Disclaimer: World Trigger is owned by Daisuke Ashihara
Chapter 1: Senzai Squad
Border was roughly located in the middle of Mikado City. This was so that they had better access to the city as a whole. It was also to make sure that there was a definite area for the Gates to open.
Border was a protection against anything that came through the Gates. They had their specialized weapons to combat against those creatures that created fear in others. Their agents trained to take these creatures down to keep the stability of their world.
The agents were out into three main groups.
A-Ranks were the tops of the organization. A well known team from this group was Arashiyama Squad. They were the stars of Border.
B-Ranks were the general forces of the organization. They were the foot soldiers who would be best suited to protect the city more than anything else.
C-Ranks were the trainees of the organization. They could not use their Triggers outside if the Forbbiden Zone Border had set up. They were not much in the eyes of the higher ranks.
A fourth group existed, but there were only two people who belonged to that group.
Since B-Ranks were the majority of their fighting forces, if you were to ask someone from Border if they were one of those forces they would likely say they were.
"We're done here. Good work, everyone."
One particular squad from this group happened to be out and about.
"Boo~ I wanted to keep going for a bit! Tomo is still higher on the scale than me! He's four years older than me, so I need to catch up to him! I have four years to catch up on!"
They were one of the B-Rank Squads of Border.
The young girl who was currently pouting and complaining was rather young. Her pinkish hair was cut down to her shoulder blades with only the middle of her hair being different. The middle of her hair reached down to her knees. She gave off the feeling of a little devil, yet was still a B-Rank member.
The other two there gave her a look that was reminecant to scolding silbing.
The one to answer her complaints was a young blond girl. A flower hairpin could be seen in her hair. Her overall appearance was something akin to what someone would assume a fairy would look like.
"Sthénos, you don't need to compete with Tomoe-kun. You both have your strengths and weaknesses."
"Besides, aren't you actually older than him? True, your ID says that you're ten, but when we met you said you were around fifteen."
"That was just a guess! I don't know how old I actually am! I was let out for only a few missions! Well, either way, over here on Miden I'm ten years old!"
"Still, don't you have a better track record than him since you were sent out on those missions?"
"Those don't count! I'm talking here! Miden is a completely different thing! I mean, generally speaking, I have more kills than either one of you, but not as a Border agent! I have those kills as a Trion Soldier!"
"I see. I suppose you can look at it like that. Fine. Just make sure that this competition doesn't get out of hand. Also, do you have Tomoe-kun's consent for this rivalry?"
"It's not just Tomo! Yuzu, Aka, Shou, Shun, Yoshi! They're all my rivals!"
The fairy-like girl lightly shook her head.
Next to her was their captain, looking at them with a small smile. He may have put his own two cents into the conversation but left it up to the two girls.
Compared to the little devil girl and fairy-like girl he looked like a regular person. He was well-built with his muscles being seen under his uniform. What stood out was the contrast between his red hair that managed to cover his ears and his minty-green eyes. Overall he was a handsome man that even wore work goggles on top of his head.
They uniforms were same in color screen yet different in actual appearance.
The man's outfit consisted of a long, short-sleeved coat that stopped a little after his ankles. From the waist down the coat was open. A large belt was wrapped around his waist with part of it hanging out from the side and front. He had armbands that went from his wrist halfway up to his elbows. On his feet were boots that resembled an underground worker's.
The fairy-like girl also had a long, sleeveless coat that stopped at her ankles. From the waist down it was open with two small parts covering her upper-thighs. Unlike her captain's outfit her mid-drift could be seen through the criss-cross pattern that was on the coat. She had long gloves that connected around her middle fingers and ended just below her shoulders. Her shoes were lighter looking with socks that reached up to her knees. A flower could be seen in her hair.
The little devil girl had a short coat that stopped mid-back. She wore a skirt with tights under it that stopped just above her knee. The longer part of her hair was tied into small rails at the end of it. Her footwear consisted of boots that stopped under her knee and tights.
This was the B-Rank squad known as Senzai Squad. Their three main members were currently right here while their Operator was at Border's HQ.
Senzai Senshi put his hand to his ear while his two teammates.
"Teki-san, we're done here. Do you need us for anything else today? I was just going to write up the report and head out."
"I'm fine over here. I already told them that you guys are done for the day and that you would hand in the report."
"Alright. Just make sure not to overwork yourself, okay? You tend to do that so we worry about you."
