Selfish Not Selfless

Meeting a Power Elite

3'rd Person P.O.V

"Miketsu-chan, do you want to come to Tamakoma today?" Chika had just poked her head into the class of 1-a and asked Miketsu who was packing up. Miketsu nodded at this and the 2 left the school building, proceeding to the front gate to meet with Osamu and Kuga. "Yo Chika, Miketsu," said Kuga as the 2 walked towards the boys. "Hello, Chika and Miketsu-san. Are you perhaps coming to Tamakoma," Osamu politely inquired. Miketsu nodded at this and they all calmly walked to Tamakoma. It was currently the the day before the first day of the b-rank wars and Osamu was yet to recover. Miketsu has simply continued her training with Izumi and sparing with not only Kitora, but Tokieda, not going into full matches however. Today, the group was met by a disgruntled Konami and a sleeping Yotaro and his loyal pet. "Gah! I need my dorayaki," Konami cried as she restlessly ran around. Miketsu who was watching this with her companions and quietly invited herself in after doing her usual greeting. "Konami-san, I have dorayaki with me so please calm down." Konami slowly turned her head to the girl and slowly registered her words. She glomped the younger girl in happiness and pounced on the dorayaki in her hands. "Miketsu, you are my favourite." Konami slowly turned her head towards the door, blandly glancing at the unit awkwardly at the doorway. "Oh, you guys brought her here. Anyways, you guys should be training, for I will have tea time. Yuma, let's spar in a bit." The unit of Tamakoma 2 proceeded to walk in as Osamu made a beeline to the operating room. Chika went to brew tea and Yuma sat down and turned on the t.v. "Miketsu-chan, what type of training have you been doing," Kuga curiously inquired with a duckface. "I have been training under Izumi-san's guidance and have been sparing with Kitora-san and Tokieda-san," Miketsu carefully replied. Kuga nodded at this with a semi-questioning face as he took the information in. They continued passing time in silence and soon after, Chika brought in the tea, the 4 eating dorayaki together. "Ne Miketsu-chan, who won," Kuga asked. "I won against Kitora-san by a hair for our first match and we haven't had a proper battle since. Therefore our skill standing is not yet determined." Kuga seemed satisfied with the answer and nodded, mumbling under his breath about something related to 'captain'. Chika finished brewing the tea and the 4 drank and ate calmly, Miketsu thinking a few things over in her head for a bit. "Ne Miketsu-chan, what do you think will happen in our match tomorrow." Kuga who was lying down turned around to face Miketsu who was just asked a question by Chika, a dorayaki hanging from his mouth. Miketsu glanced at Konami and then closed her eyes. "There is nothing to worry about. Although not 100% correct, it is quite common that even if it is something someone like me predicts, I am correct, and what I predict after a bit of calculations, victory is pretty much assured for you and your unit along with 8 points." Miketsu proceeded to lift the tea cup gracefully and sipped the tea, keeping her eyes closed. Kuga smiled at this and Chika looked a little surprised at the answer but once she took it in she smiled widely and embraced the younger yet taller girl. Konami nodded her head at this a few times as if approving her 'children's' growth. Miketsu had yet to open her eyes but smiled lightly. She placed the teacup back on the saucer and patted Chika on her head. The older girl let go of her junior and sat back down, deciding to finish her tea quickly. Konami suddenly stood up, uttering nothing, as she picked up and dragged her student into a training room. It was then, Chika and Miketsu were left alone and Chika was about to get up to clear the dishes, yet the sound of the front door opening stopped her. Miketsu opened her eyes and glanced at the entrance of the room. The door to the room opened and a brown haired male stepped into the room cheerily. "Yo, Chika-chan, Miketsu-san. Chika already knows but I am the power elite, Jin Yuichi," Jin introduced with a grin and salute. Miketsu got up and bowed at the elite. "It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Miketsu. I have heard a few rumours of you and your feats and as Chika's friend, I would like to thank you." Miketsu raised her head after her greeting as Jin proceeded to reply. "No need to thank me because I'm just doing what I should as a senpai. Anyway, I believe this isn't the first time we actually met but that is something for another time. Want a rice cracker?" Miketsu respectfully declined then turned to Chika. "Chika-chan, would you like to practice sniping by using me as the target. After all, hitting imobile dummies and/or dummies that have pre-calculated trajectories won't do much for experience?"

"Eh. Are you sure you're okay with that," Chika worriedly questioned.

"Of course." Miketsu then proceeded to walk out of the room with Chika and the 2 made their way to a training room, leaving the power elite to his own devices. Jin, who was left in the room then quietly muttered. "It has been a while hasn't it... I wonder how Ms.Miketsu is faring."

Time skip

"Chika-chan, good work," Usami said as Chika walked out of the training room. Kuga and Konami who had finished sparring 10 minutes ago had stumbled upon the scene on the monitor of the 2 younger girls training. "Miketsu-chan is better than I expected," said Konami who seemed a little surprised. Chika wasn't able to shoot Miketsu, and it wasn't because she was afraid to. She had either missed or was shielded. Chika did do really well in terms of accuracy however, as the misses only occured if Miketsu dodged. "Chika-chan, you did really well in dodging," said Miketsu. Chika had to run away many times and even was so close to Miketsu that they were only about 2 buildings away at a few points in the time they were training but she was able to survive with one shot in the rib after being relentlessly and strategically attacked by asteroids, one shooter type and a handgun. The 5 decided to chat for a bit on topics such as school and at one point they came upon an interesting topic."I can't help but get lost every now and then in the school," Kuga said.

"Kuga-senpai, it would probably better to ask Mizunama-sensei for a map," Miketsu suggested. After hearing this, Kuga nodded in understanding and then seemed to remember something. "Oh yeah, I forgot to thank you for the time you helped me." Konami, Chika, and Usami turned to Kuga confused at this. "What do you mean by that Yuma-kun," Chika asked.

"Oh yeah. I haven't told you yet. Miketsu-chan and I met a week or so after I transfered. I got lost and she helped me find my way back to my class."

"Really?" To Chika, this was a bit surprising as she assumed they first met when Kuga went to Osamu after the invasion. "Yes. Kuga-senpai made it in time thankfully." Miketsu had also thankfully made it in time for class that time but she made it to class 3 seconds before the bell rang which was weird for her classmates since she was the most 'put together' in the class. After a while, Miketsu had left and the day went by. The next day would be the start of the b-rank wars.