Chapter 19 - Under the law

It was the day that they would return to Japan, everyone had packed their luggage and were quite disappointed to leave.

"I wanted to go to the beach more" Mika said, a bit down.

"We can't do anything about it, we still have lots to do back in Japan" Izanami said.

"Rika, why don't you come with us?" Izumi asked.

"I was planning to" Rika said. "Miss Emi told me that I'd be more useful in Japan"

"So what about your luggage?" Kenshin asked.

Rika pulled out a bag from behind the kitchen counter. "I don't have lots of things here, just some of my clothes"

"I see" Mizuki said.

"We still have a few hours before our flight" Yuudai said. "Why don't we drink some tea before we leave" he suggested.

Nobuo agreed to his idea and so Emi asked Rika to prepare some tea, she obliged.

"So what will happen with the beach house?" Izumi asked.

"Oh, I gave it to Seiichi for him to use it" Emi said.

Minutes later, Rika came back with some tea for everyone.

"Ah thank you" Nobuo grabbed one, delighted.

Each of them grabbed a cup of tea and they started drinking.

"So, what will we do about WJO?" Izanami asked while she took another sip.

"You don't have to do anything" Yuudai said with a smile.

"What do you mean Yuudai-" Emi started feeling drowsy, all of them did except Yuudai, Mika and Rika.

"Y-You... what did you put on our tea..." Mizuki said, trying to stay awake.

"W-What's happening?" Mika asked confused.

"Mika, force sleep mode for 10 hours" Yuudai ordered.

Mika fell to the floor, stiff as a stick.

"Da-Dammit..." Izanami said and then fell to the floor, asleep.

The rest of them started falling asleep, Emi was the last one, still trying to stay awake.

"I'm sorry Emi" Yuudai said with a smile. "But it's the only way to find out"

"Y-Yuudai..." Emi said and fell asleep.

"Rika, please take care of them" Yuudai said.

"Of course Mister Yuudai" Rika said.

Yuudai grabbed his luggage and left, leaving his friends sleeping on the floor.

Many hours later, they all started waking up.

"W-What happened?" Kenshin asked while he stood back up.

"If I remember correctly..." Nobuo said.

"Yuudai!" Emi shouted awake.

"Yes, Yuudai" Izanami said. "He made us fall asleep"

Izumi noticed that Mika was laying on the floor.

"Mika?" Izumi asked while she shook her and realized "Cancel sleep mode" she said.

Mika immediately stood back up "Ugh, what time is it?" she asked.

"Well, all of you have been asleep for more than 10 hours" Rika said. She had been sitting on the couch, watching some TV.

"Rika, where's Yuudai?" Emi asked, worried.

"By now he should be arriving back to Japan, with the authorities waiting for him" Rika calmly said.

"What!?" Emi said and grabbed Rika's shirt by her neck. "You snitched on him?"

"Of course not Miss Emi, I'm loyal to you" Rika said. "It was his idea"

Emi stopped grabbing her clothes and looked at Rika shocked.

"He asked me to put you all to sleep" Rika said.

"Why would he do that?" Nobuo asked.

Yuudai's plane landed back in Japan, he calmly left the airplane and airport, where the police awaited him.

"Yuudai Yoshikawa!" The police shouted. "Hands up! You're under arrest!"

Yuudai obliged, he let go of his luggage and raised his arms. Melinda walked up to him, with some handcuffs, she was sad that Yuudai really was from the WJO.

"Why? Why would you join them?" Melinda sadly said.

Yuudai didn't respond, he just smiled.

"Put him on handcuffs" Takashi said.

Mika didn't hesitate and placed him in handcuffs and put him on an armored truck.

"Don't you think this is too much security?" Yuudai asked.

"We rather be safe than sorry Mr. Yoshikawa" Takashi said and shut the truck's door.

Four SWAT vans surrounded the truck and escorted it to a very high-security prison, in which no one has ever escaped known as "The Void"

The truck door was open and Yuudai was escorted inside. There were many armed guards, automatic turrets, and massive electrified walls.

