Mimi's family

A woman with long silver tresses emerged from a limousine alongside her daughter. The two were clad in elegant silver dresses and were surrounded by an entourage of people in black suits.

"Uh, do you have a reservation?" Matcha nervously asked as the group entered.

"Yes, Ginkawa; table for two please," the woman smiled.

"G- Ginkawa!? Y- Yes, right away ma'am!" Matcha nervously stuttered as she showed the two to the restaurant's luxury seating area.

"So how rich are these guys?" Mimi asked.

"The Ginkawa family is the second richest family in the entire world. Richest in fact by some metrics," Rika stated.

"They're that rich!? Never heard of em," Mimi shrugged.

"Well, guess that means it's me and Masaru for this one. Knowing him, I'm probably gonna be cooking for the daughter, and doing all the talking," Rika sighed.

"I take it that means I take 5 till they're gone?" Waki asked.

"Perhaps you could flatten your mohawk," Zuina suggested.

"Nah, they probably want a high-class server. Guess Benihime's up. Poor Matcha looks like she's about to faint," Waki sighed as Matcha hobbled towards them.

The poor girl looked like she was going to faint from shock as she shuddered with each step. Rika sighed and tapped out with Matcha as she entered the luxury seating area. Once there, she came face to face with the woman with long silver hair.

"Ah, could you close the curtains for a sec?" the woman asked.

Some of her men did so, and upon completion, immediately drew their guns and pointed them at Rika.

"Well some first impression," Rika growled as she was motioned to sit down.

"Miss Rika Korosekai, or I guess now you go by Komachi now. Do you know why you are in the hot seat?" the woman glared.

Upon hearing the mention of her original surname, Rika began to get antsy. "I knew the Ginkawas would probably have an inkling of my past considering how much they hate I.L.U., but I never did any hit jobs against the Ginkawas. I don't think even my sisters did any hit jobs either, though maybe Muku built something that killed someone she knew. I just hope this doesn't turn into a bloodbath," Rika thought.

I.L.U. was the largest shadow organization in the world. The parent family of the Korosekais, the Bombino family, was one of it's founding members, and as such had a seat on its 12-member governing board. After turning against her parents and commissioning sworn enemies of I.L.U. to kill them, Rika herself had been branded a traitor to the organization, and as such, she had a bounty placed on her head which resulted in many assassins coming for her head. The Ginkawas, however were the largest force fighting against I.L.U., thus it would be more beneficial for Rika to get in their good graces, however, things didn't seem to be going so well.

"Did I kill someone close to you?" Rika nervously asked.

"Possibly. Tell me, what is your relation to the thief, Dastard?" the woman glared.

"Uh-"

"Honestly!"

"Acquaintances."

"It seems fair. I'll accept that. So did you steal anything alongside him from Hie Cryogenics? Like a pod containing a young woman named Mimi?"

"Why do you wanna know?" Rika glared.

"I want to know if Mimi's alive?"

"Very much so. And I'm gonna keep it that way."

"Then bring her here."

"That's-"

"Ma'am! We found her clearing the dishes on a nearby table. She's the girl that was mentioned in the report: Mimi Hanazawa," a servant stated as he entered with Mimi.

"Eh heh heh, I got caught," Mimi nervously laughed.

"So she's been here right under my nose. Mimi, please show me the wounds on your stomach," the woman asked. Mimi froze and cautiously complied. "Seems like you've made a full recovery. And who did this?" the woman asked.

"I don't sell out my friends!" Mimi declared.

"Admirable. Though perhaps I'd better ease the tensions of both of you. It seems my cause for concern has vanished," the woman sighed as she waved her hand.

All the servants immediately sheathed their guns and Rika was allowed to rise.

"Huh? Uh, what's going on?" Mimi nervously asked.

"Mimi, 9 years ago, did you meet a girl with short silver hair named Reiju?" the woman asked.

"Nope."

"How about you Rika?"

"Never met anyone with silver hair- ...! Actually I might have. As soon as I brought Mimi back to the lab, some silver-haired girl leapt out of a car and chased me," Rika stated.

"That was Reiju. She's my niece and the one that paid for Mimi's refreezing."

"Wait, paid!?"

"Yes, she didn't know Mimi personally, but for one reason or another, decided to use our family's wealth to cover the fees. That in turn allowed us to look more into Mimi, and by shear coincidence, it turns out that she is actually blood related to our family."

