The reunion

Yuudai and his friends were hiding in an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere, drying themselves after his breakout.

"Thank you... All of you" Yuudai said. "My mind was clouded with thoughts and I made a stupid choice that risked your lives" he sighed. "My big sister was right, I wasn't meant to be a commander"

"Big sister?" Emi asked, surprised. "You have a big sister?"

"Sorry for not telling you all. I just didn't want to talk about it" Yuudai said.

"Yuudai, you're not a perfect commander but you're a good one" Nobuo said. "And even if you're not our commander, we will still support you through the end as friends"

"Hold on a second Nobuo. Yuudai does your sister happen to be named Erika?" Emi asked, remembering the female guard from before whom she had spoken to.

Yuudai was surprised that Emi knew his sister's name and nodded in response.

"How do you know her name?" he asked.

"She was in The Void posing as a guard" Emi explained. "Reminds me, she told you to see her"

"See her. Huh" Yuudai said. "The only place that I know she'd be would be..." he stopped talking for a brief moment.

"Would be where?" Mizuki asked.

"At home" He calmly said. "A place that I haven't returned for a while. I have to go to see if she's fine" he said as he started walking away.

"Hold on, have you forgotten that you're a wanted criminal?" Izanami said, stopping him in his tracks. "And we still haven't accepted your apology"

Yuudai smiled, with a sad expression. "I see. Well, it's understandable, I'll stay here-"

"Huh? We never told you that we wouldn't let you go. Emi and Melinda will come with you" Izanami said.

Yuudai without any other option accepted, grabbed a hoodie and fake glasses from a bag that Izumi carried and put them on.

"Now go, make sure she's safe" Izanami said.

Yuudai thanked her and he, Emi, and Melinda left the abandoned factory, riding a car. They arrived at Yuudai's old house, the door was wide open and the lights were completely off.

"Seems like WJO arrived here first" Emi said.

Yuudai didn't look worried and walked in, with Melinda and Emi following behind him, cautious. Both were surprised at the pile of dead, bleeding bodies in the living room with Yuudai's sister sitting on them.

"Seems like I had nothing to worry about" Yuudai said while walking to her. "Erika Yoshikawa"

Erika stood up with a big smile on her face. "It's great to see you little bro" she said happily. "Also great to see you "Aoi" or should I say, Emi Nakashima?"

"It's a pleasure to meet you once more" Emi said in response.

"And you must be Melinda Cor, the superhuman" Erika said, surprising Emi and Melinda that she knew about the superhumans.

"My sister is quite good at collecting information, including stealing it" Yuudai explained. "So, what is that you need of me?"

Erika sighed and told them to sit down around the dining table, her happy expression became a sad and regretful one.

"Yuudai I'm... sorry" She said, surprising Yuudai.

"Wait big sis-" Yuudai was cut off by her.

"I left you and made the others leave as well" She said, as tears started rolling out from her eyes. "As your big sister I did wrong, even if we're not related through blood, I shouldn't have done it!"

Yuudai kept quiet and looked at her with calm eyes.

"I left because I knew that my brother was right in choosing you, I envied that you were a more suitable leader than I was"

"You're wrong, I'm no leader, I made mistakes that risked my friends' lives" Yuudai said. "Dad chose wrong"

Erika slammed her hand on the table. "My brother isn't wrong! He saw something in you! He is never wrong, never!" she shouted in anger.

"Then tell me!" Yuudai said and slammed the table. "What did he see in me? What didn't he see in you?" He shouted in anger as well.

"The both of you, please calm down" Emi said, trying to soothe them.

Erika and Yuudai calmed down and apologized to each other.

"Yuudai, there's no perfect leader, they make mistakes always" Emi said with a soothing smile. "And you never forced us to head to danger, we always had a choice to not go"

"But I almost got you all killed" Yuudai said, clenching his fist.

"Yuudai, you underestimate us" Emi said. "You saw what we can do, so you don't have to worry" she said and grabbed his hands. "Yuudai I know that you're afraid of us dying, but we're afraid of you dying as well, so we will always risk our lives for you" she said with a gentle and friendly smile.

"Ha. If I was leading they would have left me" Erika said. "I treat them as my subordinates but you treat them all as friends, I wouldn't hesitate to kill a friend but you, on the other hand, hesitated with Melinda and now she's your ally, you are a better leader than me and big brother"

Those words made Yuudai tear up.

"Thank you all for being beside me" Yuudai said. "But you didn't have to apologize Erika"

"Huh?" Erika said, surprised.

"I forgave you many years ago" He said with a smile.

She broke down in tears after she heard that and both hugged each other while Emi and Melinda watched them, both with a smile but suddenly Emi received an incoming call from Izanami. She left the room to speak with her.

"Izanami, what's the matter?" Emi asked.

Izanami sounded panicked through the phone. "Check the news"

Emi rushed back in and turned the TV on, it broadcasted an army of WJO soldiers and robots marching and shooting police officers in Sendai and wreaking havoc.

"Yuudai we're running on a limited time" Emi nervously said.

Yuudai stopped hugging Erika after he glanced at the TV.

"Looks like he started the conquest of Japan" Yuudai said. "I estimate that they'll arrive at Tokyo in a week or less"

"A week!?" Melinda said, very shocked.

"We have to return and start planning" Yuudai said while he turned the TV off. He looked at Erika and raised his hand to her. "Will you help us, big sister?" he asked with a smile.

Erika sighed happily and grabbed his hand. "Of course! After all, I have to help my small brother always" she said.

"Then let's go" Emi said.

"Wait for me outside, I got to grab some things" Erika said.

They left the house while Erika ran back up to her room and grabbed a bag and started packing her clothes. While packing her things, something fell from her jacket's pocket, a picture. It had a younger her, Yuudai, and a man.

She picked up the photo and gave a smile. "Big brother, I've made peace with him" she said and put the picture in her pocket.

She finished packing a few minutes later and went outside where Yuudai, Emi, and Melinda waited, with a small pile of bodies.

"Ready to leave?" Yuudai asked.

Erika looked back at their old home and then looked back at Yuudai and nodded.

Yuudai welcomed her to their new cause with open arms.