Dear reader, I had the problem that I found not long ago, and ask for your forgiveness. The girl who is with Torch right now, is Azumi, but the one who stayed in Japan is Izumi. I know that the problem here is just in names, but I'm terribly sorry for this, however their characters and personalities weren't changes, so the mischange was in mixing up of the names. I hope that it' won't happen again in the future.
Chapter 12
The boy left the laboratory; he was shaking a little but still tried not to show it. The boy exhaled, 'These trainings become worse and worse.' the boy stopped and leaned onto the wall, 'However, I'm glad that mister Richar is the one who took responsibility to train me, if not him…' his hands and legs started to shake, 'I don't know what mister Walter would do to me.' the boy rested a little and continued his way, 'If only Torch was here, maybe he would try to do something… No!' he suddenly exclaimed in his head, 'I must be strong and brave! I mustn't fail him, he counts on me and I must do everything what I can do!'
The boy was going along by the corridor and was thinking about lots of things, however he was also watching at his hand that was now normal, 'Thank goodness, I don't hear that voice anymore.' he thought sighing, 'I still can't forget it.' he turned left and continued to go ahead, 'Its roaring, its strange words, what does these words mean? Maybe Mystic can now something about the?'
He was going until he came to some door, he opened it and could see a pretty big room which was created for training, in the left it was possible to see a bunch of weapons, in the right some benches for viewers, 'As Torch says there's nothing better than training when you want to forget something really bad.' he wanted to go to the weapons, but suddenly his eyes stopped on a strange girl that had yellow hair and red ninja uniform that looked like a swimsuit. Her arms were closed till her elbows by gloves and her legs also were closed by boots till the upper part of her thighs. The girl was holding her short blade in one hand and was holding her free one behind her back, the boy quickly understood that she was practicing, he was watching at her moves, and was astonished of her speed and the ability to use the short blade, 'Beautiful.' he thought watching how gracefully the girl was moving, 'She is as quick as Torch, or even faster.' suddenly he saw how the girl turned around and then their eyes met. Azumi stopped and put her blade into her sheath that was on her small of the back.
"Did you want something?" she only asked him.
"Well… I…" the boy mumbled and tried to move away his eyes, "I just came here to train too, I didn't know that the place is occupied, "I'll come to practice later."
"No need in this." the girl responded, "I wanted to practice with someone, so if you want you can do this with me."
"Are you sure in it?" the boy asked her, "I'm not as skillful as you are, so I'll be a bad opponent, if you want I can call someone else and he will…"
"I told you that there's no need in it. I just want to get limbered up nothing more." she quickly and seriously answered him.
"Well, if you are sure in this." the boy became worried, he really didn't know what to do, 'After all, it will be a good practice to fight with someone skillful as she is, isn't it?' he asked himself.
The boy came to the place where the weapons were; he took a trident and came to the middle of the room where the girl with fair hair was standing.
"Ready?" she asked him, the boy only gulped and nodded.
Then the girl ran at the boy with incredible speed, the boy blocked her blade with the handle of the trident. Then the girl decided to attack him at his right leg, but the boy somehow protected himself, 'Have she slow down?' the boy asked himself, but then saw how she was going to attack him at his right arm, the boy closed himself with the handle of his weapon. The boy quickly understood that he will fight only in defense, as the girl wouldn't give him an opportunity to attack. He was right she slowed down, but still she wasn't fighting like Torch at all, if Torch gave an opportunity to think and even to attack the girl only attacked him and attacked, this time the boy was fighting with only reflexes and they were pretty good, but if she would increase her speed the boy would lose pretty fast. The girl decided to act a bit more unpredictable and the boy felt it. He saw how the girl took off her scarf, "What the…?!" the boy looked at the scarf, but then the girl stroke him at his stomach with her leg, then she hit him at the shoulder. The boy fell down onto the ground losing his weapon, he fell onto his back and when he tried to get up he felt how something cold was pressed against his neck.
"Not bad kid." the girl said him with a strange smile.
"Told you that I'm not good opponent for you." the boy smiled her.
"But still it was not so bad warming up." she took off her blade and got up from him; she came to her scarf and put it onto her shoulder.
"Do you really think so?" the boy was surprised to hear this, the girl nodded. The boy took his trident too, and asked the girl again, "By the way, are you new here? I mean, I've never seen you here before, so that must mean that you're new."
"I am." she answered him narrowing her eyes, "Do you have something against it?"
"No! Of course not!" the boy protested, he was worried that he told something wrong, "I just surprised to see someone new here and especially someone beautiful…" he mumbled the last word.
"Thanks." she answered him, "You're not bad too." the boy's cheeks became slightly red, the girl decided to change the theme of their talk, "Can I ask you a question?" the boy nodded, "Who trains you? For your ages your move are pretty good."
"Torch teaches me." the boy quickly answered, "He taught me a lot, he also says that I study fast."
"That lad with orange uniform, who fights with gloves and uses flame abilities?" she asked them boy, but according to her face, it was possible to see that she wasn't wondered.
"Do you know him?" the boy was surprised from her words that which described him perfectly.
"Kinda." she answered him, "But I didn't work with him. And do you know him?"
"I do." the boy responded with a merry voice like he was happy to discuss that boy with the mask, "He is like an elder brother for me."
