The sound of two pairs of scraping boots fell through the streets of Tokyo. Amongst the sound of chatter there was a man whose face could not be seen by a large hood and face wrapping. His right arm had a long sleeve that would separate at his elbow to the end of his sleeve. Strangely he had no sleeve on the other arm and his shoulders had a red cloth wrapped around his upper chest and back; the cloth was above the 'unzipped hooded jacket that only had one sleeve'. He also wore a pair of camouflage pants and calf-high grey boots. He was accompanied by a girl who looked in her late teens, about nineteen and she walked side by side to him. Unfortunately for the guy she was taller than him by about four inches. She wore a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a black tank top. Her hair colour was a shade of brown with a green streak on the left side of her bangs. Her hair was also slightly longer than shoulder length and curly.
She spoke first in a light soothing tone, breaking the silence "so what are we doing here again". The man spoke "we're here because we were reassigned to this location. We'll be working with another initiator and promoter; I just hope we can all get along". They walked until they ran across a man dressed in black along with a young girl on a bike… they both had pretty serious expressions. The girl laughed and said "gee it looked like that guy was dressed as if someone died, did you see them, Akako". Akako nodded and they continued walking until they reached the destination. The building he was informed of was beside a bar. Akako spoke "this is it… I thought it would be bigger" he took a step forward and then noticed she wasn't following him but was staring off into the clouds. Akako spoke "come on, Reina we don't have forever". She shook her head until she remembered what they were doing. She caught up to Akako who entered the doorway and called out "uh… hello". He took a few more steps into the room and said "I'm Akako Hagane I'm here because I was assigned here by the Civil Security" a woman with black hair stood out of a chair behind a desk then she asked "ah so you're the promoter… where's your initiator". He responded "right beside me". The woman looked to Reina and then said "she's older than I thought, have you two been together for a long time". Akako spoke as he looked at her "yeah I guess you could say I knew her all my life".
The woman became curious but changed the subject "so I have some papers for you to fill out and then you're registered to this station, Akako Hagane". She handed him two forums and he filled the first page out. Akako then turned the page and it was a page for the initiator… he filled that one out as well. After he looked over to see he filled out all the necessary blank spots and then he handed the forums back. Akako spoke "here you go… according to my informants, there's supposed to be another team for this district as well, right". As he finished his sentence he heard a door open and close and then several footsteps toward them. Then the sound of several footsteps turned into two pairs of footsteps and Akako thought to himself after the two people came into sight "these two are the other pair". After he got a closer look at them, he realized they were the two on that bike he and Reina saw earlier.
Akako was going to introduce himself but he was too late, that woman introduced them before Akako could say anything. The woman said "Rentaro I would like to introduce Akako Hagane and his Initiator" Akako held out his hand for a hand shake and this 'Rentaro' shook his hand; as he did so he said "nice to meet you, Akako Hagane". Rentaro asked the woman "where's his initiator… I don't see her anywhere". Akako spoke "she's beside me" Rentaro looked over to the older girl's face and then looked back to Akako without a response. Akako was wondering when any of the two would ask who his initiator was. But none of them asked any other questions which made Akako's mind unsettled.
Akako and Reina stood silent until they were informed of a Gastrea nearby though a phone not far from the desk. Akako was told to assist Rentaro in his new assignment. Akako and Reina followed Rentaro and his initiator on foot while Rentaro was on bike. They finally met the authorities and were informed of the situation. An officer spoke "they sent two of them… so I'm guessing it may be tough". Akako spoke briefly "I'm not fighting the gastrea unless I have no other option… I'm to observe these two".
The officer spoke "okay, so then… what we think it could be is a stage two mantis type gastrea. But we could be wrong". Akako spoke "there's only one way to find out then" Rentaro then signaled Akako to approach the curb, where on the other side there was supposed to be the gastrea. However when Rentaro turned the corner with his pistol out he did see a gastrea but it wasn't a mantis type… it was more of a spider type that shared many similarities to the one Rentaro confronted this morning. Actually the only difference was that it was bigger, its limbs were larger and its colour was black. Rentaro began shooting at it, but as Akako was watching Rentaro's shooting skills, Akako came to the conclusion that Rentaro was a lousy shot because he wasn't aiming for critical areas.
