A few months later, upon the Little Garden that continues to float upon the sea water.
In a resort villa where there is a clear pool that is shining from the sunlight above.
"CANNONBALL~!" Reitia who wears a swimsuit, screams in glee as she is in the air before she came down to the pool with a big splash that hits Fritz who is already in the water and is floating. The young girl came out and laughs all joyfully. "that was awesome~!"
"just when I was thinking of relaxing…" Fritz sighs before Reitia splash heavy water upon him. "waah!"
Before long Fritz began to chase after Reitia who laughs all joyfully.
The two are having fun in the pool in a villa that is upon the Little Garden, they just relax and have fun as normal people than being Slayers.
By the pool's edge is Claire, and Erica, both relaxed on seats while wearing swimsuits.
"today is really a good day for a relaxation." Claire spoke out while holding a glass of tropical juice in her hand.
"indeed." Erica nodded in agreement while putting on sun lotion upon her bare stomach before she glanced at Claire. "would you like some sun lotion, Claire-sama?"
"Perhaps later when I have a sunbathe." Claire replied before she takes a sip of her drink and sighs in satisfaction. "The weather is truly great today."
After the recent events with the Savage at Zwei Island, the Hunters, and Sakura's concert that went off without a hitch. Things proceeds as usual upon Little Garden for Hayato and the others who continue their daily lives in the ways that they desire.
"it's a bit sad that Liddy gets hold up because of some duties that came up urgently." Said Claire as Erica nodded. "it is truly such an annoyance for our sponsors to come up with late second assignments."
"indeed, Claire-sama." Erica nodded. "but with Kisaragi Hayato helping her, i predict she will be here on time."
"yes." Said Claire with a nod before she glanced to the side and smile. "at least we're not the only ones who are a bit disappointed in a way."
"Looks so fun~!" Karen cheered in joy as she had also come to the villa on an automatic self-controlled wheelchair while wearing a swimsuit of her own in order to have fun at the pool.
"it sure does." Said MeiMei as the automaton wears a swimsuit and is looking after Karen while Charlotte can be found lazing around upon beach chair while fast asleep. "would you like to go in? I can prepare a float immediately."
"yes! Thank you very much!" said Karen with a smile before she looks to the pool and puffs her cheeks. "mou~! Nii-san promised he would come with me but instead he gets late because of work~!"
"it is his duty as a Slayer, Karen-san." MeiMei replied with a smile while she holds a self-inflating floatie.
"And it's his duty as my big brother to have fun with me~!" Karen puffs her cheeks even more while pouting.
Meanwhile, at the men's dorm. There aren't that many people in the building as many had left to have fun at the floating island or just do whatever they planned.
In Hayato's room, the door is locked shut and tight along with the windows that are closed and curtained because there is some hot action going on inside.
Moans and gasps just flew in the air because Liddy and Miharu are on the bed buck naked, sweaty, and looking out of breath.
"s-slow down…." Miharu whispered in her gasp as she looks tired. "m-my body is…"
"you're stable, right?" Hayato spoke as he is on the bed with the two ladies and in the same state as they are. He leans down and licks Miharu's earlobe that made the nurse gasp a bit. He then looks down and kisses her stomach that has grown even bigger after the few months that had passed. "don't worry, I won't do anymore for our baby."
"t-thank you…" Miharu gasps with a smile as Hayato came up and then kiss her. "so gentle…."
"hey!" Liddy called out with a jealous expression. "why only her!? what about me!?"
"Don't be so jealous, Liddy" said Hayato as he takes Liddy close and leans to her right ear to whisper. "you're my favorite girl of the day after all."
"then prove it!" said Liddy with a pout that made Hayato chuckle before he takes her lips for a deep and passionate kiss while going down on the bed.
Miharu watch with a smile as Hayato goes and have fun with Liddy who gasps and moan in their kiss.
Hayato had his time with both women for the day as he went hard and played hard.
Sometime later, both Hayato and Liddy arrived at the villa a few minutes late while wearing swimsuits on and looking satisfied with one another.
