Re:born : Arc 1 : the diary .
(6th July 1998,Sicily, Italy ) .
It was a dark cold night , as clouds were hiding the moonlight .
" Catch him !!" .
Three people wearing black suits were seen running in the woods if you look closely you will notice that they were holding guns , chasing after a man ,who was running for his life as they intended to kill him .
He managed to make a distance between them after a while. He leaned on a tree breathing heavily. He put his hand on his left side to feel a warm liquid.It seemed like the bullet hit him , and he was losing blood .
" Ma I t-think it's over for me " he muttered sighing lightly like he wasn't bothered by the thoughts of dying like he already embraced the possible situation , even though his calm facade there is a little amount of fear you can see .
Looking up to the moon ,the man grabbed a lighter from his pocket and a cigarette about to smoke looking at the book he put on his side. He looked at it in distress . It was the main reason he was in this situation after all .
He then turned his head sharply to the left noticing a light .
" Dammit they are already here " .
Soon the three men caught up to him surrounding him , they pointed their guns at him .
" Now there is no escape for you ,die !! " one of the men said with an evil smirk .
But when the man was about to press the trigger , a car came suddenly from the left side crashing into him , at the moment when the other two were frozen from shock , the driver of the mysterious car called to the injured man telling him to get inside .
And the other didn't hesitate of course as recognised the man in the front seat , he hurriedly grabbed the book and entered the car just as he was about to sit in the back , the two other men shot at the car , and after the driver made sure that the man was inside hit the tier and they dashed to the opposite direction hitting on of the men who were on their way .
" that's was a close call , thanks for the save Shamel " the man said to the driver who was actually doctor Shamel .
" Thank me after this ends, " Shamel said, looking at the side mirror to see three black cars still following them through this dark route. He clicked his tongue as he sped up, going through narrowed paths to get rid of them.
" Man, they sure are stubborn, " the injured man remarked, leaning on the seat and holding a piece of cloth that he found on the back seat , onto his injury hoping it would stop the blood flow he had already lost a remarkable amount .
" How did you even get into this situation in the first place Matheo " asked Shamel after they finally managed to lose them , they are now heading toward Shamel's appartement .
" It's a long story, " replied Matheo ,not ready to tell his tail .
" I'm all ears "
And the other just gave him a helpless look .
(6th juin 1998,Italy , Shamel's appartement ) .
Shamel parked the car on the other side of the road , and the two headed toward the apartment.
He opened the door with keys , entering and helping Matheo to the sofa seeing that he was on the verge of collapsing , afterward he went up to look for the aid
kit and his surgical materials.
Just as he left for the kitchen , Sayuri came out from the door just In Front of the sofa rubbing her eyes , apparently she fell asleep before they arrived and woke up at the sound of the front door opening .
Mathéo just stared at her not really processing the situation and his headache just made things worse , he barely survived the previous situation and now a kid is in his friend appartement .
" Who might you be ?" The small girl asked the strange man who was sitting on the sofa bleeding .
Now in the light of the room you can clearly see his features , he has short fiery red hair and gleaming blue eyes .
"Eh .. I'm Matheo " he replied unconsciously, still staring at her .
She just lifted her eyebrow , waiting for him to elaborate , but before she got a chance to ask Shamel came into the room holding first aid And sat them on the table .
" Shamel I didn't know you had a kid " the man blurted out .
"She's not my kid _ " Shamel said , as he came back from the kitchen holding the box .
Mathéo was about to ask who she was when suddenly he felt light-headed , he was on edge of fainting .
At that Shamel sat the box on the table watching him silently.
Then the two went into a staring contest and an awkward silence fell on them .
" Won't you treat my injury? " Matheo is the first to break the silence asking in a hopeful voice and knowing well what the other response will be .
" No you know that I don't treat men " Shamel replied , the two others in the room sweat drop at that .
" Ow c'mon dude ,I'm dying here ,have some pity will yah " He said .
But Shamel was stubborn as he said .
" And I risked my life rescuing you " .
Sayuri, who watched their interaction sighed as she went to the table and began preparing the tools to extract the bullet , she then gestured to Matheo to lay down and the other just looked at her in confusion , and Shamel just left the living room heading to his room to get changed .
" W-wait Shamel !" Mathéo tried to call him but the other ignored him and kept heading to the door , but before that he stopped and said in a cheeky smile giving him a thumbs up " she can treat your injuries " .
With that said the man left the room, closing the door behind him .
" Stop moving or I will knock you
out, " Sayuri threatened him as he was moving .
(6th July 1998 , Italy , Shamel appartement )
After half an hour Sayuri was able to extract the bullet and bandage his injury , now Shamel and Matheo are discussing while Sayuri was reading a book in the corner she couldn't go back to sleep; she doesn't want to admit that she was interested in the newcomer 's story .
" So they were chasing you because of this diary ?" Shamel asked him lifting the book up from the table and looking at its unique design a cobra around a sword and two silver guns on the side .
" It's not just any diary " he replied .
" Have you ever heard about the Cobra ?" Mathéo asked .
