After the funeral was over and people left, the tiny figure approached the new tomb just to get a clue.
The name was Kiritsugu Emiya.
Wait, whut?!
"Kiritsugu… Emiya he's a known mercenary even to Mafioso! Mafia, Government, even the Intelligence Agencies known only to take insane-damn-suicidal jobs and come out the winner with a ton of cash to boot." his thoughts raced. "Many famiglia wanted to scoop him up but he's damn hard to find and he's here all along?!"
He followed the kids taken home by a young woman. Now what is the assassin's relationship to these kids?
And by now, these kids go to school. So they have records somewhere and he knows where to look.
He apparently retired from the business and settled down here, but the Fuyuki Fire happened wherein he and two children he adopted are the only survivors.
The girl he's looking for now goes by Naru Emiya.
And from hospital records, she and her adoptive brother are amnesiacs from trauma and she was the worser case, becoming a literal newborn baby in mind, thus had to spend a year in hospital in therapy before being able to go home. At least she made it in time for Elementary.
He then went to the address where the family lived.
It's clearly a newly-built house, traditional Japanese architecture. And the land size is very big. Well, Kiritsugu's filthy rich, of course he can afford this!
By the living area, the black-clad children were all alone. Where was the woman that was with them? His target was puffy-red-eyed, her head on the boy's lap all curled up.
The boy is a latent lightning with a bond to her… and she has one broken bond. Fresh. It must be Kiritsugu.
"Oniichan...what now? We're twice-orphans now…"
"We'll get through somehow. Fuji-nee's making arrangements now with Raiga-jiisan."
"This wouldn't have happened if tousan let me fix him!" the girl burst out, upset.
"Naru… he probably wanted to but he says it's something that will keep coming back no matter how many times you fix him… he even said it's inevitable he'll go away…" the boy croaked out. "If only he'd tell us what it was… we could have done something. Anything. Stubborn old man…" he gritted his teeth, trying hard not to cry.
So Kiritsugu has an "illness" that she can somehow fix… but he refused to let her? The guy was a known Cloud… and she just lost her Cloud.
She's reeling from the death of a Guardian so she's probably feeling more than just grief and she's a child with no idea how Flame Bonds work.
He wondered how to approach this.
But for now, phone call
(Italy)
"Yes?"
"I found her but we got a problem."
"All I care is that she's alive and well… is she? Goodness knows these years were hard on us all."
"From the kidnap incident, she never made it to those bastards because a massive gas explosion shook the Shinto District of Fuyuki City where she was taken to. Kiritsugu Emiya was the only survivor of the explosion along with two children, Yoshina Sawada and a boy older than her. He came to Fuyuki with a lady registered as his wife, an Irisviel Emiya, one gorgeous albino caucasian woman. No wonder we haven't heard of him lately… he probably decided to retire here as a newly wed, only, his luck sucked and he wound up with two foster children he adopted, both of whom were traumatized amnesiacs with Yoshina getting the indignancy of being reduced to infant mentality she had to be under hospital watch for a year. Yoshina goes by the name Naru here… and the bastard was her recently-deceased Cloud Guardian so she's got one broken bond."
"... what?" came the flat but incredulous question.
"He's her Cloud Guardian but he had a disease of an unknown origin. Yoshina was confident she could fix him but he refused her because it's the kind that keeps coming back so what the problem is, is up in the air. His funeral was not long ago. Losing a father aside, she's also reeling from the loss of her Guardian. Her foster brother Haru is also her Lightning. How do we handle this? They live in a house and land Kiritsugu purchased. And their legal guardian is a Yakuza Clan Head's granddaughter. The Fujimura Clan specializes in legal rackets and protection but of course, like any yakuza… they deal with enemies the underworld way. To get to her… we need to talk to them first."
"... very well. Good thing we found her because Nana just woke up from her coma. The only problem is if Yoshina will want to go home to her original family… and she and her brother just inherited a house from Emiya… dear me…"
"Well, get planning then and make sure it's a sweet deal so convincing her will be easier. How are things? Your mafia war recently finished, correct?"
