Chapter 05. Hasty goodbyes
After eating, Yuta and those children moved out of that restaurant.
They decided to walk around the mall a few more times to see if they could find the "grandpa" of the twins.
Yuta watched the older adults passing by, hoping to see if any of them would react to the sight of these two children, but it seemed to be in vain.
Those three continued walking for another hour, going back and forth through the floors of that big mall and entering one or another store that the children asked Yuta to enter to see some things that caught their attention.
06:40 p.m.
After a while of walking around, the three of them decided to take a break in the play area on the firt floor.
Yuta was standing, while those two little ones played a little on the swings.
The sorcerer smiled and waved to the twins, who waved back, waving their hands happily as they soared on the swings.
He looked like a father greeting his children.
While those two children were having fun on the swings, Yuta decided to check his cell phone. He noticed that it was already close to seven o'clock at night.
Yuta checked the messages he had received during the almost three hours he had been accompanying the twins.
Among those messages, there were some from Satoru, who asked him for a first advance on that mission, but Yuta decided to continue ignoring him at that moment.
He also checked some messages about the cleaning staff that had asked to call with Katsumoto, They informed him that they were just finishing cleaning the scene where he removed the curse in that alley, because the heavy rain had complicated the job a bit.
Yuta also noticed that Katsumoto still did not send him any message. So he assumed that the assistant was still looking for the twins' grandfather.
He also noticed that he had a missed call from the other assistant who was with them at the crime scene. So he figured they must already have some leads and progress on that investigation he sent for.
Yuta sighed a little as he saw all the work he had to do, which was just beginning and solving those crimes would not be an easy task.
But for the moment, he didn't want to stress about it, so he decided to keep paying attention to those kids and his surroundings.
The twins got off the swings and ran to the bench where Yuta had taken a seat.
They both sat on either side of this man, Yurika on his right side and Yuudai on his left side. Yuta remained in the middle of those two.
"By the way, thank you very much for the burgers and for these cookies!" replied Yurika, happily wiggling her feet as she opened a package of cookies Yuta had bought for her.
"And thank you very much for the sweatshirts and the apple juice!" Yuudai replied, pointing his yellow sweatshirt while holding a plastic bottle in his left hand.
"Thank you very much Mr. Okkotsu!" said Yurika very happily and also pointing to her purple sweatshirt, "We are having a lot of fun with you!"
"It was a pleasure! and please, you can call me by my name" said the sorcerer as he passed them some napkins so that the children could wipe their faces.
"Thank you Yuta kun!" they said in chorus.
Yuta smiled at such words, he felt a great happiness to be with those two children.
At the same time it was amazing to him how well synchronized these Twins were at times. Although he was beginning to notice and get used to their differences as well, especially their temperaments.
Yurika was the more outgoing of the two. She seemed to be the leader most of the time as she was the one who spoke first when he or another adult was addressed. Also, she acted like the older sister and had a strong character.
Yuta also noticed that Yurika liked to keep her short black hair in order, as she combed it from time to time with her hands and if you watched her closely, she was only a few centimeters taller than her brother.
On the other hand, Yuudai was the calmer and more timid of the two siblings.
Sometimes he was a little slower than his sister in some movements, plus Yuta noticed that Yuudai seemed to be very skittish and even looked a little weak
at times.
So Yuta guessed that it might be because Yuudai was perhaps the younger brother or perhaps he was born sick. Also, Yuta noticed that Yuudai liked to keep his hair messy and was more careful about his steps than his sister who always walked with complete confidence.
Above all, Yuudai was the one who shared the most physical resemblance with Yuta, this one seemed to be a reflection of him as a child.
Those details and characteristics could only be detected by a person very close to them or in their case, they were only characteristics that their parents knew how to identify.
Truly, Yuta was already becoming familiar and fond of these two.
And while those children were resting on that bench, the special grade sorcerer decided to have a little chat with them to get to know them better.
Yuta put his hand to his chin, he seemed to be thinking about something as he turned to look first at Yuudai and then turned to look at Yurika.
Both children were curious about the adult's gaze on them.
"What's wrong?" Yuudai asked curiously.
"Do we have something strange on our faces?" Yurika asked, tilting her head slightly.
"I'm just trying to guess which of you two is the older brother and which is the younger" he said as he moved his hand from right to left, pointing his index finger.
Both children laughed at that hand movement.
"Let's see if you can guess!" commented Yurika, eating another cookie.
