u/Appropriate-Sun-362

Yami sat at his desk. He had managed to make some progress by searching results for both sam and William, and it led him to a black web site. He investigated, until he found something called the "Managarmr". They were listed both under "mercenary" and "drug dealer"

"how come these things are more organized than most legal websites?"

One thing caught his eye, however. In the first category, they were listed as seven, in the second, six. He compared them, and found the one to be missing to be "Artemis".

"couldn't stick to a single culture..."

He opened another window, and searched her in the same website. A single result, lucky. He clicked on it, and found a listing, to hire her.

"Sam and William are both mutants, and if they're part of this managarmr thing, it's likely others are too..."

He inspected the page. No name, beside the nickname, no age, no powers, no skills, no nothing. All he knew was that she was a woman (or else she'd have called herself Apollo), and that apparently cost of bullets was on the one who hires.

"the types of bullets are listed...i don't know any of them...i'll ask lycan or umbra later, or grey. Anyone, really"

Without much else to do, he continued his search

In the morning of the day after, a note appeared ib front of umbra's door.

Yami was swinging trought the city, for no reason in particular, just a quick patrol is all, when ronin's voice interrupted the silence.

[process: 100%]

"is that the memory thing or are you still trying to find how to play megalovania with a guitar?"

[the memory, i managed to recover it]

Instantly, yami's nanites formed a display. It quickly flickered to life, showing the interior of a lab. Lucy and Marco's. Specifically, Marco's wing.

Yami: so, what is this?

He heard his voice say as his arm pointed at a...box?

Lucy: this is our ultimate project, do you know of ul-

Marco: now now, we can't have news going around dear! Hey kid, remember, this is all off the record

"off the record". Phosphor said the same thing to umbra. It's something too specific to be a coincidence

Yami: ok? What's that supposed to mean?

Marco: tell ya later, now would you kindly listen to her?

Yami: bioshock fan much? Anyway, yes, i know ultron. I have an AI in my head. Half the questions i get asked is whether i'm a clanker

They looked...shocked, scandalized even

Yami: ronin gave me the pass

Marco loudly cleared his throat, before making sign for Lucy to continue

Lucy: using this, we should be able to maintain your nanites

Yami: big deal, and what's controlling them?

Lucy: an AI of our creation. Programmed to follow three directives: protect us, protect the lab, protect you

Yami: Counterpoint, Hati is gonna consume whatever energy is left in the nanites, assuming that thing can stop the immediate decay

Marco: Hati?

Yami: it's my nanites, i get the say on what's inside them is called

Lucy: you're right...maybe by

Suddenly, the recording sped up and eventually stopped.

"what was that about?"

[to avoid you knowing the process, and thus a telepath being able to see it. I assumed you don't care either way]

"not really...just sum it up"

[the process was a failure. Our best bet would be assuming that during the destruction of the lab, several unknown variables miraculously lined up]

"doesn't explain why he's hostile. That's the textbook definition of opposite of protection"

"because those aren't my directives"

Before he could turn around, Yami was shocked by electricity, its potency and time calculated precisely to avoid his death. Phosphor's...Hati's lucid, black metallic face shifted in what looked like a face, or a bizzarre imitation of such, its mouth opened in a single question...

Yami was in his workshop, on the second floor of the shop.

"done..."

"hey Antonio! Can you please call grey for me? Phone's on the counter, password's 2052009"

A voice answered from downstairs

"is that the lady with the swords?"

"yep"

Antonio unlocked yami's phone, sending a message to grey. "the prostethic arm you ordered has been completed"

It was noon. Yami walked out the gates of the mansion and towards the location Ronin told him. It was finally that day, the day he would open his shop. With steps filled with anxiety, he made his way there. The shop was a simple building, with walls colored white, and most importantly a luminescent sign, which displayed a single word: mirai. Future, in Japanese. In front of the door, a man stood, waiting. Yami crossed the street and quickly approached the man.

Yami: Antonio?

