. "You know, in a real battle, all it takes is a single kill. Once you're cut down and lose your Trion body, you're at the mercy of your enemy. If you can't beat me in the first round, then technically, it's my win."

"This isn't a real battle." Mogami retorted.

"Oh?" Yugo smirked. "So, if it was a real fight, you think you could beat me?"

Mogami smirked back at his friend. "I wouldn't be holding back in a real fight."

"Then what does that say when I already won here while also holding back?" Yugo challenged. He uncrossed his arms and swung his sword towards Mogami which ended up crossing their blades. The easy smile he wore didn't quite match the unyielding eyes that refused to back down from the challenge. Neither of them were willing to admit defeat here.

Yuma ducked under Mogami's swing and planted his hand on the ground to brace himself as he threw himself into a side flip. As he flew through the flip, he aimed his leg into a kick up towards Mogami's face. Mogami took a step back as he leaned away from the kick and immediately found himself blocking Yuma's sword that came a second later when he landed back on his feet.

Mogami pressed his hand into the dull side of his blade to give him more leverage to push back on Yuma's sword and gain the upper hand. He leaned forward a bit to get closer to Yuma's face. "You have the same spirit as Yugo, but you don't fight at all like him."

"I'll take that as a compliment. Being trained by him doesn't mean I have to adopt his fighting style." Yuma retorted. "A good fighter can find the style that works for him." There was more than one reason why Yuma wasn't happy copying his dad's style earlier to train with his friends. It had been stressful and not at all fun to put himself in the mindset of slaughtering his friends with a style he wasn't used to using. Another reason being that it wasn't his style. His agile, speed focused style of fighting was the one he had spent years mastering and one approved by Yugo as he had seen how well it worked for Yuma as opposed to the style his father initially taught him. "It's why Jin-san abandoned your fighting style and made a new type of sword. He couldn't be at his best with Kogetsu."

Mogami's mind flashed back to his fight with Jin in the Restricted Zone last night. He had been using two different swords during that battle since he took a blade from his friend. He had recognized the Kogetsu he took from his friend, but not the strange blade that a few of the agents and Jin had been using. It wasn't upsetting to learn that Jin had changed to a new style of fighting. In fact, it was invigorating to know that Jin had finally found someone who could push him into improving himself so much that he needed a new weapon and style of fighting to become stronger.

Yuma knocked Mogami's sword back to free himself as he jumped away, landing on the edge of the desk behind him. When Mogami took a swipe at his feet, he found himself flipping off the desk and swinging his sword over his shoulder to block another slash coming for his back. As he twisted back around to face Mogami, their blades scraped against one another before breaking apart as Yuma created the distance he needed from Mogami to be safe. It wasn't as much distance as he would have liked since they were in a small bedroom which meant there wasn't much space to go anywhere.

Well, except out of the building. This was the Restricted Zone so there was nothing to stop Yuma from destroying the place.

Yuma raised his hand, showing it very openly to Mogami. "You know, you and Dad aren't the only ones who can do it." He said as an orange seal appeared. "Bolt." While he was showing off his ability to use a Black Trigger while using a normal Trigger, the bullets from Bolt didn't shoot towards Mogami but were instead fired behind Yuma to slam into the wall. It was a lot faster than fighting with the window after all. The wall fell down in pieces around Yuma as well as created a smoke screen from the explosion which he used as a means to disappear from Mogami's sight and jumped out of the building. Being hidden by smoke meant nothing when Mogami could tell where he was at all times by his Trion signature, but Yuma could at least slow him down from chasing him.

"Bolt, Triple!" This time the bullets did fly forward, right towards the house he had just abandoned. Before his bullets could connect with the building, slashes sliced through the roof to tear it down and Mogami came flying out of the building that was destroyed a second later from Yuma's attack.

Both fighters landed on different buildings with the destroyed house between them. Yuma's hand traveled down to his side to make sure he still had Fujin on him. While Yuma was using a Trigger, getting to his Black Trigger was pretty hard to do so Fujin would be the more easily accessible one to Mogami right now. Though, if Yuma lost this fight, Mogami would be able to grab his ring more easily since this old Trigger didn't have bail out.

At close range, Mogami was a highly skilled swordsman. At mid-range, Mogami had Senku to push Yuma back. At a long-range, Mogami had wind blades to attack Yuma where he least expected it. That was what Yuma needed to be wary of right now. If he kept his eyes locked on Mogami, he could watch for the swing of the Kogetsu which would be him sending his wind blades out. The problem was if he already laid some down before he exited the house that Yuma would have missed in his earlier smokescreen.

"I suppose your ability to use your seals on top of a normal Trigger comes from the fact that your Black Trigger is always active as it gives you a body to live in." Mogami shouted across to Yuma. That was the only thing that made sense to Mogami for how Yuma was able to do that. He could understand his and Yugo's ability to do it as they were drawing power from the Black Triggers so from that, he already knew it was possible for a Black Trigger and a normal Trigger to be used at the same time. "However, considering your Black Trigger is being drained by Yugo and trying to sustain your body, do you think it's a good idea to be using your seals like that?"

Mogami was trying to psych him out. It wasn't going to work against Yuma though. He already understood his limitations right now very well. It was completely reckless to be using his Black Trigger at all, even like this. Kinuta had already warned them against using the Black Triggers at the moment, but forbidding the use of the Black Triggers only worked in an ideal situation. Nothing about this week had been ideal to any of them.

Perhaps it was reckless...

"It was strategic recklessness, and like I said, it worked out in our favor."

Rindo smiled at the offended look on Yuma's face. "Just between me and you, I respect your strategic nature and sometimes a reckless move is needed. It's a lot different than what your father probably taught you about strategy and warfare, but as you grow and gain more experience, you'll understand your own skill better and know when a reckless stunt like you pulled will work or not."

But, it was what Yuma needed. As long as he didn't abuse the seals, it should be fine. Mogami had healed him enough that he could handle this.

No one was coming to Yuma's rescue.

This was his battle.

Yuma was an aggressive fighter. If he could, he liked to close in on his enemy and not give the chance to escape and plan a strategy. Of course, that wasn't always possible as there were a lot stronger fighters out there who pushed him back into defense instead.

Mogami was turning into one of those fighters. Just standing here, waiting for one of them to move, was putting Yuma on edge. If he wasn't worried about wind blades laying as a trap somewhere, he would have moved already. If he could just close in on Mogami, he could prevent the wind blades from being laid out as he wouldn't give Mogami the time or space to use them.

He just had to get over there.

Time to find out which was faster.

Wind blades or his seals.

"Bound, Quinte!"

The blue seal appeared a few feet in front of Yuma on the roof. He ran ahead and jumped on the seal and launched himself through the air at a rapid speed. Just as he thought, the moment he moved, wind blades shot out of the roof, but this time it was Yuma's win. His speed using Bound was a lot faster than the wind blades protruding from the roof. By the time they rose from the roof to hit him, his body had already long moved passed that space.

