Iliada__XII _ Finale Part 2
From September 24th and onwards
Miyako's skin was two tones darker and her hair had turn in to a big dry ball that couldn’t even been control by a pony tail. The Indian weather did not agree with the proteins of her hair, and despite all the sun block and fabric he used to cover herself, the sun burned like hell.
But the weather of Japan received her with a nice rain that felt so unfamiliar, but welcoming at the same time. After two days of resting, Aiba appeared at her house, bringing some news. "I was able to hack the wifi network at the jail were Matsumoto is, so I could read some emails. He is alright, apparently the worry is over so they aren’t listening to his conversations with Ninomiya. And they are just letting him live"
"Those are good news…you think I can go and say hi?"
"Yeah, I think you could, and if anything weird happens, I can erase it from the files"
"Perfect, now if you excuse me, I need to go and talk with the boss" She patted Aiba's shoulder and pulled him outside the house with her.
Sakurai was just getting ready to leave for a meeting when Miyako appeared at his office. She asked for a couple of minutes and Sho agreed “Boss, I will like some long vacations" Sho’s nonchalant tone surprised her "Ok, you deserve then. How much do you want? "
"10 months" Sho wasn’t surprised by the request. It was a lot of time, but Miyako never asked for vacations before and he was kind of relieved. Miyako needed vacations. "Ok, but in exchange, once you are back, I want you to help me train new people" Miyako made a disgusted face, but agree to do the favor "It will be my honor sir" she said with a fake smile. Sho gave her back the same smile and walked with her outside the office. “Talk with the secretary about the paperwork and disappear”. Miyako bowed at Sakurai and walked on the opposite direction "Sonoda! let me ask you something" Miyako stopped and turned around giving Sho a questioning look "Sonoda, did you develop any kind of feeling towards Matsumoto ?" The question shocked her, but she controlled the expression of her face an the tone of her voice like a professional "That’s a strange question, but not really boss. Although he was damn good at sex" Sho blushed and walked away with a quick step.
Miyako looked at herself at the mirror and almost couldn’t recognize herself. She had a different glow and her eyes looked unusual. Also, she got inside the first hairdresser she could find and cut her long mane a couple of centimeters down the shoulders. She step on the dumbbell and realized that she had gain a couple of pounds. Several pounds. But her body didn’t show it.
Her first day of vacations had consisted in shopping. New clothes, some make up, shoes, food, and a new car. She will need it. Before dinner, she got an awaited call "Sonoda-san, I'm confirming the appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning. Please bring your blood test"
"Ok, thank you very much" She hung up the phone, ate her dinner and went to sleep.
In bed, she decided to not sleep resting on her tummy anymore, just in case.
Jun expected to find Nino at the meeting room again. Long ago he had already make peace with the idea that Miyako wasn’t going to visit him. But the guards gave away some information that he couldn’t understand, or better, didn't want to understand. "She said she is your childhood friend, she is very shy, kind of cute"
"Yeah, so cute that boss allowed her to get in without previous advice" Jun only hummed. A bit absent to what was happening, already giving up the idea that it could be Miyako.
One of the guards opened the door meanwhile the other released him from the handcuffs. Jun looked up, massaging his wrists when he saw her back. It was a different hair cut, but he could recognize that back and those legs everywhere "Miyako?" He said in a low whisper, scared that he could scare her away by shouting, as if she was some kind of apparition. The figure in front of him turned around and flashed him a shy smile. She answered something, but Jun couldn’t heard her. His ears were buzzing and his hands itching to reach her. Miyako took the first step, a bit shy, not sure of what to do, but Jun erased the doubt by meeting her halfway, grabbing her face in between his hands and kissed her, being able to breathe again. It was just there when Miyako realized how much she had missed Jun. How much she was craving him and how much it hurt to be away. The strong and solid touch of Jun gave her a feel of nostalgia that ran down her bones, hurting. Jun moved from her lips to the contours of her face, dropping lingering kisses, feeling her giggle against him "Jun, hold your horses Jun" She said in between laughs, but Jun obeyed, for his own sake. He grabbed her face again and stared at her in astonishment "You are as beautiful as I remember you Jun"
"You are even more beautiful than I remember"
"Did you get my message?"
"I did, thank you" Miyako only shook her head and pulled him with her, sitting at the table " I'm sorry that it took me so long to come here, but you know my reasons"
"I do…Miyako, What you did with my parents case, I don’t think I can thank you enough"
"But you don’t have too, I did what I had to do" Jun didn’t know what to do or say. In the past, he had thought about what he wanted to say to Miyako the day the could met for the first time, but now he couldn’t remember. "How was India?"
"Hot, messy and amazing, How ... How have you been doing here?"
"It's not that bad. It's monotonous and cold, but I feel like time is passing quite fast, and that is a relieve"
"It surprised me that you declare yourself guilty, I thought you will give some trouble to the police"
"No, we talk about it with Nino, in that way I could get less years than expected and less interrogations…oh!, I met Sakurai"
"Yeah he told me, he said you gave him a bad feeling"
"He looked rather uncomfortable" Jun laughed under his breath and stared at Miyako for a while. She knew what he was looking at, so to distract him, she kissed him again. Jun answered the kiss with a smile, he knew what she was doing, and it amused him in a way. Miyako was unbeatable. "You look different Miyako" he said, holding her chin moving her head from side to side, trying to grasp what was different in her. It was subtle, but he saw it. "Well, I'm tanner, I gain some weight too, so maybe my features are accent by that"
"Maybe, and your new haircut makes you look even prettier" Jun could have swear that he saw Miyako blush, and it was a first. Jun pulled her back in to a hug, resting is cheek against hers, feeling the warmth of her sudden blushing.
Jun didn’t exchange too many words with her. They kept a light conversation, exchanging touches once in a while.
There weren’t too many things to say. And Jun was scared to ask anything related to them. “Jun, I have something to tell you…I’m going to be away for 10 months” Jun’s eyes grew wider in surprise and anger “10 months?!, Why? Where?”
“I’m in charge of an investigation at Brazil, but as in India, I’m meant to be working behind a desk, no field work, you know, no danger”
“Miyako, why this sudden change?”
“Now I have you Jun, I can’t afford to get hurt knowing you are here worrying about me” Jun cursed and pulled her in for a kiss. A long, feverish, parting kiss.
January 15 - 5 months later.
Nino stopped his car in the middle of the empty road, double checking his map. After 10 miles without seeing a house he got scared. But he was sure he was close.
He followed the line the map showed, and after 5, 6 and 7 miles, he found the house he was looking for.
His seeking had started a couple of months ago. For what he knew. Miyako had left to South America for a mission, and she will be back in 10 months approximately. But he could swear that he saw her twice. Once going out of the storage where she hid all Jun’s belongings, and then going out of a clinic. Nino was a man who believed in his hunches, and this gave him a big one.
So he hired someone. Because in Japan you could hire someone for everything. So he hired a man whose only duty was to look at the storage place and follow whoever gets inside.
Two weeks later, he got a map that showed were Miyako was.
And he was finally there. A small blue house with tiny windows. The entrance was covered with daisies and threes protected the house from the sun. Nino got out from his car and called inside the house, but got no answer. With careful steps, he walked across the garden until he reached the front door. He knocked at the door, but got no answer. He started to think that maybe the guy he hired was wrong. That he just lost a big amount of money for nothing.