The man snapped out of trance, before looking at yami. He had a surprised expression, likely at the fact that his colleague was, in fact, a teenager. However, he quickly dismissed his shock. After all, he was warned of this

Antonio: yes, Antonio Ferrari, it's a pleasure to meet you

Yami: Shinrai Yami, the pleasure is all mine

He added a small bow as he said it

Yami: shall we go inside, Signor Ferrari?

Antonio: please, call me Antonio

Yami: i see, then feel free to call me Yami, if you so prefer

As he said it, Antonio pushed open the door, holding it open for Yami. The inside was still barren, having only a small counter at the moment.

Antonio: let's look around and see how to organize, alright?

Yami: yes, i believe this would be a most wise decision

Antonio looked a him with confusion. Shichiro had said he was a rather...carefree individual. He didn't expect him to be so formal*. Regardless, they started to look around.*

One week later, around the mansion, many found business cards. On them, written in gold on the black card, on one front an address could be found, and on the other, under "Mirai" written in bold, read "come see us"

Ooc: it's finally done everyone! Feel free to come to yami (hopefully not out of necessity)

Yami had been walking laps around his room for half an hour, discussing with ronin. Turns out, burocracy is a [non acceptable word]. Then, finally, the answer struck (about 29 minutes too late). If he, a minor, couldn't own a shop...he just needed someone who wasn't a minor! He quickly formed a phone out of his nanites, and dialed a very familiar number

"kid"

"Master"

"what's the deal? Why did you call?"

"i ran in a small problem. I can't own a shop"

"yeah, no [let me censor that] Sherlock! You're 17"

"if you could let me finish"

"plus you don't have a"

"LET ME FINISH ALREADY. Anyway, i wanted to ask, do you have anyone who could come to own the shop, so i can actually do it?"

"let me get this straight. You're asking if i coincidentally happen to know an adult"

"yep"

"who has a medical degree"

"affirmative"

"specifically, who is licensed for being a prosthetist"

"precisely"

"who is fine with working with someone who's part of a group hated by society worldwide"

"i hadn't tought of that"

"and who would like to move to America and stay there for an indefinite ammount of time?"

"i ran out of ways to say yes"

"well you've got one [this one too] of a luck! My buddy Antonio has been waiting for an opportunity to move because he was too indecisive to do it himself!"

"well that's convenient"

"i'll tell him the good news, see ya kid"

As he said it, he hung up.

"done. Then, next time, we'll be able to open"

Yami was in his room. In front of him, his nanites formed a massive display, on which various things were presented.

"ronin, report"

[Ryan's father says he can sell us a 3d printer for 100]

"low, what's the catch?"

[broken, but allegedly salvageable]

"send it to screen 1"

A soon as a screen lit up with an image of a 3d printer, yami swiped his hand trought the air, moving it (he doesn't need to, he just enjoys it) in front of himself

"tell him we accept the deal, this thing could be fixed by anyone with more than 5 minutes of study. How's taiyo?"

[that's not his name]

"he doesn't like his real name so i use that, keep up. How's he?"

[he's gonna have to ask his teacher, but he should be able to help]

"great"

[your mother sent a message. Apparently one of the usual clients knows about marketing. He offered to make the business cards]

"mom's awesome as always. Dad?"

[he and Master have been making names for the past hour. There has been no result so far]

"neither of them talk English, i don't know what i was expecting"

[finally, Luce has volunteered to make designs for the default options]

"so we only need names, and to go trought all this legal jargon...perfect. Location?"

[i have identified thirty possible locations. I highlighted the nearest to the mansion]

He swiped his hand, commanding a screen to float closer

"perfect...then, we can do it, truly. I'll be able to help so many people"

Ooc: so basically, yami is gonna open a prosthetic shop. This was him preparing all the components. Feel free to walk in. Also, if i could ask a favor, could you please suggest a name for it? (i lack any and all ability to make half decent names) Ooc or IC, whichever you want, it would be a great help. Thanks in advance

Yami was in the danger room. Alone. He had just cleared a simulation, the usual he uses when he has to blow some steam, so just a bunch of bots. Glorified punching bags, if anything.

