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Kyou made no Melody - Chapter 9
A Few Hours BeforeI woke up with lights in my eyes and the smell of coffee. I turned and saw Sae already pouring herself a cup of the brown liquid to a cup.
“Hello.” Said Sae. “You seemed to be very tired.”
“I am.” I sat up and accepted the cup. I took a sip, feeling the bitterness of the coffee. As bitter as the news Mayu told her. I decided to break the news for her, I typed up a quick note in her phone, all the things Mayu said, before passing it to Sae.
We’re bugged, this is the only way. Umechan is missing. Kana is safe. Jurina stands by as our back up.Sae’s eyes widened, I could see a flash of worried in her eyes. She bit her lips hard, but she tried to keep her breathing steady.
If Umechan is captured, Kana is no longer safe. Can you contact the safe house?Can’t risk it. If they got Umechan, we’ve got no choice but to safe her and find Sashihara now.We’re told to gather in the dining hall in an hour. I think Yamamoto got something scheduled for four of us. We’ll stick to the plan for now.What if we met Sasshi?We’ll grab her by the neck and lock her up in the car’s back trunk.What if we’re busted?Then we'll fight our way out.You’re so dense, Sae.I’m sure they’ll show us the way to the control room where the CCTV are, one of us can sneaked there and hack it so it goes out just for a few minutes. We’re on our own now, Yuko..I know. But this mission has turned into a suicide mission.I sighed and looked at Sae. This mission has turned into rather a suicide, we have no clue what’s going on here nor the complete information inside the mansion.nA knock at the door made Sae stood and open the door, revealing Churi and Airin.
“Airi told us to get some breakfast. She said there will be a special tour conducted by Sayanee.” Said Churi. “You guys looked rather pale, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Said Sae. “Just hungry.”
“Yea.” I nodded. “Let’s get something to eat now.”
After a plate of porridge and a quick sip of tea, I leaned back on my seat and watched the others still eating. Sae is still spooning her yoghurt, Churi’s still busy munching a toast, while Airin is still enjoying her scramble eggs.
The door burst open and revealed Sayanee with Airi on her side. The NAMBA boss looked a bit tired for some reason, but she seemed to be keeping composure steady.
“Good morning, Ladies.” She smiled. “I have something special today I’d like to show you all. Please finish your breakfast quickly and Airi would take you to my favorite room in this mansion.” She announced before leaving the five of us.
“So, Airi..” said I said putting down my yoghurt. “You work for NAMBA? Where’s Jo?”
“She’s probably having a lesson with her tutor right now, miss Miyazawa.” Said Airi. “Sayanee knows what you two have done for her, she gives her best gratitude towards you two for saving her cousin. How about the other friend of yours, Oshima-san?"
Crap... I was with Kana when I saved Jo.. I suddenly remembered, avoiding Sae's cautious eyes.
"We separated. It was the four of us before we separated in the gas station, she's gone off to somewhere else with Sae's friend." I lied as natural as possible. “So Jo is Sayanee’s cousin?” I asked trying to turn the conversation.
Airi nodded, “Jo-sama’s father is also one of the founders of NAMBA, miss Oshima. He died before she was born, not knowing his legacy nor NAMBA itself.”
“So she doesn’t know that her cousin is running one of the best dark company in Japan?” asked Churi.
“No.” said Airi. “Sayanee wishes that none of you would spoil the news to Jo-sama, remembering her young age. Personally, she doesn’t wish her to know anything about NAMBA.”
“We got that..” I nodded. “Where will you be taking us?”
“Somewhere pretty high tech I have to say.” Smiled Airi. “Follow me.”
We finally arrived in a room filled with many monitors displayed on the walls and a set of sofas placed infront of them. I squinted my eyes and noticed that the monitors are showing the whole mansion one every angle.
“Welcome to the CCTV room.” Said Sayanee sitting on a sofa, gesturing us to sit with her. “It monitors pretty much the whole mansion for safety precautions.”
“Let me guess, you hear bugs to from here, don’t you?” asked Airin. “I can see a lot of bugs in our room.”
“Please forgive me, Furukawa-san.” Said Sayanee humbly. “Standard procedure, I have to keep my ears on you all at least for five hours. Don’t worry, I have lifted the bugs off from your room so it should be safe to..” she looked over to Airin and Churi. “Interact closely..”
Airin and Churi’s face blushed instantly, Sayanee laughed. “Don’t worry, I have no issues on sexual interest as long as they keep themselves professionals, understand?”
“So we’ll be working here?” asked Sae looking around. “I might be dizzy if I stayed in here for an hour just watching monitors.”
“Ah, there will be shifts for everyone in this room.” Said Sayanee. “I’m not sure, but has Maachun made the new roster?” she asked Airi.
“I think she did.” Said Airi. “You guys can check it out in the formal hall.”