"nii-san! you finally came!" Karen called out cheerfully to her big brother while sitting on a floating in the pool and was in the middle of having fun with Reitia and Fritz.
"sorry, we're late!" Hayato hollered back with a smile to his little sister. "the workload was a lot and everything!"
"that's obvious with your position and everything." Said Fritz with a smirk as Hayato went to the edge of the pool and walks right into the water. "care for a game of pool volleyball?" he points behind his shoulder as Reitia holds the volleyball in question. "whoever drops the ball into the water first has to buy the others' drinks for a month."
"you're on." Said Hayato with a smirk.
The group began to play their volleyball game as they played a bit safely for Karen who could only do so much on her floatie. Liddy on the other hand went to where Claire and Erica are at as she went to sit beside them.
"good work on finishing the remaining tasks, Liddy." Said Claire with a smile to the tanned woman who sat down.
"thank you, Claire-sama." Liddy replied before she let out a tired sigh. She stretched her arms a bit and then sighs once again. "today's work was very stressful."
"what were most of the work piled on?" Erica asked her friend while adjusting her glasses.
"mostly Warslan company's finance and economic work." Liddy replied as she rubs her hands on her hips. "there were so much that my hips began to ache from sitting for so long."
"it is a good thing that today we have some time off…." Said Claire with a smile. "let's just relax and enjoy the day."
"yes" Liddy replied as everyone relaxed and played for the day.
Everyone did what they wanted to do for the day; play, relax, and just rest. But that was before a military helicopter came flying above their heads.
"a helicopter?" Karen spoke out as she holds the volleyball and sees the helicopter that hovers above the villa's main building and slowly descends upon the roof. "why is it here for?"
"hey, Hayato. Look at its back tail." Fritz told the Japanese man who looks at the Helicopter's back tail and saw a crest like emblem of an eagle. "isn't that…?"
"the Warslan Inc's Crest." Hayato spoke as he caught sight of a long blonde haired man coming out of the helicopter with two female bodyguards. "Judar Harvey." His eyes then turns gold slitted for a second. "Warslan Inc's CEO."
Everyone stopped having fun as they all faced the guests who had come.
"now that I got a better look…isn't he?" Reitia spoke out while looking
"it's been a while, Claire." The blonde haired man called out to Claire with a friendly smile that made the blonde woman look at him all sceptic in return. "my, you look so beautiful in that swimsuit of yours."
"spare me the flattery, Judar-oniisama." Said Claire in return while crossing her arms under her chest. "That was quite the entrance, by the way."
"well, I wanted to see you as soon as possible." Judar replied before he looks at everyone else. "along with the future Slayers of Warslan who I wish to meet in person too."
"quit with the acting, Judar." Claire spoke out while hardening her gaze at Judar. "what are you really here for?"
"like I said, I wanted to meet my little sister.." Hayato replied chuckling before he glanced at Hayato. "and to meet Kisaragi Hayato, the man who defeated you."
"he's here for Nii-san?" Karen whispered with a confused look.
"you're here for me?" Hayato spoke out while crossing his arms on his chest. "what for?"
"can't you guess?" Judar asked while raising his hands. "you are the Savage Killer, you surpassed my little sister's Hundred Response level, and had defeated her while also claiming her as your bride to be." He chuckles with a smile. "wouldn't any loving brother come to check and make sure that she has a man who is fit to be a member of the Harvey Family, right?"
"Since when were you so 'loving'?" Claire asked while hardening her expression even more.
"hahahahaha, looks like Claire is acting tough in front of her fiancé, huh?" said Judar while chuckling, but Claire didn't looked amused at all.
"enough of this." Hayato spoke out. "if you are here to meet me, you have accomplished what you desire. What else of a reason do you need to stay here?"
"my, straight to the point." Said Judar. "you have a good attitude." He glance at Claire. "you got taken by a good man, Claire."
"get to the point, Judar!" Claire exclaimed.