"The Void" Melinda said. "A prison that goes underground"

"Indeed, criminals enter but never leave" Takashi said. "The most highest-security prison in Japan"

Yuudai was escorted inside an interrogation room located in the upper part of the prison, Melinda entered to interrogate him.

"Yuudai, you lied to me" Melinda said, a bit angry.

"So, what if I did?" Yuudai asked with no remorse.

"You are my childhood friend!" Melinda shouted. "What would Yuuto think about this-"

"He's dead!" Yuudai snapped. "He was worthless, weak, he was nothing!"

"Don't say that about him!" Melinda snapped back. "You shouldn't say that, you're his brother!"

A boy entered the room, Yuudai immediately recognized him as the one Emi and Mika had fought. He sat down beside Melinda, with files in his arms.

"I haven't formally introduced myself, I'm Seven" He said with a smile. "The seventh superhuman" he seemed friendly and had a calm smile.

"Oh, so there's seven of you" Yuudai said.

"Yes, but that's not the topic of now" Seven said. "Now then, where's the main WJO base locate-"

Yuudai interrupted him. "The files first, I'll answer while I read them"

Seven sighed and gave him the files. "Well, it's part of the offer" he said.

The files were about the WJO, Yuudai started reading through it.

"Now then, where's the main WJO base located?" Seven asked.

"It's difficult to find, it's a whole floating and moving island" Yuudai said. "You'd mistake it as an inhabited one"

"How do WJO members get there then?" Melinda asked.

"With a private plane, only accessible for WJO Commanders" Yuudai said while he turned to the next file.

"Who is your leader?" Seven asked.

Yuudai shrugged "He keeps his identity as a secret to all of us" he explained. "But he's quite powerful and strong"

"Stronger than us?" Seven confidently asked.

"You'd be lucky to keep your limbs intact" Yuudai said.

"Now then, why did you make this offer?" Seven asked.

Yuudai finished reading the files and placed them on his side.

"To learn the truth" Yuudai said.

"Oh, so you're interested in joining us?" Seven asked with a smile.

"Of course not" Yuudai said. "I'll be the common enemy of the governments of the world and WJO" he said with a smirk.

"Of course, if you're able to escape this place" Seven said.

"If I'm able to not get assassinated" Yuudai said.

"W-What do you mean?" Melinda asked, worried.

"WJO probably already sent a replacement for me" Yuudai said. "I signed a contract that stated that I'd be assassinated if I got arrested"

"It's almost impossible to break in this place" Seven said.

Yuudai laughed. "They would just need to plan it for three days" he said. "My assassination is inevitable" he said with a smile.

Melinda was shocked, he didn't want his childhood friend to die. "Why are you smiling?" She asked panicked. "You can't die!"

"Calm down Melinda" Seven asked. "You should go get some fresh air"

"What? I'm fine!" Melinda said.

"Mika, I'd like to talk to him alone" Seven said. "Please leave"

Melinda hesitated but agreed and left the room. Seven sighed and gave a devilish smile towards Yuudai.

"Finally she's gone" Seven said with a smile. "She was a pain in the ass"

"There's the sadistic person that Phantom Huntress mentioned" Yuudai said.

"Oh, that girl" Seven said. "She was lucky to have escaped"

"Lucky?" Yuudai said while laughing a bit.

Seven punched him, but Yuudai swiped his move away, surprising Seven.

"Oh? Did I trigger you a bit?" Yuudai said with a smirk.

Seven regained his composure and sat back down.

"How did you block that?" Seven asked.

"Magic" Yuudai teased him.

Seven sighed and left the room while letting two guards escort Yuudai away.

"I'll enjoy your death" Seven said with a smile. "Now put him in a cell"

The two guards grabbed one of his arms and escorted him to a cell with metal walls, a bed, a toilet, and a thick glass that separated his cell and the outside. He was thrown inside and the reinforced door shut behind him.

Yuudai sighed and sat down on the bed, awaiting for his death.