The door suddenly opened and showed a girl dragging over someone by the neck. The figure was thin, despite dragging over someone rather plumpy, she seemed to be doing fine.
“I found a mouse sneaking in the property.” Said the girl pushing her hostage down on the floor.
For a moment, I was worried it might be Umechan judging from the short figure. Her head was covered with a small sack, but I knew it was a girl. I glanced worriedly at Sae and saw her jaw tightened slightly.
Sayanee stood up and approached the hostage, kneeling before opening the sack. It revealed a young girl, possibly sixteen or so. Her brown hair was messy with a few bruises and cuts on her face, her gray eyes looks up on Sayanee. I watched her facial complexion, noticing that she must’ve been a halfie. Sayanee grabbed the girl’s collar and ripped her jacket slightly, revealing a black tattoo printed on the girl’s collar.
“A HAKATA…” mumbled Sayanee. “You know where to take her, Rena.”
“Let’s go now.” Said Rena shortly pulling the girl to stand up.
The girl glared at Sayanee, “You raided our place, Yamamoto! Just wait until we get our hands on you!”
“I remembered blowing your base quite nicely.” Said Sayanee.
“Ho’oh, and that’s just the beginning, Yamamoto! Now give back Sasshi!!” yelled the girl struggling on Rena’s grasps.
My eyes flinched a bit hearing Sashihara’s name. My thoughts are this girl must’ve had a lot of guts wanting to save a jerk like her.
“Ah, you’ll be meeting her soon, kid. Very soon.” Said Sayanee assuring before signaling Rena to take her away.
“Is that kid talking about Sashihara?” asked Churi. “The ‘Sashihara’?”
“Rang a bell, miss Takayanagi?” asked Sayanee with a raised eyebrows.
“She’s a highly professional informant.” Said Airin. “We asked her once about one of our target.”
“She knows nearly everything.” Said Sae. “What I mean everything, it means
every single thing.”
“Well, just to let you know we raided HAKATA a few days ago. She’s under our custody now.” Said Sayanee.
“What do you want with her?” I asked.
Sayanee gave a sly smile, “Just needing a bit of information on government for our plans. I might get you guys into it soon enough.”
“You guys can stay here if you want, I’ll call you once I got an assignment for you to do.” Said Sayanee before she excused herself out of the room.
“So what do you think?” asked Airi sitting on the sofa with us. “NAMBA has all you need.”
“Do they have a weapon expert here? I might want them to check on my guns.” Said Airin.
Airi smiled, “I am one, Furukawa-san. There’s also a Bomb Expert here, not forgetting she’s also a five star chef.”
“Must’ve been some blasty food she creates..” said Sae.
“Where did Sayanee send the kid to?” I asked.
“Usually she sent them straight to Kei, our torturer. But seemed like she sent her to the dungeon instead underground, considering she’s just a kid.” Explained Airi. “Sayanee might look cold blooded, but she has tolerance for kids.”
“Where’s the toilet, I think I need to go.” I said suddenly.
“Just outside, turn to the left.” Said Airi.
I went out from the room and walked in the direction she told me to. I felt a cold hand on my mouth all the sudden, I struggled until finally I looked in the mirror and saw the familiar face in a servant uniform.
“Kana!” I whispered. “What happened to you?”
“They’ve got Umechan locked up somewhere and they blew up the safe house as soon as they tracked down our communication. I flee on foot to the gas station.” Said Kana briefly. “I found another entrance to the underground tunnel, close to the gas station and sneaked in.”
“You sent an SOS to the base, Mayu called me and said Jurina is standing by as back up.”I replied turning on the tap loudly to prevent bugs hearing our conversations.
“Yuko, I’ve watch everything for the last five hours here. I saw Milky and Lemon walking in here, they’re the doubles the whole time.” Informed Kana.
“Milky and Lemon?” my eyes widened upon hearing Umechan’s subordinates mentioned. “That’s surprising.”
“Fujie Reina was also with them.” Said Kana. “However, she looked confused when I watched her from distances.”
“Reina?” I asked. “Is she doubles too?”
“I’m not so sure.” shook Kana. “She was with this girl named Nana the whole time instead with the two. She kept asking for Sashihara.”
“She asked for Sashihara?” I curled my lips. “What does she want with her?”
“I think she wants information too from her.” Said Kana. “Something that’s also involving NAMBA.”
“Well, we can’t let that happen can we?” I whispered. “Be careful of cameras around, Kana. Don’t let them found you out.”
“I’ve seen it and noted some of the blind spots.” Said Kana before handing a pack of band aids. “Mocchi made this. It’s designed to malfunctioned surveillance cameras by sticking it to the camera, I’ve been using this to get pass some of the cameras around. This too.” She handed me a bar of chocolate, but I knew the mass wasn’t just simply mixture of cocoa and sugars.
