Under The Cherry Blossoms

Thanks to those who read the first chapter. Sorry if you thought is sucked. Trust me it will get better, I promise. And sorry for any spelling errors.

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Chapter Two

Dinner was over just as quickly as it began. One would think a room full of eighty boys and their superiors it would be one loud messy task. But dinner here was quiet and formal. Learning table manners was a priority.

"Dude, so is it true the Doc's got a big mission coming up for one of us?" 06 said around a mouth full of food.
"Probably nothing big if he's sending one of you idiots." spat another boy from the next table.
"Piss of 15!" barked 09.
"So, what do you think it is?" wondered 02
"I dunno. I do know I do not wanna be sent on another meaningless task like last time." 07 cringed as he remembered his mission to the States two months ago.
"It's a undercover mission in Tokyo." 08 murmured softly.
"And how do you know that Cain?" blinked 13 from the next table over.
"It's my job to find out things I should not know." 08 grinned devilishly.
"So which agent are they sending?"
"...I do not know..."
"You idiot! Why didn't you get ALL the details if you were prying into top secret info?" shouted 01 as he bopped 08 over the head.

After 08 seemed to calm down, Lt. Michaels approached the table.
"Agent 08, you are to report to the commander's office immediatly."

With that said, the young officer turned on his heel and strolled out of the mess hall.

"Hmm...do you think your in trouble for searching the files?" asked 02.
"No. The Doctor knows I did it."
"Then you must be the one they're sending to Tokyo, huh? 04 asked more to himself.
"Its that important huh? To send in Cain." murmured 01.

08 didn't bother with an answer. Picking up his tray and putting it in the cleaning rack he exitted the mess hall and entered the elevator, taking it to the top floor.

"That big freak always gets the good missions." 15 sighed annoyed.
"Who you callin' freak, dumb fuck?!" 05 shouted as he pushed away from the table to stand over 15.

Sure he thought is "brother" was a little weird, but that didn't change the fact that 08 was his "little brother". Nor would he stand for anyone calling him names.

"I wasn't talking to or about you, Faggot. So back off!"
"Watch your mouth, asswipe!" Now 07 was up in 15's face.

After that it became a screaming match between Group One and Two, to see who could call whom worse. Eventually they ran out of names to call each other, and the punches started to fly.
Any and all supervisors refused to get involved or try and break up the fight, knowing it would result in serious harm to their person. So they just let the boys duke it out to their hearts content until the dear doctor arrived.
Retreiving the handgun from Colonel Franklin's holster, Dr. Yokowski fired of a shot.

"What, may I ask, is going on in here?"

Fist still raised in the air, the boys just stared at the old man.

"Well...?"
"05 started it!" shouted 15.
"Well that was certainly childish Miles."
"Sorry Doctor."

Looking over the two groups of boys, he turned to 01.

"Explain."
"um...Well Sir. After Cain, um 08 was called off to Commander Livingstein's office, 15 called him a "freak" and it all went down hill from there with 05 retaliating in 08's absense, or in other words defending Cain."
"Don't tell me your going to buy that Doc.? Why would I...?"
"And why would Yui lie to me?"

Only 08 could ever match the coldness (a/n and exceed, just b.c hehe ^-^) the Doctor was giving off now.

"Did you or did you not call Cain a name behind is back?"
"I...uh...yes Sir..."
"And what have I told you if you should have something to say about someone?"
"To say it to their face?"
"Was that a question Miles?"
"Uh..no Sir. Sorry Sir."
"Well now. You will in the future tell Cain what you think of him to his face. That goes for all."

Taking in the state the mess hall was in the old doctor sighed.

"It seems Group One and Two have clean up duty this evening. Everyone else, its movie night. So shall we move onto the audoturium?"

Supervisors, teenagers, children, toddlers, and infants alike; being that every other year a new group of A.I.'s were born for the past sixteen years; filed out of the room leaving Agents 01-07 through 09-20 to clean up the mess they made during their dinnertime brawl.