"Many people fail to guess who is the older of the two of us!" said Yuudai smiling.
"Let's see, the older sibling is..." his hand went from left to right and encouraged his movement.
Both children looked very amused at that hand, which seemed to stop at Yuudai.
"It's you!, isn't it?" commented Yuta pointing at Yurika.
That little girl let out a giggle and nodded her head.
"That's right!, I'm the oldest by seven minutes, that's what our mother told us!" she said, pointing proudly to herself,"I was the first to be born!"
"You're the older sister and incidentally the grumpiest" Yuudai rolled his eyes, stood up quickly and proceeded to steal a cookie from his sister.
"AND YOU'RE THE CRYBABY!" his sister stuck her tongue out at him, "AND A THIEF!" she shouted at such a theft, "Mommy will know about this!"
Yuudai just stuck his tongue out at her and then he proceeded to take a first bite of that stolen cookie.
Yuta let out a laugh at everything those two were doing. That behavior reminded him so much of how he and his younger sister got along, as well as reminded him of two other twin sisters he had met in his jujutsu school years, but for the moment that sorcerer wanted to know other things.
"Speaking of your mother…" Yuta called the attention of those two so that they would not go to fight.
"And tell me, Where are your parents?" he asked as he too ate a small onigiri he had bought before arriving at the playground.
Now that he was in a good mood, even his hunger had returned and even his desire to smoke had gone at that moment.
"Mommy was working with Grandma Mei" Yurika answered before taking another bite of the new cookie she took out of its package.
"Yes, and before we came here with Grandpa Ui, we meet them at a restaurant near here" Yuudai completed that answer as he finished eating the cookie he had stolen.
Yuta was already thinking of a plan B to return those children to their mother in case he did not find their grandfather in that mall.
"I see…" he raised his eyebrows a little, "Then, I suppose his mother might be near here, isn't she?" Yuta asked curiously.
Both children shrugged their shoulders.
"We don't know!" Yurika answered with her mouth full.
"Sometimes they both go to other parts of the city on the same day" Yuudai replied, putting his little hands in the pockets of his sweatshirt while wiggling his feet a bit.
"And depending on their workload, that's when sometimes Mommy and Grandma go out of town or come home very late" said Yurika before taking a sip from the bottle of juice that Yuta had also bought for her.
"So most of the time we're care of by Grandpa Ui or Aunt Noba or Aunt Miki when Mom has to go out to work" Yuudai commented, also drinking from his juice bottle.
"I see, and may I ask… What do your mother and grandmother do for a living? Because they move around the city a lot?" Yuta asked, trying not to be rude.
Both children looked at each other and then turned to look at Yuta.
"We can't say exactly, we only know that they work with many very important people" commented Yurika while she and her brother made a sign of closing their mouths. As if they could not tell because it was a secret.
"I understand!, sorry for asking about that topic" Yuta apologized and then continued to ask, "And your father?"
"Our Papa Gumi is working too, he's a veterinarian!" Yuudai commented with great happiness as he stood up a little on his heels, playing not to lose his balance.
"Most of the time, our dad is working in Tokyo" answered Yurika sitting back down next to Yuta.
"Sometimes we don't see him for months at a time, but he always comes on some important dates" Yuudai answered, also taking a seat, "Especially during the golden week and during the summer vacations to spend the July festivals together"
"And he also comes on our birthdays!" Yurika replied, waving her arms happily.
"I'm glad to hear that!" Yuta replied with a slight smile, though for some reason he expected to hear a different answer.
But he was also glad that both children had both parents.
"So I guess you two must look a lot like your father, don't you?" Yuta asked curiously.
Both children shook their heads, causing Yuta to quirk his head at the following response.
"We don't really look like our daddy Gumi" Yuudai pouted.
That surprised Yuta too much. He was especially struck by how they called this adult with the nickname "Gumi". That was a very strange way to refer to their father, but Yuta thought that perhaps that nickname had been given to him out of affection for how little he had lived with them.
"We actually look more like our mother" said Yurika with a smile.
"Especially since we inherited the same shade of eyes as her and many say that we also have her smile" Yuudai replied, also smiling.
"You two have a beautiful shade of eyes!" Yuta complimented kindly.
That tone was as honey like the ones he remembered Maki having.
"Thank you!" they replied in chorus.
Now those children started asking Yuta questions.
"And where do you come from?" asked Yurika very curious "Are you from this city?"