“Plastic bomb, gives enough damage depends on where you put it.” Said Kana. “Be careful.”
“If you found Sashihara, get her straight out of here. Sae and I will look for Umechan.” I instructed before punching fist with Kana and she sets off. I turned off the water tap and also went back into the room.
Back in the CCTV room, I only found Churi sitting on the couch watching the monitors like teenagers watch TV at their homes. She looked quite relaxed as she switched the big monitors from one place to another.
“Where’s Airin and Sae?” I asked the bird lover.
“Gone with Airi to have further tour.” Said Churi. “I’d rather stay here however.”
I sat next to her, “Can you find the one that shows the dungeon? I’m wondering about the girl earlier.”
“Sure.” said Churi pressing the buttons on the remote before stopping at a scene like some sort of a warehouse. “Whoah, is that Sashihara?”
I leaned in and saw the figure she’s talking about. Sashihara was crossing her arms she doesn’t looked so pleased as her mouth seemed to be arguing with someone.
“I don’t think she’s happy.” I chimed in.
“I’ll go and try get the audio on.” Said Churi fiddling with the remote. After a few pressings, we can hear it up.
“Let go off her, Sayanee. She’s just a child!” yelled Sasshi to what appears to be Sayanee herself.
“We don’t have a deal on that, Sashihara you know that.” Replied Sayanee.
“And I don’t make a deal until the old one is done.”“You promised me, Sasshi.” Said a new voice. My eyes widened when I saw the familiar figure of Reina holding a gun pointed to the informant’s head.
Sasshi put her hands up,
“Fine I will. You want to know who killed Oshima Mai don’t you, Reina?”My eyes widened up more upon hearing the name mentioned, bringing up memories of the past times…
“Tell me!!” yelled Reina furiously.
Sasshi looked at Sayanee,
“You want to know who killed your dad don’t you, Yamamoto?” “Just spit it out!” yelled Sayanee.
“Fujie Reina was also with them.” Said Kana. “However, she looked confused when I watched her from distances.”
“Reina?” I asked. “Is she doubles too?”
“I’m not so sure.” shook Kana. “She was with this girl named Nana the whole time instead with the two. She kept asking for Sashihara.”
“She asked for Sashihara?” I curled my lips. “What does she want with her?”
“I think she wants information too from her.” Said Kana. “Something that’s also involving NAMBA.”Masaka….Sasshi’s face went intense with two guns, but she kept her breathing steady.
“What is she saying…?” asked Churi. Then she caught my expression, “Yuko-san? Hey, what’s wrong..?”
I didn’t answer, instead I dialed Sae’s number from my phone. Hoping her to pick it up..
No answer, I cursed as I watched Sayanee pointed back her gun at Sasshi again.
“Who else? Is it someone from these four?” asked Sayanee motioning Akari holding a tablet to come closer.
“Which one is it, Sasshihara?” asked Akari coldly, showing the photos of the four of us.
“Wait a sec! Is that our photos?!” squeaked Churi looking at the monitor.
I didn’t answer. I watch Sasshihara’s lips curled upwards upon the tablet in satisfied, she definitely knew who she needs to point now.
“You two better share Oshima Yuko nicely if you want to have sweet revenges on her.”I can hear Churi’s gasped beside me in instant. I saw her face getting pale and shocked. “O-oshima-sann..?”
“Sorry Churi.” I whispered. Before she could answer, my fist punched her stomach first. Causing the girl to crumbled to the ground with a groan.
“No way…. She’s here?!” “Akari, alert everyone. I want her alive and locked up in Kei’s chamber.”“Roger.”
“Oh, you might also want Miyazawa too. She’s involved in the assassination mission on NAMBA’s bosses.” Added Sasshi
“Miyazawa-san too?”
“Most likely she was the one to kill the other NAMBA bosses.”Shit, they’ll go hunt for Sae too! I cursed.
I looked around to look for a certain item. When I found it, I scrammed for it and opened the zipper of an ‘Emergency Only’ pouch located in a metal box hung above a desk. I grabbed the map inside and headed towards the door. Before I opened the handle, I glanced back at the unconscious Churi and the monitors. An idea kicked in and I quickly responded to it by reaching for an elegant ornament of a sword hanging on the wall. I smashed the sword’s hilt as hard as I can to each of the monitors in the room, glass breaks and the alarm rung. I had to get out now.
I walked out and saw two figures incoming towards me with weapons in their hand. I rushed to them in flash and dodged a punch to the side and landed knock at the base of the neck on one and a kick to the face on the other one. Both fell to the ground easily and groaned before blacking out. I grabbed their handheld guns and their ammos before dashing off to the corridors, avoiding big parties by hiding behind walls until I reached the bathroom. I entered a cubicle and set the map out infront of me and dialed Sae again.
