I do not own Black Bullet or any of the characters. So, I know it's nor a very popular category but I decided to try it. Also, I'm only watching the anime and am only at the point where the 32 monolith is destroyed. Don't know anything about the battle and haven't started it yet. And the wiki is useless because it doesn't follow the anime.


New Assignment

It had been about a year since the Third Kanto War. Since then, things had been surprisingly peaceful. Of course, Rentaro was very far from unstressed. After the war, very little had changed with the Cursed Children, the Gastrea had continued to attack, and most importantly, Tina and Enju's corrosion rates were both nearly at fifty percent. Enju had been sidelined with a rate of forty nine point nine percent and Tina was at forty two percent. In addition, Kisara's health had taken a dive and her kidneys were beginning to fail completely. They had found a donor but Kisara was still being stubborn and refusing the donation.

In order to make up for not having an Initiator and in order to pick up the slack for Kisara so that they still made money, Rentaro had stopped having false skin cover his arm and leg, instead simply leaving them as exposed as his pants and coat would let them be. He had also had his arm modified to be able to form a knuckle duster trench knife on the fingers in reverse grip with the finger guards bladed. In addition, his pistol had been modified to have a finger guard of its own that was also sharpened and ran from the bottom of the grip to the bottom of the end of the barrel and was roughly two inches thick with a hole in it where the trigger was. He had become quite skilled at killing Gastrea alone and even civil officers of higher rank were very polite when talking to him, unlike the way it was before the war when everyone looked down on him for being young.

Rentaro stopped at the thirtieth Monolith and stopped. Several soldiers were patrolling the monolith and it looked to be just as solid as ever. But looks could be deceiving. The Gastrea had more than proven that. Rentaro watched the world beyond for a bit then turned and began to head back into the city. As he did, the one thing he knew would happen did. A pair of Stage I Spider Gastrea landed in front of Rentaro, one of them spraying half-liquid webbing at him as the other lunged. Rentaro snorted and leapt over the webbing, flipping and slamming an axe kick into the other Gastrea's back, blasting its torso into a dozen pieces. Then, he landed on his feet and darted forward, ducking under more webbing then standing and smashing his fist into the Gastrea, blasting it into pieces as well. Just as he did, a Bee Type Gastrea shot down out of the air at him and he snorted drawing his pistol and aiming at it.

"They never learn," Rentaro snorted firing a bullet into the Gastrea's face, dropping it to the ground and killing it.

He sighed and turned away from the Gastrea, walking away. He made his way to the outer district where the Cursed Children were located. After a bit, he arrived just as his phone rang.

"Hello?" Rentaro answered, watching the deserted streets.

"Hurry to the hospital," Enju's voice ordered. "It's Kisara."

Then, she hung up. Rentaro turned and sprinted through the streets until he reached the hospital, finding Enju waiting outside. He followed Enju to Kisara's room where Tina waited outside the closed door.

"The doctor's in there now," Tina stated. "We can't go in."

"What happened?" Rentaro asked just as the door opened.

"She's on life support," the doctor informed him. "She almost slipped. But she's stable. For now. She needs a donation. If she doesn't get one, she's going to die."

"I see," Rentaro nodded. "Is she awake?"

"We have her sedated," the doctor stated. "However, she gave me a message for you."

"What's that?" Rentaro asked.

"She said that her donation was up to you," the doctor said. "She told me to tell you that if you want her to, she'll let us give her a kidney."

Rentaro's eyes widened but she nodded.

"I don't suppose you already have a kidney," Rentaro asked.

"We do not," the doctor nodded.

"Can we get one?" Rentaro asked.

"Yes," the doctor nodded. "Unfortunately, it's not anywhere near here."

"Where?" Rentaro asked.

"It's in the Area just south of the Tokyo Area," the doctor stated.

"You make that sound close," Rentaro snorted. "It's a twenty miles to the outer district of that Area. Another three through there to the Safe Zone. The last time someone tried to make it there from here, they were massacred because of the Stage Four nest halfway there."

"I know," the doctor nodded. "But that is the only Area with a viable donor, and the only way for the donor organ to be usable is for it to be taken straight here rather than the long route through the other zones."

Rentaro nodded, staring at the ground then back up at the doctor.

"I'll go," Rentaro nodded.

"Not alone," Enju spoke up. "I'm going too."

"As am I," Tina agreed.

"And us," Tamaki Katagiri stated stepping around the corner. "If we need to go to another Area, you'll need backup."

Rentaro nodded then looked around. There weren't enough, especially since two were likely to die on the way and two were bad at following orders. But it would have to do. They didn't have time to find others.

"Alright," Rentaro nodded. "But I have to go see Sumire before we leave. I'll meet you all at the Thirty Second Monolith."

The others nodded and Rentaro left. When he arrived, Sumire was waiting at the door.

"It's complete," Sumire smiled. "It'll take exactly two days each, but the device is finally done."

Rentaro blinked then smiled widely. Then it faded.

"We're leaving now," Rentaro stated. "Kisara's getting a donor finally but it's in the Area to the south. So, can you keep Enju and Tina here?"

"No," Sumire sighed. "I'm sorry. They have to go. If not, they'll destroy the machine in their attempt to go after you. You should know that. Keep them safe. When you get back, I'll bring them here."

Rentaro nodded and left, going to meet the others.


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