"alright, alright." Said Judar with a smile as he looks back at Hayato. "I'm here to take you to Little Garden HQ for…..a little talk, you might say?"
"a little talk about what?" Hayato replied while raising an eyebrow.
"that's a bit classified, Hayato-kun." Said Judar while turning to the side and wave a hand towards his helicopter. "I'll tell you when we are at HQ with Claire and the other Slayers here who are coming with us."
"us too?" Reitia asked while pointing at herself.
"yes" Judar nodded with a smile. "everyone." He then clapped his hands once. "with all said and done. come now, everyone. This is an important and private matter what I wish to discuss with you all." the man then walks back to the villa with his bodyguards following.
Hayato looks sceptic at Judar before he felt a tug on his hand as he looks at Karen.
"is it another Savage attack?" Karen whispered with a frown at Hayato.
"no, there's not been a warning sound about a Savage coming at all." Hayato assured his little sister while smiling. "don't worry. I won't go and fight today like I promised you." He then pecks her forehead. "I'll be going for now, but I'll be back, okay?"
"okay" Karen nodded with a smile before she watch as Hayato and the others walk back into the Villa to get change and follow after Judar.
Some time later, Hayato and the others are at Little Garden's main HQ and are standing before Judar who is showing them a digital hologram map of an area by China.
"The reason I bring you all here is to give you all a private yet very important mission to China." Said Judar as he motions a hand towards the map that showed photographic images of Savages lurking in the forest. "it is an Anti-Savage Cleanup operation, you might say."
"there're Savages lurking in China?" Reitia spoke out with a rather surprised yet confused face. "how come we're not informed about it?"
"that is due to some…'relation' problems." Judar replied. "diplomatic relations between nations isn't easy to be conducted, you know?"
"China, huh?" Fritz spoke while cupping his chin. "now that I think about it it, there's been a lot of Savages that survived the First attack and Second Attack which are lurking at the Asian Continents…" he then rubs his chin a few times. "makes sense that there won't be enough Slayers there because of Slayers being more positioned at the US than China thanks to the Federation Committee"
"This operation will be performed under the guidance of the UN's joint operations task force, the Peacekeeping Army, and Little Garden." Judar stated while folding his arms behind his back. "we have to act after receiving requests to send Slayers to exterminate the Savages while also boosting our finances."
"a propaganda, huh?" said Claire while sighing and then crossing her arms. "all to gain more influence, is it?"
"we are a business company, Claire." Judar replied with a smile. "as the current CEO, I have to think of ways to increase our profit, right?"
"Would this mean that we all have been chosen to participate in this mission?" Erica asked while adjusting her glasses.
"yes" Judar nodded before he looks at Hayato. "although, most of the requests are asking for Kisaragi Hayato, the Savage Killer to be sent on the field." He then chuckles. "with how much of a feat he has made over the years. Every nation is in dire need of his power."
Hayato didn't reply as he merely crossed his arms on his chest.
"The time to begin the operation is in 3 days." Judar spoke. "I have every hope that you all would bring more fortune for the Warslan Inc."
After the meeting, everyone left the room as they are going to need to prepare their belongings for the mission.
"ah, before you leave." Judar calls out as he looks at Hayato who stopped with the others. "I need to have a private talk with Kisaragi Hayato-kun for a moment."
"What for?" Claire asked as she looks suspicious at her brother.
"why? it is to ask on how does he want to prepare for your wedding, of course!" Judar replied with a smile. "an engagement between Warslan Inc's princess and Earth's greatest hero; the Savage Killer must be done spectacularly!"
"quit joking around, Judar!" Claire exclaimed angrily yet blushingly at the blonde man who merely laughed in response.
"alright, alright. I'll stop joking." Said Judar before he looks at Hayato with an interested face. "you see, I wanna talk to him and bring him to her"
"her?" Hayato spoke out while Claire looks baffled and shocked for a moment.
"Judar! You can't be serious!" the Perfect Queen nearly screamed at her brother. "we vowed that no one but us is allowed to meet her!"
