Okumura Syndicate

Chapter 67: Unfamiliar familiar people

Aster and Rou looked concerned as Demitris nodded off in Rou's arms. "Rou! What the hell happened there? Is Demitris okay?", asked Aster. Rou simply held the hooded boy in his embrace, "I'm not sure, this has never happened before. Perhaps he snapped or something...", Rou hugged Demitris, but the boy wasn't aware, they were having thoughts of his own to deal with in slumber.

Demitris awoke in what seemed to be a mansion, but the architecture looked nothing like the Okumura mansion. "Rou? Aster? Are you there?", he called out. They began to take deep breaths in his panic, "Have I been kidnapped?", they continued to shout out. Suddenly, what looked like a servant passed by, he waved at the woman, but to their surprise, she walked right through him.

Demitris felt his heart beat out of his chest in fear as he investigated the mysterious mansion. Every room seemed empty, until he reached the top floor, which sounded bustling with noise. The room he had entered had a very large bed and a woman laid down in it, all the maids crowded around her. Eventually, Demitris figured out what was happening, a child was being born.

The mother looked familiar, long brown hair tied in a tight plait to ensure an easy birth. Her yellow eyes sparkled as she pushed everyone away to focus on the task at hand. The man seated next to her, holding her hand was her husband, with mid length auburn hair and chocolate eyes, his concern for his wife was clear on his face. With his other hand, he handed the woman a rose seemingly out of nowhere. Is this his ability? Who knows?

After about 20 mins of watching in curiosity, Demitris too was transfixed on this woman's wellbeing. It was obvious that she was wealthy, and everyone cared about her. The boy wondered why he was sent here; they had to be linked in some way to this couple. Finally, the baby was born, Demitris tried to turn away, feeling as if he was violating their privacy, but they couldn't help but feel happy for them.

The maids cleaned up the baby, it was a boy who had auburn hair and yellow eyes, a perfect combination of his parents. The couple looked delighted as the child was passed back to them, the father even raised him in the air with glee. Demitris was delighted for them, but then he heard them speak. "Meet the new addition to the Lowpeak family.", the father announced.

Demitris couldn't believe his eyes, "Wait, Lowpeak? That's my last name!", he thought. By that standpoint the baby was most likely himself. They couldn't believe it, he had no memory of having parents, to his belief they were orphaned at a very young age, were they going to die? He just had to keep watching to find out, but he kept a suspicion at the back of his mind with each passing second, considering his only memories were in and around the crime syndicate.

"We will call you Demitris.", the mother muttered in a tired, post-birth voice. "So it is me?", thought Demitris, still awaiting his parents' tragic death. Whatever emotion they felt for this couple had almost disappeared, as if someone spoiled major events of a good book. He had to get to the bottom of this, because someone has got to be lying at either end of the story.

Meanwhile, Aster and Rou still sit in wait for Demitris' awakening. They notice a faint groan from thier mouth and kept a close eye on whether this was a sign that he was waking up, but sadly they were mistaken. Their friend still lie in a deep slumber, and little did they know, he was concerned for them too.

Demitris had to figure things out, was he watching these events unfold in real time? Thier impatience began to crack when suddenly, he felt himself fade away again. It wasn't as long as when they fell asleep, because within seconds he found themself in the unfamiliar mansion again. He knew he was going to find out more of their peculiar past, he just wasn't aware what it was like.