"Do you have children?" Yuudai also asked with too much curiosity.
Yuta shook his head. "I am not from Kyoto" he began to explain "I was born in Miyagi, Sendai. Then I studied several years in Tokyo, but I went abroad for seven years" he smiled slightly "But I had to return to Japan for work reasons, especially I had to come to Kyoto for a special job I have to do"
He scratched his cheek lightly, "And I don't have children hehe, I'm not even married. But I'm pretty sure that if I had kids, I know they would get along great with both of you!" he replied with a big smile.
That answer made those children smile, but now, they both started asking him more questions.
"And What is your job?" Yuudai asked curiously.
"Let's say I work as an investigator, I am in charge of solving some mysteries and crimes that some people I work with ask me to solve" said Yuta with a smile.
"So, you're like a detective?" Yurika asked a little too excitedly.
"Something like that" the sorcerer scratched the back of his neck.
"Yuta kun! Is your job also about eliminating those things?" asked Yuudai waving his little hands, pointing slightly at a very small, fly-winged curse, which was very close to them.
"You mean the curses?" Yuta asked curiously as he saw once again that they could see these things.
"Yes!" they both said in chorus.
"Is your job also about removing curses?" asked Yurika.
"Are you a sorcerer or some kind of sorcerer or something?" Yuudai asked curiously.
"Children, How do you know about these things?" Yuta's voice was filled with uncertainty. At the same time his face reflected immense surprise.
Yurika and Yuudai looked at each other and smiled a little.
"It's just that seeing curses runs in the family!" replied Yurika, playing a little with her hands.
"Mommy and Dad are also able to see these things!" Yuudai replied shyly.
"Aunt Noba, Grandpa Ui and Grandma Mei and other family members can also see them" said Yurika counting on her fingers.
Yuta was very surprised. Curiosity was getting the better of him. He even felt a hunch. He needed to know who the family of those twins was.
"Children, Who are your paren..." the special grade sorcerer was interrupted, as his cell phone began to ring noisily.
"It's Katsumoto! I'm sure he already has news about your grandfather" he answered quickly. "Yes?"
"Sir, a man who claims to be a relative of Yurika and Yuudai has just appeared" said the assistant over the phone.
"Really?, that's good news!, Katsumoto, Do you think you could send us a picture of that man to confirm with Yurika and Yuudai that he is their grandfather? Please!" replied Yuta looking at the children.
Those little ones looked at each other, hoping that they had already found their grandfather.
"I will try"
On the other side of the loudspeaker, Katsumoto was heard talking to that man, who besides sounding like a young person, at first seemed to refuse the request to be photographed, but after the assistant talked to him for a few more minutes, he managed to convince him.
"Ready!, sir, I just sent you a picture of the man" Katsumoto commented on his cell phone.
Yuta quickly opened the photograph. His eyebrows drew together slightly as he noticed that the man in the photograph was not an adult who would fit the description of a grandfather, as he did not look like a senior citizen at all.
He zoomed in on the image and noticed the man's facial features. He felt he looked familiar, it was as if in the past, he had seen or rather met him in person.
"Children, is this your grandfather?" asked Yuta, showing them the photograph.
The faces of those twins lit up too brightly.
"Yes, that's him!" Yuudai replied with a big smile.
"That's Grandpa Ui!" Yurika jumped up and down in happiness.
"Katsumoto, these children say he is their grandfather, although I admit he doesn't look like an old man..." Yuta commented through the phone.
"I know!, I was surprised too. Anyway, sir, at the moment the gentleman and I are meeting at the small security station located at the exit of this mall. We will be waiting for you here" explained the assistant over the loudspeaker.
"Thank you very much Katsumoto!, you've done a great job!" said Yuta ending the phone call.
Both children jumped with happiness holding each other's hands. They were happy that they had finally found their relative and would finally go home to their mother, but that happiness was dampened a bit by the thought that their day with Yuta had come to an end.
Even that adult felt the same way as those children.
Yuta was happy that at last those two would be going home after a very hectic afternoon, but for some strange reason, he didn't want to say goodbye to them yet as he felt so much empathy and a connection with those two.
But sometimes a goodbye is necessary before the day is over.
"Come on, it's time for them to go home!" Yuta commented, stretching out his hands to them.
They both nodded their heads, and each took him firmly by the hand, starting their way to the police station there.