He walked around the house following the sound of water, apparently someone, he wished the someone he was looking for, was watering the flowers. Once he was sure that there was no dog that could eat him, he kept walking, with confident steps until he reached a figure. The figure’s hair was light and long, and her back looked broader, but it was her.
No doubts.
Nino called her name "Miyako" the figure flinched and stayed still.
Nino called her again and this time he got an answer. “What are you doing here Ninomiya?"
“I could ask the same, I thought you were in Brazil" Miyako kept still, giving him her back. "Miyako, what is this? Why did you lie to Jun?" Nino quickly walked the few steps that kept him away from Miyako. He didn't give her the opportunity to walk away. Nino stopped just beside her. Miyako looked at him with worry in her eyes.
She kept silence.
Something caught Nino’s attention. He stared at Miyako’s abdomen and he said the first thing that came to his mind. Although they weren’t the nicest ones. "Holly shit you are huge!".
November 21th - 2 year later.
Aiba closed his computer, took off his glasses and scratched his eyes until he could see colorful lights playing around behind his eyelids. He had finally finished the first part of the plan.
The private jet was booked, the two plane tickets to South Africa too, the three hotel reservations, all of them in different countries. He had already hacked the data base of all the places that will be involved. He used the Hostile Takeover he had created a while ago. It took him some work, especially because he had to travel to all those places, but Miyako paid for it, so he didn’t complain. Now he had to start with second and third part of the plan. But for that, Miyako had to make a drastic move.
So he would have to wait.
Miyako walked outside the elevator with the letter in one hand, and her credential in the other. This was the first time she was nervous before visiting her boss.
Maybe that would make him happy.
Sho’s door was open and she could see him talking in the phone. He waited outside until he hung up the phone an invited her in. Miyako sat in front of her boss with a thin smile on her face and knots in her stomach. Sho stared at her with a questioning grin and let her talk first "Boss... I brought you... My resignation letter" Sho’s face changed in a split of a second. His mouth was open but no words were said. Miyako could have laugh about his face, but since it was the last time, she acted with some respect, at least for once. "Boss, I have been thinking about this for a while, and I think is about time"
"Sonoda, if you don’t want to be on the field anymore, I can get you a desk job, you could team up with Ohno in tactical, or training others, you did a great job the last time"
"No…I want to have a normal life, do something with the money I saved, or find a job in one of those gorgeous islands I have visited, I want to be away from any political issue, terrorism or national security... I feel like I already did everything I could, I should start doing something for me and the people I care" Sho’s expression softened as he listened to Miyako. Specially since it was the first time he heard her talking about someone beside her.
He cared about MIyako and appreciated her work very much, but he could understand what she meant. And Miyako was a young girl, who got in to the agency at a very young age. Sho saw it coming. She went through a lot, and she needed to start over. Sho stretched his arm and Miyako handed him her resignation letter. "You have to come here in one week and sign some papers"
"Yeah, promising that I will not say a thing about all this and what I have done" Sho nodded and saved the letter inside one of the drawers of his desk and glared at Miyako again "You will be very missed here Miyako, you were a brave an committed agent, and although you never followed my orders and you were very disrespectful with me, I’m grateful for your service"
"Thanks boss, it was an honor to work with you, your ideals and cold mind were the things that kept me loyal to this service" Sho bowed at her and gave her a warm smile. Miyako leaved her credential on top of Sho’s desk, bowed at him and walked outside his office.
For the first time in her life Miyako had used her chameleonic abilities with her boss, now ex-boss. She made him believe all the things she had just said.
Sho was surprised but not that surprised. He sensed that something had change with Miyako. Since she came back from her vacations, she took less missions, and never worked on the field. She stopped working extra hours and whenever he and Ohno asked her out for some drinks, she refused. Ohno told him that maybe she had found someone. And Sho suspected the same.
And that someone needed her presence, apparently.
Miyako walked down Shibuya, back to be a civilian. She got into the first hair salon she found and ask for a makeover. Light brown hair and a perm. After a quick lunch she got inside an outwear store and bought boots, rain jackets, parkas and pants in different colors and for woman, men and kids.
The second stop was the storage place where she kept all Jun’s belongings. She put all the boxes inside her car and paid the last month of rent.
Nino was just returning to his office when he saw her come down from her car. He gave her an appreciative whistle when he saw her new look “Running away from someone?”
“No, just starting a new life, I just resigned my job” Nino was a bit surprised by the news. During all those years he had learned that Miyako did things without telling others, so each time he met her, he was a bit scared of what she could tell him. “Why?”
“I’m leaving to Argentina next week and I will be away for some months” Nino grabbed her arm and pulled her inside the building in to the waiting room “Argentina? So the date is close? What about Ryo-kun?”
“He is coming with me. I already bought the land, and the general contractor with his people are almost done with the house”
“That fast!” Miyako nodded and handed Nino some papers “I made some enquiries and here’s all the things you have to do so I can take Tarou and Sabotarou with me next time I come here”
“And when will that be?”
“In a month maybe…I still have to do some work related with the…plan” Nino grabbed the papers and saved them inside his briefcase. He stared a Miyako for a long while wondering for the nth time if all this will work, if it was the right thing to do, but then he remembered his friend, and how his glow had started fade for being inside that god damn jail. “Ok, then, good luck Miyako”
“I don’t need it”
Jun was having a very bad week. Nothing happened, but he was feeling tired. The doctor said it could be the beginning of a depression, but Jun ignored him. Nothing had really changed, and he could say that he was already used to that place. But the exterior was calling him, and every day he started missing the things from outside. Smells, colors, places, his dogs, and of course the people around him. If it wasn’t for Nino’s visits and Miyako’s letters, he would have lost his mind a long ago.
During those years, Miyako had visited him 6, maybe 7 times. Each time she looked different, but only on the outside. And despite the fact that those were short visits, they helped him.
Miyako had told him to wait for her.
And he was planning to do that.
June 29th - 2 years later
Jun couldn’t sleep the night before. Nino had told him that Miyako was going to visit him that day, and she had good news. The last time he saw her was 6 months ago. She had told him she will be on a mission, and Jun had stopped asking what kind of mission a long ago, so his nerves couldn’t kill him.
After breakfast, Jun was called and taken to the visit room. This was the first time Miyako had announced her visit, but it still made Jun nervous. One of the guards opened the door, and he saw her. She didn’t greet him, only smiled, and waited until the door was closed behind Jun to get up and hug him “Long time no see” He whispered against her neck “How have you been doing?”
”Good, you?”
“I just came back from Russia”
“Drugs?”
“No, human trafficking”
“Bastards” Miyako moved away, so she could look at his face. She caressed his cheeks, the new wrinkles around his eyes and the line of his lips. They stayed in silence for a while, Jun only rested his hands on Miyako’s hips and received the caresses. “You’re just back from Russia and the first thing you do is come here?”
“Yeah… 4 years and 6 months inside uh? You feel like you already pay for your sins”
“Maybe…why? You have a preposition?”
