Seiko,sitting up, stares at her phone patiently.
"It's been hours since you've been admitted, but your spineless parents still aren't calling.." Kokoshi comments while packing her things.
Seiko frowns.
"Well, I'll be leaving now.. It's midnight."
"K-Konechan! Have you seen Aichi?"
"Oh.. yeah, earlier he was calling someone and he ran outside.. He'll probably come back.."
"Yeah.."
"Alright then, see ya"
After Kokoshi exits the room, Seiko lies down and places a pillow over her face.
*
"Raigi, so how was it? Did you confirm Aichi's feelings?"
"Oh Kokoshi, I've been looking for you. Yup! Positive."
"In that case, Operation AichiXSeiko has begun!"
*
"Hmmmm...hmmm..hmmm...hm..hm..hm..hm..hmm.hmmm..hmm..hm.hmmm.."
Taka hums playfully. Her legs swinging while she sits at a nearby stack of blocks.
"Is that DEAREST DROP* by Asuza Tadokoro? I didn't know you had that kind of taste in music.." Aichi converses while resting at a wall after running nonstop around alleyways.
"Aren't these your kind of music? Also, I doubt you went all the way here just to criticize me. Come on, Aichi! We haven't seen each other for almost 4 years! Stop acting so cold to me!"
"What do you want me to do, then?"
"Oh, y'know.. You should say something like, 'OMG, Taka I haven't seen you in a while!' And then you hug me. Maybe some kisses in the cheeks."
"....no."
"Ha! Just kidding!"
Aichi sighs, "Fine. I guess I can break up some conversations if that's what you want.."
"Yeeeey!"
"But, you gotta answer my questions after that!"
Taka chuckles, "Fufu, of course!"
"Alright, so what brings you to Seijo?" Aichi cracks open and sips on the Breeze Of Childhood.
"For some EJKs, of course!"
Aichi spits the drink in shock.
Taka hysterically laughs.
Aichi wipes his face.
Taka laughs less, "Ha, still though, you're not angry at me for attacking your partner?"
"I swear, if it was someone other than you, I would be raging."
Taka starts laughing again.
After she calms down, they continue.
"Y'know, you should stop it with that dream of yours,"
"You mean becoming a serial killer?"
"Yeah, cause, Killer isn't really a reliable job"
Taka sighs and the stands up and walks towards Aichi,"Aikun, I've already made up my mind. I wanna be like my dad and all those characters in movies. But unlike them, I will do it with justice in mind."
"Is attacking innocents in a telephone booth considered justice to you?"
"Those were orders!"
"..."
"..."
"Orders of who?"
"..."
"Aichi stands and tosses the empty can aside. He grabs Taka by the shoulders and quickly spins around, pinning her to the wall, "Taka, who ordered this and why?"
Taka begins to feel uncomfortable and starts turning red.
"Tell me, Taka please,"
"I-it's.."
*
Aichi let's go of Taka, "So that's it.."
"..."
"I should tell this to Seiko and the others" Aichi gets ready to run out of the alleyways.
"Aikun.."
Aichi turns around "Oh,right.. Thank you, Taka.. Take this as your first step to not becoming who you want to be.."
Taka chuckles.
"T-Taka?"
The chuckle turns into a laugh. Shadows cover Taka's eyes as Aichi feels evil radiating from Taka, "I've already told you, Aichi, I've made up my mind,"
Aichi starts to distance himself.
"Surely you remember my Figure.." The asterisk symbol on her hand glows.
Aichi's eyes widen and he turns to dash out of there.
Taka yells, "Gone With The Wind! Your memories will now fade!"
Aichi feels cool air hit his face and then collapses to the ground.
Taka walks towards Aichi's fallen body and begins to take off her jacket, "Information, the worlds most important abstraction. It has so many uses that it is what enabled humanity and still fuels it. But the universe's most valuable treasure has no guard nor temple to protect it. Even a weak breeze is enough for it to cease. That is my figure, Gone With The Wind. I have the power to overwrite any information that can be traced back to my identity with nothing but the air as my limits. And I mean any information, including fingerprints, memories and even light."
Aichi stays unconscious.
"...ehhhhhhhhh? Who am I even talking to?" Taka completely takes off her Jacket revealing that she was wearing a business suit under it and then she removes her hair pins and lets her hair down. "Alright, you can come out now."
