Miss Keen: She's right if its to much we can do this another time. I don't want this affecting your health
Yamato: (yells) No! I can't let myself slip like this, I don't want to fall to weakness or be useless again. If somehow I can do something to help, if saying what I know can somehow get us closer to solving the case of who the man was and why my parents were killed then I can't let myself fall to weakness again. I never want to be weak in a situation where I don't have the power to do or change something. Please let me finish Miss Keen, you said you would help me get stronger so please let me finish
Miss Keen: I'm sorry Yamato but you're in no condition to say anything else. I'm sorry but we have to stop now
Miss Murakami: What is wrong with you all? (shouts as tears role down her eyes) can't you see this boy is trying to do his best to get stronger? He is pushing himself and begging for your help and you all want to shatter his resolve. Why are you all so heartless and thoughtless? Can't you give him a hand (shouts as she cries) if you all wont help him push then, I will. Because I want to help…My patients!
Dax: She's right! Yamato you can do it
Karin: Yeah we are going to hear you out (turns to Miss Keen) will you help him to Miss Keen
Miss Keen: (sighs) Well. if he is determined I cant let him waste his resolve now can I?
Yamato:(wipes his tears)Thank you. Thank you guys so much
Miss Keen: Its fine yamato, just go on. Tell us what happened
Yamato: Right! When I got back to the fight, I found out that the intruder and my dad had exchanged attacks. My dad lost his arm and so did the attacker but my dad was loosing a lot of blood, at least from what I could see within that moment. My mum seemed to be furious and was not ready to let the intruder go. I only caught a glimpse but I could see my dad was in great pain and my mother stood her ground to confront the assassin. She had her sword pointed towards the assassin and was very serious, in fact that was probably the first time I had ever seen her that serious about anything. It was at that moment the assassin noticed me and rushed towards me, revealing a hidden blade he hid within the arm of his coat. I was too paralysed with shock and fear to move from where I stood and for a moment I thought I was going to die. But then, all of a sudden my mother jumped in front of the blade facing her back towards me and taking the knife directly underneath her heart, in that moment I could swear I saw my mother grin. She turned her face towards me and said "I thought I told you to stay put" she then fell on her knees and rested her head on my shoulders. My dad rushed the assassin even though he was loosing a lot of blood, though his attempt to stop him was vain. He was sent flying into the tree at the back of the house and didn't get up again, he laid down in a position that made me think he was dead. so the assassin believed he had finished him off.
The assassin seemed frustrated that everything was getting out of control and things had seemed to go a little off the rails so he brought out another hidden blade to try to finish me off again… (yamato trembles) but again…My mum (stops to compose himself) My mum who had already taken a hit for me, turned me around and had her back turned towards the blade, she was stabbed again and just like the first time all I could do was watch. While she was on my shoulder for a moment she turned to the strangers and said should couldn't let him kill me. The assassin himself seemed to be surprised by the speed she used to save me. The assassin then told me this wasn't what he had planned originally, he planned to kill them quickly while I wasn't home so I wouldn't have to witness it.I asked him why he needed to kill my parents after he did all this, but when I asked the answer I got wasn't one I wanted to hear.
Karin: What did he say?
Yamato: He told me he was given a mission and was asked to kill people. The reason? I don't know, the person who gave him the mission?I don't know. All I know was that he said he was asked to kill people and he said he could have killed anyone he wanted to but he chose to kill my parents all cause he could. He told me that there wasn't a reason behind it and there didn't need to be. He was a man who lived without reason or at least that was the message I think he was trying to pass on. There was a lot he said that I can't really remember right now but there was something he said that I will never forget. The problem for every action starts from choice it goes from CHOICE-ACTION-REASON and no matter the action taken good or bad no matter what side does this action everyone always believes there is a reason behind an action. After this I became so filled with rage and couldn't think straight, most of my vision wasn't clear after that but I just had one thing on my mind at that moment, there was one thing that was very clear to me. And that was to kill the assassin, I don't really know how but I started to....how do I put this...I started to explode!
Everyone: (yells in shock) explode?!
Yamato:.....let me explain it better. You see what happened was I started to feel very hot and then the next thing I knew everything around me started to burn and fire surrounded me like an orb, it felt like I was turning into some kind of bomb and was about to explode when all of a sudden I heard my mothers voice. I turned around and I saw her smiling as a tear dropped from her eye. And then all of a sudden I became calm, I could see clearly, I could think clearly.
