Until we meet again

Mika didn’t want anymore surprises he’s had a more than a lifetime of surprises within his time spent with Shinoa and the rest of them. Mitsuba has brought him to not so much a lake, but a pond in the middle of nowhere. “ It looked bigger when we were kids.” She commented searching for something among the tall grass. “ What are you looking for?” Mika had asked raising an eyebrow and just like that he heard Mitsuba pull on something and a lid popped out of the ground.

It was disguised just like any other patch of tall grass as Mitsuba moved it aside showing a staircase leading underground. Mika’s jaw dropped and he didn’t move until Mitsuba asked him something, “ You coming sunshine? We don’t have all day you know?” She motioned towards the stairs. Mika walked over and started down the stairs Mitsuba following and shutting the lid behind her.

“ Wow, and no one would be able to find this place since it’s like a thing between you and Shinoa.” Mitsuba smirked at him as they continued down the narrow hall. Besides the fact that this place was this huge scared Mika, seeing as no one knew that it existed. He couldn’t even tell how long it was, he felt like he’d been walking since forever.
He didn’t think the hall would end and it’d just be a dead end. But Mitsuba turned left suddenly and was met with a large steel metal door. There was a pad next to it with numbers to choose from and Mitsuba quickly input the code. Mika tried to memorize it, but it was a really long code. They entered into a room that looked like it was just storage for emergencies like in case of a tornado.

“ This use to be a bomb shelter leftover from people who used to live near here, but they had moved due to loss in crops. So naturally they abandoned the place where Shinoa and I stumbled upon it. We use to come out here regularly to train and such and found it.”
She smiled knocking rhythmically on the wall behind them. ‘ This is just like a god damn spy movie.’ Mika thought as the door with a woosh slid out and opened. Shinoa was there smiling like a little kid on Christmas morning.

“ Hello, lovelies! Glad you could make it!” She sang as she let them pass. Inside the bunker was filled with high tech equipment and weapons. Mika wanted to push every button he saw he reached out only to get his hand smacked. “ uh uh, you almost launched a missile! Be careful Mika!” Yoichi said freaking Mika out as he tried his best to stay away from the technology. “ Yoichi don’t do that to him, don’t worry Mika the only thing that button does is turn on and off the lights.” Kimizuki sighed as he continued typing into the computer.

“ What’s that?” Mika asked looking at the letters and various numbers that littered the screen. “ It’s a coded message that only I can decipher. I’ve actually set up most of the equipment in this room. We have surveillance around this entire place so we know who’s coming, gps trackers, not to mention I’m the best hacker I know. Oh and that temporary paralysis thing they showed in the movie Iron man, big fan of marvel. I actually made that, one for each of us.”
Mika stared at him wide eyed Kimizuki looked prideful at Mika’s silence. “ Yeah, yeah we get it you're awesome. Now come on we need to find the latest news on Yuu-san” Shinoa said pushing Kimizuki back to his computer. “ So how long are we staying here?” Mika asked as he found a chair to be uncomfortable in. “ Until the coast is clear, we’ll only go out for necessities, but other then that we could be here for possibly years.” Mika almost fell out of his chair. “ What?!?” He yelled. “ Years!”
Shinoa sighed for the millionth time.

“ Look, there are hidden spies, bounty hunters, assassins everywhere you name it bud. You’ve now become a liability you know us and we know you. This isn’t just us surviving, we’re a team now and you are our responsibility. But so help me if you take a step outside they will be waiting. So without further adieu, Mikaela Shindo welcome to Shinoa Squad!” She said shutting Mika up as she went over to look at the numerous screens of surveillance.

“ We get it okay? We want nothing more than to be out there searching for Yuu then to be here. But we have no choice, we either die without accomplishing anything or we live long enough to do something about it.” Mitsuba said messing around with a gun she pulled out from her thigh holster. “ Here, you’ll need it to protect yourself. Do you know how to use it?” She asked Mika gave her a nod as he held the small gun in his hands. “ Yeah, well I kind of needed it. It’s not like the place I managed was exactly a safe place.” Mika said turning the gun in his hands. “ We’ll practice shooting later, right now we need to find out where Guren and Shinya are or was. They must have left something behind for us.”

