Back on the ship, Akane, using a small wet towel, was whipping the dust from her revolvers. The long multi magnum high gear revolvers were quite a deadly weapon. Thus, throughout cleaning was an important step to keep it optimal. To some it may be extra work, but for a neat person like her, it helped keep the calmness of the mind. She noticed Ken was doing pushups with his legs in the air.

“3001,3002,3003”

He kept on shouting with each pull up. Akane was a little astonished just by seeing Ken’s movement, but she pretended to ignore it. Miku came out of the ship, wiping her hands with a thin white cloth.

“How is he now?” Ken immediately bounced towards her, expecting an answer to the old man’s condition. Seeing Ken’s naked upper body with a chiseling six pack made Miku freeze for a moment.

“Don’t get so close, you idiot!” she pushed Ken away. "He will be fine. It seems he just fainted because of exhaustion. Don't bother him now "

"I see." Ken let out a sigh of relief. Being relieved, he went to the side, picking up his shirt that was on the floor. Akane went close to Miku.

"That's not all, is it?" she whispered.

Miku went silent for a few seconds.

"Yea, from the looks of it, the man is suffering from hunger and malnutrition. "

"From what I observed when we found him, he was a working slave, or it seemed so."

"Well, whatever the reason is, he is good now." She looked at Ken's enthusiastic, cheerful face. "To be concerned for a stranger you barely know, does that idiot even know what outlaws are?"

Akane gave a faint smile at hearing that.

"Looks like not."

As Ken was wearing his clothes, his tummy started growling. Working out had given him an appetite.

"Hey Akane! Can you whip up some food?"

He shouted from the back.

"Huh?! You just ate 2 hours ago!"

"But I'm hungry again!"

"Then go find something to eat"

She said with a pout on her face, not knowing Ken's nature.

"Ok, "Ken instantly replied as he jumped from the cliff.

Miku and Akane both felt shocked as Ken jumped down below the cliff again. They both looked eye to eye as Miku responded,

"Hey don't look at me. You're the one who said it"

Akane sighed as she slapped her own forehead .

Ken dashed downwards, being careful not to be seen by the giant robots.

Meanwhile, in space close to this planet, a huge battleship was slowly passing by. It was none other than Yagami himself. He stood still in a room filled with workers who were piloting the ship and a huge monitor in front that was showing the distance between the planets.

“Look carefully. That ship from planet Vikino must have headed this way.”

“Sir, we lost signal with that ship almost a day ago. We can’t exactly pinpoint where it could be headed on his screen. Pictures of Ken and the others were shown. Using his hand, he pulled Ken’s picture closer to the screen.

“Kawasaki…” he murmured.

Suddenly, a loud noise echoed throughout the hallway. Yagami sighed just from hearing that noise. He looked at the officer in front of him who was working on the computer and said,

“Why is she out of bed?”

“We are sorry, sir, but it seems the kids might have hacked the room's mainframe.”

The door behind him bursts open as a group of kids jumped out. One kid was a girl who had green eyes like Yagami. A half blue and half red long silky hair, clothes that were like a tight fit suit and beside her was a fat boy in glasses with messy white hair, hardened brown skin and a huge backpack 3 times his size. The girl was riding what would seem to be a green doglike creature with 12 eyes across its face and a tail that was split in three.

“Hahaha!” the girl was shouting as she was riding behind the dog.

“We shouldn't be here, Hope! Your father is going to get mad!” the fat boy said in a trembling voice. But it was already too late. The dog kept on running in all directions but soon stopped after hitting an immovable object. It was yagami’s foot. The girl, because of the speed, got yanked to Yagami’s face. Yagami immediately grabbed her by the head as she was dangling in his hands. For a towering 8 feet tall yagami, this 5 feet young lady was just a small animal.

“What are you doing here, Nozomi!!”

Nozomi put a frantic smile on her face and responded,

“Dad? Why are you here? I thought you were on a mission,” she glared at the fat boy and slowly whispered from there, “Why the hell is he here?!”

“I warned you, you idiot!” he whispered back

Their whispers weren’t actual whispers at all, as yagami could hear it vividly.

He puts her down and looked at the dog.

“I expected you to keep her in check Bull”

His dog let out a cute moan, feeling the disappointment of his owner. Nozomi immediately hugged Bull and shouted back at her father,

“Hey! Don’t bully Bull! Dad, you big minnie!”

He then looked at the fat boy and said,

“Ethan, I expected more from you too”

“Umm… uh sorry… sir,” he said as he continuously bowed down. Rolling his eyes to the side, Yagami pulled back towards the monitor. “Go to sleep.”

The girl slowly wiped off the dust from her body and replied,

“But dad I'm almost 18 now. I can stay awake for as long as I want!”

“Until you learn how to use your flames, you’ll still be my squeaky little daughter. Now go to sleep!”

She pouted, hearing his reply. She tilted to the side, seeing what her dad was so fixated on. The picture of the person called Ken caught her attention.

“You’re really fixated on this one guy, huh, Dad?”

“Somewhat”

“But why? Isn’t he just a rookie outlaw? Leave that to big bro Axel. Let's fight some war chief commanders or something.”

“Axel was defeated”

” Huh? That can’t be. Are you joking with me, dad?!”

“Does it look like I joke?”

“Fair point,” she realized. Her dad was always the brooding type. But more importantly, she couldn't believe it. To her, Axel was someone she looked up to. Hearing his defeat made a small dent in her heart.

“I’ll take this guy on myself then!”

She said as she pummeled her fists together. A small spark of purple flames ignited in her palm.

“As If you could even take on these rookies.”

“Why you! I am the crimson flames queen! Just tell me where he is!!”

“Absolutely not!” Yagami shouted. His voice was loud. Shaking the entire ship and its crew as well. He slowly massaged his own forehead, trying to calm himself down.

“Just go to your room and leave it to the adults, miss ‘crimson flames queen’?”

Yagami said in a sarcastic tone as he walked towards the main hallway. “I need some coffee”

Ethan ambled close to Nozomi as she was intensively staring at the monitor.

“You heard what he said, right?”

“Yep”

He sighed as he further said,

“You’re not gonna do what I think you’re gonna do, are you?”

“Absolutely”

Ethan tried to stroll away from the place,

“Well, good luck…”

but she grabbed him by his bag and dashed out of the room.

“Let’s go Ethan!”

As Yagami was walking away, he could hear a siren go off.

“Spacecraft Alpha 001 has been ejected”

One ship had just ejected from the mother ship. Without even need to think, he instinctively knew what had just happened.

“Nozomi!!!!”

He shouted with anger.