With his speed, he reached Mogami in less than five seconds and they were slamming their swords against each other again in a dance of attack and block as they moved across the rooftops. Mogami only had one sword now since Yuma took Fujin so that meant he had one hand free while they were exchanging blows. For that reason, Yuma kept jerking himself away from Mogami's free hand to keep him from snatching Fujin away. If he got a hold of Fujin, Yuma didn't think it was very likely he would steal it back from him as Mogami would be busy using it to kill Yuma or simply incapacitate him since killing him directly seemed to be off the table for Mogami through his promise to Yugo.

Yuma was the one being the most aggressive in his attacks, but despite that, it felt like Mogami was the one in control of the battle. Yuma was young, but he didn't lack experience or skill. He could tell when he was being led. Mogami's dodges and blocks were accompanied by him running across the roofs with Yuma following after him. In an area full of destroyed buildings, it was hard for Yuma to guess where the founder was trying to lead him. It had been years since Mogami had been in Mikado city so he couldn't have anywhere he particularly wanted to go.

He did know that they were moving farther away from Border HQ, which was the opposite of what Yuma wanted.

Despite that, he kept following after Mogami. He wasn't going to let him out of his sight.

*Mimics*

"Where are you going?"

Jin came to a stop, glancing over his shoulder to see Karasuma walking down the hall towards him. "I need to go for a walk. Need to cool my head off." He brushed a hand through his hair, messing it up more than it already was from all the running around he had been doing. The talk he had with Yugo had left him with nothing but frustration. It had been a long shot that they could get the answers they needed from him. Perhaps Shinoda or Rindo would be better at getting through to their old mentor, but Jin wasn't going to hold out much hope.

"I see."

It was the tone of his voice, the fact that it was so flat, that drew Jin's full attention to Karasuma. "What's wrong? Besides, the obvious, I mean."

Karasuma didn't stop his stride as he walked pass Jin, leaving his friend to follow him since he was heading to the exit just like Jin had been doing. "I went through your plan and saved Commander Kido earlier, but you can see the future so you had to have known he was in his Trion body. He would have been fine falling out of the base. It would have sucked, but he would survive it and I could have helped Yuma. Mogami-san wouldn't have been able to take him then." He slammed his hand into the panel next to the door to get them to open, but Karasuma didn't pay attention as they slid open. He had turned all his attention to Jin which gave him the chance to see the shifty look in Jin's eyes who kept his attention locked on the elevator that appeared for them to take them to one of the secret entrances that would lead into the Restricted Zone. "You prioritized Kido-san who would have been fine over Yuma who is so close to death. And don't give me any of that crap that you can't see Yuma's future clearly right or you didn't know what Mogami-san was going to do because you didn't get a good look at his future. You could have seen beyond their futures and looked at our futures to get an idea of what was going to happen."

Jin stared at Karasuma for a moment, meeting his cold, calculating stare hard on before he was sighing. Karasuma was too smart and not afraid to confront anyone about his suspicions. He stepped into the elevator without a word and Karasuma, who wasn't going to let this go, followed after him. "The future isn't that clear cut. Even if I can see you guys in my vision, I can't see everything so I wouldn't necessarily know what caused the futures I saw sometimes. There are so many twists and turns that the future can take."

"But...?" Karasuma urged, slamming the button on the elevator with a level of frustration that he didn't normally show. It was so aggravating to think about the fact that he could have helped Yuma if he had ignored Kido. Kido was in a Trion body so he would be fine, but it did feel odd thinking about abandoning their commander for an agent. If it was a matter of life or death though, then the choice was obviously Yuma, but Karasuma had fully trusted Jin. Jin has never led them astray before so he did what was asked of him, perfectly.

Jin leaned against the wall of the elevator as it began to move. He buried his hands in his pockets to appear more confident as he and Karasuma had a stare off. "You want me to say that I let Mogami-san take Yuma."

"Did you?" Karasuma snapped.

"Yes."

There was no justification for that action or trying to talk his way out of it. It was just a simple answer that left Karasuma feeling like he had ice cold water dumped on him. He didn't even realize he had moved until his hands were wrapped around the collar of Jin's jacket. This would explain why he positioned himself against the wall. It prevented Karasuma from being the one to slam him into it.

Even with Karasuma looking ready to punch him, Jin stared back at Karasuma as calmly as ever. He could have easily shouted his reasons for why he did this before Karasuma had moved, but he wanted his friend to get the anger out before he said anything else. He would listen more easily if he didn't have rage pounding in his eardrums to drown out Jin's reasoning.

Karasuma didn't say anything to Jin. His hands just twitched slightly as he fought with himself over letting Jin go or keeping his hands clenched in his jacket and shaking him violently. He needed to breathe. He wasn't Konami. She was the one who flew off the handle. Karasuma was the one who kept a cool, serious head and worked with Reiji in calming their teammate when she got angry because he knew quite well that getting all angry and flying off the handle wasn't going to help anyone. "Explain."

"Wow, one word reply. You must be at a loss for words." Jin said, doing his best to keep himself appearing relaxed to keep Karasuma calm. "I did not let Mogami-san take Yuma as a form of betrayal. I did it to save Yuma."

"How is letting a Mimic that is after his Black Trigger which is the only thing keeping him alive helping him?" Karasuma asked.

"I don't know." Jin admitted. "But Yuma will return and he will be healed. His life isn't out of danger, but whatever Mogami-san will do will keep him from dying tonight. That's what I was aiming for so I locked you, Osamu, and Hyuse out from getting to him or chasing after them. I wanted Mogami-san to have the time to help Yuma."

"Are you insane?" Karasuma asked in disbelief. "I know you can see the future, but you handed our friend over to the enemy on the possibility that he will take the path to the future that helps Yuma. Not to mention, you didn't even ask any of us on our thoughts on it or tell us what you were planning after Mogami-san took Yuma."

"There wasn't time. I didn't see this future as an option until the last second when I gave you the order to prioritize Kido-san." Jin explained.

"Until the last second?" Karasuma scoffed, shoving his hand into Jin's chest to release him as he turned away from his friend. "You were looking into the future all night and caught sight of Mogami-san earlier when he attacked Kinuta-san, but you still didn't see this option until the last second?"

"It's not as simple as seeing just one future." Jin retorted. "Everyone has their own future and each of them have multiple paths that diverge and twist around and connects with other's futures. The Aftokrator invasion was easy since that was an hour's worth of futures I had to look into and determine what path we needed. This time, I'm trying to find the paths to an ideal future over a week that is full of constantly changing conditions so our plans need to change with those conditions."

The elevator dinged open, but neither Karasuma nor Jin moved. Karasuma planted his hand on the elevator doors to prevent them from closing which would prevent anyone else from calling this elevator. He turned to look at Jin, who had dropped the confident act as he just looked so weary and weighed down by the world now. They were all exhausted and feeling defeated this week, but it had to be worse for Jin who not only was fighting constantly like all of them but he was also fighting his visions as well as he looked for the road to their best future.

