Hitori awoke from his meditation, he arrived at last in Tokyo. As soon as the bus stopped Gekido jumped out the bus relieved to stand up for a change. The city was truly impressive.
“Before I plan anything, I need a proper place to stay. Huh? Wait a minute,Tokyo… Jun Izanagi…“
Hitori went to the nearest public phone and picked up the receiver. “Let’s see now, I think the number was like this.” thought Hitori to himself as he dialed the number. The phone rang, once, twice, the third time a male voice answered at the other end of the cable.
“Hello? This is the Izanagi residence.”
Disguising his voice a little by making it more high pitched Hitori spoke,“Sorry for bothering you in plain daytime, this is Kei Kazuhiro, from high school remember?”
“Ohh, Kei, we haven’t spoke in a while, I thought you left to work abroad?”
“I didn’t have too much luck there and I decided to move back to Tokyo, unfortunately I lost my wallet on the way with my keys in it, could I please stay at you for at least today until I take care of my problems tomorrow?”
“Well sure, anything for a friend, I’ll give you some directions to my home.”
“Arigato, Izanagi.”, said Hitori with a smirk on his face.”You have helped me in more ways than one.”
Gekido followed the instruction given, even so he sometimes had the impression he lost his way, this city was a maze for someone who didn’t knew it well. After a good hour of searching, Hitori found his new home. The street was awfully quiet for someone like him who got used to the sound of the pulsing city, but the change was welcomed. Hitori knocked at the door, the door opened as Izanagi was expecting his friend to be there, without a moment of hesitation Hitori jumped inside and close the door after him.
“Hello, Izanagi, long time no see…”
The man looked with terror as he realized who was in front of him.
“I thought you were gone, I don’t work with them anymore. Look! I am a normal businessman working at a random firm.”, said Izanagi as he slowly backed away.
“So what! I should just forget how you left me there? Especially then! If you didn’t run as a little rat maybe I wouldn’t have become what I am now.”
“Calm down. Calm down. I truly regret what kind of person I was then, some of my choices had proven to have many negative effects on others.” Izanagi lowered his voice a little “I am sorry for what happened to your family and I promise that I’ll pay back my dept to you.” And he looked right in Hitori’s eyes.
“Huh, guess you are for real, I would have never seen you before wearing a tie.” After a deep sigh Gekido continued. “For starters I will need a place to crash and some food, I’m starving.”
“Alright, you can use the second bedroom upstairs and I’ll show you the kitchen afterwards.”
Gekido went towards his bedroom while thinking “At least I’m done with this thing, guess I’ll plan the rest tomorrow morning.”