Futago
Signaling.

Hongkong, 10:00 p.m., night market.

Akashi did not take his eyes off the woman he had been following. Inside the night market crowd, the black-hated woman was walking leisurely, but not with her hands.

The two hands continued to lash out blows, pulling the head dragging him and banging against the wall very hard. Blood, bodies, lying along the market alleys. The shrill screams of visitors were swallowed up by the market noise.

The woman stood casually in front of a small stall with a red cloth as a covering hanging in front of the door. Two creepy-faced men came out from the stall trying to beat the woman.

Sbuaaakkk!.

His hand was like a knife slashing the necks of the two people in one move, smashing their throats. Akashi narrowed his eyes as the woman walked into the stall. He could not rashly try to come in even though he was very curious what was going on inside there.

A man with a sexy, red-haired woman walked out of the stall. They held hands, even the woman was spoiled. A pair of lovers who are drunk in love, Akashi thought before but quickly realized and immediately moved to follow the two people.

Just four steps away Akashi leaves his hiding place a police siren is heard at the end of the alley.

"Well, that's smart. And the right timing." Lirih Akashi is back on the move.

Allegedly right. After exiting the night market the couple chose to go to a deserted place. The woman quickly paralyzed the man. Seen as the woman touched the man's forehead and chest, her lips moved quickly and the terrible screams Akashi memorized broke the silence of the night.

"Of dono?." Akashi Murmuring.

What a surprise Akashi, the woman he had been following for several months was the current clan leader. The demon she was referring to was Ayumi dono, the mother of the twins?!.

Akashi soon hides when Ayumi senses his presence.

Gawat!, for a while I have to leave now!, the inner Akashi moves very quickly away from that place.

What a choice! because without Akashi knowing three seconds after he left Ayumi was already standing in his hiding place earlier.

"Huh, huh, huh. What the hell is going on?. It was too close. I have to go further." Akashi moved back after stopping to catch his breath.

He must not be in the same city as Ayumi or the woman will find him. The abilities of the clan heir cannot be taken lightly, Akashi understood that very well. That's why Akashi bought a motorcycle from a young boy who was hanging out on the side of the road at a high price in order to get out of there as quickly as possible.

Escaping from the clan heir is a crazy thing!. That reason also made the shadow keep a distance with Ayumi until they could not do anything when their young miss got attacked and executed.

Like a madman, Akashi carries a motorcycle at high speed, choosing a quiet detour, avoiding the attention of people.

***

Tokyo, 08:00 p.m.

Hotaru walked up to Yuki without a word coming out of their mouth. Her twin sister takes Hotaru to the central park surrounded by the school building. Yuki sat on one of the long benches beside the sakura tree. In the buzz of insect noises in summer Hotaru walked over to her twin and sat in the same chair, giving her some distance. Maybe Yuki still doesn't want to be close to her.

"How are you?."

This was not a question of pleasantries or, Hotaru who had no other questions. It was a question that Hotaru really wanted to ask Yuki, they were indeed one house, the distance of their room was also not far, either, but it's like there's a big hole separating the two until Hotaru never knows if the twin is okay.

"Hm." There was a muttering from Yuki.

"You look more excited to be here." Hotaru tried to calm down despite her mixed feelings.

"Hm."

"You have many friends too."

"Hm."

"What about your illness?." Ask Hotaru.

"It's fine." Although Yuki's answer was like that Hotaru could not calm down.

"Is the training with Mai san and Eiji so difficult?." Hotaru secretly watched Yuki's practice from afar.

"No." Hotaru smiled with relief at Yuki's reply.

"Thank God. Yuki, I have something for you. I made it," Hotaru's voice choked when she felt Yuki's body weight on her shoulder and left arm.

Silent.

Hotaru dripped a clear liquid from her eyes. His head slowly bowed down, staring at his trembling hand slowly.

The piled-up feeling that was hard to resist made his hand lately tremble while near his twin sister. Wanting to grab Yuki's body, hugging her tightly, telling her twin how sorry she was.

Silent.