After Rentaro nearly ran out of ammunition, his Initiator ran up to attack the gastrea but to her surprise another gastrea jumped out from around the corner of an alleyway, knocking the initiator out of the way and sending her into a window of an old business apartment. The gastrea that attacked the initiator was actually the mantis type described and Akako walked past Rentaro with a serious expression. Akako then stopped and turned around; he said "Reina find some high ground as for you Rentaro, don't shoot your handgun because judging by how it sounds if you fire another shot it will jam up". Rentaro realized what Akako was saying and said "there's no way you can take both of them on yourself". Akako turned back around and then started walking; he yelled out "'CAN'T' IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T TRY!"As Akako approached the two gastrea, he picked up his pace until he was running. Rentaro thought to himself "that man's going to die", then Akako reached in the inside of his jacket and jumped several meters above the gastrea. When Akako was in the air he was spinning and when he stopped, Akako pulled two lever action rifles. He fired one at a time at a decent speed, sending varranium bullets down the back of the spider. When Akako landed he had his arms behind him and he looked up; yelling out "Reina, attack now". Reina could be seen jumping off one of the nearby buildings and she did a front flip which lead to her left leg dropping center-mass of the spider, separating it in two.
Akako noticed that in the corner of his eye the mantis was about to strike him. He evaded in a high speed jump forward then he turned around and shot the mantis in its eyes. Rentaro thought to himself "how can he jump so high and move so fast… it's inhuman to be able to do so". Rentaro's initiator jumped out of the window she was sent into and the mantis was in mid-jump toward Akako who was taking his third step up a building. Akako jumped off the building as the initiator ran, jumped and then kicked the mantis causing it to explode.
Akako landed and he was approached by Rentaro; who was questioning Akako's true self, Rentaro thought to himself "there's one possibility… he has to be a cursed child who wears a voice distorter". As Akako stood up Rentaro reached for Akako's hood and pulled it off. What he was strange to his eyes. Akako had very pale skin, short white hair and bright blue eyes, signifying that he had albinism. Then Akako pulled his hood back up over his face, covering it again and then Akako said "Rentaro, what's your problem, do you always run up to people and remove their hoods". Rentaro spoke "I'm sorry, I thought you were something else". Akako sighed and said "what else would I be… a gastrea. We both know that cursed children can only be female" Rentaro asked "then how do you explain your superfast movements and jump height".
Akako denied it further and thought for a second "should I tell him about Reina" Rentaro waved his hand into Akako's face since Akako was deep in thought. Akako called Reina to them and he whispered to her "should I tell them about you and I", Reina shook her head and responded "no, we haven't told anyone, if we did it may gather unwanted attention". Rentaro spoke "you're hiding something aren't you, Akako", Akako spoke "I guess since you're already suspicious I have no choice" Akako took a deep breath "you know, my initiator… Reina" Rentaro spoke "yes, just get to the point". Akako then finished his sentence "well, she's my twin sister". Rentaro spoke "that's impossible how were you not born infected" Akako then responded "my guess is as good as yours, all I know is that when I was younger I was tested for a strain of the gastrea virus but there were negative results, therefore stating that I was clean". Rentaro then spoke "I think I know someone who can tell us why"
The four of them were walking, Rentaro was holding his bike as he walked alongside of the other three. Akako was walking when he felt something on his arm. He lifted his bare arm up and saw a purplish coloured flesh-like substance there. He asked "uh guys is this normal" Rentaro and the girls looked at Akako's arm and the young one spoke "you've been exposed; now you're going to become a gastrea". Akako sighed and then spoke "damn, I thought I was doing good… gah". He felt a slight pain in his infected arm and he grabbed it with his other hand. The others took notice and Rentaro spoke "Akako… your arm" Akako looked at it and he saw the infected skin shrivel up and fall off. Since they were all surprised by the happening, they all ran toward the destination that Rentaro was guiding them to.
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