Karasuma sighed, letting all of his anger go. They were all stressed this week. This wasn't the time to be arguing amongst themselves when they were all trying the best they could. "Do you have a plan? Beyond just waiting around for something to happen?" He stepped out into the tunnel that would lead them to the exit in the Restricted Zone. They could both be laying down to go to bed right now, but instead, they were heading outside. It felt like they weren't going to get any sleep tonight and Karasuma still had a little time left until he could reactivate his Trigger.

"I don't know where Mogami-san took Yuma." Jin said as he followed Karasuma and they headed down the tunnel. That part had been true when he was talking to the directors. The image he saw was such a generic bedroom that it could be in any of the hundreds of houses inside the Restricted Zone. "There had been more to the vision though."

"And you're going to investigate it?" Karasuma asked, mumbling under his breath about the stupid lie that Jin had given about going out for fresh air.

"If I can find it."

"Without telling anyone about what you're doing or where you're going or what you are plotting." Karasuma said dryly.

"If I told them, they would want to come with me." Jin shot a pointed look at Karasuma to get his point across.

Karasuma stared back with a raised brow. "And that would be a problem because? It's best to have as many allies to help us as possible."

"Because not only do I not trust Kuga-san to not try something, but everyone has been working very hard all week and haven't been sleeping as well as they should have been. I want them to take the chance to rest." Jin replied. "And if something does happen with Kuga-san while we're gone, they can handle it." Honestly, Karasuma couldn't activate his Trigger again yet so he wasn't the best backup, but since it had been a few hours since the attack on their HQ had ended, he should be ready to fight again soon.

"You can see the future. Can't you see if he will try something or not?"

"It's sixty-forty if he will make a move tonight." Jin replied, scratching at his cheek. "The chances of him making a move are low, but it's there so I don't want to take the risk. Not right now."

"Right now?" Karasuma questioned.

"When Yuma is with Mogami-san." Jin clarified.

"Which is your fault."

Jin gave a weak shrug in agreement. He saw a future where Yuma would be healed which would not solve this problem week, but it would help if he wasn't so close to death. "Yuma is going to get in a fight with Mogami-san. If I can find where they are fighting, I can offer him help."

"The squads on defense duty are also keeping a lookout for them." Karasuma pointed out. "So, we could ask them to inform us if they see anything."

Jin's eyes narrowed very lightly as he thought that over. With how big the Restricted Zone was and only five squads on defense duty, it would be very hard for any of the squads to spot two people in the Restricted Zone unless they were actively trying to draw attention to them. Not to mention, Mogami wouldn't necessarily want any attention on him. With the Mimic's ability to sense Trion, he would avoid going near any of the squads if he wanted to focus on Yuma.

There were many places to hide in the Restricted Zone to avoid being found which was why despite having all the agents searching last night, they had such a hard time finding them which was why they needed Mogami and Yugo to make the first move. The logical course of action would be for Mogami to hide somewhere that he had no personal connection to when he was alive which was why it was a generic room that Jin saw in his vision.

That was the logical course of action, but if there was one thing that Jin had for sure noticed about the Mimics, it was that they didn't always choose the logical options. That was why Osamu and the others were able to find Yugo and Mogami at the train station earlier. A train station wasn't a good place to stay hidden as it left them in the open and it was in the same area where they came into contact with them last night in that battle. It didn't make sense for them to hide in the same area where they had fought Border, but they did. It was like they wanted found. They may not have known about the significance of the station being where Miwa squad had fought Yuma months ago, but it held a level of importance to Yuma and Yugo because of trains holding a strange, important meaning to father and son.

What was a place that was important to Mogami?

A place that no one would be at to get in his way?

Jin's eyes widened in realization. Even if it wasn't right, it was a place to start. "Let's go."

*Mimics*

There was only one place in this direction they were moving that popped into Yuma's mind. There were plenty of other locations around, but only one had any significance to Yuma, and very likely, the same could be said for Mogami. Yuma's feet slammed into the roof as he pulled himself to a stop from following Mogami.

"Something wrong, Yuma?" Mogami asked, sounding completely relaxed despite the fact that he and Yuma had been running through the Restricted Zone while trying to kill each other. "Don't want to go home?"

Yuma stared pass Mogami's shoulder at the faint outline of Tamakoma Branch that he could now see. The first place that he had been welcomed with open arms and invited to live at with no strings attached. It was just Jin and Rindo wanting to help him and with them came the rest of Tamakoma along with his own team forming there. It was there that Yuma learned to form close ties with others that he could fully trust, but the building was just a place. The heart of Tamakoma was inside all of the agents who weren't even in the building right now. They were all currently behind him at HQ.

"Why do you want to go there?" Yuma shot back. "It's an empty building. All those friends you once cherished aren't going to be there."

"Because they're all hiding in HQ." Mogami looked beyond Yuma at HQ. The only old friend of his that he had met, that wasn't one of the cute kids he helped raised, was Kido. He knew Shinoda and Rindo were around, but they never appeared while he was in HQ, which was truly strange. Well, he hadn't stayed inside HQ long enough for them to collect themselves and find him.

"Do you feel guilty for what you did to Commander Kido? For going against your friends like this? And think going to Tamakoma will help relieve that guilt as you reminiscence the life you once had."

Mogami drew his attention from the base in the distance to give his attention back to Yuma. "You already know the answer, Yuma. We've already talked about this."

Yuma planted a hand on Fujin at his side. "What I don't know the answer to is why you aren't trying harder to get your hands on this. For someone so desperate to have it back, I expected a harder fight."

Mogami gave a small smile. "Fighting harder means drawing more attention." He looked in the other direction of the Restricted Zone. "I don't really feel like engaging with Border agents who aren't the target."

A small sliver of information that Yuma could latch onto. Mogami was after the Black Trigger since he appeared in the city. That seemed to be all he cared about. The only time he started the fights with the agents was when he was working as a distraction to get the Black Triggers or when he came directly for Yuma to get his Black Trigger. Mogami wasn't looking for a fight with Border.

It didn't help him in his current situation though since he was carrying two Black Triggers on him. That made him a prime target for Mogami and Yugo. Wherever his father currently was. It was strange that he hadn't managed to find Yuma and Mogami yet. Not that Yuma was going to complain about that. He didn't need the added complication of Yugo stepping in his path and messing with Yuma's head when he was trying to focus on Mogami.

"I suppose I don't want you fighting anyone else either." Yuma agreed. "It only taints the memory of you and Dad. Though, since most of the agents don't know you, it's more of you guys making a bad first impression, which is just as bad since they won't understand why those who knew you guys respected you so much."

"I don't concern myself with how others think of me." Mogami replied. The only person he cared about what he thought of him was himself, and quite frankly, Mogami hated who he currently was.

