Author's Note: Far Cry 3 is property Ubisoft. Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army is property of Enterbrain and XXolution.
This cross over is somewhat unusual, spawned from my watching the currently ongoing, little known web-anime series Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army, in which a group of students in a JROTC-like program with the Japanese Self-Defense Force battle a group of mercenaries intent on stealing some sort of experimental weapon in 2026. The accompanying web-novels have not been translated, so the character's personalities are going to be somewhat based on my interpretations. Also, this is an AU, with the timeline of events in Far Cry 3 changed, and possibly some of the events in Busou Chuugakusei. Also, the character profiles are based both on interpretations, and written in the style of the character profiles in the game, though Far Cry 3 characters will not have profiles, as I suspect most people who read this will have played the games.
2028, Two years after the Eastern Private Defense Academy incident
Touko Natori sat silently on the bench seats in the cargo bay of the JSDF CH-47J Chinook as the helicopter flew over the open ocean, small specks of green- small islands, mostly uninhabited, as they flew south. Touko, along with the rest of Eastern Private Defense Academy were bound for Okinawa, for the first joint training exercise with the American JROTC.
"I can't wait to get on the ground in Okinawa, first leave we get, I'm heading straight for the beach.", Nanami Karino, a girl in Touko's class said.
"Karino-san, try and keep your mind on what's important, we're here to do a job.", Touko said.
"Give her a break, Natori-san", Satoshi Yoshino said, "Were not in the JSDF yet."
Touko opened her mouth to retort, but she was interrupted by the voice of Taro Tsurumi, who was looking out the window. They were now over the center of an archipelago. On the southernmost of the two central islands was a small airstrip
"Those helicopters", Taro said, pointing to an airstrip to their left, "Those are Black Hawks, but they don't have JSDF or American insignia… and… those guys, I can't see clearly from this height, but they seem to be wearing JSDF or US uniforms."
To punctuate Taro's point, the pilot of the helicopter said, "This is Delta 3, flight of one Chinook bound for Okinawa from the north. The GPS appears to be malfunctioning, attempting to navigate manually. Do you have us on RADAR, over?"
"Negative Delta 3", the air-traffic controller said.
"We are currently above an archipelago of several mountainous islands. One of the central islands appears to have an airstrip in the center…", the pilot replied.
Suddenly, the island airstrip became a hive of activity, personnel of the unknown force occupying the airfield started running towards vehicles on the airstrip. Suddenly, dozens of streaks of fire flew past the helicopter- bullets fired from vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns.
Several rounds punched holes through the side of the helicopter, as the glass of the cockpit window shattered. The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot slumped over, dead.
People were screaming, Nanami Karino's screams were louder than anyone's- they learned in that incident two years ago that Nanami was easily stressed to the breaking point, but she insisted on staying in the school, perhaps to stay with her friends, perhaps because she had nowhere else to go.
Touko ran towards the front of the helicopter, into the shattered cockpit, trying the gain control of the helicopter, which was drifting, pilotless, toward a channel between the northern and southern islands.
"Get over here and help me", Touko yelled, as she tried to extricate the pilot, who was slumped against the flight stick, from of his seat."
Immediately, Kazuki Kurobe, Ann Matsura, and Taro Tsurumi ran to her aid, and, with their help, Touko managed to pull the pilot free from his seat. Touko jumped into the pilot seat and grabbed the radio and yelled frantically: "Mayday, Mayday, we're going down, taking hostile fire!"
The radio, however, was inoperable, having been riddled by several .50 caliber rounds.
"Touko-san", Kazuki Kurobe yelled, "RPG incoming, left side!"
Suddenly the entire helicopter shook as Touko was almost knocked onto her seat. Suddenly the helicopter started spiraling towards the northern island, the rear rotor being blown away by the RPG impact.
Touko Natori actually was knocked out of her seat as the Chinook slammed into a hilltop with an old radio tower on top of it. The center of the helicopter hit the radio tower, splitting into two halves. The rear of the helicopter remained on the top of the hill, however the front half kept rolling down the hills, before hitting a sandy beach and sliding in the sand, finally coming to a stop a few meters from the water
"Am I… still alive?", Touko said to herself as she opened her eyes after the aircraft stopped moving. The first thing she saw was the floor of the helicopter cockpit, confirming that she was indeed still among the living. Kazuki was lying next to her, and Ann and Taro were lying on the floor of cargo bay- or the half of it that wasn't on the top of the hill.
"Kazuki!... Everyone, are you OK!?", Touko asked.
"I'm fine", Kazuki said as he got up, "Few cuts and bruises, but I'm OK…."