As they walked to that station, both children prayed silently and asked their gods to see Yuta again soon.
It took those three no more than ten minutes to reach the police station.
As they approached, they could see Katsumoto talking to the white-haired man, and the two men were accompanied by two policemen.
"That's their grandfather?" Yuta asked, still holding hands with the twins, "I thought he would be a much older person"
Both children laughed out loud at that comment.
"We just call him grandfather to annoy him, although sometimes we also call him Uncle Ui" Yurika commented, looking at Yuta.
"Yes, he is our grandmother Mei's brother, although they both look very young indeed" Yuudai answered, also turning to look at Yuta.
"I see, I guess it's genetics" answered the adult while his eyes were focused on the light-haired man.
That seemed very strange to him at first, but perhaps he thought it must be the genes of that family.
The closer they got to Katsumoto and Ui Ui, Yuta kept looking at that young adult, who seemed to have made a surprised gesture at the sight of that sorcerer.
Ui Ui could feel nervous and even averted his gaze whenever he felt Yuta's gaze on him. He would look around or try to make conversation with Katsumoto to avoid looking at Yuta.
When they were already less than two meters away from them, those twins let go of Yuta's hands and ran towards the white-haired adult.
"Grandpa Ui!" they said in chorus once they positioned themselves in front of him.
"WHERE WERE YOU TWO? I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THEM! YOU HAD ME WORRIED!" the light-haired man raised his voice in annoyance.
That courage quickly changed to a sigh of relief. "But I'm glad you're both safe. Your mother would have killed me if I didn't come home with you"
"We're sorry!" both said in chorus, lowering their gazes.
"It's just that we lost sight of you in the crowd and we got too scared" Yurika explained, clasping her little hands together.
"But we are fine thanks to Yuta kun!" Yuudai turned slightly to look at the sorcerer "He took care of us all afternoon and even saved us from a curse!" he replied happily as Yuta approached the man.
"You don't have to worry, they are fine and by the way I must say that they are good kids" said Yuta lightly passing his hand to the back of his neck while he was still looking at that adult.
Ui Ui swallowed saliva, trying to act normal.
"Well sir, I apologize if these two caused you any trouble" he looked at the twins with annoyance "These two are usually very naughty children. They
may have the faces of angels, but sometimes they are little demons!" he said, putting his hands on the shoulders of those two.
Both children stuck their tongues out at the adult for that comment.
"He he, no need to apologize, we are here to help others" said Yuta with a smile as he watched the man, who avoid looking him in the eye.
"I thank you again my good man, but now it is time for us to retire" Ui Ui looked at those two children.
"Well children, it's time to go, your mother must be waiting for us and I don't want her to kill me for taking you home late" he said in a hurry as he took the hands of those two.
"Now say goodbye and say thank these gentlemen" UI ordered.
"Goodbye Yuta kun and Katsumoto kun!" said Yurika waving her free little hand.
"It was a pleasure and thank you very much for saving us and taking care of us!" Yuudai completed the sentence while also waving his free hand to say goodbye.
"Also thanks for the sweatshirts, food and candy!" said Yurika with a slight smile.
"With your permission and thank you very much, may the gods repay you" said Ui, taking a step back to start walking, holding hands with those two.
Yuta felt the need to ask the man something. So he quickly stopped him
"Excuse me!" Yuta grabbed Ui's shoulder to stop him "Before you go, can I ask you something?"
"Yes?" Ui turned and tried to look him in the face, his expression seemed serene even though he was dying of nerves to be recognized.
"Do you and I know each other from somewhere? I feel that your face is very familiar to me... even your name is familiar to me" asked Yuta with curiosity, analyzing more closely the face of that man, who was sweating coldly.
Ui ui ui shook his head quickly.
"I'm sorry, but this is the first time I've seen you and if I knew you, I guess I would remember you instantly" he lied trying not to let his voice give him away.
Yuta could tell that he was giving off some cursed energy that for some reason felt familiar, but at the time he didn't know who it might be from specifically.
"Could you repeat your name please? I just want to know if your name sounds me familiar" asked Yuta with a slight smile.
The children could notice the nervousness in their tutor's hands, they looked at each other and seemed to exchange a few words mentally.
"Usui, my name is Usui but these children call me grandfather Ui because of the letters in my name" he lied, keeping calm.
Yuudai and Yurika laughed a little at the lie that adult was telling. Maybe they could use it as blackmail, they thought.