"Claire, this is my decision as the CEO." Judar stated while pocketing one of his hands into his pants. "Kisaragi Hayato is someone who has a very powerful resonance with his Hundred. If his power is tremendous as the data shows. There could be a chance that his power can help her."
"still!" Claire retorted but Judar held up a hand to stop her from speaking any further.
"you can come if you want." Said the CEO. "I wish to see a possibility come to a reality. Just that."
Claire looks at Judar for a moment before she glance at Hayato who looks at her brother all sceptic.
A few minutes later, Hayato along with Judar and Claire are on an Elevator together as they had left their friends who went away before them.
The elevator is on descent as it is going somewhere within the Little Garden.
"so? Who is this her you are taking me to?" Hayato spoke out while glancing at Judar. "someone of your acquaintance?"
"to answer your question, I must give you a question of my own." Judar replied while crossing his arms behind his back and then glancing back at Hayato. "do you happen to know what is the power source for Little Garden?"
"what powers Little Garden, you say?" Hayato asked while hardening his gaze a bit.
"I'm sure you've heard from many sources that this very ship is powered by a large generator or a Nuclear Fusion reactor, right?" said Judar with a smile. "but it is something that is beyond your imagination."
The elevator soon rings a bell, and the door slides open to reveal a hallway that is dark and only lighted by small red lights on the walls.
"what powers this Little Garden is the very soul of research for the Warslan Inc." Judar spoke as he exited the Elevator with Hayato and Claire following behind. "it is a power source that none can be allowed to have."
The three walked to the end of the hallway as Judar opens a panel that creates a screen for a password to be inputted.
"what you are about to be shown is something me and Claire have been protecting for a few years." Said Judar as he opens the lock that beeps and flashes green to make the door at the end of the hallway slide opens and blue light came glowing out. "or rather. It is someone we have been protecting."
"this is…" said Hayato with a rather surprised face because he is walking and looking upon a chamber filled with lots of cables that are channeling energy from a large flower like dome that has a glowing blue oval sphere at the center. "What in the world?" he then caught sight of a young blonde girl within the sphere and looks to be asleep. "a…person?"
"she's like the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale, right?" Judar asked as he and Claire approaches Hayato from behind. "who you are seeing is the power source of Little Garden." He then turns to look at the eastern man. "she is Liza Harvey, my and Claire's little sister."
Hayato hardens his gaze a bit before he looks at Claire.
"you keep your own little sister in some sort of prison?" said Hayato to Claire who looks away for a moment before she looks back at him.
"I didn't do it because I wanted to." Claire stated before she frowns while looking at the sleeping princess in the sphere. "I did it in order to help Liza."
"help her?" said Hayato before he looks at Judar.
"you see, Liza is the very first Slayer and Variant artificially created by mankind." Judar spoke. "but one day, her power grew too strong and she fell asleep."
"what?" said Hayato while looking wide eyes before he hardens his gaze. "so? You wanted me to meet her? for what purpose?"
"to wake her up, of course." Judar replied while motioning a hand towards his sleeping little sister. "we have done some research on you and your power, and found out that there is a 50-50 chance that it might awaken her from her deep slumber."
"a 50-50 chance, you say." Hayato spoke out. "therefore it could be possible that she wakes up reacting to my powers, is that what you are saying? Why do you want to wake her up?"
"wouldn't you want to wake up your own little sister if she was in the same state as Liza?" Judar asked while placing a hand to his chest. "I may be the CEO of Warslan Inc, but I'm also a brother who loves his little sisters dearly, Hayato-kun."
'I hardly believe that' Hayato spatted internally before he looks at Liza whose capsule that he approaches.
"what do you want me to do?" the man asked Judar.
"just give her an ounce of your energy upon her capsule." Judar replied while pocketing his hands into his pants. "afterwards, we shall see how Liza reacts."
Hayato looks at Judar for a moment before to Claire who has a rather hopeful look in her eyes that says that she wishes for something to happen that might awaken her little sister.