" Cobra ? "
" It's a Russian organization known in the underworld in the 19 th . It was a ruthless one which speared terror around it , it was active since the World War Two , specialized in trading military weapons , Rumors say that it was a death mercante , it sells for both sides , it kept its activitie even after the war , so basically it ruled the Russian underworld until the death of its leader, who was executed after he was caught by the FBI , with its leader gone it all crumbled to the ground . "Sayuri explained, her eyes not leaving the book she was reading .
" Shoto matte , that's not something a kid should know , what are you teaching kids shamel !! " The man suddenly stood up pointing his hand at Sayuri. After all that was not known information, even though he had a hard time digging into it, it was highly classified .
but then he felt a jolt of pain because of his sudden action as he leaned back against the sofa .
" Ouch this hurts " .
Sayuri just gave him a glace then went
Back to reading .
Shamel just sighed at Sayuri's explanation , his friend really got himself into serious trouble , so he decided to ask as he still didn't know how his friend's problem related to all this.
" So what does this have to do with Arganto famiglia chasing after you ? " .
" So here is the story , before the leader died he hid his fortune in a safe , and this is diary lead to it all the information contained here " he said patting the book .
" Let me rephrase this so you risked your life by stealing this diary from the Arganto famiglia which points to the location of The treasure of an organization that was active in WW2 , and which you don't even know if it exists ." Shamel summarized the situation , unimpressed with his friend's decisions .
" Dude you are making me sound Stupid saying it like that , the legacy exist i confirmed it the Argento are after it too , not to say they were on edge after I stole it from then , they said it contains over a billion dollar ah imagine what you could do with a billion and it is in dolar too , " Mathéo said with a dreamy face imaging what he would do with that amount of money But then he snapped out of it and looked at Shamel as he said waving The diary Infront of the doctor .
" A Billion dollar?" Shamel repeated in awe.
That caught Sayuri's attention seeing as she closed her book and right now she was listening to their conversation with interest .
" How about this? Let's cooperate to find it. I have the lead , we will split the win. I will take 70% and you can take the rest. It's a great offer isn't it ? " .
Since he already told his friend about this affair why not drag him in it too , he is strong with the two of them they can get to the safe and afterwards split the money between them .
" No-" when Shamel was about to refuse Sayuri cut him up,trying to make a beneficial deal with the red-haired man.
"50% each, " she said .
After all, she is in need of money right now to start her project .
"Wait sayuri..." .
" I take 70 since I was the one who risked my life for the diary, " Matheo said, not glancing at the kid and refusing the condition that Sayuri put.
" Do you even know how to decode it ?" Sayuri asked.
" And what does knowing this have to do with is brat ?"Matheo asked annoyed Not in the mood to deal with this kid's nonsense as he thought , then he looked behind him to see the kid going through the book he just put on the table beside him. He was confused on how she was able to get it without him noticing her .
"Hey put that back. That's not a book for children, "the man said, clearly forgetting that this kid Infront of saved his life moments ago .
But sayuri just ignored him and instead said " this book is written in codes And since you don't know the key to decode it will take you a year to translate it fully , well that's if you weren't luck on finding someone who know how to decode it which won't be easy after not many people are interested in Learning this particular
language " .
" Wait what !!??" Mathéo shouted in surprise as he opened the book he just snatched from Sayuri's hands and found that indeed it was written all in codes .
" You gotta be kidding me " Matheo said rubbing his hair in frustration .
" Well but you are lucky that I know how to decode it so 50 each "said sayuri with a smirk .
" Fine." Agreed Matheo after a while of thinking and debating in his head .
"Good to hear ,oh and since we started on the wrong foot Let me introduce myself. My name is Sayuri Kimura. It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Matheo ." Sayuri said holding her hand out for a shake .
And yes she goes by the last name Kimura , and of course she was hiding her appearance with a small device that shamel got her on her sixth birthday .
" Mathéo, " said the other as he shook her hand .
And Shamel who sat there watching was sorry for his friend , who just got tricked by a kid but it was expected as he knew his sky was looking for ways to gain money and this a fast way to it , but even so a part of him dreaded where this might lead to .
" Psst shamel you still didn't tell me who's kid is she !'' Mathéo who was lying down on the sofa asked Shamel , he was still curious and impressed about the kid who saved his life and knew things that a kid her age shouldn't know .
He thought stealing gazes at Sayuri, who was busy decoding the diary ,too busy to care .
" She is my sky, " Shamel simply said.
" Oh Okay. ... Wait for real ??!!" Shouted the man after processing what his friend just said .
" And an advice don't underestimate her , her IQ level is higher than
yours " Shamel said .
" Yeah, figured that out , Is she one of the arcobalenos ?" He asked in wonder .
" No she is not "
While the two were discussing sayuri was decoding the diary , it was a piece of cake for her , since in her last life one of the organization she worked with communicate with it's co-workers using this language since it was hard to crack , Matheo was right this diary is the key to the vault it mentioned the address which was in San Marino , and it also explained the methods to open the safe , and warned of some traps , sayuri will be able to Decode it by tomorrow .
