Izana's Precious Twin

Rescue? And Mikey?!

Naoto usually didn't do field missions like this one but Izumi was someone important to him. So here he was suited up and being driven through the dense foliage and vegetation. The idea was to take them by surprise and arrest anyone they saw.

"Get ready. We're nearing the entrance."

They pulled up until a fancy gated fence came into view. Multiple security cameras swiveled around trying to detect unwanted intruders. One of them pressed a remote and pointed. Eden's electrical power was disabled.

The team was safely able to infiltrate while maintaining some discretion. Naoto split off from his assigned partner and searched the gazebos placed around and about. According to Izana, his brother liked staying in them since they would be alone.

He pulled out the printed photos of the landscape with x's marking each gazebo. Naoto went to each one and hadn't run into anyone yet. less trouble for him. He saw one with two white haired people and cautiously approached from behind.

"Izana?"

The short haired one whipped around when he heard that familiar voice after two painful years. Izana's wide orchid eyes met with Naoto's edged face. Izumi turned around to see what he was staring at.

He couldn't stop staring at who appeared to be seemingly Naoto Tachibana. It had to be a dream or lookalike to trap him. This Naoto was most definitely real when he ran over and embraced them. It was short lived however since he remembered they were here to rescue them.

"We came to rescue you two and arrest the leader and its members. Follow me back to the car and I'll call for a second one to take you two back."

Naoto stepped back so they could get up and follow him. Izana picked up Izumi and they ran back to the parked car while Naoto radioed in for a second car to take them. They only ran into one member on the way back.

An older man with graying hair wore nothing but a bathrobe and was in shock at the police officer and twins Christopher kept around.

"You're under arrest f..."

Izana looked around to see if anyone else was coming. Where there's one there's more. Christopher had an arsenal down in the basement of each house. Should anything happen in Eden, the members would be able to arm themselves and fight back.

This guy seemed to be going back for a gun. Naoto was in the process of placing handcuffs on him and Izana was holding Izumi. He'd be unable to defend him if someone came with a weapon. Thankfully he cuffed him and another officer came soon to take him into custody.

"It's about ten minutes away so you might want to put him down."

"I'm good."

Izana wasn't ready to tell Naoto the reason and their situation was not ideal either. Even his legs started to burn from the weight and continued jogging he showed no signs and kept going until he saw a tactical van and patrol car next to it.

He gently placed Izumi in the back seat and got in next to him. The officer upfront was Cameron Ukai and worked with Naoto a couple times. He spoke with Cameron and told him to go back without him.

"The rest of us will be back later once we've apprehended the suspects."

"You be safe Naoto."

"I will."

Cameron drove away and looked in the rearview mirror to make sure his passengers were doing okay. 

Izumi was happy to be away from Eden of course but he knew their reach. Naoto could be next, or Takemichi! He started pulling on his hair. Izana held his hand and made him lay down on the backseat.

Slender fingers gently massaged his scalp and combed through his hair. He closed his eyes and tried to rest. Not thinking about his inability to walk nor talk. Or the body that had been sliced open and displayed for anatomy.

It was a long way back after all, from Eden and its creators.

Sanzu dropped a round, pink candy into his mouth. Sweet and flavorful as the first time he was given one by Izumi. He grinned and yelled.

"Bring down Bonten's hammer of justice on its traitors!"

He took out an old photo from his pocket. It was of a middle school Izumi and him wearing matching outfits and posing at a beautiful lake with fog all around. It was a cosplay from a chinese drama they recently finished.

In it, he truly looked like one of the female leads from the show. Better days he thought to himself. The muffled crying brought him out of his thoughts and he shoved it back down. They didn't deserve to see him dressed in such pretty clothing.

"Shush! Wait for Mikey's word!"

".....kill them...."

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

All three dropped down unmoving and silent. Mikey sat in the back on top of an uncomfortable crate reeking of fish and stink. He looked back at the simple red bean taiyaki, Izumi loved, no loves taiyaki. He ignored his executives talking and continued to munch on his brother's beloved treat.

Takemichi walked into a random book shop and went to the magazine section. Surely there would be many fashion and celebrity magazines featuring him on the front cover or a section for him. He smiled seeing Hakkai a few times.

"Excuse me, sorry to bother you but do you have any magazines with Izumi Kurokawa? I can't seem to find any haha."

"I-I'm sorry you didn't know? Izumi Kurokawa has been missing for two years. You must've been living under a rock to not know that."

She walked away to help someone else as Takemichi stood there clueless. She must have been talking about someone else. Draken and the others said Izumi was still modeling and got international fame! (I realize last chapter was confusing so it was past Takemichi that knows not the current Michi.)

Suddenly Mikey came to mind. Draken also said Mikey was managing a michelin restaurant overseas so he had to make sure that was true and then Naoto's. Takemichi took a taxi and burst into his apartment. Naoto had gave him an older computer to use.

A google search for 'manjiro sano restaurant' came up with other fancy restaurants and people with similar names. Panic set in. He went to Naoto's apartment but he wasn't home though he had a key to get in.

Naoto's computer had additional and special software added for his police work. Takemichi logged in and typed in 'Izumi Kurokawa' to see what he brought up. One search result came up. He was scared to click it.

What if there were gruesome images of his bloodied body like Naoto's predecessor? No images except a few. One used for an official missing persons report and a couple others for reference. It was a cold case for two years.

Takemichi sat in there for hours poring over each word and detail of reports and sightings. This future was supposed to be the happy ever after.