Notes:
I had to get this idea out of my head, so I hope you like it.
Sorry for any spelling mistakes this story may have.
Chapter 01. Seven Years Llater
That feeling of love always felt so real, because it was genuine. But the human mind likes to deceive us, just as it likes to annoy us by combining between dreams those memories that once made us happy.
That green-haired woman took her boyfriend's face in her hands, looked into his eyes with curiosity, those honey-colored eyes shone strangely. That was a rare shine and it was much more rare in someone without curse energy.
A smile appeared on her thin lips. "So don't be late, don't make me wait and come get me, Yuta Okkotsu..." Maki whispered before kissing him on the lips.
Those words sounded in Yuta's head while everything went completely dark.
"Yuta Okkotsu..." a voice called him in the dark.
Maki's sweet voice faded in that darkness, until it became a distant and ephemeral memory that his mind liked to bring up from time to time just to torture him.
All that happiness vanished suddenly as he returned to reality.
That dream was recurring and even a morning torture that happened very occasionally to that man.
Yuta Okkotsu, who was currently 26 years old, was a special grade sorcerer considered on par with Gojo Satoru.
Yuta had spent the last seven years of his life traveling the world, but not on a pleasure trip, but researching wizards, curses, and cursed items outside his native country.
But he never thought that he would return to Japan, that place that had undergone a drastic change in its society of sorcerers. With a new hierarchy dominated by Satoru Gojo, who was at the top above everyone else.
That place where seven years ago, the word love had lost its meaning. It's been seven years since he stopped hearing from Maki Zenin. The love of her life.
"Mr-Mr. Okkotsu" the voice of an assistant dressed in a tailored suit, began to wake up that black-haired adult.
That young brown-haired attendant named Katsumoto was too nervous to have to wake up such a dangerous man. The reports revealed that Yuta was a sorcerer to be feared, not only because of his rank, but because of how cold and sadistic he had become over the years.
Yuta opened his eyes little by little, which made that assistant feel afraid and even jump slightly in surprise, it seemed that the sorcerer had woken up in a bad mood since even in the darkness of his room he felt the heavy cursed energy that this gave off
That attendant swallowed before trying to respond politely, "Good morning my lord..."
Yuta slowly sat down on his futon, raised his left hand to his forehead and silently thought about that green-haired woman he lost seven years ago, or rather, who abandoned him.
"Maki..." Whisper. He felt an emptiness in his chest.
That assistant only remained motionless to one side of that imposing man, who combed his long bangs back and arranged his black hair.
"Sir-sir".
"What's going on? And stop calling me sir! I'm not old enough for you to repeat that word so many times! Saying it just once is enough" Yuta answered seriously, although he was "calm" his voice sounded impressive.
"I'm sorry about that" that attendant bowed to the ground putting his forehead on that tatami "It won't happen again."
"And? Why did you come to my room to wake me up? I have a terrible headache due to jet lag," he growled "what time is it in this damn place?" he asked as she covered her bare torso with the Yukata she wore to sleep.
"It's past noon, my lor" the servant censured himself so as not to repeat that word "And the reason why I came to wake him up is because Mr. Gojo wants to see him, he wants to invite you to have lunch"
Yuta sighed heavily. "Ok. Could you please open the windows so that light enters this horrible room" he order without further ado.
"Right away!" That assistant got up from his place and ran to the sliding door and made the servants who served that clan pass through.
Those traditionally dressed servants opened the sliding doors that that room had.
The light penetrated that place too quickly, revealing the luxurious but traditional room where they were. Fine shojis with traditional drawings, as well as a fine tatami adorned that place.
Yuta got up from his futon, stretched and began to change his clothes behind that traditional screen with a beautiful drawing of a sakura.
The sorcerer rejected the traditional clothes that he had been given to dress more modernly, while the servants of that residence began to lift the futon, as well as the trays from the previous night's dinner and other things that were on the floor, such as medicines for sleep, some cigarettes with their respective ashtray and other personal things.