"I'm only twenty-five, no need to really worry just yet. Besides, if I can wrestle down big guys like Reiji-kun then I'm sure I'll be fine."
"Haven't we asked you to stop doing that? I'm pretty sure that Kizaki-san doesn't like getting surprised by a random wrestling match. Even if Konami-chan enjoys seeing you two go at it."
There was a loud, rough laugh in the other end that told Senshi that he would not stop wrestling with Tamakoma's Kizaki any time soon.
He turned to the girls to see them looking at him, one with a grin and the other with a resigned look.
"What? Is something wrong?"
The to answer him was Shingai Ite, the fairy-like Sniper-girl.
She held her arms under her beasts while speaking in a calm tone.
"We know you've heard about what happened at that school. Tokieda-kun told me about it, somim sure you've heard. That C-Rank helping out by taking down those Marmods."
"Yeah. I've heard about it. Why?"
The little devil girl called Sthénos giggled into her hand while bouncing up to her captain.
"I'm sure you heard what kind of Trigger he used! Didn't you? You did, right!? Don't hide it, we know you know!"
"... Yes. I have heard that he used Raygust."
The fairy-girl let out a sigh.
"Look, just... Try not to be too weird around him. I need to go make sure that Piripiri is fine and I'm taking Sthénos with me. You know that with your Side Effect that this get...hectic. Please, don't use that as a way to bug that person."
"Do you really have such little faith in your captain? I might not be the luckiest guy around, but I wouldn't use that as a way to mess with others."
"Murakami-senpai, Yukimura-senpai and Kizaki-san would have to disagree with you on that."
"Murakami was an accident and Yukimura was my Side Effect going off. I didn't mean for things to end up like they did. Besides, they said it was fine and forgave."
"Uh-huh... Just don't do anything stupid."
Senshi nodded his head while ignoring Sthénos, who was laughing at their conversation.
There was a strange atmosphere around the squad as a whole but with no one around to tell that it was hard to figure out. Overall the team was odd in general.
With nothing more needing to be said, the three went their ways with Senshi going towards the Border HQ while the two girls went West of the base.
Senshi nodded to himself as he walked through Border HQ with a stack of papers in his arms. On his head was some yellow substance that looked like an egg yoke while there were stains all on his clothes. Even the papers looked like there were parts where ink was dumped on top of it.
Some people could presume that the poor man had a bad encounter with one Betsuyaku Taichi - a notorious devil when it comes to accidents - but he had no such meeting with the boy. This was all done by his own Side Effect.
As he walked around he could hear people wanting to know what was going on. Some were walking towards him to help with his papers but he had told them that he could manage on his own. There had been a group of girls who offered their handkerchiefs to wipe off some of the stuff on him. He had gladly taken their offer.
Now here he was, walking through the main all.
Wow. My bad luck is really going crazy today. Maybe I'll end up seeing that Raygust user today.
Senshi got a small smile as he thought about what he had heard.
He had always been interested in the Trigger called Raygust and so took quick interest into anyone who used it. Anyone that was no popular was always welcome near him. That wasn't to say things that were popular weren't fine.
There was just something about unpopular things that sparked his interest.
That was exactly why he stopped and stood still when he saw what was in front of him.
There, standing in front of him, was Jin Yuuichi with a plain-looking pain of glasses next to him. There was also a boy wearing those glasses.
Deciding on his next action, Senshi walked towards them while fixing the papers in his arms.
"Jin."
The S-Rank agent froze for a second before slowly turning towards the B-Rank. He slowly slid forward as if to hide the pair of glasses (and the boy) from view.
"Hey there, SenSen. You look... You really like life is taking a toll on you right now."
Senshi shook his head at Jin's sympathetic expression.
"It's fine. I'm use to it. Besides, when things get really unlucky for me, I end up having a nice surprise by the end of it." He tilted his head a bit to get a better look at the pair of glasses (and the boy) behind Jin. "I think I now know what that surprise is."
"Hey, look, we need to get going. Can this wait for later? I promise to properly introduce you two later on. Right now we need to go see the directors."
"Oh? That's good. I was just in my way there as well. I need to turn in these reports. We ended up behind and so I need to give this to them."
"Ah... I see."
"And so..."
Senshi quickly moved around Jin to see the pair of glasses (and the boy) looking up at him. He saw that the boy had black hair and a plain look that did not stand out too much. He was really lackluster compared to both Jin and Senshi.
Senshi put his papers in the ground before straightening his clothes and holding out his hand.