“Pick it up…” I begged lowly at the phone.
Miraculously this time she did picked it up.
“Yuko!” she hissed.
“What happened?! I was with Airin and Airi, then all the sudden everyone burst in to attacked me!”“Where are you now, Sae?” I whispered. “Sasshi blew our cover, I saw it in the monitoring room. They have Umechan..”
Sae cursed,
“That bitch, I’ll get her mouth stuffed with a shoe if I get to meet her later. I’m in some room on the second floor, now. I managed to get out with some smoke bombs in my pack.”“Meet me in..” I looked at the map. “the kitchen’s store room in five minutes.”
I heard the toilet door opened and quickly closed the phone off. I kept my mouth shut and held my breath as the footsteps came closer and closer. I was prepared to get slid below the cubicle door to attack when suddenly I felt a sudden heat burst coming from the side and followed by heaps of metals scraps. I was thrown to the side and felt my a crack on my right shoulder as I felt the cubicle wall crumbled upon the impact.
I could hear vaguely the voices of people calling each other and my eyes went blurry, something must’ve hit me hard that it effects my sight. But I managed to rose on my feet and welcomed the first fist attack before giving back the favor right on the chest. I can feel more people coming in and felt hands grasping each part of my body or landing at least a punch upon it. I felt the blood slipping out of my lips by the count of tens or hundreds of strong punches on my body, my consciousness were slipping out..
“Ugh….” I looked hazily in front of me and saw someone holding out a strange sparkle of a light. I can’t recognize what it was except that by the time it landed on my abdomen, my mouth screamed out and darkness took over me.
Third person’s POV - A few Hours LaterUmechan opened her eyes faintly and saw the dim bulb above her. Her head hurts a lot. In fact, every part of her body hurts. She reached up to her head to caress a bump there, and heard faint metals clanked to each other and her wrist was heavy. She saw the chain on her wrists faintly and saw how it was also attached to the wall beside the bed.
Her mind flashes back the last images she had seen; Micha’s death.
The world fell all the sudden, her loved one killed before her very own eyes. She felt as if her soul was gone, her life is over. Her eyes cannot spill anymore tears, it was as if she was nothing but a doll..
“You’re awake.”
She glanced at the door and saw a girl with short wavy brown hair, bringing a tray of water and small towel. She settled down on a stool beside her bed and put down the tray on the side table.
“Milky and Lemon got you quite badly.” Said the girl before dipping the towel to the water and squeeze the water out. “But at least nothing seems to be broken…”
She reached to Umechan’s temple to dab a scar on it, but Umechan’s hand caught the girl’s wrist.
“Your friend killed my girlfriend.”
The girl looked at Umechan and sighed, “Yes she did. I saw her too.”
“She was my loved one.” Whispered Umechan not letting go of the girl’s wrist, instead she gripped them more tightly. “And all of you killed her like a bug.”
She pulled the girl close and grabbed the girl’s chin, forcing her to stare at the elder woman’s eye. “You all better keep your eyes wide open, because if you’re careless, I SWEAR I’LL RIP ALL YOUR HEADS OFF!!”
The girl curled her lips before she struggled her chin off. Ayaka let her grip loose and let the girl pulled back, caressing her reddened chin.
“Just to let you know,” she said putting down the wet towel. “Sayanee is my cousin. Pretty much lot’s of NAMBA members are still attached to the same root.”
Ayaka did not answer and the girl continued, “So don’t wonder if they were hunting your friend seriously. Most of their parents were killed that night. Mine too.”
Ayaka kept silenced, turning away from the girl’s look
The girl sighed, “Just one advice for you; don’t do anything stupid for now. You’re lucky to be alive when Sayanee lies her eyes on you, I thought that bullet would go for you.”
Ayaka looked into the girl’s eyes intensely, “Let’s cut the bullshit, Yamamoto asked you to do something to me right? Don’t say she asked you to patch me up back for whatever she has in her mind.”
The girl raised her eyebrows, “I’ll tell you something, Agent. Despite being the same family as her, I have no idea what she has in her mind. She only shares them to her closest like Milky, Nana, and Keichi.”
“Then?”
“Then,” sighed the girl. “it means if you are given to me by her; yes, she wants me to patch you up!”
The girl narrowed her eyes, “I’m the health department her in NAMBA, so if you don’t mind I still have a lot to take care off thanks to the bomb you set in the underground tunnel.” She then lifted the basin and the towel and walked out the door, leaving Umechan alone.
The young girl sighed then she stared bitterly to a girl waiting by the door, Shu.
“Well?”
“She’ll be hard.” Said the girl walking away from the door with Shu following her.
“That’s a rare for you to say that, Emichi.” Said Shu suspiciously.