“Yeah…since half of your sentence has passed, you have the right to apelar for a new sentence”
“And it’s going to be a waste of time”
”Of course, there’s no way that they are releasing you before those 20 years pass, but there’s another option”
“And what’s that?” Miyako moved away from Jun to fetch something from her bag “I can’t tell you here, and it’s a bit complicated, so here” She passed him a new copy of Fahrenheit 99 “A gift, read it carefully”
“Thank you, this is why you have been so busy, too busy to visit your boyfriend in jail, you did this and keep working?” He asked moving the book in front of her face “Jun, I quit my job some years ago”
“What? You did? Why you didn’t tell me?”
“Because I quit so I could have everything ready, there were a lot of things to prepare for us” Miyako didn’t tell him what us exactly meant. “Now is everything ready, we just have to wait for the audience in two weeks”
“I feel like you are hiding something from me”
“I am, but you will soon know” He stared at her for a while with a grin “Ok, I will wait then, so it’s happening?” Miyako passed her arms around Jun, pulling him closer to her, whispering, very low against his lips “It’s happening, I’m taking you with me, away from this damn place” Jun pulled her even closer, kissing her and melting with her body.
Jun went back to his room and started reading the book Miyako gave him. From 5 pm to 7 am. Because he didn’t only read it, he memorized every single thing that will take place. Miyako was very thorough with her plan. There were no loose knots, no place for mistakes.
And Jun couldn’t make any mistake and though all her effort to the garbage.
July 12th - 2 weeks later
Jun shaved his face and combed his hair in front of the small mirror of his room. For the audience, he choose a pair of jeans and a blue shirt, and in top of that, a cheap but elegant kimono. Miyako told him to wear something comfortable.
At 9 am the guards opened the door of his cell. He stood up from his bed and leaved the room knowing that he wasn’t going to be back.
At 9:30, Jun was waiting for the police car that would take him to the tribunal for the audience. The two guards greeted the three police officers that came to take Jun. Two of them went out of the car, the third one stayed inside the car, behind the wheel. Jun bowed at them and followed them inside the car. Jun made eye contact with the police that was driving the car and exchanged a silent salute. He was Accomplice N°1, as Miyako named him.
The drive from the jail to the court was a long drive of 2 hours, with traffic, maybe three. Normally, a conscript as him will require more security. Cops in motorcycles flanking the car, an helicopter in the sky flying over the road the police car will follow, but no. Matsumoto, a man with a 20 years sentence, was taking to the court by three polices officers in a mundane police car. Miyako had explain him in the book the reason. That would call the attention, and they were scared of the reaction of Matsumoto’s followers. And also, it will involve the expense of money that the police didn’t had at that time.
The exchange was meant to take place after 25 minutes of driving. Jun looked at the radio clock and counted the minutes, impatient. 23 minutes passed, and Jun stared at the driver for the second time, through the rearview mirror, the man didn’t look at him, but Jun could realize how concentrated he was. 24 minutes and the scene was the same. Two polices looking through the window, one driving and another police on the other side of the radio, asking for the state of the transfer every five minutes.
Soon, 25 minutes had passed. The driver stopped at a red light, and looked at Matsumoto “As indicated, put on this mask” The police told him, as he put on his own. The other two officers didn’t had time to react. Immediately smoke started to come from the air-conditioning system and filled the inside of the car. The two polices fall unconscious and the driver took a sudden U turn.
After 5 minutes of driving, they stopped the car in front of a school full of kids that were currently leaving to their homes. The driver took off his police jacket and got off the car, Jun did the same, with his hand hanging low so no one could see his cuffed hands. The man stopped in front of him and took a set of keys from one of his pockets “The other car is right in the corner. Another driver will be there and he will take you to the next stop” He said as he saved the handcuffs in his left pocket. Jun bowed at him and walked pass the sea of kids who were talking in groups or running towards their moms. He turned to the right once he reached the corner of the street and found three cars parked, only one of them was occupied. Jun walked towards it, opened the back door and got inside. The driver didn’t talk or look at him. He initiate the car and drove towards the downtown. “There is a bag next to you, turn on the phone, Miyako-san will call you” Jun did as told and some seconds later the phone rang “Jun? It’s me” The sound of her voice stirred him, a rush of adrenaline ran up and down his body “How’s everything?”
“Great, we have one hour left, you will soon change cars again, and it will take you to the airport. I will be waiting there” The call was abruptly cut and but gave Jun some reassurance. He found a t-shirt, food, a second phone and a wallet. He took off his kimono and changed his t-shirt and threw the old one out the window. Then he turned on the second phone, and made sure to leave his finger prints on it and call to some numbers already saved inside the phone. Lastly, he opened his new wallet and found his new identification, some bills, a picture of a dog and an old couple and some last week train tickets. If things slow down and the alarm goes on, police will be after you in a second, so if a police officer stops you, show him this, Miyako had wrote in the book. Jun saved the wallet in his other pocket, just when the car stopped again. He went out of it, already knowing what to do. The second stop was a residential building with an underground parking lot. He walked inside the reception and the doorman guided him to the stairs that lead him to the parking lot. Jun went down the stairs with a quick step, and just as Miyako told him, at the lot A6 there was a white car waiting for him.
Jun got inside, this time sitting at the passenger’s seat. The man next to him was different from the previous drivers. This one actually talked to him “Matsumoto-san! Is nice to meet you, I’m Aiba, and I will take you to the Narita private airport, private, not the Narita we all know. From there, fancy families with their own planes leave this country by air” Jun recognize the name, he knew who he was, but he never imagine that Aiba would look, and act like that “You’re Aiba Masaki, the hacker”
“I am! And you’re Matsumoto, the lover” Jun chuckle and shook the hand Aiba was offering him “Thanks for all the work you did with my parents case”
“Na, no need, I’m glad I could help, and I’m glad I could help also with this, did you like your new identity? Miyako’s new name is Sakura, she hated it, but I think is cute” Jun thanked him, enjoying Aiba’s company “Sakura is a very cute name, thanks for my new identity, I like the name Tsukasa, it has a punch”
“I know right!” Jun kept smiling thanks to Aiba’s company, he felt bad that he couldn’t spend more time with him. He felt less nervous and scared by the whole situation thanks to his smile. They had already leave the city, and the signs indicated that the Airport was 300 meter away. They were closer. “The good thing about all this is that I get to burn this car, this is going to be fun, stressful, but fun” Jun laughed with Aiba, wishing to work in their friendship. Maybe he could visit them in the future, wherever Miyako decided to live.
They stopped in front of a security cabin. Aiba went out of the car quickly, with an envelope in his hands. Jun saw the short interaction between him and the guard inside the cabin. Aiba, who was easily 15 centimeters taller than the guard, patted his shoulder and then gave him the envelope. The man open the envelope, smiled to himself, and nodded at Aiba. He nodded back and came back to the car “Everything alright?” Asked Jun “Perfect, now we have to be quick, in 30 minutes they will find out that your car is missing” Aiba pressed the accelerator and drove ahead. There were several planes. Mostly cargo planes, private jets and twine engine planes. “Ours is ready to leave, see the white one over there? Is a business jet, I don’t know too much about planes, Miya-chan does, she said is the best kind of transport, is fast, and flies higher than commercial planes, so the permissions are easier to get…also, If the driver asks, you’re the son of the owner, and Miya-chan is your wife”
“Got it, anything else?”
