Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - 𝕁𝔸𝔼𝔾𝔼ℝ

Ch. 11 - Moving Up

The buses rolled up to the living accommodations for the event- it was owned by the JDSF oddly enough. Tatsuya exited the bus quickly in order to grab the transported CADs onto a cart for transport, loading them individually and carefully. Needless to say that everyone else was climbing off of the transports, with Hiro stepping out first to stand guard. If a student was to be assigned to work with security for the tournament, which very few were, they were allowed to carry any CAD or magic enhancement devices on them at all times. The tall and lanky man, appearing about his own age walked over, motioning to two individual cases.

Hiro reached his hands out and grabbed both of them by the handles. Miyuki had already been speaking with Tatsuya, and gained a smile and a light blush by Hiro as he quickly began moving away. She sighed; "I wonder what's gotten into him recently.." placing a hand on her cheek, wondering what it was. Although she probably knew more or less, she had to remain "clueless" so that Tatsuya wouldn't feel like she didn't need him anymore. The three entered the lobby at separate times, a good five seconds between himself and the Shibas. Walking up to the main lobby personnel, he handed them the cases as they were logged into security, along with his name being stated clearly in it. They handed over a black armband with a sigil on it, presumably the Saegusa sigil.

He opened the cases as he took out about eight rounds from one of the cases, strapping it to his left leg. The next case held more of the rounds, a short katana-like blade and then, a trigger hub. Hiro took the katana-like blade out, enabling it to sap his energy as some of the pieces began to float, the empty spaces being filled in by a blue hard light, light that couldn't be seen through. Disabling it, the shortened katana was strapped around his waist and to his left side, along with him grabbing the trigger hub. It had two triggers on it, one for firing, and one for releasing. The hub and rounds were made exclusively by Tatsuya to support Hiro's spike mage power. It would compress it into one shockwave-charged blow that would knock even the worst of fiends out cold.

A metallic clink came from it as he slammed a round into the hub, spinning it around his finger in amazement at Tatsuya's manufacturing speed before holstering it to his right side. He walked over to Miyuki and Tatsuya who were conversing with Erika, who sat in a casual outfit in the chair. As he walked over, he caught taller Shiba's gaze as he walked away to let them converse. Erika looked up to Hiro and stated: "Look at you with those flashy CADs!" as to which he looked to the side and at a downward angle. "It's just for security.. I'd rather use two CADs if it meant everyone was safe." and then looked up once again to see Miyuki giving him a reassuring gaze. Mizuki jogged back over from the desk, which she approached after exiting the bathroom where she was.

"I got our room card!" Mizuki windily said as she looked to Miyuki, "Oh- Miyuki you're here too?" as to which she gained a nod. "That dress really suits you but... isn't it a little too revealing?" Miyuki asked as Mizuki said- "O-oh?! Really? Erika told me to lighten up, so I thought.." then getting cut off by Erika's mumble, "I said lighten up.. not that much though.."

"I see.. Mizuki, don't take this the wrong way but, you should change as soon as possible. It's very becoming of you and I think you look lovely but, I don't think it's appropriate.." She said as she looked down to the side to avoid Mizuki's gaze. "I knew it!" she exclaimed soft and quietly, "Huh? You sure about that?" Erika looked to the side and pouted. "By the way, are you staying here? This hotel belongs to the military- right?" as to which Mizuki replied with a quiet, "Yes." with Erika chiming in. "That's where my hook-ups come in handy!" the red haired girl exclaimed, which caught Hiro off guard. No one was speaking to him, so he was just listening in and minding his own business. What did catch him is the fact that he may lose Miyuki, and his chance to really get closer to her.

"Ah.. shit. I have to go to the preparations for the opening event." Hiro piped up as he looked at a small phone-sized data pad in his hand. "Good luck!" Miyuki chirped as Hiro gave a smile and a pat on her head, thought about hugging her but, that'd likely be crossing a border. He then walked off through the halls, eventually finding where he was supposed to be, and helping with the preparations. The event occurred a time later, with all nine schools contestants and engineers piling into the ball room. He was assigned to walk around and converse with everyone, it was better to have someone who was understanding let everyone know that they were there to protect them, their friends in all seriousness.