Thirty had already fallen, one wave after the other, because he couldn't get a single tought out of his head. "i'm useless to them. Twice they had a problem that needed to be solved. Twice i stayed here, doing nothing of help"

"had you went, yesterday, you would have died. Yours would not have been the glorious death of a hero, but that of a fool, akin to placing a fork in an outlet"

He knew it already, but the guilt was there nonetheless. "even so, my only contribution was creating contingencies. While they were out, risking their lives, i just sat at my desk and made weapons against them"

"weapons they asked for. In a way, you were still helping, were you not"

Yami stood up, swallowing the guilt. He was right. He couldn't have done anything different, not in a way that wouldn't have let to an useless death.

"good. ████ ████ ██ █ ████ ██████ ████████████"

"did you say anything, Phosphor?"

"nothing. Say, what were you gonna teach me?"

Ooc: open interaction

Yami sat at his desk, spinning on his spinning chair and staring at the roof. He was tasked to make gadgets that would beat the young x men, in case any went rogue, but we just was out of ideas. He had already put some concepts down, but how to actually do it...that's the real hard part

"how do i plan against someone who's got half a dozen powers?"

[should i interrupt my current task to aid yours?]

"no no, no worries, i can do it...when he listens to a song, he gains powers depending on the theme, mood and genre of the song...i have to account for"

[5000-6000 subgenres]

"...i'm sorry what"

[you have a lot of catch up to do]

"use a lot of noise, so he can't hear the song"

He stopped spinning, stopping facing his desk, staring down at various designs scattered on his desk

"that's certainly an option...yeah...that can work...the ultrasound cannon can do it, and the bush cutter makes an ungodly ammount of noise if i let it go full throttle...good idea"

He paused, slowly processing what had just happened. Did someone talk? He slowly turned, just to see a man standing at the door

"who are you"

"name's...Phosphor, i'm new here, and i couldn't help but hear you talking to yourself and your second voice"

"Phosphor?" he tought. Surely not a real name...must be another guy like umbra (previously) and Coyote. Also, did he say second voice?

"second voi-...oh you mean ronin..."

"that sounds like an AI. You know how to code? Can you teach me?"

"i suppose...I've got a block anyway, so might aswell"

He turned on his computer and made a chair of nanites, letting Phosphor use his.

Ooc: open interaction

"yami" stepped in his room. Looking around, nothing looked out of the ordinary. Good

It walked up to the desk, and inspected it. Some designs, a computer, a prosthetic foot, parts, some scattered notebooks...wait, what? It looked back at the prosthetic, noticing a post it on it..."for grey"...Grey? Ah yes, her

Its gaze moved to the designs lying on the desk. Particularly, two of them. "seebeck" and "peltier". Remember. Ah yes, those, what fun. There were post its on them too..."under the desk"

Its knelt down and touched the projects, nanites analyzing their structure. After minute, they were absorbed into his body. Useful

"yami" stood up, and began to leave

Seeing as he now was part of the young x men, and that they had a no kill policy, yami tought to go train his non-lethal ways. How difficult could that be? The one thing his powers were good for was versatility, after all.

"usual"

[activating...]

The room turned into a city setting, a bank specifically. Inside were six men, robbers likely. Armed.

Yami constructed a mask, the one with the HUD inside.

"let's start"

He quickly constructed two tendirls, grabbing a still unaware man with the first and stabbing the other in a nearby wall. He simultaneously pulled the man towards him and himself towards the wall, before turning mid air and slamming the man in the wall. The one nearby turned to fire, but his gun fell out of his hand as it was hit by an iron ball shot by yami's modified bow, before he being grabbed by the tendirls and pulled towards yami, who simply waited with a staff pointed at him, letting him slam in it, knocking him out.