Hotaru was busy calming down. He is weak, he is weak when dealing with an angry Yuki. His sister who is much obedient to him, his sister who is rarely angry with him, his sister who always appreciates him, his sister who. Hotaru stopped the screams in her mind and glanced towards her left arm.

Yuki's hand snuck in looking for Hotaru's hand and hooked their fingers.

Hotaru can't hurt Yuki more than this. Because he was also the one who made Yuki's punishment active. If Hotaru knew there was punishment in her twin, she would never leave Yuki. And chose to drink his sister's antidote, facing all enemies together.

Hotaru covered her face with her hands. Feel the disappointment in yourself.

"I missed you. Very." Very." Lirih Hotaru's.

Hotaru felt her hand crushed by Yuki. Why was he so weak?, everything he believed to have been true he did, was not. His grandfather's plan did not go smoothly, which he thought was protecting Yuki, in fact his twin sister suffered a more terrible attack. What he thought had to keep a distance from his sister for the good of his sister, the enemy already knew.

Those sacrifices that drained blood, sweat, tears ended in vain. He was too weak, too weak. If only he could break through his mother's defenses maybe he could scrape up a bit of information. If only he knew that all the secrets were in his mother maybe Hotaru would try harder to do her best to protect her twin. If only.

"Hotaru."

Regretting. Regretting. Regretting. Regretting. Regretting. Regretting. Regretting. Regretting.

That one word kept spinning inside Hotaru's mind and heart.

"Hotaru!." Yuki raised her voice and then got the attention of her twin sister.

Their eyes meet. If Yuki doesn't remember her tears hurting Hotaru she's already crying louder than her twin sister. Their tears are their weaknesses. Yuki actually could not see Hotaru crying, never could.

The older brother of two minutes from her never cried even when little Hotaru was in pain for protecting her from the experimental explosion that little Yuki did. From the demands of the great-grandfather, from the pressure of the respectable families, Yuki remembered it. A little memory of that. But if they meet again after a long separation, Hotaru will cry.

Yuki wrapped her other hand around Hotaru's neck pulling her into the hug. A crackling began to sound beside Yuki's ears. The girl decides to confront Hotaru, and keeps everything secret until the time comes.

"I'm sorry." Hotaru's speech removed the link of their hands and pulled Yuki's body into a tighter embrace.

"I'm sorry. Yuki I'm sorry." Yuki swallowed his coarse salivary which tasted very bitter.

"I'm sorry. I regret. Ii'm sorry. I'm not leaving you again. Never will." Hotaru's voice shook violently, tearing Yuki's heart apart.

"Really Yuki. Don't avoid me anymore. I can't stand it. I can't hold this much longer." Yuki swallowed his saliva for the second time.

"I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Hotaru Pint.

Like someone's gagging Yuki's throat. The girl wants to reply to Hotaru's words but is unable to, so Yuki drowns her face in the curve of Hotaru's neck.

They were in that position long enough. It was so long as I didn't want to be apart again. It reminded the two of the memories in the living room, in the piano chair after their performance.

"Yuki's." Hotaru's hoarse voice from crying too much interrupts Yuki.

"I'm sorry." Sluggishly.

Yuki took off their hug cupping Hotaru's face with both hands. Clearly visible puffy eyes, crumpled face, messy hair. Yuki's memories drift in as she meets Hotaru at Burhan's headquarters.

You are not wrong, Yuki replied Hotaru inwardly. His mouth was so tightly closed that it was hard to move.

Yuki brought her face closer to kiss Hotaru's left cheek.

I'm the one who should apologize. Because of me you went through a painful agony, continued Yuki kissing Hotaru's right cheek.

The bright brown bead trembled, dripping back the clear details from his eyes.

It all started because of my mistake, I'm sorry Hotaru.

Yuki returned the bright brown bead's gaze. Hotaru brought her face closer, peeking at Yuki's forehead. Yuki closed her eyes. They shed each other's feelings.

Hotaru hugged Yuki again.

"Ekhem!. Sorry to bother you." Hotaru turned her head without letting go of Yuki.

"Aren't you the one with Yuki that night?. Mizutani Tsubaki, the protector who came out of the main residence?." Hotaru said that the man who used to visit Pandora often met his grandfather, and who loved to separate himself from other protectors.