"Really?" the girl narrowed her eyes.
"Yes, after all it was he who taught me how to fight."
"He teaches you well." the girl admitted, "The only thing you must study is to pay attention to all your enemies' strikes so of my attack could be really fatal."
"I'll remember about it." the boy nodded, "One more thing, can you tell me a bit more a bout Torch?"
"What would you like to know?" the boy asked her.
"Is he a responsible man?"
"Yes, he promised train me and he does so." the boy answered.
"No, you didn't understand, I mean if there is someone, who wants to stay with him, can this person find happiness with him?"
"I… I don't know." the boy stumbled, "If you really want to know this, please don't tell Torch that I told you this." the girl nodded, "He told me that he has got a sister, and when his sister is fine he will leave the organization."
"Did he really tell you so?"
"Yes, he told me this, I also heard how Mystic was telling about this with him too."
"I see. Thank you for the information." the girl responded him, "Do you want to have some more practice kid?"
"Yes, miss…" the boy didn't know how to continue.
"You can call me Izumi." she only responded him.
"Izumi, I'll remember it."
They trained for some more time, this time Izumi decided to be not as severe with him as she had been before. Even the boy felt this, and was glad to fight her. But still he was also protecting himself as before, but this time he found some moments for attack. Little by little but the boy started to get tired ad felt onto the ground, the boy was breathing heavily.
"I have never got so tired in battles before." the boy said breathing out, "Torch likes to be more theoretical."
"I hate all this theoretical stuff." Izumi answered him, "I was always studying in eternal practice, so I don't know how to explain combat practice."
"I think you should get close to Torch." Izumi trembled, "You'll become a good team, he always think some plan and you'll help him in fights." the boy turned his head to the girl.
'Good team, huh?' Izumi asked herself.
"I know that he likes to work with some doctor, he is really a strange man, he always does some strange reservations, I heard them several time and they are really funny."
'That Polish doctor?' then Izumi turned to the boy, "Haven't Torch told do why he always works with that doctor?'
"Well, he told something about this, but I don't remember what it was, he told that he is better from other ones. But I would agree with him here."
"Why?" Izumi asked him.
"I think Mister Etienne is good too, after all he helped me a lot."
"Do you mean that French scientist?"
"Yes." the boy exhaled, "He seems fearful and too scaring, but he helped me when I didn't await any helped from him."
'It's difficult to imagine how someone like would help to others.' Izumi thought remembering Etienne, "Fine I'll go for now, I think my Mistress is waiting for me. See you later kid." Izumi got up from the floor, and headed to the exit from the room, "Remember, be more attentive in battle." Izumi waved him.
"I will." the boy nodded.
"Where the hell that Doppel wandering?" Splash hit the wall, "That damn bright-eyed told that she must here soon."
"Calm down." the man with black glasses and the green vest answered him.
"Mechanic! Are you protecting her?" Splash turned around to Mechanic who was sitting at the operating table, it was also possible to see Hush, who was lying on it letting Mechanic to delve in him.
"I'm not protecting her, but as I remember it right, she was sent on important mission to find something about our friends from 'The Third Law'."
"And do you really think that she will be able to find something? These bastards hide perfectly when they want it."
"That's why she is delaying." Mechanic answered him taking some two wires joining them together, "Try now," this time he turned to Hush. Suddenly the room was covered with a strange noise, Splash even tensed his face from it, "Enough." Mechanic said him and then stared to solder them, "It seems that this place was damaged more, on your place I would change some details, you know they are pretty old."
"Ha, like he will listen to you." Splash smirked, he took out a box, then he took out a cigarette and then he took out a watch, he scratched the match by the box and then burned the cigarette, and after this procedure he put it into his mouth, "This one will listen to no one except himself."
"Splash, if you have bad mood don't spoil mine. Go and find Haze."
"Very funny, this girl is on a mission with Doppel."
"That's why I tell you to find her, maybe with you they will finish earlier." Mechanic answered him.
"I'd like to do this, but our bright-eyed has already assigned me on another mission."
"To investigate that anomaly?" Mechanic asked him.
"Yes, by the way, Hush." Splash turned to the silent cyborg, "He told that you're going with us." Hush nodded.
"And who will go with you?" Mechanic asked finishing soldering and starting to examine next fails.
"He will go himself and he also decided to take Avalanche."
"And the one who will work with the lad is you, isn't it?" the man turned to the man with a diving mask.
"The hell I do this." Splash answered, inhaling the cigarette, "If he decided to take him then let him wander round himself, I've fucking grew tired of his lectures."
"Interesting, a younger one lectures an older one." Mechanic chuckled, "Try to do this now." he turned to Hush then, the cyborg nodded and then, a new sound covered the room this one was much stronger, "Well, everything is ready, for the future, don't tense ultra sound system, your body is old and it won't bear strong sounds like you did in Sapporo, I changed some details inside of you so now you drone will be a bit more faster and the remote control will be much better and easier for you." Hush sat onto the table and started to watch at Mechanic, he was listening to him very attentively, "I could try to make something much better, but since you don't want to change your body it's the least I could do." Hush nodded, he jumped from the table and left the room taking his riffle gun with him, then the man turn around on his chair and turned to Splash who was leaning on the wall and was finishing his cigarette, "I wanted to ask you about something, I've heard that you were going on some mission for rescuing Mizuki Shiranui, is it true?"