Miss Murakami: So basically, your mother saved you (places her hand on her chest) it seems not even death will stop a mothers love from reaching their child.
Dax: Wait.. But when we got there your parents bodies where laying next to each other. So how did that happen
Yamato: Well after seeing my mum, the assassin disappeared but his last words to me where "He would be coming back for me someday" guess he's still bent on trying to kill me. My dad called out to me in pain and asked me to bring my mothers body over to the tree so she could lay next to him. So I did that and after, I tried to get help but my dad told me not to and said it was to late for him already. Said he wanted me to be there with him so he could say his last words to me, that he didn't want to go without letting me know how sorry he was for not being able to protect me and mum. He made it look like he had failed as a father, but the truth was I was the one who failed as a son.
(puts his hand on his head) Oh God! I never even apologised to my Mum and Dad for disobeying or for getting in their way, I'm such a horrible son. (Starts crying again) Mum, Dad I'm so so sorry. It was my fault and I'm sorry
Dax: Yamato. I know there's nothing I can say to convince you that what happened wasn't your fault. But I do know something else I can tell you and that is(walks to yamato and puts his hand on his shoulder) if you feel you want to make it up to them, then forgive yourself. If you feel you want to honour them then avenge them. But one thing you cannot do is blame yourself because if you do you wont change anything. Now if you know you cant do it alone and you need someone's help and someone's strength then i and Karin will be there to help you.
Miss Keen: Don't go about forgetting us
Miss Murakami: Yeah were here to help you to yamato. We may be to old to be your friends but we can still be your protectors and guardians. So count on us for help
Miss Keen: Wait, Yamato. You said the man wore a hood with a red eye on it, right?
Yamato: Yes I did. Why do you ask Miss Keen
Miss keen: Because I know that organisation. It's not something that's been made public yet cause they're still being investigated and not much information about them exists. But they are a cult who's members where recently discovered known as the 'Red Eye'
Miss Murakami: (looks at her) If it's top secret how do you know about it?
Miss Keen: Because at the time Yamatos father started to investigate them (turns to Yamato) Your mother came to me to talk about the new job he was given and how she wasn't too comfortable with it. She gave me some info about what it was, he was going to be doing and told me as much as she knew, I told her not to worry about it and gave her assurance that your father would be ok. But it seems I was wrong
Dax: (looks at Yamato) So this guy works for this organisation…cult I mean and that's what your father was investigating
Miss Murakami: That means we know his motive. He was sent to kill your parents to make sure they didn't go public. They were trying to silence anyone that knew about them
Miss Keen: If that's true then a whole lot more people including Yamato are going to be in danger. Including everyone in this room
Miss Murakami: That wont be a problem then because now we know and now were ready.
Karin: I'm still a bit worried. What happens if we get caught or we are no match for them?
Miss Murakami:(Pats Karins head) Children shouldn't worry about such things. Leave details like that to the adults, after all we both are bronze works
Dax: And we can help take some of those guys down (starts to punch the air) anyone who comes at us is finished
Miss Keen: There is still something I don't understand. And that's why your mother didn't use her water spirit 'mayura' or why your dad didn't use his ultimate technique 'terra nova'
Miss Murakami: (looks at Miss Keen) You and I know the damage those moves do and with yamato there they couldn't possibly use those techniques. Look what his corps party did to the tree
Miss Keen: Yeah I know that. But the fact that we lost two blacklist members, its just to hard to believe. I can't measure the power of the assassin since I don't know his technique. But there's just no way and from what yamato said about the 'x' on his head he was probably a paladin or did the assassin wear that just to throw us off
Miss Murakami: (sighs) Keen if u keep thinking like this your only going to tire yourself out. You need to save your strength for later
Miss keen: I guess you're right (sighs heavily) its just hard to accept
Miss Murakami: I understand, but we will find the person who did this and make them pay
As a sudden silence fills the room, voices from the other side of the door to the room grabs their attention
Nurse: (standing in front of the door) I'm sorry sir but you can't go in there, the amount of people who can go in is at it's maximum
Detective: then they will just have to make room (kicks open the door) i am Detective Daisuke and you, Yamato Toshido are under arrest!
Mrs Keen, Karin, Dax, Mrs Murakami and Yamato: (shocked)