Selfish Not Selfless

You're Aquainted

3'rd Person P.O.V

Three people entered Tamakoma, 1 female and 2 males. The female of the group looked at Miketsu and stared blankly. "Who are you?"

"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Miketsu, and I am from the Shinoda fraction."

"Shinoda fraction huh."

"Miketsu?"

"Reiji-san!?" Reiji had just walked through the door and took one look at Miketsu, immediately asking if she was Miketsu. Miketsu bowed and Reiji placed a hand on her head. "You 2 know each other," Usami asked.

"Yeah, we do morning jogs together." Everyone else looked from Miketsu to Reiji, then back. "You're able to keep up with Reiji-san!?"

"She can," Reiji answered simply. Everyone screamed other than the 2 and Yuma, as Miketsu looked up at Reiji. Said man scratched his neck and sighed. At one point, they all got back on track. "So why are you here anyways?"

"Because she's the one that protected Chika and did first-aid for Osamu." The 3 senpai thanked her, in varying ways. Konami took Miketsu's hands and thanked her, while Karasuma/Torimaru thanked her normally. Reiji patted her head and smiled at her though, which made Miketsu blow a fuse. She, as the bashful person she is, repeated what she said before. At one point, Miketsu fainted from the overload. Kuga took this time to ask "Why did she become red?"

"Because she was flustered," Osamu replied.

"Why did she faint then?"

"Because she became too flustered."

"Ohh. Humans are weird."

"This doesn't usually happen though."

"Anyways, is it okay that Replica's out," Konami asked.

"Oh yeah, that's where we were at."

"Reiji-san, do you think it's fine?"

"I think... it should be."

"What do you mean," asked Osamu.

"Well you see, I asked if she was going to join Border once and she said yes. I asked her if she wanted to join the Tamakoma branch but when I told her the details, she declined. She said 'It wouldn't really be fair to the neighbours there, after all, somewhere in my heart, I still hate them.' She seemed ashamed of herself so I dropped the topic but the fact that she was ashamed probably means she is trying to come to be okay with neighbours." The conversation ended on an odd note, but that was ended when Takuni Rindo entered the room. "What's going on?"

"Oh, the girl who saved Chika-chan and did first-aid on Osamu is here. She fainted from flusteredness overload a minute ago," Usami answered.

"Miketsu-tain huh."

"You know her boss," Konami inquired.

"She was quite the talk of the heads ya' know. After getting the Rabbit's attention she was able to hold it off for 20 minutes, depleting its trion. If that wasn't good enough, 2 Rabbits came out of it, mods to be specific. Tachikawa who was sent as reinforcement was able to destroy them but it was apparently partially because Miketsu made a distraction. After, Tachikawa was told to escort her to the evacuation areas so she could help there but the evacuation ended quicker than expected so Miketsu was told to take a break and Tachikawa should escort her to base but Tachikawa wanted her to with him in supporting Osamu, 'cause Izumi was down for the count or something like that. After that the 2 destroyed Rabbits and Bamsters alike, as well as a marmod. Apparently Miketsu saved Tachikawa's butt a few times when the gut, was it Hyrein was fighting them. Miketsu lost her trion body's legs apparently and was warped away, only to come back in her real body to fight Hyrein." Hearing this everyone gasped and Kuga looked at the girl pointedly. He ended up smirking at one point and Miketsu woke up. The others, decided that they didn't want her to faint again so they kept quiet about what they heard. "Hey Miketsu, why don't you fight Osamu?" Kuga's sudden suggestion surprised everyone else.

"Eh!?"

"Kuga, what are you saying?"

"If it's your trion body, your injuries won't matter right. We're only taking caution for the rank battles because those are more important and it will be bad for our image right?"

"Mikumo, why don't you fight her," Karasuma added.

"Karasuma-san?"

"It will be good experience for you. Miketsu, you're a shooter right?"

"That is correct," Miketsu said hesitantly.

"I understand, I might as well," Osamu said, getting up. Everyone looked expectantly at Miketsu and she stood up. "Understood," she said. Usami went to go prepare a training room. However, before anyone else did anything, Reiji dropped a bomb. "Miketsu, did you change your trigger settings yet?" Everyone took time to process this hile Miketsu shook her head. "I have yet to change my trigger."

"Let's do that now then." Miketsu nodded and she followed Reiji to a seperate room. The 2 setted up Miketsu's trigger, actually adding non-c-rank triggers. Miketsu was satisfied and thanked Reiji as they left the room. The 2 were just in time as Osamu was in his trion body, Usami giving the okay. "Well, let's start. How many rounds?"

"How about 5 for now, after all, Osamu is technically recovering and Miketsu just changed her triggers," Karasuma said. Usami nodded as the 2 combatants agreed. "Well 3, 2, 1, start." Usami announced this and they started immediately. Miketsu put both hands on the side of her hip, as she waited for the pistols to appear while Osamu put his hands out as an asteroid appeared. 'A gunner type,' Osamu thought as he cautiously shot the asteroid, a shield appearing in front of Miketsu. Miketsu quickly ran forward, shooting at Osamu's neck. Osamu narrowly dodged and he started sweating. 'What accuracy,' he thought as Kuga looked on intently. Meanwhile, a figure quietly watched, hidden in the shadows. Osamu changed tactics and took out his raygust. Turning on thruster, he charged forward.He shot small asteroid bullets as Miketsu dodged, flipping as she shot at Osamu's arm, which was slightly exposed from shooting the asteroid. Osamu's arm was cleanly shot off as Miketsu landed, using his surprise and shooting, sliding the other way and shooting again. Osamu got hit by both bullets as he accidently lowered his raygust. He was hit in the heart and head, as the round ended. Miketsu was declared the winner. Chika had a surprised look on her face while Kuga smirked. "Interesting," he murmured under his breath. "That was just round 1, I must thank you for allowing me to have a match with you. This will be good practice."

Published: 12/08/2018