"Dude, this sucks and blows!"
"You'd know a lot about that, wouldn't you 05?"
"Shut your mouth 15!"

09 was about to start in with another war of words when someone entered.

"So here you are. What happened this time?"
"You know, the usual. 15 called you a freak, I called him a dumb fuck I believe it was, and it all when straight to hell from there." smirked 05.
"We wouldn't be here if you minded your own business Faggot!"

With lighting fast speed 08 had 15 pinned to the wall by his throat a foot from the floor.

"You know Miles, you talk awfully big for someone who is constantly on his knees for Lt. Cmdr. DuVel."
"I don't know what your talkin' about Cain, just put me down, now!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back the bus up! Miles is letting DuVel do the nasty to him?"

Glances were exchanged between the groups. Apparentally 15's own teammates didn't even know.

"Dude!" 05 busted out laughing.
"Tsyuki, I just defended you against him, must I for him from you?"
"uh..."
"Hey...um Cain. So are you going to Tokyo or not?" blurted out 10 in hopes of breaking the tension.
"Yes. I am to go undercover to protect Eiri Kaguri. Son and heir to Kaguri Technology, and the little mob family is father runs on the side."
"And how are ya going to do that?"
"As one of his students."

Everyone just stared at him. 08 was not one for playing dressup. He did his work from the shadows and did a damn fine job of it.

"And how long will that last?"
"Until I find and eliminate the threat."
"Or he dies." mumbled 03.
"I will not allow that."

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The club was loud, people everywhere. Sweaty bare skin moving, gliding, swaying with bare skin. Strobelights pulsating with the music.

Dinner had gone okay. The twins they went out with where cute enough, but his date refused to keep her hands to herself, and that annoyed him. He didn't mind being touched just not fondeled in the middle of a resturant. So here they were at Twilight letting the twins drink as little as possible. They were already smashed before dinner was over. Now, no longer could they keep their hands off their dates but now they were touching anyone male.

"Having fun?" Mouko asked sarcastically.
"Tons." Eiri rolled his eyes.
"It's already two and we have classes in five hours Mouko."
"Yeah, yeah. Hey you two ready to go?"
"Oh these guys over there asked us to a party and we said yeah, so come on, lets go!"

Mouko looked over at Eiri.

"You got us into this. I still have homework to grade."
"Sorry girls, but we have to call it an early night. But I was hoping you'd like to come over tonight Mei..." Mouko yelled over the music with a wink.
"Mei, their leaving. Lets go!" Lei whined.
"Maybe later sometime. Bye!"
"..."
"NO Fing way that just happened!"
"A first was it?"
"Dude, I soo give up on chicks."
"You said that last time."
"Well I mean it this time."
"Well, I'm sure Principle Maguri would like to hear that."
"You so would not?"

Eiri laughed.

"Come on, lets go already."

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08 just finished packing when 07 stepped out of the shower.

"So, you get to go to Tokyo huh? Sounds like fun."
"Maybe, if a mission weren't involved."
"Cain, can I ask you something?"
"Alright." he said as he sat his duffel bag aside to stand and face 07.
"Me and the guys, we're always wonderin', what do you think makes you seem a lil' different then us?"
"I didn't realise I was all that different, but maybe I am."
"I didn't mean it like..."
"Why do you ask?"
"Um...well your goin' away for what may be awhile and..."
"You don't think I'll make it back?"
"No! I mean, shoot, your the best, its just..."
"..."
"Sometimes it seems that even though we're "brothers" and you and I have shared a room our whole lives, sometimes I just feel like I don't really know you."
"Is that all your worried about?"
"Uh...more or less."
"Well, I'm just me, the way I act and the things I do are who I am."
"Thats just it. We were made to think on the same lever and all act as one, but you...I dont know why, it's just seems different with you. Like your on a different page then the rest of us."

Cain sat down on the edge of his bed lost in thought.

"I dunno...maybe I am. I always felt like the outcast..."
"But you know that's not true. We all care about ya. Your my little brother."
"That sounds funny coming from you Micah." Cain smirked.
"Geez, thanks."
"But I appricate it. Really I do."