Despite how much he despised all of his actions, they were what were commanded of him. Fujin at Yuma's waist was what he needed and that was what he would get. Even if they didn't reach Tamakoma, they should be far enough from the teams on defense duty by this point that they wouldn't notice anything.

Mogami raised his Kogetsu and immediately, Yuma was jumping forward again at a very fast speed with his Bound seal to try to beat any wind blades that Mogami would be using. Instead of swinging Kogetsu and hiding his wind blades to attack Yuma, a Senku slash came out of his blade instead.

Yuma couldn't stop his forward momentum from the Bound seal so when he saw the Whirlwind blade approaching, he pulled out his second blade and crossed both of his swords in front of him to block the Senku. Since he was propelling himself through the air, when he blocked the attack, the power in the whirlwind knocked him backwards. Yuma adjusted himself as his feet hit the ground and he skidded backwards on the roof.

Yuma rested a hand on the roof to help balance himself. "Don't care what others think of you?" He asked. "You make up some really stupid lies. I didn't want to believe it before since Mimics are just made up of memories, but it seems I was wrong or perhaps, you being around for days has given you the chance to relearn emotions. But I can see it in you. The regret and the longing for this life that you can't have any more, Oji-san." It had seemed ridiculous to Yuma, and he still saw the uncle thing as weird since they weren't related, but it had seemed important to Mogami. A Mimic who didn't care what others thought wouldn't have been so insistent on that. "Considering who Jin-san is, I thought his mentor would be quite similar to him. Jin-san doesn't try to lie to himself so why are you trying to lie to yourself? It's not going to help ease your regret."

Mogami watched as the self-resentment bled onto Yuma's face. "Something you understand very well. After all, it is your fault Yugo died."

A half-amused smirk filtered onto Yuma's face. "Trying to goad me into making a mistake?" His black pupils faded back to white. Despite all the guilt Yuma felt for his father's death, why was it that no one else seemed to blame him? "You would have a better chance against someone without my side effect. Though, it is a dirty tactic for someone I was told was very against fighting when it wasn't necessary. I expected a more honorable fighter."

Mogami spread his arms wide, still keeping a grip on his Kogetsu. "What about me this week has spoken of an honorable fighter?" Honor and respect for his opponent as well as trying to find a peaceful way to end a conflict was Mogami's motif. Those traits were pushed aside this week since the Mimic programming overrode them so he would focus solely on getting what he wanted.

"You didn't kill me at HQ today when I could do nothing to defend myself and you healed me while knowing you were likely going to lose control again." Yuma replied.

"That was only because I told Yugo I wouldn't kill you directly." Mogami said. "With you healed now, if I were to take that ring, you wouldn't die immediately."

Yuma scoffed softly. "Do you think that will rid you and Dad of the guilt of killing me if you're not directly stabbing me in the heart? Because it doesn't. Killing a child by taking the one thing keeping him alive? That would destroy you and Dad. It's for that reason, I'm not dying. Not now, not tomorrow, not the day after that."

That was what Mogami had asked of Yuma earlier. He wanted Yuma to help stop Yugo to save his friend from having to suffer the despair of killing the son he gave everything for in the past. If Yuma died, all the Trion and life force of Kuga Yugo would return to him and Yugo would be able to live forever. Live forever with the torment of killing his own child haunting his mind twenty-four/seven.

Though, that request was made to him an hour ago.

Mogami was no longer in that mindset. Worrying about the torment they would suffer mentally because of what they were doing here wasn't important. The job of getting the Black Triggers back was now the top priority.

Seeing the twitch in Mogami's arm told Yuma he was preparing to move was all Yuma needed to decide that talking was done and he needed to move. Launching at Mogami didn't work before as he simply used Senku to push Yuma back, and in fact, sent Yuma to a starting point farther back because of that.

Yuma ran across the roof, keeping his eyes locked on Mogami who swung his sword. Since Yuma wasn't blasting himself straight for Mogami with Bound this time, it wasn't a Senku slash he sent out, but wind blades that disappeared into the roof.

"Bound, Double!" Yuma ordered and the next step he took sent him flying straight into the air to avoid the wind blades that Mogami had sent out to attack where he had been standing just a second before. Fujin was a strong offensive weapon that used hidden blades to attack wherever the user could see. Their range was incredible so even being up here wasn't a sure sign that he was going to be safe from them. Distance was a horrible thing to have in this fight.

There was no lull from Mogami because his initial attack missed with Yuma escaping to the air. Instead, he simply shifted his attention upwards. Yuma couldn't hide in the air forever and the longer he did stay up, the more time he gave Mogami to set up his defenses. Yuma was highly trained by his father so he very likely was highly knowledgeable in strategy and understanding that he had to keep his eyes on his opponent. Annoyingly so. Yuma was watching him so closely for even the slightest movement from Mogami. Mogami couldn't hide his movements from someone watching him like a hawk, but he could hide his wind blades.

Mogami swung his Kogetsu again and the last of his golden wind blades disappeared into the roof just as another Bound seal appeared behind Yuma that he used to rocket himself down towards Mogami. As he neared Mogami, the wind blades shot out of the roof to extend up in the air towards Yuma. Bound took time to set up so it wasn't like Grasshopper which allowed Yuma to maneuver freely in the air. He was set on a direct path and he couldn't use Chain this time like he did with Viza since there was nothing to connect it to in the air.

If those wind blades hit Yuma, he would either get killed or lose valuable Trion. With the week he had, Yuma was of the conclusion that he couldn't afford any wasted Trion. If he took damage, that loss of Trion was a complete waste. The more Trion he lost, the closer he likely was to having his regular body begin to crack again. He was already being reckless by pushing the limit using the Trion Mogami supplied him with to fight.

As he was flying downwards, he was already moving fast but Mogami's wind blades were moving just as fast as he didn't need to move to unleash them from their hidden spots. To boost his speed just slightly a bit more, he could abuse the safety feature that Border Triggers had that Osamu used in Aftokrator's invasion.

Deactivating a Trigger shifted the user forward a little bit to get them out of danger. It was helpful, if for any reason, an agent had to turn their Trigger off in the middle of a combat zone.

Mogami watched in surprise as Yuma's Trigger dissolved to leave him in his non-combat Trion body. The wind blades that should have sliced through Yuma as he aimed them for where Yuma should have ended up were now slicing the empty air behind him. Mogami barely took note of that though when the black armor that signified his Black Trigger activating wrapped around Yuma's body.

Having thrown the last of his wind blades into the ground to kill Yuma, Mogami needed time to reload a new set of wind blades, but had no time as Yuma's speed didn't diminish at all when he switched Triggers. His Black Trigger didn't have a sword so with Yuma coming straight for him, Mogami would be able to counter any of his attacks easily. Yuma flipped over in the air right before he reached Mogami and aimed a kick straight for Mogami's face.

