Flowing Evil

Chapter 15: Plan in Action

"Yeah, I'm free. Last second thing again?" Came his voice from the other line.

"Yeah. Would you also be able to take care of Neon and Kori's kid?"

"Yeah. That doesn't bother me."

"Cool. See you later."

"Later, Yuki."

I ended the call. Putting my phone back into my pocket and walking back into the living room, I told Kori and Neon that Daichi was on his way to babysit the kids.

"I'll go get Ren and bring her here." Neon said, walking out of the room.

Soon after that, Neon had brought Ren into my house. A few minutes after that, Daichi had come through the door, and once my kids saw him, they ran to him and hugged him immediately.

"Hey, kids!" Daichi said, bending down to hug them, "What's happening?"

"Uncle Daichi!" My kids said in unison as they all smiled up at him.

"Nothing much! Can we play a game!?" Akari asked, looking up at him, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Sure! What kind of game do you wanna play?"

The kids immediately started running to their room, almost knocking Daichi over in the process, but he caught himself and he stood up to ground himself.

"BOARD GAMES!" They all yelled in unison, Daichi watching them as they disappeared into the twins' room to retrieve board games from their closet. Daichi then looked at me.

"So where's Kira? She's usually here with you."

"Neon, Kori, and I are going to pick Kira up."

"Is she okay? She was acting pretty weird at work and now she's not there anymore." He asked, watching for the kids, then looking back at me.

"It's a long story, man, trust me on that. Either I or Kira can tell you about that sometime later." I said. Daichi nodded.

"I guess that's fine. I'll stay here with the kids. You go and get Kira back."

I started walking towards the front door, but as I stood before it, I turned my head back in Daichi's direction.

"Thanks for treating Kira, me, and the kids so well over the years."

"It's no problem. Kira and I did date, after all, and we agreed to stay friends, so why not, right? Your kids are well behaved." He responded, shrugging as he grinned.

"Yeah. Thanks again." I said, and then my kids came back into the room while carrying a board game in their hands. They set it down on the coffee table. I watched as Daichi walked towards them and sat in front of the coffee table while the twins sat on the opposite end of him and Akari sat next to him.

I turned back to the door, opened it, and walked outside. Kori and Neon were already waiting for me.

"Ready?" I asked them.

They nodded their heads, showing they were ready for what was coming. We began walking down the sidewalk as I went over the plan with them one last time.

"Remember, Himeko has to take us there first, and once there, she'll leave us to fight Kira. Whatever happens, we find Kira and get her out of the state of mind she's in."

"You said she got some type of serum in her, right? How does she get it out?" Neon asked, looking at me as she rubbed her knuckles, crossed her arms.

"I don't know. She didn't tell me about that. I don't think she even thought of what to do to turn her good again. If we get to her in time, she might be able to take the serum out herself."