“No, Miya-chan will explain you everything”
They parked the car under one of the wings of the plane, Jun checked his pockets, making sure he had everything he needed and got off the car. Aiba followed him close, and got inside the plane with him. “Miya-chan?” Aiba screamed once they were inside, and she appeared from inside the pilot’s cabins. She ignored Aiba and run towards Jun, pulling him in a hug. Jun was in such perplexity that it took him a while to answer. Everything happened too fast, and now he had Miyako there, now he could feel her, smell her, hold her in complete freedom. “I get it has been a while and all that, but we are running out of time guys” Aiba felt sorry, but he had to take them back to reality. Miyako kissed Jun in the cheek and walked pass him, holding Aiba’s hands “Aiba-kun, you know what you have to do, we will take off in five minutes, as soon as we arrive in our last destiny, we will call you…and Aiba-kun, thank you so much” Miyako pulled her friend in a hug, and kept him there for a couple of seconds before drop a kiss on his cheek and part. Jun followed her. They met for a short time, but Jun was already grateful for Aiba’s existence “Thanks Aiba-san, I hope we see you again”
“Of course! You have to tell me all about the you know what of the century” He whispered to him. Jun gave him a solemn reverence, promising him that he would tell him every detail. “Ok guys, I wish you the best luck, take care and I’ll do my part here” Aiba hugged Miyako again, then Jun and went off the plane. The pilot passed by them, greeting Jun, and closed the door “Please ma’am and sir, I have to ask you to seat down and put on your belts so we can leave on time” Jun pulled Miyako with him and sat in the closest set of seats.
In Miyako’s instructive, as Jun liked to call the book with all the indications she gave him, she explained only until the part where he got in to the third car with Aiba. What will happen now was a mystery for him. So he asked for explanations immediately. “So? Now what?”
“Now we are flying to Russia, we will land in a small town close to the border between Russia and Finland. We will drive to Ivalo, a small city close to the border. There, we are going to take a train to Helsinki, a plane to Brazil is waiting for us there, then in Brazil we will take a plane to Argentina, to finally drive again to our house” Jun felt tired already, so many kinds of transportations, and so many stops. He was grateful for Miyako, but maybe she overdid it “No, I want them to lost our trail” She answered him with a deep frown, a bit offended by Jun’s comment, she didn’t overdid it, it was a flawless plan. “It is a flawless plan, I’m sorry” he say, kissing her temple “And all the fake evidences is brilliant”
“Thank you, I was inspired by your masterpiece, and that’s not all, thanks to Aiba’s magic, right now, Sonoda Miyako and Matsumoto Jun are getting in to a plane to South Africa, and another couple with the same name, in an hour, will be taking off in a plane to Canada”
“How?!”
“Aiba hacked the passenger list in those two flies, our names will appear, but not us” Jun was amazed, and Miyako’s explanations had him so caught up that he didn’t realized when they took off, and now the pilot was telling them that in 30 minutes they will be flying in Russian sky.
The excitement in Jun’s body was obvious. He wasn’t just running away, Miyako had put up a Hollywood like stunt, and until now, it worked perfectly “Miyako, Where are we going? I mean, where is our final stop?”
“Argentina, the Patagonia, with the money you gave me, I bought a small land close to a river and I built a house, well, not me, but you get what I mean”
“The Patagonia, you read my mind”
“I did. Taro and Sabotarou are there already” Jun tear up at the mention of his dogs “They like it?”
“They do, Taro spends half of the day following birds, and Sabotarou just looks at him, they love dive in the river at the afternoon, when is a bit warmer” Miyako looked at Jun, holding her hand, and saw him smiling brightly. All the work was worth it, only for that smile “I’m sure you are going to like the place, Ryousuke loves it” Miyako closed her eyes, waiting for the obvious question. Her stomach hurt, and she felt dizzy, she knew Jun will be happy with the news, but maybe not with the fact that she hid it from him. “Who’s Ryousuke?” she took a deep breath and looked at the floor “Ryousuke is your son, he is 4 years now, and he is waiting for us at the house, don’t worry, I have two nannies taking care of him, and Nino’s mom is there too and …” Miyako couldn’t finish talking, Jun had pulled her in a thigh hug, crying so hard that it worried her. He muttered a Thank you in between sobbing, and the grip of his arms kept turning stronger and stronger. She knew he would be happy, but not that happy. Jun couldn’t believe his luck, and how happy he felt with the news. He secretly wanted kids, but he never told Nino, and of course he never told Miyako, it would be inappropriate under their circumstances. But life gave him a surprise. “How? When? That last night?”
“I guess so, we didn’t use protection that night, and the time fits” Jun moved her away from him, suddenly worried “But you leave to India during that time, you didn’t know?”
“No, I felt like hell those months there, but I blamed it on the damn water, the food and the hellish summer, oh, and I didn’t got my period, when I came back to Japan I went to the doctor, and he confirmed it”
“Did you have any problem? Wait, then you leave to Brazil right?”
“No, that was a lie, I stayed in Japan, waiting for Ryousuke to arrive, I move to my grandmother house in the countryside, no one except from Aiba knew about my pregnancy, so I wanted to avoid any accidental meeting”
“Dear god Miyako…I don’t know if I should be mad for you not telling me, or proud of how well you managed alone” Miyako pulled Jun closer by his shoulders, luring him with her eyes, and Jun let himself being pulled in to her space. “I’m sorry I didn’t’ tell you, but I guess I was trying to cause you less worries” Miyako kissed the corner of Jun’s lips, slowly, asking for forgiveness. Jun didn’t thought it twice, and forgive her with a kiss. With all the excitement and stress of the runaway, they hadn’t kiss since they met outside jail. And once they realized it, they couldn’t let go each other. Jun’s hands were acting way to daring, so Miyako stopped him politely “Jun, sorry, but no sex for now, maybe once we are in mainland”. Jun cursed under his breath, but he understood that much, so he made himself comfortable in Miyako’s embrace, ready to wait for their landing “Miyako, Ryousuke knows about me?”
“Of course, he talks about you as if you were there, he can’t wait to meet you”
“Thanks, tell me things about him” Miyako kissed the top of his head and started telling him all about Ryo, starting with day he born.
Epilogue
July 13th - One week later
Ohno knocked at Sho’s half open door, and got inside without waiting for his response. Sho was on the phone and gave him a signal to sit. Ohno served himself a cup of coffee and waited for Sho to be ready. His friend looked very angry talking at the phone and Ohno suspected who was on the other side “The big boss?” He asked once Sho was done with the phone call “Yeah, the police will take care of Matsumoto’s get away, they want to show people they are doing their job, which clearly, is a lie”
“Are you mad? Did you wanted to take care of his searching?”
“Not really, I just don’t like Matsumoto…He took my best agent” Ohno smiled at his statement, some days ago Sho had come up with that theory, and with the explanations he gave him, Ohno found it quite possible “Well, Miyako did a lot for us meanwhile she was here”
“I know, That’s the only reason why I haven't tell anyone that she is with him, and that she probably helped him runaway”
“Well, anyway we are not 100% sure that’s true” Sho shrugged, Ohno was right, but his instinct told him that Matsumoto and Sonoda were together on this, and his instinct was never wrong. “I hope she is alright, but remember what I told you, Miyako is trustful to herself, or someone very important to her” Ohno felt a bit sad with what he said. After all he saw Miyako as family, he had saved her ass several times, and Miyako had saved his ass, even more times.
But if Miyako’s heart told her that she belonged to Matsumoto’s side, Ohno had nothing to do against it.