"GGRR! DON'T TOUCH YUTA'S THINGS!" Rika came out in a threatening manner, at the same time that a servant was going to touch a necklace with two rings that were next to the futon.
That girl screamed in horror when she saw that curse approaching her furiously.
"NOT RIKA! DON'T YOU DARE HURT THEM! THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR US, I WILL PUNISH YOU IF YOU DO SOMETHING TO THEM!" Yuta scolded raising his voice, his furious look was such that it scared the servants more than the presence of said curse.
That threatening feeling could be perceived throughout the room, that made that curse squeal and become small, like a scolded puppy that later disappeared.
The maid was trembling with utter fear.
"Sorry, Rika is a very possessive curse" Yuta approached that poor girl.
He take that necklace with two engagement rings. One that was Rika's and the other for Maki, the one who could never give it to her.
Yuta squatted in front of that maid, whom he stared into her eyes.
That girl wanted to cry when she saw the eyes so empty of that man that not even with his smile full of mercy did he finish calming down.
"So, please, avoid touching my personal belongings, especially these two rings" that necklace was hung on his neck "If not, I'll be the one in charge of killing them instead of Rika, thanks" he stood up once he finished saying that.
All those present were silent. The rumors were true, Yuta was now a very feared man.
"Now," he spoke to his personal servant, that man in a suit who was the one who woke him up, "Guide me to Satoru."
"This way, Mr. Okkotsu." The attendant opened the sliding door for his master to get out of there.
"Where will I see Satoru san?" Yuta asked once he was out of that traditional room.
"He is waiting for you in the main room that overlooks the large garden. Mr. Satoru wanted to have lunch outdoors this time," the assistant commented.
"Okay, Katsumoto guide me through the long path please, I want to continue exploring the Clan residence" Yuta commented giving that order.
"Follow me here..." answered the man in a suit and began to guide him through those traditional but luxurious corridors.
Both men had been silent for a while as they walked through those corridors.
All the way, Yuta made sure that no other servants came following them and even took notice of all that space.
After turning down a long corridor and stopping in the middle of that place next to a large window, Yuta began to speak.
"Katsumoto, what have you found out about what I sent you to investigate about the Zenin twins?" He ask seriously.
The attendant stopped, swallowed and his body trembled as he felt his master's furious gaze. This awkward interrogation had just begun. Katsumoto turned as fast as his body would allow him.
"The truth, my lord" the words barely came out "There has been no great progress... everything is at the same point." he replied with fear.
"BUT I SENT YOU TO INVESTIGATE A WEEK AGO! AT LEAST YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUND MORE INFORMATION!" Yuta sounded annoyed at such a response.
" I know and I was trying hard in all this sir! I've been researching, just as you ordered me to do, tirelessly, but all the records on sorcerers throw me the same information about the Twins! One of them is married and the other is dead!" The assistant answered, checking his device.
"But do you at least know which twin is the one that is dead and which is the one that is still alive?! Do you know what happened to Maki Zenin?" Yuta asked insistently. Something inside of him wanted answers. He wanted to know why Maki had abandoned him seven years ago.
The assistant shook his head. —"The records do not specify anything else specifically my lord, I have searched in all the databases, but in all the records I get the same information and incidentally some things are omitted, such as the exact names of those involved and the dates on which some things supposedly happened" —he paused slightly while reviewing the information. —"I have not been able to convince Mr. Ijichi to allow me to review the reports from six years ago to date, nor He is an easy subject to hack..."
"And about the twin who is still alive... What information is there about her? Did you at least investigate who she is married to or where she lives?" Yuta asked anxiously. He needed answers. He needed to know if that woman was Maki and to know who she had abandoned him for.
The assistant sighed in discouragement. "From the little information that I was able to gather, it stands out that said twin is said to be currently living in Kyoto, although the truth is that it seems that she doesn't let herself be seen often" He adjust his tie because what he was going to say it made him very uncomfortable.