"You're right waka (young master)." Hotaru tightened her hug staring at Mizutani probing.

Yuki's surprised. Hotaru's possessive attitude suddenly appeared.

"You gave Yuki that suicide pill. I almost lost it." Mizutani bowed deeply.

"Sway Yuki. Don't even think of taking him away from me." Threatening Hotaru, her voice was very low and deep, intimidating Mizutani.

"Hotaru that pill I made it." Said Yuki. Hotaru's getting her hugging.

"Why not go yet?." Hotaru asked sharply. Mizutani is still loyal to his position.

"Hotaru, it was Tsuttsun who took care of me during my stay in Tokyo. He's my guardian here." Yuki tried to let go of her twin hugging.

"I didn't forget he wanted to take you away from me." Hotaru's reply wasn't bothered with Yuki squirming around inside her arm.

"That's because Tsuttsun was trying to help me out of this damn punishment." Hotaru stares down, looking for her twin blue bead.

Tuk.

Hotaru flicked Yuki's nose.

"Still like to snort." Hotaru. Yuki subconsciously smiled slightly despite the sadness there.

"Don't apologize anymore. It's not your fault." Yuki was finally able to say that correctly.

"No, it's still my fault that's too weak." Hotaru.

"We'll talk later. I want to see Tsuttsun first, he won't kidnap me just relax." Yuki took off gently hugging Hotaru.

"I'm coming along." Yuki took a slow breath.

"Don't start." Tegur Yuki made Hotaru smile stiffly.

Sretti.

Hotaru pulled Yuki quickly into her embrace again. Just a quick glance and then take it off.

"I understand. And don't avoid me anymore." Hotaru stood holding Yuki's hand without hearing the girl's reply.

Hotaru walked over to Mizutani, looking at the man who was still bowing.

"Don't fuck with me. I'm agh." Hotaru glanced at Yuki who landed a hard pinch on her arm.

"Don't hurt yourself." Hotaru quickly rubbed Yuki's arm right in the same place where the girl landed the pinch.

"Tsuttsun took care of me. Grandma asked him." Hotaru.

"grandmother?." Repeated Hotaru.

"Hm. Tsuttsun please stand up." Yuki. The man raised his body.

"Grandmother is furious with dad for hiding the facts about your illness. But why can the grandmother who asked Mizutani san keep you here?. While I was forbidden from entering the main residence?. What else do I not know?." Hotaru squeezed Yuki's hand staring inside the blue bead.

"Agh sorry. I shouldn't have said this in front of others." Hotaru realized that Mizutani had long since come out from the main residence. Without realizing the real facts.

Cup.

Hotaru kissed Yuki's head. Swiping softly.

"It was very night. Go back to the dorm when you're done." Hotaru. Yuki nodded slowly hugging Hotaru a glance.

Yes aampuunn!, Yuki's inner self only awakened after standing hugging Hotaru.

His height was one inch higher than Hotaru's shoulders when Yuki's height was parallel to her twin ears.

"I'll go first." Pamit Yuki took off her hug.

"Purchase. Jang agh." jenn." Hotaru decided on her sharp gaze that she had just one second thrown at Mizutani.

"Yuki, don't hurt yourself." Hotaru rubbed her waist.

"Lod." Reply Yuki using Indonesian.

"Tsuttsun come on." Yuki walked away from Hotaru.

Thankfully, Inner Hotaru stared at her sister's back.

***

Akashi stopped his motorcycle on an empty roadside filled with huge trees. He entered the jeep that was waiting for him.

"Xiansheng ninja? (Where are you, sir?)."

"Take me to the hotel (Take me to the hotel)."

Akashi glanced at the motorcycle behind him from the rearview mirror of the car. After the car had gone far enough, the sound of a loud explosion was heard startling Akashi's impromptu driver.

This way should be enough to remove any trace, inner Akashi.

While in the land of the rising sun, Mizutani takes Yuki away from school. They're coming to the shadow branch headquarters in Tokyo.

"What is Tsuttsun?." Asked Yuki who sensed something was happening.