Multiple people began to exit from the shadows, they were wearing silk clothing with the Gendaishi Organization logo on them. She orders them to place some police tape in around the area.
Taka crosses her arms staring at Aichi, as if guarding him.
*
November 20, 2017. The day Aichi Shirogane transformed, reverted and became a Gendaishi. Before that, he was a prideful, arrogant and outgoing 12-year old, the polar opposite of who he is now. His skill in, not only chemistry but almost all branches of science was something to behold. His IQ was calculated to be 195. Not only that, but he has horrifyingly keen deductive reasoning, having the habit of getting clues and leads from things that have absolutely no relation to the result. He was a prodigious child. But then tragedy came, his transformation into a Mojidori killed his father and many of his friends. The only remaining friend he had left...was Taka. She herself had many things going with her. Taka Shinsuki, was a fan of many horror movies as a child but suddenly, the reveal that her father was an extrajudicial serial killer was something that caused her to see something. She realized that the admiration she had to these monsters can be used to bring justice to people. And that became her ultimate ambition. She became close to Aichi since he was someone who actually, to a point, understood her. But after he became a Gendaishi, the trauma changed Aichi. He developed an inferiority complex and a new personality. The Aichi that Taka trusted began to fade, and she didn't want that. So she forcefully transformed herself.
After becoming a Gendaishi, Taka believed that she is now much closer to Aichi but..
"Idiot, what were you thinking!?"
"A-Aikun.."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because.. I wanted to be just like you!"
"No.. Can't you see the trauma that I've been experiencing?!"
"B-but.."
"You're lucky you reverted! If you didn't, I would've needed to eliminate you! You dying.. and with my own hands.. just thinking about it gives me disgust.."
"A-Aikun.."
"Don't do something stupid again.."
"I-I promise.." She begins crying.
Aichi hugs the sobbing Taka.
But they say that don't make promises you can't keep. Taka left Seijo City shortly. And Aichi never heard from her for almost 4 years.
*
Aichi wakes up panicking.
Taka calms him down, "Aichi, calm down.."
"Huh? M-Miss Shinsuki! What are you doing here in Seijo? And why did you call me by my first name?"
Taka's became silent, "Oh right..."
"Miss Shinsuki?"
"It's nothing.."
"Ugh.. I remember finding out who Seiko's attacker was but I can't seem to recall my verdict nor any of the leads or clues I found..."
"It's okay.. as you can see.. Some workers from the Gendaishi organization came in order to arrest them.."
Violence against Gendaishi is a crime above crimes. Instead of police, workers from the Organization are to arrest them and to bring them to Tokyo where they will have a trial, the punishment is Death.
"Can I see the attacker?"
"They left a long time ago, they are already on their way to Tokyo,"
"I see."
"..."
"Well, Miss Shinsuki, I should return now. They're probably looking for me.."
"I will see you when I see you, Shirogane.."
And Aichi was off.
*
Some of the workers were conversing, "We went all the way here, just to stage an arrest.." "All this, just to slow down their progress.." "Actually, I feel bad for the Seijo Gendaishi.."
Taka ordered, "Men, your helicopter back to Tokyo will be arriving soon, you should get ready.."
"But Miss.. how about you?"
"I'll be staying here for another day.. My deal with the Lieutenant General is that I may operate here in Seijo for 3 days.. The mission has been completed on the second day.."
"I understand.."
And the workers left.
Taka turned and grabbed her Jacket. While she wore it, a small photo dropped from one of the pockets. She bends down to get it. It was a photo of her and Aichi 3 years ago. Aichi had the same wallpaper on his phone..
Taka remembered placing the photo into her jacket before boarding the helicopter to Seijo, "This should remind me to say sorry to Aichi for leaving so abruptly a few years ago!"
Tears started falling onto the photo and Taka fell on her knees, "I wasn't..able to say sorry.."
"Hm? Who's this?" On his way to Seiko's room, Aichi opened his phone and saw his wallpaper and then went to the Settings app, "Oh well.." Aichi changed the wallpaper to him and Seiko.
Back at the alleyway, Taka mutters, "From now on, Aichi will never remember those days... In that case... Farewell, Aikun.."
*
Aichi enters Seiko's room. She was asleep, "Oh man.. It's almost midnight.." Aichi looks at the sleeping Seiko and his eyes widen as he sees the pillows around her face wet. Aichi realized what was going on.
"She.. cried herself to sleep.."