I woke up the next day and noticed Saito looking at me. She felt that I was stressed out and stroked my hair. I closed my eyes and held her hand then she began to get more worried.
"I feel that you've got something you want to want to say. What is it..?" Saito said.
"I need help. Serious help. I need to tell you everything...so please listen and this won't be easy for me to speak about." I said then adjusted myself to lay on my back and looked at the roof.
"Okay." Saito nodded and looked at me.
I began to tell Saito everything about my past and what I figured out about myself. Saito looked at me and nodded ever so often understanding what I was saying.
"I couldn't imagine how you feel. Your step mother is your enemy and...Headmaster Yusa is your actual mother. Who would have guessed. Also you used to be a guy...that's shocking news.." Saito said.
I turned my head towards her. I felt her still holding my hand and she rubbed my hair with her other hand. "I don't know what to do...My dad is alive again and he's rampaging about based off what Morata said and I've lived as an experiment for 19 years. I love my dad and I want to help him, but at the same time..."
"He's been using you as an experiment. You were so young...worst of all you're in a dilemma. You're really thinking about rejoining Judgement, but why? They aren't going to treat you any better...At least here, you're safe.." Saito said and sat up.
I sat up as well and sighed. "Maybe if I go there...and agree to join them...they wouldn't target you all anymore. I also need answers on why my step mother wants all this power and why are they doing all of this."
"Hisu...do you hear yourself? You're about join the one organization that could give two shits about you." Saito said and made me look at her.
"Saito...I just-"
"The whole reason you're here is because Judgement betrayed you. They killed you. They used you like a puppet. You're just a puppet in their game while you're with them. At least when you're here...you are yourself. You are free..." Saito said then leaned forward.
I looked at her and looked away. "I'm the key to all of this. Judgement needs me. You all need me because I used to be with Judgement. The entire world needs me. I don't want to be the hero nor the villain. Either way I'm still a puppet no matter which side I choose."
Saito held my cheeks and I looked at her. "Do what you believe is correct...I don't see you as a puppet. I see you as one of the only friends I have who doesn't think I'm strange or weird. I see you as the person I like being around even if it is for a short amount of time."
I blushed slightly then held her hands then she gave me her signature slight smile. "I'll talk to Yusa. I haven't seen the information in the USB yet. Will you come with me to her office?"
"Of course.." Saito smiled.
We got out of bed and got ready for the day. Once we got ready, we noticed Yumeji and Kikyo were already gone. We decided to leave and head towards the academy building together.
"What's the scoop on Yumeji and Kikyo? They seem very close." I looked at Saito.
"They are 100% dating each other. Their relationship isn't public and they haven't told anyone about their relationship status, but it's very clear for anyone with two eyes to see. Saito believes they are nervous to tell people about it." Saito said as she looked at me then looked ahead seeing Iori talking with Orishi.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do anything about who you're matched up against. It's unfortunate you keep getting matched up against the Student Council, but your opponents are random." Orishi said with her arms crossed.
"Please Miss Ashikaga, I really want to help out! I mean Hisumi got promoted out of nowhere, there's something you can do for me certainly." Iori pleaded.
"What Yusa does for Hisumi isn't something I can get involved with. I have nothing to do with the strings Yusa pulls for Hisumi." Orishi said then noticed us. "You two are certainly more late than usual. What was the hold up?"
"We had a bit of a talk, and I want to see Yusa to go over the information I collected. Saito is coming with because I don't feel okay confronting this alone." I said.
"We are very sorry for our tardiness." Saito bowed.
"We can talk about this later, Iori. Get to class." Orishi said.
Iori nodded then bowed towards us then walked inside the building. I watched her and looked at Orishi.
"Let's go." Orishi said the walked inside.
We followed Orishi to Yusa's office. Orishi opened the door to Yusa's office and noticed Sayoko giving Yusa a massage. Yusa looked at us and I walked forward.
"We need to talk, Mom." I said then she looked at me a bit surprised.
"Don't worry. Everyone in this room already knows. I'm sure you told Sayoko and Orishu. I told Saito everything as well. It's safe for me to call you that." I said then sat down in a chair in front of her desk.
"I see...What do you want to know?" Yusa asked.
"I want to go over the data on the USB Orishi gave you. That USB has every plan and every piece of information about Judgement from the beginning until yesterday. I need to know why father betrayed Judgement. I need to know everything possible." I said then watched Orishi walk up beside me.
"Have you made up your mind on where you stand?" Orishi asked.
"I'm already here and none of you have betrayed me. I'll stand with the Valkyrias and your allies, but I don't want to be seen as they key. I want to be seen as an ally and an actual human. I no longer wish to be seen as a puppet for anyone's game." I said.
"You already know you'll be treated fairly with us. Now...let's get on with this information.." Yusa said then plugged in the USB to her PC and gained access to the files I downloaded. "Alright here we go. The files are here."