"Although it is rumored that perhaps she could have married a non-sorcerer... although this information is somewhat contradicted by one of the last official records of the clans, where it is said that this twin married another Zenin... Someone from his own family, something like a cousin or nephew." he answered with some fear.
Yuta was surprised to hear that. "SOMEONE FROM THE SAME ZENIN CLAN?!" He blurted out furiously, that seemed the most unusual in case that woman turned out to be "his Maki".
"Had she sunk so low as to marry into her own clan so she could be on her level? I doubt it. She wanted to exterminate them... but if her plan was to exterminate them from the inside, there is that slight possibility of marrying someone of the same lineage as hers just to become a leader... but" Yuta mentally questioned while his hand she was going to her chin.
"And did you investigate this information directly with them? With the Zenin's?" He asked, staring at the man in the suit.
Katsumoto slightly shook his head. "I researched it directly from the few files the clan sent to the headquarters about their census they did a few years ago. They are not very accessible either and the information they provide is not reliable either, but they definitely do not want to cooperate with the Gojo clan —Sigh —Much less Mr. Satoru and Mr. Ijichi let someone outside of them investigate further than what happened six years ago, when Mr. Satoru assumed the final position in the world of sorcerers" Katsumoto spoke somewhat discouraged.
Yuta breathed out in frustration. "I guess I'll have to convince Ijichi to let me see the files. I definitely wouldn't want to threaten him." He crossed his arms.
"Do you have any idea how you'll do that?" Katsumoto asked, looking at how thoughtful Yuta was.
"Yes, but for the moment I just want you to continue investigating, I need you to review all the civil records in Kyoto, as well as the marriage certificates and even the death certificates. I need to know what happened to the Zenin twins. I need to know if Maki or Mai are still alive. I also need to know what exactly happened seven years ago" — Yuta ordered, walking ahead of the assistant. — "I still find it very suspicious that they would send me around the world on such a risky mission all of a sudden, as well as it also seems very strange to me that they will return so unexpectedly to this fucking country…"
"Sir, can I ask you a question?"
"Tell me?"
"Why are you so interested in know about Maki Zenin?" Katsumoto asked nervously.
The sorcerer stopped suddenly, he felt his heart ache at such a question, he turned and stared at him, that look was so dark that it was scary.
Yuta fastened his necklace with those two rings and pressed them tightly on the space between his palm and his chest. "Because I have a pending score to settle with her," he said coldly. She had the aura of a killer.
"I understand..."
After that slight exchange of information. Both men continued walking through those traditional corridors. Where the servants who started bumping into each other bowed every time they saw Yuta pass by.
They were almost to reach the mentioned area.
When Yuta was caught by a woman he hadn't seen in years.
This woman had jet black hair, had a half ponytail tied with a nice white ribbon and wore a beautiful kimono in red and black colors, with beautiful gold borders and prints, worthy of a high society lady.
But what most caught his attention about that woman was the scar that stood out on the middle of her face.
Yuta's face changed from a gloomy one to one of happiness when he finally saw some old acquaintance and more than that he had not seen any of his "friends" or his "companions" in years, much less had they shown signs of life.
Ever since he landed in Japan a few days ago, he really felt lonely.
"Utahime sensei?!" Yuta named with great joy.
That woman didn't react the first time, it wasn't until they repeated her name out loud again, which was when she turned to that boy who was calling her.
"Utahime-sensei!" How long, I finally see a familiar face!" Yuta commented, quickly approaching her.
That woman was too surprised to see that boy. "And who are you?" she asked timidly.
That question confused Yuta too much. "Sensei, don't you remember me?"
"Not really... Have we met before?" Utahime asked with a somewhat nervous tone of voice, she really looked confused.
"Yes, we met almost ten years ago hehe, I was a student of Gojo Sensei" Yuta commented with a smile. "Well, when he met me I was a few centimeters shorter than Gojo and at that time time I had very messy hair."
That seemed useless, since Utahime shook her head slightly in denial.