The Savage Killer looks at her for a second before he looks at Liza and place a hand onto the surface of her capsule.
Hayato hardens his expression before his hand glows in a red aura that focuses and unleash his energy into the sleeping princess' capsule.
His energy continues to flow into Liza's capsule that began to unleash a very bright blue light that surprises Claire.
"Liza!" the Perfect Queen cried out as she watches the light grows brighter before it dims and everything went normal. "Liza?"
"Seems that it was a failure." Judar spoke out after sighing. "it seems that his powers weren't enough to awaken her."
"why do you want to awaken her so badly?" said Hayato as he backs away from the capsule and looks at Judar. "I'm beginning to doubt that it is because of sibling love." He then hardens his gaze. "I'm beginning to think that you wish for her to become a weapon."
"my, don't be like that, Hayato-kun." Said Judar with a smile. "I would never have my little sister become a weapon. I would never desire such a thing."
"then why?" Hayato spoke. "if you don't give me a truthful answer, I will see to it that my contract with Warslan Inc to help in their business, terminated." He hardens his gaze. "I won't ever work for someone who wears a mask that doesn't speak the truth."
Judar chuckles before he sighs and then looks at Liza.
"to be truthfully speaking, the reason why I wish for her to wake up is so that she can defend herself." Said Judar before glancing at Hayato. "you see, I have someone who is very much after her life and mine."
"Who?" Hayato replied.
"her name is Vitaly Tynanov." Said Judar. "she and I have a past together. She is very much on the obsession of wanting me dead." He then turns to face Hayato and Claire. "that is why we must wake Liza from her slumber or capture Vitaly. This is the reason why I wish for the capture of the Hunters who I have no doubt are her servants."
"Are you saying that the Cleanup Operation is the location of where the Hunters might appear?" Claire spoke as Judar nodded.
"It is for the greater good of mankind, Claire." Said Judar as he turns and began to take a few steps away. "we must do whatever we can to save the earth from those who dare to harm it." he then glance at Hayato. "don't you think so too, Hayato-kun?"
The eastern man merely hardens his gaze in reply before he glance at Liza.
A few minutes later, Hayato is on the elevator but only with Claire as Judar had left for an important business that he needs to attend to.
Claire stands by the left side while Hayato on the right side as he leans against the wall.
"I don't intend to speak about your little sister." Hayato spoke out as this made Claire glance at him. "if Karen was in the same situation as her, I would've done everything possible to keep her safe and wake her up." He then looks at Claire. "your family's secret is safe with me."
Claire looks at Hayato for a moment before she smiles and looks down.
"thank you." Said Claire.
Hayato nods back before he looks at the elevator door as a bell ring and they slide open for the two to exit and began walking in a hallway.
"you seem to hate him." said Hayato with a glance at Claire. "your brother, I mean."
"we should prepare for the mission." Said Claire as she walks to exit the elevator first but before she could, Hayato grabs her hand and pulled her to him. "wha?!"
Before she could say anything, Hayato takes her lips for a kiss that made her squeal in surprise but soon melts into the kiss when it lasted for 2 minutes.
Another minute later, both separated from the kiss as Claire looks breathless.
"w-why did you?" Claire asked in gasps.
"to tell you that even if your brother is such a sneaky bastard, you're someone I'm going to marry no matter what." said Hayato. "does that answer suffice for you?"
Claire looks at the man for a moment before she nods while having a very red face.
"I'll be going to my little sister first." Said Hayato while slowly letting go of Claire. "today is still our holiday and therefore, my promise comes first." He then turns and began walking away. "see ya later, Claire."
Hayato walks away as he held his right hand up and pinched the back of his palm with his left hand as his skin stretches and is reveald that he is actually wearing a plastic skintight glove that he takes off. The item in his possession has some sort of hi-tech scanner attached inside, the man pressed a small button on the scanner, and it ejects a small flash drive chip that he takes and holds.
