Time Travel To Edo Period

Kiyomi begs her to stay alive. Kirika, realising that she doesn’t have much time, tells Kiyomi about the masterminds behind this assassination. Two people were behind the death of her parents and her. Kirika controls her heavy breathing to inform and caution Kiyomi of the danger that was about to befall, “Kiyomi, that Takahashi Hisato and Ozutsuki Itsuo turned out to be the traitors. They’ve joined hands to acquire our HK Groups by killing us all. Kiyomi, listen to me, please, …… (gasping for breath) don’t let the watch fall into their hands, be careful. Go back in time … (speaking feebly) and don’t create the watch”. Kiyomi screams as she watches her sister die in her arms.

Kiyomi couldn’t hear Kirika’s last sentence. Her voice was too feeble and inaudible to be heard by Kiyomi. Kiyomi understood the situation more or less, and decided to travel back in time to save her family. She closes Kirika’s eyes and promises her “I’ll be back soon, everything’s gonna be alright”. She leaves the place immediately and goes to the company. She notices those traitors standing in the company’s lobby, pretending to be innocent. In order to go undetected, she sneaks into the 18th floor of the company. The company is strictly secured, with various security systems, from intruders and outsiders. All these security systems were personally designed and created by the Genius HK Sisters. No one other than people from HK Mansion knew how genius these sisters were. Kiyomi reached the R&D department without creating any suspicions. No one was inside the department, everyone was downstairs. The news of the demise of HK family had spread throughout the city. The traitors didn't know that Kiyomi is still alive. They had assumed her to be dead as well, and were overjoyed from inside. Some were feeling bad to have lost the HK family, while a few were gossiping about their demise.

The R&D department never has any security cameras for the sake of protecting the company’s inventions, especially the sisters’ inventions. The sisters had a separate compartment were no one was granted access except the sisters themselves. Kiyomi goes through the security system for entering her research compartment.

“Who are you? Name yourself” the security system questions.

“I'm Homura Kiyomi” said Kiyomi.

“Name match successful. Voice match successful. Place your hand on the screen and look into my eyes” says the security system in a monotonous tone. There’s an eye socket near the screen that scans the retina and iris of the person for identification.

Kiyomi places her hand and looks into the socket for scanning. “Handprint match successful. Iris and Retina match successful. You’ve been granted access, sorry for the delay master” says the security system.

Kiyomi had a breakthrough in inventing a time travelling watch but it wasn’t tested by anyone yet. Kiyomi takes the watch and looks at the compartment. Kiyomi destroys all of the inventions, including Kirika’s, inside the compartment. She then modifies the security system into self-destructing the whole R&D department if the access has been denied twice while trying to enter the compartment.

Kiyomi, with the watch inside her pocket, leaves through the emergency exit and leaves the building with a modified motorbike which was stored behind a false wall in the underground basement of the company. She travels to the family hideout which is in the South Kanto region. As soon as she reaches the hideout, she prepares for the time travel. She charged the watch with high voltage for 3 hours. It was already late night. Her dress was stained with blood, so she changed into a night robe. Kiyomi decides to take the risk of travelling back in time. The device hasn’t been tested so far, thereby enveloping unknown risks. Kiyomi wears the watch and sets the date she wants to travel to. The watch whizzes.

Kiyomi finds herself in the middle of a farm. She rubs her eyes. She looks around. She finds a lake nearby. After looking at it for some time, she realises that it’s the same lake near her family hideout in South Kanto. She then realises that her family hideout was built in the very farm she was standing in. She now realises that she has travelled way back in time. Being confused as to what to do now, she tries to relax and inhales deeply.

Some men were searching for a young woman in her teens near the farm. They were shouting “Lady Kyoko, Lady Kyoko”. They were walking towards Kiyomi. They were close enough for their voice to be heard by Kiyomi. They shouted again “Lady Kyoko …”, Kiyomi jerked. She turned around to see the men. They were all dressed the same. Kiyomi noticed them carefully and concluded that they must be soldiers. One of the soldiers noticed Kiyomi, and called the other soldiers. They all started running towards her. Kiyomi immediately raised her guard in caution. The soldiers began questioning Kiyomi;

1st Soldier: Lady Kyoko, what are you doing here? Your family is worried about you?

2nd Soldier: Lady Kyoko, thank the heavens we found you. We’ve been searching for you the whole day.

Homura Kiyomi: Kyoko? Me? Who are you?

1st Soldier: Lady Kyoko, you don’t remember your name? This is serious, we need to inform your parents about this immediately.

2nd Soldier: Lady Kyoko, we are your personal guards. You can trust us. Please do come with us. You’ll be alright.

Kiyomi, not understanding the situation yet, tries to know more about which timeline she is in. She decides to go along with them, but doesn’t plan on letting her guard down.

Homura Kiyomi: Who are the members in my family?

1st Soldier: You have a very noble person as your father.

2nd Soldier: He’s not only noble in his character. He’s a noble by birth.

1st Soldier: You have a kind and caring mother. She cares for all of us.

2nd Soldier: You have a little sister too. You love her a lot.

Kiyomi remembers her family and misses them. She promises to herself that she’ll change the future and save her family.

They have been walking for about 15 minutes until they finally reached the Minoru Residence.

A guard, upon noticing the soldiers returning with Kiyomi, goes inside to inform the master of the residence. The master and his wife rush to the entrance of the residence.

1st Soldier: Master Minoru, we found Lady Kyoko near Ashinoko Lake.

2nd Soldier: Madam Minoru, young lady Kyoko seems to have lost her memories.

Minoru Nobuyuki, the master of the house and the father of Minoru Kyoko, hugged Kiyomi. He then checks her temperature and asks his wife, Minoru Shinobu, to take her in and let her rest.

Minoru Shinobu takes Kiyomi by her hand and takes her inside the residence. She started crying and praying to God, “Thank God, for finding you and keeping you safe. Do you know how worried we were? Where did you go?”

Kiyomi, trying to handle the situation at hand, says “I’m sorry but I don’t remember anything. Are you my mother?”

“Oh, my poor girl, what has happened to you? Yes dear, I’m your mother. I have something to talk with your father, so take rest in your room” says Minoru Shinobu and shows Kiyomi her room.

Kiyomi goes to the room she was directed to and looks around. There she finds a portrait of Minoru Kyoko. She is shocked at the portrait. She is convinced that Minoru Kyoko looks exactly like herself. She now decides to go along and pretend to be Kyoko until she understands more about the timeline she currently is in. Hereinafter, Kiyomi would be referred to as Kyoko.

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