"Sensei, do you really not remember me? Don't you remember any of my classmates either?" Yuta asked a bit discouraged.
That woman quickly exchanged a glance with one of her personal servant.
Her countenance was still one of pure nerves.
"Well, if you were a student of my husband Satoru, then at some point I'll end up remembering you hehe" Utahime commented with a nervous giggle.
"Husband? End up remembering? Utahime sensei, did something happen to him?" Yuta asked very confused.
"Excuse me" That lady made a slight curtsey "I suffer from a bad memory ever since I was attacked by one of those things... Those horrible things... What were they called?..." she put a hand to her chin trying to steady herself. remember that word
"Curses?" Yuta asked.
"If that! As I said, I only remember certain things Hehe... an apology for not being able to remember who you are..." Utahime looked a little sad for saying that.
"There's no reason to apologize sensei." Yuta took pity on him. "Still, I'd like to ask you a few things," he was interrupted.
"Until I find you! You were taking too long! You know I hate waiting!" a man shouted, that voice was accompanied by a suffocating cursed energy that filled that corridor.
Everyone looked at that man who was dressed in a fine blue yukata, worthy of a leader.
"Yuta, I was going to go look for you in your room to drag you out of there!" Gojo commented with a grimace. That man with white hair, continued to look very jovial even with traditional clothing and his almost 35 years.
"Dear, don't scold your guest, it was my fault, he bumped into me and we entertained ourselves talking" Utahime intervened with a shy smile, she seemed to fear her husband when he got angry.
Gojo sighed looking at his wife and their familiar.
"Well, if my Utahime says so" he kissed her forehead and caressed that scar with his thumb "Then I believe her" he smiled "you saved yourself for this occasion, Yuta" he said jokingly.
Utahime hugged her husband and kissed his cheek several times.
Yuta felt that too strange interaction between those two. And more because he remembered that Utahime sensei hated Gojo. Maybe he was wrong about that, he thought to himself.
Perhaps it could be due to that "amnesia", which caused her to be like this with Satoru, but it seemed that nothing was as she remembered anymore.
That scene also made Yuta feel uncomfortable. Because, for a moment, all the good memories he had with Maki hurt from the bottom of his heart. Causing his gaze to divert to the side.
Those gestures were noticed by Gojo, who adjusted his dark glasses.
"Well Yuta, come with us, I want to talk to you" Gojo ordered as he began to walk where he had arrived and his wife, who surprisingly, was three steps behind him. Something that Utahime sensei might not have allowed in the past.
"Yes" Yuta replied dryly. And before taking another step, he said goodbye to his assistant.
"Katsumoto, now go do what I order" Yuta commented with a very serious face.
His assistant only made a slight bow. "Okay," she commented nervously, "Anything, feel free to call me."
Yuta just nodded his head and went after that marriage that, for some reason, gave him a strange feeling that something wasn't quite right.
And that suspicion was noticed by Gojo, who turned over his shoulder to make sure that Yuta was following him.
Satoru carefully looked at Yuta, who was now only ten centimeters shorter than him with the six eyes. Besides that he could currently even be considered more attractive than the leader of the Gojo clan.
Deep down, Satoru felt that Yuta was a threat...
That lunch passed with "tranquility"
The one who spoke the most was Satoru, while Utahime remained eating in almost absolute silence the whole time next to her husband.
Yuta really found all that strange and more than years ago, Satoru didn't seem interested in being the leader he is now.
What yes, it seemed that that albino still kept his good and sour sense of humor, since he even made jokes or comments that he knew would make Utahe angry. But this time she didn't avoid them, on the contrary, she just laughed awkwardly or called him "my love" in a way that didn't seem to be herself.
"What the hell happened to Utahime sensei to make her submissive now?" Where are the others? And panda, Inunaki, Megumi and the other kohais? Where are they? What happened to you? They'll be fine? And above all... Maki, what happened to you?" Were the questions that bombarded Yuta's head, who was taken out of his thoughts quickly.
