Chapter 5

On a bright spring day, Noah wakes up in the back of a truck…

Noah, who just woke up; What happened?

He then looked outside and saw he was at the camp of the human traffickers the previously fought. 

Noah; *oh right, I was hit from behind*. Huh? Hey you, right next to me obviously. What happened, how did you get here?

The person next to him; I'm, I'm Sakura.

Noah; right, I'm Noah, and you look my age, well, technically my body's age, it's a long story. So, how did you get here little girl?

Sakura; I was just with my parents at one moment, the next, my father was shot in the head, and my mother died trying to protect me, the killers then dragged me and brought me here.

Noah; that's unforgiveable! Listen, I'm going to get you and everyone else outa here ok?

Sakura; ok but how?

Noah; I, think I'll need to come up with a plan first.

Also, why is your hair pink?

Sakura; I was just born that way.

Noah; no way, so I was completely wrong about this dimension!

Sakura; what do you mean by that?

Noah; oh it's nothing, now what do we do?

On a beautiful evening, Tom was with Rose in a park, it was the last thing they wanted to do before it was all over.

Tom; I think today was the best day of my life.

Rose leaning on him; I'm glad you think so darling.

Tom; just out of curiosity, what exactly do you even see in me? I mean I'm not that great of a guy, you could do much better.

Rose; remember back in grade school when I was getting picked on by those girls?

Tom; kinda, I just to them to fuck off and they listened.

Rose; yeah, it wasn't much but that was the first time someone had done something kind to me in a while.

Tom; seriously?

Rose; yes.

*beep*beep* 

Tom; looks like it's 6 already.

Rose; yeah, my flight is in a couple of hours. 

Tom; I guess it's goodbye for now.

Rose; I suppose it is.

Tom; Rose, thank you, for everything, thanks to you I feel like…

Rose then silenced him with a kiss.

Tom, this was more for me than you, you shouldn't thank me for anything.

She then kissed him again and Tom kissed her back.

Two hours later…

Itona (who's been waiting in the living room); so how did it go?

Tom (who just came back home); it was ok I guess, anyway, can we get back to the important thing?

Itona; Yeah, what do you think the Tsukuyomi clan's deal with your dad is about?

Tom; no idea. I need to talk to Jerry about this when he gets back.

Dave; Oh, Tom you're back, how did your date go?

Tom; it, was, great.

Dave; I'm glad to hear that. Not long till I become a great uncle it seems.

Tom; yeah… wait WHAT!

Dave; 😏

Then Dave went back to the Kitchen to cook food. While Tom and Itona went to their room to talk.

Tom; so have you thought about becoming an assassin under Greg?

Itona; I'm fine either way to be honest. But only if you would.

Tom; seriously? But isn't this about your dad?

Itona; look, the truth is part of me does want to avenge dad, while another part just says fuck it, I've got all I need so what's the point? But the rest just says that if you would do it, then I would. After all, I feel like I owe you a lot.

Tom; you don't owe me anything, so don't feel like you do. As for me, I'll have to speak with Jerry and think about this for a bit.

Just then, by sheer coincidence…

 Breaking news; A flight which just left from Japan to New Heiwa has suddenly crashed somewhere in China.

Itona and Tom both stared frozen at their phone screens as they read this sudden headline, then Itona turned his head to look at Tom, who looked like he was just turned to stone. 

Itona; Rose…

Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, a 19-year-old man stood in a dark room speaking with his subordinate…

Bachira; I believe all has gone as planned, hasn't it, Botan?

Botan; it is done sir. The plane has crashed claiming the lives of all on board.

Bachira; I would have liked it if innocent blood didn't have to be shed but I believe nothing goes as planned.

Botan; an unfortunate outcome sir.

?; Bachi!

Bachira; Maya!

Bachira then carried the 14-year-old girl in his arms and spun her around before placing her down as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

Botan; I should see myself out now.

Bachira to Maya; So, how's the hideout? How's Jimmy been treating you?

Maya; it's all fine, but that's not the point! I've missed you Bachi.

Bachira; same here. I thought about you every day.

Maya; that makes me happy to know, big brother.

A few hours earlier back at the estate, a summit concerning the future of Ga-den was taking place.

Kurotsuchi; Ever since the events of November 12th three years ago, our clan has been tasked with reconstruction of our precious estate while at the same time keep our reputation as top clan. However, we have only succeeded in one of those tasks. 

From rebuilding of houses, to funding the homeless as well as the construction of the very Takai we are in right now, our clan has been set back at least 500,000,000,000 yen and that was during our temporary leave from all commercial activities till last year. Yuzawa; However, the reason why we are here today isn't to cry about losses, it is to prove that our clan is resilient enough to bounce back even after such massive loss. In ranking we went from 1st to 30th in two years and then to 10th in just a single year. That is resilience. It is to show that our clan is capable off coming back after taking such a hit and that is the reason why we ask you all to place our faith in us like you always have and as your predecessors did as well.

Minister of foreign affairs; We will consider this proposal, if you can give us a good reason to.

A few hours after the crash…

Ring, Ring

Itona; Hello?

Greg; now do you understand what's going on.

Itona; what do you mean… wait, you don't mean that?!

Greg; I very much do.

Itona; hey Tom, you should take this.

Tom; hello?

Greg; you're Thomas right? I believe I saw you with that girl at the park earlier.

Tom; wait, where you spying on me?

Greg; I was from a distance, but that's not important now, that girl you were with is probably…

Tom; Don't you dare finish that sentence, do so, and I will kill you myself.

Greg; I'm just pointing out a likely outcome, but nevertheless, the assassins where behind this. 

Tom; why would they though?

Greg; apparently, there was a traitor among them and that person was planning to flee to Heiwa, this was their only chance to take him out before he was out of their reach.

Tom; even though there where innocent people involved?

Greg; now do you understand the kind of people you're dealing with? The Tsukuyomi clan is the most corrupt in the entire world. Through the centuries they have used threats money and assassinations to crawl their way up to power and after the fall of Ga-den they didn't hesitate to take advantage of that. Now tell me, what do you want?

Tom, with an expression of a devil on his face; I want to kill them all.

10:30 pm

Jerry; wait, so let me get this straight, The Tsukuyomi clan, is actually backing Black rose and they were responsible for crashing the plane with Rose on it?

Itona; yep, that's basically it.

Jerry; right, and Tom is still brooding over there.

Itona; he's actually tearing up.

Tom was sitting on his bed while staring off into nothing, angry as tears rolled off his face.

Jerry; if it's that serious, I'll help you guys in any way I can, I might be difficult though, with all the drama going on back at the estate.

Itona; wait, so the summit isn't over yet?

Jerry; they said it was supposed to last the next two days. 

Itona; alright then.

Meanwhile at a restaurant in the middle of town…

Greg; it is such an honour for me to meet you here, in fact never in my entire life would I ever find myself lucky or unlucky to ever meet you, black reaper, or should I call you, David Wilson?

E.O.C.

Bachira; I hope that little incident went off without a hitch.

?; everything went as planned, so, can I be free now?

Bachira; not quite yet, you know if it wasn't for my sister's kindness, you'll be a corpse by now and my sister won't have this mental trauma. 

?; I perfectly understand. 

Maya, who was standing nearby; you can move freely as you wish, but only so far that my sweet Bachi can keep an eye on you, you understand, Rose?

Rose, with a forced smile on her face; Gladly, I do owe you my life after all.