"Hello there, Megane-kun. I am Senzai Senshi, captain of Senzai Squad. I don't think I have seen you around here before."
"Mikumo Osamu. Nice to meet you. Um... If you don't mind me asking..."
Mikumo looked at the spots that were obvious on Senshi's clothes without wanting to be too obvious about it.
It was easy to see what he wanted to ask and so the unasked question was answered.
Senshi took a step back before turning around to get the paper on the ground.
Jin let out a small sigh as the three of them started walking away.
"I have a pretty nasty Side Effect, so this is pretty much a daily occurrence. My Side Effect is bad luck, so you can guess just how bad it can get. Mud and dirt getting all over me, randomly getting slapped by a girl for supposedly groping her, having animals attack me... In more ones than one... Still have some mental scare from those times... Getting a potted plant to land perfectly on my head, having the IV machine get messed up, have a Neighbor appear in front of me while I'm sick on the side of the road. Simple things like that."
"Some of those were things to worry about! Are you okay!? I know we just met but I'm actually really worried about you!"
"Oh. Thank you. It's fine, though. I have someone in my squad who counters that all. Besides, when things get really had then I happen to have something really good happen to me."
Jin decided to sit go with everything and add his own two cents into the mix.
"His Sniper has the opposite Side Effect as him. While he had bad luck, she had good luck. They counter each other rather well. They tend to sick near each other so that things don't get out of hand."
"I can see that happening with Senzai-senpai, but how can that happen with someone who has good luck? Wouldn't they be happy all the time?"
"You would think that, wouldn't you...?"
Jin saw the expression on Senshi's face and decided to enlighten Mikumo. He knew what to say since he had seen these things happen first hand.
"SenSen here tends to make people happy since they see how bad his luck is, so they are relieved that things happen to him instead of them. Although they still feel bad for him. His teammate on the other hand..."
It finally clicked in Mikumo's head.
If Senshi made people happy with his bad luck then his teammate having good luck made people sad that they couldn't have good things happen to them. It was a simple thing once it was thought about, but is was also a bit sad.
He looked at Jin to see the S-Rank nod his head.
That meant they both relied on each other. One would get to feel like things weren't always against him while the other wouldn't feel like everything was going her way. It was an odd counter but one that seemed to work well.
Mikumo was about to say something about it when he was cut off by Senshi speaking up again.
"Oh yeah, Jin, do you happen to know who the person was that was involved with the incident at the school a few days ago? I hear they use Raygust, so I want to meet them."
"Sorry. I don't know who that was. If I do happen to find out then I'll let you know. All I ask of you is for you guys not to attack Reiji-san randomly."
"I have never once attacked him. As for Teki-san... He loves to wrestle. I really can't control him. Why do you think I started working out? He never goes after women, so of course I'm the main target at times."
Mikumo looked over to see that Senshi truly did have good muscle mass. He felt his own arm a bit and noticed that it was certainly lacking in muscle. Compared to the redhead's muscles it was like there was nothing there. It was a sad thing.
This sad thing did not go unnoticed by the other two.
Seeing this as his fault, Senshi started talking again. This time is was not what either one of the other two was really expecting.
"Mikumo-kun, how about you work out with me sometime? Nothing too strenuous. Just some simple things that you would usually do in class. You can always reject the offer, of course. It is just a suggestion."
"Uh... Yeah. I'll think about it. Thank you."
"No problem."
Senshi gave a smile before making a right.
The two who were walking together first gave him a look as he started walking away.
He had said that he needed to see the directors to turn him his reports, so they figured he would just follow them all the way.
"Sorry, you two, but I'm actually headed this way. I do have my own way to go."
It was late in the day.
Most agents had been sent out by order of the directors to find and take down small Neighbors that had been creating irregular gates all around Mikado City. Each one was doing their best to find each small Neighbor so that the Gates would go back to their regular appearance.
Senzai Squad had quickly turned into one of the teams who had found the most amount of these small Neighbors. The reason for it was simple.
"There! There! There, there, there, there! Ah, there too! Hahaha! This is pretty fun! It's like finding bugs in the middle of summer!"
"No. This is nothing like that."
The little devil girl known as Sthénos continued to fire shot after shot at all the small Neighbors she found. She was moving from one area to the next, as if already knowing where they were. At this point there weren't too many around and there was just a trail of the Neighbors behind her.
Shingai's shots could be seen from time-to-time while Senshi continued to stab the small Neighbors with his odd blade.
Sthénos continued on while laughing the whole time.