"So what if it's true?" Splash snapped head off.
"I was asking this question for a long time, so maybe you will answer it?" after a second he continued, "I've heard that there was one Taimanin who helped our organization, how was his name, Mizuki…"
"Yasuhiro." Splash helped him to remember.
"Exactly." he snapped with his fingers, "Could you tell me how exactly he helped you, I've heard that he told you about several places that could be perfect bases, but I know nothing but that."
"Well, it wasn't the only help that he gave us." Splash threw away the cigar butt in to the bucket and continued, "He also helped us not letting other Taimanin to find us."
"What do you mean?"
"When we had some business in Japan, and when our presence was revealed he always tried to take missions that has some relations to us, and sometimes he even helped us to do our missions."
"A Taimanin who helps to mercenaries, and who neglect with the orders of his own country, with such attitude he should be proclaimed a traitor."
"Watch your tongue!" Splash raised his voice, "He never was a traitor to Japan, he was a sagacious Taimanin. He was the first and only one who wanted to Japan to cooperate with Russia!"
"What do you to cooperate with Russia?" Mechanic didn't understand, "What relation do we have to Russia?"
"Nothing." Splash responded to him, 'Fuck! I just blurted extra information!' he did a pause, "I just want to say that Yasuhiro did really a lot for us and the least we can do is to save his wife."
"I got it." Mechanic answered him, "But I still don't understand why didn't he join you if he helped you a lot? Havening such member in your lines would give you lots of opportunities; I've heard that he was really a strong hunter, someone told that he was much stronger than Asagi Igawa herself."
"In some ways he was our member, but still not official." they heard a serious and strong voice, both of them turned their heads and saw a man with an eye patch, and fair hair, "And it was enough for us."
"Do you want to tell that he did every order of your organization in Japan?" Mechanic asked Commander.
"No, not in all, but in those that were righteous in his mind, he wasn't glad of the government of his country so he tried to help us in most occasions, and he didn't join us because of his wife and daughter." the man did a pause, "If he would leave them he would put them in a great danger." Splash squeezed hi fists.
"Then, the reason of his death is…" Mechanic said trying to make his superiors to finish his phrase.
Commander turned to Splash, the man with blue hair nodded, like he allowed him to tell what the man wanted to know.
"The reason of his death was his sacrifice for his friend..." Splash left the room not giving Commander to finish.
"Wait a minute, do ou want to say that Splash was his friend?" Mechanic was surprised to hear this, "I thought that he has never had friends."
"It's not true." Commander shook with his head, the man was frown and serious, Mechanic felt that this theme was difficult, but he really wanted to know what could happen to one of the most strongest anti-demon hunters of Japan, "Frankly speaking Yasuhiro was one and the only best friend of Splash."
"But I thought that you're his friend or at least Haze."
"Well, what relates to me, let's just say that he thinks about me as his friend in rivalry. And what about Haze… I wouldn't say that they're friends, but still they're not just mere partners they're relations are pretty difficult." Commander sighed deeply and the continued, "So the problem is that Splash was the last one, who saw Yasuhiro, who sacrifice himself in order to save him."
"But how did he do this? I mean, two such strong hunters as them are supposed to be unbeatable."
"There's no unbeatable in this world." Commander lectured him, "It's just a feeling which appears when you haven't got a strong opponent, and when you meet him in conclusion you'll be defeated as this feeling was blinding you for a long time."
"Have something happened to you two?" he pointed at Commander's eye.
"In some ways yes." he answered to Mechanic, "Splash lost his best friend, while I'm just lost my I." he did a small paused, "However, I think that's it's just a souvenir, while the one who was hurt more is Splash."
"I see." Mechanic answered "I always thought that he was such a moron and caustic asshole, but he became like this because of this."
"Frankly speaking, he was always like this." then Commander turned around and said, "Well, enough talking." his voice was as serious as always, "You, Massimo and Kangaroo will have a mission too."
"Finally, honestly, I've tired to sit here and do nothing, the best thing was if I had something to create out of old detail, but now."
"We received a new order from some structure, it wants us to deal with some factory, in the south of the country, will be able to do this?"
"Yes, what factory?" Mechanic asked.
"As I understand, there is some factory that focuses on creating robots and some power exoskeletons and their work is illegal, as they are under American protection."
"I wonder why Taimanin won't do this by them. A criminal factory is working on theirs territory and they know nothing about it."
"Their connections with the crime world are not as perfect as ours, and their spies are busy too, to find some information about something small like this." he stopped and then thought, 'Just the same what is in Russia.'
"How much time do we have?"
"Well, we leave today in the evening, so after our leaving you have extra three hours and then you depart too."
"Got it."
"The leader of the operation is you." he opened the door and was about to leave the room, when he said, "If Haze returns earlier, I'll send her to you for help, I know you can handle with her temper so don't be afraid and shout at her whenever it is needed." then he closed the door leaving the man alone.
"Finally, I'll have an opportunity to get some new details for my projects." he got up and left the room too.
"I'm glad to see that you all accepted my invitation and came here today." a man with black official suit said and the same color hair said to three other people who were sitting at the pretty long table.
They were sitting in some kind of a fashionable restaurant; all of them had some dishes with food in front of them they also had glasses with champagne.