"Boost, Double!"

Mogami's Shield appeared by his face to block the kick with his Kogetsu right behind it as he knew the Shield wasn't going to be enough to stop Yuma's Boost. As expected, his Shield shattered, but the attack died down before it could shatter his sword as well. Mogami swung his sword to the side to send Yuma flying away from him. Yuma flipped over and landed in a crouch a few feet away from Mogami.

"Do you normally act so recklessly and switch Triggers like that in the middle of being attacked?" Mogami asked.

"It wouldn't be the first time." Yuma replied.

Mogami shook his head in disbelief. If he didn't know any better, he wouldn't believe this child was Yugo's son. He didn't think Yugo would raise a child to use such reckless strategies. "Your Black Trigger is already damaged. It's not smart to activate it."

Kinuta had told Yuma the same thing. His Black Trigger required more Trion than the normal Trigger and his seals used a lot of Trion, but he would prefer getting this over fast than drawing it out with Mogami and him constantly pushing the other back. "Do you really care? Or is it your concern for the Black Trigger that you want to hand over to Dad that is making you say that?"

Mogami chose not to give a reply to that as he himself didn't really know the answer to the question. Yugo was the one he was supposed to be helping so all his actions were meant to be a way to secure the Black Triggers so they could leave this world.

Supposed to be.

The past twenty-four hours had left Mogami all over the place. From going against Border and killing agents to keep himself alive to sparing Yuma's life because he didn't want to kill Yugo's son. He had no consistency in being an ally or an enemy. The back and forth of it all was leaving him reeling. Half the time anymore he didn't truly know what he was going to do and that led him to acting without thinking. All the memories and feelings and current experiences were getting twisted around each other.

It had felt like he was living in a fog with no idea of which direction was the right way to go. One step forward was a fight with Border agents that he went easy on. A step to the right was telling Yugo he wouldn't kill Yuma directly. A step forward was aiming to kill the engineers to distract Jin. A step back was healing Yuma instead of ending this all right away by simply taking his ring. He was being tugged back and forth constantly while trying to complete his mission but at the same time trying to avoid killing anyone.

It was a complete mess.

But healing Yuma had cleared that fog.

He had gotten drained of almost all of his power that he had received from Fujin by pouring it into Yuma and thus Mogami Soichi fighting against the Mimic programming had gotten weaker. He could now focus on simply taking what he came here to steal.

Mogami didn't have to kill Yuma. He just had to defeat him and take the Black Triggers from him. Yuma would die slowly once more but at that point, he and Yugo would be gone from this world.

"Don't move."

The command was soft, but it held a wealth of power and strength behind it.

Mogami, who had been preparing to attack once more, found Chains springing to life that extended from his Kogetsu. The Chains slammed into the roof below his feet while another rose up to wrap around his neck with his sword locked in the middle of them, unable to be moved. "Impressive. That kick earlier."

"I was aiming for you, but hitting your sword worked just as well." Yuma said. Had he managed to actually hit Mogami earlier, he wouldn't have needed the Chains at all, but tying up his sword could be counted as a win. To destroy his Chains in one move required the power of a Black Trigger, which Mogami did have, but with his sword tied up, it wouldn't be easy to do. If he couldn't swing his sword, he couldn't slice the Chains apart. His Kogetsu and the wind blades were not as powerful as Viza's Organon so as far as Yuma was aware, there were no tricks he could use to break the Chains without moving.

It unnerved Yuma to see that Mogami was smiling despite the fact that he was essentially locked in place. The fact that he was smiling was either to bluff or he had a move up his sleeve that was going to save him. With his Kogetsu trapped, there was no fear of any new wind blades being added to the field, but since he didn't trust that smile, Yuma wasn't feeling up to approaching him.

"Bolt, Triple!"

In response to Yuma's bullets firing at him, a line of blue Trion extended from Mogami's foot to a foot in front of him where an Escudo rose up to defend him from the bullets. Yuma tsked in annoyance as his bullets slammed into the Escudo, but it turned into his favor since his Bolt seal was very strong and blasted through the Escudo. Before it could destroy it enough to hit Mogami, Yuma saw a flash of gold behind the Escudo. That was enough of a warning for Yuma to know of the dangers coming, but even as he moved to get out of the way, he couldn't avoid all the wind blades that came up from the ground and felt his leg fall to ground as he fell into a roll that ended with him crouched on the ground with black Trion spilling around him.

"I guess you're not the only one with tricks." Mogami stepped over the broken Escudo, showcasing the new set of wind blades waving around his sword.

Completely free of the Chains that Yuma had trapped him with. Yuma looked beyond Mogami to see no signs of his Chains anyway. "Heh, leaving at least one wind blade hidden in the ground as a trap for back up in case something happened. I can clearly see the influence you had on Jin-san." He pushed himself to a standing position. It really sucked that he had to lose a leg to that. This wasn't a fight that he could handle with limited mobility. He would have had better luck if he lost his arm. "But I would say Jin-san is a lot stronger."

"Is that so?" Mogami asked.

"Jin-san always finds a way out." Yuma said. "He doesn't let anyone dictate his actions and always finds a way out of orders he doesn't agree with. It's certainly better than you and Dad who basically give up when you feel your control slip just the slightest."

Mogami's eyes sharpened in on Yuma, a flash of irrational irritation making its way through him. "Someone who has never gone through this doesn't get to talk about it. You don't know how hard it is to fight against it."

"Life is full of challenges. Everyone has to struggle to live and fight for the future they want." Yuma replied. "No one has it easy." He learned that lesson when he was young and was facing off against a Black Trigger assassin who changed the course of his life forever. From that moment on, he was fighting so hard to preserve this life.

It wasn't just him though.

Throughout the years, he had seen so many people struggle through life and just fighting to claw themselves to the top. Osamu with his struggles to learn to fight and get strong. Chika dealing with her fear of being blamed for her brother and friend getting taken which left her terrified to shoot people. Jin being burdened with the duty of protecting the future. Konami's hatred of weakness because of her feeling useless as a child. Miwa living with anger and hatred over his sister's death that he couldn't prevent. Murakami feeling ostracized because of his side effect. Kageura having to deal with the pain of emotions directed at him all the time.

Everyone had something that was trying to pull them down and drown them in their struggles and every single one of them slammed their fists against that wall to knock it down and fight for what they wanted. They fought to prove their worth, to prove they deserved to have this life.

"You're not fighting all that hard for what you want. Makes it feel like you and Dad don't have all the strength you're supposed to. I don't know about you, but I do know Dad was a lot stronger than this in the past." Yuma added. He wasn't talking about how strong they were as fighters. It was clearly proven that Mogami and Yugo were still powerful fighters. He was referring to their weak wills. His father's strong will was something he always greatly admired so it was disappointing to see him fall from that pedestal.