The two older ones had trouble keeping up with her but managed somehow. It did not help that their Operator was laughing in their ears the whole time, which just encouraged Sthénos even more. Overall it was mentally taxing on the two teens there.
They were thankful once it was all over and no more of the small Neighbors were around.
Even with Sthénos seeming to be down, they knew that she would get over it rather quickly. Especially when she started looming around and found something interesting for her.
Until then...
"Hey! What are we going to do now!? There is still some light in the day! We have to go and do something! C'mon, c'mon! Get up and move you body! Your body! My body! Everybody, move your body! Your body! My body! Everybody, move your body!"
She started bugging them again.
The fairy-like Shingai let out a small sigh as she sat down.
"How this girl has so much energy is a mystery. It's really astonishing that she can be so active right now. I know we can't really get tired in our Trion Bodies, but I'm mentally done for the day."
"It's because she's never mentally there. While it is pretty adorable to watch, she is a handful. She's not the same as us, so she has much more energy to burn. Engery that she's even really burn. I suppose that's a good thing, though."
"Yeah. I would rather have her like this than being down and without any motivation. It would just be weird to see that."
Her captain gave a quiet nod while looking at their Shooter.
It was the look an older brother would give their younger sister. There was nothing to make fun of when she herself would give similar looks towards not only Sthénos but some of the younger agents as well.
She could readily admit that she had a soft spot of children. Although people like Ema Yuzuru and Midorikawa Shun were not children, they were still younger than her. That meant she had all right to protect them and cuddle them whenever she saw them.
Here was no different. Sthénos, while having the body of a ten-year-old, was, in actuality, around fifteen years of age. That meant she was younger than Shingai, giving her all rights to cuddling her and protecting her.
Even so, there was no real reason for that girl to he protected. She was far too active for others to do much to her.
"Do you think she will ever-"
Shingai stopped talking when she noticed her captain get up while their third teammate stopped moving.
She looked towards the Shooter to see her nose in the air, sniffing at something nearby.
Whenever she did this it meant one thing.
"A Neighbor is nearby."
Shingai quickly jumped to her feet with her Lightning ready to shoot.
The two older ones saw their teammate start to walk away with her nose still in the air. They knew to just follow her and deal with whatever came up along the way. For now they would just watch her back.
.
Sthénos could feel it.
Her nose was in the air, but that was mostly for show. It was just a feeling she had going through her body.
If it had been a Trion Soldier than she would have dismissed it, but this was different. It was a Neighbor that she had not felt before. Trion Soldiers had always been the same kind of feeling so having this different feeling meant that it was a different kind of Neighbor.
She knew that her teammates were right behind her so she just continued to follow her feeling. Where the feeling had lead her was to a park.
She continued on until she saw three people a few feet away.
One had brown hair, another had black hair and the third had white hair. Floating near the white haired one was what looked like a rice cooker.
"Hm? Jin and Mikumo-kun? Oh. He was a C-Rank. Interesting."
She could hear her captain talking behind her. Apparently he knew two of them. That didn't mean he knew the other two that were there.
"..."
It seemed that the small group had noticed her and her team since the four of them moved so as to hide the rice cooker with the white haired boy being the one to hide it.
Even so, she felt the feeling as she walked closer to them.
Once they were close enough, and her teammates were giving greetings, she walked up to the white haired boy and started "sniffing" him all over.
The boy didn't seem to mind and just looked at her with curiosity.
Once she was done "sniffing" him, she stood in front of him with a grin. She held out her arm while pointing to him.
She spoke up while looking at her teammates.
"It was you! Hahaha! You're the Neighbor!"
Senshi Senzai
Captain, Attacker
- 18 Years Old
- Born Aug. 5
- Aptenodytes, Blood Type AB
- Height: 5'10"
- Likes: Underground tunnels, Monster movies, Unpopular things, Tomatoes
Ite Shingai
Sniper
- 16 Years Old
- Born Nov. 4
- Chronos, Blood Type B
- Height: 5'4"
- Likes: Archery, Monster movies, Lemons
Sthénos
Shooter
- 10 Years Old (appearance), 15 Years Old (actual age)
- Born May 5
- Felis, Blood Type A
- Height: 4'5"
- Likes: Saying "No" to people, Helping others, Dragons
Fusegu Tekitai
- Operator
- 25 Years Old
- Born Feb. 10
- Amphibious, Blood Type O
- Height: 6'10"
- Likes: Working, Wrestling, Candy