"I think I'm OK", Ann said.
"We're all fine then, but it's just us four", Taro replied, "The rest must have gone down with the other end of the helicopter".
"All right then", Touko said, "We'll try and find out if there are any survivors, and remember, this place could be crawling with hostiles."
At that, Touko heard voices coming form outside the helicopter. She peeked out of one of the windows, seeing three armed men in red t-shirts with a white skull and crossbones slowly advancing on the chopper.
"They have to be around here somewhere", one of the men said, "and Vaas wants them alive, they're not worth anything to us dead".
"What are they saying?", Touko asked as the four of them took cover inside the remains of the chopper.
"They're speaking English", Taro, whose father was an American, said, "It sounds like they're looking for us?"
"Sound's like they're human traffickers", Ann, who also spoke English, having a foreign mother, whispered, "They want to take us alive"
"We're not going to let them", Touko said as she got out her combat knife, a black, double-edged dagger, a weapon given to her by her father, a colonel in the JSDF, "Stay in the helicopter and check those dead pilots, see if you can find any weapons on them"
"They've each got a knife and a handgun on them", Kazuki said, taking the combat knife and SiG Sauer P220 9mm and spare magazine for himself, and handing the other to Taro.
"All right, hide in the chopper- we'll ambush 'em when they enter, try to keep it quiet, don't shoot unless you have to.", Touko whispered.
Touko stood near the newly created "rear entrance" of their half of the helicopter, dagger in hand, and the others hid in the cockpit.
As soon as the pirates entered the downed helicopter, Touko thrust the dagger into the first man's chest three times, causing him to cough up blood and fall his knees, before hitting the sand. The other man turned, AK-47 rifle at the ready. Touko, however, was too quick for him- she managed to push the AK upward and thrust her dagger into the man's torso. Touko stabbed the pirate two more times, causing him to go limp.
At this point, Touko grabbed him around the neck, using the dead body as a shield, and drew the pirate's Colt M1911 from his holster and fired three shots, all of them hitting pirate in the chest and killing him.
"Holy shit!", Taro said as he walked over to Touko.
"Remind me never to piss off Touko", Kazuki said, as Touko wiped the blood off her knife on the shirt of the one of the dead pirates and returned the dagger to its sheath.
"Take anything we can use quickly and get out of here", Touko said in a commanding tone of voice.
"Ann", Touko said, "You're the best shot, take this."
Ann Matsura grabbed the Russian-made SVD Dragunov sniper rifle Touko had handed her. "Not my old Walther, but it will do", she commented.
Ann Matsura had used a Walther WA-2000 sniper rifle during the 2026 incident. She had gotten hold of the weapon from a stockpile of arms, including several weapons the JSDF had evaluated, but never adopted. It was a rare find- less than 200 WA-2000s were ever made, and weapons in the condition of the one Ann used went for up to fifty thousand US dollars.
Taro and Kazuki both picked up AK-47s, ammunition, grenades, and machetes from the two dead pirates.
Touko, meanwhile, examined the small submachine gun the sniper carried at his side. Touko didn't recognize the weapon- it had no stock, and a thumbhole foregrip. The words Agram 2000 was stamped on the side of the weapon along with "9x19 mm", so Touko assumed this must be the name of the gun. Touko then grabbed the three extra magazines for the weapon on the pirates' dead body, and a reloaded, as the rest collected their ammunition.
"Let get to the other crash site on the top of that hill", Touko said, "Everyone on me and keep you eyes open, there's got to be more of them here."
The four survivors of the helicopter crash walked off the beach, into the dense jungle, Taro leading the way with the machete he took from the dead pirate, slashing through any undergrowth to thick to walk through.
They met no one else for the next half-hour or so, though it felt like much longer, save for a couple of wild boar, which fled at the sound of them. Finally, by the time they were within 100 meters of the hilltop when they heard the sound of vehicle engines.
Upon reaching the edge of the clearing of the hilltop, they saw the remains of the rear of the Chinook, as well as what was left of the radio tower- the top half was snapped when the helicopter collided with it. Two pickup trucks with machine guns mounted in the back- "technicals", as well as an old military truck with a covered top idled near the crash site.
As the four survivors of the crash approached, the truck drove away, leaving only the technicals and five pirates in the area.
"Looks like they found the crash site", Touko said, "On my go, we take these guys out", Touko whispered, "go for the gunners on the technicals first."
"Ready… NOW!", Touko said.
On command, Ann Matsura fired her SVD Dragunov sniper rifle at the gunner on the technical, causing him to fall to the ground, dead from a shot straight through the head. The second technical gunner was picked off by a burst from Kazuki Kurobe's AK-47.