"for the greater good of mankind…..is it?" said Hayato with a smirk as he holds the small chip while throwing away the glove into a recycling trash bin that soon began to let out small sizzling smoke. He takes out his PDA and inserts the chip into a slot, the device's screen glows and turns on before it began to do calculation of data which is soon sent away by email. The eastern man then stops by a corner and his eyes turns golden slitted while his lips formed a dark smirk. "yeah…for the greater good of mankind."
A few days later, Hayato and the others are standing in a tent as they had arrived at China and are being given a briefing about the current situation.
"please pay attention." Said Claire as everyone looks at a table that shows a 3D scale image of the area where the Savages are reported to be. "this is map of the mountains near the Tian Quan City in the Empire of Qin. at area TC023 and TC045, there's been numerous reports by scouts on Savages being spotted. There is an estimation of 40-50 savages at those areas."
"Talk about a lot." Said Reitia with a surprised voice.
"the Savages haven't come to the city to attack at all?" Fritz asked. "I mean, what those Savages only do is just destroy, right?"
"That is true, but impartially correct." Erica stated while adjusting her glasses. "mankind have only understood 5% of the Savages' biology, we have no clear clue on why they have not attacked the Tian Quan City."
"The talk on why the Savages haven't attack can be debated later." Claire spoke out while crossing her arms under her chest. "right now, we have to prepare to eliminate the enemy."
"right." Said Fritz with an agreeing nod.
"we also have reports of the Hunters being on sight." Liddy stated as she taps the table's screen that showed several photographic images of the Hunters lurking in the forest. "we have been told by Judar-sama to capture them for interrogation."
"is that man thinking of using them to obtain information about his target?" said Hayato with a glance at Claire who nodded.
"my brother is a man of many things." Claire stated while having a hardened expression to the photos of the Hunters. "Optimistic is just one of them."
At the Tian Quan City, Hayato with Reitia and Fritz are walking amongst the crowd as they were given a day to have a break and prepare for their mission the next day after the briefing.
"wow~! Talk about exotic everywhere!" said Reitia as she looks around the city and sees how much Asian themed shops and restaurants are everywhere. "everywhere I look, there is delicious Chinese dish everywhere~!"
"hey, don't get too pumped up before the mission." Fritz told Reitia with an easy smile.
"let's go there, Fritz! There's fried rice, meat buns, and Sweet Sour Chicken~!" Reitia squealed while drooling and her eyes sparkling like stars, the hobbit girl grabs Fritz's right hand and runs for the restaurant. "let's go~!"
"hey! Wait!" Fritz cried out but Reitia overpowered him thanks to her Sense Energy powering her muscles.
"There they go." Said Hayato while sighing with a smile as he watches Fritz helplessly get dragged into a restaurant.
Hayato began to walk alone amongst the crowd as he is going for their reserved hotel where they will be staying for the night.
As he walks to the direction of the hotel, he stops by a small shop selling Chinese themed souvenirs
"Karen will definitely love this." Said Hayato as he just went and bought some souvenirs for Karen as he held a keychain with a cute cat ornament. The young man walks yet again to the hotel, but he stops and glance to the side to an alley where he sees three cloaked people standing inside.
Hayato looks at them before he went and walked into the alley where the shadows cover him.
"is everything as planned?" said Hayato as the three nodded their heads before one threw something towards the eastern man who catches it with his fast reflex.
"Vitaly will be waiting for you at the designated coordinates tomorrow night." One of the cloaked figures stated before they disappeared in a blur.
Hayato looks at where they disappeared before he checks what he had caught, and it is a small microchip that he checks and inserts into his PDA. He checks and taps the screen a few times before his eyes widens for a moment and he soon chuckles.
"your mother really is a tease, isn't she?" Hayato asked as in the chip is a set of coordinates to somewhere in the area of his mission and an ultrasonic photo of an infant in a womb. "trying to give me so much spoilers about you."
Hayato smiles to the photo before he looks at the sky above and upon the full moon.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye