One week Later.
A week had passed since Seth and Samus part took in the mission that ended in Dr. Perez's death. Over the past week many things had happen. Madoka's Sith training was progress nicely. She was able to lift small objects using the force and was steadily learning Seth dueling style, but he started to notice that Madoka was better at using a staff then two swords. Seth would assign two IG-100 MagnaGuard droids to help her in staff training. Seth would begin training Madoka in soresu as her petite body type would work well in the form.
Seth had sense a change in Maya's, Chifuyu's and Natasha's mood towards him. He sensed fear in Maya when he looked at her. Disappointment in Natasha, and confusion in Chifuyu. The boy wondered why the three teachers were feeling this way when they looked at him. He wanted to confront them, but training Madoka was eating up a lot of his free time. He was averaging only four hours of sleep, which his body could run on, but he really enjoyed sleeping a full eight hours.
Seth was currently in class. It was a slow day today and nothing really exciting was going on. It was actually a pretty normal school day. There was no tournaments, nothing was trying to kill Seth. He was just listening in class.
"This is sooooo boring." Seth thought to himself. He was starting to daydream. While Chifuyu was teaching class, she noticed a zoned out look on the young man's face and him nearly passing out.
"Fairs, pay attention!" She didn't expect Seth to drop his face on his desk asleep.
"Oi! Wake up!" Chifuyu moved towards Seth and smacked him with her clipboard, but to everyone's surprise all they heard from Seth was a slight grunt as he continued to sleep.
Meanwhile with Seth.
"Where am I?" Seth looked around him and saw a field of sunflowers all around him. He started to wonder what was going on. He noticed that neither blaze or flame were talking to him. Something touched Seth. He saw a young Madoka playing tag with him.
"Onii-chan, you're it!" Madoka said as she ran away cheerfully. Seth was surprised by the young girl and he didn't move. Soon another voice spoke to him.
"Ichika-kun, Madoka-chan, come on! It's time for lunch!" Seth looked towards the source of the voice and saw a young looking woman. She was wearing a purple kimono and was short. Her long black hair swung in the wind as the breeze blew. For some reason, when the woman spoke she made Seth feel warm inside. Almost at peace.
"Is this a memory?" Seth asked himself.
"Ichika! Lunch is getting cold!" The woman said again. Madoka was already sitting at the table.
"Coming." Seth said as he started to run towards the old Japanese style house. Inside he could see the woman, a young Madoka, and a young Chifuyu. His sister looked to be around the age of 13 or 14. Seth was starting to wonder where he was.
"Come now Ichika-kun. Lunch won't eat itself."
"Hai." Seth said as he grabbed the chopsticks.
"Itadakimasu!" Seth said as he grabbed the food in front of him. He noticed that it was an odd fish soup dish.
"Ichika-kun, do you not like my Jappajiru?" Before Seth could respond a white light envelope Seth's field of view.
Back in the classroom.
Seth slowly began to wake up and notice an angry looking Chifuyu and the stares of all his classmate.
"Huh? Why is my head hurting?" Seth said as he held his head in pain.
"Five hits. It took five hits to wake you up." Chifuyu said as she couldn't believed Seth had slept through her smacks and she it pretty hard. Seth raised his head and wiped some drool off of his face.
"And the good part was just starting." Seth said as he woke himself up.
"Oh and what might that good part be?" Natasha smiled thinking Seth had a naughty dream and trying to make him blush. She didn't expect Seth to start explaining his dream.
"I was in a field of sunflowers and playing tag with someone when this woman in a purple kimono asked me to come eat lunch. When I got to the house a younger version of you sat down with us and we eat. Huh? Chifuyu-nee?!" Seth looked at Chifuyu and she was as white as a ghost.
"Ichika...forget what you saw." Chifuyu said.
"Huh?"
"Don't bring up this subject." She quickly went back to teaching acting like nothing happened. She left the whole class wondering what she was hiding.
Lunch.
It was currently lunch and Seth was trying to figure out what exactly was Chifuyu hiding. Seth was trying to remember the dream as best as he could. He started to relive the dream in his head.
"Ichika-kun, do you dislike my Jappajiru?" The woman's voice repeated.
"Blaze, where is Jappajiru usually made?"
"Normally in north Japan, but is famous made in the prefecture Aomori."
"Blaze get me three tickets for a bullet train to Aomori."
"Wait a moment...done! Three tickets to Aomori." Blaze said as she schedule three tickets for tonight's train. Seth would take along Akikaze and Madoka. Normally he would go alone, but he wanted to spend time with his son and sister. Plus if what he was thinking was right, then Akikaze coming would be very important.
Later that night.
Seth and Akikaze met up with Madoka at the train station and readied themselves to take the bullet train. They bought some snacks and a bento from the station. As the train began to move people started to fall asleep. Seth stared out the window and watched the scenery of the outside world.
The next morning. Aomori.
The bullet train arrived at Aomori late last night. Seth had checked his group into an inn and slept there for the night. Once the morning arrived he made the others breakfast. Once everyone was set the trio headed out.
The group made their way towards a location of Aomori that was famous for their sunflowers. Needless to say Akikaze was shocked by the sheer amount of sunflowers he saw. To him it looked like an endless sea of yellow flowers. The small boy ran into the flowers.
"Akikaze wait! Don't go too far!" Seth followed after his son who was running around in the sunflowers. Madoka followed behind the father and was shocked at how fast the little boy was running.
"How the hell are they so fast?!" Madoka asked as she had been chasing Seth and Akikaze for a few minutes now and was having a little trouble keeping up. As Seth was chasing his son he failed to noticed a sign that read 'Do not trespass. Private property'. He felt a hostile presences nearby his son. Seth used Accel and appeared in front of Akikaze. He used a powerful force push and knocked back two figures. Seth saw that they were wearing ninja gear.
"Huh? Ninjas? In this day and age? Madoka!" Seth grabbed Akikaze and quickly rushed towards Madoka. He brought out [Kurikara] and intercepted a blade that aimed at Madoka. He entered a bind with the woman that was attacking Madoka.
"Thanks Onii-chan."
"It's master. Did you forget your my apprentice? Here, take this." Seth materialized an electrostaff and tossed it towards Madoka. She caught the staff and activated it. The two tips of the staff started to release purple electricity.
"Set to stun." Seth said as he wanted to interrogate these people that were attacking them.
The two kunoichi that Seth pushed back, jumped towards Madoka with their katanas. She was caught off guard by the length of the blades as they were shorter than the scabbard that was carrying them. With the electrostaff she began to block the girls' strikes.
The older woman that attacked Seth quickly found out that she was in for a world of hurt. Seth, with Akikaze close by him, was not playing around. He easily parred all of the woman's attack. Seth noticed that the two girls attacking Madoka were about to land a strike on his apprentice.
"Get down!" Seth yelled. Without hesitating Madoka ducked and Seth ignited one of his lightsabers. He threw it at the trio. The red lightsaber cut the katanas of the kunoichis.
"What the- ." Madoka gave the youngest member of the attacking group a jab in the gut with the staff. The staff electricity knocked her out. Madoka wasting no time in knocking out the second attack.
Seth's lightsaber returned to him and he used it to cut the blade of the kunoichi that was attacking him. She jumped back and was about to pull out another weapon, but Seth suddenly put his lightsaber away. Suddenly the kunoichi found herself being lifted up into the air and an invisible force began to press hard on her neck. She started to gasp for air and placed her hands on her neck. Seth continued to choke her until she passed out. With all three of their attackers disabled, Seth decided to a dark side skill on the girls. He used Drain Knowledge to force his way into the girls minds.
"Well that's not surprising." Seth said without saying anything else.
"Onii-chan?" Seth quickly shot a glare at Madoka.
"Sorry. Master, what did you learn." Seth smiled at his apprentice.
"A good master does not reveal all his secrets at once. You will learn soon enough. Can you grab the small person while I carry the other two." Madoka did as Seth asked. She grabbed the small girl while Seth grabbed the two older kunoichis.
A short walk later.
Seth, Akikaze, and Madoka found themselves in front of an old Japanese style house. Needless to say Madoka was shocked when she saw the house plate said Orimura on it. Seth and Madoka placed their extra friends down and headed towards the door. Seth began to speak.
"Excuse me?! Is anyone home?!" Seth could feel someone moving inside.
"Hello, how can I help you? Eh?" A short woman wearing the same purple kimono came out. She didn't look a day older from the vision Seth had yesterday. Clearly the woman was in shock when she looked at the two people in front of her. She felt that she knew these two people. Seth decided to let Madoka know who this person was.
"Its been awhile, Okaa-san."
"Okaa-san?!" Madoka couldn't believe her what she just heard. The woman in front of them was their mother.
"Madoka? Ichika? What happen to you?" The woman was on the verge of tears. The woman jumped towards the two siblings and embraced them in a hug.
"You two got so big! Come in. Please come in. Huh? Who is this little guy." The woman was clearly interested in the small child, especially considering how similar he looked like her son at a young age.
"Wait. We need to grab the others."
"Others?" The woman asked. Seth and Madoka went back and brought the three kunoichis inside with them. They set them down while their mother prepared some tea. Once the three kunoichis woke up they introduced themselves.
The woman introduced herself as Chiharu Orimura, she was in her mid 40, but she looked much younger than that. The youngest kunoichi was only 13, but her body was a lot more developed. She had long dark blue hair and brown eyes. She introduce herself as Natsu Orimura, she was the cousin of Seth and Madoka. The next to introduce herself was Hotaru Orimura. She was 19 and had a petite body like Madoka, but she was a head taller. She had short dark brown hair and brown eyes. Like Natsu, she was Seth's cousin. The final person to introduce herself was Chidori Orimura age 23. Her body was modest in the sense that nothing was too big nor too small. She had long black hair and dark brown eyes and like the others she was their cousin. The three were siblings. The three girls apologized for attack them, but Seth forgave them. They had so many questions for each other.
"So now that we introduced ourselves shouldn't you tell us who the kid is." Chiharu asked.
"He's your grandson. Akikaze introduce yourself." The look of shock on Chiharu's face was priceless. Seth wished he could take a picture.
"Hello, my name is Akikaze Fairs. It's nice to meet you." The Orimura family made a mental note at the child's last name.
"Fairs? Shouldn't it be Orimura? Ichika did you get married? Who's this boy's mother?" As Chiharu was left speechless from learning that she had a grandson, Chidori asked Seth these questions.
"Well about that, there's some information I need to tell you." Seth and Madoka began to tell their own stories. Madoka being forced into a terrorist group. Seth told how he was kidnapped, joining the United States, and dawning the name Seth Fairs. He also explained that he was experimented on and mutated. He finally got to the point of explaining how he didn't know who Akikaze's mother was.
"I see. I can tell one thing. Considering the fact that Chifuyu is not with you three right now, means that you too came here on your own choice." Hotaru said to the trio.
"That's correct. In fact Chifuyu for some reason has never mention any of you or the fact that we're a family of ninjas." Seth said.
"It's most likely because she was trying to distance you two from us. Considering she stole you two the night before your ninja training was to begin." Seth quickly explained that Chifuyu had no knowledge that Madoka and him were in contact which had shocked the group. They were surprised to hear that she was a member of Seth's personal PMC. This is the point where Seth had to use a Trans-Am burst after he told them that he had traveled to different dimensions. Finally after learning the whole truth, the pieces had started to come together. Chiharu was impressed by her son's ability to adapt to his surrounding and grow stronger. She also learned why he came. She wasn't the only one he wanted to meet.
"I see. Honey you've been through a lot. Why don't you take it easy today. Mama will cook something nice for you too. Plus I want to spend time with my new grandson." Chiharu knew that Seth wanted to ask some question regarding his father, but she wasn't ready yet.
Over the next few hours, Seth and Madoka learned many things about their sister. Chifuyu was the most skilled student the Orimura clan had seen in centuries, but for some reason she decided to leave that lifestyle and take her two younger siblings away with her. Chidori was able to confront Chifuyu when she was escaping, but was defeated and warned that if anyone came after them she would show no mercy.
Seth wondered why did Chifuyu try to protect them from this lifestyle. It just didn't make sense. From what Seth learned, there was two possible explanations for the way Chifuyu acted. The first was that she had a different mindset than a normal person or the second was that his mother wasn't giving him the whole truth. He turned his head towards his mother who was playing with his son. All he could see was a woman who was happy to have a cute grandson. Even using the force, Seth detected no malice feelings.
He didn't know what to think, but he was overjoyed that he found his mother seemingly out of the blue, but suddenly he started to wonder why now of all times did he remember. The more Seth thought about it the less it made sense.
"A penny for your thoughts." Natsu said.
"Natsu, hey I should probably apologize for earlier."
"No, Ichika it was our fault for attacking you."
"But you ladies were just following orders mom gave you. Hey Natsu, we only met today, but you seem to know a lot about Chifuyu-nee, Madoka, and me for some reason."
"Chiharu-sama talked so much about you three. It was a matter of simply listening to her go on and on about you three. She was really hurt when not only her husband left her, but so did you three."
"Dad left her!" Seth was surprised by this shocking turn of events.
"Well I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I believe so, if you want to full story, you'll have to Chidori. She was the second oldest student and should remember what had happened. I mean I wasn't even alive so I can't give you anymore information than that, But enough of that Ichika would it be alright if I called you Onii-chan."
"Huh? I don't mind it, but may I ask why." Seth was wondering why his cousin wanted to call him Onii-chan for no apparent reason.
"Well I've always known you my entire life even though I've never met you. I'm sorry it's a foolish request feel free to deny it." Natsu's Face began turn a bright hue of red.
"No it's alright feel free to call me that if you want."
"Arigatou, Onii-chan." Seth began to enjoy the time with his cousin and mother. He realized that he forgot to message Samus, letting her know that he was okay.
Back at I.S. Academy.