Touko's Agram 2000 blazed, cutting down a pirate with a pump-action shotgun, while Taro fired his AK, dropping another enemy. The last surviving pirate was cut down by gunshots from at least two of the survivors, his body riddled with bullets as he fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
"CLEAR!", Touko exclaimed, moving forward with weapon in hand, closely followed by the "squad" of survivors she was now leading, "Search the area".
"Is anyone here? Karino-san? Satoshi-kun?", Kazuki asked.
After searching the wreckage of the helicopter, it was apparent that none of the other survivors of the crash were in the area.
"Damn it!", Taro said, "They're not here".
"I bet they took carried them off in that truck", Ann said.
"What the hell do we do now?!", Taro asked.
"We find them, that's what we do!", Touko said, "We don't leave our own behind!"
"These technicals should come in useful", Touko said, "We'll need transport… and the firepower."
"But none of us know how to drive?", Kazuki said.
"How hard can it be?", Touko said, "We can learn along the way".
"Hey, take a look at what I found", Taro interrupted them.
Touko and the others turned to see Taro carrying a PKM light machine gun, along with a couple of spare ammo belts.
"This'll come in useful", Taro said, before adding, "Natori-san, you can take my AK if you want."
Touko obliged, putting her Agram at her side and picking up Taro's Kalashnikov. The four of them then prepared to mount up on the technical when they heard the sound of another vehicle coming from the road leading down the hill.
Taro held his PKM at his hip, ready to provide suppressive fire, while Touko took aim down the sights of her AK. Kazuki mounted the DShK heavy machine gun on the technical, as Ann took aim with her sniper rifle.
A jeep drove up the dirt road, and stopped suddenly, seeing the roadblock. The occupants of the jeep carried weapons, but did not wear the same red "uniform" as the pirates they had encountered so far.
The survivors of the helicopter crash kept their weapons steady, but did not open fire immediately.
"Don't shoot!", one of the men said in English, as he exited the vehicle, leaving his weapon inside. He ordered the men inside to do the same, "We are not your enemies".
"Who are you?", Ann responded, also in English.
"My name is Dennis", the man said, "and these men are of the local indigenous people, the Rakyat".
"We are students of the Eastern Private Defense Academy, affiliated with the Japanese Self-Defense Force, we crashed here in the middle of a helicopter flight to Okinawa. Can you tell us where we are?", Touko asked, and Ann interpreted.
"Okinawa?", Dennis said, "I'm afraid you are off by several hundred miles to the south. You are on the Rook Islands. Used be a British colony, but now there's nobody here but us and the pirates."
"Have you seen anyone in a similar uniform to the ones we are wearing?", Touko asked, "We think they might have been taken by pirates".
This time, Taro translated.
"We do not have any information at the moment", Dennis said, "But you can come back with us. It's getting late in the day, we have somewhere safe you can stay for the night".
Touko thought this over for a few seconds. This man, Dennis, did not look like a pirate, nor did the Rakyat. While she did not entirely trust him, they didn't have anywhere else to go, and he could be a useful source of information.
"We'll go with them", Touko said in Japanese, "But be wary, I still don't entirely trust these people".
"OK", Ann said, "We'll come with you. By the way, my name is Ann Matsura. The other girl is Touko Natori. This is Taro Tsurumi, and this is Kazuki Kurobe". As Ann gave the names of the two boys, she pointed to each of them in turn.
"Can you drive a vehicle?", Dennis asked, "I am afraid we have no more room in this one, but those vehicles should still have the keys in the ignition."
"No", Ann replied, "None of us have ever driven before".
"Then I will have one of our men drive you", Dennis said.
As Ann and Dennis spoke, Taro filled Touko and Kazuki in on what they were saying. After the conversation ended, a Rakyat warrior climbed out of the jeep and entered technical, motioning for Touko and Taro to get in.
Touko climbed into the side seat, while Taro and Ann jumped into the truck bed, sitting on top of one of bulges in either side of the bed created by the wheel wells. Kazuki, meanwhile, remained mounted up on the DShK machine gun as the vehicle make its way through the jungle, to wherever they were going.
After about another hour or so of driving- the distance was not particularly far, but the roads were not in particularly good conditions, the two-vehicle convoy made it to a small settlement consisting of a number of wooden structures with corrugated aluminum roofs. In the middle of the village was a building marked as a general store, with "Guns sold here", written in large letters.
"Welcome to the town Amanaki", Dennis said, as he exited the jeep and motioned for Touko and the others to follow him.