Maybe if Miyako had asked him for help, he would have help her.
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Miyako's skin was two tones darker and her hair had turn in to a big dry ball that couldn’t even been control by a pony tail. The Indian weather did not agree with the proteins of her hair, and despite all the sun block and fabric he used to cover herself, the sun burned like hell.
But the weather of Japan received her with a nice rain that felt so unfamiliar, but welcoming at the same time. After two days of resting, Aiba appeared at her house, bringing some news. "I was able to hack the wifi network at the jail were Matsumoto is, so I could read some emails. He is alright, apparently the worry is over so they aren’t listening to his conversations with Ninomiya. And they are just letting him live"
"Those are good news…you think I can go and say hi?"
"Yeah, I think you could, and if anything weird happens, I can erase it from the files"
"Perfect, now if you excuse me, I need to go and talk with the boss" She patted Aiba's shoulder and pulled him outside the house with her.
Sakurai was just getting ready to leave for a meeting when Miyako appeared at his office. She asked for a couple of minutes and Sho agreed “Boss, I will like some long vacations" Sho’s nonchalant tone surprised her "Ok, you deserve then. How much do you want? "
"10 months" Sho wasn’t surprised by the request. It was a lot of time, but Miyako never asked for vacations before and he was kind of relieved. Miyako needed vacations. "Ok, but in exchange, once you are back, I want you to help me train new people" Miyako made a disgusted face, but agree to do the favor "It will be my honor sir" she said with a fake smile. Sho gave her back the same smile and walked with her outside the office. “Talk with the secretary about the paperwork and disappear”. Miyako bowed at Sakurai and walked on the opposite direction "Sonoda! let me ask you something" Miyako stopped and turned around giving Sho a questioning look "Sonoda, did you develop any kind of feeling towards Matsumoto ?" The question shocked her, but she controlled the expression of her face an the tone of her voice like a professional "That’s a strange question, but not really boss. Although he was damn good at sex" Sho blushed and walked away with a quick step.
Miyako looked at herself at the mirror and almost couldn’t recognize herself. She had a different glow and her eyes looked unusual. Also, she got inside the first hairdresser she could find and cut her long mane a couple of centimeters down the shoulders. She step on the dumbbell and realized that she had gain a couple of pounds. Several pounds. But her body didn’t show it.
Her first day of vacations had consisted in shopping. New clothes, some make up, shoes, food, and a new car. She will need it. Before dinner, she got an awaited call "Sonoda-san, I'm confirming the appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning. Please bring your blood test"
"Ok, thank you very much" She hung up the phone, ate her dinner and went to sleep.
In bed, she decided to not sleep resting on her tummy anymore, just in case.
Jun expected to find Nino at the meeting room again. Long ago he had already make peace with the idea that Miyako wasn’t going to visit him. But the guards gave away some information that he couldn’t understand, or better, didn't want to understand. "She said she is your childhood friend, she is very shy, kind of cute"
"Yeah, so cute that boss allowed her to get in without previous advice" Jun only hummed. A bit absent to what was happening, already giving up the idea that it could be Miyako.
One of the guards opened the door meanwhile the other released him from the handcuffs. Jun looked up, massaging his wrists when he saw her back. It was a different hair cut, but he could recognize that back and those legs everywhere "Miyako?" He said in a low whisper, scared that he could scare her away by shouting, as if she was some kind of apparition. The figure in front of him turned around and flashed him a shy smile. She answered something, but Jun couldn’t heard her. His ears were buzzing and his hands itching to reach her. Miyako took the first step, a bit shy, not sure of what to do, but Jun erased the doubt by meeting her halfway, grabbing her face in between his hands and kissed her, being able to breathe again. It was just there when Miyako realized how much she had missed Jun. How much she was craving him and how much it hurt to be away. The strong and solid touch of Jun gave her a feel of nostalgia that ran down her bones, hurting. Jun moved from her lips to the contours of her face, dropping lingering kisses, feeling her giggle against him "Jun, hold your horses Jun" She said in between laughs, but Jun obeyed, for his own sake. He grabbed her face again and stared at her in astonishment "You are as beautiful as I remember you Jun"
"You are even more beautiful than I remember"
"Did you get my message?"
"I did, thank you" Miyako only shook her head and pulled him with her, sitting at the table " I'm sorry that it took me so long to come here, but you know my reasons"
"I do…Miyako, What you did with my parents case, I don’t think I can thank you enough"
"But you don’t have too, I did what I had to do" Jun didn’t know what to do or say. In the past, he had thought about what he wanted to say to Miyako the day the could met for the first time, but now he couldn’t remember. "How was India?"
"Hot, messy and amazing, How ... How have you been doing here?"
"It's not that bad. It's monotonous and cold, but I feel like time is passing quite fast, and that is a relieve"
"It surprised me that you declare yourself guilty, I thought you will give some trouble to the police"
"No, we talk about it with Nino, in that way I could get less years than expected and less interrogations…oh!, I met Sakurai"
"Yeah he told me, he said you gave him a bad feeling"
"He looked rather uncomfortable" Jun laughed under his breath and stared at Miyako for a while. She knew what he was looking at, so to distract him, she kissed him again. Jun answered the kiss with a smile, he knew what she was doing, and it amused him in a way. Miyako was unbeatable. "You look different Miyako" he said, holding her chin moving her head from side to side, trying to grasp what was different in her. It was subtle, but he saw it. "Well, I'm tanner, I gain some weight too, so maybe my features are accent by that"
"Maybe, and your new haircut makes you look even prettier" Jun could have swear that he saw Miyako blush, and it was a first. Jun pulled her back in to a hug, resting is cheek against hers, feeling the warmth of her sudden blushing.
Jun didn’t exchange too many words with her. They kept a light conversation, exchanging touches once in a while.
There weren’t too many things to say. And Jun was scared to ask anything related to them. “Jun, I have something to tell you…I’m going to be away for 10 months” Jun’s eyes grew wider in surprise and anger “10 months?!, Why? Where?”
“I’m in charge of an investigation at Brazil, but as in India, I’m meant to be working behind a desk, no field work, you know, no danger”
“Miyako, why this sudden change?”
“Now I have you Jun, I can’t afford to get hurt knowing you are here worrying about me” Jun cursed and pulled her in for a kiss. A long, feverish, parting kiss.
January 15 - 5 months later.
Nino stopped his car in the middle of the empty road, double checking his map. After 10 miles without seeing a house he got scared. But he was sure he was close.
He followed the line the map showed, and after 5, 6 and 7 miles, he found the house he was looking for.
His seeking had started a couple of months ago. For what he knew. Miyako had left to South America for a mission, and she will be back in 10 months approximately. But he could swear that he saw her twice. Once going out of the storage where she hid all Jun’s belongings, and then going out of a clinic. Nino was a man who believed in his hunches, and this gave him a big one.
So he hired someone. Because in Japan you could hire someone for everything. So he hired a man whose only duty was to look at the storage place and follow whoever gets inside.
Two weeks later, he got a map that showed were Miyako was.
And he was finally there. A small blue house with tiny windows. The entrance was covered with daisies and threes protected the house from the sun. Nino got out from his car and called inside the house, but got no answer. With careful steps, he walked across the garden until he reached the front door. He knocked at the door, but got no answer. He started to think that maybe the guy he hired was wrong. That he just lost a big amount of money for nothing.