"And tell me, Yuta, how did you feel here in the Gojo residence?" Satoru asked with the usual joy.
Yuta finished drinking his coffee. "With this jet lag thing, I feel horrible... the time change is affecting me because I can't sleep unless I take pills or smoke a little" he replied dryly.
"Sooner or later you'll end up adapting," Satoru said as he added too much sugar to his coffee.
Yuta wanted to finish this quickly. " Let's get down to the main topic of this conversation, so tell me Satoru san, why did you call me to return to Japan against my will?"
"Wow, you have changed," Satoru answered with a touch of mockery. "Where did the shy and somewhat cheerful boy you were before?"
"She took that boy..." Yuta's words were blunt, but he knew who he was talking about.
"How gloomy" Satoru replied to such words
"But yes, let's get down to business" he settled into his chair. "You see, as you know, now that I'm the one who controls the world of sorcerers and with all this being on top, leaves very little time to solve special grade quests. So I need your help for a specific mission and more than you've become an expert abroad " he put his elbows on the table and his hands came together to hold his chin.
"A mission? You brought me here after years alone for a mission? Don't you have more special category sorcerers who can do it for you?" Yuta asked seriously.
"The only ones left now are just you and me..." Satoru replied, leaning back in his place.
"The only ones? What happened to Yuki?" the black-haired man raised an eyebrow at such an answer.
"She disappeared... or rather, we think she fled the country." Gojo began to play with his fork.
"And all the others? Where are my friends?" Yuta asked seriously.
"I don't know, I haven't seen them in years. Anyway, they should be out there safe and sound... or so I hope" Gojo replied without interest.
That really seemed too strange to Yuta. But Satoru didn't seem to want to cooperate.
"Then, what is this mission about?" Yuta asked with a touch of impatience.
"That's the attitude I knew you'd have! I'm glad you're already interested in this," Satoru commented with a big smile.
"I just want to finish soon to get out of this country... I no longer have anything to unite me here, my soul and heart no longer have a reason to be in these lands" Yuta answered quickly.
Satoru smiled smugly. As if he knew some deep secret or worse.
"Well, if your heart no longer has a home here, then I know that you will do this mission without fail!" He take some fruit dipped in too much sugar before continuing. "The mission is very simple, I want you to investigate a 'murderer' and delete it for me"
"A murderer? Satoru san, you know I'm not a policeman or a detective..." Yuta replied dryly.
"It's not a common assassin, but rather a 'a new sorcerers killer" Satoru answered with a big smile as he played with a strawberry. He pierced it with the fork until it spilled all its red juice as if it were blood.
The black-haired young man's eyes widened upon hearing that revelation.
Satoru sighed. "Yeah, I know, that sounds hard to believe." He simply waved his hands.
"And what clues do you have about this murderer?" Yuta asked with some curiosity. Nothing fit in this new Japan. Nothing was set as "ordinary"
Satoru smiled again "We think it's a 'ghost'" he brought some pineapple to his mouth.
"Rather, you would have meant a 'curse,' right?" Ghosts can also enter the category of apparitions or curses depending on their level" Yuta corrected.
"Nope" he replied with a pout, "This we are facing is neither a curse nor an apparition," Satoru answered, sticking his fork into some more fruits, letting their juices drip out in a disorderly manner.
"So?"
"We believe that he is a person without cursed energy and that he possesses enormous strength" Gojo finished that sentence with a big smile. "You have someone in mind, don't you?"
Yuta's heart wanted to stop at such an answer.
He only knew one person with those characteristics, but he felt that this was a bad joke, because a part of him did not want to have hopes about "that woman" whom another part of him thought believed that this woman was "dead". "
Somewhere in Kyoto.
"Tell her your..."
"You better tell her! You are the older!"
"Fearful!"
"Rude!
In a house in Kyoto, about six-year-old twins were arguing.
They were a girl and a boy with white skin, coal-black hair and eyes as golden and sweet as honey and who were at that moment in the living room of their house, looking at the hole in the sliding glass door that led to the garden.
