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He watched on the screen as he saw how much she was enjoying it and being in the top of all the other skaters,"I cant say much more for her but for sure I will be giving her a proper congrats when shes back in Japan. He watched the rest of the show for the night and was quiet to get out not leaving any sign he was at the house.The squad's plan was fool proof and both of them can stay in contact without having anything bad happen in the progress and keep more time on their side.
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The brothers walked back into Sakana's house knowing well she wasnt going to be pleased with them with the news they had buying into Haruka's trap and believed he was hurt or even dead,she was waiting in the livingroom tapping at the table standing at their presence,"Well?...anything on where the Aura Guardian is or the children?" both of them look at eachother as if the other was going to answer her but they were hesitent for a moment."You see.....we were on the trail of that woman in the kimono but we lost her as she heared us coming but as we looked for her we saw what look like the Aura Guaridian's footprints so......we followed them till they reached to the lake and there was blood." Hearing that got Sakana intrested hearing that Raiku was possibly dead or at the most hurt badly however just this news wasnt enough with her."So you two think this is over yet well then if you think he's dead go and find his body and if I find out he's still around and getting closer you both will be dealing with me." They look at her for a little till they went to the window spotting Hiromi and Hiroshi walking down the road with a basket coming from the market,sparking an idea noticing they too had the facial marks as Haruka did.
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Senente headed back inside to Rin glad to see how well she did becoming top close up with Galina taking first in this round,"This is great I thought the others were going to be beat but I guess americans love seeing japanese skaters afterall...I cant be happier." Rin was glad she was however it was going to be harder tomarrow when the ice battles were going to be performed,it was a style of skating done in america for a little bit with the object is to outbeat your opponet with your type of moves dancing to the music they choose and when the song end the score will be tallied with each penalty or mistake taking points off.Senente walked out glad for the next day but behind her back Galina was garing at her not happy she was overrun by another.

Seeing the lies Sakana was trying to feed to everyone was the last straw, with help with not just the japanese authorities but the media in America,Senente would look a little better with the truth as it goes over the ocean. "If she wants to play hardball like that I'm game to play the same way but with the truth......there it will be revealed Raiku was innocent the whole time." Senente thinks ending the call notifying a news center in their destination to be ready once she came but for the time being she sat with Rin quietly as they watched Sakana on the telivision performing a so called "distroyed lover morning her loss" taking into the emotion almost too well that it made Senente barely keep hold of her seat angered she would go this low just to get at her.However it almost looked like Sakana was looking good but once they headed to Sacramento the tables will be turning.
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Hiroshi started to run into the park hearing the crunch sound of the snow behind him grow closer,Minto didnt leave him out of his veiw knowing if he was able to catch this one or Tsumi grab Hiromi then Haruka would have to come to get them and in exchange give them answers. Tsumi lost sight of Hiromi after she hid behind a pillar trying to get away but what she didnt know was the blackberries she was carrying in the basket started to drip from the basket spilling the dark juice on the snow,just as he though she lost her he spots the trail thinking,"Looks like the little one is making this one easier for me....got her now." Hiromi looks around out of breath not wanting to move anymore unable to run like she could but her limbs were still trying to heal she just couldnt run.Everything goes quiet giving her the idea that everything was safe that was till she felt a large hand cover her mouth as she let out a warning mew,"Not this time little girl.....a certain someone wants to see you personally...a nice little visit." Tsumi says quietly tying her hands and hoisting her on his shoulder calling for Minto who he too had Hiroshi on his shoulder and the two men smile."Sakana will love us for this....two of the white haired woman's children as ransom.....she'll talk.""But what if she sends the father to retrieve these brats? then what?" "I doubt it I havent seen a man near her when she was talking to the Aura Guardian or possibly he'll be weak like his wife and would coward in fear to get them."
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Asako was cleaning the halls and wondered with the way the sun was it was getting later and hears thuds,Raiku lands by the door and slides it open pounced with a hug from Asako as he landed on the ground grabbing her laughing.Haruka hears the commotion and goes to look smiling at the sight but wondered what was taking the other two so long to get home,"Raiku.....when you went to watch your wife did you see Hiroshi and Hiromi around the market?...I sent them there for fruit almost three hours ago."

A mix of emotions were running inside Senente thinking about what Sakana was doing just to get her way and it was getting to her last nerve with her heart playing part,"Shes gone far too far,I can take coming to our home and taking things and shove Raiku into hiding but this...putting the children in this game of chance is cold even for her....she wont win this." Senente looks on watching what was happening and didnt like any of it.Rin tried her best to console but a few words of kindness wasnt going to get her out of the depression she was in knowing one of her children were in danger including another's as well.....she could only watch as well for sure Senente was going to have a firefight with Sakana once it came to it.
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"Hiro?...are you near me I cant tell...please be close to me." Hiromi pleas softly unable to loosen the blindfold on her to make sure but she feels fingers trying to reach for her and knew it was him."I am...dont be scared ok?....we'll get out of this and we can hug eachother for comfort." he tries to calm her down feeling her tears on his hand, Sakana comes back looking at the children pleased."Well now isnt this something, I'm surprised your mommy and daddy arnt doing all they can to get their precious babies back....perhaps they really dont love you at all." Hiroshi starts to grit his teeth and for the first time Hiromi was sensing pure hatred coming from him,"Your wrong! they'll be coming and I know you'll be sorry for taking us and scaring Hiromi! Your going to pay." and as he yelled Sakane slaps him to be quiet and he does from the pain,"Gag this little brat Minto, he surely does have a mouth on him" He goes looking for something finding a cloth tying it on his face as she watched."And for extra measures do the same with this one too....you never know."
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Once it got dark enough Raiku knew it was clear to leave calling the squad up to make plans for a rescue attempt,"This woman has alot of nerves thats for sure but to take children to get others to talk thats too much." he thinks waving goodbye to Haruka huddled in the corner with Asako trying to comfort her knowing this was a blow to her heart knowing her son was taken from her which was what she tried to prevent all this time but it came.He finally makes it to Naruto's where everyone was waiting.