He walked around the house following the sound of water, apparently someone, he wished the someone he was looking for, was watering the flowers. Once he was sure that there was no dog that could eat him, he kept walking, with confident steps until he reached a figure. The figure’s hair was light and long, and her back looked broader, but it was her.
No doubts.
Nino called her name "Miyako" the figure flinched and stayed still.
Nino called her again and this time he got an answer. “What are you doing here Ninomiya?"
“I could ask the same, I thought you were in Brazil" Miyako kept still, giving him her back. "Miyako, what is this? Why did you lie to Jun?" Nino quickly walked the few steps that kept him away from Miyako. He didn't give her the opportunity to walk away. Nino stopped just beside her. Miyako looked at him with worry in her eyes.
She kept silence.
Something caught Nino’s attention. He stared at Miyako’s abdomen and he said the first thing that came to his mind. Although they weren’t the nicest ones. "Holly shit you are huge!".
November 21th - 2 year later.
Aiba closed his computer, took off his glasses and scratched his eyes until he could see colorful lights playing around behind his eyelids. He had finally finished the first part of the plan.
The private jet was booked, the two plane tickets to South Africa too, the three hotel reservations, all of them in different countries. He had already hacked the data base of all the places that will be involved. He used the Hostile Takeover he had created a while ago. It took him some work, especially because he had to travel to all those places, but Miyako paid for it, so he didn’t complain. Now he had to start with second and third part of the plan. But for that, Miyako had to make a drastic move.
So he would have to wait.
Miyako walked outside the elevator with the letter in one hand, and her credential in the other. This was the first time she was nervous before visiting her boss.
Maybe that would make him happy.
Sho’s door was open and she could see him talking in the phone. He waited outside until he hung up the phone an invited her in. Miyako sat in front of her boss with a thin smile on her face and knots in her stomach. Sho stared at her with a questioning grin and let her talk first "Boss... I brought you... My resignation letter" Sho’s face changed in a split of a second. His mouth was open but no words were said. Miyako could have laugh about his face, but since it was the last time, she acted with some respect, at least for once. "Boss, I have been thinking about this for a while, and I think is about time"
"Sonoda, if you don’t want to be on the field anymore, I can get you a desk job, you could team up with Ohno in tactical, or training others, you did a great job the last time"
"No…I want to have a normal life, do something with the money I saved, or find a job in one of those gorgeous islands I have visited, I want to be away from any political issue, terrorism or national security... I feel like I already did everything I could, I should start doing something for me and the people I care" Sho’s expression softened as he listened to Miyako. Specially since it was the first time he heard her talking about someone beside her.
He cared about MIyako and appreciated her work very much, but he could understand what she meant. And Miyako was a young girl, who got in to the agency at a very young age. Sho saw it coming. She went through a lot, and she needed to start over. Sho stretched his arm and Miyako handed him her resignation letter. "You have to come here in one week and sign some papers"
"Yeah, promising that I will not say a thing about all this and what I have done" Sho nodded and saved the letter inside one of the drawers of his desk and glared at Miyako again "You will be very missed here Miyako, you were a brave an committed agent, and although you never followed my orders and you were very disrespectful with me, I’m grateful for your service"
"Thanks boss, it was an honor to work with you, your ideals and cold mind were the things that kept me loyal to this service" Sho bowed at her and gave her a warm smile. Miyako leaved her credential on top of Sho’s desk, bowed at him and walked outside his office.
For the first time in her life Miyako had used her chameleonic abilities with her boss, now ex-boss. She made him believe all the things she had just said.
Sho was surprised but not that surprised. He sensed that something had change with Miyako. Since she came back from her vacations, she took less missions, and never worked on the field. She stopped working extra hours and whenever he and Ohno asked her out for some drinks, she refused. Ohno told him that maybe she had found someone. And Sho suspected the same.
And that someone needed her presence, apparently.
Miyako walked down Shibuya, back to be a civilian. She got into the first hair salon she found and ask for a makeover. Light brown hair and a perm. After a quick lunch she got inside an outwear store and bought boots, rain jackets, parkas and pants in different colors and for woman, men and kids.
The second stop was the storage place where she kept all Jun’s belongings. She put all the boxes inside her car and paid the last month of rent.
Nino was just returning to his office when he saw her come down from her car. He gave her an appreciative whistle when he saw her new look “Running away from someone?”
“No, just starting a new life, I just resigned my job” Nino was a bit surprised by the news. During all those years he had learned that Miyako did things without telling others, so each time he met her, he was a bit scared of what she could tell him. “Why?”
“I’m leaving to Argentina next week and I will be away for some months” Nino grabbed her arm and pulled her inside the building in to the waiting room “Argentina? So the date is close? What about Ryo-kun?”
“He is coming with me. I already bought the land, and the general contractor with his people are almost done with the house”
“That fast!” Miyako nodded and handed Nino some papers “I made some enquiries and here’s all the things you have to do so I can take Tarou and Sabotarou with me next time I come here”
“And when will that be?”
“In a month maybe…I still have to do some work related with the…plan” Nino grabbed the papers and saved them inside his briefcase. He stared a Miyako for a long while wondering for the nth time if all this will work, if it was the right thing to do, but then he remembered his friend, and how his glow had started fade for being inside that god damn jail. “Ok, then, good luck Miyako”
“I don’t need it”
Jun was having a very bad week. Nothing happened, but he was feeling tired. The doctor said it could be the beginning of a depression, but Jun ignored him. Nothing had really changed, and he could say that he was already used to that place. But the exterior was calling him, and every day he started missing the things from outside. Smells, colors, places, his dogs, and of course the people around him. If it wasn’t for Nino’s visits and Miyako’s letters, he would have lost his mind a long ago.
During those years, Miyako had visited him 6, maybe 7 times. Each time she looked different, but only on the outside. And despite the fact that those were short visits, they helped him.
Miyako had told him to wait for her.
And he was planning to do that.
June 29th - 2 years later
Jun couldn’t sleep the night before. Nino had told him that Miyako was going to visit him that day, and she had good news. The last time he saw her was 6 months ago. She had told him she will be on a mission, and Jun had stopped asking what kind of mission a long ago, so his nerves couldn’t kill him.
After breakfast, Jun was called and taken to the visit room. This was the first time Miyako had announced her visit, but it still made Jun nervous. One of the guards opened the door, and he saw her. She didn’t greet him, only smiled, and waited until the door was closed behind Jun to get up and hug him “Long time no see” He whispered against her neck “How have you been doing?”
”Good, you?”
“I just came back from Russia”
“Drugs?”
“No, human trafficking”
“Bastards” Miyako moved away, so she could look at his face. She caressed his cheeks, the new wrinkles around his eyes and the line of his lips. They stayed in silence for a while, Jun only rested his hands on Miyako’s hips and received the caresses. “You’re just back from Russia and the first thing you do is come here?”
“Yeah… 4 years and 6 months inside uh? You feel like you already pay for your sins”
“Maybe…why? You have a preposition?”
“Yeah…since half of your sentence has passed, you have the right to apelar for a new sentence”
“And it’s going to be a waste of time”
”Of course, there’s no way that they are releasing you before those 20 years pass, but there’s another option”
“And what’s that?” Miyako moved away from Jun to fetch something from her bag “I can’t tell you here, and it’s a bit complicated, so here” She passed him a new copy of Fahrenheit 99 “A gift, read it carefully”
“Thank you, this is why you have been so busy, too busy to visit your boyfriend in jail, you did this and keep working?” He asked moving the book in front of her face “Jun, I quit my job some years ago”
“What? You did? Why you didn’t tell me?”
