With the time machine ready to go,the group was about to set an exact date to go on their great journey to the past. The mission is to go back to 2010 when Ichiro's parents were still alive, but for a time travel to be successful, two things are essential; the exact date and place. Sadly for Ichiro, without an location in mind then the trip would be fruitless.
"Where should we go first? where should we go first?" Ichiro thought over and over again, drawing smoke from his brain.
" Why don't we search the orphanage archives? we may find something to help us" commented Lei brilliantly. Apparently, Nani kept stored in it's main office a history file for each child that arrived. In these documents there was information such as the name of the infant, the arrival date, the reason of the arrival among many others. For Ichiro's bad luck, the documents were as well kept as a princess in a castle with a dragon, but this time it was Nani who took care of these files. Nani just stood there in her office, playing solo cards for hours, each time breaking her own record without being interrupted by the tiniest fly that passed by her.
After careful thought maybe it was not a bad idea for Ichiro. He took into consideration how difficult it would be to go inside Nani's office without being surprised, but that was the only way to find a clue to help them on their journey. Ichiro and Lei headed for Nani's office, tiptoeing from step to step. Upon arrival, each one placed ina different corner of the corridor where the office was located. A rather burlesque voice mixed with a outrageous laughter came from the other side of the door. It seemed that it was Nani talking on the phone.
" As I was saying..... Oh hold on, I need to go to the bathroom" Nani placed the phone on her desk and went to open the door. Once she left the room with the door with the door open Ichiro and Lei infiltrated.
If they thought it would be hard to find the documents before, they would be retracting right now. There were mountains of cardboard boxes full of folders that for them to find what they wanted would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Stay at the door in case Nani comes back" said Ichiro as he began to rummage through the pile of boxes. To be honest, the boxes contained nothing but recycled sheets and old receipts. There was probably not even something useful there, a complete waste of space. After opeing dozens of useful boxes, Ichiro finded a stricking folder with a big label on the lid that said "confidential".
" Hey Lei, come to see this" said Ichiro. Lei decided to lower the guard just for a while to see Ichiro's find. Ichiro opened the first page of it and it seemed that they had found what they were looking for.
" newcomer registration.... this is it, let's go" exclaimed Ichiro. Before they could even blink even once, the door began to grind slowly. A shadow appeared on the ground, someone wanted to enter.
"Is everything going well?" whispered Katsuo.
" No fuck Katsuo, What had I told you to surprise in that way?!" Ichiro protested with the creeps.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to know how everything was going" said Katsuo.
" Let's get out of here before Nani comes back" said Ichiro. With the folder in their possession now everything was ready for the trip. The young people returned to their room for taking a look at it. The folder was divided into alphabetical order, where each child who arrived at the orphanage would be listed on it.
"Let's see..... A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H, I, here I should be" Ichiro searched for his name and when he found his own he found out this information:
Name: Ichiro Kazama
Birthday: May 26, 2010
Birthday place: Osaka, Japan
Original Address: Minato Avenue 53,Osaka, Japan
Arrival Date: August 15, 2010
Parents name: Tetsu & Eliza Kazama
Arrival reason: Death of parents in an accident.
By moving the furniture and any other object that could intervene, the group opened space to stand in the middle of the room. Ichiro wrote down in the Line Breaker the place and date for then he placed his hands in the center.
"Put your hands to the center, if we all grab the line breaker at the same time so then it would have to transport us together" said Ichiro. With the great mission ahead and not knowing if something like this was going to turn out, they put their hands in the center thus becoming one single hand.
"Ok, here we go" exclaimed Ichiro. He pressed the "start" button and the line breaker reacted instantly. The device vibrated so agitaded that it made the three friends shake on the ground. Suddenly, the brightness of the same increased its luminosity, to such a degree that it seemed that a flash was impacting on the room.
A glow surrounded them, they closed their eyes tightly so as not to be dazzled. Before they knew it themselves, they had suddenly disappeared from the room. Feeling they were traveling at high speed, Ichiro, Katsuo and Lei opened their eyes again to realize that they were rapidly descending through a infinite tunnel as if it were a slide. the tunnel was dark in itself, but luminous blue rings connected to each other bordered it.
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The descent was momentary, since a few seconds after entering the tunnel a large rift opened and driven by the great speed, the three friends shot through it. When they came out the other side of the rift, they hit the pavement in an alley. Ichiro lay on the ground feeling the rain bouncing off his face. Regaining consciousness he realized that he was no longer in the orphanage. He went to lift his friends so they could see it with their own eyes.
"Where are we?" asked Katsuo disorientated.
"Not longer in our room, surely" commented Ichiro. There was a newspaper browsing over some puddles and Ichiro took it.
"Guys, it worked....." In the upper corner of the front page it said the date of that day.
Date: August 14, 2010
Place: Osaka, Japan
Universe number: 10124835
Line Breaker battery: 100%
The group walked out of the alley to appreciate the city in which they had landed. It was nothing like the small town they came from, there were tall buildings, an abysmal amount of formally dressed people walking on the sidewalks. The cars that were around looked modern to them even though in 2026 they were old. However, the group could not waste time being distracted in exploring the place, they had a rescue mission.