"So, Hayasi." a woman, who was sitting from the right said to the man, "There's no need in such officially, why did you call all of us here?"
"Ms. Nakamura, all in good time." Hayasi answered to the woman with short gray hair she was wearing the same official suit, but instead of trousers she was wearing an elegant skirt, "First, I want to drink for that you accepted my invitation." he raised his glass, the rest four did the same, and drank the first glass, 'I hope the tense will start disappear now.' then he decided to start the talk from afar, "Ms. Nakamura, I've watched your recent speech about politicians who is cooperating with criminals and about supreme penalty for them, you know, I admire such idea."
"I told that only those who works with demonic elements must be punished so." the woman corrected him.
"Yes, sorry for my mistake, I hope your idea will be accepted in the government, by the way, Mr. Chiba, how does your project on improving of our public health system is going?"
"You know, that it always blocks with the party of Yazaki, so how do you think that our project is going." the man responded him.
"I hope that everything will be good with your project." Hayasi sincerely answered him, and then he looked at the third person, who was a man too, "And what about you, Mr. Asano? Have your party got something on your mind?"
"Right now we haven't." the man answered him narrowing his eyes and making anther sip out of the glass.
"I hope that you'll think of something." Hayasi did the same.
"Mr. Kayoshi, stop these game, there's no need to do this pageant." Nakamura answered to the man in the middle, "All of us have already understood that you called us for something, so stop playing and just say us." Hayasi looked at the woman, and then at the two men, they also were interested in why the politician called them all in one place.
"Like always, Ms. Nakamura, from words to business." Hayasi was glad that the woman was interested in the reason of their meeting, "I belive you know why your parties do suffers constant repulses in parliament?"
"And he is asking!" Mr. Chiba snarled, "Because of that bastard Yazaki, who occupied the half of it!"
"I'm glad that you understand the source of your problem." the man smiled, "All of your projects is blocked by that fat one and some of your laws and ideas are really good, even I admire them and think that they will bring us lots of good." the man did another sip and continued.
"If only his party wasn't so popular maybe we would be able to think of something." Mr. Asano calmly, "But people like Muneichi for his sweet speeches, and vote for his people, what creates us lots of troubles."
"And what if I tell you that there's a way for you to give some troubles to his party; I mean you could become a real political power number two in our country."
"What this mysterious way?" Chiba asked him, "Do you want us to create a coalition? Do you understand that with our programs it's absolutely impossible, and our electorate won't understand why we vote for that what we criticize."
"But you shouldn't show that you decided to work with each other in such way, even I would say that it's stupid."
"Then what do you suggest?" Nakamura asked, with a serious voice, like she understood what the man wanted to say, but he wasn't able to do this as Asano answered for Hayasi.
"Do you want us to join our three parties in one big, you want a lot Hayasi."
"Nice that you understand me." the man said smiling, "I think you must realize that it's the only way for you to oppose Munechi. His party took about forty five percent in parliament with his allies there's about fifty, while you parties have a little bit more then fifteen, seventeen percent there, all of you could create a big obstacle for him."
"Nonsense." Asano said, "Just think of you're talking about, our programs are entirely different, how we will explain it to our electorate we will lose their trust."
"I don't think so." Hayasi said, he filled his glass with champagne, "Some people are not so stupid as you think they will quickly understand what you want to do, and will convince their relatives, friends and etc. That's why you will lose nothing."
"There's a small percent in this." Chiba said, "And what if that idea fails what we will do?"
'Well just as I thought, they won't work with us if I don't give them some sureness.' he sighed, 'Let's act like that Polish.' then he continued again, "Gentlemen we have dozens of examples when parties united and did it pretty successfully. I think I shouldn't explain why Brasilia quit listening to the USA, and like Hungary decided to stop listening European Union."
"Indeed we know this Asano said, but the problem was that the people who did this were loved by people."
"And what makes you think that your electorate doesn't like you?" Hayasi looked at the man who was about forty or forty five years old. Asano stumbled, like he didn't know what to say.
"If you take refuge behind some good pretext, people will follow you, and try to convince your friends to do so too."
"But how do you want to combine our parties?" Chiba asked the coworker of 'The Third Law', "If we agree with this there's nothing in this world what could combine our parties."
"You're mistaken." Hayasi chuckled, and even Nakamura who was calm looked at him, "Dossocialism, he merely replied."
"What?!" Nakamura shouted.
"The thing that practices in Russia?" Asano asked him.
"Yes, it found love among enormous number of people there. I'm well acquainted with programs of your parties and if you give them another brush I think you'll create a perfect party."
"I refuse." Nakamura said seriously, she got up and was about to go to the door that led out of the room.
"Can I know the reason?" Hayasi asked her seriously, "If I remember right, you always looked for some coalitions to oppose Munechi and his small unions, and when this opportunity comes straight to you refuse?"
"First, I want to ask you." Nakamura turned to the man, "What place do you think to take in this game?"
"If everything goes right, I'll be just a connecting link between you three, while the whole popularity will be given to you."
"Interesting to hear." the woman chuckled, she was about forty five or fifty years old, "The politician that always tried to be as quite as a mouse decided to expose himself, and wants to be somewhat of the power behind the throne, don't you think that it's quite strange?"