At the same time, a message flashed on his HUD. Left. He spun the staff in that direction, turning it in to a wall to block the bullets, before punching trought it (or better, creating a hole and then making his hand go trought), forming the ultrasound cannon and shooting it, stunning the three men on the other side. He spun around, transforming the wall into a mass of nanites before trowing it at the stunned triad, trapping them. Sure, they decay, but still it weights. In a real situation, the police would come before they can free themselves.

"now, where's the last guy?"

He looked around, but the last man was nowhere to be seen, seemingly vanished. Then, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He quickly spun around, forming a rapier and stabbing...empty space?

[may i ask what you're doing?]

"i...felt something touch my shoulder..."

[i saw nothing]

"must've imagined it...i think. Well, anyway, where's the last guy?"

[you have taken out all the enemies]

He looked at the ones stuck in the nanites...and they were in fact four

"i...must've miscounted?"

He shook his head. Maybe some sleep is due? Maybe. But later, he's got training to do

Ooc: open interaction

Yami sat at his desk, parts scattered around him, using his nanites to conjure multiple arms and cameras to work on multiple things at the same time (with some assistance from ronin, obviously). The door open.

Ooc: this was mainly so umbra could talk to him, but if anyone else wants to talk, please feel free to

Yami had been training outside in the woods for a good while, so much so that his hands (well, hand) was starting to hurt. He dropped down to the ground, sat beside a tree and pulled out a water bottle from his arm.

[i don't believe we talked about the factions]

"taking Emma's"

[that was a rather...quick response]

"Dad, Hikaru, Luce, Ryan, Lycan, Umbra, Coyote and everyone else in the mansion, they'd be safe, regardless of what i choose. They're mutants, they're not targets. Mom, Master, Taser, Giulio, the people of Cittadina. They're humans, or better, they're not mutants. The side that leaves them outside of danger is Emma's. It's a rather simple logic, if you ask me"

[i see...what about the future of mutantkind?]

"what about it"

[cyclops's side offers an immediate solution, while Emma's has no guarantee of working]

"are you in..."

[yes, debate mode is active, please remember my replies in the near past and future will be made to directly challenge your view, in order to encourage dialogue. It does not necessarily match with my own beliefs]

"huh...neat. Well then, let's analyze this. Cyclops's side does offer immediate and almost sure resolution to the problem. However, until that moment, they would be proving the bigots correct. And creating more"

[on the other hand, Emma's side has no immediate effect on the problem, and has no guarantee to even ever work]

"but it doesn't actively make the problem worse"

[the problem will not exist anymore with cyclops's side, doesn't matter if it was worse or not before that]

"how about retaliation?"

[zeke alone could probably render nuclear weapons inoperative. And we would have far more than enough resources on our side to counter any kind of infantry]

"i see...i can agree with that. Cyclops's side is objectively the better choice"

[i sense your opinion has not changed]

"cyclops's side is the objectively the best choice, for mutants. For me, it's whatever side doesn't endanger my family. One endangers mom, the other doesn't. It's simple"

He jumped up and threw a few punches to the air, ready to resume training. Deactivated debate mode, ronin stayed silent. It was a tought so simple, machine-like. Even more than his own

Ooc: you've seen the flair, open interaction.

Yami had returned, without telling anyone, from the week long trip back home he went on, without telling anyone about

He just sat at his desk, working on something

As soon as he forced the door open and stepped inside, two guards noticed him. Immediately, they drew their guns and opened fire. Yami didn't dodge, and just let the bullets clash with the metal surface of his hardened nanites, before returning them to normal.

Guard: it's the iron man! The boss said to use the taser on him

They drew their tasers and shot, dodged by yami by sliding on nanites. He dashed to the guards, and simply touched them both, attaching a thread of nanites to each of them, before slamming them to the ground, and letting go, letting the nanites decay, before grabbing a taser from the guards, and shooting it at the decayed nanites, who conducted the current to the both of them. He threw it on the ground, and proceeded forward. He opened another door, and walked through the empty corridor. As he did, he received a message from his father. He looked at it, and saw the map of the building.