They were thinking about how to fix that mess they caused so much in the yard, like breaking their mother's favorite vase.
Both of their clothes were full of dirt and they had one or the other scratch on their arms.
Those two little ones had gotten into a little big trouble, first by running around a small curse in the form of a fly, which had entered the patio of their house, because it had been chasing the Little boy.
Once it stayed in the yard, the curse began to bother the neighbor's cat, and this animal, in its eagerness to free itself, began to run over the flowers and the small garden that the mother of those two children had.
Seeing all the fuss that this curse was causing. Those two little ones had devised a plan to capture that little thing and eliminate it, but in their plan, they did not calculate the damage.
They used some of their toys like their baseball bats, as well as their garden tools.
When they finally managed to hit that curse with the bat, which entered the house due to the strong blow they had given it.
That curse went through that glass door, and the children had no choice but to run into the house once they heard that that curse hit something that ended up breaking on the floor.
And there it was, the fly curse had collided with their mother's favorite cactus, so strong was the blow that both the curse and the cactus fell to the ground, causing that thorny plant to come out of the ground.
"I caught it!" Shouted the little boy once he caught it under his bucket of sand.
"Oh no! Mom's favorite flowerpot!" the little girl shouted when she saw that disaster.
"Oh no! We're in trouble..." replied the very scared boy. "Mom is going to punish us! What do we do?"
"Tell her the truth" the girl suggested.
"Are you sure?" the boy asked fearfully.
"I am, if we explain to him, maybe he won't punish us for a long time" the girl replied.
"I hope so..." the boy sighed.
"So, you tell her!" said the girl pointing at her brother.
"What? Why me?! You better tell him what happened! You're the oldest!" reproached the boy.
"But you were the one who put together the plan!" scolded the girl.
"But you were the one who hit the curse with the bat!" It was your fault!" The boy got even angrier.
"Well, this wouldn't have happened if you weren't a magnet for curses!" reproached her twin.
"Idiot!" the boy yelled.
"fearful!" the girl shouted "One of us must tell Mom!"
"Tell me what?" A female voice came from behind them.
Those children hadn't heard their mother come in, they didn't even feel her because said woman lacked cursed energy. Which made her practically invisible to curses and sorcerers.
It even made her invisible to her children, who were already beginning to develop their gifts and powers as sorcerers.
Both children jumped in fright and turned to see their mother, who was standing behind them with her arms crossed over her chest.
"I heard everything, Yurika" She began to name them "Yuudai, do you have anything else to tell me?" asked Maki Zenin, who was the mother of those twins.
"It's just that..." Yurika joined her little fingers.
"We can explain it!" Yuudai exclaimed, waving his little hands.
"Good! I hear! Tell me what happened here" Maki commented without ceasing to have her arms crossed.
"It's that this curse at first, was chasing a boy who goes to our school and Yurika called it attention to leave him alone" Yuudai commented.
"Yeah! Since mommy is also a curse hunter, it was easy for me to get her attention, but I didn't think she would chase the 'crybaby" of Yuudai and so this curse stayed outside the house bothering the neighbor's cat, who crushed your garden plants for escape from the curse" explained Yurika.
"And by wanting to help the cat, we ended up chasing the curse through the garden," Yuudai commented.
"We swear mommy, this curse was very fast!" Yurika explained, moving her little hands in an example.
"So we made this plan to capture her, but we miscalculated the blow" Yuudai said, moving his feet anxiously as he lowered his little head and looked at the floor.
"We just wanted to be like your mommy, in saving people and exterminating curses so that they no longer bother animals and people" Yurika commented, also lowering her little head and looking down at the ground.
"Sorry for breaking the window and your favorite vase" they said at the same time.
Maki sighed, she couldn't be strict to such a scene, she knew that her children weren't bad children, she knew that they were a little naughty, but their cause was good and just.
Their mother crouched down on one knee and placed a hand on each of her twins' heads, stroking their thick black hair.