"It was tough, but we made sure that Famiglia and their associates are DEAD." came the cold retort. "Bad enough I lost my sons, losing Yoshina is out of the question now. And Iemitsu is hesitant to let Nana leave protective custody and go back home…"
"Well, Lal did complain he was too lax and complacent and not taking things seriously. I absolutely have no sympathy for him because his negligence nearly cost him dearly so this is karma for the idiot." came the just as cold retort. "If I was married if not for my damn situation my family's house and town would be a fucking fortress."
"He learned now, my friend. And you know I dressed him down just as much once we got Nana into the hospital. We will talk about the situation regarding Yoshina so please keep an eye on her."
"Right…"
"Nana!" Iemitsu cried, rushing into the room as his wife who was asleep for five years finally woke up.
"Iemitsu...? Where's Yoshina… they took her…" Nana stammered out fearfully. "Where's our baby?" Her last memory was that she was ruthlessly gunned down and her daughter taken from her by force by some men who just barged in.
"We found her Nana..." said Iemitsu. "It'll be all OK."
"Found her?'"
"Yeah… Nana, I was never honest with my real job for your safety because in this case, ignorance is truly bliss." said Iemitsu glumly to his wife's incredulous look. "Its what kept you and Yoshina safe. But I made a lot of enemies too. My boss was supposed to visit our family but they tracked our destination down and…" he clenched the cloth of his pants, "Gunned you down and took our daughter. We looked for her for years and somehow by sheer luck, you woke up around the time we got that news."
"Where is she?"
"She's in Japan."
"In Japan'? Where are we?"
"Well, we had to smuggle you out of the country into our private hospital for your protection while we looked for her and had to deal with the criminals… we're in Italy hunny."
"... Intelligence Agency or Secret Service? In Italy?" Nana looked increasingly incredulous as she guessed one thing right at least.
"That's all you can know." said Iemitsu nervously, squirming under her gaze. "I can't say more." Nana deflated. "I'm sorry I lied that I'm an Oil Digger but I'm not allowed to talk about my real job for safety's sake."
"Oh… what about Yoshina?"
Iemitsu winced.
He got word from Nono half an hour ago about the latest development too.
"About that… I don't know if I can call this lucky or not." he said. "Five years ago, Yoshina was taken to Fuyuki City by those bastards. From what we found out, she was going to be sold in a Human Trafficking Ring." Nana choked in horror. "But then a massive Gas Explosion blew up the city's Shinto District and those bastards died, and Yoshina survived… but got traumatic amnesia from the fire and too much gas and smoke inhalation. There were three survivors that day, the man who adopted her, Kiritsugu Emiya and her adoptive brother. She goes by Naru Emiya now… so I was wondering how we can get her to accept us as her parents again…"
"Oh no…" Nana whimpered, burying her face in her hands.
"It gets better. The father died recently from an unknown disease that got doctors scratching their heads because they had no idea what's wrong. And the guy's family friend is their current legal guardian so we have to go through proper channels to arrange a meeting and how to deal with this since she and her brother inherited the house and land they currently live in. Since Yoshina is our daughter, maybe she'd be willing to come, we take in her adoptive brother until he's old enough to move back home? We have to decide because in three days, our team will go to Japan to see her and, well… I hope this goes smoothly…"
"I guess I can't come… I'm still attached to so many machines…" Nana stated glumly. IVs aside, also monitors as she looked at the various tubes attached to her. "I hope we can get her back… five years... I've been asleep for five years…" she choked. "I lost five years of my life and my daughter who-knows-where until now… I have no idea what to feel."
"I know." Iemitsu gave her a pained smile. "Five years well-spent in putting that criminal syndicate to justice and finding our daughter. Pretty soon our family will be all right again, let's hang on a bit more."
"Alright…"
"I gotta go to my boss. He gave me a few minutes to tell you the good news before we talk about the operation. Tonight we'll talk about the brother issue, alright?"
"Alright."
"Take care dear. You're in safe hands and soon, Yoshina too." he kissed his wife goodbye and walked out. "You can ask the nurses for anything, it's all covered so don't be shy alright?" and he was gone.
"... will everything really be OK...?"
Outside the windows, Mammon eavesdropped.
He then left.