Mitsuba muttered the last part as she approached Kimizuki who already was hacking into the cities surveillance. “ Oh yeah Mika down the hall to the right is a spare room with a bed if you want to rest. There’s also a bathroom and kitchen stocked with food.” Yoichi said smiling at him. He thanked the brunette as he walked to the spare room. ‘ If I were on my own. I probably would be dead.’ He turned onto his side, ‘But I miss Yuu-chan..’ Mika fell asleep with his thoughts filled with nothing, but Yuuichirou.
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‘Move, gotta keep moving. Don’t stop.’ Yuu panted flying through the air dodging missiles. He was gone for about an hour everything was fine until the government found him. He was being targeted by army jets that had spotted him from behind. He couldn’t dodge them forever he would have to resort to using force. Yuu willed his triton to appear and stopped mid fly. He turned around just as the jet was about to crash into him and stabbed it with his triton. The jet turned into salt, but not before the pilot had parachuted out of the thing, the others seemed to have retreated from Yuu’s attack. ‘ Good.’ Yuu thought as he went flying full speed again.

He was scared, lost, but most of all guilty. Inside he felt this never ending bottomless pit that made his heart ache, like it was taking his life force and anything he ever felt that was good in life and drained him of it. It made Yuu want to let go, to give up and let this feeling take over to finally give him some peace of mind.
He couldn’t, he knew that, he had to fight. ‘ To live means to fight, to give up means defeat.’ Guren’s words had echoed in his head. “ And I’m damn sure that I will never admit defeat!” He yelled as he flew faster and faster to the point that his eyes started to water. Yuu didn’t stop flying, not until well into the night where he had crash landed onto a small island. Yuu looked blearily at his surroundings, it seemed like the place was deserted which was a good thing, he rubbed the sand off himself and decided to look around for a bit.

‘ Just to make sure.’ He groaned as he willed his powerless body to trudge the shore, feeling his weight on his feet again made him so tired. “ I did no miss this.” He laughed. “ Just to think I was worrying over whether or not I liked some blonde guy a few days ago and now I’m probably becoming the most wanted person thing all around the world.” Yuu hadn’t really thought about how it all came to this, but now that he’s processing it. “ No, no Guren wouldn’t do that to me.” He shook his head, temporary guilt filling him again at the mere thought Guren would even turn on him.

Yuu stopped in his footsteps, watching as the ocean water would splash around his feet over and over again before he fell onto his knees. The only sound to silence his cries was the storm that was approaching the island. The rumble of thunder covering his screams of pain as it all started to settle within Yuu. His pain, guilt, his fear all flowed out of him dragging the last of his energy out as he poured it into his screams.

Yuu looked up to the sky his throat burning and hoarse from all the screaming as a drop fell on his cheek. It dripped down his face flowing down his chin before it fell to the water below, as rain had befallen the entire island. Yuu managed a chuckle before whispering one last word.

“ Mika..”
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Mika opened his dreary eyes to the unfamiliar white walled room. It took him a second before he realized that yes, in fact he was in an ex-bomb shelter with a bunch of spies. Also that the life he had was dead for the next few years, not that he would miss it much, maybe just the money. “ My comfy bed, my clothes, my music…” He stuffed his face into the bed sheets mumbling. “ my Yuu-chan..” Mika knew none of that would be in reach until this whole mess was cleared up and it wasn’t until that thought had crossed his mind that he realized just how incredibly lonely he was.

Even then, he had it all, but one thing he never got. ‘ Love.’ The word sending a blush on his face. His bliss was shattered as he was jumped on by none other than Shinoa. “ Wakey, wakey! No, beauty sleep for you today fluff ball. Get clean, dressed and get ready to do some training!” Shinoa cheered as she ran out of the room as quick as she had come. Mika sat there a bit dumbfounded before collapsing onto his bed once again. “ Come on, Mika!” Shinoa yelled again, he grumbled as he pounded his fists on his bed. “ I’ll send Mitsuba to dump a bucket of water on you!” Mika’s head shot up, but he then rolled his eyes.