[matched our position to the map, creating route to assumed boss room]

An arrow of nanites formed, pointing at the way to go. He followed it to a set of stairs, at the top of which stood what looked to be one of Lucy’s experiments. It started charging…but was shot down by an arrow. Yami walked past its corpse, dismantling the bow, and opened the door behind it.

?: stop right there!

The boss stood in the middle of the room, holding a girl at gunpoint. Yami stopped, and quickly looked over the room, filtering out the monologue he was saying. He began spreading nanites behind himself and up the wall, to the ceiling, making them go trought shadows, to hide them (reminder that the nanites are primarily black). As soon as they got behind the boss, they erupted into multiple spikes, going trough his head and heart. The boss fell. Reabsorbing the nanites in his body, yami's gaze moved to the girl. He slowly approached her, and offered a hand

Yami: don't worry, i’m on your side

The girl’s slowly and cautiously accepted the offered hand, and got up.

Yami stepped through the door, and looked down at the trapdoor on the ground. He looked back at his father, who was doing some thinking of where to plant the evidence. “Gun stuff, things i’ll never understand” he thought as he jumped down. The space below was a simple dark tunnel. He started walking, spreading nanites on the wall both forwards and backwards. After some time, he reached a point where the tunnel divided in two more. He tapped his suit, sending a message to his father’s mask’s HUD once more, saying “take the right tunnel when you get down, i’ll take the other”. He took the left tunnel, and resumed. After what felt like half an hour, despite in reality being only 5 minutes, he reached a large, circular room. Looking around, nothing of interest was seen, beside a viewing window high in front of him, and a door to the left. Suddenly, in the window appeared a man in a fancy suit.

?: we meet again. I waited long for the moment i would get my revenge on you

Yami: have we met before? Never seen your face around

?: You dare forget me, after you dismantled my empire?

Yami: that's dad, i’m the armless one

The man stopped, processing. Then, he made a wicked grin

?: even better

He pressed a button, and the door opened. Out came a boy, roughly the same age as he, with a strange device on his head. Yami recognized him as a childhood friend of his, Ryan Miles. Yami took a stance. “couldn't say mind control louder if it tried. I’ll just have to knock him out. He may be a black belt, but i have powers” he thought, as Ryan stopped in front of him and took a similar stance. They stood, analyzing one the other, for a minute, then…the ground beneath Ryan's feet cracked. Yami, for a single instant, saw nothing. The next, the closed fist of Ryan was a centimeter away from his face. Yami got hit, and thrown to the wall. Once he landed, he coughed, the blow being felt more than he could ever imagine.

[your memories show a level of strength far different from what has been now used. Had i not protected you, your skull and stomach would’ve been crushed]

Yami just stared, barely taking the information in. No mind control alone could boost one's strength to such levels…was he…

Yami: he was a mutant the whole time? Wait a minute…dad, smol child, me, my ex girlfriend, now him? Just how many mutants where in that single town!

[may i suggest that he awakened after you left?]

Yami: obviously

He got up, and analyzed the situation. Ryan was mind controlled, and apparently a mutant with super strength, meaning also super dashing. He needed to knock him out without killing him, then he’ll probably be able to safely remove the device. He stanced back up, and waited. If he knew what he was up against, it was easy to prepare for it.

Yami: it's just a mini lycan, lycan lite, wish dot com lycan, i can do this

Ryan feinted a kick, using the force to slide forward, before throwing a roundhouse kick. Yami, in response, moved his body back before dashing, throwing a backhand and a straight punch in succession, before grabbing Ryan as to not allow him to attack. He, however, fell to the ground, aiming to drag Yami along, who instead moved away with the help of a tendril. Before Ryan could get up, he was shot with the ultrasound cannon. He held his hands close to his ears, but to no avail. However…it didn't have much effect, beyond annoying him. He ran to Yami, feinting a punch before dropping down and using an elbow strike. However, he was met with…metal? Yami's nanites had moved to his stomach and hardened, allowing him to tank the blow

Yami: nanomachines son

He grabbed Ryan's shoulders, and headbutted him, before throwing him into a wall with tendrils. Then, he rushed him, formed a bo staff, and thrust at his stomach, before spinning into an upward strike to the chin and another to the side of the head. The staff dismantled into swarms of nanites, before being re-absorbed into his body.