"Wow, I had no idea. Oh, that must be why you got mad."

"Indeed, when I heard someone working with Dastard had stolen her, I was furious. While I didn't know Mimi personally, my niece Reiju was very adamant about saving her life. We had even gotten our medical technology to the point where we could have saved her, then she was stolen. To find that she is alive, and healed nonetheless, relieves me greatly. Now I also have one more thing to discuss," the woman stated as she signaled some of her servants to check for eavesdroppers. Once the coast was clear, she continued. "Mimi, you are originally a denizen of a parallel universe. However, in that one, you were a member of our family, the Ginkawa family," the woman stated.

"Wha?" Mimi gasped.

"In your universe, Denmark was Danablu. However, due to actions beyond our comprehension, your dimension was perfectly merged with this one, making you and all your friends denizens of this one."

"H- How!?"

"I do not know, though to put it in comprehensible terms, the only thing that changed when the universes were merged was the names of the countries. Everything else was the same. You are the only one that fully retained your memories of all the countries names. Everyone else was essentially reprogrammed upon the merger."

"So are all my friends here-"

"They're the same from your dimension. They just began using the real names of the countries, though they still retained some knowledge of the old names. They simply thought the names were changed after the mission that wiped your team."

"Uh, I'm not very good with complex stuff. That was Hylda's forte."

"I got it, mostly. Though that would explain your Danablu card," Rika said as Mimi took her Danablu card out.

"Indeed, this appears to be a genuine article. All your teammate's cards were changed to Danish equivalents upon the merger. It seems like yours was left intact intentionally. Perhaps because of its significance. Treasure it as a souvenir of the old universe that was merged," the woman smiled.

"Ugh, guess this means that chuuni was right about the world merging. Guess he was a bit more self aware than I thought," Rika thought to herself.

"I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Harumi Ginkawa, daughter of the current head of the Ginkawa family, though feel free to just call me Haru. The young girl is my 12-year-old daughter, Madoka," the woman stated.

"Pleased to meet you. I'm Mimi," Mimi smiled as she put her Danablu card away.

"Um, Mimi, do you have proper ID on you?"

"Yup, right here," Mimi smiled as she pulled out her new ID card.

"Ah, so that is your new ID. I can see it was made by a forger... How about we handle your official documentation."

"Wait! It's that bad!?" Mimi gasped.

"It would be better for you to have an officially made ID card. Our family is the second richest family in the world and as such, we can easily get official documentation for our members."

"Wait what!? But I was orphaned and grew up in an orphanage. How do you know I was part of your family?"

"Our family existed in your original dimension, but it took the name of one of our Norwegian branch families, Sølvhavet."

"Sølvhavet!? I've heard of them! They're the second richest family in the world!"

"Correct, and you are from that branch. As such, you bear some biological traits unique to our family."

"But my hair isn't silver."

"The silver hair is the dominant trait of the MAIN family here in Japan, though there are some exceptions. However, all that have Ginkawa blood can heal themselves by drinking milk."

"MILK!? Wait! Is that why I always feel better when I drink milk!?"

"Indeed, it's why you've made such an extraordinary recovery."

"Ah, so that's why the ice cream helped so much. It had milk in it."

"Correct, the more milk you consume in a sitting, the faster you recover. You could even shave your head completely bald and regrow all your hair instantly just by chugging a gallon or two of milk."

"Yeah, I did that all the time for my missions."

"So this trait is unique to Ginkawas?" Rika asked.

"Correct."

"Well now I know why she said drinking milk helps."

"One more question. Whom is the doctor I must thank for this?"

"Stitch, want me to hook you through?"

"Stitch? Ah, Shiori. So, she's blossomed. I will send her my thanks. Now, since I've come all the way to your fine establishment, it would be poor taste to leave without ordering We did originally come here to sample foods for the big party in a few days. Mimi, can you cook?"

"Desserts have become my specialty!" Mimi beamed.

"Then make us your finest Danish Kringle."

"Uh, momma. Can I order something too?" Madoka asked as she struggled to maintain her patience.

"Ah! my apologies Madoka. By all means order away," Harumi nervously smiled.

"Then I want a bunch of stuff! I'm hungry!" Madoka beamed as she began pointing at various dishes, mostly desserts, on the menus.

"Perhaps I should order something too in addition to the Kringle," Harumi laughed.