“Because I quit so I could have everything ready, there were a lot of things to prepare for us” Miyako didn’t tell him what us exactly meant. “Now is everything ready, we just have to wait for the audience in two weeks”
“I feel like you are hiding something from me”
“I am, but you will soon know” He stared at her for a while with a grin “Ok, I will wait then, so it’s happening?” Miyako passed her arms around Jun, pulling him closer to her, whispering, very low against his lips “It’s happening, I’m taking you with me, away from this damn place” Jun pulled her even closer, kissing her and melting with her body.
Jun went back to his room and started reading the book Miyako gave him. From 5 pm to 7 am. Because he didn’t only read it, he memorized every single thing that will take place. Miyako was very thorough with her plan. There were no loose knots, no place for mistakes.
And Jun couldn’t make any mistake and though all her effort to the garbage.
July 12th - 2 weeks later
Jun shaved his face and combed his hair in front of the small mirror of his room. For the audience, he choose a pair of jeans and a blue shirt, and in top of that, a cheap but elegant kimono. Miyako told him to wear something comfortable.
At 9 am the guards opened the door of his cell. He stood up from his bed and leaved the room knowing that he wasn’t going to be back.
At 9:30, Jun was waiting for the police car that would take him to the tribunal for the audience. The two guards greeted the three police officers that came to take Jun. Two of them went out of the car, the third one stayed inside the car, behind the wheel. Jun bowed at them and followed them inside the car. Jun made eye contact with the police that was driving the car and exchanged a silent salute. He was Accomplice N°1, as Miyako named him.
The drive from the jail to the court was a long drive of 2 hours, with traffic, maybe three. Normally, a conscript as him will require more security. Cops in motorcycles flanking the car, an helicopter in the sky flying over the road the police car will follow, but no. Matsumoto, a man with a 20 years sentence, was taking to the court by three polices officers in a mundane police car. Miyako had explain him in the book the reason. That would call the attention, and they were scared of the reaction of Matsumoto’s followers. And also, it will involve the expense of money that the police didn’t had at that time.
The exchange was meant to take place after 25 minutes of driving. Jun looked at the radio clock and counted the minutes, impatient. 23 minutes passed, and Jun stared at the driver for the second time, through the rearview mirror, the man didn’t look at him, but Jun could realize how concentrated he was. 24 minutes and the scene was the same. Two polices looking through the window, one driving and another police on the other side of the radio, asking for the state of the transfer every five minutes.
Soon, 25 minutes had passed. The driver stopped at a red light, and looked at Matsumoto “As indicated, put on this mask” The police told him, as he put on his own. The other two officers didn’t had time to react. Immediately smoke started to come from the air-conditioning system and filled the inside of the car. The two polices fall unconscious and the driver took a sudden U turn.
After 5 minutes of driving, they stopped the car in front of a school full of kids that were currently leaving to their homes. The driver took off his police jacket and got off the car, Jun did the same, with his hand hanging low so no one could see his cuffed hands. The man stopped in front of him and took a set of keys from one of his pockets “The other car is right in the corner. Another driver will be there and he will take you to the next stop” He said as he saved the handcuffs in his left pocket. Jun bowed at him and walked pass the sea of kids who were talking in groups or running towards their moms. He turned to the right once he reached the corner of the street and found three cars parked, only one of them was occupied. Jun walked towards it, opened the back door and got inside. The driver didn’t talk or look at him. He initiate the car and drove towards the downtown. “There is a bag next to you, turn on the phone, Miyako-san will call you” Jun did as told and some seconds later the phone rang “Jun? It’s me” The sound of her voice stirred him, a rush of adrenaline ran up and down his body “How’s everything?”
“Great, we have one hour left, you will soon change cars again, and it will take you to the airport. I will be waiting there” The call was abruptly cut and but gave Jun some reassurance. He found a t-shirt, food, a second phone and a wallet. He took off his kimono and changed his t-shirt and threw the old one out the window. Then he turned on the second phone, and made sure to leave his finger prints on it and call to some numbers already saved inside the phone. Lastly, he opened his new wallet and found his new identification, some bills, a picture of a dog and an old couple and some last week train tickets. If things slow down and the alarm goes on, police will be after you in a second, so if a police officer stops you, show him this, Miyako had wrote in the book. Jun saved the wallet in his other pocket, just when the car stopped again. He went out of it, already knowing what to do. The second stop was a residential building with an underground parking lot. He walked inside the reception and the doorman guided him to the stairs that lead him to the parking lot. Jun went down the stairs with a quick step, and just as Miyako told him, at the lot A6 there was a white car waiting for him.
Jun got inside, this time sitting at the passenger’s seat. The man next to him was different from the previous drivers. This one actually talked to him “Matsumoto-san! Is nice to meet you, I’m Aiba, and I will take you to the Narita private airport, private, not the Narita we all know. From there, fancy families with their own planes leave this country by air” Jun recognize the name, he knew who he was, but he never imagine that Aiba would look, and act like that “You’re Aiba Masaki, the hacker”
“I am! And you’re Matsumoto, the lover” Jun chuckle and shook the hand Aiba was offering him “Thanks for all the work you did with my parents case”
“Na, no need, I’m glad I could help, and I’m glad I could help also with this, did you like your new identity? Miyako’s new name is Sakura, she hated it, but I think is cute” Jun thanked him, enjoying Aiba’s company “Sakura is a very cute name, thanks for my new identity, I like the name Tsukasa, it has a punch”
“I know right!” Jun kept smiling thanks to Aiba’s company, he felt bad that he couldn’t spend more time with him. He felt less nervous and scared by the whole situation thanks to his smile. They had already leave the city, and the signs indicated that the Airport was 300 meter away. They were closer. “The good thing about all this is that I get to burn this car, this is going to be fun, stressful, but fun” Jun laughed with Aiba, wishing to work in their friendship. Maybe he could visit them in the future, wherever Miyako decided to live.
They stopped in front of a security cabin. Aiba went out of the car quickly, with an envelope in his hands. Jun saw the short interaction between him and the guard inside the cabin. Aiba, who was easily 15 centimeters taller than the guard, patted his shoulder and then gave him the envelope. The man open the envelope, smiled to himself, and nodded at Aiba. He nodded back and came back to the car “Everything alright?” Asked Jun “Perfect, now we have to be quick, in 30 minutes they will find out that your car is missing” Aiba pressed the accelerator and drove ahead. There were several planes. Mostly cargo planes, private jets and twine engine planes. “Ours is ready to leave, see the white one over there? Is a business jet, I don’t know too much about planes, Miya-chan does, she said is the best kind of transport, is fast, and flies higher than commercial planes, so the permissions are easier to get…also, If the driver asks, you’re the son of the owner, and Miya-chan is your wife”
“Got it, anything else?”