“It’s not as easy as the theory, Shu.” Said the one called Emichi. “I graduated from university, I know which are easy and which that aren’t.”
“Well, if you think about it…” said Shu. “You’re the only one in the family to ever enter university.”
Emichi did not answer, “Just tell Sayanee, I need time for her request.”
“But she said to be as fast as you can!”
“Well too bad.” Said Emichi and looked at the younger one’s face. “I don’t even want to do it..”
Shu stopped, “Why?”
Emichi glowered at Shu, “You know why.. She’s one of them.”
“I know that.” Said Shu.
“Then if you know that, would you still accept it?” asked Emichi. “After what they’ve did to us and what she might have done to us too?”
“Well, no..” said Shu lowering her head. “But I believe in Sayanee, she must have a reason.”
Emichi sighed, “I need more time, tell Sayanee that. “
In Another PlaceTakamina doesn’t need to be told twice just a few seconds after the explosion news spread, she commanded emergency meeting at once. The papers on her desk were piling up like sky scrapers but she managed to read some files Sakiko sent her yesterday on the snipers that they have and had before.
Her mind all racing to different directions as trying to think up the next move, but she managed to keep her composure steady and called for Mayu to join the meeting. The door burst open and Takamina came in to the meeting room already filled with her teams and some other agents, all waiting for her.
“I want all the hospital CCTV and forensic details out now!” yelled Takamina as she walked up to her seat.
Sakiko chimed in, “We managed to gather the records of the CCTV before the explosion takes place, Takamina-san.”
“Play it on the projector.” Said Takamina dead serious.
Juri swipped her fingers on the controller in front of her and played a recording. It showed the receptionist area where a school girl with dark short hair just came in and greeted the receptionist happily before giving the nurse a box that looks like bento.
“Pause it there.” Said Takamina. “Zoom in to the school girl’s face.”
Juri zoomed in to the school girl’s face, she has a pair of thin sharp eyes and sly smile like a mischievous elf somehow.
“Yamamoto Sayaka.”
Everyone turned to the door and saw Mayu walking in with a CD case in her hand. Her expression was dead serious with her lips curled in displeased. “I bet she’s here to warn her wrath on us. This was found in the scene, a blast proof CD case. She wants us to see this.”
“Play it.” Said Takamina.
Mayu gave the CD case to Juri and sat on her seat, she was bitterly angry now. “Yuki and Paru are handling the wounded ones and the forensic results are already out, I sent it to Annin so you can get in to it.”
“Any casualties?” asked Takamina tapping on her chair.
Mayu’s face went bitter and angry, “It killed Amina and Ayarin.”
“NO!!!!”
Some members started weeping in tears as the two names announced. Mariya cried in Sakiko’s arm loudly while Mocchi and Chisato each cried on Amina’s death in other member’s arms. Not only them the younger members looked stunned as the two senior’s names were announced dead, causing them to either fell silence or start sobbing quietly.
Takamina bit her lips, “Yamamoto…. That bitch..”
“Suuchan and Suzuran in critical condition however.” Said Mayu. “I managed to had a talk with Suzuran before she passed out. She said as soon as they reached Ayarin’s room, Amina was the first to notice it was a bomb and ran to the lift so the explosion wouldn’t be causing much damage as she tried to disarm them there. Ayarin chased her and the two went in the lift together , that’s when it exploded.”
“Suzuran and Suuchan?”
“They were chasing the two and only managed to get to the lift when the door closed infront of them, they got thrown back from the explosion badly but alive.”
Mocchi moaned in dismay, “Amina….”
Takamina sighed, “She and Ayarin were heroes, I want a full honorable funeral for the two.” Nods of agreements came from the others, still accompanied with tears.
“Takamina-san…” said Juri lowly. She blankly looked at the monitor infront of her.
“What’s wrong Juri?” asked Takamina as she scanned through the forensic results.
“I-I…” stumbled Juri. “I don’t think I can handle this one..”
“What do you mean?” asked Mayu as she approached the girl. She looked into the monitor and it only took a few seconds for her to be stunned as what she sees. “This…”
“Play it.” Instructed Takamina.
The projector linked to the monitor then opened a file inside the CD, everybody was silent as soon as Juri hit the play button. The video showed some kind of a warehouse with wooden crates and old metal scraps, recorded from above.
“CCTV?” asked Shimada.
“Looks like it. Oh my..” gasped Riichan.
Everyone immediately notice what Riichan was gasping about once it zoomed in by itself. They saw a clear view of a figure strapped to a chair and chained to a wooden pole. Even with cuts on her face, everyone can definitely recognized Umeda Ayaka was gasping for breath on that chair.
“Umeda-san…” blurted out Karen.
“Umechan…” gasped Mocchi.
“Capt…” spoke Komari who was silent the whole time.