"Like always Ms. Nakamura, you see everything clearly, but you warning about it too much." Hayasi tried to calm the woman down, "The real thing is that I'm tired of seeing Munechi in the central of the parliament, soon he will overeat that all of you won't fit there." Chiba chuckled and Asano smirked, but the woman didn't respond, "And at the same time, I don't think that his policy suits to our government, I think your ideas are perfect, but still they must be slightly reworked, and only then you'll receive a strong popularity, so what will you say?"
"Or maybe Munechi is at the back of your pack?" she asked him too. Hayasi narrowed his eyes, "The problem between me and others is that my party always tries to make everything legally, Munechi is a scum that always works with criminal elements and if we had some weighty results of it, he would be imprisoned immideately, your parties are not good too." she watched at two other men, "You two are from those who always try to find some profits and will work with everyone to fulfill your plans, and what about you…" she looked at Hayasi, "The only one I know nothing about is you, in the government, but still I'm sure that you're much worse than Munechi himself." she said and when she was about to leave, she added, "I'll put on a semblance that there was no such meeting, but only for this time." and then she left the room.
The silence covered the room, Hayasi was calm he sat onto the chair and heard Asano's voice, "So, what are you going to do now? Without her we won't have enough power to oppose Yazaki's party and if he knows that we are planning something against him, he won't sit peacefully and wait for us."
"Don't worry, I know that all." he said with a smile, the man entered the room, he was wearing a costume of a waiter. The waiter whispered something to Hayasi and then left the room, "Gentlemen, let me tell you what I'm really planning and then you'll say me will you join me or not." Both of them nodded and prepared to listen, "Yes, Nakamura was right and Munechi is really at the back of my pack, and I haven't got much time, but still I have got someone who agreed to help me and protect from that fat one, and their protection will separate on those who will work with me."
"Let me guess, it's not Taimanin, isn't it?" Chiba asked him.
"No, it's not. But also it's not Chinese Union or UFS."
"If you offered dossocialism, then could it be Russia?" Chiba suggested again.
"I don't think so." Hayasi shook with his head, "Russia tries not to contact other countries especially those who have connections with demons."
"Then why they won't cooperate with Munechi?" Asano asked him too, "These one, who you're talking about must know that he have more power in parliament."
"Munechi have been already working with other criminal structures, and I belive they have different interests."
"So, in some ways we will a will of these strange people, while you will be a connection between us." Asano continued his thought.
"In some ways you're right, but the only thing that we will need is to protect them, from the government and Taimanin.
"And there's another question." Chiba said, "How we will do it without Nakamura if we don't have her assistance we won't be able to oppose them."
"First of all, I must tell you something about her." Hayasi smiled, "And then you understand her rejection. The problem of her rejection is that she is a former Taimanin."
"What?!" both of them shouted, "How can you know about this?!" Chiba shouted.
"Are you sure in it?" Asano who tried to be calm also was astonished, but still he tried to be cool.
"I'm sure for a hundred percent." Hayasi responded, "Working in government gives lots of opportunities to see all secrets of your country, the main thing is not to be revealed."
"That's why she always tries to give laws and ideas that will help them." Chiba said pondering.
"If she is from Taimanin, there's no doubt that she won't join us, and further attempts to conceive her are useless." Asano said.
"I wouldn't say this." Hayasi responded with a smile, "The problem is that not all from her party shares her point of view, and would like to change her for another young and ambitious leader."
"Do you think that she will be removed by someone from her companions?"
"And I know the one who is going to do this." he still had his smile on his face, but it was cold, "I called you here along with her, because I knew that she would reject my offer, but I have someone who would like to take her place."
"And only then we could unite our parties." Asano pondered, "Not a bad plan, if everything goes right I think it'll be possible to do this."
"But still, who are those guys, who are working with you?" Chiba was eager to know this.
"Everything in good time." he took out two brochures out of his jacket and stretched them to two men, "Here, examine it, I think you'll find them really interesting." the brochures were written in English, "I hope they will help you to correct your problematic places."
They talk a little bit until Hayasi, decided to leave them, the man apologized and said that he had some extra businesses, as he left them Chiba asked Asano.
"How do you think is it really a good idea to listen to him? If our venture will be found out we'll have lots of troubles."
"I think we shouldn't worry about it too much." he said after drinking the drink from his glass, "He put himself in a great danger too. Taimanin are not so stupid, trust me, they will find everything about him and his destiny will be much worse than ours."
"So you're with him, huh?"
"This plan is not brilliant, but still good, don't want to confess, but I've already thought about joining forces with someone else, and was surprised when this opportunity came straight to my hands."
"But if Nakamura is a Taimanin, won't she tell about our meeting to her superiors?"
"I know Nakamura quite well, and if she said that she won't tell something for now, she won't do this, we are her temporal allies, in opposing Munechi, that's why she will continue to work with us, there where it's valuable for her and her superiors."
"Yes, I hate when she make project that are close to our parties, and we have no other opportunity but only voting for them."
"That's what I'm talking about." Asano answered him, "Well, we must depart too, it's a bit late and I have an important meeting tomorrow, if you have some questions just call or find me." Chiba nodded and then Asano left the room, and after some minutes Chiba did the same.