(7th July 1998 , Shamel's appartement, Italy ) .
" I finished decoding it " Sayuri said after six hours of non-stop working ,since she began last night , but then she noticed that the two were still sleeping soundly, each one occupying a couch .
She sighed and got up from her seat and went to the kitchen to get something to eat or even prepare breakfast for them while thinking about what she read in the diary. It kept bothering her non-stop. This diary contains dangerous information .
The leader of this organization, Kaiser , had written all about his organization's shady works. Not all but there are bits here and there. Not only does this diary contain the leads to the lost safe but it contains secrets far more dangerous than that .
Apparently they developed a powerful weapon that can destroy a whole country within seconds it will a disaster if this fell to the wrong hands , so she is slightly concerned reading that , the only reason they didn't use it is that the leader and a professor who was leading the project Are the only two who know about it existence and some others who helped in it but they are all dead , and the professor knowing how this weapon is dangerous threaten the leader to report him to the authorities if he doesn't stop the experiences .
Hearing this threat the leader didn't hesitate and executed him on the spot , and the way he described it in the diary sent shiver through her she may be an assassin before but every mission she always end it in one shot no torture unless necessary .
And a month later the leader of cobra died after he got caught by the FBI and executed .and with that this weapon become a secret and no one know about it from then apart from this diary , so no this diary doesn't only lead to cobra's lost fortune but also to a deadly weapon so if it get in the wrong hands it will be a disaster .
She needs to find a way to destroy it , even if know one knows about it doesn't mean that someday one will find about it , but first of all she has to get rid of any evidence that can lead to it .
' I will burn the diary ' with that in her thoughts she went back to the kitchen and came back with a metal bucket She put the diary in it then lightened up a matchstick and dropped it inside , watching the diary burn into ashes .
' Lucky I have an eidetic Memory, I already memorized all the important information in the diary ' she thought opening the window to let air come in and get rid of the smoke .
On the other side of the room , Shamel and Matheo woke up smelling something burning The two jolted up ,and noticed that indeed there was something burning in the corner of the room .
" Oye kid what are you doing burning something in the early__ " Matheo was the one who spoke first but the words that came died in his throat after noticing that the thing she was burning was the diary .
He immediately shouted in horror as he went to it trying to get it , and failed comically , unfortunately it was already half burned .
" You little __" he said getting about to grab her but Shamel stopped him , but he still kept struggling muttering curses "just wait '__ till I get my hands on you " .
" dzz calm down old man , I already memorized the information , and think clearly what if you lost this diary you will only get more competitors you already have the Argento's On your tail , so the best course of action is to get rid of the diary and hoping that there isn't another copy out there " sayuri explained her reasoning while sipping from her cup coffee .
Well she doesn't plan to tell them about the weapon at least until she finds a way to destroy it.If ... the book explained the theory behind it, well she needs to go through it again and find a solution , she needs some books too .
" Who are you calling an old man huh ??!" Said Matheo but overall he finally calmed down after hearing her explanation .
" So did you figure out where the cobra's safe is ?" Shamel asked
" Yup it's currently in San Marino in ××××××××" she replied " but before that to open the safe we are in need of a key "
" A key, how the heck can we find it? It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."
" Don't cut me up old man and let me finish ,from the book the key is in the necklace of the duchess Kristina the second , they apparently fell in love in a Clichy romance which I would like to skip, so back to the main point, the leader of cobra handed it to her before he died as a gift , but years later it said that it was stolen By Arsen lupin , and it didn't seen since then ".she continued the explanation ignoring matheo offensive cries on how she called him and old man .
" And here are the good news ,I made some research, and fortunately for us the same necklace will be held on the underworld auction this coming month in London ".
" how did you get that information ?" Mathéo asked in disbelief as he looked up at Shamel who just shrugged, already familiar with his sky 's intelligence .
" I have my méthodes " she just flashed him a smirk as she said .
" I have a plan on how to get the key in the auction _ "she was about to explain her plan , but she stopped herself as she sensed something outside the door and her intentions started ringing .
Noticing his sky's change , Shamel tensed as he grabbed his gun and Matheo did the same nonetheless .
"We are surrounded "Sayuri wishpred to them .
Just as she said that the door opened with a bang and 4 men in black bursted in, pointing their guns at the three in the
room .
and then another man entered the apartment , he was the one who led those men he has dirty blond hair and sharp green eyes like a fox , the fact that the two who were guarding the door so the three won't run away made a way for him to enter, bowing to him in the process , adding air of arrogance oozing from him indicates he is indeed their boss .
" Mathéo you don't think you mess with us and get out without any harm do
Man ?"said the man .
' How did they find us? ' Matheo thought, gritting his teeths .
" Now where is the diary ?" He asked while approaching them .
" I'm sorry to say this Raphael but you
are a bit late, " Matheo said, smirking as he pointed at the burning diary .
The other man looked confused but looking where he was pointing to find something was burning but he realized what's happening and his confusion soon turned into rage .
" You burned it !! How dare you , you will pay for this "exclaimed the man .
he pointed his gun at Matheo and pulled the trigger .