To Mogami, it felt like Yuma was trying to rile him up like he wanted some type of emotion from him. It's not like it wasn't working. Mogami had plenty of frustration in him from not being able to act of his own free will. Little acts of rebellion weren't enough to allow himself to be killed, but despite the stress and frustration at his failings to resist, he would not be goaded by a child into losing his composure here. "Will doesn't win you the fight. I don't need it to kill you, Yuma."

"Very true." Yuma agreed. That was something he understood all too well as he told Jin the same thing earlier today. "But having a reason to fight will give you the will to stand back up and continue the fight. The only reason you're fighting right now is because you are programmed to. You have nothing to drive up your spirit and make you want to keep trying over and over."

"I have no will?" Mogami questioned. "I don't want this." He made a sweeping motion with his sword to indicate the entire fight happening between them that had Yuma tensing up as he expected an attack to come.

"I know you don't." Yuma retorted. "And that is why I'm saying you're weak willed. You don't want this but you don't even have the spirit to fight against what is going on. You're relying on the strength Fujin is giving you instead of your own strength and it's pathetic. The Black Trigger doesn't make you strong. It has amazing power but that means nothing if the user is worthless." And that was how Yugo and Mogami were currently. As strong as they were, if they felt they needed the power of the Black Triggers to even resist a little, it was disappointing.

Mogami's hand twitched and next thing Yuma knew, he had a Senku slash being flung at him. "Shield, Triple." He ordered and his Shield appeared in front of him just in time to stop the Senku. "Touched a nerve, did I?"

Mogami closing in on Yuma had the kid jumping backwards to the edge of the roof they were fighting on. "I'm not a rookie, Yuma. I don't let what anyone says get to me in battle. When I'm fighting, I'm solely focused on my goal."

"If that were true, we wouldn't have spent most of this fight talking." Yuma kicked off the ledge to throw himself backwards off of it and land on the roof of the house next to them. From his talk with Mogami earlier, he understood how much he and dad were suffering from being Mimics made to attack their friends. He was using that knowledge of their suffering to distract Mogami to try to make him mess up. It wasn't a tactic that Yuma used often since he didn't typically know anything about his enemy to use emotional manipulation like this against them. Not to mention, it was leaving a bad taste in his mouth, but he wouldn't feel guilty about doing it. He was simply fighting the same way that the Mimics were.

Yuma and Mogami stared at each other from their respective roofs. With only one leg, Yuma lacked the proper mobility so if Mogami wanted to close in on him, it would be hard on Yuma with having less speed.

"I don't think it's something to be looked down on. If holding onto Fujin helps me, what is wrong with that?" Mogami asked, glancing briefly over his shoulder in the direction of HQ with a frown. "After all, the same could be said for you. Your Black Trigger helps you."

"You can't compare a Black Trigger being used to keep someone alive with someone using the power of one to give himself strength to be himself." Yuma replied. "If you truly have the memories and emotions of Mogami Soichi, then you should look inwards and find your own strength."

Mogami scoffed. "What a speech, Yuma. I thought we weren't looking for a fairy tale ending here. If you give me Fujin back, I can drain the power again and we can work on being allies to stop Yugo."

Yuma understood that was what Mogami wanted, but he also knew he couldn't trust this man. There was no telling when he would get his control back or when he would lose it again and backstab him. "Fujin is already so full of cracks." Just as much as Yuma's body had been before Mogami healed him. "Giving it to you now so you can maybe get enough control back of yourself again will likely destroy it. The Trigger that the real Mogami left behind to give Border strength would be destroyed and that would be a disservice to him and his memory."

"I am Mogami Soichi, Yuma. The real one." Mogami promised. "I died five years ago, but I'm back now. I have all the same memories as him, all the emotions, all the skill. All I need now is Fujin to be destroyed so I can reclaim all of my lifeforce which will allow me to fully exist again."

"All of that and yet you lack fundamental trait that makes Mogami Soichi who he is." Yuma retorted as his side effect faded away. It was strange. Even the person across from him wasn't believing what he was saying. He knew of Yuma's side effect so it was stupid to say those words. Maybe, just maybe, Mogami was fighting with himself over the validity of what he was saying.

"And that is?"

"His loyalty." Yuma declared. "The loyalty to Border isn't there anymore. The loyalty to your student is long gone. Even the loyalty to Dad who is supposed to be your partner right now is long gone!" He would have thought the Mimics would be loyal to each other and to a degree, it was there. Only a bit though because Mogami kidnapped Yuma and took him far away from the meeting spot he was supposed to have with Yugo. Perhaps that was the influence of Fujin on Mogami's mind so it overrode the Mimic in him, but it was still a showcase of the lack of loyalty in him.

Mogami stepped up to the ledge, planting a foot on it. "Is it though? I promised Yugo I wouldn't kill you directly, so I gave him plenty of loyalty by healing you instead."

"To prolong the suffering?" Yuma questioned. "Couldn't that be considered more cruel to make me continue to go through this?"

"It's better than dying tonight, is it not? You get another day or two of enjoying life."

More like another day or two to try to fight for his life. Mogami and Yugo were both powerful fighters, made even stronger with the Black Triggers on their sides. Mogami was a slightly easier target since he wasn't tied to anyone's life like Yugo was. If he could get rid of Mogami here, they would only have Yugo to deal with and Jin and Konami and everyone else wouldn't have to be the ones to kill their friend.

"So you're not planning to kill me if you win this fight?" Yuma asked.

"I've been quite upfront about this the whole time. I just want Fujin and your Black Trigger, Yuma." Mogami replied.

It was still the same answer that Yuma had gotten the past couple of hours from Mogami. The truth of that statement still existed as it had when they were talking in the house. For all the desperation that Mogami had for wanting the Black Triggers, he was holding fast to his declaration of not killing Yuma directly.

"No matter how many times you say that, I still won't hand them over." Yuma said.

A stubborn streak that was so like Yugo, but Yugo at least hid it better and didn't let it get in the way of his better judgement. Mogami did not have the time to be dealing with a stubborn child. He didn't know who it was, but someone was making their way over here. With how many agents were in Border, it could be anyone. It shouldn't pose to be too much of a problem to him, but dealing with another agent on top of Yuma's Black Trigger would complicate matters.

Yuma wasn't going to surrender the Black Triggers freely so that meant he needed to defeat Yuma before the agent arrived. It was just one extra person but Mogami would prefer to get out of here before they arrived. He didn't even know what would draw anyone in this direction. He and Yuma were moving closer to Tamakoma while fighting so was it an agent from that branch? They might not even be coming this direction because of him and Yuma, but their fight would draw their attention. They weren't exactly sneaking around with their battle.

Mogami swung his Kogetsu again, sending his Senku flying down to the roof that Yuma was on. Yuma jumped backwards on the roof to get farther away which took him out of the danger zone of the Senku. As strong as Mogami was, his Senku couldn't match the reach that Ikoma's had.