Before 07 could make any sort of reply the door open. 02 and 09 walked in shortly followed by 01 and 05.

"So you get to be a regular high school student for a bit. Sounds like fun."
"Maybe."

Ok, so maybe 08 only said more then two words to 07, but it was different with him. He had to be with him pretty much twenty-four/seven.

"I know you're gonna bring us back somethin', right?" frowned 05.
"Maybe." 08 smiled.
"So why does this one need an undercover agent watchin' over him?" 01 asked.
"Eiri Kaguri; twenty-eight years old; high school history teacher at Magori Academy in Tokyo, Japan. But...he unknowingly holds a computer chip with some very important imformation on it. Many of Yei Kaguri enemies are out to get a hold of that chip, along with the government."
"This guy had a chip somewhere worth alot of money against his father and doesn't even know it? Where is it?"
"I was not given that information. But I am assuming Yei Kaguri knows."
"And what about the Doc? He wouldn't send you out there without knowing where it is would he?"
"I would think not. But he...was...acting a little off?"
"You think somethings going down?"
"Not sure. He has been on edge lately."
"You think he has something to do with this chip?"
"Dude, you would think the Doc. gives us enough credit to know about something like this. So why would he?" 02 frowned.
"Jude, what about that incident with Shang in China?"

09 just looked at the other five boys.

"He had me kill him."
"What? Why?"
"Tsyuki, you don't need to shout."
"...sorry..."
"He said it was an order from upstairs and that was the end of it."
"Was Shang involved with Kaguri?" 02 asked.
"Of sorts. Shang was to Hong Kong what Kaguri is to Tokyo."
"What about Wei?" 01 asked.
"No. He's the only one we can't seem to find. We don't even have a photo to go by."
"You best keep in touch with us on the side. We don't need the Doctor thinking we know something." 01 said taking up the roll of first born/ first in command.
"Will do."
"Tsyuki, has Franklin said anything?"
"Just that the dear Doctor has put up new firewalls around the scamatics of some sort of weapontry."
"Has Echo tried to get in?" (a/n Echo is agent 03, hehe, he's a super genius)
"Yeah. It was a no go. They got bigwig twenty-four/seven security on it. We do it from inside the base, they'll find us in no time."
"Do you think he's got Group Two working on the security detail for it?" 07 questioned.
"It's a big possibilty. And oh would they love to catch us with our fingers in the cookiejar."
"Ok, we've talking about this for to long." 01 was always way to careful.
"What's this list of names for?" asked 09.
"My fellow classmates. I'm running backround checks on all of them, including the staff."
"Cain, always the thourogh one."
"I don't like walking into something blind. Every detail counts."
"You make me feel so, inadoqute."
"You are inadoqute Tsyuki." retorted 09.
"Ha ha! Very funny Jude."
"I thought so."
"So you get to hang with some hot high school chicks. I hear Tokyo's got some of the hottest girls uniforms. Lucky dog." smiled 02.
"I'm going on business or did you forget that already Bing?"
"Nah man, its just, you know, it don't hurt to look right?"
"In your case it does. Like that time you and I were sent to Moscow..."
"I...ah...Cain, man whatcha talkin' about?" 02 studdurd scratching the back of his head.
"Well anyways, catch ya later. I'm meeting Dice and Darius. Later Cain."
"Later."

In tradition they never said goodbye when one of them were leaving. "Later" meant just that, that you were coming back. That things would just pick up were you left them. Saying goodbye was just bad luck. It meant that the strings were cut and that it was okay not to come back safe or not at all. No, goodbye would never be apart of their vocabulary, hopefully.

"So, um when do you leave?" whispered 05.
"My plane leaves at 0200 hours."
"So early."
"Well, I have to get there in time for class."
"Leave it to you to start ASAP."
"..."
"Well, I guess we'll go...see you later man."
"Later Cain."
"Later guys."
"Well I guess its bed time for us then. Night."
"Yeah. Goodnight Micah."

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