"Thank you for taking capture of the curse, you have saved a child and a cat from it... just next time, you better tell me before you make any plans, okay?" Maki caressed theirs cheeks.
The children nodded yes.
"And good? Where is the curse?" Maki asked curiously.
"Down the bucket" said Yuudai pointing to that red object that was beginning to move slowly.
"Ok, then leave this to me" Maki commented, pulling her children back, making them better hide behind the sofa.
She accommodated her glasses and went for one of her many weapons. She took a small dagger.
Maki quickly raised that bucket and how skilled she was with weapons and so fast that it was lethal, she exterminated that thing in no time.
Her children were fascinated by that and by the way, they admired their mother too much for being so strong and skillful.
"Ready! Now that thing won't hurt anyone else" Maki commented with a smile.
"But what are we going to do with the hole in the door?" Yurika asked.
"And with the cactus?" Yuudai asked.
Maki sighed as she stood up. "Well, I'll have to call someone to change the glass in the door and for the cactus, mmm I have an idea, your go get the gardening tools, the gloves and bring the broom by the way and the dustpan," she said with a smile.
"Right away!" said those two in chorus.
And so those children helped their mother with that disaster.
That cactus was moved to another spare flowerpot, the good thing that Maki had several because she knew that something like this could happen with two very naughty children.
"Mai was right, cacti are resistant" Maki commented once she observed that nothing had happened to that plant and the three pink flowers that it had on the tip of its head were still intact.
"This cactus was a gift from Aunt Mai?" Yurika asked curiously.
"That's right, she gave it to me as a gift when you two were born" Maki answered with a smile.
"Mommy, are we going to meet Aunt Mai someday? Your twin?" Yuudai asked with a touch of innocence.
His mother sighed at such a question. "I wish that could come true, I know she would have loved to see them grow up" she replied trying not to sound sad.
"Mommy, where is Aunt Mai?" Yurika asked curiously.
When Maki was going to answer that, her cell phone began to ring.
It was an incoming call from Mei Mei.
"Mommy, who's calling?" Yuudai asked curiously.
"It's Grandma Mei" she made a sign with her fingers that even her children laughed "Children, Why don't you go pick up your toys from the living room?, Aunt Nobara will be back from Tokyo very soon" Maki commented, taking her phone.
Those two kids ran into the living room while their mother was on that call.
"Yeah? Now what happens?" asked Maki with a bit of annoyance.
"My dear, I was just calling you to let you know that another mission has come up for you," Mei replied from the other end of the phone.
"It hasn't even been twenty-four hours since my last mission and I'm really tired today. Besides that I want to spend time with my children" Maki commented with a grimace on her lips.
"I know, but you know you still have a debt to pay me" she heard himself say through that speaker.
"But I have already paid my debt to you years ago! I think it's fair to take a vacation with my children, don't you think so?" Maki said with annoyance.
That answer made Mei giggle mischievously over the phone.
"And that I didn't charge you the interest on your past debt, but even so, this mission is super important that you do it, besides the debt I'm talking about is about your children... you know that if you want me to continue protecting them you still have to work for me for a few more years, because I bet that if you weren't under my protection… 'they' would have already gone for your children..." Mei commented with a serious tone.
Maki pursed her lips, she knew exactly what Mei was referring to and more than that her children could be in danger in this new world of sorcery.
Hearing them laugh, seeing them grow and taking care of them, had made her mature and more than that they were the only family she had left... especially since Yuta... abandoned her while she was pregnant.
Maki remembered that guy. Deep down she still missed him and she still had feelings for him since he was her first and only love.
But the resentment she had for what he had done to her seven years ago made her try to bury those feelings, as well as help her forget and move on. She though she sometimes wondered where he was, what she would look like now and if she already had someone else.
Maki looked once more at her children who were playing in the living room, shouting and laughing with joy.
She had to do that mission for them.
"Okay, Who should I kill now?" She answer coldly.