“Coward. Senpai is here isn’t she, capt?” said a sweet sounded like voice.
“Watanabe Miyuki.” Growled Shimada recognizing the voice instantly. “How the hell-“
“She was the doubles all along…”spoke Komari. “And.. Oh Gods..” her eyes widened in shock when she saw another figure standing by a knocked out figure, Ichikawa Miori.
Shimada’s eyes widened and so does other members. “Lemon.. The heck is sh-“
“Now we know why Yokoyama is not recovering.” Glowered Takamina. “They shut her up since they have the chance. They betrayed us.”
“No…” shook Maria. “It can’t be…” she stared dead at her fellow comandres; Fujita Nana and Izuta Rina. Both were shocked as well.
Annin gritted her teeth silently, “Lemon..”
Takamina watched Umechan bared her teeth at Lemon fiercely. Then Lemon gave her another punch to her stomach. Collective gasp were heard when the head of health department crumbled to her knees.
“You know what, this is getting boring.”
“Go on. Shoot me.”
“Oh, I’m not going to shoot you capt.” Many gasps were heard when the camera zoomed into another figure being held hostage. Sakiko was the first to shot up straight from her seat.
“MICHA!!” yelled Sakiko furiously. “How did-“
Mayuyu gritted her teeth, “No wonder Haruna said that she can’t reach Micha for consultation…. They got her as well.”
“But how?!” asked Ucchi confusedly as she stood beside Sakiko. “How did they even-“
“Micha!! Let go off her!!!”
“U-umechan..? W-what..”
“She’s on a mission here with her peers, just in case you’re wondering and you’re going to help me so she could spill whatever she has now.”
“NO!!! DON’T YOU EVEN DARE, MILKY!!”
“I would capt. Tell me where are the others, capt or I’ll blast her head.”
“No.. Please let go off her… Kill me instead!”
“Umechan, you can’t!”
“Tell me now, Umeda!”
“I-I…”
*BANG*Shrieks came out of most members in the room with Sakiko immediately crumpled to Mariya’s arm and the floor, dazed as she stared at the screen blankly as if her soul just got taken off her body at that moment.
“NOO!!!”
As many older members gathered around Sakiko to give her strength, Takamina bit her lips hard as her eyes locked to the screen, she was furious.
“What do we do now..?” asked Mayu grimly.
“Tell Jurina to get her team leaves in an hour.” Spoke Takamina. “Contact anyone in Yuko’s team to get all out of there before it’s too late! Yamamoto and Sashihara are the worst combination, they won’t be able to face them without back ups!”
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just storm up the NAMBA’s base?!” asked Riichan.
Takamina shook her head, “If we’re to do so, we need the get the permission from the higher ups first.”
“Permission…?” spoke Sakiko lowly before she looked up to Takamina. “THEY BLEW UP THE HOSPITAL, THEY KILLED OUR MEMBERS, DO WE NEED MORE TO GET PERMISSION TO KILL THEM ALL?!!”
“Calm down Sakiko.” Said Rie trying to compose herself from the shock. “Takamina, please let me join Jurina’s team.”
“Granted.” Said a new voice from the door. Jurina came followed by Nao, looking extremely bitter. “We’ll be needing an operator from far and I need a strategist as well.”
“I’ll go with you.” Said Annin as she stood up and glanced to Takamina for permission.
The number one strategist nodded briefly and gripped her chair hard, “Report to me in the next twenty four hour. By the time of that, I should be getting the permission settled.”
Jurina nodded, “Rie-chan, Annin, let’s go.”
At the hospital – an hour laterYukirin sighed as she walked out of the surgery room, she lets her mouth mask fell to the bin and grabbed herself a cup of water from the counter. She slumped to a bench and leaned her back to the wall.
“Tired? I’ll do the next one for you if you want.” Asked an incoming figure.
Yukirin looked up, “I’m fine, Haruna. I just can’t believe somebody blew up the hospital..” she crumpled her cup in anger. “How dare they!!”
“I heard the bomb is a small plastic prototype, it doesn’t do much of big damage.”Said Haruna propping next to the tired surgeon. “But it’s still unforgivable.”
“Amina and Ayarin…” whispered Yukirin sadly. “Ayarin was in the same recruitment as I am before she got suspended and came back. While Amina… She’s the only expert on children before anybody became one here…”
“They’re dead.” Said Yukirin bitterly.
“Suzuran and Sumire..” said Haruna slowly. “It’s too much to handle so they’re sent to the expert hospital in the central. They will get the special treatment there.”
Yukirin’s eyes widened, “When did this happened?!! I could have taken care of them with Paru!”
“Government agents of the higher ups just sent in this order.” She gave Yukirin a paper. “They’re possibly potential eye witness of the bombing, the higher up is handling the case.”