"Seth are you here? I'm coming in." Seth's partner Samus said as she opened the door to his room with her spare key. She was shocked to find that Seth room was empty.
"Aran, what are you doing in my brides room? He's not here? Where is my bride?" Laura happened to be passing by when she notice Samus opening Seth's room and was shocked to see that his room was empty. The whole day everyone on campus have been trying to find any sign of Seth or his son. At first they thought he was just off-campus but as the hours went by they started to get worried.
"Where on earth did he go?!" Natasha said when she met with Chifuyu and Maya.
"We're working on it. Maya any luck?" Chifuyu said as she was keeping a calm composure. She had a really bad feeling about Seth right now. He leaves a the day after telling her that he had a dream in a field of sunflowers. She hoped that Seth wasn't where she thought he was.
Back With Seth.
It was now night and Seth had gotten Akikaze to finally sleep. Madoka was sleeping in another room so right now Seth was staring at the full moon that was out and sitting on the porch, listening to the sound of grasshoppers singing away in the night.
"Honey, are you still awake?" A voice whispered. Seth turned his head and saw his mother in the doorway.
"Yeah, just enjoying this night sky." Seth said. Chiharu moved towards Seth and sat next to him. She had a bottle of Sake in her hands.
"Care for some?" Chiharu offered.
"Thanks, but I'm ok." Seth refused her offer even though he already had drank his fair share of alcohol. Now the two of them sat next to each other in silence watching the field at night. Seth decided to break the silence.
"Okaa-san, you don't have to answer my question. I wanted to know, what happened to my father?" Seth asked. For a few tense seconds, there was a pause.
"...His name was Takeyo, and you have every right to know what happened to him."
"Okaa-san if its too painful, please don't force yourself to tell me about it." Seth didn't want to hurt his mother.
"Its fine, it has been eleven long years. I've had plenty of time to heal. I believe it would be appropriate to start from the beginning. Twenty five years ago, I was heading home one night after training with your grandfather, when I saw a bright light nearby me. I grew curious and decided against better judgment to see what that light was." Chiharu took a sip of her sake.
"I found a young man with brown hair and wonderful green eyes. He was wearing strange armor and was knocked out. I don't know what came over me, but I decided to treat his wounds until he got better. It was only a matter of time till I found myself falling for this odd man and I mean I had fallen for him completely. I couldn't even understand the man. He couldn't speak any Japanese at all and spoke something that sounded Nordic. I tried learning his language, but it proved to be too difficult. Somehow the name Takeyo stuck with him, so I just started to call him that." Chiharu finished her cup of sake and refilled it.
"But about a year after meeting your father, I found myself pregnant with Chifuyu. Before I never saw your father so happy, but after I gave birth to Chifuyu, he wouldn't stop smiling. Then a few more years I was pregnant again, with twins. Your father had a special look in his eyes when he held you when you were a baby. I could tell that you were everything to him. But something happened to him. He started to have a odd look on his face. Then a few days after Madoka and yours third birthday, I couldn't find him. I found a note written in a strange language. I tried to get it translated, but no matter who I took it too, no one could understand it." Seth could see that Chiharu was pretty sad, almost to the verge of tears. Chiharu was about to leave when she felt a pair of arms embrace her. She looked up and saw her son hugging her.
"Thank you for telling me. Okaa-san, do you have that note still. I'd like to see it."
"Sure thing." Chiharu happened to be carrying said letter in her kimono with her. She handed said letter to Seth and he opened it. His eyes shot open wide with shock. It was in Dragon.
"I can read it!"
"Eh? EH?!" His mother yelled in shock. She quickly remembered that Akikaze was sleeping nearby them and she most likely woke up her nieces.
"What does it say?!" Chiharu asked quietly must excited. Seth cleared his throat.
"This is a rough translation, but it goes along the lines of this; To my dearest wife, by the time you read this, I will be long gone. I wish I did not have to go, but I have been summon by my lord to return once again to the battlefield. I will use the 'Kel' to return to my world, but I will return when my task is finish. Even if I were to fall in battle, I want you to know my love for you is eternal. From Dovahkiin." Seth learned so much about his father in this small letter. He was the son of a Dovahkiin and knew that his father was a great warrior.
"Dovahkiin was that his name?" Chiharu asked.
"No it's a title like him I also call myself Dovahkiin." Seth knew that time in Tamriel was a lot faster then in his world so a lot of time had to have passed. If this was true, then over a hundred years had passed for Takeyo, he was probably dead. Seth however couldn't let his mother know this. He decided to turn in for the day. He said goodnight to his mother and got in bed with Akikaze. He fell a sleeping finally knowing what had happen to both his parents. Now he had to figure out a way to confront Chifuyu about his mother, but for now he decided to rest.