Yuta sighed when he heard that name, "It's okay, sorry for the confusión!" he apologized with a slight bow.
"No problema" Ui said, bowing as well, "And again, thank you very much for taking care of my nephew and niece" he thanked quickly. "Goodbye."
"You're welcome. Have a good trip home" Yuta looked at those children with nostalgia, somehow he had become too fond of those two.
And so, they started walking away from there.
Those three had already walked several meters, when suddenly Yuudai and Yurika looked over their shoulders and their gazes quickly went to Yuta. Who was sadly waving his hand in farewell.
The twins once again exchanged glances with each other and shook their heads affirmatively. It looked like they should do something else before they walked away from there.
"Grandpa Ui!" they shouted in chorus, stopping in their tracks and pulling the adult hard, making him stop in his tracks as well.
"What's wrong?" UI asked annoyed.
"Do you think we can say goodbye to Yuta Kun one more time?" asked Yurika making puppy dog eyes.
"We really want to say goodbye well to Yuta kun, since he saved us, protected us and took care of us all afternoon, and we really want to thank him one more time before we leave" Yuudai also made puppy eyes.
"And even more because we don't know if we will see him again someday..." said Yurika sadly.
"Please grandpa Ui! You let us say goodbye to him one more time?" Yuudai also showed his sadness.
Both children had become too fond of that sorcerer.
"Yes?, please?!" they both begged, pulling him by the hands.
Ui Ui looked at those two and then looked at Yuta, who was talking to his assistant and the officers.
He felt that it was a risky thing to do, but he thought that those three might never see each other again. So this could be the final farewell.
"Puff! Okay" Ui sighed and let them go"But go quickly, my beautiful sister and your mother must be waiting for us already" he said with a grimace.
"Thank you!" Both children started running towards the sorcerer who saved them.
Could hear the sound of his feet running happily toward his father.
"Yuta kun!" shouted those two in chorus, making him turn to look at them quickly.
Yuta smiled as he saw them coming towards him, he had never experienced that happiness before and instinctively squatted down and opened his arms, as he felt the need to embrace those two.
Both children hugged the sorcerer tightly, running their little hands around his neck.
"Is everything all right, children?" Yuta asked, looking at the two of them.
"Yup!" replied Yuudai with great happiness.
"We just wanted to thank you once again for saving us!" replied Yurika with a big smile.
"And also to tell you that we hope to see you again one of these days, we had a lot of fun with you!" Yuudai replied cheerfully.
"We hope to see you again soon so you can meet our mother too!" said Yurika happily.
While those children were saying goodbye to Yuta in that embrace, Katsumoto looked at the attitude of the twins' tutor.
He could see how Ui was looking at Yuta strangely, so Kasumoto would feel the need to investigate those children and the person who claimed to be their Tutor.
"I also hope to see them again someday and and I will be happy to meet your mother!, but for the momento!" he tousled their hair a little, causing the children's laughter to come out loudly.
"Take care of yourselves, okay? And stay out of trouble and stay away from curses" he said with a big smile as he said goodbye once again to those two.
Both children nodded their heads and hugged Yuta again. They felt that connection with this man had grown quickly and strongly.
"Yurika! Yuudai!" shouted Ui Ui calling the attention of those two.
"See you Yuta kun!" they both said in chorus, as they let go of him.
"We hope to see you again at one of the city's festivals!" Yuudai said with great joy.
"Maybe we could meet again during the Yoiyama!" Yurika replied with a big smile.
"I hope so!" said Yuta with a big smile, "Take care of yourselves"
And so, the twins quickly ran to grab Ui's hands and leave the mall.
Yuta sighed with nostalgia for the gesture of those two.
"Sir, is everything all right?" asked Katsumoto.
Okkotsu nodded his head.
"Yes, I'm!" he had a big smile on his face.
That was the first time Katsumoto had seen him smile.
"I just have a strange feeling. Perhaps this feeling is simply due to the fact that I had a lot of fun this day with those two children. It's been a long time since I've felt this happy!" said the sorcerer, scratching the back of his neck.
"I understand sir and sorry to interrupt that happiness, but!" Kasumoto look at his tablet to read that new information that had been sent to him.
"I have just been informed that they have found the body of another sorcerer and his companion, apparently they were killed in the same way as the two Zenin's of this afternoon and the crime scene is very close to here" He looked at Yuta seriously.
