Summary 17:[1]
"A bad guy" she thought before taking a good look at Anya and who was following her.
"How dare you follow my daughter you creep?" she shouted before flying into the air, then threw a right kick, which was stopped by Yuji's arms.
"She must be a professional in martial arts." He thought to himself, before avoiding another one of her attacks. "I can't sense any cursed energy from her, or from the blondie right there. But her it is another story" he thought again before fighting back by almost hitting Yor with a normal punch, thankfully she was able to avoid it.
"Who is this guy? Someone who wants to take revenge on me or something?" she thought to himself.
"I am not a creep ma'm."
"Then why are you after my daughter?"
"I just wanted to..." he said before being interrupted by the voice of Megumi.
"I am sorry about him m'am, but he meant no harm trust me" he said.
"What happened here?" Loid asked.
"Loid, this man was running after Anya, I saw it with my own eyes." Yor said as she was still wary of the man.
"The thing is that your daughter reminds him of his little sister" Megumi said.
"My??" Yuji murmured astonished.
"You see me and this man became orphans during the war, in addition to that some of us have lost their siblings, just like my friend right here. And your daughter looks almost exactly like his little sister; they also seem to be of the same age" he added
"How old are you sweat heart?"
"Anya is 7"
"My sister would have turned 8 this month," Yujin said with a solemn expression. Then, he forced a smile, gently running his hand through the back of his head in a bashful manner.
"I am sorry little miss, I didn't mean to scare you", he added
"That's okay, I thoughts that you were a mean guy that's all" Anya responded gently as she revealed herself from hiding behind Yor's legs
"How can I trust you?"
"They are telling the truth YOR" Loid responded
"You see, when I was in my last year of college, I worked on an essay about the results of the war on children and teen's mental health, I conducted that research in an orphanage, the same one as those two, that's where I met them" he said, feeling bad about it Yor decided to apologize and bowed at the same time
"I am so sorry, I didn't mean to be so brutal, but next time, try to avoid running toward a small child, it is a bit confusing and very much misleading"
"You don't have to apologize" he said with the same smile "and I should be the one apologizing" he added as he bowed back
"Why don't you come home for tea?" Yor asked
"Excuse me?" Megumi asked.
"Please I mean it, must have been a while since you have seen each other, why don't you catch up around a cup of tea?" Yor asked.
"That's very thoughtful madam, but..."
"With pleasure madame" A feminine voice said
Nobara suddenly showing up in the middle of the conversation was somehow of a surprise, the next thing you know, they were all set on the couche sipping their tea as they were telling Yor the false tail of their meeting with Loid.
"Isn't it amazing to meet after so many years"
"Dad why didn't you meet with them sooner?" Anya asked
"I was just about to ask you the same thing" Yor said surprised as Bond decided to walk away from the conversation and joined the dark blue dog.
"Well, I was married to your mother and had you, so I just couldn't get the risk to go back to another country and leave you behind" he responded gently, Anya knew that it was a lie, but she still wanted to know what it felt like to have a real family, what it felt like to know that no matter what you'll always have a place to come back to. Which she felt wasn't really her case, unless she gets that stellar. Yujin felt like something was odd, the way Anya was staring at Loid as he was telling that story, her eyes that should be sparkling with love and warmth, were instead filled with envy and sorrow, it almost felt like disappointment. As familiar as this feeling sounded to him, he didn't understand why she would feel that way, after all she had a father that would kill for her and even though her biological mother isn't from this world anymore, Yor sounded like the kind of woman that sees Anya as her daughter.
"And we understood sensei, we ourselves couldn't leave the country by fear of losing each other's sight" Nobara added.
"Glade that you could be that comprehensive" he added thinking a feeling of unease about the idea of abandoning children behind.
[1] Loid and Megumi face off after their dogs clash over Anya’s keychain, sparking a tense exchange where Megumi senses cursed energy from it and questions Loid. Meanwhile, Anya almost gets discovered by Megumi and later chased by Yujin, who feels she might be like him, until she flees in fear toward Yor for safety.