As Yuma moved back, Mogami took the time to jump across the gap while swinging his sword to send his wind blades soaring before him.

"Bolt, Triple!" Instead of aiming his attack at Mogami, Yuma directed his bullets down toward the building that he was standing on. Wind blades traveled through surfaces as they raced towards their target. It probably wouldn't destroy the hidden blades, but it could throw up a smoke screen for him. That just left him with the issue of Mogami being able to locate him because of his Trion so he could still attack Yuma accurately through that.

Except Yuma wasn't going to make that easy for him.

There was Trion in every seal that Yuma had.

Transformed Mimics could locate anyone using a Trigger but they could also sense attacks made of Trion coming their way. All Yuma had to do was overwhelm him which was why he never stopped moving as he formed a second seal as the building collapsed under his and Mogami's feet.

"Bolt, plus Anchor. Double!" Yuma couldn't see where Mogami was in the smoke, but the point of the attack wasn't to hit him. It was to launch Trion into the air to mix with his signature to confuse Mogami as where to aim his wind blades when he unleashed them from the rubble.

*Mimics*

The sound of an explosion had Karasuma looking up at Jin who was crouching on the roof of the building he was leaning against. Jin had wanted to take a moment to see if he could figure out which direction they should go. They were heading to Tamakoma but there were quite a lot of paths through the Restricted Zone that they could take to get there.

Though, considering that explosion just now, it didn't seem like it was going to be a hard decision.

Jin stared at the smoke wafting into the air. It wasn't too far as they were getting quite close to Tamakoma. It had just been a guess based on the visions of the future he saw earlier and he used them to build the bigger picture, but it seemed that he had been correct. "Kyosuke, can you activate your Trigger yet?" He called down to his friend.

"My Trion isn't full, but I can fight. If I have to use Geist though, I'll have less time since I haven't fully recovered my Trion." Karasuma replied.

"I'm aware." Jin replied, keeping his eyes locked on the building that was collapsing in the distance. They were close to them, but not too close so it was hard for him to see what exactly was going on over there and the smoke screen certainly wasn't helping. At this distance though, he could see the attacks escaping from the smoke screen which was a mix of lead bullets and gold slashes extending in the air beyond the smoke.

Jin had a very good feeling that it was Yuma and Mogami over there. He had a good feeling earlier that Yuma would get healed if he let Mogami take him earlier, but going from healing Yuma to fighting Yuma afterwards was very strange. Jin could not understand what those two were thinking, but that amount of Lead Bullets flying through the air meant either Chika was using them or Yuma was using his Black Trigger. He had a good bet that it was Yuma though since Chika had gone home hours ago.

"Withhold on activating it for the time being." Jin said.

Karasuma raised a brow. "So put my real body in danger by being near their fight?"

"Mogami-san isn't going to track you if you're not using your Trigger." Jin explained. "With how close we are, he likely sensed me in the area already, but he doesn't know you're here yet."

"He'll sense me the moment I activate it so I doubt I'll be able to get a sneak attack on him." Karasuma pointed out.

"You would have to immediately shift to your speed Geist and close the distance on him for it to mean anything." Jin agreed. "And that's only if he wants to fight us."

Karasuma pushed off the wall to take a step away from it so he could look up at Jin properly. "He seemed to want to avoid fighting us when he broke into HQ, but that was so he could get to Yuma. He has no reason to want to run from us this time."

A frown twitched at Jin's lips as he thought back to his confrontation with Yugo a couple hours ago. His refusal to give any information to them to destroy him had been about needing to protect his own life. "He has no reason to want to fight us either." Jin said. Mogami was very likely the exact same as Yugo. He only cared about keeping himself alive. There was no need for him to risk that life by fighting three agents here.

"Killing him tonight would be helpful to us, but our main priority should be to get Yuma back." Karasuma replied. "There's no reason for us to try to chase after Mogami-san if he wants to leave."

"Except it leaves him open to attack us again, come after Yuma another time, or he'll want to free Kuga-san." Jin counted off the reasons why Mogami being left free would be horrible for them. Though, the last one seemed a bit ridiculous. Yugo could escape any time he wanted. He didn't need Mogami's help to do it.

"Does he even know that Kuga-san is our 'prisoner?'" Karasuma wondered. He used the term prisoner to refer to Yugo very lightly. They were all very warily waiting for him to make a move.

Jin scratched the back of his head. "Probably not." As far as he knew, Yugo and Mogami didn't have a way to contact each other, and it seemed that Yugo wasn't aware that Mogami took Yuma. If he didn't know that, then Mogami likely didn't know where Yugo was. It seemed neither of them were concerned with the other in that attack on HQ. They went their own separate ways and basically stopped worrying about what was going on with the other. Jin wasn't sure whether to call that good or bad. Good because they trusted each other enough to not concern themselves with how the other was doing but bad because they essentially abandoned each other to focus on their own problems.

Jin pushed himself up from his crouch. They had wasted enough time here when they wanted to get to Yuma. Considering that it seemed he had his Trigger activated, Yuma would be fine on his own. He had a lot of skill and luck on his side that helped him defeat opponents that he had a very low chance of beating. At some point, luck ran out and since he and Karasuma were here anyway, there was no reason to turn their back on a comrade. Chances were a lot better when they worked together.

Since Mogami likely already sensed him coming, Jin didn't make an attempt to hide himself or stealth his way over to the collapsing building. In fact, moving over there so openly could actually work in his favor to distract Mogami.

Jin tapped his ear where his communicator was. "Yuma."

*Mimics*

Yuma dropped down behind some rubble as the smoke began to clear, brushing away the scratch on his arm that was spilling Trion. He managed to avoid most of the wind blades as Mogami unleashed the ones he had hidden all over because of his lead bullets, but a smoke screen was a double-edged sword. Mogami couldn't see him and Yuma couldn't see the attacks coming, not that it would have made a difference if there wasn't a smoke screen since wind blades couldn't be seen until they were upon him.

"Yuma."

Jin's voice was in his head. If Jin was able to talk to him, it meant that he was somewhere close by. "Jin-san." Yuma greeted back as he jumped back with an arm coming up to cover his face from the flying dust and rubble while he dodged Mogami moving in on him.

"Doing okay?"

"Been better, but also been a lot worse." Yuma's Shield appeared in front of him, but Mogami's sword broke it quite easily. With Jin talking to him, Yuma found it hard to think about attacking so he was just going to focus on evading Mogami. "Where are you at? I have something for you."

Jin raised a brow. Mogami had taken Yuma hours ago from HQ. How could he possibly have anything to give Jin?

Instead of replying to Yuma, Jin jumped down from the building he was standing on and came flying down towards where Yuma and Mogami were moving. Mogami quickly reverted his next attack on Yuma to twist around and block Jin's attack. Jin didn't let his attack being deflected deter him as he twisted around his mentor to get closer to Yuma.