"And now what?" asked Katsuo.
"We have to find the address that came in the document" said Ichiro. The group stood on the sidewalk raising the thumb to ask any car that passed by to raid. Ichiro felt an electromagnetic force behind them, as if someone was watching them, He thought it was just his imagination. A compact car parked in front of them and a middle age man rolled down the window.
"hey how are you? do you need a ride?" asked friendly the man.
"yes, actually we do, we need to go to this address" said Ichiro showing the man the address written on a piece of paper.
"I am on the way to where I go, I think I can take you, get in." said the man. They settled into the seats and after that the man marched forward. The man did not look bad, in fact he was quite nice that he started a conversation with the three teenagers.
"and tell me, are you from around here?" asked the man.
"not really, sir" replied Lei.
"Oh you're gonna love the city" commented the man while driving. "You definitely have to go to the new aquarium, they say it is one of the largest in the country."
"Sounds interesting, we'll probably go when we have time" said Lei returning the talk to the man. After twenty minutes of travel, they had reached their destination.
"Here we are, the address you told me" said the man. The three friends got out of the vehicle and thanked the man for the move. The man had left them in a street full of houses that were exactly the same. The only difference between all of them was the number they had on the front door and that was what Ichiro was looking for. He needed to find the house that matched the address the document gave. Walking the street from one end to the other, Ichiro came across the house he was looking for, his home. When he saw it he did not know what to think, it was a new feeling in his heart. You couldn't say it was nostalgia, he had no memory of his true home or family, this was different, like knowing a forgotten chapter in his story.
"Here is it" said Ichiro sighing relieved. His joy would be interrupted when a black vehicle with tinted windows would stop in front of the residence. The teenagers didn't think twice and hid behind the wooden fences. The man who came in the vehicled descended of it. The man had a sturdy look,wearing smocking with sunglasses and with the face of do not have any friends. He rang the doorbell and the one who opened the door was nothing more and nothing less than Ketsu Kazama.
"Dad" said Ichiro through his teeth.
"I bring the information you requested." The man brought with him a briefcase and showed it to Mr. Kazama.
"Come in" said Ketsu Kazama stressed, he looked agitated and in a hurry. The man went in and Ketsu closed the door.
Ichiro,Katsuo and Lei squatted into the garden of the house to sneak a peek through a window. Not being able to fully lean out, they could only hear how Mr. Kazama and the Unknown Man exchanged words in the living room.
"So, what you got for us?" asked intrigued Mr. Kazama.
"Yeah, what is known about Shengo and his plan?" asked Eliza Kazama walking into the room with cups of coffee.
"Mom" Ichiro whisper. Ichiro had chosen a day before he was taken to the orphanage deducing that his parents would still be alive on that date, which he was right.
"What exactly are we doing, Ichiro?" asked Katsuo.
"I need to prevent my parents from dying, they are suppose to die in a accident, I have to notice them" replied Ichiro.
"What are we waiting for?" Lei asked.
"For the man to leave the house, probably they are just talking about businesses, job or something" said Ichiro.
Meanwhile in the living room, Messrs. Kazama drank coffee while listening to the man.
"In here I have everything I need to stop Shengo." said the man seriously.
"It is a relief to hear that, otherwaise the world would be in great danger" said Tetsu Kazama calmer.
"Yeah it is, let me show you something" said the man. The man opened his briefcase but it was completely empty except for a firearm.
"Have you ever been told ..... not to open the door to strangers?" asked the man grabbing the firearm.
"What?" asked Tetsu Kazama. The man had no mercy and fired the gun several times, bursting the bullets against Tetsu and Eliza Kazama's breasts the blood and coffee spilled on the carpet. It was nothing more than a traitor sent to assassinate them. After that the man took his cellphone to make a call.
"Mr. Shengo, I have eliminated them....... thank you sir, without Tetsu and Eliza Kazama, now nothing can stop the Ten'no corporation." The man left the crime scene driving his car with full throttle. That was the moment Ichiro realized that his parents did not die in an accident. His parents had been taken from him in cold blood.All this time in the orphanage, living by a lie. Ichiro entered the room to try to save them, but they were already gone.
The next day was the funeral, in the cementery the rain was pouring and the assistants walked with great seriousness and sadness. Ichiro attended aloof the funeral of his own parents and saw how several people carried the coffins with the deceased. Listening to the speeches of people who did not know, Ichiro saw in the background someone standing fixedly, he was not moving at all but Ichiro felt that he was staring at him. He just blink for a second and that person was no longer there.
"Do you saw that?" Ichiro asked paranoid.
"Saw what?" replied Katsuo.
"The person standing there" exclaimed Ichiro.
"The was no one, Ichiro" said Lei. Again, Ichiro tought it was just his imagination, but this bad vibe didn't give him a good sign. The group decided to move to another place, they needed to talk about what they saw, what they listened, unintentionally, they had discovered a possible conspiracy.