Yami: they…harden in response to physical trauma

He sat down in front of his friend, and used his nanites to remove and crush the device.

[most impressive]

Yami: nah, that was barely him. Had he been in his right mind he would’ve kicked my ass thrice over…this was barely on the level of a green belt

He rested for a mere moment, before getting back up. He walked to the door, and forced it open. One last stretch, and it’ll all end

Ooc: next episode, the end

Night. A masked man walked past two corpses as he shook the blood off his blades. He opened the door that led to the inside of the pump house, silent as wind. He observed the men inside. Four on the catwalk, two on ground level, likely more behind the turbines. All on their phones

Jin: today's youth

He beat one of his blades against the wall, warning them of his presence. They glanced over, and went back to their phones, before processing what they just saw and pointing their rifles

Jin: before you do anything, my kid is in a vantage point and will break at my signa-

They all opened fire at him. Their rifles stopped, their mags empty. He stood upright, his body completely unscathed. Only then, he looked up at his foes. A mere second after, the glass ceiling broke. As shards fell, so did the son. Nanites swarmed out of him, and up to his skyward palm, shaping as wires which spun all around. As he fell, two enemies found themselves beheaded. Then, he reached the ground.

Yami: dad

Jin: kid

The remaining four recoiled from the shock, before firing once more, but all were stopped by a wall of nanites. Jin burst through, and severed one’s head, as Yami collected his nanites and formed a spear to thrust at the other on the ground. [above] a voice warned him, and as he looked up, he saw a man loading his rifle. He tapped his suit, sending a message to his father’s mask’s HUD. As he saw the message, he turned to see a tendril grab him and place him in front of the gunman, who fired a volley of bullets. Jin’s body stilled, and the bullets bounced off, as if clashing with pure adamantium. As soon as the barrage stopped, the tendril threw Jin, who cut the enemy's head off.

Just then, from behind a turbine, a man in juggernaut armor came rushing out, wielding a riot shield. He charged towards Yami, who simply stood there. At the last moment, he kicked off the shield, and moved behind the man with his tendrils. He made a sledgehammer and swung it, but the man blocked it with the shield.

Riot: got a feel you’ll like this, mutie

As he said it, he pressed down a button, and the shield electricified. The current ran through the hammer and to Yami, who let go, but too late. He fell down, electricity coursing through him. Jin, from above, saw it. He stood still for a moment, taking the scene in. Then, without a single thought, he jumped down, landing on the man and knocking him to the floor. He pummeled his head with the pommel of his blades, to no avail. The man pushed him off, and stood back up. Jin quickly recovered, and switched to reverse grip. His blades wouldn't help in this situation anyway. He scanned the room, searching for answers. His eyes widened as they set on it. He dashed to the man, dodging a punch and replying with a pommel strike, then ran towards the wall. The strike had no effect…besides angering the man, that is. He blindly charged towards Jin, who didn't move a single inch. He neared, and neared, and finally…crashed with Jin. Dazed, as if crashing on a wall, the man recoiled back. Jin dashed around him and threw a powerful kick to his knees, from behind, making the man kneel down. Then, he rammed into the man, sending him crashing out a window and in the still waters beneath. Without wasting a second, Jin turned and ran to his son

Jin: Kid! You ok?

At first, there was no response, then, he slowly opened his eyes

Yami: glad i took your advice…electric resistant clothing

Jin: good, go home now, i’ll finish and come

Yami: no, i have to be there, please

Jin didn't know what to say. He saw the determination in the eyes of his son, but still…

Yami: dad, do you really think i’ll let them kill me now?

