[hikimi and toby walk to the next strand hotspot]
Hikimi: I wonder how many strand users are here.
Toby: I'm not sure I just want to get this done.
[hikimi looks at toby surprised]
Hikimi: why?, is something wrong?.
Toby: Nothing's wrong, it's just we're killing innocent people that do what they can to survive.
[hikimi looks at toby surprised]
Hikimi: didn't you kill innocent people?.
[toby looks at hikimi with empty eyes]
Toby: I killed the worst of the worst when I was in the military and when I was a hitman when there was a job to kill an innocent woman or child I never accepted because I was waiting for the jobs with terrorists or killers.
Toby: never get me mixed up as a mindless killer like how your captain is.
[hikimi looks at toby surprised]
Hikimi: what do you mean?.
Toby: You'll figure it out sooner or later.
[toby walks ahead of hikimi]
Hikimi: wait up.
Toby: Keep up, I'm not waiting on someone who thinks killing the innocent is right.
[hikimi and toby see the strand hotspot ahead of them]
[toby points at the house]
Toby: there it is, now hurry up so we can get this done.
Hikimi: ok.
[narimo inside hikimi's head]
Narimo: I want to warn you before you go inside that house.
Hikimi: ok, what is it?.
Narimo: that house used to belong to yoichi so please be careful not to destroy it.
Hikimi: I'll make sure not to destroy it.
Narimo: Thank you.
[hikimi and toby arrive at yoichi's house]
Hikimi: the voice inside my head said this house was owned by someone called yoichi.
Toby: ok, what does that have to do with the mission?.
Hikimi: They don't want us to destroy the house because this house means alot to them.
Toby: [sigh] ok.
[hikimi and toby go inside yoichi's house]
Toby: get ready they could be anywhere.
Hikimi: ok.
[hikimi pulls out her sword]
Hikimi: I won't use my oppressors strand here because it'll destroy the house.
Toby: ok.
[toby pulls his gun out]
Toby: At the count of three get ready.
Hikimi: ok.
Toby: 1..
Toby: 2..
Toby: 3..
Toby: now!.
Hikimi: ok.
[toby fires off a warning shot]
Toby: Wait a second.
[the strand users run after hikimi and toby]
Hikimi: Toby, watch out.
[hikimi uses her sword to cut three strand users in half]
Toby: Not bad.
Hikimi: thanks.
[toby uses his gun to mow down a horde of strand users]
Toby: That's at least 30.
Hikimi: how many of them are there?.
Toby: There's at least 20 more.
Hikimi: ok.
[hikimi uses her sword to cut a strand users head off]
Hikimi: there.
[hikimi sees a strand user behind toby]
Hikimi: toby!.
[toby turns around and sticks his gun in the strand users mouth and blows it's brains out]
Toby: thanks, that was a close one.
Hikimi: [sigh] finally they're all dead.
Toby: I know right.
Hikimi: Well, where's the next hotspot?.
Toby: I'm not sure.
[toby looks at the map]
Toby: The next hot spot is at an abandoned mall.
Hikimi: ok.
[toby and hikimi walk out of yoichi's house]
Hikimi: I'm tired after that one.
Toby: I know right.
Hikimi: the next hotspot is at the abandoned mall right?.
Toby: Yeah, I thought I told you a few minutes ago.
Hikimi: You did, I was just making sure we were going to the right place.
Toby: oh, ok.
[yadara sees hikimi and toby walk down the street]
Yadara: I guess I should meet the one that has narimo's saviour strand.
[yadara sees hikimi and toby get farther and farther away]
Yadara: Well there's no waiting with this one. If I get captured by her then I'll have no choice but to use my branch of power.
[yadara puts on his mask and jumps building to building to catch up with them]
Yadara: Here we go.
[yadara jumps off the roof of a building and runs at toby]
Yadara: you wanted me, here i am!!.
[yadara punches toby in the stomach knocking him out]
Toby: [cough] what the?.
[yadara turns around and looks at hikimi with dead eyes]
Yadara: So you're the hikimi sakuma I've heard so much about.
[hikimi pulls out her sword]
[yadara laughs]
Yadara: please, you know that saviours strand of yours won't allow you to kill me.
[hikimi looks at yadara surprised]
Hikimi: what do you mean?.
Yadara: oh, they haven't told you.
[yadara laughs]
Yadara: You are inside my sister's body.
[hikimi looks at yadara surprised]
Hikimi: what?.
Yadara: You are only a consciousness taking over my sister's body.
Hikimi: I can't be.
Yadara: Well you are, and you're taking over my sister's consciousness as well.
Hikimi: Is that the voice inside my head?.
Yadara: yes, it means that she is trying to take her body back.
[hikimi looks at yadara surprised]
Hikimi: what?.
Yadara: Here I'll give you a sneak peek.
[yadara takes off his mask and smiles]
Yadara: Just because my sister is inside of you doesn't mean I wont hurt you.
Hikimi: what?.
[yadara kicks hikimi in the ribs knocking her out]
Yadara: Now, it's only time before narimo takes her body back.
Yadara: Hopefully it's after I use the branch of power.
[yadara notices a police car in the distance]
Yadara: crap i got to go.
[yadara uses his executioners strand to jump building to building to get away from hikimi and toby]
Yadara: Just a little longer till i use the branch of power, until then i need to make sure the police know my intentions.
[yadara looks at the sky]
Yadara: [sigh] hikimi sakuma don't get in my way, i don't want to have to kill you.
chapter 42 january 30th