That special grade sorcerer sighed at that crude way of returning to reality, he felt that his joy was too fleeting.
Even such happiness had made him forget why he had traveled to Kyoto.
"I guess the sorcerer killer must be closer than we thought. Okay, let's go to that place" said Yuta, starting to walk beside Katsumoto.
"On this side, Mr."" said the assistant, leading him to the parking lot.
Once they got into the car, Yuta leaned his head against the window while as they left the mall and headed for the new crime scene.
He looked too nostalgic and Katsumoto noticed that, looking at him in the rearview mirror.
"Are you all right, sir?" asked the assistant.
"I am, it's just that..." commented Yuta looking at the window, "For some strange reason I felt a connection with those twins. Maybe it's because of their names"
"Why do you say so, sir?" asked Katsumoto looking at the traffic light turning red and stopping for a moment. "Although if you ask me, those children could pass as if they were your children since they looked too much like you," He commented looking at Yuta in the rearview mirror.
That comment gave Yuta some amusement.
"I must confess that those two children have the names I had chosen for my children, if I ever have a son and a daughter" He sighed.
"I guess it must be a very strange coincidence that the two of them are named like that, although it also seemed that those twins knew something about the world of Jujutsu" commented Yuta leaning his arm on the car door and bringing his hand to his face.
"Both can see and sense curses, plus they asked me directly if I was a sorcerer. A kid their age would never ask that unless he and she was the children of a sorcerer or a member of a known clan" Yuta said crossing his arms.
This surprised the assistant, who looked at him with surprise through that mirror. His eyebrows were raised because of what he was hearing.
"Do you think those two are the sons of sorcerers? Did you ask them for their last names?" Katsumoto asked, looking sideways at him in the rearview mirror, while that light changed to green and so without letting go of the steering wheel, he stepped on the accelerator a little at a time to continue driving.
"I don't know exactly, they only said that their parents and other relatives also saw curses" he slapped his forehead with his right hand "THEIR SURNAMES! I FORGOT TO ASK AGAIN FOR THEIR SURNAMES!" Yuta said in frustration.
"I remember they said something like "Fushi" or "Fuji" I don't remember very well and more that when Yurika was going to tell me her full name, Yuudai interrupted her" commented Yuta taking his hand to his chin "I only know that his last name starts with F, I think I should have asked that man for his last name too. One way or another, I feel like I've seen that guy before, maybe years ago"
"Sir, Do you also want me to investigate those two children and their relatives?" asked Katsumoto, looking at Yuta again in the rearview mirror.
The sorcerer sighed.
"NO" he commented seriously.
"Although I confess that I would like to see those two children again, I prefer that you continue to concentrate on finding the information I asked for about what happened to Maki Zenin and if you can, also investigate what happened to all the others.I really need to know if she is still alive or not" he seemed to have returned to his obsession.
"Understood, sir" answered Katsumoto without taking his eyes off the road, while they arrived at the place where yet another sorcerer had been killed.
But that assistant would also feel the need to investigate those two children.
So, taking the little information Yuta gave him about their names and the clue of their surname, he would begin his search for the truth to find out if those two children were related to his boss. All that investigation would be done in secret.
But Yuta's arrival in Kyoto would only alert everyone involved with his past.
Ui Ui and Mei Mei would also start to move some pieces.
08:00 p.m.
The night had fallen completely and these three were approaching the meeting point where they were to meet Mei Mei and Maki after their mission. Which was a success. They had ended the life of another sorcerer and in the process they had gotten rid of anything that could incriminate them.
They all agreed to meet on a main avenue that was very close to the house where Maki lived with her children.
At that time of the night, there were still many people on the street, this because being the month of July, most of the main streets of Kyoto were filled with people and colors for the Gion Matsuri.
Ui Ui stopped with those two children on the other side of the avenue. They were waiting for the pedestrian light to change to green.
"Brats!, I'll make you a deal" Ui Ui began to say in a hurry as he looked at the two women in the distance, who were talking to each other.
"What do you want now, old man?" asked Yurika.
"What kind of deal?" Yuudai asked.
"I don't want you two to tell anything to your mother or my sister about what happened this day with that curse and much less I want you to tell your mother that you met that Yuta Okktosu" said Ui Ui looking seriously to both of them. "And by the way, I want them to tell her that I gave them the sweatshirts they are wearing"
The twins looked at each other and narrowed their eyes at such words from that man. It was very strange for Uncle Ui to act that way.
