Lost & Found 3: Karma
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One: Terror at Sea and Chance Meeting
"Shit! I'm hit!" Kuga Natsuki's voice echoed over the line as Suzushiro Haruka maneuvered her fighter jet and return fires to her enemies.
"I'm coming!" Haruka said over the line.
"Don't… I won't make it either way, just promise me something Sgt.." Natsuki's voice cut her off. "Promise me you'll look after Shizuru and when she moved on, she's loved by that person…" Natsuki trailed off as the sound of her coughing interrupted her.
"No, damnit! Don't you die on me!" Haruka growled but it was too late as the sound of a jet plane crashed and the line went silence again.
Meanwhile somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, a team of Seal took on the rebels roaming the sea creating chaos. Amongst them was Minagi Mikoto, a Navy Seal Captain at the age of 21 since she'd been with the military for five years. With her were Lt. Kikukawa Yukino, a Seal Medic and Sgt. Yuuki Nao, a good tech as well as a sniper. The trio was the best of the platoon that they were group together to hunt down the rebels at sea, knowing that they will complete their assignment no matter what. They worked well together, though Nao tend to be reckless most of the times and Yukino usually ended up patching the red head up while trying her best not to lecture Nao.
Six Years Later…
"Ara, ara, come on dear, you've been buried yourself with work for the last six years." Fujino Shizuka said while smiling warmly at her only granddaughter as she ushered two younger ve4rsion of herself into the dining area of the cruise ship.
"Ara, ara, I'm here aren't I?" Fujino Shizuru asked knowing full well why her grandmother dragged her away from the work of constantly traveling back and forth between the States and Kyoto.
They entered the longue where young people gathered for some fun playing cards. Out of the corner of her eyes, Shizuru spotted a familiar figure of tousle blonde hair. If she recall correctly, that would be the stern and loud Suzushiro Haruka: an acquaintance of her deceased fiancé. Shizuru shook her head to chase away the pain from the thought of her beloved Natsuki. It has been six years, but the pain eased not a tiny bit for her. Suddenly the blonde turned slightly and took noticed of her, she left the table she's at with a group of people and headed toward Shizuru.
"Shizuka-sama, you brought her. We got a table set up for a game or two with drinks," Haruka said adding in the part about the drinks as she knew Shizuru's grandmother enjoyed a few good drinks every now and again.
"Ara, ara… I hope they're good…" her grandmother hinted following Haruka with Shizuru right behind her.
"My girlfriend says it's damn good!" Haruka said laughing throatily.
Shizuru followed to a table in the corner of the room, and the sight of a woman in slacks, messy raven hair and amber eyes caught her attention right away. She was the only one standing at the table while the others sit, and Shizuru was curious as to why but quickly noticed the many bottles of alcohol on the table in front of the says person. Haruka introduced her as Mikoto before she went on to introduced the others.
"Poker, losers drink shot." Haruka said as she sat down next to a young woman with messy brown hair and rimless glasses.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Nao grinned.
"Ara, ara can I have a margarita before the actual game?" Shizuka asked and Mikoto just nodded her head before she started prepping.
Minutes later, Shizuka enjoying her drink while crushing the others with full house and such. An hour later, most of those at the table looked quite tipsy but Mikoto as she was busy mixing drinks, and Shizuru found herself picked on by her own grandmother that she herself felt a bit tipsy.
Suddenly, a shot rang out causing the fun in the room to died down as people screaming and ducking down onto the floor. That, however, got everyone at the table on alert and sober. People in diving suit with guns entered the room; the sight caused Shizuru to flinch not knowing whether to be afraid or agitated. Chaos seemed to followed her since the Spring of three years ago, it happened after she refused to listen to her parents' distant relatives telling her to move on by marrying one of their kids.
"Oh for fuck sake…" Nao groaned as she attempted to get up but Mikoto rested her hand on her shoulder to signal to her not to.
"I spy a betting coming up," Yukino said calmly.
"Most," Nao said.
"All," Mikoto nodded and Yukino already got her handgun out and putting the silencer on.
"Nao, I don't have materials to patch you up, so don't be cocky and reckless…" Yukino trailed off as she took aim and pulled the trigger of her gun.
The next thing Shizuru knew, bodies of masked people were lying about. In reality it was only about fifteen minutes but no more than that. Nao's voice came over the radio of the cruise ship, informing everyone that everything is fine as what just happened was a minor glitch of the shows of the cruise. The crowd cheered as the workers come and removed the bodies. Before long, the trio returned without their weapon on them talking and laughing like nothing happened.
"Ara, ara, what happened to them?" the elder Fujino asked ever so serene.
"Taken care of," Mikoto said calmly.
The elder Fujino says no more but nodded her head in understanding as everything went back to normal once more. The cards game continued, and Haruka along with Nao getting totally drunk by the time they run out of alcohol to mix drinks. So they decided to head back to their perspective room, but Shizuru noticed that Mikoto wandered out to the deck of the cruise ship. Shizuru would follow but she decided to stay with her grandmother instead.
"Been quite a few years since we use a gun hasn't it?" Yukino said as she walked slowly up to Mikoto.
"Yeah, you're a doctor and Nao a cop…" Mikoto paused. "I'm just a bartender but a happy bartender," she finished with a grin on her face.
"She would say that you're such a lucky dog if she isn't drunk as a skunk," Yukino chuckled lightly at the thought of a certain red head.
"You're an old friend of my girlfriend?" Haruka asked once she managed to follow Yukino out there despite her drunken state.
"From when I was in Navy Seal, she's my Captain." Yukino said as she turned to face Haruka.
"Well, I got to do some final checkup to make sure there's no more garbage lingering around. Have fun you two," Mikoto said and she was gone.
"Don't mind her," Yukino said as Haruka wrapped her arms around Yukino's waist.
"You're still in contact even though you two aren't in the military anymore?" Haruka asked after she placed a kiss on her girlfriend's neck.
"Yes," Yukino purred as she moved out of Haruka's grasp to lead the latter with her back to their room.
A/N: I think I mentioned about doing another LF story, and here it is! Right on V-day too! HAH! Anyway, this will be short and thinking of making a trilogy called: The Bund Trilogy, featuring three couples from three different anime: Mai HiME, Utena and MgM. Also something hit and miss in my mind: Fire & Ice, just haven't got a clear idea on the setting yet. Final note, English isn't my native langue, so try not to pick on me about it. I had a brain injury, so I can be a bit touchy or just plain mean.