“You’re joking me!” chocked Yukirin as her eyes scanned the paper. “So then..”
“There are possibilities that we won’t be allowed to see them for a long time.” Said Haruna grimly.
“This is just… bullshit.” Said Yukirin deadpanned. “We all know the higher up wouldn’t even process them instantly. It’s going to take years till they actually solve the case themselves!”
“Have you ever heard about a group called Sakae?” asked Haruna suddenly.
Yukirin’s eyes winched, “I’ve heard rumors about them, never meet and never seen them before. They’re identities are confidential as well as their jobs for the government.”
“All we know is that they are Cleaners, they cleaned up messes that were caused by the government’s actions.”
“It is rumored that they’re handing the case.” Said a new voice joining in, Paru. “It’s fishy somehow.”
“Fishy indeed.” Nodded Yukirin. “It’s like as if the government has som-“
“Not here.” Hissed Haruna cautiously placing a finger on Yukirin’s lips, Paru nodded.
Yukirin bowed her head apologetically, “Then we better get this to Takamina then.”
“She already knew.” Said Paru. “She left to the central building just a moment ago, I heard.”
“The central building?” asked Yukirin. “She’s meeting with the higher ups? But why?”
“I don’t know.” Said Paru. “But it sounded serious.”
“Probably about the bombing.” Said Haruna. “It made it to the news headline everywhere.”
Yukirin nodded, “I heard Tanamin sent in the forensic report to Mayu for a meeting held by Takamina not a while ago. Have you heard anything? I was busy in the surgery room.”
Haruna shook her head, “Nope. I was busy with the anesthetic preparation for Paru’s surgery.”
“I was operating on other victims of the bombing.” Said Paru plainly.
Haruna sighed, “I’m going to grab something from the canteen bellow, call me if there’s anything from Takamina about the bombing.”
“Don’t tire yourself out, Haruna.” Said Yukirin concernedly. “Have had your daily check up yet?”
“I did with Wasamin yesterday. She said Micha can’t be called for the last few days somehow, she said maybe Micha was visiting back her hometown or something.” Said Haruna strangely.
“That’s odd…” said Yukirin. “She should at least leave messages.”
“She’s not the only one.” Said Paru. “Milky and Lemon.. I can’t reach them as well. I can’t get in line with them.”
Haruna shrugged, “WellI hope they’re back as soon as possible. Who’s taking care of Yuihan now?”
“Katayama-san and I.” said Paru a bit strangely.
“You’re doing a good job, Paru.” Smiled Haruna.”You should smile a bit.” She pointed out the thin lips.
“It’s not the time yet I think, Haruna-san.” Said Paru saltly. “Not with the situations..”
Haruna smiled before she left the two and headed to the canteen. Making sure Haruna is out of sight, Yukirin turned to the young girl.
“You lied, Paru.” Said Yukirin.
“I beg your pardon?” asked Paru a bit surprised.
“You lied when you said you haven’t heard about anything from Takamina’s meeting about the bombing.” Said Yukirin. “You knew something don’t you?”
Paru’s expression was plain salty like what she is, “It was NAMBA’s work. The CCTV caught Yamamoto Sayaka’s image handing the bomb to Suzuran like a bento.”
Yukirin’s eyes widened in shock, “That’s outrageous!! How dare she to came here!”
Paru nodded, “Not only that. The forensic team that Tanamin lead found a blast proof case in the scene, inside it was a CD from Yamamoto.”
“What’s inside the CD?”
Paru’s expression darkened, “A warning. They have Umeda-san…”
“Does that mea-“
“Yuko-san and Sae-san still haven’t been discovered yet but Kobayashi-san has gone missing. Possibly she got away safely, she sent an SOS through a telegram.” Said Paru briefly.
“Why didn’t you say it just then? Why did you lie?”
“The warning doesn’t just stop there. They have Misato-san and shot her dead in the video.” Said Paru.
Yukirin felt the world frozen,”Th-they shot h-her dead?”
Paru nodded, “She was kidnapped all these time, no wonder Iwasa-san can’t reach her.”
“Who kidnapped her?”
Paru bit her lips, “It was Milky and Lemon. They’re on NAMBA’s side all these time…”
“…..” Yukirin’s face went puzzled. “No wonder Yokoyama…”
“I found traces of a drug to slow body cells to recover in Yuihan’s bloodstream.” Said Paru biting her lips angrily. “Yuihan must’ve known that they’re on Yamamoto’s side, they’re shutting her up.”
“But still it doesn’t explain why you lied.” Said Yukirin.
“Takamina-san told me not to tell Haruna-san.” Said Paru. “Yuko-san is in great danger and Takamina is sending Jurina to back them out now. Takamina-san worried that if Haruna-san knew, it could effect her pregnancy..”