But they were still willing to negotiate.
"And in exchange for not telling Mom anything, what will we get?" Yurika asked with a grimace.
"If you don't say anything, I will buy everything you ask for three days in a row" said Ui Ui seriously as the pedestrian light turned green.
The three continued walking slowly.
"Whatever?" asked Yurika with a mischievous smile as she looked at her brother.
"All we want for three days?" asked Yuudai mischievously as he looked at his sister.
It looked like they would both profit from it.
"All you want!, hurry! Please promise me!" Ui Ui pleaded because his sister had already spotted them and watched them approaching from the sidewalk where they were waiting for them.
The twins looked at each other once again and nodded their heads in agreement.
"All right! We promise!" they said in chorus.
"We won't say anything to Mom or Grandma Mei," Yuudai replied.
"But in exchange, we want you to buy us everything we want during the three nights of Yoiyama!" Yurika replied.
"That festival is very expensive!" Ui Ui reproached, looking at them with annoyance.
"Then we'll tell mom and grandma Mei everything that happened!" Yurika replied a little annoyed, crossing her arms.
"And that you lost us this day and that we were almost eaten by a curse!" Yuudai also replied, crossing his arms.
"And that we met a Yuta Okkotsu!" said Yurika in a grimace.
Ui Ui had no choice but to accept that condition.
"Agh!, HOW I HATE THEM! All right, I'll buy them everything they ask for on Yoiyama nights!" he rolled his eyes.
Both children had a big smile of triumph.
"We won't say anything!" they said in chorus and then ran away from Ui.
"Mommy!" Both children ran to Maki, who bent down to hug them affectionately and shower them with kisses.
"How did they behave?" Maki asked curiously, "What nice sweatshirts, did Grandpa Ui buy them for you?" she complimented with a smile.
"We behaved very well!" Yuudai replied with a big smile.
"And yes, these sweatshirts were bought for us by Grandpa Ui" lied Yurika.
"I see, they are very cute!" Maki caressed her children's cheeks.
"And what did they do today with Grandfather Ui?" she asked, standing up and holding her children's hands.
"We went to eat hamburgers and made a new friend at the mall"" Yuudai said, smiling.
"And our new friend says he wants to meet you!" Yurika commented with a big smile.
"Did you really make a new friend? That makes me happy and if this new friend of yours wants to meet me, you could introduce me to him during Yoiyama" said Maki with a big smile.
While that mother was talking to her children, Ui Ui quickly took the opportunity to talk to Mei.
"Sister, there is something I must tell you..." whispered Ui softly in her ear.
"And what is it?" asked Mai with a big smile, she thought her brother would flatter her as usual.
But the next thing Ui Ui would whisper in her ear would make her bloodes run cold.
"Yuta Okkotsu has returned to Kyoto and that sorcerer has just indirectly met his children..." he whispered in her ear.
Mei Mei felt her soul leave her body at such news. Her eyes widened in surprise looking at her brother in disbelief.
That was definitely not a joke, her brother would never tell her lies.
"We are in trouble... this is the beginning of the end" Mei whispered as she watched Maki and her children laughing, holding hands.
"Definitely... blood will run here" said Mei, bringing her hand to her neck. "Besides, they say that blood always calls..." she said looking at those children.
"I guess the news that Yuta Okkotsu is in Kyoto won't take long to spread like wildfire, right?" asked Ui worriedly.
Mei sighed. She knew that bad news always reached the ears of everyone involved first.
"I guess that news has already reached the ears of the Zenin clan" Sigh, "May the gods take us forewarned" Mei commented, looking worriedly at her brother.
There were two truths in Mei's words.
The first; It was that Yuta and the twins would see each other again very soon as blood always turns and meets.
And the second; that the Zenin clan would learn of his return and that their new leader, Naoya Zenin would call him to account for the death of his servants outside his residence.
The truth was just around the corner.
Notes:
I hope you liked the chapter.
I must confess that I let out a few tears as I was writing when the children went back to Yuta.
And tell me, what do you think of the story?
I can only anticipate that the next chapter will have some surprises.
About the phrase "blood always turns around and is found" I must thank the user because she mentioned to me and I thought it was perfect for this chapter.
Anyway, we will keep reading ❤️
Yuta and those twins will soon meet again ❤️
And tell me, have you seen the anime episode? I loved it, but I know I'm going to cry with what's coming for Mechamaru.