Jin: alright, but be careful, do you hear me Voice? Keep him safe

[will do sir]

They looked at the mystery door, their next objective. Finish this, once and for all

Ooc: if anyone was wondering, no, that guy is not gonna tell anything to anyone. Even IF he can come out of water this a metric ton of armor on, he fell in stagnant water. Even IF he comes out, that man is not surviving 3 days. I know nobody asked, but the thing he used at the start, that's a bush cutter

Shinrai house. Same day. At the center of the room a big whiteboard stands, stained with incomprehensible markings. Yami and hikaru sit in front of it, waiting, as Yuuna and Jin stand beside it, sticks in hand.

Jin: alright you two, this!

He hits the whiteboard with the stick

Jin: is our plan

Yami raised his hand

Jin: what is it?

Yami: it’s gibberish

Yuuna: no sweetie, that's your father's handwriting

Jin: ANYWAY, as i was saying, this is our plan. The last two enemy fortresses are both located in Veneto. The first is a villa similar to the one you invaded with your friends. While it's not confirmed, we theorize the interior to be identical to that one's. The second is located in an old pump house

Yuuna: your grandfather managed to pass as a plumber, and got us some photos of the interior

She continued, sticking some photos on the whiteboard

Yuuna: he reported a suspicious door they refused to open, likely leading to somewhere important

Yami: how did grandpa enter? Didn't they know he’s a shinrai?

Jin: false identity

Yuuna: we assume the villa to have around 50 soldiers, while the pump house has around 20. They have both regular pistols and high caliber guns, but we have not seen any sniper rifles. Two crates of unknown content were recently sent to the villa, and other three to the pump house.

She attaches a photo of the crates to the whiteboard.

Yami: i can see the kanji for my and dad's names near the pump house, why will we go there if the villa has more soldiers?

Yuuna: firstly, your brother will have more opportunities to recharge in an urban environment such as the one the villa is in, secondly, we don't know how many soldiers are actually in the pump house. Our assumption is purely off the size of the buildings

Yami: l see…wait, what about the police? Won't they research?

Hikaru: not if we make it look like it wasn't us!

Yami: oh hey you spoke AND said something smart, didn't know it was possible

Yuuna: we will plant bullet shells in the building, steal the money hidden inside and destroy the location with explosives to make it look like gang warfare

Yami: one last thing…dad?

Jin: yeah?

Yami: let's do a trip to brico

Ooc: “brico” is the name of a shop which generally deals in diy, gardening and such. Essentially yami asked to go expand his arsenal. In the next episode: the invasion

Having finally reached his house, Yami tought to call someone, to tell them, and maybe talk a bit. But who?

Let's see...lycan had no phone, Umbra was offline, annie and Coyote were mute, and he had no one else's phone number.

Yami: guess i'll call Rictor

Ooc: this is purely so he knows what just happened in the mansion

Yami stepped out of the airport, dragging…literally nothing. He realized that he literally didn't need anything, as he was going home, where all his stuff already was. He looked around…and saw no one he knew.

Yami: i thought they would pick me up

[should i activate protocol 8?]

Yami: no need…

Then, he spun around and threw a hook kick. Hikaru ducked under and threw a straight punch, dodged by yami who replied with a roundhouse, voided by the brother

Yami: where's mom and dad?

Hikaru: no idea😀

They continued to talk as if nothing just happened

Yami: outran them?

Hikaru: yup

Yami: then we’ll wait for them. Good to see you anyway

Hikaru: i missed you

Yami: i missed you too

Jin: did you miss us?

He turned to see his parents standing right behind him. He fist bumped with his father

Yami: of course i do

Yuuna: let's go now, we’ll talk at home

Yami: good call

Hikaru: let's see who goes there faster!

Before any answer could be given, he dashed away, clocked in lightning. He looked at his parents, shrugged and made tendrils to slingshot himself to catch up

Yuuna: they grow up so fast…

Jin: feels like yesterday that they were still kids

Ooc: as you can probably guess, only Ooc interactions. I'm continuing my arc cause...well...it's in italy, and i started it before the whole invasion thing started. Logically, yami wouldn't be able to know, and even if he did, my man was already in a plane. In the next episode: the plan