‘ She wouldn’t do that.’ He chuckled as he turned on his side facing the wall again. But without warning and silently Mitsuba had done what MIka had feared. Just as he turned around Mitsu dumped a bucket of ice cold water on him. “ Mornin’ Princess.” She laughed as she let the bucket clatter to the floor, walking away from Mika’s seething rage. “ Is it too late to kill you!” Mika yelled from his room. “ I’d like to see you try! Get on my level and then we’ll talk!” Mitsuba laughed again as Mika got to cleaning up.

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“ So talk to me Mika, what do you know? How do you protect yourself? What are your weaknesses and strengths?” Yoichi asked him when he was ready for the morning. “ I’m good with a gun I guess? I know the basics on how to defend myself if the situation calls for it. But not enough to go up against people like you guys.” The group was silent for a bit. “ That’s pretty good! It’s better than starting from scratch!” Mika smiled back at Yoichi who seemed to be writing their conversation down. “ So Kimizuki what do you think is best, Virtual training or Physical training?” Yoichi put his pad down. “ Well..” Kimizuki put a hand on his chin. “ Do you work better with computers or people?”

He looked at Mika, but was creeped out by the dark aura that had surrounded him not to mention the smile Mika had on his face. “M-mika?” Yoichi questioned him fear evident in his voice. “ I’ve been waiting for that question my entire life! Computers, I work better with Computers!” Mika was fired up now and was rather curious of this “Virtual Training”. He followed Kimizuki into a room a normal white room, just like his bedroom, but then the lights went off and a huge screen emitting a soft glowing light appeared along with devices that were labeled to go onto different parts of the body.

“ I installed this a while ago, most of us prefer to train with each other, but whenever we don’t have partners we come down here. So Virtual training although isn’t taken as seriously and is seen as a joke or another reason to be lazy. It is actually very effective, and how you use it is we put this VR headset on and you’re instantly put into let’s say a dojo or boxing ring and a cpu partner pops up. We add on the motion sensors that simply clip onto your arms, legs, hands and core so the monitor can scan you and record if your motions equal that to the original moves.” Mika stood there staring at the room that looked straight out of the future. Not that he hadn’t been paying attention to what Kimizuki said, but he was just excited to be doing this.

“ So what would you like to try out first? There’s Taekwondo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, MMA or like I mentioned before boxing.” Mika happily replied. “ Taekwondo!” Kimizuki tapped on the screen making the final adjustments and got Mika in gear. Just as Mika was learning a move, “ Oh did I forget to mention that if you get hit by a Cpu the motion sensors will zap you so be careful!” Mika flinched, “ How intense are the zaps?!?” But Kimizuki had already left him. ‘ I hope I can learn quick!’

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When Mika finally was in his soft bed in his plain white room, he couldn’t have been more happier. Mika had been on the VR for three hours, when lunch time came around and he felt exactly like a barbecued bratwurst. Kimizuki put the zapping level on high. ‘ The bastard.’ Mika had half the mind to punch the pink haired male, but maybe this was for his own good. If he was one on one a punch would hurt just as much or even more than a zap. So in other words they were taking it easy on him.
Mika continued his training the rest of the day stopping for meals and breaks from time to time. The pain from the zaps wasn’t as bad as it was in the beginning so he got used to it, but the moves kept getting more complex, but he was just a beginner.

He’s heard that it takes years for a person to become a master and luckily he had that time. Who knows maybe he can master a few other martial arts while he’s here. He turned in his bed, looking up at the plain ceiling, pulling the blankets just a bit higher onto himself.
“ Who knows what I can do in a few years.” Mika’s head filled with the possibilities, but he knew his ultimate goal was “ To get Yuu back.” The raven had only been a stranger to Mika, but the minute they had actually met. Mika knew something had stirred inside of him and it wasn’t something he was familiar with. How could he have been so stupid as not see what he was feeling?

“ Love.” He said the foreign word on his lips a tingle spreading over his body as he thought about the raven making him smile. He clutched onto the blankets harder, deciding going to sleep was a waste he headed back to the VT room to train some more to get his mind off of things. More specifically off of,

“ Yuu-chan..”