"If no one here could eavesdrop on us. Wait for Dazai and Ogura to come." Reply Mizutani pulled the chair for Yuki. The chair that Mizutani usually occupies.

Not long after that Dazai and Ogura came together.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Ogura.

"It doesn't matter we just arrived." Reply Yuki.

Dazai gave Yuki and several other drinks to Mizutani and Ogura.

"Do we want to eat together?." Yuki glanced at Ogura's hand which took out some fruit and food from inside the plastic.

"We're gonna stay up here." Answer Mizutani.

"Dai chan, hurry up and explain to me immediately." Tell Yuki who can't wait to hear what's going on. Dazai and Ogura immediately tidied up their luggage and immediately sat down on their respective seats.

"Well, then?." Yuki glanced at Mizutani.

"Akashi was discovered, he was being pursued by Ayumi dono." Yuki opened the can of his drink.

"Then?."

"The odds are very small Akashi can get away with, the worst possibility is that we lose Akashi." Yuki who was about to drink her favorite drink stopped suddenly.

"What do you mean lost Akashi?." Yuki's voice turned cold.

"It is unlikely that Akashi is still alive and escapes the heir to the ojou chan clan." Dazai answered Yuki's question.

"Omong empty." Yuki.

"Ojou is the same," Yuki cut Ogura.

"How do you know?." Yuki glanced at Mizutani.

"Akashi gave us an emergency signal. A signal that can only be made if our lives are threatened. Just in case we fall while on duty." Clearly Mizutani took off the ring on her little finger.

Yuki received the ring observing him closely. Black color, plain look ordinary without engraving or gem. Yuki will look for more later, the most important thing now is Akashi.

"We are nine colors. The ring will light up according to the color of the person sending the signal." Mizutani.

"Je." Jne." Call Yuki to return the ring to Mizutani.

"Yuki, there's a move on BIN." Je also reported the situation that caught his signal.

"Save it Je, now show me the devil's existence." Yuki's orders.

"On confirmation."

Je displayed a hologram screen of a red-haired woman walking quickly inside the crowd while taking off her clothes and fake hair without anyone noticing.

"Je, can you disconnect the electricity and internet area around?." Ask Yuki.

"certain."

Yuki instantly pulled out the watch and did something with it until it made the shadows startled.

Je is directly connected to Yuki's watch, another hologram screen appears from the watch. Yuki created a series of ciphers with symbols emerging from the watch.

Created three lines of cipher on the hologram screen of the clock then the Je hologram screen turned dark.

Yuki directly stuck her phone in the ear.

"Akashi san." The three shadows listened solemnly.

"Get out of the hotel there now." Yuki did something with her phone for a few seconds then stuck it again to her ear.

"Go to two o'clock. Wait out in the open, I've sent a helicopter there. The devil is losing track of you. Don't forget to burn your phone after this." Yuki did something with her watch.

"Go to Canada for a while until I give you my next order." Yuki made a line with her finger on the clock screen.

"Pulse, careful. Thanks for sending me the signal." Yuki then broke off the relationship.

"Yuki, the German BND is aware of our network." Report Je.

"Security, hold another thirty seconds." Tell Yuki.

"On confirmation."

The girl directly walked towards the workshop. There's a big computer there. Yuki immediately sinks into a pile of codes, he inserts the code of his creation connecting with the watch and Je at once. Je won't be strong enough to hold it alone. It was fortunate that Yuki had been tinkering with the computer at the headquarters, so he easily did it again.

"Yuki's!. BIN is above us." The Je report surprised everyone.

"Let Je. Focus on the BND." Tell Yuki.

"Ojou is the same." Yuki is very focused on his work he ignores Ogura.

"Ojou chan." The disturbed Yuki frowned.

"Hm?."

"Yuki's. Chibi sent a signal." Report Mizutani.

"He was with Ame san how could he?." Srobot Yuki, his ten fingers are still busy.

"They are above us, most likely against BIN. We're waiting for orders." Dazai answered and knelt.

"Damn!, what did BIN do?. Dai Chan set up the operating room at the nearest hospital." Tell Yuki his face is hardened.

I won't let anyone die again, Inner Yuki.