Sakana thought with what was happening then Raiku would have nowhere else to run and she would get the revenge she wanted,she alrets the police of spotting Raiku as if he was trying to escape twisting up her words to make it more appealing.Once she ended her call she hangs up remembering the strange call she recieved demanding the children to be sent back to her mother got her on her toes,"I'm not going to back down on this, I have him in my playing field again and he'll be taken down soon but for now.....these children are in the way and will cause more problems...they need to go."

Sakana paces for a moment knowing if the police saw she had the children in her possesion that she would get into more trouble then the hidden trouble she was already in,the children were quiet as she picked them up finding a spot to put them but they begin to squirm and it was angering her till Minto came in."Tsumi has him in his sights but I thought you need assistents here." "I do...the children need to vanish and I want you to send them near the frozen lake. with the cold tempertures like this and the water deep I think they'll vanish for good and it will be like I never seen them."Minto was a little on the edge but listened to her picking both of them up gripping tight as she watched hoping Tsumi was on Raiku's trail.

Everyone thought the idea of having a decoy would be the best thing ever making the police follow Saskue for a bit till the heat cooled off for Raiku to hide again but time wasnt on their side, Raiku looks in the blinds and could see sirens a few minutes away from the Mokenami's most likely to serch her as well for any traces of him. Saskue sat down as the dye started to take affect changing his hair from jet black to auburn rust and the whiskers were drawn on his cheeks.

"Dont worry, I would do anything to save you or Senente, almost everyone knows your innocent but having todeal with a stern woman with a deep grudge to see you suffer I mean she treid to kill Senente while she was healing....thats low even for me to think." he says and after the whiskers were drawn he stands and all the squad and Raiku were impressed with their work and went out to work the plan.

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Minto was at the edge of the lake looking at the weak spots and thinking hard of what his sister had said to him,"The children need to vanish and I want you to send them near the frozen lake. with the cold tempertures like this and the water deep I think they'll vanish for good and it will be like I never seen them." he thinks about it hard and realized that this was even too much for him to bear true helping his sister was what he wanted to do but murdering innocent children was too low," he puts the children down on the snow and knells to their level hugging them.

"I'm so sorry you two had to deal with all this....I believe that this type of punishment is too much and I'll make sure your alright till you can get ack to your mother but first we need to travel a little and stay with my grandmother till everything is alright. I want to make you safe but at this point I too will get in trouble for having you so we'll travel far west." Minto says knowing it was risky but they would be fine with him and Sakana would think he was caught tossing them in the lake and ran himself ut first he had to make the scene in case she sent Tsumi to see if he did so.With careful steps Minto cracked the ice as if they did fall in and scattered the snow splashing water to make it look like they tried to escape the water but grew tired and drowned, after it was set he talked to them a little bit before taking their gags off but they didnt scream and let him carry them.

After an hour he had changed their clothes and made them look like touriset and was on the train for Kochi where his grandmother's dojo was to keep them in a safe enviorment but he had another thought in his mind....Sakana's mysterious call from the stranger asking to return the children and got an idea.Minto takes his phone looking for the blocked number and texted,"The children are safe....my sister had gone too far....they shall be safe from harm." and tosses it out the window to destroy it. The three travel on the train for a few hours and were in Asuka and with the phone tossed there and so many trains on that particular route he was a little relieved not wanting to get caught up more in this net, Hiroshi and Hiromi looked on the window not knowing where they were going but could tell they were far from home seeing the scenery change from snowy to almost tropical as they reached farther west of Japan.