“Ah sou..” said Yukirin nodding slowly, she was tired of surprises already for today. “We can’t let Akicha know about this… She’ll be the only person left of her peer now.”
Paru sighed, “I also received a news..”
Yukirin looked up at the younger girl who seemed not liking the news at all, “What is it?”
Paru turned away from Yukirin’s gaze, “Minarun just turned in her resignation paper this morning, she’s discharged in honor straight away.”
Yukirin placed her palm on her forehead and shook her head, “No way… How the he-“
“I don’t know.” said Paru holding back her tears still with her salty attitude trademark. “I can’t reach her phone at all. She shuts off her connections…”
Yukirin didn’t know what to say, Oba Mina was a great nutritionist as well as a chemical expert at Tanamin’s forensic department. Losing her was a great loss indeed..
“This is just too much.” Said Yukirin in exasperation. How she wished that all of these are just bad dreams…
In another place..The sound of a cell phone rang in the air until the owner picked it up in the middle of her work.
“Oba Mina’s speaking.”
“Sato Sumire and Yamaguchi Suzuran has arrived safely. Akarin’s team will be taking care of them.”
“Wakatta.” Nodded the working woman putting down her work just for a moment. “Jurina is leaving for NAMBA soon, I heard. She’s going with Nao-chan as well.”
“I’ll sent Mieko settle the things there too.” Then the phone goes off.
Oba Mina sighed as she put down the phone. She glanced at a photograph pinned on the wall, it was a picture of her, Paru, Shimada, Komariko, Miyu, Yuihan and their deceased friend, Morianna. Together, they went through the same trainings back in the boot camp years ago. Only Yuihan was promoted faster here and quickly earned herself a place in the elites.
But then it happened.. When NAMBA blew her cover and Shinoda Mariko’s…
“NO!!” yelled Paru in tears when she saw Yuihan’s condition.
“I need 10ml of anesthetic ready in the surgery room in five minutes!” yelled Yukirin to her crew. “Minarun, take Paru outside please.”
“NO!!” yelled Paru as she kept on clinging to Yuihan’s bed railing, struggling to stay by her side as Minarun tried to yank her off the railing. It was such a heartbreaking sight for the young girl to watch her friend lying motionlessly on the bed while Paru cried for her.Minarun opened her eyes upon another ring of her phone, she picked it up.
“Yes?”
“It’s time.”
Minarun’s eyes widened a bit hearing the words. She’s been dreading on the two words for a few months. After Yuihan’s incident, a text for her was sent to her phone, claiming they could get whoever caused the incident to pay for it.
Surprisingly when she met with the mysterious number owner, she recognized her straight away.
“Ishida Anna.”
“It has been some time.” Nodded the younger girl. “You might have been wondering about my mysterious transfer.”
“I bet Umeda-san knew where were you.” Said Minarun sipping her coffee. “My only guess is that it wasn’t just simply a promotion.”
Anna smiled, “It wasn’t and Umeda-san has little knowledge of where I was the whole time. The only person that probably knew it all was Takamina-san herself.”
“Who are you?” asked Minarun with a frown. “What’s with the offer?”
Anna smiled again and leaned forward, “What if I were to offer you another job right now? I know you wanted to get to the bottom of who tortured Yokoyama-san. We can help you.”
“We?”
Anna nodded, “You might have noticed my appearance with Jurina-san was a bit mysterious in some way. No records and just straight assignment to the organization. That’s because we are a member of another organization like the Akiba, founded by the government.”
“I thought the only organization of intelligence service in this country was Akiba.” Said Minarun still keeping her eyes on Anna’s playful eyes.
“Oh, ours is a bit different.” Said Anna. “We are the cleaners of the mess, the Sakae. We get to the bottom of every mess that’s happened, and our job is to clean it.”
Anna leaned in again with a wide smile, “And we are going to offer you a position there, Oba Mina.”The job’s payment was slightly higher than she has a few months ago, but the consequence was big. Nobody has to know she works for the Sakae, and when given orders she’d have to execute it immediately. Plans were made by the high ranked members of Sakae while orders came from.. Somewhere else.
Then it came, an order for her to completely move to another phrase of the plan. Her mission was to unreveal who killed Shinoda and more importantly who turned Yuihan to nearly lifeless, and for that she received lot’s of help from the Sakae.
She quickly tidied up her papers and took another look of the photograph. She smiled lightly at the picture of people who have been her buddies all these time, ever since she stepped into the cruel and dark side of the country’s government.
She stood up and simply left the room, throwing her last glance at what used to be her home before she closed the apartment’s door. Two figures were already waiting for her on the basement. Minarun simply threw her apartment’s keys to them.
“Just make sure you burn the entire thing to the ground.” Said Minarun before she got in to her car and drove away.
Away from her past…
To Be Continued
(Like seriously guys..)