Yusa shared the information via ValkyMe and we looked at our phones. I clicked on a documentation by my father.
November 9, 2059 9:42 AM: My son was just born...Yusa and I had a child together in hopes of uniting Judgement and World Mark. Our son will be the start of something new.
November 9, 2059 12:09 AM: Our son has Yusa's ability to adapt to all forms of energy. It is a gift from the Heavens! If he can do this, he must be able to adapt to Fell Energy. I can not pass this opportunity up. I must take him to see Morata when he's older.
"So he did take me away from you. He's the one who...made me take that Fell Energy." I said and looked at Yusa.
"Yep...He's not the man you believed him to be. Your saving grace ended up being the start to your worst nightmare." Yusa said.
October 29, 2063: We did it. It...took some time to calm him down so we could start the procedure, but we did it. Hisumi took the energy pretty well and is now resting with his step mother. She's taken a shine to his abilities to adapt to any form of energy as well. She really loves him.
October 31, 2063: No...NO! Hisumi has gone out of control! His Fell Energy has made him go wild! He's borderline uncontrollable and he's gone berserk! The procedure was a failure!
November 9, 2063: Last month because of...the incident we had to use extreme measures to calm him down and now he's the most obedient person ever. Seeing his power gave Judgement an idea. Fell Beasts. We will use Hisumi's Energy to make the first prototype. Only four years old and already a prodigy. I'm proud to be his father.
November 10, 2063: World Mark just attacked our HQ. Yusa is on the move to take Hisumi away from me. I can't let her have Hisumi. He loves ME. He hasn't even seen Yusa or barely remembers her. Yusa...I won't let you have him. He will help Judgement become absolute. We are elite! We are Judgement!
I looked up from my phone and Saito looked at me. I looked at my phone in disbelief and leaned forward on my chair. Orishi rubbed my back then sighed.
"Seihachi isn't really one to be trusted. He's taken advantage of you." Yusa said. "That day I tried taking you away when I heard news that you were being experimented on. We failed because of the Fell Beasts. We weren't familiar with them...we were forced to retreat.."
"The Fell Beasts is why you never came. I was always under the assumption that you never tried to come get me.." I sighed and looked at my phone.
August 12, 2075 3:46 PM: I can't do this anymore. Day after day of using Hisumi as a test subject is getting tiring. His screams...his pleading...His questions asking me why...I have to put an end to this...
August 12, 2075 4:12 PM: I just injected myself with my wife's stash of Sacred Energy. I may not be able to adapt to it...but I can transfer it. Yusa, I need you...The alarms are ringing. They are coming for me. I betrayed Judgement...Hisumi is still there but I couldn't take him. This is for me to handle alone.
August 12, 2075 4:20 PM: She...let me die...She told me everything bad that was happening to me was deserved then hung up. Yusa Yukota...I will get you back for this! I wi-
"They've been doing this to me for 12 years..?" I asked and set my phone down.
"Ever since you were four and by the time you turned 16, you'd already accepted Judgement as your family. They brainwashed you, abused you, erased your memories of me. You were their puppet and key to world domination. It all led up the point where you were betrayed by the commander, your step mother. She gave the order to kill you so she could take your energy, but it seems like something or someone stopped them from doing so and you were reborn as a woman." Yusa said then sat back in her chair.
"So what are you going to do, Hisumi?" Sayoko asked.
"My father lied to me. And there were...CLONES of me! My own step mother...was the commander for how ever long! This whole time I've been lied to! I don't know what to believe anymore. I do know what to believe in though...Judgement will pay. Not for the sake of my father no...I will make them pay for the sake of myself. I'm no longer thinking of avenging my father. I'll strike down everyone and kill the commander myself." I said then stood up. "I'm gonna train harder than I ever have! Orishi! Let's go!"
They watched me storm out of the office then down the hall.
"Wrong way!" I bellowed and walked the other way.
Orishi smiled and looked at Yusa. "Duty calls." She smiled then walked out of the office with Saito.
"I'm glad we didn't go over all of the information because this one...is the icing that takes the cake.." Yusa said. "You read it...I can't look at it.."
Sayoko looked at the monitor and began reading the documentation.
November 9, 2078 12:45 AM: The Perfect Clone of Hisumi has been completed. H-12 Rank A. The Midnight Corps and the Valkyrias won't know...what hit them.
"Shit..." Sayoko said then looked at Yusa.
"We are is grave danger...Hisumi was already a powerful person but now imagine all of the enhancements they put on that fake." Yusa muttered.
"I hate to say it but...maybe teaming with Midnight Corps wouldn't be too bad of an idea now.." Sayoko said.
"I'll think about it. Go check on your sister. I need time alone to think." Yusa said.
"Alright." Sayoko nodded and walked out of the office, closing the door.
Yusa sighed and looked at the monitor and continued to scroll through the information. She took out her phone and dialed a number. She waited for a bit then got an answer. "Yonaka. Let's talk."