Bright sun shines entered were in the window, Izumi opened her eyes because one of these shines was lighting at her eyes, first the girl wrinkled her face as she didn't want to get up, but after some period of time she finally opened them, she yawned, she turned moved with her arm and didn't find the boy that was lying next to her, she quickly got up and started to look for him.
"Lost someone?" he asked her with a smile.
"You know how to fright a lady." Azumi exhaled, like she was really glad to see the member of 'The Third Law', but still by her voice she was a bit angry.
"Sorry, for scaring you, I just make us breakfast, however I don't think that it's a good idea to call if breakfast."
"What's time?"
"One o'clock." he answered and then sat by her, "How did you sleep, I decided not to awake you, and give to rest properly."
"I haven't slept like this for a long time." she said stretching, "And your sofa is so comfortable, I just don't want to get up."
"Nice to hear." he smiled her, "But I hope you'll get up to grab something."
"How about to bring it here?" she looked at him, "We could eat like tonight."
"Okay, just wait and I'll bring everything here." he kissed her at her nose.
Azumi lied again, 'We are like husband and wife.' she thought, 'I would like this moment to continue for eternity.' she continued, 'But I don't think that Mistress will allow me to leave her.' the image of the woman with blue tight dress came to her head, 'Maybe if I could join their organization somehow then maybe…'
"Here I am." he snapped the girl out her thoughts, she saw Torch who was holding a tray with two plates, it was good that the table wasn't taken away, so he quickly put it onto it. Izumi saw spaghetti with a slightly fried sausage, "Did you cook it?" she asked him.
"Yeah, I got up early and didn't know what to do, and decided to cook something for you." he started to eat and Azumi decided to join him. The lunch was ate and when Izumi was about to finish her meal Torch got up and brought two glasses of tea with pancakes with can of condensed milk.
"You even could make this?!" Izumi was surprised to see, she took one pancake and started to eat it.
"Hey don't hurry; you should try it with this thing." Torch pointed at the can, "Roll it up and then dip it here." Azumi nodded and did what was told when she did a bite her eyes were opened wide.
"Delicious!" she said sincerely, "I've never ate something like this."
"Nice to hear that you like it." Torch was glad to hear such words from the girl he liked.
Azumi was eating the pancakes one after another and when she finished the last one she asked him, "I wanted to ask you, are you going to visit your sister?"
"Yes, I was going to go to the hospital after the lunch, well…" the boy stumbled, "If you don't want to go to the hospital, you can be here or just to walk somewhere around, I really don't insist."
"No need to be so unsure." Azumi smiled, "I'll go with you, after all it was you who asked me to go with you, didn't you?"
"Thank you for your aid." Torch said, and then became serious, "Well, I want you to follow several important things." Azumi was surprised of hearing his serious voice, "First, while we in peaceful situations call me Arthur, it's my real name, Torch is my professional nickname, second I'm not a bluenet, but a brunet."
"Huh?"
He took his backpack and took out a wig out of it; the color of it was brownish, "It's my dazzle paint." he pointed at his hair.
"So that's why you wear a mask." she understood why the boy was wearing a mask.
"Yes, I don't want to be found out, after all I won't work for 'The Third Law' for my whole life. And third, I'm not a member of the criminal organization, I'm a just a governmental hunter and for you…" he pondered, "You're a transferred Taimanin who was assigned to work in Russia."
"You thought everything properly." she was amused of the third condition.
"This city is not full of hunters, but still it has some."
"I see." Azumi nodded, "By the way, have you planned what I'm going to put on? Or I should go in my yesterday's uniform?"
"Well, I think your clothes will be good, but if you want I could buy you something or you could put on something from mine, it'll be pretty cold in out there in your outfit."
"If you say so, I'll put on something from yours."
"Got it." the boy left the room and after several minutes he appeared with a pair of worm jeans, socks, and a sweater, "I think it'll be good for you, and above you could put on you sweatshirt." she saw that the boy was leaving the room again, "I'll go and change too." he smiled her.
Izumi quickly put on the clothes that were given to her by the blue haired one, and when she was wearing the jumper, she saw the boy who was ready, he was wearing a sweatshirt too, but if the girl's was green, his one was blue, he was wearing jeans too, he also put one the wig too, now he was a brunet.
"You know, blue suits you more." she said chuckling, "Especially with your uniform."
"Yeah, I thought so too." he said scratching the beck of his head, "So, are you ready?"
"Let's go."
The went to the hall, and put on their crosses, then the left the flat and went into the porch.
"Oh Arthur, are you going to visit Natasha?" a woman, but still not too old asked the boy getting upstairs.
"Oh, nice to meet you Olga Stepanovna." Torch said turning around, "Yes, just planned to do this, as I remember they have an opened day today, haven't they?"
"Yes, but still she will have some procedures today, so I don't think that you'll be allowed to be there for long."
"I see." he became slightly upset, "By the way." he quickly livened up, "Thank for champagne, I don't know what would I do without you."
"Now, I see why you wanted it." she said with a smile, looking at Izumi who was leaving the flat, "Did you like it?" she asked him.
"Yes, it was good." Torch nodded.
"And this girl is…?" Olga asked Torch.
"Oh, she is a hunter from Japan, I was working in Japan for this period of time, and there we got acquainted. She agreed to go with for a vacation to Russia." he looked at Azumi, "Her name is Azumi." Izumi bowed in the sign of greeting.