"You may stay here for tonight", Dennis said, motioning to an old building with a red door, "This structure has been unoccupied for about a year."
Touko entered first. The building was a one-room structure, with a battered-looking work bench with a couple of old tools on one end, with a bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling the only source of light. Crates, mostly empty, lined one wall, while a battered-looking cot and sofa lined another.
In one of the crates, however, Taro found something interesting:
"Look's like somebody's been stashing drugs in here", Taro said, motioning to several bags in the crate, some of a white powder, probably cocaine, while others contained what was probably marijuana.
"Don't touch it", Touko said, "We don't know what's in there".
"It's not just drugs", Taro said, "I also found this"
Taro unfolded his hand, revealing several American bills, totaling about 400 dollars.
"Hold onto those", Kazuki said, "I bet they'd take those in that store. We might need to buy ammo or supplies at some point".
"Good idea", Touko said as she laid her weapons on the old workbench and laid on the cot. Ann curled up on the sofa, leaving the two boys to gets as comfortable as possible on the floor.
Character Profiles:
Touko Natori:
Gender: Female
D.O.B: August 1, 2011.
Age: 17
Blood Type: A
Touko Natori is the daughter of Colonel Souichiro Natori of the JSDF. In this case, the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Touko enrolled in the Eastern Private Defense Academy in 2024, after Japan created a JROTC-like program that lets students study military studies starting in middle school with the intent of entering the JSDF upon reaching service age. Personally, I don't know if the marksmanship training part was such as good idea- from my experience, raging hormones and assault rifles don't mix well.
Regardless, Touko proved herself to be a natural leader, and a patriot from an early age, by the end of her last year of middle school, she was assigned as a squad leader for training exercises.
Life got interesting real fast when she, along with seven of her classmates, volunteered to aid with an experimental weapons project. I'm not sure what precisely they intended them to that couldn't be done better by adult volunteers, but in either case, some French mercs showed up and tried to steal part of an experimental weapon as part of an industrial espionage plan by the arms manufacturer, Aubert.
So the instructor who had the part at the time got shot, and entrusted it to Touko and a group of other students. They got a hold some guns and held out against the merc onslaught in an abandoned building. They managed to hold out even after the frogs set the place on fire. Eventually, the JSDF figured out what was going on, and sorted everything out. Most of the mercs that survived were captured, though a few are rumored to have escaped and still be at large.
Kazuki Kurobe:
Gender: Male
D.O.B: February 3, 2012
Age: 16
Blood Type: A
Kazuki Kurobe's life was turned upside down after the death of his parents. After living a few years in an orphanage, he enrolled in the Eastern Private Defense Academy. There he maintained excellent grades and proved himself to be a skilled athlete, in peak physical condition for his age. He also had something of a rivalry with Touko Natori, both of them being top students in his class. However, he is not without his weaknesses- namely a strong sense of "personal myth". Basically that means he thinks the bullets will always hit somebody else. This gives him a habit of engaging in actions that might have him learn that is not the case the hard way.
After the incident in 2026, he and Touko became closer to one another. I guess having fought off a bunch of French mercs together is the kind of thing that brings you closer together.
Taro Tsurumi:
Gender: Male
D.O.B: October 3, 2011
Age: 16
Blood Type: O
Taro Tsurumi was the son of an American expatriate and a Japanese mother. After being born in Japan, he lived in his father's hometown for a while, so he is fluent in both English and Japanese. His reasons for enrolling in Eastern Private Defense Academy are unknown, and his classmates did not know about his dual citizenship- Taro never told them for fear that they would not accept him out of nationalism.
After the incident in 2026, he finally revealed the truth about his ancestry, and was accepted nonetheless, after he fought alongside them. Taro's large size and great physical strength will no doubt prove an asset on this island, where you'll need someone who can heft a PKM or an RPG.
Ann Matsura:
Gender: Female
D.O.B: November 24, 2011
Age: 16
Blood Type: O
Ann is child of the unusual couple of a ceramic artist and a rock star, not to mention being half-Japanese and half-American. Her parents were staunch pacifists, so after they had a falling out, Ann figured "What better way to piss off her parents than to enroll in a defense academy?".
Ann enjoyed life at the academy, feeling that life there had a definite purpose and sense of accomplishment. She also discovered a talent for marksmanship, proving herself to be one of the best in her class.
After the French mercs showed up, Ann found a rare Walther WA-2000 sniper rifle- apparently the JSDF had one for evaluation, but never adopted it, so they left it in the shack out back until Ann found it and used it for its intended purpose.