“No, Miya-chan will explain you everything”
They parked the car under one of the wings of the plane, Jun checked his pockets, making sure he had everything he needed and got off the car. Aiba followed him close, and got inside the plane with him. “Miya-chan?” Aiba screamed once they were inside, and she appeared from inside the pilot’s cabins. She ignored Aiba and run towards Jun, pulling him in a hug. Jun was in such perplexity that it took him a while to answer. Everything happened too fast, and now he had Miyako there, now he could feel her, smell her, hold her in complete freedom. “I get it has been a while and all that, but we are running out of time guys” Aiba felt sorry, but he had to take them back to reality. Miyako kissed Jun in the cheek and walked pass him, holding Aiba’s hands “Aiba-kun, you know what you have to do, we will take off in five minutes, as soon as we arrive in our last destiny, we will call you…and Aiba-kun, thank you so much” Miyako pulled her friend in a hug, and kept him there for a couple of seconds before drop a kiss on his cheek and part. Jun followed her. They met for a short time, but Jun was already grateful for Aiba’s existence “Thanks Aiba-san, I hope we see you again”
“Of course! You have to tell me all about the you know what of the century” He whispered to him. Jun gave him a solemn reverence, promising him that he would tell him every detail. “Ok guys, I wish you the best luck, take care and I’ll do my part here” Aiba hugged Miyako again, then Jun and went off the plane. The pilot passed by them, greeting Jun, and closed the door “Please ma’am and sir, I have to ask you to seat down and put on your belts so we can leave on time” Jun pulled Miyako with him and sat in the closest set of seats.
In Miyako’s instructive, as Jun liked to call the book with all the indications she gave him, she explained only until the part where he got in to the third car with Aiba. What will happen now was a mystery for him. So he asked for explanations immediately. “So? Now what?”
“Now we are flying to Russia, we will land in a small town close to the border between Russia and Finland. We will drive to Ivalo, a small city close to the border. There, we are going to take a train to Helsinki, a plane to Brazil is waiting for us there, then in Brazil we will take a plane to Argentina, to finally drive again to our house” Jun felt tired already, so many kinds of transportations, and so many stops. He was grateful for Miyako, but maybe she overdid it “No, I want them to lost our trail” She answered him with a deep frown, a bit offended by Jun’s comment, she didn’t overdid it, it was a flawless plan. “It is a flawless plan, I’m sorry” he say, kissing her temple “And all the fake evidences is brilliant”
“Thank you, I was inspired by your masterpiece, and that’s not all, thanks to Aiba’s magic, right now, Sonoda Miyako and Matsumoto Jun are getting in to a plane to South Africa, and another couple with the same name, in an hour, will be taking off in a plane to Canada”
“How?!”
“Aiba hacked the passenger list in those two flies, our names will appear, but not us” Jun was amazed, and Miyako’s explanations had him so caught up that he didn’t realized when they took off, and now the pilot was telling them that in 30 minutes they will be flying in Russian sky.
The excitement in Jun’s body was obvious. He wasn’t just running away, Miyako had put up a Hollywood like stunt, and until now, it worked perfectly “Miyako, Where are we going? I mean, where is our final stop?”
“Argentina, the Patagonia, with the money you gave me, I bought a small land close to a river and I built a house, well, not me, but you get what I mean”
“The Patagonia, you read my mind”
“I did. Taro and Sabotarou are there already” Jun tear up at the mention of his dogs “They like it?”
“They do, Taro spends half of the day following birds, and Sabotarou just looks at him, they love dive in the river at the afternoon, when is a bit warmer” Miyako looked at Jun, holding her hand, and saw him smiling brightly. All the work was worth it, only for that smile “I’m sure you are going to like the place, Ryousuke loves it” Miyako closed her eyes, waiting for the obvious question. Her stomach hurt, and she felt dizzy, she knew Jun will be happy with the news, but maybe not with the fact that she hid it from him. “Who’s Ryousuke?” she took a deep breath and looked at the floor “Ryousuke is your son, he is 4 years now, and he is waiting for us at the house, don’t worry, I have two nannies taking care of him, and Nino’s mom is there too and …” Miyako couldn’t finish talking, Jun had pulled her in a thigh hug, crying so hard that it worried her. He muttered a Thank you in between sobbing, and the grip of his arms kept turning stronger and stronger. She knew he would be happy, but not that happy. Jun couldn’t believe his luck, and how happy he felt with the news. He secretly wanted kids, but he never told Nino, and of course he never told Miyako, it would be inappropriate under their circumstances. But life gave him a surprise. “How? When? That last night?”
“I guess so, we didn’t use protection that night, and the time fits” Jun moved her away from him, suddenly worried “But you leave to India during that time, you didn’t know?”
“No, I felt like hell those months there, but I blamed it on the damn water, the food and the hellish summer, oh, and I didn’t got my period, when I came back to Japan I went to the doctor, and he confirmed it”
“Did you have any problem? Wait, then you leave to Brazil right?”
“No, that was a lie, I stayed in Japan, waiting for Ryousuke to arrive, I move to my grandmother house in the countryside, no one except from Aiba knew about my pregnancy, so I wanted to avoid any accidental meeting”
“Dear god Miyako…I don’t know if I should be mad for you not telling me, or proud of how well you managed alone” Miyako pulled Jun closer by his shoulders, luring him with her eyes, and Jun let himself being pulled in to her space. “I’m sorry I didn’t’ tell you, but I guess I was trying to cause you less worries” Miyako kissed the corner of Jun’s lips, slowly, asking for forgiveness. Jun didn’t thought it twice, and forgive her with a kiss. With all the excitement and stress of the runaway, they hadn’t kiss since they met outside jail. And once they realized it, they couldn’t let go each other. Jun’s hands were acting way to daring, so Miyako stopped him politely “Jun, sorry, but no sex for now, maybe once we are in mainland”. Jun cursed under his breath, but he understood that much, so he made himself comfortable in Miyako’s embrace, ready to wait for their landing “Miyako, Ryousuke knows about me?”
“Of course, he talks about you as if you were there, he can’t wait to meet you”
“Thanks, tell me things about him” Miyako kissed the top of his head and started telling him all about Ryo, starting with day he born.
Epilogue
July 13th - One week later
Ohno knocked at Sho’s half open door, and got inside without waiting for his response. Sho was on the phone and gave him a signal to sit. Ohno served himself a cup of coffee and waited for Sho to be ready. His friend looked very angry talking at the phone and Ohno suspected who was on the other side “The big boss?” He asked once Sho was done with the phone call “Yeah, the police will take care of Matsumoto’s get away, they want to show people they are doing their job, which clearly, is a lie”
“Are you mad? Did you wanted to take care of his searching?”
“Not really, I just don’t like Matsumoto…He took my best agent” Ohno smiled at his statement, some days ago Sho had come up with that theory, and with the explanations he gave him, Ohno found it quite possible “Well, Miyako did a lot for us meanwhile she was here”
“I know, That’s the only reason why I haven't tell anyone that she is with him, and that she probably helped him runaway”
“Well, anyway we are not 100% sure that’s true” Sho shrugged, Ohno was right, but his instinct told him that Matsumoto and Sonoda were together on this, and his instinct was never wrong. “I hope she is alright, but remember what I told you, Miyako is trustful to herself, or someone very important to her” Ohno felt a bit sad with what he said. After all he saw Miyako as family, he had saved her ass several times, and Miyako had saved his ass, even more times.
But if Miyako’s heart told her that she belonged to Matsumoto’s side, Ohno had nothing to do against it.
Maybe if Miyako had asked him for help, he would have help her.
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