"Nice to meet you Izumi. My name is Olga, I hope you protect Arthur's back properly." the woman said in English, it was possible to hear her accent, but it wasn't strong and was approximated to British variant.
"Nice to meet you." Azumi answered in English but her accent was similar to American one, "Yes, be sure, I do it perfectly."
"Well, go and visit Natasha, I think she will really be glad to see you."
And then the woman entered the flat that was from the right. Torch and Izumi went downstairs, and left the porch pretty fast.
"This woman, is she your friend?" Azumi asked Torch, in Japanese.
"Well, in some ways." Torch responded in her language, "She always helped us, when I became eighteen, I could take custody over Natasha, and after several months I got acquainted with Olga, she really helped us a lot, if not her I don't know what I would do, the life of a hunter took too much time and I had just a little of it to spend it with my sister, and now this work too." he sighed.
"Don't worry." the girl answered him, "I think everything will be fine, after all you don't plan to work there for eternity, so just don't think too much about it."
"Thank you for your support, I knew that it will be absolutely different situation if Izumi went with me."
Azumi became red, "Don't mention it." she answered him.
They continued their way talking to each other, about life of the hunter about lots of simple things like their lunch or the place that around them like buildings, shops and etc. People, who were around them were looking at them with interest, it was interesting to see two persons who were talking absolutely another language. They continued to walk for about thirty or forty minute, until they reached a pretty big white building.
"Here it is." Torch sighed, "The place where she is." his voice became upset and more thoughtful. He stood up and didn't know what do next. Azumi saw it and then took his hand with hers.
"Don't worry, I'm with you." Arthur sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, I must go and see her." he said decisively, "She is waiting for me."
And then they passed through the main entrance to the hospital's yard, it was pretty big place with lots of trees and bushes, it was possible too bunches under the trees, there also was a sidewalks for people some of them were having a run on them some of them were just walking. 'Thank goodness Azumi is with me, I don't know what I would do here alone.' he was walking straight to the building, but still he felt how his hands became sweaty. All people had pretty warm clothes on them; the wind was pretty strong and cold so it was good idea that the girl put on his clothes, instead of hers ones.
They entered the hospital. And saw lots of people inside of it too. Torch glanced over and saw a registration window; he quickly came to it and said in Russian to the man who was sitting there, "Natasha Krasnova is in chamber number one hundred and fifty two isn't she?"
The man turned to the computer and started to click by the keyboard, "No." he responded, "She is in the chamber number, three hundred and two." the man said.
"Thank you." Torch said and was about to go to the lift.
"And you're…?" the receptionist asked him.
"Oh, sorry. I'm here brother, Arthur Krasnov." he responded, the boy stretched his documents and when everything was checked, went to the lift, Azumi followed him. He pressed the button and started to wait for it, "Always, hated hospitals." he said out loud, "I feel some apathy in them."
"I can understand you." Azumi nodded, "Izumi feels herself like this when she hasn't got missions for a long time."
They entered the lift when the door were opened, and pressed the button with figure three. The lift started to up, Torch was glad that they were alone in it. After a minute they left the lift and Arthur start to think, "There." he pointed to the left. And walking through another doorway he saw the needed place, chamber number three hundred and two. Torch stood up in front of the door and didn't make a move.
"Are you alright?" Azumi asked him.
"Yes, just thinking." he merely replied, "I haven't seen her for about five months."
"Then there's nothing to think about." Azumi came to the door and knocked at it.
"Wait… what are you…?" Torch was surprised to see her so persistent.
"Come in." they heard a voice out the door.
Torch responded nothing, but only opened the door. When the door was opened he said, "Long time no see, Natasha. How are you?"
"Arthur!" the girl exclaimed, and was about to jumped away from her bed, but still didn't do this instead of this she only raised herself, "You came!"
"Of course, I came." he answered with a smile, "Did you think that I won't come to my little sister?" he came to her bed, and then the girl saw a strange girl who was different from the ones she used to see.
"Brother, who is this girl?" Natasha asked Arthur. They're talk was in Russian, and Azumi could only think about what they were talking about, but still the girl quickly understood that they were talking about her.
"Oh, I have lots of things to tell to you." Torch sat onto the chair that was by the bed, "First let me introduce her first, it's Azumi, she is a Japanese hunter, they call themselves Taimanin." the Japanese girl bowed slightly and came to Arthur and sat by him on another chair, "But still if you want you can talk with her in English, she knows it too."
"Really?" the girl turned to Azumi and said in English, "My name is Natasha, Arthur's younger sister, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." she smiled to Natasha, "Tor…" she stopped for a second knowing that she wanted to call his nickname instead of his name, she even felt how Torch even flinched, "Arthur told about you."
"Are you really from those Japanese demon hunters?" Natasha asked the girl.
"You mean Taimanin?" she only could hear this word from Torch's speech.
"Yes, sometimes Arthur told me about them, and I wanted to see even one of them personally."
"Yes, I'm a Taimanin." she lied, to the girl.
"And you work along with my brother?" the girl's eyes were sparkling.
"Yes." she nodded.
"And how is he? Is he strong? Doesn't he bothering you?" the girl continued her questioning.
"Hey, I'm not that weak as you think." Torch put on a semblance that he was hurt.