On everyone else's line back in Skyline the plan was starting to come together however there was the possibility the police were smarter then they acted and could see the false part in the plan. Saskue rushed over hiding in the woods giving the idea he had been hiding in there the whole time and watches from a safe distance as they reached the dojo,Haruka opened the door and they came in declaring they had a warrent to serch and started to ransack the place. She holds Asako close scared from the noise as the officers looked in every corner of the dojo finding anything that would say he was there and Asako takes a look seeing something glimmering in the corner and takes another look noticing it, Raiku's nova ring, carefully she loosen out of Haruka's grasp picking it up but Haruka tried to grab her again to stay out of their way as they looked. After an hour the police had nothing to go on and take their leave marking Mrs.Mokenami as an acomplist, she looks around seeing the damage and was glad it was over with but ready to clean up she sees Asako was missing and started to panic,she saw her with his ring and believed she was going to go and bring it back to him,without hurry she goes to look for her knowing Asako could be watched.
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It was getting close to sunset as the train finally reached the station into Kochi and Minto looks at the children asleep on eachother's shoulders and gently wakes them,They come to after awhile but the shock of being taken was in their bodies with Hiroshi wishing to see his mother and the curiousity Hiromi had wanting to know where her mother was or even if she was alive. Minto carries both of them till they head down the raod a few miles till they reach the gates of the dojo and a small elderly women was on the porch in a chair smiling,"Minto dear what a surprise to see you again,I got your call and I think what you are doing is a nice thing to help these little darlings.....lets get you settled."

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Back in Skyline things were starting to get from bad to worse as Sakana recieves a call from Galina,"There has been a change in the plan, the Aura Guardian has relocated and changed again...keep an eye out that he has others helping him with being caught so dont let your guard down for a second oh, and before you set this in your brother has doublecrossed you."

Naruto and Sakura snuck away from the chaos brewing but watches as Raiku is taken away the expression he was showing was one to never forget,"Dont worry he'll get out of this and once we find the children we can show proof Sakana is the guilty one for even keeping them from their parents not to mention if this Minto guy is changing heart suddenly....theres a witness." Sakura says heading near the station but figuring out exactly to look first was the main thing. Looking at a map of Japan Raiku imform them to head north but all that was there was moutainous region too dangerous to live in but Naruto finds a better idea digging in his wallet finding a photo of Yuki and him,"Easy we can ask the conductors which train Yuki went on I just say I'm her brother and missed where she was suppose to go."

Sakura thinks about it but was actually impressed he was using his head for once, he goes to the office finding out not where she was heading exactly but took one of the trains heading west."Yes the girl was heading west along with a man and a little boy most likely tourists I guess." Both of them found a train heading west and went hoping to find more clues.
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Rin catches up to Senente grabbong a hold of her before she ran again,"Senente what has gone into you what happened in the rink? something bothered that much you had to run whats going on." she remains quiet unable to stop crying handing Rin her cell with the message and she finally got the point sensing she needed to be back home to help him out with getting out of this situation.

"Well....you have done well so far and got the best in most of the shows but this.....this you must try to save and I'm coming too. You dont know what might happen and besides theres always next season to try again but I think this is more important." Senente perks up hugging Rin knowing if she got back home she could prove Raiku's innocence and get him out of this whole mess before he was judged as a murderer but trying to protect like he was suppose to do.

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"Alright just hold still a little more sweetie and your all done...you look lavashing in these colors my dear." Minto's grandmother phraise as she painted red lip stain on Hiromi's lips painting her like a traditional girl creating the children as if they were from the area,he tells her their story and how Sakana wanted to get rid of them but he thought it was too much and thought to bring them there where they would be safe till it was clear to take them back home.

"Sakana has gone too fr grandmother I mean true her fiance was killed but in my heart what he was doing was far worse than what the Aura Guardian ever did....he took his wife and child ready to kill them but he wasnt going to let him.....the death was an accident." Minto says to her as she finished up putting Hiromi in the playroom with Hiroshi however both of them were still shocked from the experience that as they were left alone he went over to Hiromi hugging her closely,though they were wearing different clothing and faces painted up it was hiding the fear they both had.

Raiku heared him and glared back,"Dont talk about my wife like that this is hard on her as well as my children." he looks back unable to hear her as she cried and all he wanted to do was hug her and say everything was going to be alright but in this situation it wasnt possible.She goes by another set of windows for visitors to go and communicate with loved ones and watches as Raiku is led out along sides with two large guards escorting to the one Senente was at."I'm sorry you have to see me this way the guys here dont know where to put their mouths and say things stupidly." "Dont worry Rai I'll get you out of this and we can all be together again you, me, and the children back on the island like we used to be....we have this in our favor." he smiles at her talking till time was up and she took time before leaving having to leave him there till things can get fixed.
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The river was long taking almost two hours before it ended then it was the twenty yards they had to face,Naruto was in fast pace hoping the direction were on track and his baby sister was there wanting to be home."I'm coming baby sister...big brother will make you happy again and back to your parents and I'll see that familier cutie smile." he thinks as they reached the shore then Sakura points out what was the dojo they were trying to find but the problem was there were about five of them which wasnt what thay expected but at least they were on the right track finding the children however it was going to be tricky with Naruto only having a picture of Yuki before the transformation.
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Hiroshi watches Hiromi look in the window watching the ocean listening to her words of no more wanting to be hidden and to find her mother,"I know we'll go home soon Minto said so once it felt safe but for now we just listen to him and let his grandmother help us and soon....we'll be home and back to our mommies." The climate was different for them as the change from snow to tropics felt strange even with both of them wearing summer clothing but after some time they felt that they were able to trust these people since Minto went through all the trouble sneeking them out of Skyline for what was best for them.Hiroshi wanted to tell her Senente was her mother but thought instead of having confusion she would find out the truth once they returned.