"Your Black Trigger, really, Yuma?" Jin glanced at his friend out of the corner of his eyes, but kept most of his attention on Mogami as he activated a second Scorpion to prepare. He had seen a future where Mogami would help Yuma and he accepted that which was why he chose this future. Mogami giving Yuma that help didn't mean it was a good idea to activate his Black Trigger. Yugo was still around draining the Black Trigger and now Yuma using it on top of that would just deteriorate it that much faster.

"I told you before, Jin-san. I don't want to fight with you. I don't know how you fight so it would cause us problems." Yuma said through the telepathy as he didn't want Mogami to hear them and use this against them.

"That was during Aftokrator's invasion when you never saw me fight. I've seen you fight now and I know how Mogami-san fights so we should be fine this time." Jin pointed out, eyeing Mogami warily. By the knowing smirk his old mentor had, he knew that Jin and Yuma were talking to each other. The fact that Mogami wasn't attacking them right now was either because he was debating if this fight was worth it or he was wary of Jin's side effect so he wasn't going to make any rash attacks. "Besides, there's only one person here. We don't have to worry about two enemies."

"Dad can show up at any time."

"Ah, right, Mogami-san kidnapped you before you could hear." Jin said.

Kidnapped. The word had Yuma's hackles rising. It wasn't wrong to say that was what happened, but Yuma hated thinking about how his guard had weakened so much to allow that to happen in the first place. Plus, as a soldier, he preferred the term of 'captured by the enemy' instead of being kidnapped.

"Your father surrendered to us earlier. He's currently sitting in one of our prison cells."

Yuma's brows furrowed partly in confusion and partly in worry. Putting someone in a prison cell only worked when their Trigger was taken away from them to prevent them trying to escape. They could take away his swords, but they couldn't separate him from the Black Trigger seals. From Jin's words, they had Yugo in custody since Mogami took him so that was a few hours that Yugo essentially did nothing.

Yuma looked pass Jin's shoulder to look at Mogami, recalling their conversation from earlier about how Yugo and Mogami didn't want to do this. Their control flip flopped a lot, but if Yugo was choosing to stay in that cell for hours, he had to be managing to resist quite well.

"Something wrong, Yuma?" Mogami asked, locking eyes with Yuma, completely ignoring Jin between them.

"Why did you come after me today instead of Dad?" Yuma asked.

"Really?" Mogami asked in disbelief. He swung his sword up to rest on his shoulder, which caused Yuma and Jin to tense up as they expected an attack when he moved his sword, but he completely ignored their reaction. "I thought I made it clear earlier. It was to make things easier for Yugo. He feels he will lose control a lot more easily when he is around you in his eagerness to get your ring."

Yuma's eyes narrowed. Not a lie, but didn't feel completely true either. There was the order in the Mimics to get the Black Triggers since they needed them to sustain their lives, but Mogami didn't seem to be trying that hard for Fujin. He clearly wanted it back, but Yuma expected more vicious attacks from him. He wasn't going to say any of that aloud though as he didn't want to redirect Mogami's attention back to the fact that he had Fujin.

Though, Yuma knew for certain that Mogami hadn't forgotten about Fujin. The programming in him wouldn't allow him to forget so that told Yuma that despite his claims of using all his power to restore Yuma's body to full strength, he hadn't completely lost his strength to want to resist. If Mogami could still want to fight against his programming now, then the same could be said of Yugo.

"It can't be that bad if you can choose to heal me like this." Yuma murmured.

"You're not my target." Mogami admitted. "You never made a hostile move against me so I can resist any hostility in return, but if Yugo were here, he couldn't say the same."

"He wants me dead."

"He does not." Mogami promised sharply enough that Yuma opened his eyes back up, feeling a form of exhilaration at having his full sight back. "It's not as easy as saying what he does or doesn't want. Everything in us is getting all twisted around because of the Mimic programming and the personalities we have taken on. Our minds are getting warped from all of that, but," Mogami held up the activated Fujin, staring at the glowing blade. "Our Black Triggers can clear that fog."

Even when losing the Black Trigger, he still had a semblance of control. The Black Trigger gave them power of the people they were when they were alive and the Trion programming was at war with that power and trying to take control of it to make that power its own. With each day Mogami and Yugo were here though, they got more power from their Black Triggers and even now, that desire to rebel couldn't be crushed completely.

Mogami didn't want to fight Border and Yugo didn't want to fight his son, and was in fact, afraid to see Yuma so he sent Mogami instead.

Ah.

"I understand, Oji-san."

Jin twisted his head around to look at Yuma strangely from the title he just uttered, unafraid of any attack from Mogami since he was using his side effect at the moment to predict any attacks that might be coming. "I feel like I missed something in the last few hours."

"Don't worry about it, Jin-san."

"No, I'm going to worry about it." Jin retorted. He wouldn't call Jin nii-san, but Mogami got Oji-san when they literally just met and Mogami was the enemy here? "Hey, you didn't get Stockholm syndrome in the few hours you've been missing, have you?"

"I don't know what that is, but you're being ridiculous." Yuma replied.

"For a war veteran, I feel like you are strangely out of touch with what life has to offer." Jin muttered.

"What does that have to do with Stockhold Syndrome?"

"Stockholm! You were so close and you still messed it up!" Jin groaned and resisted the urge to cover his eyes in dismay. "That's not the point! If you're going to call him 'Oji-san,' you could at least call me 'nii-san' once."

"Why? Those two don't correlate at all."

"Of course they do! He's my mentor and therefore if he is 'Oji-san' then I'm 'nii-san.'"

"Firstly, no one in this circle is related by blood in any form. Secondly, even if we were, you would be a cousin at best."

"You know what you need, Yuma?"

"I'm sure you're going to tell me."

"You need to watch some anime."

"How is that going to help anything?! Or even relevant to the current situation?"

"It will teach you want a found family is."

While Jin and Yuma bantered with each other, Mogami redirected his eyes to the stars, a smile twitching at his lips as he listened to the two. It truly reminded him of the days he and Yugo would be quarreling at their base. These two really did remind him of Yugo and him but with a touch of their own personalities mixed in. If it was possible, he would love for this moment to go on forever.

Unfortunately, he wasn't here to have fun and reacquaint himself with his student or Yugo's son as much as he wished for that to be the case.

Just as he went to swing his sword off his shoulder, there was a burst of Trion coming to life and next thing he knew, his sword was being blocked to prevent him from swinging to unleash his wind blades by the boy who went to dive out of the elevator earlier to catch Kido. The two stared at each other as Karasuma refused to give Mogami the space or chance to use his wind blades.

All the while Jin and Yuma just kept arguing behind him.

Mogami wasn't sure whether to call it confidence that they had in their friend or if they were just that distracted. He didn't consider either of them to be so foolish or inexperienced to not do anything about this so Mogami was going with they likely had a plan or at least one in the works.

A third agent on top of Yuma's Black Trigger was going to make this difficult.