"I'm not telling that you're weak I want to know do you bother her or not." Natasha said to her brother smiling, "You always understand everything too properly."
"No, he is not weak." Azumi protested, "He is pretty strong, he could even fight one powerful enemy."
'Is she talking about that purple haired girl?' Arthur thought.
"And he is really helpful and understandable, he helped me when I need a help more than ever." she answered to Natasha.
"Wow, I didn't know that my brother is really like was telling."
"Hey, that was really painful." Torch said with the same voice, "You know I would never lie to my sister, especially about my work."
"Now I see that you don't lie." Natasha laughed, Izumi laughed too, but Torch only smiled.
"I see you've become much better, since our last time." Torch said to his sister, "What doctors tell you?"
"They tell me that soon I'll be good enough for the surgery." the girl.
She had brownish hair too, her eyes were dark green, the girl was pretty slim, but still lively, Azumi glance over the place and saw an album, with some pencils, it was closed, than the Japanese girl started to examine the room further, she saw some fruits on the bedside table. The brother and sister were talking in Russian, so Azumi felt herself a bit lonely, she wanted to join their talk, but at the same time she didn't want to interfere it, 'If Izumi was here, she would joined their talk.'
"Want to look?" Natasha asked Azumi in English.
"Huh?" Azumi didn't understand.
"The album." Natasha said, and made a long arm to take it, she stretched it to Azumi and then.
Azumi took it and then started to look at each page with interest, "Wow, you're really good in drawing." she was amused of such proper drawings. Most of her drawings were just fruits, flowers and even some places like her chamber or the yard of the hospital where they were not long ago, Natasha was watching at Azumi, like she was exploring her and at Torch too, but suddenly she stopped on one page of it, "Is it you?" Azumi asked Torch.
"It seems so." the boy said, and looked at the picture, "So detailed one, is it your recent work?"
"And you're fighting some monsters." Azumi said.
"Yeah, are they orcs or something?" Torch said laughing, "I have never seen so beautiful ones, if only they were as beautiful, I don't think that they would be our enemies."
Azumi laughed too, the girl playfully took the gee, "I draw them from your words; if they are much scarier then I'll redraw them."
"No need." Torch said, "These one are much better than the ones I've met before."
"Yes, they are really good, don't remake them." Azumi joined too, she was laughing sincerely, "Like she wasn't a criminal and a cold killer of Naomi.
"I wanted to ask you." Arthur's sister turned to the boy, "You told about some strange guy that always is working with you, how is he?"
"Oh, he is good, I always protect him from lots of different troubles, recently we were attacked by really strong opponents and if one of our allies wouldn't help us we could have some serious troubles."
"Are they demons?" Torch tensed.
"No, they're just some bad hunters, and were to punish them, but they've escaped, so we are to get them now." he did a pause, 'Shit, how I hate to lie, to her.' Azumi felt it.
"But won't your comrades need your help?"
"Don't worry." Azumi said, "My comrades will help his ones, they're not weak after all."
"I hope that you'll get these bad guys, and stop their cruelty in Japan."
Suddenly they heard a knock at the door, it was opened by a young and cute nurse, "Natasha are you ready, for your procedures?" the nurse was surprised when she saw the visitors, "I didn't know that you have visitors, but doctor calls for you."
"Yes, I'm coming." the girl got up, and the nurse took her by her hand, "Well, I'll go for now." she referred, to her brother and the Japanese girl.
"If you want you can come tomorrow, she won't have procedures tomorrow."
"We will." Torch said decisively, "Well, then till tomorrow."
"See you." Azumi responded too.
"I will wait for you." she said with a smile.
And both of them left the chamber. Their ways were different while two criminals went right, while the nurse and the girl went to the left. They left the hospital pretty fast, as the blue haired boy, really wanted to leave this place, Azumi understood his feelings, and even didn't ask him at all. When they finally left the hospital he headed to the nearest bench that was under the tree. They sat onto it and then Torch exhaled, "How, I hate to lie to her." he squeezed his fists, "But there's no other choice, for me, if not that lie I don't know what could happen to her."
"She told about a strange man, did she tall about that Polish man?"
"Yes, I told her a little about him, he wanted to visit her too, but our captain, quickly told him to forget about it." he raised his head, "But I'm glad that she feel herself better, before she was always gloomy and less active, but now she really is fine, the only serious thing is a surgery."
"Surgery?" Azumi asked him.
"Yes, doctors want to remove something in her body, but it was really difficult to do in the past, but now it seems that everything will be fine."
"By the way, where did she study English so well? She can speak really well in it."
"The woman that we've met today, she is a teacher of English and Russian and she always helps Natasha with it."
"So that's why her way of speaking was the same with that woman."
"Thank you for coming with me." Torch said unexpectedly, "I don't know what I would do without you."
"Don't mention it, you helped me when Izumi was in danger, so it's the least what I can do for you, and at the same time it's a perfect chance to see another country."
"Well then let me be your guide for these days, I'll try to make this vacation for you unforgettable." he said to her.
"Right now you remind me that French."
"Well, I'm far from him by pathos." he chuckled.
"I trust you." she also chuckled to him.
"Then today, I'll show you the places of interests." he got up and we have pretty much of them. Azumi got up too, he leaned to her and kissed in her lips, "So do you want to see them?"
"I don't mind." she answered him and they went further.